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We play it by instrument, not by ear. We are deeply involved in the business of determining exact location and guiding any vehicle to

its destination. We are currently employed in precise navigation systems, airborne digital computers, computer components, air data computer systems, integrated avionics, displays, and associated ground and in-flight test and checkout equipment. Our future lies in exact orientation and navigation in any environment as we expand to complete electronic systems for aerospace, land, marine and submarine applications. We will know, in any environment, where we are, where we are going, and how to get there.

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This year, 2,753 General Motors apprentices are being trained for this and other trades—more than 30 in all. They are learning to be pattern makers, pipefitters, bricklayers, toolmakers, diesinkers, electricians and millwrights, to name a few. From the time they start training they are paid good wages on a regular rising scale.

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PERCENTIIliE DEPLEIR? It is an income tax deduction explicitly provided for in the law. It recognizes that an oilman's barrel of oU is his real estate and product rolled into one. When he sells it, he sells away part of his capital. His ordinary income is taxable like anyone's. But if his capital also were taxed, he would soon be out of business. Percentage depletion prevents his capital from being taxed.

The principle of percentage depletion was adopted by Congress in 1926, and it holds for almost all extractive industries.

About 100 mining categories ranging from sand and gravel to uranium and sulphur operate with varying percentage depletion allowances. The petroleum industry qualifies as one of the 100 because it, like the rest, is essentially a mining activity. Its depletion rate was established at 27.5 percent.

When he files his income tax report, the oilman applies a deduction of 27.5 percent of the gross income from his producing property, but not more than 50 percent of the net income from that property. This is intended to give him a tax deduction for the capital value of his oil.

It is important to remember that percentage depletion does not apply to all of an oilman's income. Only to income from production. Income from sales or refining is not affected.

After careful study, Congress devised a formula to permit the property owner to recover the capital value of his minerals in the ground. And as the cost of discovery and development of the mineral deposit increases, its value also increases. The higher costs resulting from the greater risks and difficulties encountered in discovering a petroleum deposit, and the uncertainty of its quantity, are reflected in a higher percentage value for petroleum. Other minerals, with lower exploration and development costs, and therefore lower values in the ground, receive lower percentages.

H o w H a s the Provision Worked, in Practice?

The percentage depletion provision has been largely responsible for this country's abundant supply of low-cost energy-an abundance that can be tied directly to the United States' amazing economic growth over the last half-century.

Currently, about 75 percent of this nation's energy comes from petroleum and natural gas, and our personal mobility and industrial strength are unmatched any-

where. Our military power, very heavily dependent on petroleum and its products, is recognized as the free world's most telling deterrent to global war.

All this has come about largely because of the success our nation's oilmen have had in their search for petroleum reserves. It has been a search full of risk, and one of the important aspects of the percentage depletion provision is the encouragement it gives oilmen to keep up their search despite the risks.

W h a t About the Industry's Tax Payments?

Under the percentage depletion provision, does the oil industry pay its fair share of the nation's tax burden?

The answer is a definite "yes." The oil industry pays $2 billion in taxes annually.

These are direct taxes, other than taxes on products. The industry pays in taxes, excluding excise and sales taxes, about 5 percent of its gross revenues. The percentage for all manufacturing and mining is the same. Oil bears its full share of the tax burden.

If excise and sales taxes are included in the oil industry's tax bill, the figure grows by another $6 billion, or 17 percent of gross revenue. That would make a total amount equivalent to 22 percent of gross revenue going to government for taxes.

Hovv' About Oil Industry Profits?

The oil industry's profits are not excessive.

Its average rate of return on net assets from 1954 to 1963 was 11.9 percent. The 10-year average rate of return for all manufacturing industries was 11.8 percent. In 1963, 16 major industries were more profitable than oil. Oil clearly does not make runaway profits.

And Prices?

In the period 1954-63, the retail price of gasohne, exclusive of excise taxes, dropped 6.7 percent while the consumer price index rose 14 percent and the purchasing power of the motorist's dollar fell by 42 percent.

In 1963 the national average gasohne price to the motorist was 20.1 cents a gallon (or about half the price of a gallon of distilled water in a supermarket). This was the price without excise taxes. In 1926, the year the 27.5 percent depletion provision was written into law, the price of gasoline was 21 cents. So, since 1926 gasoline prices actually have come down from 21 to

20.1 cents a gallon. And today's gasoline is about twice as efficient as the fuel sold in

the '20s.

Is the 27.5% Rate Too High?

Some critics of percentage depletion admit it may be all right in principle, but argue that the 27.5 percent rate is too high. Here, too, facts provide an answer.

Percentage depletion is intended to return, as a tax deduction, the value of the oil. But if you take oil at $3 a barrel today and apply the 27.5 percent depletion rate, you get 82.5 cents. In practice, because of the 50 percent Hmitation on net income, the average percentage depletion rate is somewhat lower than 27.5 percent. You cannot negotiate today to buy oil in the ground at 82.5 cents a barrel. The price is more like a dollar and a quarter. The depletion rate is not too high. Actually it is too low.

Percentage Depletion H a s Done a Good Job After nearly 40 years, the 27.5 percent depletion provision is so much a part of the oil industry and bears so directly on oil's service to its customers (which includes virtually all other industries) that any significant change in its basic fabric would cause serious economic dislocations. First, there would be less explorationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the unfortunate decline in the essential exploration and development phases of the oil industry would be accelerated. Second, prices would go up. People would have to pay more (some estimates are as much as five cents a gallon) for gasoline.

The facts show the oil industry pays its fair share of taxes, that its profits are not excessive, that gasoline prices are fair and indeed have declined in relation to other commodities, and that it badly needs an incentive for exploration and development.

Percentage depletion has encouraged the search for oil. It has stimulated our economic growth. It has helped give us an abundant supply of low-cost energy. It has strengthened the free world's security.

For a more complete account of percentage depletion, send for Texaco's new booklet. Write: Public Relations Division, Texaco Inc., 135 E. 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. 10017.

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THE COVER The USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN609) returns to Holy Loch from the first Polaris patrol in the Mediterranean.

FOLLOWERS OF THE GREAT WHITE FLEET. The USS LONG BEACH, USS ENTERPRISE and USS BAINBRIDGE, comprising the first surface nuclear fleet, will complete their round-the-world cruise without refueling.

IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY AND THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS PROVIDE A DISCUSSION OF LIKELY CONDITIONS, FORESEEN TECHNIQUES, AND A FORECAST AS TO HOW THESE ELEMENTS WILL COMBINE TO DEVELOP

THE NAVY OF THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS.

PROGNOSIS the 1970's and 80's S H I P M A T E

On 14 October 1963 Paul H. Nitze tvas appointed Secretary of the Navy. He had, since January 1961, been the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. Prior to this post he had served concurrently as President of the Foreign Service Educational Foundation and Associate of the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research of the School of Advanced International Studies.

From 1946 to 1953 the Harvard educated Mr. Nitze served tvith the Department of State as Deputy Director, Office of International Trade Policy, and as Deputy to the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs. In 1949 he became a member of the Policy Planning Staff of that Department as Deputy Director. The follotving year he became Director of that Staff, serving until 1953. He tvas Vice Chairman of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey from 1944 to 1946 tvhen he tvas atvarded the Medal for Merit by President Truman.

At the June 17, 1964, graduation exercises of the Naval War College, Netvport, Rhode Island, the Honorable Paul H. Nitze, Secretary of the Navy, tvas the principal speaker. In concluding his opening pleasantries Mr. Nitze said, "I have decided to see\ to hold your attention, and to enjoy the temporary freedom which my presence on this stage permits, by discussing the distant future."

The remainder of his address follows.

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HAVE calculated, roughly, that members of these classes will still be on active duty, as flag and general officers, in 1990. The large majority of these classes will exercise positions of top leadership in the 70's and 80's. Let us consider briefly this morning the nature of some of the problems you will face.

In a sense, perhaps, we should consider this a stewardship report from the leadership of the 60's to the potential leaders of the 70's and 80's. The Communists have a method of creating history by projecting the present backward. I shall endeavor not to create the future by projecting my problems forward, but merely to try to sp)eculate with you on how the strengths and weaknesses of the present, interwoven with trends in world events, may present themselves to you in the 70's and 80's.

FIRST, let us consider the possible central or strategic nuclear war of the 1970's and 80's.

Three fundamental facets must be dealt with here: The likely development of our own strategic deterrent forces; the likely development of efforts to meet our major adversaries' strategic forces; and the proliferation in the number of national strategic nuclear forces.

During the years of your leadership, improvements in technology will provide the U. 5. with strategic nuclear delivery systems of unlimited range and pinpoint accuracy. The United

States will be able, as a result of developments this generation has already set in train, to make the decisions to base increasingly larger percentages of its strategic forces at sea; thus increasing their invulnerability and reducing the temptation of an enemy to strike our homeland in a counterforce attack. This development becomes possible as the result of our ability to place a much heavier warhead, controlled with much greater accuracy, into our remarkable POLARIS weapons system, and systems which will follow.

At the same time, we have to recognize that at least one potential enemy, during the generation of your leadership, will have achieved a highly sophisticated, technological, industrial base and will undoubtedly have the capability to place both land and sea-based missiles with great accuracy upon U. S. targets. This means that you will have a much more complex problem than the present leadership has had in determining ways to limit damage to the United States. You will h a v e SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

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to adopt the concept of a total continental approach to the defense of the U. S. homeland. You will be faced with increasingly sophisticated nuclear weapons which will have penetration aids and great accuracy and increased megatonnage. You will have to learn to bring the entire resources of the nation together into an integrated approach to damage limitation. You will have to analyze the contribution to a single national defense system of its various component parts. Civil defense, anti-ballistic missile defense, bomber defense, antisubmarine defense, and even the contribution that we can make toward reducing damage to the United States by moving ICBM's to sea must be evaluated. In the future, a proper determination of mix must include not only the traditional force level computations, but also the expenditures necessary for such interrelated programs as civil defense. We of the present era have just begun the assault on the extremely difficult questions involved. You will have to accelerate these efforts.

That large majority of you who wear naval uniforms will be faced with a major aspect of this analysisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the proper contribution of the Navy's anti-submarine forces to the defense of the homeland through containment of missile-launching submarines. Although the present generation has been able to hold forth the positive advantage of a relatively invulnerable submarine-based deterrent of its own, we have not yet made the progress in anti-submarine warfare that would be necessary for me to report optimistically to you about your future problems in this area. We are reorganizing our resources, manpower and management techniques, to provide effective concentration on this problem. But I am confident that it will remain a very great challenge indeed to those of you charged with naval leadership in the 70's and 80's. The degree of your success in meeting any potential enemy submarine missile threat will, of course, have a direct impact upon the question of what forces it will be intelligent to build for other programs.

The third major problem area in central war which will concern the future leadership is the likelihood of continuing proliferation of national nuclear weapons and their delivery systems. The day may come when you will decide in retrospect that in my generation we had never had it so good. We have been faced with the prospect of mortal continental damage from only one major adversary. Within the next 20 years, in the absence of preventive arrangement, Communist China will undoubtedly acquire nuclear warheads and the means to deliver them with reasonable accuracy. This is a prospect to which neither the Soviet Union nor the United States can look forward with comfort. As the nuclear weapwns systems of Communist China become more sophisticated, both nations will be forced to revise their strategic plans to take into account this increasing capability. Moreover, the acquisition of nuclear weapons systems by Communist China will encourage other countries to acquire them. It is possible that some 15 to 20 nations will have the capabilities to build nuclear weapons in the 70's and 80's.

Enlightened leadership on your part must seek to provide ways to lessen the dangers inherent in such a prospect. One technique to inhibit the proliferation of nuclear weapons will be to offer the support of the U. S. strategic umbrella as a guarantee to those countries who, fearing themselves threatened

by Communist China, might otherwise feel compelled to acquire nuclear weapons. Still another variant of this approach, which you will have to consider, is the extension of multilateral force arrangements to other regional associations. Success of the present generation in initiating the NATO MLF in the 60's would be a large determinant in future decisions regarding development of similar systems. The k e y problem is to

bridge the conflict between sovereign aspirations for control of nuclear weapons and the collective need for regional control of extremely expensive weapons capable of inflicting such severe damage.

NEXT, let us visualize the 70's and 80's in terms of noncentral war. Without in any sense endeavoring to be allinclusive, let me report my view that two of the conflict situations which you may encounter in that era would be first a war at sea with our major adversary and second a limited conventional war without direct Soviet participation. In these years, the USSR will have achieved a standard of living close to that now enjoyed by the United States. Our European Allies will have continued to prosper. It is difficult to visualize either side, as a rational act, permitting the escalation of political problems to a major war in Europe, with all that such action would imply. Rather, it s e e m s possible that a proper response t o harassment in Europe would be a limited b l o c k a d e at s e a and that this in turn might lead t o limited w a r at s e a . In such a w a r , the major role w o u l d be p l a y e d by our ASW forces and a lesser role by our anti-air w a r f a r e forces.

As I look at this limited war at sea, I must report the same sense of urgency with regard to ASW that I expressed in discussing the ASW aspect of central war. Reaction time is less crucial in this case than in our endeavors to prevent the launching of missiles upon our homeland; nevertheless, similar technical difficulties limit our prospects. This generation has not yet reduced to manageable proportions the problem of opacity of the seas. Submarines are detected only with great difficulty and with large expenditures for forces. Nevertheless, I can report that this generation is passing on to you one very remarkable advantage—the fact that the North Atlantic littoral is composed entirely of free nations. Any potential aggressor must send his submarines through straits and passages that are susceptible to mining and patrolling. We can, therefore, expect that this geographical advantage would exact very great attrition upon enemy submarines in a limited war at sea. Your problems in the 70's and 80's will be appreciably lessened if you can maintain the success of the present era in preserving the North Atlantic as a community lake.

An important contribution to the ASW problem in this Adantic community lake, and indeed in all oceans, will be to project a system for total surveillance, reconnaissance, and reporting of the ocean areas. I am confident that before the 70's are over, this nation will be able to keep accurate and up-to-

date plots of the position of every ship that moves upon the oceans. This in itself will make much easier the job of identifying unknown contacts. Moreover, in your era, as the result of our recent decision to expand our research in deep ocean areas, we shall know much more about the deep water and its underwater terrain and we shall have the capability to plumb these deep ocean areas.

T H E SECOND MAJOR POSSIBILITY—the likelihood of involvement in a limited war without direct Soviet participation—could come about in a number of locations throughout the world. In Asia the Chinese Communists might participate either overtly or covertly. In the entire Pacific, as in the Atlantic, enemy submarines will represent a serious hazard. Here again, the present era will bequeath remarkable geographical circumstances to you. The United States and her allies hold key positions throughout the entire island chain of the north and western Pacific off the Asian coast. Other areas of possible limited war are remote from Soviet and Chinese territory, and moreover are separated therefrom by the oceans which we control. These are geographic factors which you can utilize to maximum advantage.

You will have to meet this threat of limited war by maintaining the capability to project power ashore from the s e a . My generation will, despite our ASW difficulties, have provided you with some remarkable tools for this task. By the early 70's this nation will have acquired the capability to mount out and deliver, wherever required, up to two divisions of Marines in 20-knot assault amphibious shipping. You will be able to deliver these troops by new and improved techniques of horizontal and vertical envelopment, designed to meet the possibility of escalation from conventional to nuclear weapons. These assault troops will be preceded by greatly improved carrier striking forces, including in my judgment, additional nuclear-powered attack carriers. These and the conventionally-powered attack carriers will be capable of maintaining improved anti-air war environment in sea areas of importance to us. This defense will stem from the presence on board our task force ships of two very powerful weapons systems. On the one hand, there will be surface-to-air missiles, bodi the greatly improved TERRIER, TARTAR, and TALOS series, and a new advanced missile, developed from the tech-

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nology acquired in improving the 3T's. On the other hand, we will have on board our carriers the extremely long range, highly effective F l l l - B fighter aircraft and PHOENIX missile weapons system. We shall also have delivered to you in large numbers our new A7A attack aircraft which, with its very satisfactory payload radius, will be capable of projecting U. S. carrier air power over 90 per cent of the non-Soviet land area of the world. Our amphibious and carrier striking forces should be fully competent to meet the limited war threat of your generation. In these areas, we have served you well.

LET ME DISCUSS now very briefly a few key aspects of the cold war as you are likely to find it in the 70's. There is little doubt in my mind that the nationalist orientation of the Communist movements in both the Soviet Union and Communist China will continue to create rivalry between them.

As the Communist Chinese acquire their nuclear weapons and improve their industrial base, we can expect the competition between these two within the Communist bloc and within the noncommitted nations to continue. This will make the job of the United States, in seeking to maintain its influence and the preservation of free world concepts, more diffuse and complex. I believe it is likely that we shall see a checkerboard pattern of influence emerging within the less developed nations.

The Soviet Union presently has one checker on that board in Cuba. The Communist Chinese have been trying to acquire such a checker in Zanzibar.

In the present era, the influence and presence of the United States and her Allies have been predominant throughout most of the world. The difficult question to answer is the extent to which this influence will be passed on to you intact. Clearly, the outcome depends upon the wisdom and forthrightness of our polices in the years ahead.

This Administration has done a great deal in recent years to strengthen our influence and to uphold our world-wide commitments. The sum of the pluses and minuses, of which I have spoken with regard to central and non-central war, indicates to me that the prospects are relatively good. Let me discuss some specifics. First, it is very important for the Free World, always in its democratic and, therefore, sometimes relatively inefficient fashion, to encourage closer associations among its allies in the several regions of the world. We have made strong efforts to maintain and strengthen such ties with our NATO Allies, with the OAS, and with SEATO and CENTO. The ways in which we seek to strengthen such ties are too numerous to recite. One obvious and very effective method is the increasing cross training of military officers which goes on. The 27 members of the navies of our Allies who are present here today are one very concrete demonstration of the efficacy of this program. In your era of leadership, you will, I am sure, find greatly improved opportunities to capitalize on the ties that unite military men of all nations. Indeed, the very friendships that have been made here among the distinguished

ARTIST'S CONCEPT OF THE combat store ship (AFS). This ship will replace the present AF, AKS and the AVS types in underway replenishment. She will carry one-half to two-thirds the provisions carried by an AF, about the same amount of general stores carried by an AKS and the same amount of aviation supplies carried by an AVS. Her delivery system will include 2 cargo helicopters.

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representatives of several navies will serve to enhance these opportunities.

The encouragement of these regional associations portend greater opportunities than just the economic or military association which results. The existence of such organizations has already made it possible to strengthen die concept of international order and stability in concrete fashion. During the Cuban missile crisis, for example, it was the Organization of American States, acting as a regional association under the authority of the UN Charter, which voted for surveillance of Cuba to prove that a violation of the accepted concept of world order and stability had occurred. It was this same organization which authorized the establishment of a quarantine around Cuba to enforce the corporate will that the status quo ante must be restored. My generation has merely begun the development of new concepts of this type. It is your generation under the pressure of, unfortunately, more complex weapons systems and many more sources of dangerous national power, which must improve and project these concepts to ensure that the destruction of civilization is avoided.

Having rendered this brief inventory of the problems and the strengths you will inherit from the present, I am aware that I am as imable as anyone else to predict the outcome of your stewardship. But I am conscious of the fact that the United States and her Allies will be passing on to you from the present era, great resources in wealth, power, and, most important, in the viability of a democratic way of life. I am confident that the year you have spent here has served to enlarge your horizons, and to improve your thought processes and your ability to analyze the complex problems of which I have spoken. You have passed the middle points of your respective careers. Before coming here you had been educated in depth in certain relatively narrow areas of your respective services. This year has given you the base from which to expand into the broad gauge, analytical, thoughtful leadership positions of the second halves of your careers. I am confident that we are passing on to you sufficient problems to provide a stimulating future. I am confident that you will continue to grow and to learn in order to meet the challenge of those years.

THE FIRST SHIP of her doss, the USS MARS (AFS-1), is launched at the yard of the National Steel and Ship Building Company in Son Diego.

An authoritative forecast of naval operations between now and the 1980s requires something more than a crystal ball.

Admiral McDonald, Chief of Naval Operations since 1 August 1963, has not only the facilities of his office at hand, but a back^ground of experience in a number of significant duty assignments.

Within recent years his duties in the Navy Department have included an assignment as Director of Military Requirements in the former Bureau of Aeronautics and again as Director of the Air Warfare Division in the Office of CNO. At sea he has served as commanding officer of the CORAL SEA, as Commander Carrier Division Six and finally as Commander Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

No stranger to duty abroad he was, from 1957 to 1960, on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Headquarters Allied Potvers Europe (SHAPE). Admiral McDonald was appointed to his present duty after a brief period in the manyhatted job of Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Naval Forces in Europe, the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

by Admiral David L. McDonald, USN

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AM pleased to have this opportunity to discuss the role of the Navy as we see it developing a decade or two from now. However, I want to make it clear that in discussing the Navy, we are always mindful of the very important contributions of the Army, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps. All of our military Services constitute a team, and our combined effectiveness is much greater than the sum of the contributions of the individual Services.

Looking to the future, I visualize the Navy's role as one of increasing demands and responsibilities, as new technologies point to more extensive use of the ocean spaces to provide security and to provide support for our foreign policies.

We know from experience that the future will in all likelihood bring new problems, new developments, new threats, and indeed new opportunities, many of which cannot be visualized today. Over the last twenty years, for example, there have been transformations on the international scene and advances in technology which, taken together, were more than adequate to have spanned a full century in history. Very little of today's environment and international situation were foreseen in 1945.

We will of coiu^se continue to be very much concerned with the nuclear weapons delivery capability of the Soviet Union and her large, improving submarine force. Communist attempts to penetrate additional areas of the globe also will require continuous attention. Our nation must continue to maintain a military posture which gives our responsible officials options from which to select the best course of action possible under the circumstances existing at the time. Alternate courses of action must be available to cope with the unpredictable. At the same time, the national posture must be such a s t o minimize the probabilities of armed attack on t h e United States, and in the e v e n t of attack, to minimize the injury and d a m a g e which m a y befall U. S. citizens and territory.

We visualize the future Navy as a four-dimensional Navy.

It will consist of air, sub-surface, surface and Marine landing forces. These elements will be mutually supporting, with each part improving its capabilities by pushing the state of the art to its practical limits. We shall continue to seek the bestbalanced naval team that technology can provide, a team with multiple offensive and defensive capabilities. We shall continually seek to improve the adaptability of our naval team, with capabilities to adjust on short notice to the unpredictable.

We shall see to it that we have several strings to our bow and several arrows in our quiver. A "single-best" arrow is not good enough, for what may seem to be an ideal single solution today may not turn out to be a very good solution tomorrow.

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T H E POWER AND RANGE OF WEAPONS have increased tremendously since World War II, and I see no let-up in this technological advance. Long range ballistic missiles are increasing the potential vulnerability of fixed installations and bases. I therefore s e e a continuing requirement to accelerate d e v e l o p m e n t of naval capabilities to o p e r a t e g l o b a l l y on a sustained basis, utilizing rem o t e a n c h o r a g e s , with minimum d e p e n d e n c e on o v e r s e a s shore facilities.

Our Nation has a powerful nuclear deterrent posture at the present time, and general nuclear war appears improbable in today's climate. Nevertheless, the presence in the world of large numbers of nuclear weapons requires that the possibility of nuclear war be taken into account in our planning, and that the critical follow-on and reconstitution periods in such a conflict be given careful consideration. If our deterrent is to appear credible in the eyes of a potential aggressor, we must be prepared for any eventuality, including nuclear war. The Navy has a particular responsibility for planning and providing for the continuation p h a s e s of nuclear war.

Naval tasks would include drawing on the resources of undamaged portions of the free world and bringing them to bear in the concluding and follow-on phases of the war. They would include substantial contributions to rehabilitadon of our homeland, as well as those of our Allies, and a simultaneous capability to sustain combat operations that will bring war to a successful conclusion.

In addition to preparing for nuclear aggression, we are also continuing to improve our capabilities for dealing with other forms of aggression farther down on the scale of violence. In situations involving limited and sublimited conflict, naval forces have a very important role. There are several trends in the limited and sublimited conflict area which will significandy influence future naval requirements. One of these trends is the increasing use of the seas by the Communists in a worldwide campaign to establish areas of influence and control in strategically-located overseas areas. The Soviet Union is in the midst of a major buildup of her naval forces, her merchant shipping and her fishing and information-gathering fleets.

Both the Soviet Union and Red China are expanding their foreign trade.

The Communist powers are steadily increasing the scope of their worldwide subversive efforts. They are expanding maritime trade and general use of the seas. Attempts to syphon off Free World markets can be anticipated. Attempts to seal off countries from which we import, and to close off important sea and air passages can also be anticipated.

A SECOND SIGNIFICANT TREND is the movement toward nationalism which has swept the world in the last fifteen years. The Communist powers will be competing with the Free World for influence among the younger nations. Our Navy will continue to play an important role in assisting newly emerging countries to grow and to safeguard their independence. Maintaining U. S. contact and surveillance in sea areas adjacent to these younger nations will impose added responsibilities upon us.

I should like to focus for a moment on the Navy's role in supporting U. S. foreign policy.

Naval forces have traditionally been used to great effect by maritime nations in support of foreign policy. This is a natural and historic role for navies, since naval forces can move in before tensions and incidents grow into conflict. They can assist in bringing diplomatic pressure to bear without violating foreign territory or base rights.

Their movement into an area can be quiet and unobtrusive, or it can be made in a spectacular way, depending upon the requirements of the particular situation.

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forces embarked can enter harbors and make friendly port visits as a matter of routine without creating an international incident. They can remain close at hand in the earliest stages of trouble, in close touch with Washington and in close touch with the senior U. S. representadve on the scene. They can remain in sight of land—or remain out of sight, as the situation may require. I foresee a greater requirement to employ our naval forces in this capacity in the future, and in an everexpanding area of the world.

Supporting U. S. foreign policy in the modern environment places added responsibilities on naval officers for thinking and looking ahead, and for resourcefulness and imagination in the employment of their forces. There will be a continuing requirement for closest collaboration between Navy representatives and those who make and implement foreign policy. The

trend will be toward adapting available naval forces more quickly and to reacting more quickly to unorthodox and novel situations while they are still little situations. Emphasis will be placed on moving naval forces early to influence situations which may not have yet assumed a military character.

LET US LOOK at some of the actual forces which we visualize for the 1970-1980 period.

Our Nation's tremendously expanded research and development effort over the past several years is beginning to bear fruit for the Navy. The selection of technologies from which we can now draw for increased naval capabilities is unprecedented in scope. The Navy of the future will draw heavily on new technologies, adjusdng continuously to the changing strategic environment and to new threats as they arise.

We must meet the Nation's requirement for the at sea component of its strategic deterrent. The s e a - b a s e d w e a p o n

mix will be a key element of the Nation's deterrent posture and is expected to assume increasing importance. Polaris submarines, augmented by attack carriers and other mutually-supporting types as the state of the art advances, will provide multiple nuclear attack forces of unprecedented capabilities. Future sea-based missiles and aircraft will be capable of carrying any nuclear payload the Nation may require, at ranges which will permit optimum utilization of the oceanic spaces for maneuver, dispersion and concealment.

Our attack carrier forces will continue to have both nuclear and convendonal weapon capability. The carrier aircraft mix is demonstrating an improved usefulness to the Nation, and will attain improved capabilities and performance over the full range of naval tasks.

We do not seem to be able to reduce the pace at which our attack carrier task groups are required to operate in support of United States interest. Indeed, there is a continually increasing demand for their time. It will be more and more difficult to meet these growing requirements with our present forces. We shall of course continue to do the very best we can.

The Navy will continue to develop the most modern carrierbased aircraft that design and industry can provide. Naval aircraft must be designed to defeat first-line enemy air interference with naval operations, to provide close air support, and to keep enemy air off the backs of our amphibious and tactical air forces until they can establish and defend themselves ashore. The carrier air team will continue to emphasize offensive capabilities. It will also include special mission aircraft for reconnaissance, early warning and anti-submarine warfare. Major developmental efforts are being pressed to attain increased performance and endurance in lighter weight, smaller aircraft.

The trend in attack aircraft is for increased versatility in weaponry, longer endurance and smaller size. We have already contracted for the A6A and A7A attack aircraft which will have a greater weapon-carrying capacity and increased endurance over the aircraft they are replacing. The trend in fighters is toward higher suoersonic speeds and increased endurance, S E P T E M B ER • O C T O B E R ,

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along with superior electronics and weaponry.

Ocean patrol and surveillance requirements will undoubtedly increase in proportion to the growth of Communist maritime threats and activities. These functions will in general be performed by aircraft with anti-submarine capabilities.

We are already looking into a successor to our new and highly-effective P3A. We could use an aircraft capable of landing and taking off the open ocean, and one which would combine the high speed of the aircraft with the sensor capability of our surface ships. Vertical take-off aircraft, possibly including an amphibious version, may serve in surveillance and antisubmarine roles.

In nuclear propulsion for ships, we shall continue to press the advance of our knowledge and application. Nuclear propulsion is now standard for all new submarines. Its tremendous advantages have become generally recognized and accepted.

In surface ships, nuclear propulsion is demonstrating a new order of strategic mobility and operational flexibility—factors which will be sorely needed as we extend our operations and simultaneously reduce our reliance on fixed bases. We are conducting operational tests and studies to aid in future decisions in this important area.

IN AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE we are working toward the capability of transporting the assault elements of a Marine division/wing team in modern 20-knot assault ships. A new, highly mobile command and communications ship (AGC), capable of providing full support to the Amphibious Commander, is a desirable major addition to this 20-knot force.

The new amphibious assault ship (LPH) and the amphibious transport dock (LPD), both capable of transporting and operating helicopters, will greatly improve the flexibility of landing troops by either vertical assault or across the beach. Also included in the inventory will be some of the more familiar types, such as LSTs, LSDs, and AKAs, with a capabilitv for sustained speeds of 20 knots.

We are studying various means of improving fire support for landing forces. Such studies include special fire support ships for assault landing, equipped with both missiles and long-ranging guns to provide the deep support required in the vertical assaults.

Cruisers, frigates, and destroyers equipped with Talos, Terrier, and Tartar, or combinations of these systems, will continue to provide a powerful, mobile, at-sea defensive environment to insure effective operation of the carrier task groups, the amphibious forces and other essential maritime operations.

First generation anti-air missile systems will be modernized and new systems will be provided in new construction to attain reduced response times and greater effectiveness against small missile targets.

Our anti-submarine forces will continue to be an air-surfacesubmarine team with multiple attack and sensing capabilities.

Here again the multiple approach to the anti-submarine warfare problem is beginning to pay dividends and to reaffirm our conviction that the best approach to a naval problem is the team approach. Anti-submarine warfare will continue to pose very difficult problems, but we have every confidence that with all elements of the Navy working together as a team we can and will keep pace with the growing submarine threat.

In underway replenishment new, fast oilers (AOE) with speed capabilities of at least 25 knots and carrying some ammunition, cargo and stores will increase the fast response capability of the oil-powered striking and ASW forces. Other new types will include a combination provision and stores ship (AFS) and a 20-knot high-capacity oiler.

We shall continue to do everything possible within the means available to advance our effectiveness in ocean transportation. Higher sustained speed, greater endurance and carrying capacity, more efficient use of operating personnel and reduced

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The large scale employment of trans-ocean air transport will tend to increase, rather than decrease, the requirement for trans-ocean ship transport. For example, air transport requires overseas shipment of fuel and maintenance material in tonnages greater than the payloads carried by the aircraft themselves, to enable the planes to make the return trip home. This does not detract in any way from the importance of high-speed overseas air transport. It merely illustrates that w h a t air transport cannot do is reduce the overall requirement for s e a transport t o m o v e o v e r ninety-eight percent of all o v e r s e a s t o n n a g e s in time of p e a c e and in time of w a r .

It is therefore not a question of whether the United States uses the seas, but how, and what must be done to insure that we can. The facts of logistic life are that we cannot sustain any kind of force or operation overseas unless we can control vital sea areas and deny their use to the opponent. This, in essence, is the fundamental responsibility of the Navy.

SPACE TECHNOLOGY is advancing very rapidly. Today orbital pay loads are relatively small, usually a few hundred pounds. By the mid-seventies it should be possible to place five to ten ton loads in orbit with relative ease, and much larger pay loads if the decision is made to do so. A pay load hundreds of miles above the earth is within line of sight of an area thousands of miles in diameter. The capability to make simultaneous line-of-sight contact with so large an area is without precedent.

Naval application of these and other basic capabilities of space technology could conceivably lead to the acquisition by one nation of a significant strategic advantage. Since the oceans cover so much of the earth, compared with that occupied by United States territory itself (less than 2 percent), space operations designed to observe or control activities on earth will manifestly have major naval impact. Naval research and space efforts must therefore be continued and expanded as technology unfolds, in order to enhance the effectiveness of global naval operations, and to insure continued United States sea supremacy.

The relative safety and security of launching operations at sea and the availability of the vast oceanic areas for space operations will almost certainly result in increasing use of the oceans in national space programs. Such operations may include seaborne transportation of large and heavy boosters, ocean recovery, satellite data read-out, tracking and control from ships, launch and recovery, and sea launch of very large boosters.

Equally as important as our research activities associated with space exploration is the area of ocean resources development. Our knowledge in this field is very meager when compared to the importance of the oceans to the future. Much attention is required, and is being devoted to improving our knowledge of the ocean depths.

A nation's seapower complex includes, in addition to naval and merchant fleets, such elements as shipbuilding, port facilities, harbor developments and maritime industries. Further improvements will be required in port facilities and harbors on both coasts to keep pace with advancing ship technology. Private shipbuilding facilities are important to defense and the American economy. Naval shipyards are needed for war readiness and to insure expert overhaul and repair capabilities on weapon systems and other systems peculiar to naval technology.

Along with the new technologies, and the immense possibilities for adapting these technologies to naval use, people will continue to be our most important asset. Our Navy men are, in the aggregate, men who are educated, articulate, and 12

interested in political, social and other matters, as well as in military matters. They hold their own opinions, frequently very strong ones, about what is going on in the world today.

They work very hard, day and night, with a determination to do a thorough, workmanlike, professional job. I expect that this will always be so.

New ships and aircraft joining the fleet will require increased numbers of skilled men for operation and maintenance. There will be more electronics, more nuclear power, more complex weapons, and more automation. As we move toward automation, we can look for an increase in maintenance personnel and perhaps some decrease in operation personnel. However, a gradual overall increase in requirements for high-quality people can be foreseen.

To get the people in the numbers and quality required will be a challenge, but I am confident that it will be met. Our young people have demonstrated their ability to absorb the growing technology in their stride.

The naval officer of the future will need more scientific education than his counterpart in today's Navy. Commanding officers will continue to require a basic knowledge of all of the systems of their ships. Naval officers will need to have more technical knowledge in an increasing number of fields. The demands on their competence, and the amount of time they will need to devote to study, will be greater than ever before.

From this background of officer experience naval leaders of the future will be developed. Resourcefulness and imagination will be important criteria. Our flag officers will require, along with their basic professional skill and will to win in combat, greater geo-political knowledgeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;greater understanding of international law of the seasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and greater skill in the application of naval power in the support of U. S. policies and objectives. There will be increasing demands to participate more fully in strategic discussions and to present the maritime point of view articulately within the government.

Tomorrow's technological advances will unquestionably require more highly qualified personnel, but one new dimension has already been added to the qualities we must expect of our officers and men. The Cold War has resulted in a level of personal involvement and sacrifice hitherto unknown in the peacetime N a v y . Shore duty in many cases offers little respite from high pressure, short fuse operations.

Prolonged and repeated deployments in support of our foreign policy are not likely to diminish. The men at the cutting edge of our forward elements can expect to be exposed to loss or capture.

The realities of personal involvement require a strong and permanent conviction that the preservation of freedom in the world justifies a n y d e g r e e of personal sacrifice. Many other Americans may hold this conviction equally strongly, but they are fortunately privileged to do so from the security of their own homes.

Easy-chair convictions about the values of American Life are not enough for today's Navy nor for the Navy of the future. We must continue to produce officers who perceive that the only road to personal security is through personal involvement, and whose leadership reflects both the technological competence and the moral conviction which the future will require.

We in the Navy are convinced that the greatest age of sea power the world has ever known lies just ahead, as the immense technological achievements of the nuclear age are adapted to naval use.

THE GREATEST AGE OF SEA POWER THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN WILL BE ACHIEVED BY MEN WHOSE PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESERVATION OF LIBERTY MEANS MORE TO THEM THAN MERELY REAPING ALL OF ITS ADVANTAGES. S H I P M A T E

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N RECENT YEARS, the "Superintendent Reports" has been a summary of the month's events at the Naval Academy, many of which are reported in detail elsewhere in the magazine. With so many significant changes underway in the organization, curriculum, and physical plant of the Academy, it has been suggested by some of our readers that the Superintendent's column might more suitably be devoted to a frank and thorough discussion of these changes. For this reason, I have requested the Editor of Shipmate to allow me the opportunity to write a few articles, all of which will be related, in an effort to bring our Alumni up-to-date on exactly what is transpiring at their Alma Mater. A number of articles have been written in recent months about the Naval Academy and about some of the changes which are being effected. These articles have not always correcdy reflected either the changes themselves or their purpose. It is my hope that this series of articles will serve as a means of better informing our Alumni of our progress in a number of areas.

I think I had best begin by making the statement that, no matter what changes have been effected, or are in prospect, the Naval Academy's basic mission remains unchangedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to graduate the finest Naval and Marine Officers possible for service in The Fleet and in the Corps. All of us here at the Naval Academy recognize this as our Number One priority and nothing that we are doing or plan to do is envisioned as legislating against accomplishment of that goal. If our Alumni appreciate that one fact, perhaps the changes which I refer to in these articles will be more clearly understood and accepted.

In this article I would like to discuss our current administrative organization which became effective on 1 July 1964.

A year ago we began a very thorough study of our organization with a view to working out a plan which would enable a civilian Academic Dean to function effectively at the Naval Academy. Dr. A. Bernard Drought joined us in August on a year's leave of absence from Marquette University as our Academic Dean (pro tem) and immediately began a very careful survey of our entire operation. His excellent and sound recommendations on organization were studied, along with our own conclusions, and converted into a plan which was unanimously adopted by the Academic Board of the Naval Academy and approved by the Secretary of the Navy on 10 April 1964. It became effective on 1 July. The new organization differs from the previous one in a number of important respects.

First, we have disestablished the following former billets: the Director of Naval Science; the Director of Science and Engineering; the Director of Social Sciences and Humanities; and the Secretary of the Academic Board and Academic Aide to the Superintendent. Secondly, we have established the Academic Dean in a line capacity under the Superintendent, and provided him with two principal naval officer assistants. Thirdly, we have reorganized the office of the Dean of Admissions, adding to it several essential functions, with the Dean of Admissions reporting directly to the Superintendent. Fourthly, we have reorganized the Academic Board, adding the Academic Dean to its membership.

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The Division Directors were established some five years ago to better coordinate the efforts of departments teaching closely allied disciplines, and to reduce the membership of the Academic Board from 12 to 5. This step was a useful one at that time, and the outstanding officers who have filled these billets have made strong contributions to the educational program.

In the future, however, the coordination and direction of individual academic departments will be one of the Academic Dean's principal responsibilities. It can be most effectively carried out if the Dean deals direcdy with department heads rather than through intervening directors.

The proven advantage of a small Academic Board will be retained, however. In the future, the members will be the Superintendent, the Commandant, the Academic Dean, and three academic department heads of the rank of Captain. The Dean of Admissions will serve as the Secretary to the Academic Board. This arrangement provides a Board of manageable size, which will have on it the Dean and enough members with firsthand departmental experience to assure continuity and stability in academic matters.

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OW A WORD about the civilian Academic Dean. I don't believe any single change at the Naval Academy has generated more discussion among our Alumni than the establishment of this position. It is quite apparent, and predictably so I think, that such a move was viewed with suspicion, and even alarm, by some Alumni who feared a civilian Dean would somehow represent a threat to the traditional military atmosphere of the Naval Academy. When the idea was first proposed, I also entertained some doubts about the wisdom of the move, and it was generally agreed that we should move very slowly in this direction. Consequently, we first screened nearly one hundred prospects for the position, having first decided that, whoever was ultimately selected, he would serve only on a temporary basis for one year, during which time a most careful study would be made of the entire operation of the Naval Academy to develop an organization within which a Dean could function effectively. After a year of working with this problem, I am now absolutely certain, as are the rest of the members of the Academic Board, that the introduction of a permanent Academic Dean into our organization is a sound and essential step. The steady improvement of an academic program requires the wise and persistent guidance of an experienced able person in the Field of Education, who can stay on continuously to monitor the program. Since half of our faculty consists of civilian professors, this person must know where good men in each field are trained, and what constitutes reasonable qualifications for hiring. He can establish and insist on high standards of faculty performance, provide continuity and wise counsel in curriculum matters, and insure that the best experience is brought to bear on the redesign of the academic buildings during the forthcoming modernization of the physical plant. In recent years these functions have been carried out by the Secretary of the Academic Board, an officer who has had to learn the job and then leave in one or two years. Although these officers have been, without exception, 13

superior performers all of whom made major contributions to academic improvements, it is, nevertheless, a fact that the lack of previous experience in this specialized area, coupled with the normal officer rotation requirements, legislated against their achieving goals that might have been obtainable otherwise.

The Academic Dean in the new organization reports to the Superintendent and, although a voting member of the Academic Board, takes his policy guidance from that Board. Nevertheless, he has a line responsibility under the Superintendent for direct supervision of the academic departments, each of which will normally retain senior Naval Officer Department Heads. This seems to be a good balance. Naval Officers, as they should be, are in control of the school, with the Academic Dean providing the best possible management of the academic program. Dr. Drought, who has accepted an appointment as our first permanent Academic Dean, is superbly equipped for the position by virtue of personal and professional qualifications.

The Dean is to be provided with two senior Naval Officer Assistant Deans, one for Student Affairs and one for Faculty Affairs, who will together absorb the planning and advisory functions of the former Division Directors. In addition, the position of Executive Assistant has been established. These three assistants should permit the Dean to carry out his functions effectively.

To free the Dean from excessive routine operations, he will not be required to supervise the Dean of Admissions and the Registrar. As is the case in most educational institutions, the

Dean of Admissions now reports directly to the Superintendent.

The Dean of Admissions not only will be responsible for candidate screening, testing, and admission, but will also supervise the Registrar's function. In addition, several new functions are being added to the responsibilities of the Dean of Admissions. A Candiate Guidance Officer will supervise the growing efforts of the Naval Academy Information Officers (Blue and Gold Officers). These are Reserve Officers in every Naval District, who take two weeks summer active duty training at the Naval Academy and then tell our story to young men in secondary schools across the country. A Statistical Evaluation Officer will provide us with the institutional studies which are so necessary in analyzing our educational effort, and a Publications Officer who will assume such tasks as producing the Catalogue of Information, The Academic Calendar, etc. will round out the staff.

Times change; concepts change. The new organization we initiate this year has evolved slowly, and will doubtiess change again as future advancements in technology and education demand. We move forward slowly, but we must advance constandy to preserve the proud tradition that a United States Naval Academy graduate of today is equipped to face the challenges of the Navy of tomorrow.

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Admitted from independent schools 21 19% of the class of 1968 had some college preparation (one-half year or more) prior to admission.

A PROFILE OF THE CLASS OF 1968 b y Dr. W i l l i a m S. Shields, Heati

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RANK IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS ' T ' H I S PROFILE of the entering Naval Acad-*- emy Class oÂŁ 1968 has been prepared as a guide to prospective candidates, school authorities and other interested persons. The characteristics noted will aid guidance counselors in determining the representative backgrounds and qualifications of young men entering the Academy, and it is hoped that this information will prove of assistance in advising prospective candidates.

ideals of duty, honor and loyalty are characteristic of the Brigade; the basic curriculum is supplemented by a broad elective course program; a comprehensive extracurricular program is maintained; and physical fitness is developed to a high degree. The graduate receives his Bachelor of Science degree and his Commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy and joins his fellow officers in a rewarding life of service to his Country.

Each candidate for the Naval Academy must meet general eligibility requirements as to citizenship, age, character, and marital status. He must obtain a nomination either from a member of Congress or from one of the competitive sources.

In addition to presenting an acceptable secondary school record, he must score acceptably on specified College Board tests or, if he holds a Congressional non-competitive nomination, he may present a satisfactory one-year college record. He must also qualify physically. It is in most of these respects that the Naval Academy's admissions procedures and requirements differ from those of civilian institutions. Detailed information on the above matters is contained in the Admissions Regulations, which may be obtained from the Admissions Office, U. S. Naval Academy.

VOLUME OF APPLICANTS

In the selection of candidates who are competing for appointments, the Naval Academy takes into account the quality of the secondary school record, additional study, the College Board scores, extracurricular activities, athletics, honors and awards, employment outside school hours, recommendations of teachers, guidance counselors, principals, coaches and others who know first-hand the candidate's accomplishments, his potential, and his motivation for a career in the Naval service.

The prospective candidate should be informed that, while admission to the Naval Academy is highly selective and competition during the four years is keen, the associations and experience of these four years are rich indeed. The highest 14

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COLLEGE BOARD SCORES The Naval Academy requires that all candidates attempting to qualify for admission by the examination method (96% of the Class of 1968) take the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the Achievement Tests in English and either Intermediate or Advanced Mathematics. The following table covering the Class of 1968 shows the per cent within score ranges of those qualifying for entrance by examination: Sat Sat Eng. Score Range V M Comp.

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750-800 7% 1% 6% 700-749 5% 22% 5% 17% 650-699 15% 31% 12% 25% 600-649 26% 26% 20% 29% 550-599 33% 12% 28% 18% 500-549 17% 2% 24% 5% 450-499 4% 10% 400-449 Mean Scores 596 663 584 649 DISTRIBUTION OF CLASS BY SCHOOLS Per Cent Admitted from public schools 79

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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS Per Cent 4 4 38 20 22 30 11 Per Activities Cent Class President or Student Body President. . 17 Otiier Class Officer or Student Body Officer. . 35 School Publication Staff 24 Varsity Athletics 73 Intramural Athletics 48 Subject Clubs (Latin, French, Math, etc.). . 45 Dramatics 21 Debating 11 Musical Groups 29 Service Clubs 33 Eagle Scout 10 Honors Valedictorians Salutatorians National Honor Society Other Honor Societies Academic Awards and Medals Scholarship Winners Science Fair Award

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION Midshipmen are admitted from every state in the Union and the District of Columbia. The Class of 1968 included 1 midshipman from the Philippine Islands, 1 from Venezuela, 1 from Costa Rica, 1 from Panama, and 1 from Peru to fill quotas authorized the Republic of the Philippines and the American Republics (other than the United States).

SONS OF ALUMNI The Class of 1968 included 72 sons of Naval Academy graduates (5.4% of the class).

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ATHLETICS N A V Y FALL SPORTS b y Budd T h a l m a n

A year ago. Navy compiled one of its finest fall athletic records in .Academy history. The Midshipmen won 34 of 39 varsity regular and postseason contests for an incredible winning percentage of 87.2%.

Accomplishments included: The East's Lambert Trophy, a second-place finish in both wire service football polls, and a Cotton Bowl date with number one-ranked Texas; the runner-up trophy in the N.C.A.A. soccer tournament, and the Eastern Intercollegiate Lightweight football crown.

While '63's achievements will be hard to match, the outlook is bright for standout seasons in all five fall sports. Here are the prospects: Cross Country—.4 pair of 1-2 punches, one new and the other old, give Coach Jim Gehrdes a formidable running foursome. The Navy coach, who begins his 13th season at the helm, believes he has the depth and talent to finish in the style of the past two seasons. In 1962-63, Gehrdes' teams won 12 of 16 outings.

The new 1-2 punch is Greg Williams, a second classman from Collins, Miss., and Buzz Lawlor, a youngster from Silver Spring, Md. Williams holds the Naval Academy record for the five-mile course with his effort of 25 minutes, 15.5 seconds, vs. William and Mary last season. Lawlor was first in five of six plebe races last fall and set new standards at two different distances.

"These two young men may develop into the strongest running combination Navy has ever had," Gehrdes says.

Captain Forrest Horton and senior Bob Sermier form Navy's "old" 1-2 punch. Horton and Sermier have been running together for three seasons. Gehrdes thinks this will be a banner year for both of them. Between them last season, Horton and Sermier compiled three seconds, three thirds, seven fourths, two fifths, and a sixth.

Lettermen Jim Koons and Bob Starker and youngsters Dave LeRoy, Richard Moore, and Richard Brantigan also figure in the cross country plans.

The schedule: Sept. 25, West Virginia; Oct. 3, William & Mary; Oct. 10, Georgetown; Oct. 17, St. John's and N.Y.U. at New York Cit\'; Oct. 24, at Penn State; Oct. 30, Maryland; Nov. 6, Heptagonals at New York City; Nov. 21, at Army.

150-Pound Football—Since joining the Eastern 150-Pound Football League in 1946, Navy has won 12 championships. Three of the five times Navy has lost out. Army copped the tide.

In this respect, 1964 should be litde different with the Midshipmen and Cadets again the key contestants for the lightweight grid crown. They meet face-to-face at West Point on October 17th.

Coach Jack Cloud, who beat .\rmy 13-0 in the 1963 opener, gets a game (Cornell on Oct. 10) to warm up this season. Twenty-one of last year's 38 lettermen are again available. Losses can be expected to show most on defense, where Navy surrendered only 20 points all of last season.

Quarterback Jack Quisenberry, the team captain from Clinton, Miss., triggers Cloud's volatile offense. Quisenberry passed for six touchdowns and ran for seven additional tallies to lead the team in scoring a year ago. He was one of eight Navy players to make the Eastern All-League team.

Veteran backs Fred Grimshaw and Jim Minderlein are back to tote the ball but speedy Jim Angel, who also made the All-League eleven, has moved up to the heavyweight varsity. Fullback John Fyfe has the inside for the position vacated

by Jack Zimmerman.

The offensive line is sprinkled with veterans at every position but end but the defensive forward wall is particularly short at guard and end.

Pete Gness at guard and Dick Burdette at end are the lone experienced men to team with the All-East Sam Brogli and Harry Hadd on the defensive team.

The schedule: Oct. 10, Cornell; Oct. 17, at Army; Oct. 24, Columbia; Nov. 6, at Rutgers; Nov. 13, Princeton; Nov. 2 1 , at Pennsylvania.

Soccer—Navy soccer coach Glenn Warner has to find answers in a hurry if the Midshipmen are to repeat their success of 1963.

The veteran coach reports his team will "be smaller than in the past, have an offensive line that could surprise, and a defense that is definitely inexperienced."

It is on defense that the answers must come quickest. All four regular defensemen from 1963 have graduated. Two letter winners — Mike Sweeney and Fabrizio (Fab) Dudine—will have to hold tilings together until another pair of backs develop.

Fullback is the biggest question mark. Scott Hood and Bob Brown, who saw part-time service a year ago, rate the pre-season starting nod but Bill Taylor and Joe Burns could move into the picture.

Last year's goalie. Bob Johnson, must withstand the charge of ex-p!ebe net tender John Cotton, described by plebe coach Dick Megargee as one of the best he has ever coached.

All-America Myron Hura, who led the team in scoring and assists, gets the major share of the scoring burden now that Karl Kaeser has graduated. Hura could get help from Captain Paul Daulerio, who finished fast with 10 goals in '63, or ex-plebes Ed Schegel and Joe Burns.

Always realistic, Warner expects to have a winning year but the size of the success won't be known until the season is underway.

The schedule: Sept. 30, Brooklyn College; Oct. 3, Haverford; Oct. 10, at Nortii Carolina; Oct. 17, West Chester; Oct. 24, Penn State; Oct. 28, Gettysburg; Oct. 3 1 , Seton Hall; Nov. 4, at Maryland; Nov. 10, Duke; Nov. 14, Swarthmore; Nov. 21, at Army.

MYRON HURA, soccer

Photo by Stu Whelan

GREG WtLLIAMS, cross country

Photo by Stii Whelan

150-POUND COACH CLOUD and TEAM CAPTAIN JOHN QUISENBERRY S E P T E M B ER - O C T O B E R ,

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Dmghy Sailing—The dinghy sailors hope to improve on tile fall-spring performance of a vear ago. Don Kern, a second classman from Saunderstown, R. I., got considerable experience in Regattas last year and appears to be a top sailor.

First classman Bob Champoux is another experienced hand but due to the abundance of sailing talent in tile Class of '64 most of the other aspirants have never competed in a varsity race.

The quick development of the plebe hopefuls will be the key to the season. Sam Snyder, Dick Cuciti, and Larry Pigeon look like excellent prospects for leading roles in the sailing program.

The schedule: Sept. 27, Pentagonal Championships at New London; Oct. 10-11, M.A.I.S.A. Fall Elimination Regatta; Oct. 24-25, Nevins Trophy Regatta at Kings Point; Nov. 7-8, M.A.I.S.A. Monotype Championships; Nov. 21-22, War Memorial Regatta.

TO HELMS HALL OF FAME

Capt. Stephen M. Archer, USN (Ret.) '32, was recendy inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame at Los Angeles, Calif., for his contribution to the promotion of amateur wrestling. He is now secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, with A.A.U. headquarters in New York City.

On 24 July, a dinner was given by the governors of the Helms Hall of Fame at the Helms Athletic Hall in Los Angeles, which was attended

by Captain Archer and Raymond H. Swartz, former wrestiing coach at the Naval Academy who is now a professor in the Department of Physical Education.

Swartz has been a member of the Helms Hall of Fame for many years, when he was selected on the basis of being an outstanding wrestling coach.

He was coach of the U. S. Olympic wrestiing team at Helsinki in 1952, and of the USA wrestling team at the World Championships held at Tokyo in 1961. He was chairman of the U. S. Wrestiing Committees for 1952 and 1956.

Both Captain Archer and Ray Swartz are members of the A.A.U. Foreign Relations Committee, which met in Los Angeles in late July. Both will attend the 1964 Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in October, as Games officials.

RAY SWARTZ and MOE ARCHER '32

CAPITOL HILL

by Fred Lardner

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UDGING from the nice things said of military personnel recentiy by President Johnson, members of Congress, and government officials, and by promises to help improve Service life, there should be some positive action on helpful personnel legislation in the 89th Congress.

Some of this talk may have been inspired by the fact that, under a Democratic Congress and a Democratic administration, the military haven't been doing so well. In some cases the efforts of the Defense Department have been downgraded by the Congress and civilian agencies of government. But the Defense Department itself has been accused of downgrading the military.

In a speech at the recent joint convocation of the National War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, at Fort McNair, President Johnson said he had directed Secretary of Defense McNamara to speed consideration of housing, medical care, pay and allowances "so that we can at the earliest possible moment take whatever steps both human equity and national defense may require to enhance the standing and morale of those who defend us."

The President said he believes "that our country justiy must and safely can accord to our military men a place in our society long denied to soldiers throughout history."

"I want our uniformed citizens to be first class citizens in every respect," Mr. Johnson said, "and I want their wives and their children to know only first class lives."

The President called for a review of the educational system and the major schools in the services and "the opportunities now offered for continued civilian education while in service—to broaden and strengthen these programs."

The President also said: "I am proud of the service to our national defense which has been rendered since 1961 by dedicated civilian officials, too, under the brilliant and driving leadership of a great Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, and an Under Secretary of Defense Cyrus Vance. Our soldiers and our civilians are one team."

The President described the relationship between military and civilians as "sensitive."

"Enemies of our system have always and will always make this relationship a point of their attack in the efforts to divide us or to implant distrust among us."

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"I want the world to know that in this land there is today a strong mutual confidence between military men and civilian political leaders," the President added.

Congressional V i e w s

Speaking of "The Military Man—Our Best Investment in the Cause of Peace," Representative Charles Gubser (Rep., Calif.) said: "It is interesting that in recent years the caliber of military personnel has gone up dramatically, and yet at the same time the relative pay of the military as compared to civilian pay has gone down.

"Why this seeming inconsistency.? There are two answers. One is sheer patriotism and love of service to country on the part of military men; the other, and much the least important, are the fringe benefits of a military career.

"Yet one by one, and on a regular basis, just as regular as the clock, these benefits are disappearing. The commissary privilege is under attack.

We have seen recomputation drastically curtailed as a traditional part of retired pay. We have seen retired pay represented as a serious financial drain on our fumre. Current Administration policy is that hospital beds for retirees are going by the board.

"Then along with the erosion of fringe benefit we see what I personally believe is a deliberate downgrading of the military man by a strong array of forces seeking to discredit anything military.

"How long can patriotism alone keep our service people from seeking the superior earnings, the convenience, and the social status that is available to their civilian contemporaries outside the service?"

Representative L. Mendel Rivers (Dem., S. C ) , who succeeds Rep. Carl Vinson (Dem., Ga.) as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said it is "my intention to introduce a bill that will provide substantial increases in military pay, that will provide substantial increases in subsistence allowances, and that will overcome the somewhat naive decision of the Internal Revenue Service with regard to dislocation allowances.

In addition, by next January if the Department of Defense has not come up with a solution to the problems that have been created through the payments of proficiency pay and reenlistment bonuses, then I propose to begin hearings on these subjects.

"Next year, one way or another, I intend to do a great deal more for the members of the Armed Services who are watching their privileges, their rights, and their benefits attacked from every side."

A Political Football?

The 1964 political campaign has been underway for some time. At this writing (late August) the Democrats are about to begin their convention. But President Johnson has been campaigning for months, and recendy has stepped up his tempo, talking to two and three different groups almost daily. Some of his supporters, notably Senator Humphrey (Dem., Minn.), have been barnstorming. And even testimony before Congressional committees shows that government officials are aiming at the November elections.

Senator Barry Goldwater (Rep., Arizona) has accused the Administration of downgrading the military. Perhaps because of this and the fact that government agencies, as the General Accounting Office and the Internal Revenue Service, and some Congressional committees, as the Senate Appropriations Committee, which put drastic limits on 1965 housing construction, military personnel may be sort of a political football in this campaign. We take political football to mean some people or some thing or some action which is kicked around considerably during a campaign, that is, discussed pro and con, with the idea that the party which wins may or may not do something about them.

In this case, however, no one is likely to say anything against the military, and it is highly probable that something will try to be done about the things said of and for it. The military in terms of national defense has often been a political issue. In this campaign, apparendy, military personnel are also an issue, but an issue only in the sense of what can be done for them.

A Licking O n Housing

In the Defense Department construction authorization bill, Congress authorized the building of 9888 new dwelling units for fiscal 1965. However, the authorization bill, handled by the Armed Services Committees, is not the last word in construction. The Defense Department appropriations bill is, yet under this bill, the House approved construction of 9590 new units. Then the Senate Appropriations Committee reduced the number of units to 7500.

This happened in spite of the fact that the Defense Department has been trying for three years to obtain approval of an annual construction of 12,500 new units. Furthermore, the Senate Appropriations Committee said that 7500 new units is all the department can expect to have approved in future appropriations bills. {Continued on page 18) S H I P M A T E

CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS Most Navy and Marine Corps officers make the best provision they are able against the day when their wives may suddenly be left alone. Most similarly provide for their own advanced age. But it is generally recognized that even these best efforts may not be enough.

The whole purpose of the Navy-Marine Residence Foundation and the facilities they aspire to build is to help close this gap for those elderly retired officers and/or their spouses who need help.

The plans of the Foundation are attractive and impressive. But, as we all know, this job must be done without appropriated funds. I fully support the efforts of the Foundation, the Navy and Marine Officers' Wives' Clubs whose labors have built up the existing fund, and all others who in the future will lend a hand to the ultimate success of the task.

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY The Navy-Marine Residence Foundation is incorporated in the District of Columbia and was certified on December 19, 1963, as a tax free, non-profit and charitable Foundation. It will provide elderly persons according to need, on a non-profit and charitable basis, with housing facilities specially designed to meet their needs.

The Foundation has been most ably promoted since 1961 by the Navy and Marine Officers' Wives' Clubs. They have raised over $120,000.00 through contributions, bazaars and membership fees.

The Foundation has my enthusiastic support as a much needed and worthy undertaking.

Paul H. Nitze

COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS The career of a military officer is primarily one of service rather than one of reward. All too frequendy retired officers, and especially widows of officers, find themselves approaching their golden years with no suitable place to live.

The Navy-Marine Residence Foundation, a chartered, tax free, nonprofit organization, has undertaken to provide suitable retirement housing for elderly career retired Navy and Marine Corps officers, both regular and reserve, and their wives or widows.

The Foundation is a worthy undertaking.

It is sponsored by capable and responsible individuals. It has begun on a sound financial basis, but needs assistance to continue. It merits the support of all of us. The Marine Corps is squarely behind this project.

Wallace M. Greene, Jr.

David L. McDonald

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NAVY-MARINE RESIDENCE FOUNDATION Incorporated BACKGROUND The Foundation was formed in 1960 under the guidance of Admiral "Mick" Carney. On 1 March 1961, the Foundation was incorporated in the District of Columbia. Admiral W. H. Caliaghan was elected as President of the Board of Trustees. Under the able sponsorship of the Navy and Marine Officers' Wives' Clubs, service-wide, $120,000.00 has been raised through contributions, bazaars, and membership subscriptions. The Navy and Marine Corps may take justifiable pride in the magnificent support of their ladies to the Residence Foundation.

The Foundation was certified on December 19, 1963, as a tax free, nonprofit and charitable organization (Certificate #6-07-286). Effective August 1, 1964, the Board of Trustees appointed Vice Admiral Laurence H. Frost, USN (Ret.), as Administrative Manager on a full time basis.

A new office, Building 54, U. S. Naval Observatory was established on August 3, 1964.

The Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Paul H. Nitze, on August 14, 1964, certified his support by stating "The Foundation has my enthusiastic support as a much needed and worthy undertaking."

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1964

ORGANIZATION The Foundation is administered by a Board of Trustees of not less than nine or not more than nineteen members. The Board is now comprised of the following: Mr. William C. Allen, USNA '29—President RAdm. Preston V. Mercer, USN (Ret.)— Vice President VAdm. Stephen R. Edson, USN (Ret.)— Treasurer Capt. Will J. Davis, Jr., USN (Ret.)—Secretary RAdm. H. Lamont Pugh (MC), USN (Ret.) RAdm. Alexander C. Husband, USN RAdm. Frederick J. Harlfinger, II, USN RAdm. J. O. Cobb, USN Capt. Viola Sanders, USN (Wave) LtGen. Robert M. Pepper, USMC (Ret.) Mrs. Frank Virden Mrs. John S. Oldfield Mrs. C. J. Van Arsdall Mrs. A. M. Shinn Mrs. R. F. Skylstead The NOW Welfare Committee has carried on the dissemination of information, clerical work and fund raising. This work has been most effectively done on a volunteer basis by Navy and

Marine Wives working at the NOW Club Headquarters.

The Welfare Committee, now chaired by Mrs. A. M. Shinn, has as its advisors the wife of the Chief of Naval Operations, Mrs. D. L. McDonald; the wife of Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Mrs. Horatio Rivero; and the wife of Chief of Naval Personnel, Mrs. Benedict J. Semmes.

PLANS The initial plan of the Foundation is to create in the Washington, D. C. area a residence for 300 elderly persons consisting of 200 single and 50 double apartments. It is expected the public rooms will include a chapel, lounges, dining room, card room, recreation room, hairdresser, library and a modern infirmary which will provide the best nursing care. All these needs will be met in a club-like residence at reasonable cost and commensurate with the individual's ability to pay. It should be emphasized that the entrance fee and monthly charge guarantee not only lifetime tenure but also nursing care for all occupants whenever needed. Entrance will provide maximum security for the elderly at a minimum cost.

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The residence will be named "Vinson Hall," in honor of Mr. Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

Eligible applicants will include: Widows of regular Navy and Marine Corps Officers Widows of reserve officers who die on active duty or retire after at least 20 years active service Retired Officers and their wives Retired commissioned female officers. Navy and Marine Retired Officers, on space available basis Entrance will be approved by an anonymous Admissions Committee in all cases.

While a site for the Residence has not yet been procured, twelve possible sites in the Washington area have been inspected by the Architect and by the Building Committee of which RAdm. A. C. Husband (CEC), USN, is chairman. H. R. 11609, 88th Congress, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey real property to the Foundation, is pending in the Congress. Action to procure a site has been delayed until Congress acts on the bill. About 10 acres of land is required.

The Board has established a fund-raising program with the objective that at least two million dollars will be raised within the next year. This fund will be used for the purpose of providing a continuing annual income of $100,000.00 from capital investment at 5 % . These funds will be used exclusively for the support of widows otherwise unable to live in the residence.

FINANCING The Residence completed will cost approximately $4,500,000.00. The land and building will be financed 100% through FHA or other source loan. The Residence will be self-supporting, with amortization and interest paid out of income. No contributed funds will be used for support of persons who are financially able to pay their way.

This is, of course, a private, non-profit, nondenominational organization. In order to qualify for tax free status, one-third of the occupants must receive, at least, partial financial assistance.

DISTAFF HALL AS PROTOTYPE The Army Distaff Hall, for widows only, in Washington is operating most successfully. Vinson Hall will generally be similar to Distaff Hall.

However, the Navy-Marine Residence will accept officers, male and female, of both services, and the Nurse Corps, as well as officers' wives and widows.

The cost of living in the Distaff Hall varies depending on accommodations. Each resident pays an entrance fee of from $4,000.00 to $9,500.00 and a monthly rental of from $75.00 to $172.50, depending on unit size. Adjustments in costs are

1964 REGISTER OF A L U M N I The new ^ 964 REGISTER is available for distribution $4.00 plus postage ($1.25 west of Miss.; 75^ east of Miss.)

Enclosed is $ Please send 1964 REGISTER to:

Mail to: ALUMNI HOUSE Annapolis, Md.

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made for those in financial need. All but the smallest accommodations contain cooking facilities.

ADDITIONAL FACTS The Honorable Fred Bantz, former UnderSecretary of the Navy, has volunteered to act as Chairman of the National Fund Raising Campaign.

All publicity for the campaign will be released

by September 15. The fund drive will begin on October 1, 1964. Volunteer assistance by Navy, Marine and civilian individuals and groups in all the regional and local communities will be needed and is solicited.

MEMBERSHIP Individual and Club Membership of the Foundation is strongly encouraged. Dues entitle members to vote at annual meetings.

Individual membership $ 25.00 Club membership 100.00 Individual life membership 500.00 The Foundation welcomes any suggestions, questions or further information, and, of course, donations.

ADDRESS Navy-Marine Residence Foundation, Inc. Building 54, U. S. Naval Observatory Washington, D. C. 20390

CAPITOL HILL (Continued from page 16) The 7500 approved by the Senate committee would be divided as follows: Navy, 3149; Army, 1621; Air Force, 2730.

The Senate as a whole will probably approve the 7500 approved by its committee. Then the 9590 finally approved by the House and the 7500 approved by the Senate will go to a conference committee, where, if the House members of that committee battle strongly enough, the 7500 will be increased at least a little.

This is a typical example of the conflict of authority between the Armed Services Committees and the Appropriations Committees. Usually it is the House Appropriations military construction subcommittee which reduces funds. In this case it was the military construction subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee. This subcommittee, incidentally, is headed by Senator John Stennis (Dem., Miss.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. And Senator Richard Russell (Dem., Ga.), the second ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, is also head of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Obviously, in considering the construction authorization bill, Mr. Russell and Mr. Stennis, who ranks just behind Mr. Russell on the Armed Services Committee, approved a larger number of units in the authorization bill than they did in the appropriations bill. In this case, apparendy, the conflict of authority is not between committees, but rather in the thinking of these two men.

Hospital Appropriations. The Senate committee approved $13,000,000 for the new Naval Hospital at Oakland, Calif., and $7,150,000 for the new Naval Hospital at Jacksonville, Fla., the same funds approved by the House.

The committee authorized a cut of 40 percent in funds for Navy bachelor officers' quarters, leaving $2,197,000 of the $3,525,000 requested.

Army and Air Force bachelor officers' quarters were cut 50 percent.

GAO Investigates Navy Housing A Navy-wide investigation of housing has been requested by the General Accounting Office. The GAO reported that the government was making a mistake in paying out quarters allowances totaling $191,000 a year because military personnel on permanent duty at three Navy installations are paid such allowances when "they could be occupying available rent-free government quarters."

The three installations are Alameda Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, and Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

"Since we found deficiencies in the assignment of government quarters at three of the six installations we reviewed," GAO said (report B-125037, July 28), "we believe that the failure to utilize available quarters may be widespread throughout the naval establishment."

The Comptroller General, Joseph Campbell, head of GAO, said that Oakland Naval Hospital personnel have adequate quarters available at Alameda Naval Air Station, only 11 miles, or 25 to 30 driving minutes, away. At Whidbey Island, Mr. Campbell said, thirty officers draw $35,000 a year in allowances when they could be living in adequate bachelor officers' quarters.

However, the commander of this station has assigned these quarters to visiting officers, as the best quarters available. At the Patuxent River station, failure to utilize all 82 housing units costs $76,000 a year, report stated. However, the report cited Defense Department testimony before Congress quoting a need for this housing.

Dual Employment-Dual Compensation The new dual employment-dual compensation law becomes effective December 1. This bill has been almost twenty years in the making. Action began in 1947 by the Retired Officers Association, and this Association has been urging, year in and year out, enactment of such a statute.

The law applies primarily to Regular retired officers with at least 20 years of active service.

It authorizes them to accept employment with any agency of the Federal Government or the District of Columbia and to retain $2,000 of their retirement pay plus 50 percent of the remainder of this pay, as well as the pay of the civilian position. Retired Reservists and retired enlisted personnel can hold, as they have been doing for years, positions with the Federal Government without sacrificing any of their retired pay. The same applies to veterans retired for disability occurred in combat or by an instrumentality of war, and to any former military man with less than 20 years of service.

Newly retired officers would have to wait six months after retirement before accepting a Defense Department job. It would be almost impossible to obtain one before that time, although it might be done if the department head and the Civil Service Commission agreed.

Rules of the Civil Service Retirement Act are not changed by this law. Thus, a Regular retired officer, and former military members except disability retirees and Tide III Reservists, can hold a government civilian position for five years or more, then retire from that position and receive (a) their military retirement pay and the civil service retirement pay, or (b) they can abandon their military retirement pay and receive civil service retirement pay based on total years of both military and civilian service.

Disability retirees and Tide III Reservists receive both their military retirement pay and their civil service pay, the latter computed on total military and civilian employment service.

For Regular officers newly employed in civilian positions, the only military service counting for retention credits for layoff purposes and for civilian annual leave benefits will be wartime service.

Pay Bill Now Law The new pay law. Public Law 422â&#x20AC;&#x201D;88th Congress, became effective September 1. It provides a general increase of 2.5 percent in all basic pay except that for enlisted men with less than two years of service. Officers with less than two years of service receive an 8.5 percent increase. This means that the pay of midshipmen and cadets at the military academies increases from $111.15 to $120.00 a month, since their pay is half of that of a new ensign or second lieutenant.

SHIPMATE

Academy enlisted men are presendy housed in 2 outdated barracks ships moored to Santee Pier.

These ships, built during World War II for temporary use at overseas bases, are the successors of the REINA MERCEDES and the CUMBERLAND, both

still vivid in the recollection of many a Naval Academy graduate.

The contract for the new building, calling for completion before January 1966, was awarded to the Essential Construction Co. of Fort Lee, N . J., for the low bid of $1,484,140. To be included in the building are a small dispensary, a tailor shop, barber shop, office spaces and an enlisted men's club. The living compartments, 2 and 4-man rooms, will be located primarily on the 2nd and 3rd floors. A gymnasium, easily converted to a chapel for Sunday services, will be on the southeast side of the barracks.

The need for an enlisted men's barracks-mess hall on the Academy grounds arises from the large number of enlisted men working in Bancroft Hall and throughout the Academy grounds.

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The Moil Boat Photo by Norfolk Virginian Pilot shipmate: USS CLAUDE V . RICKETTS

NORFOLK (Virginian Pilot). In an unprecedented ceremony at the Naval Station on 28 July the guided missile destroyer BIDDLE was renamed USS CLALTDE V. RicKETTS. This is reported to be the first instance in which the name of a ship in commission in the U. S. Navy has been changed.

Mrs. Ricketts, widow of the late Admiral Claude V. Ricketts who died in July while serving as Vice Chief of Naval Operations, unveiled the new name on the ship's stern. Among the naval officials who attended the ceremony on board the ship tied up at the Naval Station's Pier 7 were the Hon. Paul H . Nitze, Secretary of the Navy, Adm. David L. McDonald, Chief of Naval Operations, and Adm. Harold Page Smith, Commander in Chief Atiantic and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atiantic. At the conclusion of the ceremony in which Admiral Ricketts was hailed as the Navy's "most articulate spokesman for the multilateral seaborne force," the flag of the BIDDLE was hauled down and replaced by the new flag

lected to conduct a demonstration in multinational allied manning. Her ship's company, officers and men, is composed of members of the navies of various NATO nations.

Admiral McDonald, another speaker at the ceremony, said that such a force "might be even more effective in preventing war than Admiral Ricketts had believed possible." Admiral Smith emphasized the uniqueness of the ceremony and the demonstration and termed the late Admiral Ricketts a "pioneer in the new multinational concept."

DESCENDANT OF REINA A N D CUMBERLAND

ANNAPOLIS (NAVNEWS). Construction of a 500-man, 3-story barracks-mess hall for enlisted men assigned to the Naval Academy is underway near the Academy Field House.

This splendid naval leader died in the service of his country in the midst of a tenacious campaign to make the world free of the threat of nuclear attack. His great qualities of courage and leadership so well exhibited at Pearl Harbor were carried into his last task . . . to create a NATO nuclear powered fleet, powerful enough to maintain our liberty.

of the RICKETTS.

Retirement of the name BIDDLE, however, will only be temporary. A guided missile destroyer now under construction will receive the name of the Revolutionary War hero.

Secretary Nitze said that the demonstration

Let those who often react only to the fan-fare of dramatic opportunists and Madison Avenue images recognize our tremendous loss, and pay homage in mourning the passing of this "quiet American" who gave his all for our future security . . . .

now underway in the USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS

constitutes a long and important step toward achievement of Admiral Ricketts' goalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an operating, multilateral, seaborne force. Before the Admiral's death this ship had already been se-

Our country has this month (July) lost a great American. He was one of those fine, courageous men who live quiedy, serve their country and fellow men quiedy . . . and die quietly.

Admiral Claude V. Ricketts' passing may leave no sense of great loss in the hearts of people across the country, those not too closely aware of the vyork of the servicemen in our nation's capital, and in the far flung units of a world-wide naval service.

Admiral Ricketts' naval career epitomized the life-long dedication of a man who rose from an apprentice seaman to a four-star admiral. He lived and daily accomplished the great things so often prornised by the blaring voices of our politically ambitious. He truly belonged to the select few who deserve the "Profiles of Courage" enshrinement.

ENLISTED Men's Barracks underway at USNA

WILLIAM C . ALLEN '29

H O M E C O M I N G 1964 ADMIRAL

MCDONALD WILL BE SPEAKER AT A L U M N I ASSEMBLY

ON SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER SE P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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WITH A ROUND TURN COMPETITION I N WEAPONS SYSTEMS b y Eugene E. W i l s o n

A major surprise of World War II was the sudden appearance of Japanese carrier aircraft of superior performance combined with superior fire power. Not generally realized is the fact that this was not a Japanese innovation but a wellconceived Japanese development of a cast-off American concept which had been offered to, and rejected by, U. S. Naval Aviation and the U. S. Army Air Corps.

The story began during the middle nineteenthirties when the U. S. Army Air Corps announced a fighter competition which drew entries by Curtiss, Seversky and Northrop. Each company entered an aircraft of its own design, produced at its own expense, amounting to at least $100,000.

In the course of trials conducted at Wright Field, the Northrop entry, having returned to California for minor modifications, disappeared during a flight over the Pacific Ocean. This airplane embodied many features common to both military and naval aircraft. Like the NavyBoeing F4B, introduced in 1928 as the Navy's first fighter-bomber, which later became standard in both services, it was designed for performance at altitude and enjoyed a loyal following among the group of Air Corps pilots who favored high speed at altitude over high speed at sea level.

dive-and-zoom showmanship common at the time, he made a carrier-approach, landed alongside his delegation, and merely nodded his head. In so doing, he exploded the ancient Myth of Occidental Superiority.

About that time a representative of a celebrated Swiss armament company put in his appearance at Vought. He wished to inquire whom he should call on in Washington with a view to interesting the U. S. Army and Navy in a recent development. Under Swiss law, his company could not market its new heavy, quick-firing machine guns in foreign countries, but might sell the right to manufacture them.

When he failed to spark any interest in Washington, he naturally turned to Tokyo. On a return visit, he dropped off in Hartford to show his color motion-picture films of a garden party given in his honor by the Emperor. Their beauty was somewhat marred for the Vought officials by the documentary evidence of his warm relations with the latter.

When, during World War II, the Japanese uncovered a new weapon system in the Pacific, Vought officials found their worst fears confirmed.

Later, when the then President of United Aircraft visited Pearl Harbor, and was shown a captured sample of Japanese foresight by the Commander-in-Chief of U. S. Naval Forces in the Pacific, he discovered an important truth.

Nonetheless, following the plane's loss, Northrup dropped out of the Army contest in order to concentrate on another Navy development.

Since the original entries had all incorporated Wright two-row radial engines, Pratt & Whitney now approached its affiliate, Chance Vought, with a proposal that the latter collaborate with Northrop in the construction of another entry incorporating a competitive Pratt & Whitney engine.

This undertaking demanded not only a unique cooperative effort between Vought and Northrop, situated on opposite coasts of the U. S., but also a round-the-clock production effort verging on the "impossible." Yet on-time delivery was made, despite the celebrated 1938 hurricane which cut off all electric power at the Vought plant, forcing night shifts to depend on automobile headlights for illumination.

Under the terms of the Army competition, award of a production contract would be made to the contractor who guaranteed the highest performance. In this respect it differed from the usual provision under which the award was made to the competitor whose experimental airplane demonstrated superiority during trials. And, while severe penalties were attached to failures to fulfill guarantees in production models, the procedure still committed the purchaser to their use. In this instance Seversky won the award.

However, since the Northrop-Vought fighterbomber had been designed for superior speed at altitude and was made compact to suit carrier requirements, Vought had hoped for an alternate Navy outiet. In this the company was foredoomed to disappointment by the fact that the Navy could scarcely be expected to adopt an Army castoff, however suitable otherwise. Confronted by this dilemma, and a substantial frozen asset amounting to well over $100,000, Vought requested, and was granted, permission to offer the single aircraft for sale in the export market.

In due course, a single nibble was received in the form of a Japanese delegation. A highlycompetent Japanese naval test pilot took the airplane to its critical altitude and tested its performance there. Without indulging in any of the 20

THIS JAPANESE Mitsubishi 00 (Zero or Zeke) was shot down in the Aleutians in 1942. But slightly damaged, it was repaired, given U.S. markings and brought to the United States for tests.

This new Japanese weapon system was no "Chinese copy" of the Vought-Northrop development, but a major advance thereon. While it conformed faithfully with the Vought-Northrop configuration and structural detail, it was considerably larger and mounted a new and much more powerful engine, comparable with more recent Wright and Pratt & Whitney models.

And this engine was no Chinese copy of either of these. On the contrary, it was a composite which included the best features of each, as well as those of the British Bristol and the French Gnome-Rhone, plus some Japanese innovations.

As to quality, it did not suffer in any way and may have been superior in areas where skilled handicraft could be employed to advantage.

Reviewing all of this in historical perspective, it seems evident that the fault lay in our decisionmaking processes. Moreover, the fault may have been accentuated rather than minimized by recent Defense Department reorganization. For, the current practice of awarding production contracts to a single supplier, on the basis of contract guarantees unsubstantiated by competitive prototype performance, while it may bankrupt the overly optimistic supplier, it will not protect a hapless purchaser willing to risk his all on computation. '

THE GREEK SHIPPING MAGNATES b y John D. Hayes ' 2 4

This column, in May 1964, discussed the "flags of convenience" merchant fleets, a twentieth century maritime phenomenon with which American naval men should be familiar. Another such phenomenon is the Greek shipping magnates who have become fabulously rich in the one area of free enterprise left, the oceans of the world. Although Greece, unlike Liberia and Panama, is a true maritime nation, almost half of the flags of convenience fleets are Greek owned. These are composed mostly of large modern tankers and bulk carriers that import the raw materials, primarily oil, iron ore and bauxite, now required in increasing amounts for the demanding economies of the United States and Europe. The rest of the Greek merchant marine is made up mosdy of tramps that ply about the world seeking cargo.

Greece has been a maritime nation for over 3,000 years. This mountainous country has forced its men to earn their living from the sea. For a young Greek, life holds no sweeter ambition than to be master of a ship. Whether he is destined to become shipowner, charterer, captain, officer or sailor, every son of Hellas worth his salt is a mariner at heart.

Despite the fact that Greece was occupied by the Germans in World War II, most of its ships were in the service of the Allies and this fleet composed about 2 0 % of Britain's chartered shipping.

In 1942 there were 156 Greek ships sailing in allied convoys; before the end of the war, 142 of these were lost. After the war the burden was on the victors to restore the merchant marines of Greece and Norway which also depends on the sea for its national life. The Norwegians preferred to build new ships as they did after World War I but the Greeks had always gainfully operated old ships that the more affluent maritime nations considered unprofitable. Liberty ships therefore provided them with a windfall as the Ships' Sales Act of 1946 allowed these to be sold for as low as $22,000 each. This law has since been criticized but it appeared the only fair thing to do at the time.

Shipping was then at a premium as the war wrecked economies had to be restored from overseas. The United States with its immense fleet priced itself out of the competitive market and the Greeks moved in. They questioned neither charterer nor cargo. The MacArthur hearings of 1951 brought out the fact that many of the ships carrying supplies to the Chinese Communists were Greek owned. Today both charterers and cargoes of Greek tramp steamers remain largely a mystery but it can be reasonably surmised that most of the arms trade which both flourishes on and helps cause the international chaos of today's world is carried in Greek bottoms. Greek shipowners have perhaps unjusdy been called the freebooters of the modern world but they certainly can be classed as international middlemen.

The post-war world kept changing and the Greek shipowners changed with it. Large tankers and fast loading and discharging bulk carriers were the types most needed and in the yards of West Germany and Japan, such ships could be built at low costs. The once naval shipbuilding yards of Kobe were converted to turn out giant tankers, in some cases eight times as large as the standard T-2 tanker of World War II. Greek shipowners after the war were quick to take advantage of the American maritime creation, the flag of convenience, not only because registry under such flags offered tax havens and escape from the fiscal and political instability of their own country but also provided easier access to U. S. sources of financing. Both Panamanian and Liberian flags were used and ships {Continued on page 50) S H I P M A T E

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Slk BREEZES

by Paul R. Schratz '39

ALUMNI

HOMECOMING Homecoming is the time for reunion and reminiscence, for conviviality and comradeship, and 1964 has double significance for us. Not only is it '39's twenty-fifth but it coincides with our homecoming from a year in the scenic mountains of far off Switzerland. As the only active USN officer here, I have fallen far out of touch with both the Navy and the nation.

We hear that the Yankees and Sonny Liston are no longer world champions, that Fred Korth is no longer SecNav, George Anderson not the CNO, nor is the patter of little feet any longer heard in the White House. We have better picWres of the moon than of parts of Manhattan, and despite our massive military strength, puny Vietnamese naval forces attack US destroyers on the high seas in broad daylight in a strange littie war in the Tonkin Gulf. At home, race riots and rights marchers scar the domestic scene, and even though it's late in the long, hot summer, people tell us that the Philadelphia Phillies are still in first place.

As modern Rip Van Winkles returning from a long sleep in the land of Heidi, the Schratzes feel strangely remote from the awesome events of the world to which they are returning. But detachment gives perspective and much of the volatility of American life today seems to suffer from an acute loss of perspective. The domestic crisis over freedom and the rights of the individual seem to cause great difficulty in distinguishing freedom or liberty from license. Many people seem to fail to recognize that responsibility rides with freedom; the greater freedom one has, the less liberty he may actually be able to enjoy.

NEWS

OFFICERS President— ADM. WALTER F . BOONE, USN (Ret.) '21 (5735), Washington, D. C. Vice President (Eastern Area)— MR. HANSON W . BALDWIN '24 (7405), New York, N . Y.

Vice President (Central Area)—RADM. LEON J. JACOBI, U S N R (Ret.) '21 (5786), Detroit, Mich.

Vice President (Western

Area)—

RADM. MARSHALL W . W H I T E , USN '34 (11548), San Diego, Calif.

Past President-— ADM. JERAULD WRIGHT, USN (Ret.) '18 (4915), Taiwan Executive Director— RADM. W . F . FITZGERALD, USN (Ret.) '21 (5912), Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's Representative— CAPT. ROY B . COWDREY, USN '40 (16118), Executive Assist. & Aide, USNA At Large (To serve until Spring Meeting 1965) R A D M . C . E . BELL, USN '19 (13565)

M A J . R . J. PERRICH, U S M C '47 (18611)

R A D M . E . M . ELLER, USN (Ret.) '25

LCDR. HARRY D . TRAIN, USN '49

(7738)

(20423) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1966)

CAPT. W . S. BUSIK, USN '43 (15752)

M A J . G E N . J. N . HART, U S M C

(Ret.)

'25 (07864) R A D M . E . B . FLUCKEY, USN "35

(11861)

V A D M . R . B . PIRIE, USN (Ret.) '26

(8189) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1967)

CAPT. G . W . GRIDER, USN (Ret.) '36

(12265)

R A D M . H . B . MILLER, USN (Ret.) '24

(7380)

RADM. L . S. KINTBERGER, USN (Ret.)

'32 (10515)

CAPT. D . J. WALSH, USN (Ret.)

'27

(9015) From Local Chapters (To serve until Spring Meeting 1965)

R A D M . G . E . PETERSON, USN

(Ret.)

'24 (7611) Boston CAPT. E . K . ZITZEWITZ, USNR '25

(796) Chicago

(8549) New York CAPT. W M . A. SuLLrvAN, USN (Ret.) '35 (12035) Peninsula CAPT. J. C . SNYDER, USNR (Ret.) '30

R A D M . A. W. MCKECHNIE, USN (Ret.)

CDR. F . R . EDRINGTON, USN (Ret.) '39

'26 (8262) Connecticut

Perhaps America's resurgent interest in the basic freedoms will benefit in the long run. We as military officers dedicated to a career of service to our country should lead the drive to refurbish our ideals. Freedom must be won anew each generation or it may be lost entirely; hence, let us not, ". . . mourn the apathetic throng, the tired and weak Who see the world's great anger, and its wrong.

But dare not speak!"

But it's homecoming, friends. Let's first raise the glasses.

CAPT. FRANK M . EDDY, USN (Ret.) '37

(12779) Seattie

(9147) Detroit MR. AMOS R . L . DEACON, JR. '56

V A D M . H . B . JARRETT, USN (Ret.) '22

(6670) Washington

Los Angeles SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

(9980) Philadelphia San Francisco

'27 (8869) Coronado R A D M . O . H . DODSON, USN (Ret.) '27

Here in Geneva we are happy that son Pete in a Swiss public school receives religious instruction weekly. The Swiss haven't the benefit of the Supreme Court who took 175 years to decide that a simple non-sectarian prayer will violate his freedom and corrupt his morals. We feel that Pete's participation is his own decision. If he practices what he learns at home he'll join. The important thing, if he does, is to respect the rights of the minority who do not. If he does not, he must respect the fact that the minority view cannot tyrannize over the majority.

R A D M . BEN S . CUSTER, USN (Ret.) '26

(Ret.)

CAPT. W . L . PRYOR, JR., USN

At the risk of cerebrating when we should be celebrating, one of the inexplicable current problems of human rights is the wrmoil in a teapot over a morning prayer or pledge to the flag in our public schools. Whether a legitimate issue of separation of church and state, or irresponsibility, or pure bigotry, seems immaterial.

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ALLEN, LITTLEBERRY CALHOUN ' 2 1 , 2 0 June ' 6 4 , S h r e v e p o r t , La. ALPERT, M Y R O N (CDR USN RET ' 4 0 ) , Coron a d o , Calif.

BENSON, RUSSELL BERNARD ' 1 9 , J a n . ' 6 2 , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. BRANTLEY, JOSEPH PATTON, JR. ' 4 5 , 6 A u g .

'64, New York C O O N , ALFRED HARDEN, JR. ' 4 6 , 1 J a n . ' 6 4 , Pa. J O H N S O N , BRADLEY TYLER, I I I , ' 0 7 , 3 0 June ' 6 4 , Charlottesville, V a .

K N U D S O N , DONALD ALTON (LT JG USN ' 6 1 ) , 2 A u g . ' 6 4 , a u t o accident, Calif.

LAWLER, J O H N THORNTON (LT USN ' 5 9 ) , 19 A u g . ' 6 4 , A A , San D i e g o , Calif.

M A C D O N A L D , DONALD ' 2 5 , 2 1 Feb. ' 6 4 , N e w b u r g h , N. Y. MITCHELL, JAMES ARMISTEAD (LCDR USNR RET ' 2 2 ) , 19 June ' 6 4 , W a r r e n t o n , V a .

MURRAY, HOMER CARR (COL USMC RET ' 2 9 ) , 2 9 J u l y ' 6 4 , Gulf p o r t . Miss.

N E W T O N , FRANK HERBERT, JR. (RADM USN RET ' 2 3 ) , 4 July ' 6 4 , U S N H , St. Albans, N. Y. OTTERSON, J O H N EDWARD ' 0 4 , 9 A u g . ' 6 4 , N o r w a l k , Conn.

PALMER, GEORGE BRUCE, JR. ' 2 2 , 16 July ' 6 4 , D e t r o i t , Mich.

PARKE, DONALD DEAN (CAPT USNR RET ' 2 5 ] , 2 5 M a y ' 6 4 , Inverness, Fla. REYNOLDS, LEONARD FARNSWORTH (CAPT USAF ' 5 8 ) , 8 July ' 6 4 , A A , G e o r g e AFB, Calif.

R A I N , FRANCIS MERRELL (LCDR USNR RET ' 3 2 ) , 3 0 M a r c h ' 6 4 , St. Louis, I I I .

RICE, JAMES MITCHELL ' 2 8 , L o g a n , W . V a .

SHACKFORD, CHAUNCY

(CAPT USN RET ' 9 9 ) ,

9 A p r i l ' 6 4 , N e w p o r t , R. I. S H A W , S I M E O N , JR. ' 2 1 , San Francisco, Calif.

THOMPSON,

ALBERT JAMES

(CDR USN

'48),

15 J u l y ' 6 4 , A A , USS Enterprise WILLENBUCHER, ROLAND FREDERICK ' 2 1 , Oct. '63, N. J.

ORDER OF

DAEDALIANS

The Order of Daedalians, an organization composed of over 2500 active, retired and reserve heavier than air pilots of the military services, has recendy established a Flight in the San Diego, Calif., area. Monthly meetings for luncheon and a bull session are held at the Admiral Kidd Club, North Island, and various other suitable spots.

Qualified HTA pilots, active, retired or reserve, who are interested in learning more of the organization and its activities should contact LtCol. C. E. Hastings, P. O. Box 975, La Jolla, Calif.

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COOPERATION—PLEASE!

DEADLINES

November, 1964 December, 1964 January, 1965

Date October 14 November 14 December 14

W H Y THE DELAY?

Among the questions frequently received at Alumni House is one typified by that found on the back of a recent Homecoming Assembly Card —"Why does the August Shipmate get to me in September or October.? In general, why the large time lag in producing and distributing the magazine?"

The basic controlling element for the date of publication of Shipmate is the established deadline, a date within 2 or 3 days of the middle of the month. Deadline dates are published 3 months in advance and may be found on the 1st page of tiie ALL HANDS section.

After careful thought and consideration, midmonth was established as the deadline for submissions for the reason that the majority of reportable activities taking place at the Naval Academy or in connection with the Academy occur at the end or the first of the month—for example: June Week, Parents Weekend, Homecoming, Army-Navy game, etc. In addition many classes hold monthly meetings and reunions at times other than the middle of the month. A report on all such events is very much a requirement for this magazine. It has been found by experience that unless a period of at least 10 days is allowed for getting submissions to Alumni House items just will not get into the issue of Shipmate next to be published.

Many class secretaries feel that their material should not be submitted until the deadline or just immediately before. This, of course, results in the editorial office being flooded at mid-month. All of the material received must be read, checked and edited; nearly all of it must be retyped. This process, with the very limited staff employed, takes on the average 1 week.

Assuming that the last of the material is ready for the printer by the 23rd of the month it will then be approximately the 30th or perhaps the 1st before all galley proofs are back at the editorial office. Checking the proofs (which constitutes reading the entire magazine again), clipping and pasting up the dummy magazine may take as much as 4 or 5 days. When this job is completed on or about the 4th or 5th of the month the dummy or "paste-up" is turned over to the printer in Baltimore to produce the finished magazine. This, depending on the complexity of the job and the printer's schedule, takes an average of 10 days—rarely less than this. The mailing service, again in Baltimore, requires about 2 days.

Adding up these various increments of time we have now arrived at the middle of the month, approximately 30 days after the deadline. Other magazines. Time, Life, Newsweek, etc., can have the dope out in less than a week . . . but. Shipmate just isn't in this class.

The distribution of tickets to any football game is an unrewarding job for which few thanks and many undeserved gripes are received. It's a fact of life that there are not enough seats on the 50yard line of any stadium to handle the demands, not even for the Podunk U. vs. Hardly Normal game. Expand those demands to an Army-Navy game, or Navy vs. Anybody, and the problem of satisfying everybody becomes just plain impossible.

The Naval Academy Athletic Association expends much thought, time, and effort in its sincere endeavor to satisfy every alumnus within the unavoidable limitations imposed upon the Association. The task is enormous and complex.

We—alumni members of the NAAA—can help alleviate the situation, at least in the area of eliminating the oft-repeated gripe "How come so many strangers are seated in my class section?" (with consequent further down-field allocations to juniors).

No warning should be necessary in regard to the members 2 preferred-section seats for the Army-Navy game. Plainly, if the member, or someone in his immediate family, is not attending the game, he should not sign the form stating the tickets are for his "personal use."

"Members tickets" for all other games, and "non-personal" tickets for the Army-Navy game deserve attention. The custom of members (who are not attending a game) signing the application form and sending it to someone else for completion is rather widespread. It could almost be called big business in several instances. The result in some cases is the occupation of reasonably good seats by many who are perhaps business associates or clients or just friends of one alumnus and not otherwise connected with the Navy or Naval Academy.

The obvious result—^junior class members who have conscientiously paid their dues for years are delayed in moving up from the XX yard line to the YY yard line—and the Athletic Association is blamed because the junior members know there are strangers in better seats.

Let us recognize that ticket distribution is a tough problem. Let us give a fair deal to our juniors by signing members' forms only for those tickets to meet our needs—or perhaps for an occasional exception such as when a classmate needs a couple more seats to take care of his party.

Let us cooperate by being 100% fair with the NAA ticket distributors who are making every effort to improve conditions for our benefit.

TWO ALUMNI W I N FOR CONGRESS

NOMINATIONS

Capt. George W. Grider '36, USN (Ret.), an at large member of the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Association and a prominent attorney in Memphis, Tenn., won a Democratic nomination for a seat in the U. S. House of Representatives, in the 6 August Tennessee primaries.

Winner also of a similar nomination in the same election is Capt. William R. Anderson '43, USN (Ret.), of Bakerville, Tenn. Capt. Anderson will be remembered as skipper of the USS NAUTILUS when that submarine made her historic passage under the ice cap at the North Pole in 1958.

S H I P M A T E

USNA AND USMA ALUMNI FATHERS OF USNA CLASS OF 1968 USNA 1926 Mr. Eddy W. Elliott Mid'n. Richard F. Elliott 1927 RAdm. Leonard S. Mewhinney, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Thomas R. Mewhinney 1928 RAdm. PhUip D. Gallery, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Philip D. Gallery, Jr. Lt. George H. Moffett, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. George H. Moffett, Jr. 1930 Capt. Otis J. Earle, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Otis K. Earle RAdm. Henry G. Sanchez, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Richard R. Sanchez 1931 Capt. Edward H. Guilbert, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Shelby S. Guilbert Capt. Richard C. Steere, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. David C. Steere 1933 RAdm. John D. Bulkeley, USN Mid'n. Peter W. Bulkeley Capt. Jesse B. Burks, USN Mid'n. John S. Burks Capt. James B. Burrow, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Barry V. Burrow 1934 CapL Melvin H. Dry, USN Mid'n. Melvin S. Dry Capt. Henry C. Spicer, Jr., USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Henry C. Spicer, III 1935 Capt. John J. Becker, USN Mid'n. John J. Becker, Jr. Col. Merlyn D. Holmes, USMC Mid'n. Richard T. Holmes 1936 Cdr. James J. Southerland, II, USN (deceased) Mid'n. James J. Southerland Capt. Sherman "E." Wright, USN Mid'n. Sherman "E." Wright, Jr. 1937 RAdm. Charles S. Minter, Jr., USN Mid'n. David M. Minter Capt. Parkman B. Moore, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Leland T. Moore 1938 LCdr. William S. Boykin, USNR (Ret.) Mid'n. William S. Boykin, Jr. Capt. Gordon B. Williams, USN Mid'n. Stanley G. Williams 1939 Capt. Henry P. Adams, (SC) USN Mid'n. Loran McL. Adams Capt. Max A. Berns, Jr., USN Mid'n. Thomas H. Berns Capt. Robertson C. Dailey, USN Mid'n. David L. Dailey Capt. James A. Dare, USN Mid'n. James A. Dare, Jr. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

1964

Capt. L. E. Harris, USN Mid'n. James L. Harris Capt. Alfred H. Higgs, USN Mid'n. Alfred H. Higgs, Jr. Capt. Willard Y. Howell, USN Mid'n. Joseph M. Howell Capt. William J. Ruhe, USN Mid'n. Barnaby S. Ruhe Capt. Theodore M. Ustick, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Theodore M. Ustick, III and Mid'n. Thomas P. Ustick 1940 Capt. Allen A. Bergner, USN Mid'n. Jon C. Bergner LCdr. Alois J. Burda, Jr., USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Alois J. Burda, III Cdr. Claude A. Clefton, (SC) USN Mid'n. Gordon A. Clefton Capt. Demetrius J. Vellis, USN Mid'n. John D. Vellis, II 1941 Capt. James C. Houghton, USN Mid'n. Thomas C. Houghton Capt. Richard W. Parisian, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Thomas R. Parisian 1942 Capt. Garrison Brown, USN Mid'n. Melville S. Brown, II Cdr. Richard E. Curtis, USN Mid'n. Philip J. Curtis and Mid'n. Richard E. Curtis, Jr. Capt. John D. H. Kane, Jr., USN Mid'n. John D. H. Kane, III Capt. Norman C. Nash, USN Mid'n. Donald H. Nash Cdr. Thomas R. Pearson, USN Mid'n. James A. Pearson Mr. Carl F. Swenson Mid'n. Frank A. Swenson, II LtCol. Robert O. Carlock, USMC Mid'n. Reid O. Carlock 1943 Cdr. Artiiur McD. Carter, Jr., USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Arthur McD. Carter, III LCdr. Benjamin F. Lohr, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. David M. Lohr Capt. David B. Maher, USN Mid'n. David B. Maher, Jr. Mr. Wallace K. Ponder Mid'n. William K. Ponder Capt. Frank J. Reh, USN Mid'n. Frank J. Reh, Jr. Capt. Herbert H. Ries Mid'n. Stephen H. Ries Capt. Spencer E. Robbins, USN Mid'n. Spencer E. Robbins, II Mr. Ted N. Swain Mid'n. Scott C. Swain 1944 Capt. Roy B. Cowdrey, USN Mid'n. Roy B. Cowdrey, Jr. Capt. Glenn I. Dumas, USN Mid'n. Jeffrey M. Dumas

Capt. Henry R. Hanssen Mid'n. Henry R. Hanssen, Jr. Cdr. John W. Heintz Mid'n. John W. Heintz, Jr. Mr. John P. Hilburn Mid'n. John E. Hilburn Capt. Ernest E. HoUyfield, Jr., USN Mid'n. Edward R. HoUyfield Capt. Walter W. Honour, USN Mid'n. Craig G. Honour Capt. Robert J. Loomis, USN Mid'n. Robert J. Loomis, Jr. 1945 Cdr. Homer R. Adrianse, USN Mid'n. William M. Adrianse Cdr. Lloyd F. Bell, USN Mid'n. John F. Bell Cdr. Carvel H. Blair, USN Mid'n. Dennis C. Blair Cdr. Edward H. Doolin, Jr., USN Mid'n. Edward H. Doolin, III LCdr. George A. Hamilton, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. George A. Hamilton, Jr. Mr. Richard Hardy Mid'n. Thomas R. Hardy LCdr. Stanley M. Hirsch, USNR Mid'n. Gary J. Hirsch LCdr. Lloyd J. Kiernan, Jr., USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Lloyd J. Kiernan, III Cdr. Lester G. Maxwell, (SC) USN Mid'n. David G. Maxwell Cdr. Warren H. O'Neil, USN, Mid'n. Michael W. O'Neil Cdr. Tom E. Sulick, USN Mid'n. Tom E. Sulick, Jr. 1946 LCdr. George H. Gardner, USN (deceased) Mid'n. George H. Gardner, III Cdr. John E. Hansen, USN Mid'n. John C. Hansen Major Charles T. Westcott, USMC Mid'n. Charles T. Westcott, Jr. 1947 LCdr. William I. Donaldson, USN Mid'n. William I. Donaldson, Jr. USMA 1938 BGen. Edwin A. Machen, Jr., USA Mid'n. John M. Machen 1939 Col. John Neary Davis, USA (Ret.) Mid'n. John P. Davis Col. Frederick H. Foerster, Jr., USA Mid'n. Frederick H. Foerster, III Col. William L. McDowell, Jr., USA Mid'n. William L. McDowell, III Col. Sanford W. Hickey Mid'n. Joseph H. Hickey 1943 Col. William W. Snavely, USA Mid'n. William W. Snavely, Jr. 1944 LtCoI. Fielding L. Greaves, US.A. Mid'n. Fielding L. Greaves, Jr. 23

NOMINATING COMMITTEE Adm. W. F. Boone '21, President, has issued the below quoted precept to the Nominating Committee which will submit a slate of nominees for the offices of president, vice president (Central Area) and 4 trustees-at-large in the 1965 national elections of the Alumni Association.

All hands—individuals, class secretaries, chapter secretaries—are urged to submit names, addresses and brief biographical data of recommended candidates to any member of the Nominating Committee.

To: Vice Admiral H. B. Jarrett, USN (Ret.) Subject: Nominating Committee for U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association 1: Subject to acceptance of appointment by the alumni listed below, and in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Section VI of the By-laws of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, a Nominating Committee consisting of yourself as Chairman, and the following members, is hereby established: EAST VAdm. H. B. Jarrett '22, Chairman Local Trustee. Retired. 2726 Dumbarton Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20007.

Cdr. H . D. Train '49 Trustee-at-large. Active Duty, Office of The Secretary of the Navy, The Pentagon, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. RAdm. N. C. Gillette '16 Active Duty, Director, Aviation Plans Division, Office of CNO, Op 50, 4E380 The Pentagon, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. CENTRAL Capt. G. W. Grider '36 Trustee-at-large. Retired. Attorney. 417 Prescott St., Memphis 3, Tenn.

Mr. Paul Richmond '42 LCdr. USNR. 1614 Newcasde, Grosse Pointe 36, Michigan.

WEST Lt. S. R. Ruth '55 Supply Corps. Active Duty, Navy Supply Center, San Diego, Calif.

Mr. A. R. L. Deacon '56 Secretary L. A. Chapter. 1136 Van Bibber Ave., Orange, Calif.

2. The Nominating Committee, in accordance with the By-laws, shall submit to the Board of Trustees, not later than December 10, 1964, a slate of candidates for the election to take place in the Spring of 1965, for the following offices: President—(two-year term) Central Area Vice President—(two-year term) Four Trustees-at-large—(three-year terms) The Executive Director will handle the acmal transmission of the report of the Nominating Committee to the Board of Trustees and the publication of the slate in the January 1965 issue of Shipmate, as required by the By-laws.

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

4. In accordance with this resolution, I point out to the Nominating Committee that the Menibership of the Association is almost equally divided between (1) active duty officers and (2) those resigned or retired. Therefore, equitable distribution would be two of the four trustees from each of these groups.

5. The membership of the current Board of Trustees is unbalanced regarding class spread. Of the 31 members of the Board, 26 are from the classes of '35 and earlier; the remaining five are one each from die classes of '43, '44, '47, '49, and 24

'56. In submitting its slate of nominees, the Nominating Committee should give due weight to the desirability of including outstanding candidates from the younger classes.

6. I further point out that it is particularly necessary to nominate only those who are members of the Association and are willing to serve, and whose prospective duties, jobs, or professions during their tenure of office will permit them actually to devote a reasonable amount of time to service in the organization, including reasonable expectancy of attendance at the semi-annual meetings of the Board of Trustees.

FRANK E. LA CAUZA Professor Frank Emilio La Cauza died at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn., on Saturday, 25 July 1964. Having taught at the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Annapolis, Md., and Monterey, Calif, for 35 years, the news of his death will be received with sorrow by the thousands of naval officers who have known him over this long period as well as by his many friends in Annapolis and Monterey.

PROFESSOR FRANK E. LACAUZA Professor La Cauza was born in Italy on 22 November 1900 and came to the United States five years later. He became a namralized citizen in 1926. He received the Bachelor of Science degree in 1923, a Master of Science degree in 1924 and a Master of Arts degree in 1929, all from Harvard University. He served as Instructor of Electrical Engineering at Harvard from 1924 to 1926.

Professor La Cauza joined the faculty of the Postgraduate School in Annapolis in 1929 as an Assistant Professor. In 1938 he was promoted to Associate Professor and to Professor in 1946. He organized the Electrical Engineering Mathematics Department of the U. S. Naval General Line School at Newport, R. I., and Monterey, Calif., and in January 1948 he was appointed as Professor and Head of Department of the Electrical Engineering and Mathematics Department, Monterey. In 1958 he became Academic Chairman of the General Line and Naval Science School.

He has served as a member of several boards in the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

He joined the U. S. Naval Reserve in the early thirties and rose to the rank of Captain. He was on active duty from 1942 to 1946. He was founder and first commanding officer of the Naval Officers' School of Monterey from 1958 to 1960 when he retired from the Naval Reserve.

Professor La Cauza participated in community affairs including the Monterey Library Board of Trustees, Planning Commission and City Council. He was knighted by the Italian Government with the rank of Knight Officer.

Professor La Cauza was a licensed professional engineer in Maryland and California. He was a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association of University Professors, California Library Association, Naval Reserve Association and Monterey History and Art Association. He is listed in Who's Who in America, American Men of Science, Who's Who in Engineering and Who's Who on the Pacific Coast.

He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Ann Hunter, two brothers, Gaetano La Cauza of Cambridge, Mass., and Guiseppi La Cauza, and a sister, Maria D'Aveni, who live in Italy.

Professor La Cauza was buried in Arlington Cemetery following a requiem mass at Ft. Myer, Va., on Friday, 31 July.

Those wishing to remember Pofessor La Cauza may make donations to the Monterey History and Art Association, 412 Pacific St., Monterey, Calif.

BATTLE OF MIDWAY The following notice has been received from our distinguished alumnus and former President of the Alumni Association, VAdm. W. W. Smith '09. It deserves the attention and cooperation of all hands who participated in the Battle of Midway.

"W. W. Smith '09, Poco to his friends, is stuck with a contract to write a book on the Battie of Midway. The publisher, one of the oldest and most reliable, wants the story from a Navy man who was there—not from a historian, in or out of uniform, who was not there but who tells us what should have been done.

"Smith asks those officers who were at Midway —airborne, surfaced, submerged, or stationed on the island of Midway at the time—to write him.

He hopes to write a story, alive and all Navy and Marine Corps, a story telling how our Navy, far outnumbered in ships, planes and officer rank, won this vital naval battie of World War II. Smith, no author himself, invites and hopes for tales of incidents, brilliant, tragic or even comical, that occurred before and after 4 June 1942—incidents and remarks—and especially certain remarks made by enlisted men, some of which were overheard

by Smith and have never been forgotten.

"He wants particularly to hear of those 2 SBD pilots who, out of gas and finding the YORKTOWN crippled, ditched alongside Smith's flagship A S TORIA. As the OTC, Frank Jack Fletcher, transferred by boat from the dead in the water carrier these pilots stepped from their planes into the sea, came on board ASTORIA and, as if they were reporting having delivered the mail, calmly and cheerfully greeted, 'Good morning, Admiral.'

WHAT MEN!"

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Dope K a t h l e e n Frances BRIGGS

Private services for Mrs. Kathleen Frances Briggs, wife of Capt. Zeno E. Briggs, USN (Ret.), of La Jolla, Calif., were held at the La Jolla Mortuary following her death on 27 April. She is survived by her husband and a daughter. Miss Kathleen A. Briggs, of 7910 La Jolla Shores, La Jolla.

Mrs. Briggs, a native of Canada, was the daughter of an early day Los Angeles real estate man.

Her grandfather, Col. Sir Thomas S. Eustace, was knighted by Queen Victoria for his gallantry in the British Army during the Crimean War. During World War II she christened the seaplane tender ROCKAWAY at the Port of Seattie.

In a letter to Shipmate, her daughter said: "My parents were married in 1906 and together followed a Navy career until 1945, when my father retired for the second time. Her many Service friends, who knew her as Kitty Briggs, would like to be informed of her death, I am sure."

Capt. Allen B. Reed, USN (Ret.) 3101 Woodley Road, N.W. Washington 8, D. C. JOHN EDWARD OTTERSON

I have just learned that John Otterson, our classmate, died 9 August in Norwalk, Conn. John had his Passed Midshipman cruise in the Asiatic Station.

He received a Master of Science degree from M.I.T. in 1906. Several years later he resigned and was president of Winchester Arms Cb. in 1917. Seven years later he resigned and joined the Bell Telephone system.

In 1927 John became vice president of the New York Edison Co. and the Western Electric Co. Four years later he became president of Paramount Pictures and in 1935 was president of Electrical Research Products, a subsidiary of American Telephone. Prior to World War II he headed Radio Wire Television Corp. of America.

He was coordinator of ship conversion and repair for the Navy during the early years of the war. In 1942 he headed the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. and East (ZxDast Shipyards, Inc., which built landing craft, tankers and Navy tugs.

Sec'y, Capt. R. C. Parker, USN (Ret.) 5706 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, Md.

A summer spent dabbling one's toes in Lake Ontario is not conducive to acquiring much information about one's classmates who tend to congregate further south and west; hence the brevity of these notes.

Around the middle of July, Ray and Helen FRELLSEN left their long-time home in Wardour and moved to Apt. 13, 680 Americana Drive, Annapolis.

Towards the middle of August, Kent and Floride HEWITT were expecting to fly to France where, with some U. S. generals and their wives, they were to be guests of the French Government.

On 15 Aug. they were to participate in ceremonies commemorating the 20th anniversary of our landing in Provence.

Sec'y, RAdm. Harold C. Train, USN (Ret.) 1 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, Md. NOVEMBER CLASS LUNCHEON

From Adm. W. W. Smith: "This is the year of our 55th anniversary of graduation. The class executive committee, of which I am chairman, has received many suggestions that we revive the fall luncheon for classmates, wives and widows.

The movement started with Chet Roberts of Philadelphia.

"And so, in the absence on vacation of Harold, we have decided to do so and Frankie Braisted has reserved the Red Room of the Army-Navy Club, Washington, D. C , for Tuesday, 17 Nov. So let's assemble there at high noon on that date and celebrate. Let us have a large attendance and make our 55th the best of them all."

Poco Lydia DURNEY (nee G i l l e t t e )

On 20 May, Lydia presented the Gillette Globe to the Naval Academy as a memorial to Claude.

The dedication ceremony was held in the library assembly area in Bancroft Hall, and was attended by the Superintendent, (Commandant of Midshipmen, other senior officers at the Naval Academy and guests invited by Lydia.

The Superintendent accepted the gift on behalf of the Academy after an appropriate speech by Lydia. This beautiful revolving illuminated globe was made by the Rand-McNally Cx). It is a most unusual gift and will be seen by thousands, both in its temporary location and its permanent location, probably in the new science building.

The dedication ceremony was followed by a luncheon at the Superintendent's House for those attending. The night before, Lydia gave a dinner at the Army-Navy Club for friends who were to attend the ceremony the next day. The Superintendent and Mrs. Minter attended.

Louise JONES came up from her home in Naples, Fla., to enter the Bethesda Naval Hospital for a checkup.

Ralph SPALDING. I quote from a letter recentiy received from Ralph: ".\n old friend who is on the Board of Governors of Catholic University noted some time ago that a bishop named Spalding had been honored by a bronze bust in the library and the naming of a building for him as a founder of Catholic Universit}", and that an archbishop of the same name was known as a lifetime proponent of Catholic schools. We are related but at a distance of about 400 years according to the records of an English town of the same name which has existed since before Roman times. On the basis of this relationship, the rector of the National Shrine on the campus has been most courteous to me.

"In late April, I received an invitation from the Archbishop of Washington to attend a ceremony of consecration at the National Shrine and a luncheon after the ceremony. I wanted to see the promotion of the rector and was intrigued with the prospect of seeing the ceremony which I knew nothing whatsoever about. Consequendy, I accepted with pleasure.

"The National Shrine is a tremendous building and I am told the largest Catholic Church in this country. It will hold a seated congregation of about 5000 with plenty of standing room.

Architecturally, it is not of the usual types but I would say that it is a modified Byzantine design. It is a beautiful building without the monotony of most large buildings, either as to interior or exterior.

"The service began prompdy at 10 A.M. One of the first things that impressed me was the complete silence of the congregation, and the infinite attention to detail in handling the very complicated ceremony and the elaborate luncheon held at 2 P.M. for about 1300 guests. Apparendy nothing went wrong.

"Of course, the whole ceremony is based upon the biblical account of the designation of the Aposties and the essentials are closely followed.

But many things have been added in the way of pageantry and ceremony to that original simple ceremony so that it now takes three and on-half hours without intermission. For instance, the ceremony started with a very long procession of church dignitaries and their attendants slowly moving from the main entrance to their seats near the altar. The procession was led by a Guard of Honor from which an elaborately dressed guard was dropped off with drawn sword at each row of pews in the length of the church.

Then followed the lesser dignitaries first, finally ending with the most important, the C^nsecrator, the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, and his attendants. These and many other seemingly extraneous ceremonials probably date back for centuries but one wonders in each case about the conditions in the history of the church that made their addition necessary or desirable.

M a r i a n Gibson CHURCH

"As usual, a portion of the ceremony was furnished by a choir which was in a large loft high over the main entrance. Actually, four or five different choral groups and a large orchestra, at appropriate intervals, furnished music from the classics suitable for the occasion. Large churches are notorious for poor acoustics on account of mixed resonance due to the distance involved and the many large, plain and solid surfaces. Five thousand people absorb a lot of resonance but that did not account for the surprisingly splendid acoustics in the shrine.

Mrs. Marian Gibson Church of 26 Southgate Ave., .Annapolis, died Thursday, 23 July after a lengthy illness at the Naval Hospital. She was the widow of RAdm. Albert T. Church.

Services were held in the Naval Academy Chapel, with interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

She is survived by two sons, RAdm. William Church, USN (Ret.), of Bethesda, Md., and Capt.

A. T. Church, Jr., USN, of Alexandria, Va.; two sisters, Kate and Elizabeth Gibson of Washington, D. C , and four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

"One could see numerous small modern microphones in the choir loft, at lecturns and various places but there were no loudspeakers and no places where they could be hidden. At intervals of about 10 or 12 feet along the back of each row of pews there was a small, delicate and carefully adjusted repeater. With control over microphones, this made a refined drive-in theater type system adapted for large buildings. One heard the natural voice of a speaker apparendy at a distance of about 15 feet and the music of an orchestra or chorus at about 75 feet. With my somewhat defective hearing, there were only a

Capt. Loais P. Davis, USN (Ret.) Dresden Apartment 2126 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C.

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Pop SHREINER. In the August issue of the Ready's Digest, page 140, there is a fine article about Pop entitied "The Lord Helps Charley, and Vice Versa." It was written by Ben Hibbs, a former editor of the Saturday Evening Post, and gives an account of what a great humanitarian work is being done by Pop for boys from broken homes. Pop is a dedicated man. It should be read by everyone.

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few speakers that I could not understand and that was on account of pitch or poor articulation. I heard the music perfecdy and thoroughly enjoyed it.

"Altogether, it was a most interesting and new experience."

HAROLD TRAIN

Sec'y, RAdm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.), 5509 Grove St. Chevy Chase 15, Md. Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey O. Thomas 725 West Boulevard, Kokomo, Ind. COLAHAN, Mr. E. W. A nice note from Tim at his summer place in Jamestown, R. I. He is very interested in the America Cup Races, of which his place is right on the course. Having acquired great-grandfather status, he says he is feeling his age a bit—although he is the very youngest member of '10.

FLANIGAN, RAdm. Howard A. Quoting from a postcard from the daughter, Gretchen Tiedeman, postmarked Firenze, Italy, 8 Aug.: "Had a lovely dinner with the Flanigans. They were so kind. Pat is fine. We loved Switzerland."

KELLEY, Mrs. Frank H. Clare has had a complete reunion of her family in Coronado this summer. It included: Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Parmelee Kelley and their three children who arrived from Dharan, Saudi Arabia, where Dr. Kelley is chief surgeon of the Aramco Hospital there; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Jacoby (Clare Kelley) and their daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Heazlitt (Petty Kelley) and four children, and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Kelley of Scottsdale, Ariz. Our congratulations to Clare on such an assemblage of fine descendants.

LEE, RAdm. Robert C. In a note to Evelyn Traynor, Bob expresses his interest in her cruise in his good ship ARGENTINA—one of the last of the Moore McCormack line that Bob commissioned. Says he reads and enjoys "The Dope" in Shipmate. Sorry to learn of his heart attack last year.

LANGWORTHY, Cdr. Elmer D., is thoroughly enjoying his experience as a substitute teacher in the Annapolis schools. The wide range of subjects he teaches makes it a fulltime job. He and Mildred are just back from a visit to their son in Jacksonville, where Ted is training officer at C^cil Field. (We wonder if that field was named for our Spig Cecil who was lost in the AKRON.) ROSSELL, Cdr. Henry E. The winter trip to the West Coast was in celebration of the golden wedding anniversary of the Moose and Agnes.

A very interesting letter from him describes the pleasure of the trip, seeing Gertie and Beau Smith and the Pownalls in La Jolla—and what a beautiful spot is La Jolla! Your reporter wishes he might quote the letter in full.

SHERMAN, Mrs. Frederick C. Another family reunion of interest to '10 was in the form of a KT party at Fanny's for her brother, Joe Jessop, and his bride, Elizabeth Harrill. There were 68 relatives present—and 12 could not come—all over 18. It is doubtful if many of us could assemble so many of one clan.

The class of 1910 is proud to hail Capt. Walter V. Combs, Jr., and to congratulate him on his selection to the grade of rear admiral, U. S. Navy. We remember his father, our faithful classmate "Sis" Combs, with great affection and we extend our felicitations to Sis's widow, Dorothy.

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Sec'y. Como. R. S. Wentworth, USN (Ret.) P. O. Box 803, Annapolis, Md.

The close of the summer season finds most of our summer travelers back home with the exception of Laurice and Bennie PULMAN, who are on a world tour and, at the time of this writing, are in Tokyo. They planned to be home on the first of September. As far as is known.

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the Delaneys, Robinsons, Lavenders and Falges are settiing down at their own firesides.

There seems to come in every man's life a time when he yearns to revisit the scenes of his childhood. Mammy WEEMS has felt this urge several times, and in the latter part of July he returned to the mountains and valleys of his native Tennessee. He even took a look at Nashville with its memories of the last Confederate Army, under John Hood, and its final attack against General Thomas' Union forces. It was at the end of the war and the end of that (x>nfederate Army, for the attack melted away and the men returned to their own beloved homes.

These thoughts were in the minds of the older people that Mammy met there.

I am sorry to tell the class that I am out of circulation for about six months. I became dizzy, fell to the floor of Hutzler's garage and suffered a broken right hip joint and right shoulder. At the present time I am in the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, with excellent care but faced with a long recovery.

I believe our friend Cy WAKEMAN has returned to his home in the Pacific Northwest.

Tip TISDALE changed his address from Washington to 2355 Alameda St., Vallejo, Calif., on 27 August.

Josh and Dorothy VENTER enjoyed their trip to the Scandinavian countries and returned home about the first of September.

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Exec. V.P., Paul D. Sleeper 4545 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington 8, D. C.

Our D. C. July luncheon was attended by Abbott, Davis, Helmick, J. D. Jones, J. A. Lee and Sleeper and by A'13 Foote and Davidson.

Col. Foote was recently elected president and MajGen. Davidson was elected secy-treasurer of USMA 1913. Our congratulations to both of them.

We have issued a standing invitation to A'I3 classmates to join us at our monthly luncheons and are always delighted to have them with us.

All of our class were shocked to learn of the death in a surfing accident on 18 July at Newport, R. I., of Patricia Henley Joslin, granddaughter of our "Duby" and Gertrude DuBose.

She was the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. R. K. Joslin (class of 1940). She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on 21 July. We of course sent class flowers and '13 was represented at the funeral by Abbott, Davis and Sleeper.

Since 6 July 1963, memorial chairs at the NavyMarine Corps Stadium, Annapolis, have been added for: Michael Hudson, Robert D. Kirkpatrick, Kirkman O'Neal, Elroy L. Vanderkloot, Harold P. Parmelee, and Harold C. Van Valzah.

Contributions to our class fund recently have been received from Donahue and Doc Lee. "Thanks a lot to them both from their classmates.

Our west coast classmates urge and hope there will be a good mrnout of other '13ers at the Navy-California football game, Berkeley, Calif., on 17 Oct. Of course, we all hope and expect Navy to win. (I wish Frances and I could be there, to see the game and to see again so many good friends.)

CLASS NEWS AUSTIN, Mrs. C. L. (Marjorie)—"I enjoy Shipmate and news of old friends. I lead a very quiet life, associating myself with church and hospital work and meetings with friends. So far I seem to have little desire for travel. Why leave this lovely home and spot where I live. Though I loved every minute of our Navy years, I really have had enough of packing and unpacking."

CLARKE—"Some day I hope to get to a DC luncheon. However, in August I will be fishing in Montana."

CLARKSON—"Rutii is having 'back trouble' and we must postpone our trip east. Hope it won't be too long before we can get there."

DALE—"Visited at Lake Shasta for a couple of weeks in hot spell. Our home in Point Loma is best."

DILLINGHAM—"Having a grand time on vacation on Cape Cod. Regards to all."

DuBOSE—"We want to thank 1913 for the lovely flowers sent to our granddaughter's funeral.

It gave Gertrude and me a big lift to see you and the Abbotts and Davises there."

DUDLEY—"Again struggling with a large vegetable garden. Each day I look ahead to my 5 P.M. highballs after a real day's work."

GRAYSON—"No news. All quiet in the Smokies. Regards to all."

GAYHART — "Would thoroughly enjoy a luncheon with the DC '13ers. My best to all."

HATCH—"The Hazeltines, Rubles and Hatches were entertained grandly by Fay and Reggie Venable in San Frisco on 19 June at the Marine Club.

The next day all went to Bohemian Grove for a delightful picnic. Mary Costa of the 'Met' was one of the many entertainers. Just received the dope from the Alumni Assn. about Homecoming.

It brought back fond memories of our 50th. No thrill like greeting clasmates who have survived throughout the past half century."

HILL—"It was heartwarming to get the greeting from all present at the June DC luncheon on the occasion of celebrating our golden wedding anniversary. Aline and I both appreciate it more than I can express. We enjoy living here in Selma, but I do miss being present at the class luncheons."

HOFFMAN—"I favor a reunion in '66 or '68 or both. It is so grand to see old friends." (Sorry, Joe, any '66 get-together will be informal. Very few have asked for it. However, all expecting to attend then, keep me informed and I will get the news around; but be sure to make your own reservations.)

HUDSON—"No news, no problems, serenity is the order of the day. My best to all."

Doc LEE—"Ethel and I are fine, playing golf and going to funerals of old friends. Our best to all '13ers."

LEIGHTON—"Was in hospital a few days checking up on old ulcer. Nothing serious. Enjoying mountains of North Carolina and playing golf when it doesn't rain."

McCAWLEY—"At Pocono Lake Preserve, Pa., sailed a 'Ck>met' twice a week in races and also a 'Sun Fish' in race for 'married fathers.' Our month went too fast."

QUINLAN—"Left Colorado 31 Aug. to attend marriage of my only granddaughter. Now back in Calif."

ROBINSON—"We are all hoping to get a big turnout at Navy-Calif, game 17 Oct." RUBLE—"I am open-minded about a '66 reunion, but it might be an anticlimax after our wonderful 50th. Some of us might be disappointed if we expect to recapture the great times we had at the 1963 Homecoming."

TISDALE—"Good health and my best regards to all of 1913."

VENABLE—"We enjoyed a get-together with the Hatches, Hazeltines and Rubles in San Francisco. All in the pink and enjoyed elbow exercise."

THEBAUD—"Our best to 'All Hands' including the Army '13 group in D. C. Murray Bay has been glorious this summer. Babs and I still hope to sail for Bremerhaven 26 Sept. and remain in Europe until May." (Have a fine trip, Theb, but we will all miss you in D. C.) WHITE—"It was no easier to get organized in Burning Springs this year than last, tho I keep hoping it will be easier each year. Sorry I won't get Shipmate until I return to Miami in October.

Hope everyone keeps well."

WOODSIDE—"Not up to par yet (31 July), but improving. Just returned from a vacation visiting my son in Burlington, Vt., and had fine

time."

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Also received cards from Babbitt, Donahue, Douglas, Loynachan, Miller, Thurston and Todd.

All send good health and good luck to '13ers everywhere, as I do.

PAUL

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Sec'y. Cdr. Robert H. Maury, USN (Ret.) 208 Prince George St., Annapolis, Md. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D. Swain, USN (Ret.), 10231 Vivera Dr. La Mesa, Calif.

It is assumed by me that all surviving members of the class, and also the widows, received the following letter from Mrs. David L. McDonald, whose husband is Chief of Naval Operations. Mrs. McDonald is chairman of the Navy Ball Ck>mmittee which is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Navy Ball. The fete will be held Friday, 9 Oct. at 9:30 P.M. at the Sheraton Park Hotel.

Although this letter will be of interest to members of all classes it will be of particular interest to the class of 1914, as you will see: "This year we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Navy Ball for the benefit of the Navy Relief Society. Because this is a very important milestone in any organization, the Navy Relief Ball Committee for 1964 is making every effort to make this the most outstanding Ball ever held by the Washington Chapter.

"As part of the celebration at the Ball, we want to 'spodight' the U. S. Naval Academy Class of 1914 and widows of 1914 classmates as they celebrate their 50th .Anniversary of graduation.

We want to seat the class together and pay special homage to them and their widows as they celebrate their Golden Year. We are hoping that all members of the class will be able to attend the Navy Relief Ball in Washington, no matter where they are now making their home.

"You will, of course, receive a formal invitation to the Ball. However, as Chairman of the Navy Ball Committee, I want to add my personal invitation and urge you to attend if it is at all possible.

"Admiral McDonald joins me in sending congratulations to you and all 1914 classmates on this most important anniversary. We hope to see you and congratulate you in person at the Navy Ball." Ck)rdially, / s / CATHERINE MCDONALD

Al BERRY writes that even though Madrid is a lovely city, and that they had a nice apartment there, they were forced to move to their old location which is Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain; the address there is Apartamentos Alegranza. Al said that they were driven from Madrid in self defense on account of the ever-increasing noise of vehicle exhausts and crowded road conditions.

He also mentioned that the highlight of their settiing in their new abode was the arrival in Malaga of Gordon NELSON and Lucile who came to anchor for a few hours on their way home from a Mediterranean cruise. It was a most enjoyable visit, especially so when they discussed the good old days when they were roommates in Bancroft Hall. Incidentally, this get-together occurred just one day after our graduation date 50 years ago.

Charlotte Cochrane left for London in August to wind up some business there in Ned's memory.

Don ROYCE and Mabel departed for England on 5 August via Pan Am. While there his Air Force brother will take them on a three-week motor trip through the United Kingdom.

The Tubby SHEARs have recendy changed their address to read as follows: Apartment B, 615 Highland Park Dr., Chesterfield, Mo. Not to be outdone, the Carl BRY.\NTs have also moved to another location which is P. O. Box 116, Ellsworth, Me. Although he is still in the blizzard area he no longer has to use a bulldozer to push his way to the grocery store.

Ralph DAVIS and Dorothy spent most of August at Bailey Island which is off the coast of S E P T EM B ER• O C T O B E R ,

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week in Bermuda and a week in Jamaica. Enjoyed seeing Fifteeners hereabouts and other friends. We are taking a European tour via Alitalia Airlines, sponsored by Marine's Memorial Assoc, San Francisco—a tour directed by Unitours, for the month of June, covering most of Europe. We will be returning to Coronado in late July."

Maine. By doing so they were able to escape the sweltering heat found in most of the coastal states on the Atiantic. I am glad to say that they are now both feeling fine.

Although your secretary has never found it necessary to solicit donations for the class fund quite a few classmates have contributed very generous amounts for which I wish to express my deep appreciation. Although it has not been my practice to reveal the amount of each contribution I now feel the urge to mention one. It was a check for 500 bucks which was signed by Bill ROEHL. Unfortunately, Bill will be unable to attend the reunion. He has recently moved from his former home in Cambria, Calif.; his new address is P. O. Box 1139, Carson City, Nev. In addition to the above, another "windfall" came from Charlotte Cochrane, which was added to our ever-increasing till.

According to my guess you will probably receive this issue of Shipmate on the eve of our 50th reunion and for that reason I would like to remind you to memorize our class song which we will all sing on the evening of Thursday, 24 Sept. Printed copies of it will be on every table at the class dinner. The last line of the song, as we, and all other classes who read Shipmate, know is: A TOAST TO THE BEST OF THEM ALL, FOURTEEN!

Bill SCHOTT writes from New York tiiat before he retired in '54, his last post was that of chief of protocol of the Allied High Clommission for Germany, living in Bad Godesberg. They bought a home there, which they make their base for several months in summer. In winter they are in Italy and spring in the U.S.A., and in between, they visit Spain, Portugal and Greece.

Mitch is in the West Yellowstone-Montana area for his usual fishing safari. However, the floods that have hit this region have wiped out any chances for good fishing. Last year, he ran into earthquakes in the same area!

Horse PENNOYER sent several clippings from West 0>ast papers, announcing, "Merian C. COOPER, one of the most distinguished writerproducer-directors in motion pictures, undertakes his first television debut with a new, hour-long dramatic advenmre series, 'The Boilermakers,' planned for the 1965-66 season on CBS. Ck)oper is noted for 'Grass,' 'King Kong,' 'Four Feathers' and two Cinerama productions."

John McCREA went to Seattie in June to open the exhibition of paintings of the American Heritage, supported by the John Hancock Co. Your secretary wrote to Arch HOWARD'S daughter, Mrs. Mary H. Boatwright of Stonington, Conn., and received a fine letter of thanks to the class for the yellow and blue flowers that were sent for Arch's funeral services.

Powell RHEA sends his new address: 304 North Willow Ave., Fayetteville, Ark., with an interesting newspaper clipping about his memories of D-Day, when he commanded the USS NEVADA in the assault on Normandy (which will be quoted in our next bulletin).

Rip STRUBLE attended the 20th anniversary of the Normandy landing as a Presidential delegate.

The party left Washington by air for Paris, then spent three days on the Normandy coasdine at various ceremonies in the towns, villages and cathedrals. They also visited the many French Resistance, American, British and other graves and memorial sites. These three days were very busy, commencing about 8 A.M. and lasting as late as 2 A.M. The last night of the visit, the French gave a very handsome banquet in hte "Hall of Warriors" at Versailles. The delegates returned the next morning by air to Washington.

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(Prepared by Heather Hutchinson, as Rip is in Canada.)

An invitation to your secretary from the congregation of the Clover Presbyterian Church, Clover, S. C , in celebration of the 25 years of ministerial services of Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Hammond BOWMAN, was received. We are very proud of our classmate, who also delivered the Naval Academy Chapel service at our 40th reunion in 1955.

DeWitt PECK, of Green Park, Pomfret, Md., hopes to attend our 50th, but says he cannot plan that far ahead.

Heather HUTCHINSON saw Emilie Eleanor GODFREY at the meetings and luncheon of the Society of Sponsors of the U. S. Navy at the Mayflower in Washington recently. Laura GRAF is another sponsor, and Homer was there for the luncheon. The GODFREYS of Coronado, Calif., drove down to Annapolis a few daj's later, with their daughter, Sybil, and went to see the HORNs and Heather and gave her the following dope: "We have been visiting our son-in-law and daughter (3omdr. and Mrs. Robert K. Geiger.

Bob is stationed at BuWeps. We also spent a

Rip left for Canada—an island in Nova Scotia owned by Capt. P. A. Lilly, USN '41, for a 5week stay. He expects to have two daughters, a son-in-law, and 6 of his 8 grandchildren with him. (I wonder if he will survive!!)

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Sec.-Treas., Capt. E. S. Earnhardt, USN (Ret.), 3900 Calverton Dr., College Heights Estates, Hyattsville, Md. Corr. Sec'y, Mrs. Leon F. Brown 20 Southgate Avenue Annapolis, Maryland West Coast Sec'y, Cdr. E. F. Cochrane, USN (Ret.), 4315 Avalon Blvd.

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The following from Earny: A note from Julian WHEELER enclosed a clipping from the Mobile Register with the story of the 1st reunion of the members of the crew of the USS MOBILE, attended by 160 persons.

Julian who was the 1st skipper of the MOBILE was honored at the reunion banquet. He recalled that the cruiser had somewhat of a charmed life in 47 engagements with the Japanese, beginning at Bougainville and ending at Iwo Jima.

On the distaff side Julian reports that his wife, Doanda, was recendy elected chairman of the San Francisco chapter of the Society of Sponsors.

WEST COAST ACTIVITIES BUNNY COCHRANE Some dope on our girls in our area. . . . Clara Carpenter returned from a 3-month tour of the continent and reported having had a grand time.

Kay Gill is visiting up in the Seattie area thus missing our August 8th gala. Eleanor Young has just returned from visiting her daughter and the grandchildren in San Jose. Marie Rodgers was operated on at the Naval Hospital and is back home in Coronado recovering nicely. Dorothy Benson was operated on at Mercy Hospital, San Diego, and is home in North Park well along the road to recovery. Martha Joy has her daughter, Pattie, visiting her. Duncan, Pattie's husband, and Martha's Army son, class of '50 USMA, are on duty in Viet Nam. It's past history but there was quite a convention recendy in San Francisco and on its big day, July 16, our staid SD '16-'17ers gathered at the Admiral Kidd Club. Among the 20 odd delegates who passed before the podium none kicked up more commotion than Merrill COMSTOCK's welcome home. Along with Merrill 2 infrequent customers, Duke CARRINGTON and Dutch WESSEL, checked in. Both have had bouts with the docs which prevented attending but are in the pink now. Also we had our DA, Don Keller, with us. With chow consumed and order restored the plan of the day was activated.

At our June meeting plans had been made to pay homage to one of our venerable companions on the occasion of his attaining that 3 score and 12 milestone—Possum WEBB. Somehow he got wind of it and took off for the back country, Warner Hot Springs. Possum forgot that those who run away get nicked another day and today was it! Along with Possum, another venerable companion was about to reach that same milestone •—Soc McGINNIS. To our consternation the maitre d' quietly told us that someone had purloined the cakes! A silent hunt had failed to disclose the missing delights but had uncovered 2 pieces of unused cheese cake and several slightly burned midget candles. With the candles mounted on the bow and the stern of the aforesaid cakes the procession proceeded with strains of "Happy Birthday." Soc was flabbergasted, Possum befuddled, at this turn of events. In due time both of our honored gentiemen rose and expressed their surprise and appreciation. Our guest, the DA, expressed his pleasure in being with us and his appreciation of the great friendship and companionship that is so evident at these gatherings.

The time had again arrived marking the close of another enjoyable session so we set sail for the old bomb shelter to reconvene on 20 August.

Hasta luego, amigos.

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Sec'y, Capt. J. G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.) 248 King George St., Annapolis, Md.

CALHOUN—Walt said some time ago that he and Louise were moving into "The Valley," but 28

did not indicate which one. Now it comes out that it is 4230 Fordham Rd., N.W., Washington.

The Annapolis Freeloaders Ass'n. will get out their charts and track him down.

COMSTOCK—From vague but fairly reliable sources it seems that Merrill and Eleanor have quit the east and wended their way back to La Jolla. St. Alban's couldn't hold that fellow very long.

MATTHEWS—Christy reports that he is pretty well settled in Queenstown—he spells it Cobh— and is gradually finding the housework easier.

HEADLEE—Colin has been back at USNH Naval Academy but is doing well, though he must be careful as so many of us also must be.

The Aug. and Sept. '16-'17 area luncheons went off very well indeed. No one seems to know whether he was there or not—a very good sign that a good time was had by all.

Don't forget that after the William and Mary game on the 26th there will be refreshments served at 248 King George St. and that '16 is also, as always, most welcome. The prospects are that we will field a pretty good team with many promising youngsters up from the plebe team.

HOMECOMING It looks like we'll have our Washington widows on Friday. Elise has routed out Rose Dietrich, Betty Price and Caroline Tobin, who will make it if possible. After the dinner, it is hoped that we can have a small get-together at 248.

With love and good cheer, JACK

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Sec'y, RAdm. R. A. Dierdorff, USN (Ret.) 34 Randall St., Annapolis, Md. Acting Se'cy, Capt. W. R. Read, USN (Ret.), 210 S. Cherry Grove Ave. Annapolis, Md.

A recent postcard from Phyllis and Tar TARBUTTON tells of a delightful two weeks in Cobh, renewing old friendships and revisiting the old places. After a month in England they expected to return to their Georgetown home in late August.

George and Adeline DYER and Mrs. Dyer, Sr., are currently at their summer home in Melvin Village, N. H. Alex (Mrs. A. R.) STAUDT reports a permanent change from her Washington address to 6909 9th St. South, St. Petersburg, Fla. She will be missed by the Washington-Annapolis contingent.

Carl and Eloise FINK took a leisurely motor trip through eastern Canada and New England during late August.

Beth and Stewart CROSLEY recendy had Dave CLARK for dinner and overnight. It appears that Dave had a business opportunity in Abingdon, Va., home of the Barter Theater, State of Virginia. Dave swore that he was not trying out for a role as a cavalier but Stew was still skeptical despite the denial.

The Crosleys' daughter, Betty Chase (stage name. Chase Crosley), currently has a part in "The Guiding Light" on CBS TV. Stewart reports that his health has improved to the extent that, as grand marshal of the recent Armed Forces Day parade, he marched the entire route.

It is believed that the following invitation recently received by many in Annapolis will be of interest to some of the older alumni who have had tours of duty at the Academy over the years: "Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gordon request the pleasure of your company at a family celebration in honour of the one hundredth birthday of Mrs. Gordon Handy Claude, on Saturday, the eighth of August from five until seven o'clock. Alumni House, Annapolis."

Class lunches, held at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, on the first Tuesday of each month at 1215, will be resumed on 6 Oct. A special bulletin covering matters of general interest will be mailed shortiy after Labor Day.

Sec'y, Capt. John F. Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.), 4431 Volta PI., N.W. Washington 7, D. C. Paul and Emily HEINEMAN will again hold open-house for classmates and their wives at their attractive home at 343 Dewey Dr., after the Homecoming game on 26 Sept. Their house is about four blocks from the northwest parking area (Farragut Rd. side) of the stadium, a 5minute walk should you care to leave your car at the stadium. Also, there is room for about 20 cars on the Heinemans' lot in the event you desire to park there before the game and walk to the stadium.

The following 19 classmates attended the class luncheon on 31 July at the Army and Navy Club, Washington: Browder, Christmas, Crowe, Daggett, Dettmann, Fitz, Hague, Holsinger, Lyon, Mansfield, Mead, Nibecker, Patterson, Pearson, Plaskitt, Robbins, Ten Eyck, Thompson and Wachder.

I received a newsy letter from Bob MELLING who lives in Godfrey, 111., and here are some quotes: "A couple of months ago I finally got in touch with one of our long lost bilgers. Roy Emerson (Dutch) Angst was a roommate of mine, together with Swede Momsen, George Kraker and Eddie (DoUins. His address is P. O. Box 103, Main St., Middleport, Pa. "The eye trouble which bilged him also kept him out of WW I. He says he graduated from Muhlenburg Ck)llege, taught school for 14 years, then went with Adas Powder (Zb. for 10 years where he was a test shooter. That got him into the sporting goods business, writing for hunting and fishing publications, breeding bird dogs, etc.

"He is the father of 16 living children and 40 grandchildren, which I think tops everyone else in the class by far!

"Had lunch yesterday with Bill EAGLETON. He was down from Peoria for the weekend, inspecting the large farms which he owns in this area. We drove for miles in his Mercedes Benz, over dirt roads and through the fields, looking at his corn, wheat, soybeans and pigs. He is teaching the local farmers a lot of things about land management."

Virgie and Willy KORNS drove to San Diego the end of July and expected to spend a month there. Their daughter, Martha, her husband and children were there, on a vacation from Anchorage, Alaska. Virgie and Willy may continue on to Mexico before returning to Washington.

The Heinemans returned in late July from a trip to New England, "Operation Sail," the World's Fair, and the Jersey Coast, with the best part of it the fine beach and Bay swimming at Wildwood Crest and Cape May. News from classmates has been quite scarce of late—please send in some dope on your activities.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Floyd F. Ferris, USN (Ret.) 4201 Cathedral Ave., N.W., Apt. 414W Washington 16, D. C.

Katherine Wrenn JASPERSON It is with sadness that the death of Katherine Jasperson, which occurred on 29 July at the Naval Hospital, Annapolis, is hereby reported. She was the wife of Capt. Robert E. Jasperson, USN (Ret.), of Ferry Farms—across the Severn from the Academy—and had been ill for several months.

Kitty Jasperson was a graduate of George Washington University in Washington, D. C. She was SHIPMATE

a member of St. .Anne's Church in Annapolis, and a former executive secretary of Historic Annapolis, Inc. She had been an active member of the League of Women Voters. A leading figure in laying the groundwork for the proposed charter form of government for the county, Kitty was recentiy cited by the Maryland Library Assoc, for her contributions to the public library system in Anne -Arundel Co., as well as throughout Maryland.

Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Lt. (jg) Michael Jasperson, USN, of Annapolis, and Robert W. Jasperson of San Francisco, and three grandchildren.

At the services which took place from the Naval Academy Chapel, the following members of Bob's class of 1921 and their wives attended: Boones, Buntings, Condons, Costellos, Dells, Ercks, Swigarts and the Watties. The class sent flowers.

Interment was in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

The following attended the '21 class luncheon in July at the Army and Navy (town) Club: Abe Abercrombie, Joe Bolger, Heber Brumbaugh, Syd Bunting, Oz Colclough, Jimmy Ckistello, Jim Dudley, Homer Elmers, Floyd Ferris, Jimmy Hamilton, Hal Houser, Red Jamison, Blackie Loker, Legs Leggett, Mac McCJoUum, Country Moore, Ken Noble, Paul Pihl, George Richmire, Don Smith, Sherwood Smith, John Waters, Tommy Watties and Charlie Wellborn.

Don and Sophie SMITH plan to sell their plantation, "Charlie's Gift," at Lusby, Md. He says they both have enjoyed it tremendously over the past 20 years, but that running a country place is becoming too much for him without adequate help. They plan to take a round-the-world trip and then to settle in either Ft. Lauderdale or in Ck>ronado—where they have a home.

Max WELBORN reports that he made it back to Florida, having flown around the world via MATS, starting out of Charleston, S. C. on the Embassy Flight. Says he was bumped three times but due to the fact that he was a single, he was put back on at the last minute. While in Honolulu, Max saw Dave and Florence JOHNSON who are fully enjoying life in our 50th state.

One of Hank FORD's sea ballads, "Song of the Gulf Stream," has been included in OawardMcCann's all-time anthology of sea ballads, titied "The Eternal Sea." Hank's collection, "The Gorilla of Hospital Cay and Other Sea Ballads," was published shortiy before he got his LL.B. from LaSalle University in 1940.

These poems are salty, seagoing and awaken nostalgic memories of Cape Maysi, Mendocino, the Gulf Stream, "Peanut Mary," entering the Golden Gate, "Firing Gun Number Three," and the J. O. Mess.

Jim DUDLEY is trying to qualify through educational postgraduate studies and courses to be a Virginia teacher. "Sure is keeping me busy," Jim says. "But teaching in high school is truly rewarding—I've been at it four years and get many friendly hails from young folk in the community."

Dick PEARSE writes briefly from LaCrosse, Wis.: "I have retired from the Trane Co. and left the work to my sons."

Wop BARBARO returned to his home in Washington after a 3-week safari through New England. He visited family in New Jersey and Winchester, Mass., friends in Ipswich, N. H., Pinkie Thorp and the latter's mother in Hyde Park, Vt., Clarence and Gertrude Aldrich, who come up from Green Cxjve Springs, Fla. each summer, on Lake Carmi—also in Vermont, and George and Katherine Russell on their Gardiner Island home in Lake Champlain.

Tommy and Bert DELL are planning a motor trip to southern California in September to visit their son in Beverly Hills, and friends and relatives. They will make many stops enroute. On 2 Oct they will attend the wedding of Bert's niece in Utah, and will return home soon thereafter. They have one regret: they will miss homecoming this year.

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There seem to be large groups of retired in most every area except this one but there are none here. So should any classmates be down this way, please look me up at the University of South Alabama if you get within hailing distance."

SAN DIEGO

PIGGIE AND BESS SCHWIEN cut their wedding cake at the party given for them by the R. K. Davises and H. A. Carlisles.

Syd, Vivian and Geoff BUNTING are leaving Washington shortly for a trip along the Mohawk Trail and visits in the Finger Lake area of Upper New York. They will then spend some time at Beach Haven on the Jersey shore, where they have taken a house.

Oz COLCLOUGH had expected to retire as Provost and Dean of Faculties, George Washington University the first of September, but because of the sudden death of President Thomas Carroll of G. W., late in July, the Board of Trustees once again appointed Oz acting president of the university.

In June of this year, Oz had been signally honored by the faculty of G. W. by a resolution of appreciation which cited him for "His contributions to the University as Professor, Dean, Acting President and Provost, matched in significance by his off-campus activities." The resolution further stated: "He has given new meaning to the concept of 'town and gown' at local, national, and international levels."

At that time, the Board of Trustees conferred upon Oz the privileged status of Professor of Law Emeritus and Dean of Faculties Emeritus.

M. E. "Monty" EATON writes: "I retired in '52 from the assignment of Commander, MSTS, NorthPac at Seattie. After a short tour as engineer with Dupont while they were building Chemstrand at Pensacola, I was offered a job teaching engineering at the University of Alabama at Mobile Center.

Thinking this would be easy (my mistake), I accepted and worked like a dog for several years before it eased a bit. During this time I taught almost anything: statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, algebra, trig, mechanisms, physics and others.

As the needs of Mobile and the Gulf Cloast grew the pressure for the establishment of a 4-year university increased. The first building was erected for a capacity of 2000 smdents and I was offered the job as chairman of the Engineering Department. Yesterday, I laid off in the pine woods the first of several swimming pools, an outdoor one.

Am busy at the moment preparing a course in metallurgy that 1 will give this fall for graduate engineers. Demands are wide-ranging.

As for clubs and societies: president. Society American Military Engineers; past president, Mobile Engineers Club; director. Mobile Professional Engineers Club and Alabama Professional Engineers Club, Mobile Academy of Science.

There's not much time for hobbies but gardening, furniture refinishing and flying cover most of it. I am working for my pilot's license but Father Time may be the one to give it to me.

I have four children: Marilyn, the oldest, is married to Capt. I. W. Ogden, (DC) USN (Ret.), with three children; Marcia, married to a banker's son, has three children; Beau (M. E. Jr.) is a captain in the Air Force, has his Master's in electronics; and Peter, 18, is beginning his PreMed this fall. Hope I can last until he is well underway and I can retire again (.').

The list of '21ers present at the July luncheon held at the Marine Ojrps Recruit Depot at San Diego, included: Butterfield, CuUins, Dodds, Hailey, Miller, O'Brien, Rockwell, Sabin, Schell, Schindler and Wray. Bill Schindler was enroute up the coast to San Francisco and Seattie. He gave an account of life in Sarasota, Fla. Fully, Carol and their daughter Niki FULLINWIDER recently returned from an interesting 3 weeks in Europe. Flying to Paris they proceeded to Rome, Florence and the Italian and French Rivieras, plus the Cx)sta Brava in Spain to Barcelona. From there they visited the Alhambra in Granada and went to Seville. Madrid was their last stop before planing home.

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Sec'y, Gerald A. Stacey, Golden Propeller Farm, R2 Bos 146, Mercersburg, Pa.

JAMES ARMISTEAD MITCHELL

It is with deep regret that we report the death of LCdr. James Armistead Mitchell, USNR (Ret.), on 19 June in Warrenton, Va. Jim had been in the hospital for five days, recuperating from a highly successful gall bladder operation. The second day following the operation he suffered a massive coronary unrelated to the operation.

Doctors were talking with him at the time of the fatal heart attack. Though his surgeon is an outstanding heart man and all modern equipment was immediately available, the patient could not be revived.

Funeral services were held 21 June at St. James Episcopal Church in Warrenton. Burial was in the Warrenton Cemetery.

Surviving are his widow, Sally Abercrombie Appleton Mitchell, and two sons, Samuel Appleton and Kimbriel Armistead.

A note of appreciation for the floral piece sent by the class was received from Mrs. Mitchell and the two boys.

RETURN OF THE NATIVE. Strib SNODGRASS has returned to his native West Virginia.

He and Ck)nsuelo reside among the apple trees of Sylvan Grove, Tuscarora Pike, Martinsburg, W. Va. Ralph SHEPARD has changed his retirement plans. Instead of making the previously announced move to California, he and Shirley will remain in Connecticut. A short move to Granby (from North Granby) will enable daughter, Beth Anne, to continue in the same schools and be with the same friends. New address: 11 Wells Rd., Granby, Conn.

Evelyn LIBBY "Suddenly remembered you'd asked about 'lost' widows: Eleanor Arden (braig, widow of Jimmy Craig, who was killed in the USS

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Address: Col. (USA Ret.) and Mrs. Artiiur B. Custis, 11038 Connecticut Ave., Sun City, Ariz."

After 1 7 ^ years as Chief, Mechanical Engineering Division, U. S. Army Natick Laboratories, Mass., Junius Millard is now retired and living in Charlotte, N. C.

BEAT WILLIAM & MARY 26 September 29

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FLOYD M A S O N FLETCHER

We regret to announce that our search for missing classmates brings word of the passing on of Fletch several years ago. Our information comes from Mr. Walton Hughes of Madison, Ala., in a letter to Bob Keyer, from which we quote: "Floyd and I grew up together and were inseparable until he went away to the Academy. . . . We still saw each other in the summers and later. . . . H e became an invalid after a heart attack, and carried on a mail-order business from his home until his death 5 or 6 years ago. His wife and children still live in Mobile."

DONALD MacDONALD

With regret we have to make delayed announcement of the passing of Donald MacDonald on 21 Feb., at the home where he was born, in Newburgh, N . Y. Donald left us early in our Annapolis course and apparendy spent his later years back at his old home. A few years ago he attended some of our class lunches in New York.

Information on Donald comes to us from Mickey (E. W.) Irish, now living at 10899 Village Green, Largo, Fla., who writes: "My debt to Donald is great, for it was through him that I met my wife, Alice, at dinner in tiie J.O. Mess of the WYOMING at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in November, 1924."

1924 active duty retirements continue. On 1 June it was RAdm. (E. E.) Bud YEOMANS who retired, following the turning over of his Western Sea Frontier and 12di N.D. commands to Jack Taylor '26. Bud reports that he and Helen are enjoying the "Sunday routine" of retirement, aldiough he has a part-time consulting job with a planning and research organization. They are making their home at Pebble Beach, Calif., Box 1205 (93953) with "the welcome pennant twoblocked."

"A fine meeting," says Ed GMINDER of the 22 July meeting of tiie Washington group, when an even 24 classmates made the luncheon in the Washington Room of die Army-Navy Club. You may not have a close acquaintanceship with all of tiiose who attended, but you'll find more than one listed here with whom you've had cruise, classroom or athletic companionship: Bradley, Bullis, Burroughs, Collins, Craig, Cunningham, Dyer, Ekstrom, Gminder, Cranberry, Hartwig, Hoffman, Jaudon, Kalisch, Mercer, Nesser, Petersen, Ramsey, Robinson, Rook, Sinclair, Sisson, Van Steenburgh, and Wright. In tiiis group, of course, Swede Ekstrom is the out-of-towner; and the "professors group" included Bullis, Craig, Dyer and Jaudon. After lunch there was a fine talk by LCdr. Peter M. Wells, who is Ed Gminder's step-son, and who related experiences

RADM. E. E. YEOMANS '24 is relieved by RAdm. J. McN. Taylor (right) as ComWeSeaFron and Com 1 1 . FAdm. NImitz attended the ceremony.

coverage of the Japanese surrender aboard the MISSOURI.

From Daytona Beach (4 (Coconut Row) comes word tiiat Ellen and Weary WILKINS have reached the even dozen mark in grandchildren.

Their daughter Ann (Mrs. John W. Ryan, Jr. of Albany, N . Y.) on 8 July presented her family with twins, a boy and a girl! The Wilkins left on an extended "visiting trip" on Labor Day, which included stopovers with the Clochrans at Asheville and with daughter Mariane Brown and family at Virginia Beach.

Noble and Mickie ABRAHAMS were scheduled to leave 17 August by plane for 3 weeks in Europe and England, prior to which trip Noble visited his relatives in Texas, from Houston to Kerrville. And the Abrahams family lost another car—in late June youngest daughter Jennifer "did not quite make a curve this side of Bainbridge."

Jennifer escaped without a bruise, we are glad as weapons officer in the SSBN DANIEL BOONE, to report; but the car, junk. and answered numerous questions.

Noble also informs us that the Dale Harrises Colby RUCKER supplies us with a photo of are planning a trip to Japan in October. And, one of the classroom buildings of the new (Bill) "Bill McCaleb had a slight auto accident—came Bullis School at Potomac, Md. This Bullis buildout second best in an encounter with a tractor— ing program of $2.5 million calls for two 16so his Buick is undergoing repair." classroom buildings, 2 dormitories, a gymnasium, We continue to get complimentary reports exactivities building and an administration building pressed about the reunion in May, scores of them on a 75-acre tract. it seems. Bill COLE writes: "The class reunion Last montii we mentioned Bert KALISCH as was certainly one of the most heartening experihaving served in all 4 branches of the armed ences of a lifetime. To encounter all that good forces but we did not give the details, which fellowship all at once is overwhelming!" Brom follow^: At 16 he enlisted in tiie 1st F.A., New NICHOL explained he could not be with us in York Guard. The next year he enlisted m tiie May because "things went wrong at the last Navy, and then entered die Naval Academy. In minute." Since 1956 Brom has been in the brok1926 he was commissioned 2d Lieut., Fleet Maerage business at Pensacola (333 Brent Building), rine Corps Reserve. From 1930 to 1941 he was his firm having membership on the Midwest an officer in die Naval Reserve, resigning in June, S.E., Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mer1941 to become a captain. Signal Corps, on cantile Exchange. duty'widi the Army Air Force. In 1943 he was Shady LAYNE is another who got a lot out back witii tiie Army as public relations and photo of our reunion; and he "took the story" to friends officer, including the supervising of tiie historic 30

in Norfolk and on back to Florida, where he contacted Mickey Irish and gave him a report.

He expects also to get in touch with George Stoddard at Petersburg, after he and Guava return from Mexico, where Mickie says the Laynes were in August. We've heard of another dinner group being formed at Richmond as a result of the reunion: Brydon, Cabanillas and Keyer—and they talk of bringing Chalkley DuVal to join the group.

We are all pleased to learn that John SHANNON has been made senior vice president of operations at Pan American World Airways.

The reunion put a number of our people on the highways and skyways on extensions of the trip to Annapolis. Sara and Mike KEARNS finally got back to Texas by way of New York and Chicago. Elizabeth and Ken HYATT spent a few days in Washington, then on to New York via Philadelphia, where we had lunch with John Austin . . . Elizabeth's mother joined us for the Fair in N . Y. . . . in Newport for ten days where we saw more Navy friends, including Cameron Winslow . . . on to Maine to visit my sister, and then to St. Louis via Melvin Village, N . H . where we had a delightful visit with Tommy and Harriet Thomas.

We hear Heinie DEUTERMANN has shortened his European trip and returned to Calif. He plans to visit in Mexico next.

From the Cowboy CAMERONs we learn that "our set" is still active at San Diego-Coronado.

The quarterly dinner on 13 Aug. was hosted by Hal and Helen EDGAR, and maybe we'll get the count on how many attended later. The Camerons in August were also standing by for a visit from Louria and Jack Williams. And the Townsends, Artie and Nietta, are on a long jaunt in their trailer: up the west coast to Canada, across to the east coast, then down to Florida for the winter.

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homecoming, Annapolis will be bulging. Carvel Hall is holding a large block of rooms for '25.

They want a $10 deposit with your reservation.

Besides Carvel and the Maryland Inn in town, there are several fine motels along the roads nearby, including a Howard Johnson, and a Charter House.

Attending the July luncheon of the Washington group were: Toon Benson, Burrowes, Cash, Cronin, Eller, Fitzgerald, Hickey, Hoffner, Hurd, Johns, Loomis, McFarlane, Slaven, Stirling Smith, Stryker, and Van Metre.

VADM. AUSTIN '24 receives his 3-star flag upon retirement.

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Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, USN (Ret.) 3410 15th St., North Arlington 1, Va. Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedberg. Ill 8405 Burdette Rd. Bethesda, Md. 20014

ALEXANDER STUART McDILL

On 31 July VAdm. Bernard L. (Count) AUSTIN relinquished the presidency of the Naval War College to VAdm. C. L. Melson '27, in a retirement ceremony at Newport. Press reports termed Count as "the last person remaining on active duty who served as a flag officer during World War II." His 49-month tenure as president of the War College was the longest in the school's history. But Count returned to active duty immediately as chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board in Washington. At the retirement ceremony he was presented with a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal.

Well, time marches onâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and leaves us with only three classmates on active duty stams: Bob Campbell, Bob Goldthwaite and Page Smith. We hereby request that they "stay on," so that we may still have representation on the team!

Artie TOWNSEND didn't get his Cruise, which was returned. Now your secretary would like to have an address that would reach him. Also where can we mail returned Cruises intended for J. C. Daniel, S. F. Oden, E. C. Parker and L. D. Sharp.? We are ready to re-mail the Cruise to these 5 as soon as we get a suitable address for each.

From those recovering: "Two operations pinned me down, but all is well that ends well," writes Gene Rook. "The second one made the first one seem like a cut finger. Maybe it's time for me to retire again!" We have no new details on that serious operation of Al Krook, but hear he is recovering. And in mid-August, Walter Graesser was free of the hospital again and steadily recovering also.

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Sec'y, RAdm. F. K. Loomis, USN (Ret.) 3055 Foxhall Road, Washington 16, D. C.

We hear from Stuart BLUE's widow, Mrs. Alice Schiff, that their daughter Stuart, her husband and baby left in July for Munich, Germany, where he will represent Radio Free Europe. . . . Red POWELL reports that Jack McAULIFFE is in the hospital (early July) with eye trouble. His daughter is trying to complete his biography. . . .

Frank MUNROE sent his football ticket applications back for redistribution, saying that they were saving their money for the trip to the REUNION next year. . . . George PURMONT is summering in Littie Compton, R. I. . . . Tom and Marion THOMAS left by transport for Europe the end of May. Tom reports it is his first visit tiiere since tiie '30s. . . . Sam SIMPSON advises that they are traveling east this fall, and will be in New Haven for a while about the end of September, followed by about 3 to 4 months in Columbus, Ohio. . . . Kay and Kent LOOMIS jet off to Europe on 4 Sept. for a month's motor trip through Austria and Italy.

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Bill and Elizabeth GALLERY'S two daughters are in the Peace Cx)rps, according to a newspaper item sent in by Charlie SILSBEE. Daughter Betsy, who graduated from Marquette in 1963, joined the Corps last September. An English major, she is teaching English to Africans in the village of N'Kongsamba in the Camerouns. Lee Gallery, a June graduate of the University of Toronto, is now in training for the Corps in Los Angeles.

She will leave for Ethiopia 16 September to teach English. A Russian major, she is learning Amheric, the official language of Ethiopia.

Pursuant to the by-laws of the class the secretary announces the results of the ballot at the June luncheon. After a spirited (.?) contest, the incumbents were retained in office, with the executive committee consisting of Tom BURROWES, chairman; Bob CRONIN, vice-chairman; Kent LOOMIS, secretary; Ken HURD, treasurer, and Dick Elliott.

Valentine CALDWELL, daughter of Betty and the late Rex CALDWELL, was married 20 June to Robert Ogden Tyler, graduate of Harvard in 1958, and now studying law at the University of Michigan. She was married in the same church that Rex and Betty were, and had the same soloist they had. The reception was held at the home of one of Betty's bridesmaids.

QUIVER Dave GOLDENSEN writes: "So many classmates have written to me thanking me for taking this 'thankless' job of collecting our Quiver data, but I consider it most rewarding, because of the letters I have received. I am sure the other socalled controllers feel the same way. However there are still those who are stragglers. I trust that if any in that category read this, our job will be made much easier."

Progress report on the Quiver as of 29 July: A total of $5793.50 has been received from 236 classmates. The total estimated cost is $6474.

Books ordered to date total 326; we have contracted for 400, which number can be increased.

A total of 274 biographies have been received.

Financially there should be no strain, due to the generous response of those who have sent in their biogs and money (averaging about $25 per contributor). The number of responses is still disappointing, however. It is stressed that a photograph of each classmate (and/or family) is desired. If you didn't send one, get it and send it in. If you get a better one later you can substitute it.

We can take replacement picture and late news items right up until next spring.

REUNION Henry FORD reports that it is not too early to be making hotel reservations for the Reunion (8, 9, 10 Oct. 1965). Since it coincides with

Your corresponding secretary has just received the sad news of the death, in San Francisco, of Capt. Alexander Stuart McDill, USN (Ret.), on 6 July. I have few details but believe Al had quite a long and harrowing illness. The class extends deepest sympathy to Helene, to their son, Stuart, and to their two daughters, Mrs. Christopher B. Walker of London, England, and Mrs. Willard F. Day of Reno, Nev. Al was a very outstanding member of the class of 1926; one of a number of those who, in the opinion of most of us, should have been an admiral.

RAdm. George T. MUNDORFF, USN (Ret.), reports from Honolulu, enroute Hong Kong, that he has accepted the job as managing director of Ferrotec, Ltd., with offices in Hong Kong. He actually took over his duties in mid-July. He and Margaret have established their residence in Hong Kong for not less than two years. On their way there in early July they visited the Bob Morses ('22) in Honolulu and saw the W. D. Johnsons ('21), tiie Putt Storrs ('23), the Don Felts ('23), and the Ralph Christies ('15). George's permanent address for the next couple of years, at least, will be c/o Ferrotec Ltd., 650 Castie Peak Rd., Kowloon. Hong Kong, BCC. Capt. John H. ELLISON, USN (Ret.), who retired as the result of two heart attacks in 1955 and '56, writes from 1720 Holly Ave., Menlo Park, Calif., about a 1926 get-together during June, as follows: "The recent arrival of Jack and Amelia Taylor in the ComWesSeaFron spot provided the necessary spur to round up local '26ers in the San Francisco Bay area for the first class party since about 1955. A cocktail-dinner party was held at the Treasure Island Mess on 26 June with the following attending: Armentrouts, Cecils, Ellisons, Fredericks, Hulls, Johnstons, Kobeys, Langleys, Rodgers, Rules, J. B. Taylors, J. McN. Taylors, Watsons, Whipples, Wolvertons, and Dorrie Clement.

"Approximately 36 classmates were located by various means and were circularized by mail in the area from Sacramento to Monterey and most of them replied. However, judging by the responses (or lack of reply), this is distinctiy the travel season, whether for business or pleasure.

I thought all Californians were like the old lady from Boston who said, 'Why should I travel when I'm already here.?' Perhaps they didn't leave the State, which excuses them! Ted Kobey organized the affair and handled the details and correspondence with some minor help from Ellison and Johnston. Speaking personally, it was a great success and a distinct pleasure to see so many classmates, after such a long time, but I couldn't help wondering why all those good-looking girls were married to all those old men! Jack Taylor is getting up a current list of the class in this vicinity which will be mailed out in the not too distant future. We hope to repeat the meeting some time in the fall, and with some more advance notice to all concerned, we may get a star (85%) turnout."

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'26 CLASS DINNER, TREASURE ISLAND, 26 JUNE 1964

RAdm. W. R. "Holly" HOLLINGSWORTH, USN (Ret.), writes from 321 Dommerich Dr., Maitiand, Fla., that he will respond to the CS's letter at some later date when he does not have a house full of company. I had asked him to describe the life and trials and tribulations and rewards of a fruit grower, because I believe he is becoming quite a successful one and also because I think a number of naval officers might find that sort of life a very interesting and challenging one, if they like the out-of-doors, as many of us do after years spent in the open air at sea. Holly has told me that the citrus grove business is a "feast or famine" business, but that groves pay off handsomely over the years. He pointed out that retired pay was the necessary stabilizing factor which tides one over the bad season to the "feast" one; sort of a Cadillac to the bread-line and back again operation. Holly and his three boys now have over a hundred acres of citrus trees; no small enterprise to supervise!

RAdm. Charies A. "Buck" BUCHANAN, USN (Ret.), now in his house at 300-9th St. in (Coronado, sent an interesting article from the 3 July San Diego Evening Tribune, concerning the Navy son of our classmate, LCdr. Hugh D. Black who was lost at sea on 28 Feb. 1942 while in command of the destroyer, JACOB JONES, when it was destroyed by one of the German subs he had been ordered to hunt off Cape May, N. J. Few destroyers suffered heavier casualties in the war when his ship lost all but 11 enlisted men of the 145 officers and men in her crew. Hugh's son, Ens. John D. Black, has reported on board the destroyer BLACK, named for his father, which was christened by his mother, Frances, when he was four years old. The article went on to say that Ensign Black's ambition as a child was to join the Navy and serve in the ship named for his dad.

USS BLACK will be stationed in San Diego between deployments to the Far East.

RAdm. Charles F. HORNE, Jr., was too modest to report that last year he received the "Golden Knight" award, which is the highest award given by the National Management Association. That

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item was gleaned from a picture of Charlie presenting that same award to another person for this year, in Los Angeles, with the caption, "Presenting the award is former recipient Charles Home of General Dynamics."

Capt. Douglas V. GLADDING, USN (Ret.), appears to be living the sort of life many of us thought would be the ideal, at one time or another; apparendy spending 9 or 10 months a year on board their 36-foot motor yacht, BARBARA WEST IX, according to an article read by the CS in a recent issue of the Gloucester Daily Times (Mass.), dated 25 July. Doug and Martha, according to a very interesting article, have made seven round trips via the Intracoastal Waterway between Florida and Maine; summers in Maine and winters in Florida.

RAdm. J. B. STEFANAC, USN (Ret.), has been ill but appears to be returning rapidly "back to battery" and expects to return to his job of teaching in the mathematics department of the California State Polytechnic Cx)llege in the fall.

Joe has been living in San Luis Obispo since 1958 and has written that there are 6 retired naval officers also teaching there, ranging from the class of '20 to '38.

The CS has just completed a transfer of the Smedbergs from "Secure" in Crystal River, Fla., to a new house at 8405 Burdette Rd., Bethesda.

At the moment of trying to meet the deadline for this issue, he is sitting in a room, cluttered by boxes, barrels, chests and the like, typing on a card table and wondering when this room will turn into at least a semblance of the study which he hopes will eventuate. We have not given up our home in Crystal River, which is still our voting and legal residence, but we will be able to spend less time there than we had anticipated, due to the fact that the Navy Relief job, which starts for me in October, will be pretty demanding in time and location.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Howard C. Adams, USNR Pacific Far East Line, Inc., 918 16th St. N.W., Washington 6, D. C.

RAdm. Oscar H. DODSON, USN (Ret.), has found a very interesting second career as director of the Money Museum, National Bank of Detroit.

The museum demonstrates 5,000 years of coinage history, including such items as a piece of stone money weighing half a ton, and a block of salt money which is considered as precious as gold in lands where there is no salt.

The Money Museum, which opened in April of 1960, is designed to show primitive money forms as objects of fine art and beauty, as well as the most extensive collection of gold coins and odd and curious media of exchange on public display in the new world. There are only two major private money museums in the world other than the one in Detroit. One is in the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, the other is being created by the directors of Tokai Bank, Ltd., in Nagoya, Japan.

Admiral Dodson retired from the Navy in 1957 and accepted an appointment as assistant professor of history at the University of Illinois. He joined the National Bank of Detroit in September of 1959 as director of the Money Museum.

RAdm. Edward H. Eckelmeyer, Jr., USN (Ret.), and Mrs. Eckelmeyer announce the birth of their first grandchild, Karen duBois Eckelmeyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Eckelmeyer, III, on 21 May. Mrs. Eckelmeyer is the former Miss Patricia Wurster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wurster of Scotia, N. Y. Vera and Rosie LOUD became bored by the monotonously wonderful climate of Southern California and have returned to the east to suffer a litde. They are building a new home at 1904 Sands Dr., Pendennis Mount, Annapolis, which they hope to occupy about the first of September.

WELCOME TO HOMECOMING SHIPMATE

RADM. W. A. SUTHERLAND '27 received Joint Services Commendation Medal Citation from Adm. T. H. Mooter '33, CinCPacFlt. Observing (I. to r.) VAdm. B. A. Clarey, RAdm. H. S. Persons, RAdm. W . D. Irvin and LtGen. V. H. Krulok USMC.

RADM. W. E. FERRALL ' 2 7 , new Com 13.

As promised in the last issue, I obtained from Charlotte PATRICK all the information about Pete FERRALL assumed dudes Tuesday, 21 Jane's marriage: July as Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District.

Miss Jane Serpell Patrick, daughter of RAdm. His additional duties include (Commander, Northand Mrs. Goldsborough Serpell Patrick, was ern Sectors, Western Sea Frontier and U. S. Naval married on 13 June to Ens. John Francis McDefense Force Eastern Pacific, with headquarters Jennett, III, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. John in Seattie.

Francis Mcjennett, Jr., of Boston and East PakisPete and Helen will make their home in Seattie. tan. The ceremony took place in St. Margaret's Helen graduated from Broadway High School in Episcopal Church, Washington, D . C. Seattie and attended the University of Washington The bride was graduated from Holton Arms where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta School and the University of Michigan, and also sorority. They were married in Seattie on 25 attended Mills (College and the Sorbonne. A debuMarch 1931, so it's back home for both of them. tante of 1959, she was presented at the Norfolk Ongratulations!

German Club Ball. Ensign Mcjennett is an alumRAdm. William A. Sudierland, Jr., USN, nus of the Severn School and of Harvard UniverCommander, Barrier Force Pacific, was presented sity. He has been assigned to the Patuxent Naval the Joint Service Commendation Medal citation Air Station and the couple will live in Maryland.

by Adm. Thomas H . Mooter, USN '33, ComWe had two good letters, one from Jake DAVIS mander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet on 20 July in Adand the other from Johnny DAVIDSON, which miral Moorer's Pearl Harbor headquarters. The are full of interest and which are quoted in their citation paid tribute to Admiral Sutherland's entirety: performance while serving as deputy commanFrom Jake: Here is some news for the '29 dant of the National War College, Washington, Shipmate column. We settied here in the "StrawD. C. from 25 June 1962 to 4 June 1964. berry Center of the World" when I retired. Both our sons (R. P., Jr. and Alden) graduated from Southeastern Louisiana College here. Alden was captain of tennis and vice president of the senior Sec'y, RAdm. E. J. O'Donnell, USN Weapons System Evaluation Group, class.

OSD Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C. Lt. (jg) R. P., Jr. and Ensign Alden both have their wings. The former is with Fighting HOMER C. MURRAY Through the kindness of MajGen. F. M. Mc- Squadron 31 attached to the USS SARATOGA. (My first duty as an ensign was in the old SARATOGA!) Allister, class of 1927, we learned that Homer It is his first duty also! The latter is attached to C. "Pat" Murray died on 29 July at his home at Airborne Early Warning Squadron 12 out of Gulfport, Miss. Pat retired from the Marines as Norfolk. a colonel in 1951. He was a stalwart member of the 1st Battalion in Naval Academy days.

Our daughter, Helen, is office manager for the General Adjustment Bureau here and is happy Pat is survived by his widow, Larissa, and with her horses, etc. Her husband is working on three children, Irene, Laura and Alex. Their his Master's degree in math at LSU. address is Rt. 1, Box 544, Gulfport, Miss.

Gurley is busy with church work, etc., and Pete CARVER wrote me a very nice note I am busy with golf every day except Sats. and thanking the class for the flowers which were Suns. She just returned from a three-week trip sent for Helyn's funeral. Pete said he had not to California where she saw the DICKINSONS. given up hope about getting back to the class Dicky is an engineer at Vandenberg AFB. In New reunion but at this writing it doesn't look feasible.

Orleans we see Jack McCue '28, and Hugh Lewis '35 now and then. Jack is state and southern REUNION senior golf champion.

The class of 1929 will hold its 35th reunion Hope to see you all of 1929 at the reunion. in the Leyte Gulf and Santa Cruz Rooms of the We go direct to Maine on 31 Aug. and will Officers' (ilub on Saturday, 26 Sept., during the return via reunion. World's Fair, side trips, etc., Homecoming Weekend affairs. to arrive back here about 15 Oct. We are planThere will be a cocktail party at 1730, with ning to see the Navy-Penn State, Navy-W. and dinner served at 1930. Dress will be formal.

M. and Navy-Ga. Tech games.

William C. Allen is chairman of the reunion We were terribly saddened by the death of committee, and further information may be made Claude Ricketts (bless his soul). He was an usher by contacting him at 1875 Connecticut Ave., at our wedding here in 1937.

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We have seen Will and Annie WATSON at Pensacola a few times. We won the Army-Navy game with them last December! Jerry, is the fact that I have two aviation officer sons a "first" for 1929.'.? Our warmest personal regards to you and Ruth. "Jake."

And from Johnny: Now that Ann and I have "settied in" in a new career, I think a few notes for Shipmate may be in order.

On 1 July, I became headmaster of The Tatnall School at 1501 Bariey Mill Rd., Wilmington, Del. Ann and I are living in a home owned by the school at 3112 Centerville Rd., just around the corner from the school.

The Tatnall School is a coeducational private independent school with about 480 students ranging from three-year-olds in the pre-school through the 12 th grade. The pre-school is located in an old home in the city. The lower and upper schools are located outside the city on a beautiful 100acre estate. We are in the midst of an expansion progam with a goal of 600 students, a new gymnasium, more classrooms and laboratories, auditorium, new library and even a new residence for the headmaster. Ann has been asked to wander through the woods back of the school to select the spot for the residence.

Much has happened to us since we took the big step on 1 April. On 5 May, Diane Ross presented us with our first granddaughter, Susan.

Subsequentiy Diane and her husband, William Tyler Ross, Jr. of Roanoke, Va., moved to Nashville, Tenn. where he is doing his internship at Vanderbilt.

On 22 July, Nancy Clole added a third grandson, Charles Frederic, named after Charles Frederick Brindupke '32, Nancy's father. She now has William Sterling Cole, III after Bill's father, John Davidson Cole after me and Charles Frederic after Brindy. A girl is in orderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;there are no more grandfathers. The Ck)les live in New London and Bill is exec of the PATRICK HENRY.

The future looks rosy and if we are successful in this new venture, there is no law requiring retirement at age 62. We hope to keep in touch and will be real happy to see old friends whenever you come this way. If it is a hot summer day, stop by for a swim in one, two or three of Tamall's swimming pools.

All the best. Sincerely, Johnny.

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Sec'y, Capt. Oscar E. Hagberg, USN (Ret.) 1109 Grove St., N.E. Albuquerque, N. M. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. S. W. Betts, USN Atmospheric Sciences Program National Science Foundation Washington 25, D. C.

The latest Wedding Bellsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Dub JOHNSON married Miss Helen Alice Wierzch on Saturday, 18 July, in the Whitfield Estates Presbyterian Church in Sarasota. Although it was a private ceremony in the chapel, Bunky Head flew down from Washington to be best man. Helen's cousin, Mrs. Jacob C. Caflisch, III was her matron of honor. Prior to her mariage Helen was the securities broker and also the secretary and a partner of Hardy, Hardy, Associates, Inc., of Sarasota, the brokerage for which Dub is alleged to have worked.

As Dub put it, "Helen and I had some business affairs to take care of here and were not able to get away on our honeymoon until Tuesday, 21 July, when we spent about three days in North Carolina, then were in Washington from about 26 July until 4 August, when we doubled back into North Carolina for the rest of our holiday, returning to Sarasota about mid-August. We will live in my present home at 701 Lantana Ave." Happy days!

Had a delightful letter from Danny STUART's "Secretary," Eileen, who informs us that, "Fourteen classmates got together at Dan and Eileen Stuart's 'Stone Tower' to say bon voyage to Cel and Jim MEOLA who were on their way to France for the summer. Jim teaches French at a boy's school in Minneapolis and was here visiting relatives in Providence. It was such a delight to have these '3lets togetherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^Danny hadn't seen some of them in almost 30 years and everyone had a gay time. Joe and Georgette THORN'TON came from N. Andover, Mass.; Lee ELLIS and his wife from Boston; the Jim LAYs from Newport; Charlie and Bunny COOK from Bristol, R. I.; and Bill and Irene McKAIG from Harwichport, Mass. Hal PAYSON, Barney SIEGLAFF and Robbie ROBERTSON were unable to make it. The only non-members present were our houseguests, Danny's 84-year-old father and Dick and Helen Jackson. Dick was Under Secretary of the Navy during the Eisenhower administration and still dearly loves the Navy and happens to be our friend and neighbor. Everyone was thrilled as they left after midnight to see 'Old Glory' all illuminated and fluttering in the breeze atop our 60-foot stone tower which is a landmark in Barrington and can be seen for miles around. We love it too!

"Danny's quite the gentleman farmer these days and at long last he is able to put his many talents to work as evidenced in his first home.

Please do let any classmates know our address and we'd be happy to see them one and all at 3 Stone Tower Lane, Barrington, R. I." Bill LEVERTON reported from his recuperating session at the Naval Hospital Portsmouth that, although his three successive heart attacks will apparentiy force his official retirement in September or October, he is feeling better every day. He and Helen plan to move back into their Washington home after a winter of relaxation in Norfolk.

As we go to press Weenie WERTS is resting comfortably in the Bethesda Naval Hospital after a serious operation. He and Margaret have had about enough of New York City and plan to move back into their home in Bethesda this fall.

Max and Marion FIRTH passed through Washington on their way to the Fair and stopped long enough to attend a terrific dinner party at the CRUMPACKERs' quarters in the Navy Yard Annex. Some 60 or 70 classmates and wives helped Gwen and John celebrate Johnny's umpteenth birthday. Max and Marion planned to continue their auto trip back to California in time for Max to get back to his job as chemistry prof at the San Rafael Military Academy.

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Sec'y, Mr. John Stanley Miller 5809 Namakagan Road Washington 16, D. C.

Mary Jane GRIDER Mary Jane Grider, wife of Capt. John M. Grider, USN (Ret.), died 9 July at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Often hostess and always a friend to '32, she traveled widely with John both at home and abroad. She has left her beneficent mark in social service and charitable work . . . the world is the poorer for her leaving.

Her death closed a long and dogged fight in which she never gave up her vital interests. Her vitality and service are still remembered, long years later, as evidenced by the manner in which she was memorialized by members of the board, the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen's Club of Washington. She and John have one son, Lt. John M. Grider, Jr., USAF, now at Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Tex. A substantial turnout of '32 showed at Fort McNair on 13 Aug. for the monthly meeting of the Washington branch. Class president Corky WARD presided in the absence of Sam MONCURE. Bill KELLY was a welcome visitor. Bill has concluded his studies at Duke University. He and Biddie plan to be in the Washington area only for a few weeks, he says, until the avaricious are wised up regarding his true golf handicap.

Leon KINTBERGER, '32's representative on the USNAA board of trustees, gave a briefing on alumni affairs and encouraged a strengthening of '32's participation in the Association's affairs, particularly stressing the benefits of membership.

He asked that the class begin now to plan for the 35th anniversary, making an early choice between May or Sept. of '67.

The group bade Godspeed to Ralph JOHNSON, who reported in late August as Commander, Field Ckimmand, DASA, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M. Corky Ward came in for some twitting that his recent change of duty will require him to carry out, as DCNO Fleet Operations and Readiness, some of the work he developed as DCNO Plans and Policy. George PRESSEY has gone to Norfolk as a PhibGrp commander.

Attending the luncheon, in addition to those mentioned above, were: Dimi Dimitrijevic, Jim Ck)llett, Bob Leonard, Jack Lewis, George Pierce, Beau Lyons, Willie Williamson, Hank Seely, Jerry Miller, Al Wellings, Harry Lockwood, Al Slayden, Casey Holt, Bull Dreany, Emer Fawkes, Dick Craighill, Swede Eastwold, Norm Blaisdell and Ralph Johnson.

HERE AND THERE WITH '32 Thanks to Ski SOSNOSKI we have word of a long-lost classmate, Edward Everett GREENE, 3645 India St., San Diego 1, CaliL Ed has his own business, now in its 38th year: the San Diego Exterminating Co. Ski promises to see the gang at homecoming this Sept.

Paul and Dee HARRINGTON were in Washington for a visit with his parents in July, taking time off from construction work in Seattle.

Mai and Sara Ann MUNGER were also on visit from the West Coast during July. While in Washington, Mai lunched with Moe ARCHER and Jack LEWIS. Kay Kasparek (Mrs. C. E.) has this new address: 1177 E. Lloyd St., Apt. 305, Pensacola, Fla. Our thanks to Harry REITER for the service he rendered the Washington chapter in turning out an updated local roster.

WEDDING BELLS In ceremonies held at North Chapel, U. S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, Calif., Miss Ethel Thomas, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Donald I.

Thomas of that city, was married to Lt. (jg) Thomas E. Sanford, USNR, of Grand Junction, Col., on 27 June.

The bride attended Mary Washington College and is a graduate of San Diego State Ck)llege. The bridegroom is a graduate of Denver University.

They will make their home in Philadelphia where Mr. Sanford, upon release from active naval service this summer, will be enrolled in the Wharton School of Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania.

Classmates attending the wedding included Eddie and Andy Nisewaner, Polly and Harry Sosnoski, Sara and Charlie Phillips, Neet and Mark Dennett, Charlotte and Jack Kaufman, all of Coronado.

The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. Douglas L. Howard of Annapolis, and the late Capt.

Howard, class of '06.

Chmn, Mr. Turner A. Duncan AVCO Corp., 1701 K St., N.W. Washington 6, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.), U. S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis, Md.

SHAIKH OF BAHRAIN and RAdm. ARNIE SCHADE '33.

Arnie SCHADE sent in the accompanying photograph taken during his visit to The Shaikh of Bahrain. Arnie has just finished a most challenging and intensely interesting tour as Commander Middle East Force. He has now reported as DepCinCUSNavEur and hopes that any classmates passing through London will look him up.

A news release dated 1 July reports that Bill FORTUNE, civilian, has relieved Bill Fortune, Navy captain, as manager of NASA's Mississippi Test Operations. Bill retired 30 June and immediately assumed his same position as head of this giant rocket testing facility as a civilian. He had been serving with NASA by special agreement with the Navy since 1 October 1962. Bill's facility, now under construction, is scheduled to be operational in late 1965 when they will be responsible for static tests of the first two stages of the Saturn V moon rocket. Bill and Libby will continue to live in Pass Christian, Miss.

Jimmy and Betty OGDEN announce the marriage of their daughter Ann to Ens. Peter D. West, USNR, on 8 August at Calvary Methodist Church in Annapolis. Bill Ogden '66 was an usher. Ann and Pete were both 1963 graduates of the University of Nortii Carolina where Pete was a member of the NROTC unit. His home is in Annapolis but he is presendy stationed in the USS SUMNER, a Mayport-based destroyer. The couple honeymooned in Bermuda and will establish their first home in Neptune Beach, Fla. SHIPMATE

"CONVOY COMMODORES" and Elliot Loughlin

Summer routine at the Anti-Submarine Warfare Tactical School in Norfolk includes a 2week course for prospective mobilization billet convoy commodores. The majority of the class is composed of retired officers whose past duties and experience give them the basic qualification and who are able and willing to give the time.

The officers selected are recalled to active duty for a period of approximately 14 days. This year's class included 6 members of the class of '33. Photographed witii Elliot LOUGHLIN, whose luncheon guests they were in the flag mess at SACLant, they are Bob Curtis, Jack White, Carter Bennett, Dick Derickson, Bill Pratt, and Willard Laughon. Other classmates in the Norfolk area, and not yet retired, who helped to make the last 2 weeks of July something of a class reunion were Hal BOWEN, Tom LONG, and Norm DRUSTRUP. Among the many important things learned at the above noted Norfolk occasion was that Carter BENNETT was married on 11 March to Rawls Long Cuthrell of Austin, Tex. The Bennetts are at home on the ranch in Las Vegas, N. M., principally engaged in keeping the fences mended and putting in a small orchard. Carter studied graduate mathematics at New Mexico Highlands University last year but chores on the place will preclude that in the future.

George BALTERMAN has written, requesting that his name be placed upon the mailing list for class luncheon announcements. He has hopes that he will be able to make a business session coincide with one of the Washington class luncheons.

George reports that he is still with Schenley Industries based on Rockefeller O u t e r in New York, and would be pleased to have a call from any classmates during their New York visits. He has even put in writing that he will buy them a drink or two from among the following: Dewars White Label Scotch, I. W. Harper Bourbon, Old Charter Bourbon, Imported OFC Canadian, Ancient Age Bourbon, Schenley Reserve Blend, any Dant product. Samovar Vodka, Plymouth Coates Imported Gin, Dubonnet Aperitif, Cherry Heering, and many other well-known distilled brands.

George and Jeane currentiy spend most of their leisure time at the Sayville (x>untry Club where Jeane usually beats George in golf. Their older daughter, Ellen, was married this past winter and the younger, Anne, attends West Hempstead High School in Long Island where they reside.

Class luncheons were held on 14 July and 11 Aug. by the Washington contingent. Present on either or both occasions were: C^obb, C^ostello, Curtze, Duncan, King, Carl Jones, Macintosh, Monroe, O'Brien, Staley, Taylor, Thompson, Travis, Pratt, Galantin, Curtis, Reedy, Dawson, Lane and Blick.

Willie and Dottie RAKOW visited .Annapolis in mid-August to inspect and settle on the new house they have built in Providence, near the Naval Academy golf course. They plan to rent the house until Willie can be transferred to the Annapolis area which he hopes will be within the next two or three years. He reports that during a recent visit to Norfolk he attended the wedding of Warren CHRISTY'S son, and had a nice visit with the Jim FERGUSONs. S E P T E M B ER - O C T O B E R ,

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FROM LEFT Pete Galantin, Bob Barnum, Sunshine Reedy, Newt Newton and George Koch.

Listed below are addresses and present endeavors of various classmates as reported in the biographical data submitted for the 30-Years After book: Larry and Margaret MARKS are residing at 3584 Bankhead Ave., Montgomery, Ala. Larry is the chief of the Division of Parks, Monuments, and Historic Sights of the Department of Conservation of the State of Alabama.

Paul W. MARTINEAU and Dorothy are living in a small town in northern New York and their address is 64 George St., Fort Ann, N. Y. Paul is the assistant chief engineer at the Sandy Hill Iron and Brass Works, Hudson Falls, N. Y. Dorothy keeps busy as the secretary at the local school.

Barney and Mary MEYER have settied at 5845 Brookgreen Rd., N.E., Atianta 28, Ga. Barney has a position with Lockheed (Marietta) in the area of Value Analysis Engineering.

Norman and Katherine BEARD are residing at 6325 Calmot, Fort Worth, Tex. Norman works for General Dynamics as an assistant projects engineer (structures).

Barney and Susan BELLINGER live at 132 Tradd St., Charleston, S. C. Barney is working as the executive director of the Greater Charleston Safety Council.

Tom and Beth LONG are living in Norfolk, Va., where Tom is on active duty as the commanding officer, Naval Supply O u t e r .

George and Emelie MARSHALL are living at 1294 Laurelwood Rd., Kettering 9, Ohio. George is the manager of sales planning. Applied Machinery and Systems, Chrysler Corporation, Airtemp Division, Dayton, Ohio.

Dick BLACK retired as Colonel, U. S. Air Force. He is living at 1414 Edgehill Dr., Pomona, Calif. Dick is working as head. Electronics Engineering Dept., California State Polytechnic College, Pomona, Calif.

Bob LEACH is residing at 24 West Main St., Orange, Mass. As Bob expresses it, he is "enjoying retirement."

Bill and Eleanor FUNK are residing at 3200 Cagua Dr., N.E., Albuquerque, N. M. Bill is working for the Sandia Corp. and was recentiy promoted to the position of engineer of the Employment and and Personnel Dept.

Charlie and Carmeletta BLICK are residing at Dorchester Towers, Apt. 806, 2001 Cxilumbia Pike, Arlington, Va. Charlie is on duty as the executive director. Procurement and Production, Defense Supply Agency.

Larney and Gretchen BLATCHFORD are residing at 5317 Kenwood Ave., Chevy Chase 15, Md. For physical reasons, Larney had to give up his work as a priest in the Episcopal Church but is still active within the church working with small groups of people, preaching when asked to, and conducting missions.

As indicated in the accompanying picture, Bob B.ARNUM continues to get around fulfilling his assignment as national president of the Navy League. With Bob in the photo are Pete Galantin, Director, Special Projects, Office of Naval Material, Navy Depanment; Jim Reedy, Commander,

Naval Support Forces, Antarctica; Walt Newton, Director of Requirements, Navy, Lockheed Aircraft C^rp.; and George Koch, Chief of Naval Air Reserve Training.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR Parkside Apts., 10630 Kenilworth Ave. Apt. 204, Bethesda 14, Md.

BROWN TAYLOR '34 being relieved by Joe Tucker '38 as ALUSNA, Rome.

Brown TAYLOR (Via N. Martelli lA, Rome, Italy) sends a wrap-up from Rome: "The Rome Naval Attache post from 1956 to date was successively in tiie hands of Bill McCORMICK, Bill Pratt '33, Hugh LEWIS and myself. . . . During the past two years in the course of our busy enjoyable tour, Myra and I were able to enjoy the company of many '34ers at Rome, some briefly, some happily a little longer. Alyson Roenick passed through enroute to join John at Tokyo shortly after our arrival. Frank and Ellen Pinney were with us off and on while he had the Sixth Fleet CruDes (Command. Charlie and Edna Cook were in and out while he was Chief of Staff of the Sixth Fleet CarDiv for Adm. Chick Heyward.

Bill Martin and John Hyland were here as successive CarDiv Cx)mmanders themselves. Carlisle and Dusty Ingram and Moe and Thelma Vose had Rome on their European itineraries. Victor and Marion Smith visited here while he had the CruDes Command of the Sixth Fleet.

"Also saw here Bill Sweeney, Bill Crutcher, Art Manning, Pres Presler down from his ALUSNA spot at Bonn and Kay. And there were others we missed while we were afield ourselves. So though we've not been able to assemble a class meeting at Rome, many an hour has been spent in keeping abreast of what does '34. We understand the June 30-year finale was a grand occasion. Wish Myra and I could have been there. We continue to be Romans, and we will hope to see more of the class and wives here in time. Upon retirement I joined the staff of St. Stephen's School, a new American preparatory school at Rome, whose headmaster is Dr. John O. Patterson, until recentiy headmaster of Kent School in Connecticut.

For me this will be a busy time in a new field I have long hoped to enter."

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A recent note from Ed POWELL (5142 N. 43rd PL, Phoenix, Ariz.) with a newspaper clipping showing Ed supervising the family crew on cleanup duty at the swimming pool of their new home.

Ed and Mary are enjoying the Arizona living.

No. 1 daughter Darieen is a senior at the University of Arizona; No. 2 daughter Dawn is a sophomore at Arizona State, and No. 3 daughter Devan is a sophomore at Arcadia High School.

The Bev Van BUSKIRKs are living only a couple blocks away.

Tony PARRY continues to be a good correspondent. Dauphin County's (Pa.) chief detective sees John Miller and Jim Scott about once a month. Eddie OUTLAW writes he is on the way to CarDiv 1 on west coast. Cy AUSTIN was back east to see son graduate from USNA in June.

Cagey SCHACHT has done a grand job on reunion plans. Write to Cagey or your Council secretary if you are interested in attending.

There are regular class luncheons in Washington. If you are visiting, check with classmates on time and place. There'll be room for you.

All plans are now firm for the 30th reunion.

Saturday 26 Sept. will be Class of 1934 Day. Beginning at 0900 with a memorial service in St. Andrew's Chapel and terminating with the class reunion party at Hubbard Hall (Boat House) on the following schedule:

Sec'y, Capt. F. G. Law, USN 1142 N. Illinois St. Arlington, Va. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN 4029 Downing St. Annandale, Va.

1900-2030 cocktails, open bar 2000-2130 buffet dinner 2130-0030 dancing, cash bar Responses to the GREETINGS have been good, but "Returned to Writer" are prevalent. Addresses of many 1 July retirees are still unknown.

See you all at HOMECOMING! BUTCH

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Sec'y, Capt. F. M. Lamkin, SC, USN Defense Supply Agency, Cameron Station Alexandria, Va.

THOMAS D. MCGRATH '35

Mary DOLL Mary Doll, wife of Ray Doll, died suddenly at Roslyn Heights, Long Island, on 25 May. Mary was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.

Our deepest sympathy to Ray and family.

SPECIAL EVENTS Friday, 25 Sept., 1200-1800—Registration Alumni House. A '35 wife will be on hand to help with last minute requests, furnish addresses, tickets, name tags, etc.

Saturday, 26 Sept., 1130-1200—Pre-game luncheon; German beer and sandwiches at Bavarian Room, North Severn Park.

Saturday, 26 Sept., 1200—Bus departs luncheon for stadium and returns after the game.

Saturday, 26 Sept., 1900—Cocktails and dinnerdance at North Severn Primary School porch at $15 per couple.

Sunday, 27th Sept., 1300-1500—YP picnic. Box lunches available. Reservations will be taken at dinner-dance. Note: This event is subject to cancellation if insufficient interest is shown.

YP will depart from Santee Pier, west.

As customary, we had a good influx of news from classmates in response to the council president's annual letter and statements of account.

Lamont JOHNSON—finally heard from—will be attending homecoming.

Dave NASH is keeping class affairs going in the San Diego-Los Angeles area. Twelve '35ers and their wives gathered at the Admiral Kidd Club in June. Dave is keeping the council files straight on address changes in his area.

Bob WARD is making homecoming enroute to new duty station. Son Spencer goes west to college this fall.

Johnny HEATH was back in the States in June on leave. PCS from FltActs Yokosuka to (3om 14.

It's a tough life. Ozzie OSBORN checks in. He's with Lockheed, Sunnyvale. Ken VETH's new duty keeps him on west coast with ASW Gr 3.

The midwest heard from in the form of Jim BAIRD. Reports he gets together once in awhile with Van Ness and Cutters. Henry EPPES reports from Kingston, Jamaica, that all goes well.

Emmet RIERA was a recent visitor there. Morrow DECKER now lives on Heatherdell Rd. in Ardsley, N. Y. (Gads!) Son Joel is class of '61 36

on San Diego-based ship after DD duty in Far East.

Tom McGRATH has a new job as director of R&D with Newell, Inc. He's living in Sherborn, Mass. Bud OLIVER and Hank SHONERD react.

Both work for Aerojet, Sacramento, Calif. Hank's wife and daughter are taking nursing training.

Hank III goes to Sacramento State, a junior this fall. He spent this year at the University of Madrid and touring Europe. Bob JACKSON is director of a new bank in Sanford, Fla. and still doing some academic work at Stetson University. Bob doesn't understand why so many '35ers pick California over Florida for retirement.

From Skaneateles, N. Y., comes news from Omar N. SPAIN. One son in Rensselaer, one just finished and on active duty in the Navy, one in high school and one making gears for Chrysler.

Omar's a grand-daddy twice over, thanks to that daughter. Omar reports seeing Margaret Robertson, wife of Eddie (deceased), and young Ned. Ned was graduating at RPI along with Omar's boy.

Pete PARADIS writes he's a full-fledged scoutmaster and took his troop from the Boston area to Valley Forge (National Jamboree) and on down to Annapolis in July.

Frank SPENCER reports fabulous experiences in Iran where he will be technical advisor to the government there. Frank's employer is the Development and Resources Corporation, N. Y.

xi> si> WELCOME TO HOMECOMING

Where did this summer go.' It seems only yesterday that we celebrated Christmas and New Year's. Yet here it is with homecoming weekend upon me, and the football season about to start.

As for me, as I write this column to beat the deadline, I'm getting ready to leave for the Outer Banks again—Kitty Hawk this year—that is, if the world situation has settled down enough to permit a 15-day leave for relaxing and fishing, etc.

News is sparse this month, but that is only because you guys don't take time enough to write or call. How about it? Don't know what I'd do without my favorite reporters, Rosa and Frank LAW and Bunny and Vince COMBS. Haven't found out who is going to homecoming this year, but hope to see all of you there—at least at the football game on Saturday. Which reminds me—this is our 28th. We must get organized for the 30th.

Frank Law reports that he ran into Elby MARTIN on a place between Dayton, Ohio and Washington. Elby reports that he is happy with retirement and his job in Dallas with Texas Instrument Co. Frank brought him up-to-date on everybody, but what we want is dope on the Martins. How about it Elby.'

According to the press, by way of Robbye's achievements, the Ed KINGs are now living in Norfolk. Robbye, by the way, won the Maryland Women's Amateur Open Golf Match this summer.

She was runner-up for the Virginia championship.

I went to a luau at the Army and Navy Country Club recentiy and almost thought it was a class reunion. Saw the John Alfords, Woodvilles, Manns, Baumeisters, Gillettes, Warfield Bennetts and the Laws. It was a good party. All it lacked was the three-finger poi.

Congratulations are due Bud M.ASTERS who put on his second star as Asst. Quartermaster General, USMC. This changes my statistics recentiy reported, to 3 major generals now in the Marine Corps. Best wishes from all, Bud. Have been expecting Katie and Fred CHENAULT in town any day now, but haven't seen them yet. They are on their way from White Sands Missile Range to OpNav. Jack T U R N E R ' S son John, Jr., was married on 24 May in Christ Church, Chester, S. C. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blair Pitzer of Roanoke, Va. She was graduated from St. Anne's School, Charlottesville, Va. and Bennett College at Millbrook, N. Y. John Jr. was graduated from St. James School at Salem, Va. Congratulations from all!

Also on the June wedding list were the daughter of Mary and Otto KOLB, and the son of Bunny and Vince COMBS. Both were married on 27 June. Bette Kolb married Donald Kitt of Savannah, Ga., a physical education teacher in the local high school. Mike Ck)mbs—Ensign Mike, that is—was married to the former Janis Warren in the Naval Academy Chapel. Mike joined the fleet on the west coast and he and Janis are now living in San Diego.

SHIPMATE

Capt. Hoyt D. Mann, USN and Mrs. Mann of Arlington, Va. announce the marriage of their daughter, Sara Dobbs, to Thomas Patrick Nugent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Nugent of (College Park, Md. The bride graduated from Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii and both she and the groom were seniors at the University of Maryland. They are making their home in St. Paul, Minn, and plan to attend the University of Minnesota.

Our best wishes for many happy years together go to these couples from all in '36.

That's all for now. See you at homecoming or in the next issue.

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Corr. Sec'y. Lt. Cdr. J. P. M. Johnston USN (Ret.), 5439 41st St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20015

WASHINGTON NEWS On 9 July, 18 classmates broke bread together at the Army and Navy Club, 17th & I Sts., N.W. Skeet GARDES has his son Chip Gardes staying with him during the summer until the Robert Louis Stevenson High School starts up again in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Wyman HOWARD reported that he and Dick HOLDEN are in Columbus, Ohio putting together a new product area in ASW weapons. Dick heads up the Marine Systems product line and Wyman is the Director of Marketing. The two families combined forces for a grand 4th of July and the "old sailors" swapped sea stories and reviewed the new selection list.

Ed FINNEY had one son on a midshipman cruise, with a second son now attending Maryknoll Seminary, New York. Ed senior is now a professional Scouter working for the National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Mort LYTLE left BuWeps on 7 Aug. and will relieve Flick HALE as Chief of Staff, ComNavBase, Los Angeles this September.

Chuck STEIN just returned from a vacation in Massachusetts and western Pennsylvania. His oldest son, Chuck, naturally, who is in charge of advanced design for Digital Equipment Corporation in Maynard, Mass., has just had a new son.

Chuck (naturally), his second child.

Jack WADLEIGH has just completed a tour of Naval Communication Activities. He saw Willie and Eleanor CRENSH.AW in San Diego.

Jack SLAUGHTER is Deputy Chief of Staff in Guam where he and Beth now abide. Paul H.ARTMAN was visited in Atsugi, Japan. Ard GRANTHAM is witii CinCPacFlt staff. Jack and Joan OBERMEYER were in Yokosuka, Japan.

Then there were the rest of us: Monty Ballinger, Ed Scofield, Bunny Shupper, John Johnston, Ace Barton, Harry Hahn, Tom Cunningham, Syd Bottomley, Morgan Baldwin, Jimmy Denton, Jim Gusrin and Bob Farrington.

Had you noted that among the candidates for directorship of the Naval Institute Proceedings were Dick Cxjlbert, Charlie Minter, Monty Ballinger. Bill Mack.?

The 24 July Washington Post stated this: "Capt John Curtis Kelly, USN, and Mrs. Kelly of Falls Church announce the engagement of tiieir daughter, Mary Kathleen, to Allen Clarence Rankin, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Rankin, Jr., of Montgomery, Ala. An August wedding is planned."

Also on 24 July Bill SMITH called to say he had just arrived in Washington, D. C. and was on the faculty of the National War (College.

David CLEGG of Caixa Postal 9212, Sao Paulo, Brazil, writes to say: "Since it is a rare occasion when I get to the U. S. and even rarer that a visit with one of our classmates comes out of it, it is a real pleasure to report that on the 6th and 7th of this month (July) Tom Nixon and his family and I and my family enjoyed a 24-hour reunion in Annapolis. Together with my wife, Marion, SEPTEMBER•OCTOBER,

1964

and daughters Kathleen and Christine I am in the U. S. on vacation from Brazil; Tom and Sally with their son, Tommy, met us half-way— in Annapolis—and we really had a glorious bull session. Although Tom and I had seen each other 14 years ago when I visited him in North Carolina, we had not been together with our wives for 24 years when as newlyweds we visited Tom and Sally in San Diego. Together we toured the USNA while Tom filled me in with dope from the 25th reunion. We are returning to Brazil .August 15th. David C. Clegg."

Speed CURRIE has written a littie note saying that he "Ran into one of our new flag officers, Dave BELL, at the Commissioned Officers' Beach Club yesterday (2 August). He has been assigned to the Norfolk staff SACLant as the relief for RAdm. Elliot Loughlin. Dave has just returned from a tour of duty in Scotiand." Speed has retired and gives his address as 1117 Chumley Rd., Virginia Beach, Va. At a traffic light on U. S. Rt. 1 in Triangle, Va. near Quantico, the brakes of a large dump truck gave way at the top of a hill. It crashed into the rear of Fred SCHNEIDER'S car as it waited at the traffic light. Schnitzle is in satisfactory condition at the Quantico Naval Hospital with a fractured vertebra, multiple bruises and abrasions. He is in better condition than his station wagon which is now only 5 Vi feet long and an "A "-frame shape. Schnitzle is expected to take command of a destroyer flotilla about a month from now, when he will relieve Harry Hull '32 in the Med as Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 10.

R.ADM. DONALD M. WHITE RELIEVES R.ADM. J. W. O'GRADY AS COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION TWENTY AND COMMANDER ASW GROUP FOUR WITH THE U. S. SIXTH FLEET IN THE MEDITERR.ANEAN, AT SEA 31 JULY 1964.—RADM WHITE REPORTED TO HIS NEW DUTY FROM THE STRATEGIC PLANS DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WASHINGTON, D. C. so reads a portion of a Naval mesage sent me by Jack Wadleigh.

From Tom MILLER: "The picture was taken at 0150 as we crossed the finish line off St. David's Light in 1st place in Class C in the NewportBermuda race. I received the Sir Thomas Lipton Memorial Trophy for this, which I retain till the next race in '66.

"Returning to my home in Florida in September when school starts for the children, so I'm afraid I'll miss homecoming this year."

13 .Aug. was a second Thursday and the USNA met again at the Army-Navy Club 19 strong.

Some new faces were present.

Fog BLASDEL is now with DECO-Electronics, Leesburg, Va. Ted HARPER also works for the same firm. Fog is living in Potomac, Md., which is an equal driving time curve between Leesburg and Washington. Daughter Barbara will enter Carnegie Tech this fall and son Robert will be off to prep school in New Jersey.

Mark JORDAN lives at 1215 Hanshaw Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. He retired voluntarily 1 Aug. 1963 and held teaching assistantship Cornell U., School of Civ. Eng. 1963-64 (Ph.D. candidate). He smdied at GWU this summer session, and expects to continue work on Ph.D. at Rensselaer (where he studied in the Navy 1939-42) this fall. His objective is to teach management and engineering at college level. He says he has 3 grandchildren and the end is nowhere in sight.

Charlie GIBSON is now acting director Op 32 (ASW division) and has his residence at 518 Tennessee Ave., Alexandria, Va. Red WOODWARD has just come to duty as deputy director Board of Inspection and Survey with his office in the Arlington Annex. His residence is 936 N. Quesada St., Arlington, Va. The others present at this August meeting were: Hank Rowe, Bernie Bieri, Ted Gibson, Larry Brantley, Bunny Shupper, Jack Wadleigh, Ed Scofield, John Johnston, Ace Barton, Tom Cunningham, Curt Kelly, Jim Cresap, Skeet Gardes, Fil Gilkeson and Ed Pace.

Sec'y, Capt. G. S. Heston, USN 2727 N. Norwood St., Arlington 7, Va. Helen Frances R. GASKIN It is with much sadness that I report the death of Helen Frances Ray Gaskin on 10 July. Helen was formerly married to Jimmy Ray who was lost when the USS JARVIS went down after being damaged at Guadalcanal. Helen and Jimmy had one child, Linda Ann Ray, she and Bob Gaskin had twins, Ed Robert, Jr. and Karen.

Information on two more weddings has come in recentiy. The Freeland CARDEs have announced the marriage of their daughter, Carol, to Mr. Melvin Norman Oliven at Garden City, N. Y. Dolly and Charlie ROBERTSON tell me their son, Lt. Charles Frederick Robertson, USAR, married Edith Ruckert of Smttgart, Germany on 25 July at the Patch Barracks Chapel, Stuttgart.

Charles has had 2 years' duty on the Staff of 2nd Quartermaster Group Headquarters. He was separated in August and will enter the University of California, Berkeley, to work on his Master's.

Edith was an exchange student at Glendale (Calif.) High School and did her college work at the University of Paris.

As you can tell, I'm jumping around a bit this month instead of grouping items by areas. Not even any luncheons to report.

Another news item arrived in a note accompanied by a picture, from Ed CONRAD now CO of the USS NORTHAMPTON. Ed gave a preretirement dinner on board for Tom and Eileen SUDDATH. Tom retired physically, 1 Aug. They will make their home at 3 Spindrift Lane, Ck)hasset, Mass. and will be happy to see any classmates passing through the area. Also present for the dinner were the Schumakers, DeLaureals and Ferriters.

Photo by Bermuda News Bureau TOM MILLER'S TOMADROS crossing the finish line.

Had a nice newsy letter from Cee and Patsy WELTE. They've really been traveling this last year. They spent a week in Paris with Cbnnie and Jean CONRAD after an interesting month in Izmir, Athens and nearby spots. After two months' visiting in the states they've headed back to Mexico. After 15 August their permanent address will be: Apartado Postal 387, Odxacd de Juarez, Mexico. They both love it there and O e flourishes in his new avocation of anthropology-.

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FROM LEFT, front: Howard Delaureal, Tom Suddath, Ed Conrad; rear: Vince Schumacher, Mary Delaureal, Mary Schumacher, Julie Ferriter, Eileen Suddath, John Ferriter.

PAUL E. BECKER, JR. '38

Good news for Paul BECKER. Paul has been comptroller at the University of Delaware since 1960. He is now moving up to manager and treasurer of the university. Congratulations Paul.

Received a brief letter from Jack BOGLEY to give us his arrival time, 27 August, in Washington. While in Yokosuka he saw Fran and Connie HARTIGAN. Connie is now ComFltActs and they are enjoying beautiful quarters and are as busy as can be. I haven't kept very good track of orders recently but did see that Skip PALMER is taking over the Test and Evaluation Group in Key West: Randy MOORE to ComSubRon 18 and Ray DUBOIS to ComCruDesFlot 3.

Folks this is probably my last column and then my old buddy Jack will take over. I want to thank everybody for keeping me posted on the news. Without your help there wouldn't be any column.

Sec'y, Capt. John N. Renfro, USN 5030 35th St., N. Arlington 7, Va. WASHINGTON

NEWS

The August class luncheon had the biggest turnout in living memory—39 of the finest. Newcomers were Tommy RUDDEN, newly-reported to the ASW Project Manager's Office of CNM; Jim COLEMAN, who is house-hunting in N. Arlington; Red BALCH, visiting from Dam's Neck, and Harry HELFRICH who dropped over from his office with Martin Co., at the Baltimore Friendship Airport. Plans for the book and the reunion were discussed, but the class has been informed by circular letter. We also congratulated Willie STILES upon his selection to brigadier, but we couldn't get him to buy us a drink. He is the sixth '39 flag-ranker. Bill RINGNESS has reported in to BuPers, but not in the detail business. Saxe GANTZ, now exec of NOL, White Oak, was miffed because he couldn't mix the martinis.

HERE A N D THERE

Bob (Beagle) SMITH has retired physically as the result of a heart condition. He had been detached as chief of staff, ComOpTEvFor and was to have attended the National War College this fall. Friends who have seen Beagle report he is doing fine. George SIMMONS is working for Lockheed in Burbank. Egil STEEN is in the Ops Research, living in King-of-Prussia, Pa. Fred TUCKER was in town when one of his men at the Naval Underwater Ordnance Station, Newport earned a citation from President Johnson 38

for his cost reduction efforts. Ted USTICK was in town recentiy to install his youngest son at the USNA. Ted attended the July luncheon.

UTGOFF has been studying at MIT since retirement in June 1963 with the idea of teaching and doing some independent research. (He is dusting off his '49 MS in Aero Eng.) John V. WILSON retired in Nov. 1959 and has been an "ordinary" nuclear physicist since then, currentiy working for Union Carbide, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

ORDERS

Ebbie BELL to CoS Com 7th Fit; Pres SHAMER to Staff, CinCPacFlt; Jack SPENCER to Staff, ComServLant; John PARKS to BuWeps; Charlie CHANDLER to OpNav; Jig Dog RAMAGE to OpNav.

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Sec'y, Capt. Edward Muhlenfeld, USN OpNav (Op-91C), Room 4A686, The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Corr. Sec'y, G. G. Williams, c/o J. C. Wheat & Co., 15 Selden Arcade, Norfolk, Va.

Joan A n n e

MclNTOSH

Joan Anne Mcintosh, wife of Cdr. Robert W. Mcintosh, USN (Ret.), of Plainfield, N. J., died 23 July after a brief illness at the Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield. Graveside rites were held on 27 July at the Holy Redeemer Cemetery, South Plainfield.

She is survived by her husband and three daughters, Patricia Anne, 20; Margaret Rose, 12, and Barbara Lynn, 9, of 1126 Victory Ave., Plainfield.

Among the many beautiful flowers received, the family especially appreciates those from the Central Jersey Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Assoc.

It is with regret that we report the death of Royal and Anne Joslin's daughter, Patricia, at Newport, R. I. on Saturday, 18 July. Graveside services and interment were held in Arlington National Cemetery on 21 July. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the bereaved parents.

WASHINGTON

REPORT

Things have been rather quiet for the class in the Nation's Capital this summer. About the only major activity I have to report is Harv SEIM's showing up one Sunday afternoon with the same stack of class dope I unloaded on him two years ago—only now it is better organized.

There also were a number of copies of "A Score and Three More." Write, phone or tele-

graph your order and $16 and you too can be an owner of a copy of this fine book. I'll bring some along to homecoming for direct sales.

By the time this appears in print we will be getting ready to start the class luncheons again, normally on the second Thursday of each month.

Help us to get the roster up to date by phoning any changes or additions to Jake BOWELL at OX-72602 or Ed MUHLENFELD at OX-50358.

Bob WHITE checked in with us the other day from his new duty at DCA, to say that he and Claudia are living at 612 Lakeview Dr., Falls Church, Va. Art MALTBY reports that he is now CO of the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Ray HUNDEVADT, back from a tour as CO, USS MuLiPHEN, is holding forth in OP-90.

ORDERS

Jack BOYUM, from CO PRINCETON to OpNav. Bill LAMB to ONM, Navy Dept. instead of Wright-Patterson AFB, as previously reported.

Andy ANDERSON departed OpNav to CO, TACONIC. Stan ELLISON, CO Naval Station Keflanik, to ONM, Navy Dept.

That's all for now, see you at homecoming!

Sec'y, Mr. Tully Shelley, J r .

69A West Road New Canaan, Conn.

All classmates are invited to the Commandant's Quarters, 14 Porter Rd., USNA, after the William and Mary football game 26 Sept. Capt. Vic ROWNEY of 11 Porter Rd. is taking care of arrangements and would appreciate hearing from you in advance if you expect to attend. Seven dollars per couple will cover drinks and supper.

Send your checks in advance to Vic. Received from Lea KINNEY: "Gleanings from the 1 July Washington husbands and wives luncheon, and the inquiries we all enjoy on 'were's ol'. . . .' Among those '41ers who are in command of ships: Hutch COOPER assumed command of TICONDEROGA in Sasebo, Japan, 3 July; Lloyd YOUNG departed USNA immediately after June Week to be CO GALVESTON on West Coast; Malcolm CAGLE enroute to the Med where he took command of the ROOSEVELT 25 July; Burns W. SPORE, we see from Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet's Gator, has orders to command attack cargo ship THUBAN from duty on the staff of U. S. 0)mmander in Chief Europe.

Chailie CARR departed D. C. area to command USS

ELOKOMIN. S H I P M A T E

"Tom MECHLING and J. C. HOUGTON, who organized D. C. area '41ers, will resume with September lunch meeting. Advise Jay of new addresses or new arivals in the area. " 'Tis great news that Cx)lette and Red DREYER's son stood No. 1 for plebe year in class of '67. From Duke WINDSOR we learned that Fred and Belle M.AXWELL are in Seattie, Fred is with Boeing. Walt SEEDLOCK joined Lockheed in the Sunnyvale area; Sherm N.AYMARK is wies G.E. in San Jose, and Jack LASP.ADA is with Aerojet in San Francisco. Jack GILPIN is with Eitel McCuUough, also in Bay Area."

Tully SHELLEY has discussed a central file of classmates' addresses with Tom Mechling and Jay Houghton who are looking after class affairs in Washington. Tully will make addressograph plates based on the best addresses that are available. If your mailing address has changed in the last few years, or if it changes in the future, please drop a card to Tully.

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Sec'y, Cdr. R. S. Day, USN (Ret.) P. O. Bos 6042, Shirlington Station Arlington, Va. 22206

Although this may not be the entire list, as of the moment the new plebe class includes sons of Carlock, Bishop, Curtis (2), Nash and G. Brown.

Homecoming this year will be on an informal basis. The regular Friday night and Saturday morning festivities sponsored by the Academy and the Alumni Association always draw numbers of the class and all are encouraged to attend. The class will gather after the game (1700-2400) at the North Severn Tap Room. A cash bar with drinks at 50^ will be available and a buffet has been ordered. The charge for the latter will be S3.50 each and you are asked to speed your checks along to the .Association covering yourself and any guests you wish to accommodate.

The influx of classmates into Washington has begun with the numbers attending the two colleges here providing the biggest impems. The National War College students will include Callendar, Glick, Kane, Shear, Sweitzer, Woessner, and Morrow. The Industrial College encompasses Balis, Peddicord, Harbert, and Moeller. Although none of them were on hand for the August class luncheon, we expect to benefit from their presence for the rest of the year. Bob GIBSON (with GE) and Ernie HOEFFER (with Bendix) dropped in for that luncheon which points up the value of these second Wednesday noon gatherings the year-round. We expect to continue at the Navy Yard Club through this fall.

Following the success of the February dance this year, it has been decided to forego an "anniversary" dance, as such, because of the conflict with the end of the year holidays and to concentrate on getting a larger crowd together in February when the illusion of having paid up the Christmas bills still persists and before the shock of income tax time has made its full imprint.

Art RAWSON was down Charleston way in time to join Hank SWEITZER for a last luncheon before donning his student beanie. The group included Rawson, Sweitzer, Diebler, McCarty, and Esler. The latter is suffering from that popular affliction, a misplaced disk. Understand this is replacing ulcers as the true mark of the executive.

Parker ARMSTRONG settied the family in their Falls Church house after a year on the slopes of the Pacific, then commuted to Norfolk in late July and early August while taking command of the city's namesake. In the process of the latter episode he wound up sharing "Miss Norfolk," Carole Lindsay, with the previous skipper, Dave Rubel, on her first visit aboard NORFOLK. Parker has now been shipped on a South American cruise to keep him out of further mischief.

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duties of local class administrator. This entails updating their local roster, so any anticipated changes should be forwarded to Russ. Will hope Russ sends me a copy when it is finished and that other areas would follow the example. Bill GRIFFIN has been hiberating in the CinCLantFlt OpConCtr and so missed a luncheon or two.

Ed and Carmen GALLAGHER and Kay and Phil COLE have moved into the Norfolk circle to keep the numbers balanced. Ed is with CinCLantFlt Staff, and Phil has relieved as CO CANISTEO. Norm NASH took a great deal of comfort from son Don's report from the USNA which indicated that the routine has not gone soft (as many suppose) and that he was getting the business!

In preparing my report on the retirement simation for the Alumni Trustees I have had good support from the class and came upon an interesting fact in BuPers which I pass along for what it is worth: an analysis of addresses to which retirement checks are mailed shows 3 7 % go to California, 12% to Florida, 10% to the southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), and the remaining 4 1 % , literally, throughout the world. This suggests, of course, the hazard of seeking an environment first and a job second and points up one of the problems in providing fringe benefits such as medical assistance for the families of the retirees.

Bill MORGAN has settied in California, and is a "full-fledged" high school teacher in Los Angeles. Bill entered the Specialist Teachers Program (Ford Foundation) at USC in September 1962 which led to qualification for the general secondary credential and a Master'sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the goal of the program. The course includes assisting as a teacher while continuing smdies at USC. Bill took his M.A. in Spanish and looks for an eventual salary of $10,000 witii the probability of gradual increases above that figure to compensate for any inflation. Don HENNING is now in the program, majoring in Math, with one year to go. Bill had seen the Ray WIGGINs and the Milt STEWARTs, both in defense industries and with one offspring apiece working at Disneyland for the summer.

I will not list here the names of classmates who have offered to help any retiring classmates in position hunting, although there are several, pending a clarification as to what the Alumni Association might be able to do. Although I enjoy working for the class, I am not in a position to get in the placement business myself. On 1 June, Acacia designated me a manager-trainee following a two-day battery of tests and all things being equal will probably go into management early next year. This will cramp my style a bit, but it is a great oppormnity and one I look forward to.

Had a nice letter from Ray BAKER, who retired on a physical in March 1961. Ray is division planning coordinator for the Submarine Signal Division of Raytheon at Portsmouth. This involves him in long range planning, in particular the five-year business plan, and Ray suggests that this type of work is a growing area in industry and one in which ex-Naval ofiBcers are particularly suited, but in which industry itself is not well versed.

Walt BRANDON is midway through his master's program in transportation engineering at the University of South Carolina. The Navy League and USNA Alumni are organized down that way, but Walt is a loner from '42.

Frank QUINN took his Master's in electrical engineering at the University of Virginia (Aug. '63) and is now an instructor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Anyone down Charlottesville-way is invited to visit and since they are living on a farm, children and dogs are welcome.

Chariie WOOD retired in June 1962 and enrolled in a 3-year course in an Episcopal Seminary in Evanston, 111., and is on the road to becoming a clergyman. However, Charlie had pursued this course as early as 1956, so had the advantage of pre-planning, which is definitely recommended to all prospective retirees.

Paul RICHMOND wrote from Grosse Pointe, Mich., to extend an invitation to Navy-Michigan attendees to gather at NSA Grosse He for the festivities. Paul has been with Watling, Lerchen & Co., as a partoer, for the past 7 years in a flourishing investment business. The "Corn Belt Fleet" (USS

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had been in Detroit in mid-July and will remain in the Great Lakes until September. They had an enthusiastic welcome in Detroit and were applauded for their public relations effort throughout the area.

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Sec'y, Cdr. William T. Peach III, USN (SC), 10 Roberts Court Moraga, Calif.

Wash. Area Sec'y, Capt. R. M. Stuart, USN, Bureau of Naval Personnel Washington, D. C. 20370

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I took some leave in late July so missed the July luncheon but Jess NAYLOR advises 23 attended. Bob GREENWOOD reports several new area arrivals were seen around the bar, including Col. Tom RANDALL newly-reported to Office of AsstSecDef(Manpower), and Chariie FROSHER who showed for the first time in sometime although he's been in the area.

While on leave I pased through Waverly, Tenn. where campaign headquarters had been established for "Wm. R. ANDERSON for Congress."

That's our Bill of NAUTILUS fame. As you may recall he was a late entrant in the Tennessee gubernatorial primary race in 1960 immediately after his retirement and finished a strong second to the present governor. On 11 Aug. 1964 he won the Democratic primary and in November will run for the Congressional seat of the traditionally Democratic 6th District of Tenn. Looks like '43 may have a "Bill" in Congress yet (pun intended).

Incidentally, his Republican opponent in November is a retired Army colonel.

Nancy (Mrs. John C.) HAYNIE is on the Navy Ball Committee for benefit of the Navy Relief 39

Society here in the D. C. area. This is the 50di Anniversary of the Navy Ball and the committee is making every effort to make this the most outstanding one ever held here. If you're not in the Washington area I am sure you will get behind your local effort for tiiis support of the Navy's own.

Ham and Carolyn RIES had planned to visit the Jim OLIVERs in London on a space-available trip during Ham's leave between stations. Space not available so they motored through New England and Canada as far as Quebec.

Hos COOKE has joined the forces in the Pentagon (Op-60) after his year at American University. He and Pat recentiy hosted the DONALDSONS, who were passing through town enroute New York to Lynnhaven; Jim's ship. HERMITAGE, is based at Littie Creek, which is virtually in his back yard. This also provided an opportunity for a reunion with old crony. Lefty LAVRAKAS, who along with Billye, children, dog and one-wheeel trailer were headed for Lxjng Beach following the camping trail. A subsequent postcard showed that the pioneers had gotten to Oroville, Calif, by 31 July.

Eric and Peg ISCHINGER have also joined the western migration and were on the way to San Diego with Lake Tahoe as one of their major check-points when last heard from.

Joe VOLONTE reports that Earl BUCKWALTER chided him about the photo of Earl that Joe contributed to a recent isue of Shipmate, but says he could tell that Earl was inwardly pleased at the publicity (notoriety.?.?).

Jane and Bob BEAVER have just moved into the house they built across the Arlington Co. line at 1800 Highwood Dr., McLean, Va. Although they spent the first 4 days without electricity, they are well on their way to putting the final touches on this beautiful home.

I'm happy to report that Joe Volonte has remained in the area in his second career. He's now with Bellcom which organization is doing systems engineering work in connection with the space program. At Joe's retirement ceremony on 1 Aug. he was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal by Dr. Harold Brown, Director of Defense Research and Engineering. He, Eleanore and the children took a week off and "beached it" at Ocean City, Md. before starting the new job.

A postcard from Jim and Betty TRAYLOR announces their arrival in Qtrs. KK, U. S. Naval Base, Charleston, S. C. Know Jim is brokenhearted at the difficultiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he has to climb his back fence to get on the golf course!

A letter from long-lost (to me) Wally PONDER advises that he is at 1126 Bishop Rd., Grosse Pointe Park 30, Mich. He and Babs were planning a trip east for Parents' Weekend at USNA in late August. Bill is a member of class of '68. Wally notes that Wes BURNETT and Owen KEELER are also in Grosse Pointe and they'd welcome more '43ers.

Speaking of class of '68, I now know of only two sons of '43 in the group: Steve (Ham & Carolyn) RIES, and Bill (Wally and Babs) PONDER. Anymore.?

I read the other day that Tom McLELLAN's ship, the attack transport USS ROCKBRIDGE, had been awarded the Battie Efficiency " E " in the Atiantic Fleet Amphibious Force.

Julie LAW writes from Coronado that she and Dick are settied-in on the west coast again, after the Washington years, and are back in the swing of CruDesPac activities.

Dick and Alicia BERQUIST should, by the time you read this, be established in the role of PNS and wife at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Unfortunately, Connie and I passed through Nashville on our leave before the Berquists arrived, so didn't get to see them.

Speaking of roles, Angela WALKER has been cutting a wide swath in Little Theater and summer stock groups in the Virginia Beach area this past summer with her acting ability.

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Ray PEET made front page of the Armed Forces fournal in a picture of the 4 "wheels" of the U. S. nuclear task force touring the world.

(Ray is CO of the BAINBRIDGEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in the remotely possible event you didn't know.)

Hear tell tiiat Al RASMUSSEN was honored at a very nice retirement ceremony on 1 Aug. on the west coast and that he will soon start his second career with a G.E. engine division at Lynn, Mass.

Congratulations to Buck RAWLS, our newest captain, on the 12 Aug. selection board results.

Bill McQUILKIN, not too long ago, was appointed Asst. Chief of Naval Personnel for Program Management.

Stub DORAN moved from BuPers to OpNav where he is heading up the Navy's Manpower Validation Program.

ORDERS George J. DAVIS from ComDesDiv 72 to Staff of SacLant.

Bill GOLDEN from OpNav across the river to Defense Language Institute at Naval Station, Washington, D. C. for duty under instruction (in Norwegian).

Dave SHONERD to Staff of ComServLant.

George BRYAN from CO USS ALDEBARAN to Chief of Naval Section of Joint U. S. Military Assistant Group, Bangkok.

I saw a long list recentiy from which I pulled the names of the following classmates who retired as of 1 July: Laughlin Barker, Bill Cobb, Charlie Cooper, Steve Hadley, Fred Lemly, Art Newton, John Sedwick, John Sullivan and Dick Willis.

That's all this time.

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Class Sec'y, Mr. D. V. Ness 1331 Barger Dr., Falls Church, Va. Corr. Sec'y, Capt. James C. Van Pelt, SC, USN, 2428 North Potomac St. Arlington, Va.

Heren Frances GASKIN It is with great regret and deepest sympathy to Bob Gaskin that we report the death of his wife, Helen Frances Gaskin, the former Helen Frances Ray of Annapolis. Helen Frances died on 10 July at Bethesda Naval Hospital after an illness of about five weeks. Funeral services were held on 13 July at the Chapel at Ft. Myer with burial in Arlington National Cemetery. The class was well represented at the funeral and, of course, sent flowers. Bob and the three children, Linda Ann, E. Robert, Jr., and Karen will continue to reside at 4109 Woodacre Dr., Chesterbrook Woods, McLean, Va. Bob is attached to ONR. A nice letter from Jack HILBURN announces that his elder son, John, has entered the USNA in the class of '68. Jack left the Navy in 1954 and is now manager of the Tampa Division, Florida Steel Corp. Under his direction are four fabricating plants plus associated sales engineering, purchasing, and delivery organizations. In addition to number one son. Jack and Edi Lou have two daughters and a son, all of whom are in high school. Their address is 2604 Allen PL, Tampa, Fla. Jack writes that he is proud owner of an old sloop-rigged motor whale boat and does a bit of sailing on Tampa Bay. (Don't forget to lower the center-board. Jack.)

Bob HARVEY applied the long needle in a letter recently because he didn't get the word in time about the class party in June. A word of explanation (alibi) may be in order from your struggling correspondent. Copy deadline for the May Shipmate was 13 April at which time plans for the party were not firm. The dope got in the June-July issue, which was distributed later than normal. Hence, the Shipmate announcement didn't get out in time for the party. Bob, 1 passed your address on to Dick Slaymaker who maintains the mailing list for non-active duty '44ers.

Incidentally, Dick's address is 6728 Bernard Dr.,

Camp Springs, Md. in case any of you happy "civilians" want to get your latest mailing address in the hopper.

Guess you saw the name and picture of classmate John J. HERRICK in your local newspaper recentiy. John was riding the MADDOX as ComDesDiv 192 when she got into the mix-up with the North Viet Nam PTs. John, wt'ie proud to still claim you as a '44er even if the Journal of the Armed Forces did assign you to the class of '43.

Doris MOORE reports that since Walt won't write, she will. They have been in Hawaii about a year now and are in quarters. And all this, after 6 years in San Diego! They have 4 daughters and the eldest, Diane Evelyn, has recentiy become engaged. No date has been set for the wedding since Diane is still attending the University of Hawaii. Walt and Doris live at 51 Lahiki Circle, Aiea, and Walt is attached to CinCPac. A note in May from Creighton COOK at NOL, White Oak, tells of hosting Rags Muller, Stet Hills, George Moran, J. J. Crowder, Breezy Bohan and Bob Gustafson at a special guest day.

Creighton has departed these parts to be CO of the USS ARNEB (AKA-56).

Gene GOUDIE, who retired recendy, has joined Johns Manville Corp. and will be assigned to offices in Milan, Italy.

Received an invitation from Charlie Carr, USNA '41 for change of command in relieving as CO of USS ELOKOMIN, A O - 5 5 . Since his brother Bob's death, Charlie says he likes to consider himself as a standby member of '44. Glad to have you with us Charlie.

Received a postal card (with one cent postage due stamp afRxed) from Maury HARTLE. He was reported as Ops officer on Staff ASWGru-3 and lives at 3034 East First St., Long Beach.

WASHINGTON We had a big turnout, 35, at the August D. C. area luncheon. The following info was picked up from those present: Doug Munnikhuysen is now senior staff associate with E. T. Johnson and Associates, a Washington engineering firm. He says "contractors look real different from this side of the fence."

Paul and Mary CRUTCHFIELD have moved into their new home at 528 Heavitree Lane, Chartwell-on-Severn, Severna Park, Md. Art PATCH sends word that he leaves Colorado Springs for VR-24 in Rota, Spain in September.

Ernie CORNWALL can still wear his midshipman full dress uniform.

Windy and Melissa WHIDDEN are in Washington. Their address is 4739 N. 34th Rd., Arlington, Va. Spike TURNER retired from Marine Corps on 1 Aug. He and Pat will remain temporarily at 2328 Holmes Run Dr., Falls Church, Va. Johnny HEINTZ has a son entering the USNA this summer, class of '68. John's address is 193 Olde Stage Rd., Glastonbury, Conn.

The D. C. area luncheons are at 1200, the first Thursday of every month at the Gun Club. Next one is on 1 Oct. See you there.

FLASH After the homecoming game on 26 Sept. we have reserved the Philippine Seas Room at the USNA " O " Club for a get-together. No charge!

Open bar. And on your way out of the stadium parking lot, you might drive by the water tank.

Last year, some '44ers met there in the dusk and dust for a littie advanced elbow exercise, BYOB. They might be there again this year. (I hope you receive your copy of Sept.-Oct. issue of Shipmate in time for above to be a FLASH and not a sputter.)

See You At HOMECOMING! SHIPMATE

Photo by Capitol Photo Service MORE OF '45'S TWENTIETH REUNION PARTY.

Sec'y, Cdr. A. R. Olsen, Jr., USN 5806 N. 19th St. Arlington, Va. Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. John B. Haines USN 6441 Hibbling Ave. Springfield, Va.

Boak, Bud Bowler (remains as editor of Naval Institute Proceedings), Dick Bridges, Zack Brown, Bill Bryson (with Stanford Research Institute in Palo Alto), Bob Buck, Jim Cole, Ed Coleman, Larry Crum, Roy Davis, Tony DiVito, Bill Doubt, Bob Douglas, Charles Fadeley, Bob Falardeau, JOSEPH PATTON BRANTLEY, JR. Bob Ferrin, Grady Gay, Gilbert Gayler, John Sadly, it is reported that Jack died suddenly Gilbert, Allen Gilmore, Charlie Grad, Jim Green, from a heart attack in New York on 6 Aug. He Lee Haines, Ed Hall, George Hamilton, Jim was attending a conference for the trucking comHennegan, Hillie Hume, Jim Ingram, Pierce Jenpany with which he has been affiliated for several sen, Ted Johnson, Ray Jordan, Jim Kennedy, years. Interment was in Baton Rouge, La. Flowers Claude Kerr, Lloyd Kiernan (will teach at Adwere sent in the name of the class. Though Jack miral Farragut Academy, St. Petersburg, Fla. His left the service after the war, his ready smile and son, Mike, was sworn in at the Academy on the concern for others will be with us always. Those day of retirement to keep the Kiernan name on of us who renewed old ties with him at the tiie Navy rolls!), Keitii Kimball, Bill Kmetz, 20-Year Ball are especially grieved. Our sympathy Lou Knudsen (in Pasadena, Calif.), Dave Krauis extended to Phoebe and the children. shaar, Walt Lawson, Steve Layton, Tom Madigan, Bob May, Ed McCartan, Doug Mclntyre, Tom McNiff (teach school in San Diego), Clyde MorREUNION I N HOLY LOCH rison, John Mullen (attending graduate school at Duke).

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Stu Bowcock departs F T . SNELLING for Amphib School at Little Creek. John Gilcrist leaves his Development Squadron 4 for MONTRAIL. Jens Hansen bids farewell to BuWeps for TALLADEGA. What's with these aviators on the big transports.?

Bob Close takes departure from OKINAWA for the Military group with AEC in Germantown, and will be joined by Tate Cockrill who leaves BON HOMME RICHARD. Joe Snyder moves from Com-

SubDiv 71 to staff, SubRon 7. Hugh Lowery brought Jill and the girls across country in the move from ORISKANY to Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk.

CONGRATULATIONS

Mort COOLEY. As one of his last duties as CAG of CVSG 52 of WASP out of Quonset, watched the group set a new loading record of 36 minutes. In addition to the aircraft, 510 officers and men and some 50 tons of baggage and equipment were embarked.

Bill McCULLOCH. Guided his battalion of Marines through 13 months of training at Okinawa, jungle and guerrilla warfare on that island, mountain warfare training at Mt. Fuji, barter training in Hong Kong, and then they were ready to arrive in San Diego.

Herb OGIER. As skipper of MADDOX, your conduct in the combat action off North Viet Nam brought credit on your ship and to your country.

MADDOX'S readiness, and your forthright messages and action did much to emphasize our country's traditional policy of direct action to uphold the freedom of the seas. The shiphandling to avoid torpedoes was successful; when did you practice that? Well done, and good luck in your new job with CarDiv 9.

blue.

Frank Clifford, chief staff officer of SubRon 14, was to have modeled tropical white long, but froze on the way.

RETIREMENT

The big news of 1 July was the large swath cut in our class by retirements. My count was 69 lieutenant commanders and 15 commanders.

There will be more each month for a while. This is a critical time for all, and if 5'ou let us know your new address, at least the ties for classmates will continue.

Those taking the big step were: George Asman, Bob Atwell, Dave Barry, Clark Beck, Curt Bessette (to teach in Rhode Lsland), Ray Bitney, Jim S E P T E M B E R â&#x20AC;˘ O C T O B E R ,

Jim Oneil, Morrie Packer, Greg Panawek, Scotty Peck, Bill Pledger, Bruce Plomasen, Bob Porter, John Price, Paul Puckett, Gordon Randall, Howard Rezner, Rod Rose, Tom Schofield, Joe Schwager, Lou Scliris, John Smith, Frank Spillman, Bev Staser, Hank Stephens (Bell Tel), Bill Stephenson (Deco Corp. in Leesburg, Va.), Bill Steuteville, Ernie Watkins, Hal Webster, John Wester, Felix Wheeler, John White, Ed Wilson, Joe Wilson, Bob Wood (Univac Park, St. Paul, Minn. Working as a principal systems design engineer in the Advanced Systems Dept.), Ed Zenisek, Don Ziebell. The Marines who retired were Fred Hale and Larry Wickham. Earlier this year, Phil Gale, Floyd Lissy, and Bill Collier retired. Good luck, gentlemen.

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A '45 DINNER PARTY LAST SPRING. From the left, first row: Sally Padgett, Chuck Priest, Roz Clements.

Second row: Mary Helen Neuendorffer. Chuck Donaghy, Pauline Donaghy, Jim Bradley, Joan Dedrick and Peggy Bradley. Standing: Sue Priest, Dick Neuendorffer, Jack Padgett, Danny Clements, Larry SImmelink and Walt Dedrick.

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Bill RIORDAN. Recently named executive vice president of Rantec Corp., Calabasas, Calif. Rantec is a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co. Bill will retain his post as manager of Emerson's Spectral Technology and Applied Research Division in Santa Barbara. He joined Emerson in 1961 as special assistant to the president, and has been Rantec's administrative vice president.

Bill, tell us who's on first, and when the next jumping frog contest is, or is that in Calaveras Co..? Anyway, keep up the good work, and keep Looking Alive!!

The class of '45 Bay Area group will have a party following the Navy-Cal game in Berkeley, Calif, on 17 Oct. Anyone visiting the area should call Cari Ferguson at 271-3424 (Code 415), Oakland, or Hal Lawrence at 854-6766 (Code 415), Palo Alto. We already have 40 Look Alive'ers on the list, but plenty of room for more.

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Sec'y, Cdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 3016 Santa Clara Ave. Alameda, Calif.

Bruce ALTHOFF was relieved as commanding officer of USS FARRAGUT on 11 July at Mayport, Fla., and reports to Defense Language Institute, east coast, Washington, D. C , for duty under instruction. Al BOWEN writes: "Enroute home to San Diego after a short trip to Yokosuka where I relieved Al CAMERON '44, as CO PREBLE on 6 July. We got underway for home the next day and will arrive on the 20th. While in Yoko I was lucky enough to catch my USNA roommate B. C. WILCOX in port with his ship the H . W. TUCKER D D - 8 7 5 . Burr sailed the next day

for 7th Fleet Ops leaving Doris and their three children in temporary quarters until their permanent quarters are available later this month. Doris and all had just arrived from the States in response to the shift in homeport after TUCKER completed FRAM. "This was a month of reunions for us. Between ships we drove east to my home in Georgia, then to Delly's home in Annapolis and back to Coronado. We stopped to see the F. E. Donners in Indianapolis (another roommate). Frank is a very successful trust officer with an Indianapolis bank, having attained his law degree some years back.

He and 'Ducky' and their three children were about to take off for Colorado on a vacation trip in their new camping trailer. . . . " From Pablo de la LLAMA—"Approximately five weeks ago another alumnus joined Brunswick International! Roger Stiller '44 was made our marketing vice president. I report to him directly and am very pleased, of course, of this fact. In March I was given additional responsibilities and am now heading two divisions, marine and furniture. Carmen and the children are fine. Paul IV graduated from junior high last night and is going on to Loyola Academy in September. His plans continue to be of going to the Academy 4 or 5 years from now. I'll be eligible for U. S. citizenship in May of 1966, so I hope that by '68 or '69 I can obtain an appointment for him.

Time will tell."

Bill and Sue DUNSEATH announce the birth of a daughter, Suzanne Virginia, on 16 March, in Baltimore, Md. Al FOSTER has been named managing director of Lord & Taylor, Jenkintown, a new store which opened recendy. Al joined the firm in 1950 and has served as a buyer in the men's division and as director of customer services. Most recentiy he was director of personnel. Al, Bev and four children live at 749 Arden Rd., Jenkintown.

Chuck GROJEAN was relieved as commanding officer, USS BARB on 8 Aug. at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. It was a very impressive ceremony in which Chuck left everyone with moist eyes (especially the young wives of the wardroom) as he passed command of the BARB to Bob Bulmer '49, and departed with Joanie and the four children to New London, where he will command the gold crew of the "THOMAS EDISON. 42

CHARLES A. RIEHL '46

Charlie RIEHL has been appointed marketing manager of Kaman Aircraft Corp., Bloomfield, Conn. The position is a new one for the company.

In making the announcement, Mr. Charles H. Kaman, president, said that the change would increase the company's overall sales effectiveness and that it would consolidate and integrate the company's helicopter sales efforts. Charlie joined Kaman Aircraft in 1951 as a test engineer. In 1954 he was appointed military operations research engineer and in 1960 was appointed director of the Operations Research Department. Charlie, wife Nancy and four children live at 201 North Main St., West Hartford 7, Conn.

Nat HILL wrote to voice his interest in the class crests now available from Bailey, Banks & Biddle. He says: "I can't remember whether I told you or not but I married again in October 1962—Mary Lou Phillips. Her 3 boys and my 3 girls, totaling our 6 children, and the two of us are having a ball here in Raleigh. We would very much like to see any old friends and classmates who might be in the vicinity." Nat gives his address as Nathaniel Hill and Associates (management consultants), 1416 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, N. C. Grant and Sally HINCHCLIFF announce the birth of their third daughter, 6th child, Lora Ellyn, on 12 March—just hours before Grant was due to depart for WestPac in USS HARRY E . H U B BARD DD-748!

Ray LARSON sends a new address of 823 Rosarita Dr., Fullerton, Calif. He is Apollo project engineer in the Engineering Development Laboratory of North American Aviation, Missile Division.

Ken LYONS writes from Naval War College, Newport: "The luncheon was held at the Naval Station Officers' Club, Wednesday, 22 April. I guess I was the instigator for the reason that all of us at War College had been hitting the studies fairly consistently and had not had a class function all year. I didn't want to leave the area without the chance to at least see and say hello to some of the others. Hence the get-together.

Naturally, not all in the area made the scene, but a quorum did. Our numbers here in Newport, so they tell me, have fallen off sharply these past two or three years. . . . At the end of the course here I'll start through the CRAG training in preparation for relieving Jack GILLOOLY '45, as Commander Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 56. It's quite a mouthful and quite a job.

I am very pleased with the prospects and looking forward to a mighty good assignment. The air group is homeported in Norfolk so I have sent Benny on a house reconaissance mission with the thought in mind that she will have to live in the house more than I, so what pleases her will be okay with me."

Dick MIDDLETON writes from 700 Braddock Ave., East Pittsburgh, Pa., to voice interest in the class crest. He recentiy was appointed director of management and professional services for Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Boyd MUNCIE took command of Attack Squadron 212 on 9 July, at Naval Air Station, Lemoore, Calif.

Dody SINCLAIR attended the Republican National Convention as a delegate and special assistant to Governor Chafee of Rhode Island. Dody is president of The Outiet Co. in Providence.

"Windy" WILLIAMS has been named vice president and managing director of Fensholt Public Relations, Inc., a new firm recentiy formed by the Fensholt Advertising Agency in Chicago.

Windy was formerly marketing services manager of Blackhawk Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee producer of automobile repair equipment. Prior to joining Blackhawk four years ago he was vice president, public relations division of Klau-Van Pietersom-Dunlap, Inc., Milwaukee/Chicago Advertising Agency. Windy says that he'll be commuting between Milwaukee and the Big City for awhile.

Charlie WESTCOTT recentiy sent in his Shipmate dues and states: "Am currentiy CO of Marine Air Control Squadron 9 due for deployment to 1st Marine Air Wing (WestPac) in October.

Should be based at Iwakuni, so if any 7th Fleet types are in the area, please drop in. Just finished a letter to CTW Jr. now in class of '68—appointed from the Naval Reserve—notwithstanding PL88276 which really cut the quota." Good plug,

Chariie!

'46 LUNCHEON IN NEWPORT. From left, standing: Dave Davison, Bob Haslett, John Tierney, Creighton Lilly, Donn Ashley, Tom Westfall, and Joe Greene; seated: Bill Simpson, Bill Spangler, Herb Fridge, Doty Sinclair, Tom Booker, Ken Lyons, Ray Anderson and Robbie Robinson.

S H I P M A T E

r h e rest of you who have sons with Naval Academy ambitions should get them into the Naval Reserve as soon as they are 17. The quota has been reduced to 85 but it still is a lot better than scrambling for a congressional appointment.

Besides, your boy will be getting valuable training, earning longevity credits and have a helluva lot better appreciation for the enlisted man he will lead. Write me for details, if necessary.

"DAISY" SELECTED FOR TAR I am happy to state that we will be remaining in the Navy indefinitely as I have quite fortunately had my designator changed to TAR (Training and Administration of the Reserve)-1107.

I anticipate remaining in my present assignment for another year and then hope to return to sea in destroyers.

"DAISY"

successful party on Saturday night, 8 Aug. at Dick and Jan GARDNER'S new home in East Greenwich, R. I. Acting as sort of co-hosts and hostesses were the rest of the Quonset Point contingent: Ernie and Gene FRITZ, Ken and Merlle EKELUND, Ralph and Joy TUCKER, and Jack and Frances STEVENS. The guests for dinner were: from Newport, Doc and Bess JEX, Jim and Pat MOSS, Earle and Mary TRICKEY, and Lou and Jo ROMATOWSKI, from New London, S. T. and Ellen HAYS. There was much laughter, eating, and pledging to meet again soon.

Here are a few orders passed along via Jeep: T. B. BRENNER to OpNav; T. J. HUDNER to NavAirPac; W. C. DOE

to CO USS

NEPTUNE;

E. C. HILL to NavSec JUSMMAT Ankara; A. F. DILL (CEC) HedSuppAct Taipei; P. P. CUMMINS CO TraRon 31 NAS Corpus; H. S. KELLER, Jr. ChNavSec MAAG Dominican Republic Santo Domingo; R. D. AMME CO PatRon 24; J. L. MOSS CO USS DYESS.

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Pres., Cdr. E. S. Fritz, USN 3607 Norris Place Alexandria, Va. Sec'y, Cdr. Jack M. Stevens, USN 36 Lafayette Dr. East Greenwich, R. I. 62818

ADDRESSES FROM THE FILES

Jean Kemp DUDEN The very sad news has been received that Jean Duden, wife of Richard Duden, the plebe football coach at the Naval Academy, suffered a fatal heart attack on 29 July while vacationing at Ocean City, Md. She is survived by her husband, two daughters and a son of Rt. 4, Ferry Farms, Annapolis, Md. Services were held at St. Andrew's Chapel, USNA. A floral remembrance was sent from the class . . . but this does little to express our sincere sympathy to you, Dick, at this time.

By the time this column hits the mailboxes the football season will be upon us again. This of course means HOMECOMING and once again, as always, a few of the ever faithful have banded together to insure that a good time is had by all.

A nice letter from Jeep DONALDSON states that in late July a tremendous planning meeting was held in John PREHN's quarters at USNA and Jeep, John, and Bruce MAXON took the bull by the horns. A flyer has been mailed to all classmates east of the Mississippi concerning the gala festivities planned following the Navy-William and Mary game at Annapolis on 26 Sept. The popular Chartwell Country Club at Severna Park has again been reserved.

A cocktail hour is scheduled from 1830-2030 (Jeep points out this is an extra hour for those who may require it) followed by dinner at 2030 and dancing after 2130. All of this is for the unbelievable low price of only | 9 per person which includes everything. Sounds like a tremendous chance to get together. Ernie and I will be there in spirit only as we will be somewhere in the North Sea about that time. If for some reason you failed to get one of Jeep's handy poop sheets contact him direct at 4148 Baldwin Dr., McLean, Va. 22101. Other news from D. C , courtesy of Jeep, concerns new arrivals Matty Matthews, Jack Finneran, Ted (E. W.) Thomas, Tom Brenner, Slip Haizlip, Stu Evans, and Bob Hartman.

Notes from the prexy: A nice letter received from Stan GARY, who, after receiving orders from White Sands to BuWeps, suddenly had his orders held up to permit him to slip into a captain's billet and assume command as Commanding Officer, Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility, White Sands Missile Range, N. M. Included was a copy of the station newspaper with a fine article and picture of Stan. He says his letter was a direct answer to my "heartrending plea" for correspondence but I think he just wanted to reply to my comments about his flying prowess. Stan, you can't fly with black shoes on.

Notes from New England: We may be relatively small in numbers but watch out, we had another SEPTEMBERâ&#x20AC;˘OCTOBER,

1964

John E. ILLINGWORTH (Gladys plus 5) is an engineer and vice president of Downey Heating Co. in Milwaukee, and lives at 5720 South Kyrtz Rd., Hales Corner, Wis. Ben JOHNSON, III (Jen plus 1 daughter) is in oil drilling and production with Nabors Drilling Co. in Mansfield, La. Ben lives at 114 Welch St., Mansfield, and says, "In addition 1 own and operate Southwood Plantation and raise registered Angus cattie."

Richard S. JONES (Thelma plus 5) is a mechanical engineer with Scott Paper Co. and lives at 58 High St., Waterville, Me. Harry A. J. JOYCE (Margaret plus 2) is assistant treasurer of a life insurance company in Nashville, Tenn. and resides at 422 Sunnyside Dr., Nashville.

Walt KRSTICH (Frankie plus 3) is now sales manager with Gates Rubber Co. and is living at 1445 South Elm St., Denver, Colo.

H. L. "Red" LAITNER (Helen plus 3) is tiie president of the Prochem Corp. of LaGrange, 111. and lives at 720 South 10th Ave., LaGrange.

Robert E. LLOYD (Anne plus 3) is the manager of a dairy plant in Decatur, 111. and makes his home at # 6 Ewing PI., Decatur.

Ed LONGMUIR (Jane plus 3) is now the business manager. Northern Burlington Co. Regional School District and lives at 39 Hinkle Dr., Bordentown, N. J. Joe LORENZ (Etta plus 2) writes that he was physically retired in Feb '62 with 100% disability and is in real estate in Madison, Wis. They are living at 2228 Eton Ridge, Madison.

Daniel R. MAHONEY (Beveriy plus 4) is now a financial analyst in the Esperson Building, Houston and lives at 11910 Laurie Lane, Houston, Tex. Attending the monthly luncheon at the ANCC on 7 Aug. were D. Packer, Stu Evans, W. Hartman, J. Finneran, Lou Renz, Frank Korb, John Thornton, Bob Marmet, Pete Pate, Matty Matthews, Bob Groover, Arch Updike, Bo Heininger, Jim Hill, Ed Appert, Pat March, George Maragos, Hump Bryan, Slip Haizlip, Ken Sears, Cab Callaway, Jeep Donaldson, and four stalwarts from Annapolis who drove over for the occasion: George Brungot, John Prehn, Bruce Maxon and Wirt Thayer.

Regards, "Jeep."

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Sec'y, Cdr. J. H. Demyttenaere P. O. Box 2651 Washington, D. C. 20013 FORTY-NINER OF THE MONTH

After graduation Dick joined 55 classmates at the Marine Corps Schools in Quantico, Va., to attend Basic School. The next duty assignment was with the 7th Engineer Battalion, FMF, at

RICHARD W. SHEPPE '49 the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., with some TAD with the 3rd Infantry Training Battalion for balance.

Orders to flight training arrived in April of 1951, resulting in an 18-month tour in the training command with the usual cycling back and forth from Pensacola to Corpus Christi. This was followed by posting to a squadron in MAG I I at Edenton, N. C , one of the Cherry Point Satellites.

Orders to MAG 12 in Korea, flying Corsairs, brought an end to the North Carolina sojourn.

The Oriental tour was terminated by orders for three delightful years at the Postgraduate School in Monterey in the Ordnance Engineering curriculum. Five more years were spent on the west coast, three at the Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu, Calif, and two at El Toro flying Skyrays.

Orders for a three-year tour in the Bureau of Naval Weapons in Washington were issued in June 1962. Here, Dick is assigned as head of the air-to-air fire control section in the RDT&E Group.

Dick is married to the former Muriel Bruning of Wheeling, W. Va. and New York City. Dick and Muriel have four handsome boys ranging from four through 13. Their current address is 1807 N. Hartford St., Ariington, Va. 22201.

WASHINGTON NEWS Just a sprinkling of '49ers made the class luncheon at O'Donnell's on 5 Aug. Bill LAWLER, who is in his third year of law school at Notre Dame, was a welcomed stranger as well as Spike GARTLAND who has just arrived in town for duty at OpNav. Regular Washingtonians attending were Rusty Merrill, George Kling, Karl Cooke, John Barrow, Steve Krause, Ace Boughton, Jack Benoit and your faithful reporter Demy Demyttenaere.

HOMECOMING The class of 1949 will celebrate its Fifteenth Class Reunion during the Alumni Weekend, 26 Sept. Plans are being made for a gala weekend and reservations for Saturday evening should be sent immediately to Jules H. Demyttenaere, 806 South Overlook Dr., Alexandria, Va. A total price of $10.00 per couple will include a large buffet dinner at the Charter House Motel (just north of Annapolis on Rt. 50), flowers for the ladies and a Fifteenth Reunion souvenir. The dinner will be after the game on Saturday.

In addition, the class of '49 has reserved 40 rooms at the Charter House for Friday and Saturday nightsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;3914 of which are already spoken for. The Vz remaining is an open reservation for Friday night.

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If you need football rickets for the Homecoming game, write to the Naval Academy Athletic Assoc, enclosing a check for $4 for each ticket desired, plus $.40 for handling, and indicate that you wish seats with the class of 1949.

The following classmates have indicated positively that they will attend: W. Vossler, J. Benoit, P. Swanson, F. Horan, W. Parr, B. Miller, W. Shanhouse, W. Collins, G. Fisher, G. Kling, A. Jenks, T. Lechner, J. Majesky, S. Krause, J. Juncker, J. Demyttenaere, J. Gartiand, J. Josephson, E. Williams, E. O'Connell, P. Vladessa, J. Kneale, W. Norris, T. Kilcline. Also, J. Landers, W. Peterson, E. Shine, F. Adams, C. Kretschmer, W. O'Flaherty, M. Nicholson, E. Speckart, C. Hotchkiss, C. Vail, C. Howe, T. Kastner, E. Waller, J. Draim, J. Barrow, A. Boughton, E. Reiher, L. Serrille, and J. Wynne.

These people will be coming from all over Virginia, including Virginia Beach and Norfolk; from many places in Maryland; from California, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Georgia, Pennsylvania and New York. Being there will be must better than reading about it in Shipmate after the fun is all over. If you are on duty in the Pacific or Mediterranean, we will accept your regrets. Otherwise, get your reservations in TODAY. We're looking forward to seeing all the '49ers at the game and at dinner 26 Sept.

'49ERS IN NWC Command and Staff Course, 1963-64.

NEWS During the 158th commencement exercises at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., held on 12 June, 355 received the Master's Degree and 53 received the Doctor's Degree. . . Among those receiving a M.S. was Eugene F. Shine, Jr., in the field of management.

Bob Brown brought us up to date with news from Newport, R. I. Ten classmates attended the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College during the 1963-1964 academic year.

Names and new assignments are: Don Henderson to 3rd SubRon Royal Navy, HMS MAIDSTONE, Faslane, Scotiand; Bud Ince to Washington, D. C ; Reid Stringfellow to PNA/Asst NA, Bonn; Al Levine to ComCruDesLant staff; Bill Bacchus remains for duty on the War College staff; Walt Shriefer to NavCOSSAct, Washington, D. C ; Ken Knoizen to AtkRon 165; Dick Haley to InsGen Ofc Central DefConSupCen Columbus, Ohio; Neil Fenno to NavSec MAAG, Viet Nam and Bob Brown to BuSandA. Seven were able to meet at Sims Hall just prior to graduation on 17 June for this informal picture.

Bob reports that the academic year was extremely rewarding, full of hard work, but dovetailed with pleasant social and athletic activities.

'49ers who were on the War College staff during the same period and who are moving on to new assignments are Ed Carver, assigned to AticRon 83; Bob Hendrickson to HatRon 3, and Otto Krueger assigned to AticRon 94. Jack Koach will remain on tiie War College Staff for anotiier year.

Jim PATTON signs in from Staff, Commander, Amphibious Group One, c/o FPO San Francisco.

Jim has just completed his tour as commanding officer USS

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1167.

'49 LUCKY BAG

AROUND THE WORLD

If anyone should desire a Lucky Bag, Ted ANNENBERG has an extra copy available. Incidentally, your inquiring reporter learned that the Annenbergs are busy knitting littie things, but I'm sure they'll take time out to mail the Lucky Bag.

Bill PURSE sends the following information from El Paso, Tex.: "I have just returned from Southern California and I have seen several of our old buddies. I thought some of the other class members might be interested to hear about them. Mert BATCHELDER is now working for Autonetics Division of North American Aviation and living at Orange, Calif. He is getting along fine and seems to like his work in the Computer Section at Autonetics as an engineer.

Sec'y, LCdr. Robert D. Harris, USN 663 Country Hill Drive Fairfax, Va. WES HARVEY A memorial service for Wes Harvey was held in the Naval Academy cemetery 15 Aug. at which time a plaque was dedicated. Mrs. Harvey, representatives of the Submarine Force, friends and several classmates attended.

HOMECOMING INFORMATION Be sure to sign in at Alumni House upon r.rival in Annapolis for the Homecoming festivities. The class party will be held at the Fleet Reserve Club on Compromise St. near the new Yacht Club. The uniform is informal and a sitdown dinner is planned. Cocktails will be served on a pay-as-you-drink basis. The charge for dinner will be about $7 per couple. The club and drinks will be available to those who need somewhere to gather immediately following the game although planned festivities will start about 1900.

Reservations are not required but it would help the planning to call or drop a note to Bob Harris (correspondence secretary) or Norm Thom, Quarters E-3, Perry Circle, USNA, Annapolis, ph: 268-7711, ext. 386.

Remember, SIGN IN AT ALUMNI HOUSE ON ARRIVAL. In this way you will be able to pick up your programs, a list with all the names, addresses, telephone numbers of local classmates, etc., and we will have a good idea of how many to expect at the Samrday night buffet.

Note from Maj. Chris BRAYBROOKE, USAF: "Thought I'd drop you a note of news on a few of us Air Force troops. A number of us spent this past year attending Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB, Ala., graduating on 12 June. We are now in the process of traveling to our new assignments: Harry WALSH is returning to his Air National Guard assignment at Adantic City, N. J.; Chuck HOWARD and Leighton PALMERTON are both being assigned to Hqs, AF Systems Command at Andrews AFB, Md.; Bill REITZ and I report for duty witii Hqs. USAF, in the Pentagon shortiy. John REID is being assigned to the Office of Aerospace Research in Washington while Nubs WALECKA reports for duty at the Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at Edwards AFB, Calif. Lawton MAGEE is slated to be the aide to the commander of PACAF in Hawaii."

Letter from Frank CRAMBLETT: "My new job is Executive Assistant and Aide to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Mary and I are settied in quarters at 89 Bowyer Rd. with our daughter, Shelley, age 6, and son. Jay, age 3.

Naturally, we would be happy to see or hear from any classmates, and will be on hand to welcome everyone to homecoming."

Present at class luncheon, Hogate's, 5 Aug.: Jack Colleary, Dick Goodspeed, Joe Pausner, Frank Cramblett, Walt Flint, Jerry Coleman, Rip Van Kleeck, Frank Maynard, Bill Diehl, Jim Kennedy, Roger Buch, and Bob Harris.

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Sec'y, LCdr. C. R. Watts, Jr. 836-A 31st St., Arlington 2, Va.

HOMECOMING Change: Homecoming wUl be at Elks Club on Rowe Blvd. at Taylor Ave. in Annapolis.

"Howard RUGGLES is living in Beveriy Hills and is the Southern California manager for Bissell, Inc. He seems to be happy and well satisfied with his situation.

"Buz WYMAN is vice-president of marketing for Duncan Electronics of Costa Mesa, Calif, and lives at Newport Beach. We spent a nice evening in his home with the Wymans and Batchelders, as well as a wonderful evening with the Ruggles.

From what we have seen, the class of '51 is doing wellâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and all seem to be happy with their jobs and enjoying a sense of accomplishment.

If the World's Fair does not close this year for financial reasons, I plan to bring my family to the New York-Washington areas soon after school is out next year."

Tom and Bobbie WYNKOOP in far away Korea send greetings accompanied with the following announcement and news: "Jonathan Christopher born 30 May in Seoul, Korea. He joins brothers Tommy 11, and Steve 10. I am advisor to Korean Naval Academy and Naval Command and Staff College. We arrived here in February after two very rewarding years as CO USS JOHN R. CRAIG in San Diego. Am only '51 attached to U. S. Naval Advisory Group and believe only one in Korea. We live in Chinhae about 40 miles from Pusan."

Al MACINNIS, major, USMC, reports from Corpus Christi, Tex.: "A few buddies may not believe it should they have heard some scuttlebut on the matter, but the truth isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;back in Nov. '63 I married a Texan, Jacklyn Giles, here in Corpus Christi. The bachelor ranks grow thinner all the time!

"Am now on orders to Quantico where I'll be attending the Senior School this academic year along witii Bob ROSECRANS, Bill HEIM and Haig DONABEDIAN. "Ran into Don Swank here on the NAS where he was honsoing the ROTC Mids for the summer.

"Will look forward to seeing the '51 group about homecoming time. Regards to all."

The following news release concerning Tom BURNS was received: Promotion of Thomas S. Burns formerly of Bedford to manager, marketing for the Submarine Cable Division at Portsmouth, N. H., is announced by Simplex Wire & Cable Co., Cambridge. He has been manager, systems application of the Cambridge Division since 1963.

Burns formerly held key marketing and sales engineering positions with U. S. Sonics Corp.; General Precision, Inc.; Hughes Aircraft Co. and General Electric Co. A registered professional engineer, his professional associations include the Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Institute for Technical Management and the Engineering Society of Detroit. A graduate of the Naval Academy '51, Burns received his Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.

John and Lois HEIGL proudly announce the arrival, of littie "Hot John." Baby and belongings will soon be packed for John's next tour in Hawaii.

RECENT ORDERS J. H. BRES to BuWeps; H. B. HAFF to Norton AFB; C. R. SASSONE to Co, USS CROW; T . A.

BOYCE to NavSupCen Charleston; H. T. DIETRICH to SHAPE; R. L. ADAMS to OpNav and J. J. STROHM to NavAirPac. SHIPMATE

WESPAC '52's 12th Reunion

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Corr. Sec'y. LCdr. Eugene M. Avallone, USN, Class of 1952, USNA P. O. Box 225, Annapolis, Md.

From Tom BAKKE, Patrick AFB, Fla., a newsy letter of class interest: "The Cape Kennedy area is a crossroads for many classmates in the Navy, Air Force, and missile business. Recentiy, Zug ZASTROW was here for a visit before leaving Pensacola for Moffett Field. My old roommate for four years, Dick MONOPOLI, now a professor of electrical enginering at Univ. of Conn., was here on vacation with his family. Jim FISCHER passes through occasionally flying with the Special Air Mission out of Washington. Tom McEWEN flies in occasionally from COIN headquarters at Eglin, looking fit, and still single.

Erwin TROSKE is flying with MATS out of Dover, Del; seems he is getting a littie seat weary from those many hours in the air.

Jesse B. HOUSTON, JR., former program engineer and manager of Program Management is now manager of Cape Canaveral for Pan American's Guided Missiles Range Division. Houston has worked on such programs as Thor, ThorAble, Adas, Titan, Minuteman, Transit, Tyros, Courier, Delta, and many others while serving in Program Management. He now has overall direction of Cape Canaveral in terms of Pan Am support for all missile launches and pre-Iaunch checkout.

Some of the "shoeless ones" holding together Task Force 19 in WestPac on 6 June at 12th reunion are, left to right: Cy BLANTON, staff secretary 3rd MarDiv; Ken WEIR, staff secretary, 1st MarAirWing, Paul GERMAN, maintenance officer, Marine Squadron 152, "P. A." LINDSAY, operations officer 1st MarAirWing.

Taking the picture was Dick COULTER, operations officer for Marine Aircraft Group 11.

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. C. E. Mnmford, USN Executive Dept., USNA, Annapolis. Md. 11TH

R E U N I O N â&#x20AC;&#x201D; P L A N S A N D NOTES

The homecoming schedules were mailed out by the Alumni Assoc, in August but many of our classmates didn't get the word, so please PASS T H E WORD. Homecoming schedule begins Friday with registration at the Alumni House. The reception in Dahlgren Hall begins at 1900 and is followed by dinner in the Mess Hall. Reservations for the reception and dinner should be sent to the "Stan SWANSON was down from Wichita, Alumni Assoc. The cost is f4 per person.

Kan., checking on some Florida property before Saturday's schedule begins with a class meeting going to AF Command and Staff College. Art at 0930 in Ward Hall (that is where we used to LUSBY was on a working trip here with the sweat through Ordnance and Gunnery). Then IG from AFSC Headquarters. Classmates working at 1400, the Navy shows off its football power in this area are Jesse HOUSTON with Pan Am, against mighty William and Mary. We hope our Bob HOWELL with Sperry Rand, and Ed LAreserves get plenty of practice. Requests for MOY with Aerospace Corp. Ferris SMITH has tickets for the football game should be sent to an electronics firm in Maitiand, Fla., and gets the Athletic Assoc, at a price of $4 per ticket over to our alumni meetings when there is a (include 35^ for handling charges). party. And, of course, our '52 astronauts comAt 1900 plan on rendezvousing at Paul's Resmute between here and Houston in their private taurant in Riva for that gala class dinner-dance.

Air Force. We have an active alumni group that meets once a month and all Academy people are We don't expect to top our 10th reunion total, but we certainly hope to top the 100 mark. welcome. I'm an expert on guided tours of Cape Kennedy, so if any of you are in this area I'll be Dance music will be provided again by the Rhythmaires and Paul has promised to equal if glad to oblige." not better the buffet from last year. Of course, Sunday will be R and R for all hands. If you haven't already made 5'our reservations, please do so as soon as possible.

HERE A N D THERE

Stan JACKSINA reports his change of rank to major, USMC and that he expects to be househunting in the Washington, D. C. area in October since he has received orders to Headquarters, USMC. He expressed regrets that he would not be able to make the homecoming, but has high hopes for the Army-Navy game.

Fred MANN reports he is employed by Texas Instruments as a senior engineer and is now residing at 7811 Rolling Acres Dr., Dallas, Tex. 75240. He has made reservations for the reunion this year.

19TH

COMPANY

' 5 3 NEWSLETTER

Some dirty "fink" has been kind enough to send this secretary a copy of the 19th Co. '53 Newsletter with all sorts of tidbits of news which will be called upon from time to time to "pad" this column. Suggestion: Why not use this column as your newsletter, 19 Co..' That is what this column is for.

See You At HOMECOMING!

JESSE B. HOUSTON, JR. '52 S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R ,

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Annapolis Rep: LCdr. Terry Sutherland, USN Science Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md.

TENTH ANNIVERSARY

This will be the final word from this column prior to the big tenth. From preliminary indications it looks like the entire class is descending upon Annapolis the 25th, 26th and 27th of September.

Saturday evening there will be a class dinner at the Maryland Treadway Iim starting at 1900 and ending at 2200. The price is | 1 2 per couple and includes open bar the entire time, a substantial buffet dinner (i.e. roast beef and lasagne or chicken, etc.) and the incomparable companionship of long lost classmates. Last year a mighty crowd showed up and a larger one is expected this year. Space is limited to 120 persons, so send your reservations directiy to me at the above address. Sailing will be on a firstcome-first-allocated basis on Sunday. You must have reservations for the reception and dinner on Friday and you get these from the Alumni Association. Request football tickets direct from the Athletic Assoc. ($4.00). Add 40 cents for handling, etc.

Several classmates have written requesting living accommodations. Folks, things are getting pretty tight this time of year. Your best bet is to contact the Alumni Assoc, and let them help you. Your classmates here in Annapolis are committed and local inns, motels and the like are loaded to the gunwales for that weekend. So bring your wife and camera and live a littie. If enough people indicate a desire for a class meeting Saturday morning we will have one of those, too.

NORFOLK

Ben GARDNER gives out with some word: "I'm now out of the NTDS programming business and currentiy awaiting the start of the War College academic year. There will be 9 of us '54ers in the Command and Staff Course: H . J. Dean, J. K. Heyward, Ed Hogan, Ted Huttinger, J. L. Krumwiede, Ed Martin, L. D. Smith and Paul Treagy.

"On the trip northward we stopped over for a night with Bob and Gloria Haines in Willingboro, N. J. We had a fine get-together and hashed over old times over a considerable number of varied and potent drinks. During the discussion we noted that the upcoming homecoming would be our 10th and that there should be quite a gathering of the clan.

"Have a lot of sightings of classmates to report.

I left the Programming Center in the good hands of Bill LANE. Ed HOGAN was on CarDiv 2 Staff and dropped in for some NTDS brainwashing before deploying to the Med in ENTERPRISE; Wally ORSIK was getting the Terrier nuts and bolts treatment and has since gone up to Bath to commission BELKNAP; Skid MASTERSON, while still aboard WRIGHT, came through for a littie NTDS button pushing preparatory to joining LONG BEACH as CIC officer; and Skip JUERGENS

is going through the PXO course for one of the new FBM's.

"The Newport area also harbors a few classmates with Chet OBERG on CruDesLant staff as engineer and Charlie POREDA filling a commander's billet as the CruDesLant communicator.

I ran into Dick KELLY in the exchange and had time for a couple of words, but his duty station eludes me at the moment.

"Hope to see you all in Sept."

We'll be looking for you Ben, and thanks for the dope.

Gayle BALLARD writes from 8406 Engler Park Ct., St. Louis, Mo., 63114 and says he and Pam will join the homecoming festivities. The Alumni Assoc, will help you with lodgings, Gayle. There is no class headquarters as such.

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LETTERS

Joe TAFF received a CinCPac personal commendation and a Navy Unit citation. Joe's family includes his wife Jerry and two daughters, Taffy and Patricia. His duties have been varied: auxiliary

If you are reading this column right now and haven't written recently resolve immediately to do your good deed for the day. Classmates certainly aren't interested in a steady diet of news from Crabtown. They want to hear from YOU. If you are not inclined to tell all about yourself, then tell us about some classmates you have seen.

This column is only as successful as the lively, interesting letters we receive and right now the mail bag is empty. Where is the Pacific Fleet, the Air Force and Marine Corps.' If you know an address of a classmate (including yourself) send it in for our class locator. Anything from a postcard to a biography (auto or no) would be appreciated, especially if you include pics.

officer in the USS SAIPAN; DCA, USS CANBERRA,

Mister Everything in the USS GREENFISH, and a student at Monterey. He is now off to join the THEODORE ROOSEVELT FPO New York.

FLASHES "Heaven is not built of country seats But littie queer suburban streets."

Christopher Morley Rudy and Tenna DAUS are now living at 3922 Mt. Aladine, Clairemont Park, San Diego 11, Calif., and his new job is executive officer of the USS BUCHANAN.

SEPTEMBER CLASSMATE

Ned ROBERTS and Peggy are residing at 4633 Miles Standish Rd., Virginia Beach, Va. Ned is taking command of the USS MATTABESSET whose homeport is Norfolk.

Jim BLANCHARD can now be found at 1465 Delwood St., Vallejo, Calif., and John SCHULZE is lodging at 937 Rosita Rd., Monterey, Calif.

After graduation, William Travis CRAWFORD (Bill) made his way to San Remo, Italy to report aboard BEALE, which was in the middle of a Med cruise. After 18 months in BEALE, during which time he served as a gunnery division officer and as ASW officer, he was transferred to the squadron commander's staff for an eighteenmonth stint as communications officer. This was followed by a most satisfying 18-month tour as CO,

SAGAMORE.

Having been continuously homeported in Norfolk up to this point. Bill shifted to the west coast for his first shore duty, a two-year tour at USNPGS, Monterey. Although the rigors of the academic life came as quite a shock, he was graduated with an M.S. in Ops Anal in 191.

Returning to the Atlantic coast for his next sea tour, Bill spent 26 months as exec of LESTER, homeported in Newport. Although the operating sked was pretty hectic, LESTER spent enough time in port to allow Bill to woo and win Miss Mary Elizabeth Going, a Pembroke graduate who was the psychologist for the Newport school system at the time.

JOE TAFF '56

Sec'y, Capt. E. E.Hansen, USAF P. O. Box 1926 Annapolis, Md. WASHINGTON AREA NEWS

The Washington chapter had its gala summer social event on 25 July with a tremendous turnout of 70 people. The mastermind behind this success was Bob FRANCIS who used his Pentagon talent to organize and arrange a great evening.

Some of the new people in the area are Joe POPE, who's with the AF Research and DevelMary and Bill came to Annapolis in the fall opment Management people and Bob CANTRELL, of 1963, where Bill has been an operations analysM.D., who's making great strides in medicine— sis instructor in the Naval Science Department of about four feet to the step—and is stationed at the Naval Academy. On 7 July Miss Susan Burke the Sick Sailors Home at Anacostia NAS. Crawford arrived on the scene and joined her George WHITE beat everyone in the Washparents at Valley Park Farm, Rt. 2, Box 110, ington area and is now the self-proclaimed '56 Edgewater, Md. golf champion and challenges all comers. The only tide he didn't take here was the one for modesty—Charlie Wilson still claims that one!

Dick TARBUCK, still at BuPers, compiled die following statistics and passed it on for publication.

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W. T. CRAWFORD '54 46

Grads 681 1 fun 56 1 fun 64 NL 245 64 NA 160 73 MC 51 31 Supply 3100 44 32 CEC 5100 6 12 EDO 1400 2 14 Intel 1630 6 2 Comm 1610 5 5 PIO 1650 1 1 Air Obs 1350 0 3 Subs 1120 0 99* AF 169 ?

NPQ 4 Foreign 3 SS CO Qual—2 DD CO Qual—1 DD XO Toured—6 Test Pilots—6 NP SS Qual—23 SEL LCdr—13 NP Surf Qual—14# CO Tours—18 (4 with 2 CO) Masters—30 (less 6/64 grads) PG 37 (same) * Resignation—3 # Resignation—2

CHIP HONSINGER '56

Chip HONSINGER, wife Beryl and three boys, Mike, Pete and John, are now living at 938 Stowell Circle, Honolulu, Hawaii. Chip is a qualified submariner, has attended MIT, served in Ceylon, and is now ship superintendent at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.

Ed WRIGHT'S new chateau is on Waterview Dr., Arden on the Severn, Rt. 2, Crownsville, Md. Jim Van METRE'S domicile is at 432 Reed Ave., Windsor Locks, Conn. John and Joan WEBSTER'S retreat is nestied at 876 Woodbury Ave., Portsmouth, N. H., and John Henry KINERT got himself a new box: Box 43, Basic Officers' Course Class 127, USN Submarine School, Groton, Conn.

Al REED's wickiup is now 42 Chriswell Dr., Sunsbury, Conn. For those near Wright-Patterson AFB, Tom SCHWARTZ and wife Merle are quartering on the reservation at 5841 Gross Dr., Dayton, Ohio. Tom is going to AFIT for graduate work in systems management. George CONNOLLY and wife Beverly Ann are at home at 12104 Tanglewood Lane, Bowie, Md. Jim KAMP is at Offut AFB, Nebraska. Jerry FALIN, Jim EDWARDS and Fred STEBBINS are at McDonald Aircraft, St. Louis. Dick TERRILL, with Litton Industries, is with the F-104 program in Germany. Bill STEWART, a radar navigator, is at Columbus AFB, Miss.

SHIPMATE

Ted and Charlotte FISCHER'S new address is 4434 Cynthia PL, San Diego 5, Calif. Ted has just taken over as CO of the USS JEROME COUNTY.

Guy JARRETT writes that he is still attached to ComDesDevGru 2 but has moved to 537 Read St., Middleton, R. I. Bob SCHADE reports that he has also moved to Middleton and can be reached at 1372 Wapping Rd. Dick WARREN received his M.S. from tiie University of Michigan in May, and is now a math prof at the Air Force Academy. Dick and Elizabeth are at Quarters 45056, USAF Academy, Colorado.

"Bob has been attached to the U. S. Army Electronics Material Agency in Philadelphia (the only naval officer, he's taken to wearing a Beat Army button on the back of his lapel). As a result of a big reorganization of the agency, he's being transferred to the Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, N . J.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;still with the Army.

"We will be living in quarters on post, which should make football season even more exciting than it was last fall. Bob's new address is: USAECOM AMSEL-PP-O Fort Monmouth, N . J." H O M E C O M I N G PROD

This issue should reach the east coast '56ers before homecoming and this is to give any wavering souls the last nudge to be sure and make it.

Homecoming has really been gathering momentum and looks like it will turn out to be the biggest '56 blast thus far. Carl PETERSON, as president of the Annapolis chapter, and his people are exerting to the maximum to make it the best.

Y'all come!

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EAST COAST Lt. Stephen B. Sloane, USN Box 60, Route 2 Arnold, Md. 21012 WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. Harry M. S. Gimber, USN Box 1918, USNPG School Monterey, Calif.

WEST COAST

R. H. BROWN III '56

Mickey BROWN is presently an F8 instructor pilot attached to VF-174. His most exciting moment of late was a successful ejection from an F8! Mickey and Mary Lynn reside at 7214 Ortega Hills Dr., Jacksonville, Fla.

BOB A N D IRIS BROWN and sons Robby and Marty

Bob and Iris BROWN are at home at 25112 Crowley, Taylor, Mich. After learning the missile business with the Air Force and being with Litton Systems as a design engineer in digital computers, he has been an automotive account executive with Motorola Semiconductor Products, Inc. in Detroit since 1961.

Liz ALLEN writes: "It's a good thing we took a short lease on the house because, after only a year here, we are moving. Our civilian neighbors can't believe it.

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Hooray for Sheila FISHER. A lengtiiy letter from her while Don is busy studying informs us of the doings of our Air Force classmates at Oklahoma U. Don HUGULEY is in civil engineering, Don FISHER in aeronautical engineering, and Fred THOMAS in electrical engineering.

All are working toward Master's Degrees.

The Fishers live at 1516 Avondale Dr. in Norman, with their four youngsters, though there may be five by the time you read this.

Wayne SMILEY receives his Master's in aeroengineering in June from OU while Ron LINDER received his in mechanical engineering from the University of Wyoming. Ron and Carolyn are now at Norton AFB in California.

Ray WYATT's tour as CO of a PCE in Cleveland was cut short and he is back studying again, this time at Nuclear Power School, Mare Island.

He and Karen are at 37 Cunningham St., Vallejo, Calif.

Stan and Dorrie DUNLAP are now at Miramar NAS where Stan is stationed.

taking contributions for a chair for Burke Ward.

Please send them to Box 1208 USNPGS. Urb LAMAY is accepting contributions for a memorial chair for Denny Roche. His address is Box 1499 USNPGS. A note from Urb, former roommate of Denny Roche, stated that Denny had been undergoing periodic radiation treatments since January of last year. Denny, who died of cancer on 13 June at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, had a short tour of duty last fall at BuPers. His prior tours included

the

destroyer

EVERETT

J.

LARSON,

to

which he was assigned after graduation, and the commissioning detail of the guided missile frigate DAHLGREN.

Urb wrote: "As a shipmate Denny could best be characterized by his loyalty and his devotion to duty; as a friend he leaves a lasting memory of sincerity and quick wit. May God rest his soul."

N E W ARRIVALS

Twin boys, Daniel and Thomas, on 11 July for George and Joanne WHITE. The White brood now numbers two girls and three boys.

For Dave and Becky FAHRNEY, a boy Bruce, on 17 July, their third child, second boy.

EAST COAST Pres., Lt. Charles R. Larson, USN Box 43. Basic Officers' Course, Class 127 U. S. Naval Submarine School U. S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Groton, Conn.

WEST COAST Sec'y, Lt. W. N. Moore, USN Box 2014, USN Postgraduate School Monterey, Calif.

EAST COAST A N D H O M E C O M I N G

Guy VEASEY, chairman of the 1964-65 homecoming committee, has firmed up plans for a gala dinner-dance following the William and Mary game on 26 Sept. The cost of $5.50 per person includes drinks, steamship round of beef, bar-bque spare ribs, shrimp Newberg, crab cakes, salad, etc., and a three-piece combo. The party will be at Paul's restaurant, Riva Rd. Maps will be made available at the Alumni House, and tickets will be purchased at Paul's.

The dress will be tie and coats for the gents, and cocktail dresses for the ladies. Anyone desiring further information should contact Lt. D. W. JONES, c/o Superintendent's Office, USNA. We are looking forward to another turnout as fine as the one we had last year on our fifth anniversary homecoming.

Our class will be well represented at USNA for the ensuing school year. Joining Joe Steckler, MONTEREY Ted Smedberg, and Bob Warren as company officers during 1964-65 are Mickey Carson, Wally Another school year has begun here and our Bridgeman, Jim Higgins, John Holland, Marty number has diminished to 56, with only 7 new Kuhneman, and Mike Salmon. arrivals: Bill and Helen ABBOTT, Ron and Barbara BLACKNER, Chet and Betty Joe BURHere at Submarine School Milt LEAKE and I CHETT, Bob and Marge DAUGHENBAUGH, are finishing up after having absorbed some of Don and Becky JAHN, Monty and Marcia the combined knowledge of our instructor-classKNAPP, Jerry and Jane PATTERSON. mates, Denny Wilson and Chet KUNZ, tactics; Keitii BUNTING, engineering, and Tracy KOSA get-together at the California game on 17 OFF, weapons. It was quite an experience to sit Oct. is being planned. If you are interested, drop in on classes taught by classmates, and I must me a line and I'll send details as they are firmed report that the men in our class felt that these up. four are all doing an outstanding job.

Recent weekend visitors of Charlie and Sheila NOLL were George and Mary DEMPSEY. George is pursuing a Master's in industrial engineering EAST COAST at USC for the Air Force. The Dempseys live at Sec'y, Lt. Ralph W. Christy, USN 1055 Norman Dr., Annapolis, Md. 910 Wichita St., Anaheim, Calif.

WEST COAST Tony and Kay WATERBURY stopped off to Sec'y, Lt. George Brainerd, USN NavNacPwrScol MINS visit Bill and Pat TIRSCHFIELD enroute to Vallejo, Calif.

Hawaii and duty with the 4th Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.

CLASS BUSINESS Dave DELO was in Monterey during July We have cycled through a whole year now while attending the ONR seminar "Operation while collecting votes, writing letters, having Seabed" as a representative for Northrop Aviation. meetings, etc. Frank DONOVAN has recentiy He resigned his commission last winter and now turned on the green light and here are the results. resides at 910 Meadowlark, Laguna Beach, Calif.

Effective immediately there shall be an "Association of the Class of 1959," the organization of Bob SARACCO expresses his thanks to all the which will be governed by the Class Constitution 10th Company who contributed toward the meas drafted in May 193 and ratified during this morial chair for Sherwood Gifford. He is now 47

past year. There were only a very few votes cast against the proposed constitution and organization.

To handle the administration of the Association an executive committee will be elected as soon as possible from those classmates stationed or living in the Annapolis-Washington, D . C.-Baltimore area. Because of printing deadlines the results of the election will be published in the next issue of Shipmate. The election was not held prior to the deadline because of the late arrival of four more '59ers at Annapolis. The USNA contingent wJl increase to 10 strong tills year. In addition to die old timers (Christy, Mayo, Nolan, and Umsted) we will have Lloyd Adams, Jon Batchelor, Harry Ketts, Vic Kruzic, Brad Smith, and Hugh Strachwitz.

Fred LONG, Rt. 1, Chardon Rd., Willoughy, Ohio, has lost his '59 Lucky Bag and is anxious to purchase a replacement. Anyone having a spare copy please contact Fred direct.

GENERAL

A '59 PARTY I N LA. From left: Dick and Delores Dagampat, Joe and Nancy Cosasonto, A l and Ellen Ruth.

NEWS

News of more class wedding bells: Bill CORCORAN was married 13 June to Miss Suzy Hardesty of Cleveland. Present at the wedding were Mike and Debbie STURGES, John and Judy COLUNS, and Al Miller ('60). Bill is currentiy operations officer on the USS TULLIBEE. Jim DORSEY will hear die bells toll in November . . ."Mr. and Mrs. Duncan D. Tully of 1083 Purdue Dr., St. Louis, Mo., announced the engagement of their daughter, Mary Sharon, to Capt. James John Dorsey, USMC, tiie son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dorsey of St. Louis, at a dinner party on 4 July. A military wedding is plaimed for 14 Nov. at the Church of Christ the King in St. Louis. T h e bride-elect's uncle, the Rev. Raymond M. Tully, S.J., will officiate at the ceremony."

Other news from around the globe: Bill BRANSON is leaving the Navy this month to pursue a Ph.D. in economics at MIT. During the last two years Bill has acquired a wife Irene, a daughter, and a M.A. at Cal. He was recentiy awarded a two-year fellowship from the National Science Foundation for his studies.

Frank DONOVAN and Bob PRENDERGAST, at the U. of Washington in the Oceanography course, have seen several classmates recentiy. Sam LIGON is there in Seattie fitting out new construction. Joe BRANTUAS, Gue LITTLEFIELD, and Gordy JAMES are all flying from the USS

Carol L A F O N D , 2 boys and new daughter are at Memphis, Tenn. Jon, Ann, Kim and Kris IVES have recentiy reported to BuDocks in Washington after 2 years in Puerto Rico. Jerry, Nel, Monique and D. J. MONARCH, III are in Guam.

Rumor has it that they will be here in Hawaii in October, purely as tourists. Dick WISENBAKER is still single, so far as we know, and he is now with CbLant at Davisville.

"Dick and Sue ENGEL spent a few days with the OSBORNs last February. They are now parents of a girl, Nancy, born in April. They also spent some time with Jack and Sue HAW•THORNE. The Hawthornes and Engels are going to the Aero course at Monterey. Jerry and Sue PETERSON have forsaken the Navy and Jerry is now working for Bethlehem Steel Co. Dave and Joan FRIE and son have recentiy reported here to Kaneohe MCAS where Dave commands a company. Romeo, Rachel and Dianne SAENZ are expecting an addition to the family in September. Romeo is also at Kaneohe. We also hear that Jake BOLTZ and Leo PECK are in the Hawaiian area. Dan RICHARDSON is here and, as far as I know, is the first Dolphins and Wings man in '59. I've also seen Mo CLARKE and John MASCALI at Barber's Point when their P-3 squadrons were here for training."

John McCABE has joined Monsanto Company's Plastics Division as an engineer at its Springfield, Mass. plant.

Jim COLLINS writes from the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (gold crew) to bring us up to date on his activities. He and his wife, Bette Ellis, are the proud parents of a boy, born 17 Dec. His name, naturally, is James. Jim sent a few notes about other classmates: "Saw Tex M A C D O N A L D (6th Co.), who is on his way to Holy Loch, Scotland, for duty on SubRon 14 Staff. Phil SALYER (8tii Co.), USAF, graduated from PG school at MIT in astronautics, and is working in the Gemini project in El Centro, Calif. Phil is married and has one son. Tom HABERMAS and Tom BOND (USS

SKIPJACK

and

USS

ABRAHAM

LINCOLN

blue respectively) have both qualified as engineer and are awaiting orders. Bill DRAKE made four patrols in USS GEORGE WASHINGTON blue and is

now taking her through the yard. Bill and Margaret have two sons. Guy REYNOLDS made several patrols in the USS ROBERT E . L E E blue and is now in the precommissioning crew of the USS JACK in Portsmouth."

Al RUTH received his Master's in civil engineering this past June from the U. of Washington.

As of this reading he is at NAS Jacksonville as the shops engineer. While on the west coast he discovered a couple of classmates we haven't heard from in a long while. Dick DAGAMPAT "Several '59ers were aboard KEARSARGE with CORAL SEA. Freeman NEISH in the USS HOEL (12th Co.) is working on his Master's in indusme for the past few years—Jack LANGFORD, was visiting in port at the same time. Cliff ROSE trial engineering at USC under the auspices of also visited Frank and Martha when the USS HS-6, just departed for the management course our sister service, USAF. He and his wife, Delores, at Monterey. Art MERZ is flying the EA-IE and RASHER sailed into Seattie awhile back. leaving for the Weapons Systems course in De- have two sons and a daughter. Also in the same Jim OSBORN has written a long letter from cember. Jack LOVELL is in VS-29 with me. He area is Joe CASASANTO (12rfi Co.), his wife Hawaii which certainly brings us up-to-date on Nancy, and their daughter. Joe is working as a and Jeanne Ann have a cute litde girl, Julie. much of the Pacific news: projects engineer for the Carnation Co. in Los He'll depart for PG (Aero) in December after "Greetings from the Crossroads of the PaAngeles. the cruise. cific, Hawaii! After having close to a year in the "Dick, Gaye, Wendy and Houghton DAVIS area and seeing many classmates, I thought I'd just left Coronado where he was flying 'stoofs.'

Pres., Lt. H. A. Lawinski, VF-162 send some info for Shipmate.

FPO San Francisco They are leaving the Navy anH bound for Har"CEC NEWS—We three Osborns, Jim, Lilliaii Sec'y, Lt. Chico Chavez, Accounting vard Business School where Dick will study Division Officer, NSD Guam, M. I. and Greg are here in Hawaii with ComFair/Com- management. Other S-2 pilots in the San Diego FPO San Francisco NAB 14, Barber's Point, after having spent 2 area are Chuck and Val COSKY, Gyro and Carol years back at USNA in the Public Works Dept.

CARTWRIGHT and tiie Marvin OSBURNS. All HERE A N D THERE Dick, Dorothy and Anne Marie LATON left should be due for orders soon but no word where Hawaii in May and are now at the University of Earle and Marge SCHWEIZER announce the they are going.

Michigan for PG school. Julian, Momi, Lani and arrival of their first child, Karen Ann, on 2 "Al THRESHER is still a bachelor.

Anodier Stephen KAU will be leaving here shortiy to go March at Monterey. Earle is presently attending 'stoof type, he's driving a big new 'XKE' he PG school at Monterey, where he's studying engito the University of Minnesota, where Julian will brought back from Hong Kong. He and Kent be studying hydraulics. neering science. Before going to Monterey, he LINK (a P-5 pilot just returned from a Philipwas weapons officer in the USS HENRY W .

"Tom, Nancy, Denise and Howard ENSLEY pine deployment) have a snake ranch in CoroTUCKER. have extended their tour here in Hawaii for nado. Bet that's a dandy! Charlie and Susie anodier year. Paul and Dale THORNTON'S first Another couple with a new arrival is Buz and PEASE are living in Coronado again after a P-5 Janey PARRY; it was their second, a boy that child, Mark, arrived in May. Paul is here at Disdeployment to the Philippines. goes by the name of Blane Pedrick, born on 18 trict Public Works Office 14. Dave and Marge "The VOGTs, Larry, Rusty, Carrie and Spike April, about 2 weeks after Buz left for a Med BOTTORFF and new son, Scott, arrived from left Coronado recentiy for Nuclear School after cruise in the GRAMPUS. Their first, a pretty three2 years in Bangkok, Thailand and are now with a pleasant tour with SubFlot 1 staff. year-old girl. Besides Buz, Jim DUNN is also DirPacDocks here in Hawaii. Roger and Carol in the GRAMPUS. Being in the Norfolk area, they "There's sure a batch of us going back to school MARTIN and son are going to the University get to see a good many of our classmates; even in the near future. The Monterey area should be of Texas for petroleum engineering PG course. so Buz and Janey invite any classmate in the swarming with '59ers and I'm looking forward J6hn, Gloria, John, Jr. and Jamey DETTBARN area to stop by their home at 2308 Baylake Rd., to seeing a lot of familiar faces from the east have left London for the University of Illinois Baylake Pines. coast and a black shoe branch up there." where John will work for his Master's. John and 48

S H I P M A T E

Dick H O E C K E R gave us a brief rundown on what he's done since graduation. Seems that the fact that our May column didn't appear in the May issue of Shipmate induced him to drop us a line—maybe we should try it more often. Dick has had a tour in the USS RANDOLPH and in the

USS EVANS when he served as weapons officer, and already has orders to PG school for the Ops analysis course, to which he reported in July.

While stationed in the RANDOLPH in NorVa, he married the former Jean Milne in February 1961.

And their first child arrived in April this year— a girl by the name of Nona Jean. Dick says the only classmate with whom he corresponds is Frank DELANO, who's also a happy settied man with wife Ann and son Stephen Francis.

Al HOLDEN tells us he celebrated his fourtii graduation anniversary very uniquely by resigning from the Air Force. He and his wife Laurie spent a very interesting summer in Europe. They both got jobs in the marketing section of an international aluminum firm. But it wasn't all work and no play for them; they say they had a wonderful rime traveling through Europe every opportunity they got and Al brushed up on his Dutch and German. Al and the whole world wants to know where Gary Wax, Bernie Eberlien, and Bill Harrison are—so how about it you guys?

FROM KEY WEST For a while I thought the day would never come when I'd be able to leave Key West, my island paradise, for good. Well I was finally liberated but only to be shipped out to an even more isolated outpost, Guam. Actually I requested a transfer, volunteering for duty in South Viet Nam, but at the time the only billet available was for a LCdr. 1 told them I wouldn't mind being promoted again, which didn't go over too big, and within 2 days they gave me orders to as near the scene of action as possible. This creates a problem: the time element may not permit me to continue handling the column. If there's anyone interested in taking it over for the next year or so, let me know. In the meantime, we'll see how it works from Guam.

Before I left the Key West area, I paid a call on Wally and Mary CUMELLA and really made out; they had all kinds of juicy news for me.

Dave KALB is going to PG school at Webb Institute to study naval architecture. Pat SULLIVAN is on instructor duty at Stanford U. and he and his wife have a new daughter, Suzanne Patricia.

Bert JOHNSON is going to PG school at Monterey. He and his wife have a new son, James Boyce. George RUCHERSFELDT is at Cecil Field and has a brand new set of twins (sex unknown).

And Jim EVANS is out of the Navy and married.

I'd like to make a couple of corrections to the list of deceased classmates that appeared in our May column (printed in June): J. C. Williams—a/c accident (ROOSEVELT), 29 Dec. 62.

W. J. Blanke—a/c accident (FORRESTAL), 7 Feb. 62.

One last note—^just got the word that Al MORALES has been named to the 1964 Olympic fencing team, headed for Tokyo in October. He has been brushing up on his fencing at Annapolis and took part at the N. Y. World's Fair competition.

P.S. Wally and Mary CUMELLA will be home in Jacksonville for the Georgia Tech-Navy game.

If any classmates are in town for that game call Wally at FLanders 9-1919; he's having a party.

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Pres., Lt. (je) James R. Traa, USN USS HADDO (SSN-604) FPO New York Corr. Sec'y, Lt. (jg) K. G. Craig, USN 2434 2Sth St. Meridian, Miss.

Jim TRAA, in die HADDO (SSN-604), at rfie New York Shipbuilding Corp. in Camden, N. J., believes that he will finally get to sea in Sept. or Oct. Jim says that after being on shore duty so long he can't wait to get to sea. He is presendy SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER,

1964

auxiliary officer and communicator. With Jim in the HADDO is Reid SMITH who is at present the RC division and supply officer. The H.ADDO is presendy scheduled to go to Charleston, her new homeport, to become effective in Jan. or Feb. of next year. Jim and Honey's present address is Apt. E-6, Carriage House Apts., Woodbury, N. J. While attending the wedding of Tom BALISH and the former Miss Jean Wilkenson on 27 June in New London, Jim saw Don Cleveland, Ray Matzelle, and Bill Ciesla who were the ushers, and Walt Strobach, the best man. Other classmates in the area are Tony Hooker, Mike Bradley, Dave Parker, Bob Vogel, Larry McEwen, Denny and Patty Joyce, Cookie and Walt Strobach, Lynn and Bill Dick, and Joan and Arnie Allen.

The stork has been active delivering Ronald Hill Reimann on 26 Dec. 1963, son of Jan and Ron; Elizabeth Jane Smith on 7 March 1964, daughter of Jane and Bob; Jeane and "Spike" Gile's son, Charles Craig on 10 March, and Michael Shannon Stryker delivered to Susie and Dave on 25 April.

While Jim was in Portsmouth, N. H. this past spring he visited Dick BUTROVICK in the Naval Hospital. Dick was injured in an automobile accident in Pittsburgh while attending the Betti Nuclear Reactor course and has been in the hospital many months. Dick was married last August 24th to the former Miss Wendy Cosker of South Wales, Great Britain. He is attached to the USS TINOSA and is looking forward to getting back on his feeL We wish him a speedy recovery and hope by the time this reaches print that he will have his old sea legs back.

Jim received a letter from Dan SCHROEDER bringing us up to date on his many activities in the U. S. Army. Dan began his career as a platoon leader in the 307th Engineer Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. He then assumed duties as Battalion supply offier and last Sept. took command of the 18th Engineer Company. Dan, Karen and the two gals, Lauren and Kristine, will be making the trip across country to Dan's new assignment with the 539th Engineer Detachment on Okinawa.

An alert PIO type in the sharp DE, USS HOOPER, writes the following about Wes ANDREW: "Lt. (jg) Wesley A. Andrews has received the praises of RAdm. F. E. Bakutis, Commander of Anti-Submarine Warfare Group One, for his actions during the rescue of the crew of a downed helicopter on 30 June 194. The action was termed 'a courageous action.' Lt. (jg) Andrew entered rough seas at night to swim a line from the HOOPER to the crew members of the downed helo." Congratulations, Wes, it surely makes us aviators and prospective aviators happy to hear true stories like this. Wes, after doing a fine job as ASW officer in the HOOPER, assumed the duties of weapons officer. The HOOPER is presentiy bound for the western Pacific for and 1 quote (tongue in cheek) "six months duty with the Seventh Fleet."

Mark WAGGONER reports that he relinquished his bachelor freedoms and married the former Miss Nancy Comstock of Gary, Ind., who is teaching in San Diego, on 13 June. The couple was married in the Naval Station Chapel in San Diego with a reception following at the Admiral Kidd Club. At that time Mark was attached to the USS BAUER where he was Ops officer for 6 months. Mark reports two classmates are still members of the BAUER wardroom: Bill Kiggins, weapons officer, and Dick Stengle, chief engineer.

Dick and JoAnne reside in La Jolla. Mark was detached on 19 June and reported to the USS CHIPOLA in July. He was then relieved as Ops officer a week later. The CHIPOLA is homeported in Pearl Harbor where Mark has seen Bill Buller and Gil Wilkes. Both are in the HALIBUT. Gil and his wife, Pam, are living on the isle as are J. B. and Frances Miller, and Bob Hoag and his family.

J. B. and

Bob are in the

COCHRANE.

Vic KARCHER left on 28 Jan. for WesPac witii his squadron embarked in the RANGER, due home on 9 Sept. Nancy has many plans in store for

Vic, one of which is a second honeymoon with young Vic farmed out to the babysitter. Sounds like a mighty fine idea.

John MORRIS is now terrorizing San Diego where he is attached to the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot. John, after the usual tour to Okinawa and duties as company commander at Camp Pendleton, will, I guess, be "pushing boots." Correct, John.?

Another reminder. Be sure to send your contribution for the memorial chair at the Annapolis stadium for Neil Reich to Ed Straw, Supply Officer, Helicopter Utility Squadron Four (HU 4 ) , NAS Lakehurst, N. J. Ed would appreciate hearing from each of you.

Here are some more classmates that the Alumni Ass'n. would like their current addresses: Blann, Svendsgaard, Bryan, Gregg, Gothie, Byrd, Green, Sottile, Nichol, M. Johnson, J. B. Allen, Gustafson, Overfield, Balish, Huffman, Plaugher, Richardson, Kirtiand, Mulgrew, Rasmussen Maiden, Humphrey, Morency, Kerley, Thomas, Palmer, Backus, Salko, Drake, Nutt, Schin, Reiman, Nowotny and Livingston.

A reminder: when you move or change addresses be sure to send the Alumni Association a change of address card.

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Sec'y, Ens. James L. Roberts, USN c/o Scot Dobbins West Winchester Annapolis, Md.

July has been a litde better for news. Donn BYRNE and Tom SWARTZ have been my most ardent suppliers of dope and they would appreciate any news you can send them. Donn can be reached in care of NAS Pensacola and Tom's address is SubFlot 1, Squadron 3, San Diego. My address will remain the same as the Executive Department has decided that Phil Boyer, Phil Jacobs, Eric Carlson, Jim Tolbert, and I should take part of a fifth year at USNA. The five of us have taken over the front offices or at least the errand boy jobs.

Ole OLSEN is in Port Hueneme at C.E.C. School. At present he's the only member of '64 in the class which abounds with members of '61, '62 and '63. They're designing, at present, a fallout shelter. Just what the Navy needs!

Bob MARSH is happily married and going to school in San Diego. He's attached to the USS BUCK ( D D - 7 6 1 ) . Butch CHRISTIE is die first prospective papa of all married men on the Detail. Congrats!

Ken BOONE, one of "the victims of the system," is deputy sheriff of Towson County, Md. Bob ORLOSKY totaled his car. No ill-effects dio'.

Captain Borden is getting him a new one!

Tom LYNCH and Miss Kathy Quinn (the Navy Queen in the Cotton Bowl) plan to be married at a pre-football season rally in the Naval Academy Chapel on Saturday morning, 12 Sept.

The reception is to be held at the Officers* Club.

A 6-page letter from Tom Swartz told of Sherman's March from Annapolis to San Diego "laying waste the entire country." Jack Garaghty, Tom's brother, and the one and only Thomas J. stopped for Dick Halbert's wedding.

Joe Boedecker, Bill Dell and Mike Jontry also attended the wedding, which I have since found out was held in St. Louis.

Bill STAKES got a letter from Al "Grubb" COULSON, our envoy to South Viet Nam. He said that he was enjoying the Far East and duty in the

CONSTELLATION.

This is about all for another two months. Anyone having any news they would like to share with the class should send it to Donn Byrne, Tom Swartz, Joe Ince or Ken Fusch at least 9 days before the closeout date listed in Shipmate, or to me 1 day in advance of the closeout date.

Also, anyone interested in tickets or a party for the California game, contact Tom; those who will be here for homecoming or Army, contact me.

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ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS CHARLESTON New officers of the Charleston chapter include RAdm. E. H . Batcheller, commander of the Charleston Naval Shipyard, president; Capt. W. C. P. Bellinger (retired), vice president; Capt.

George P. Rogers (retired), secretary, and Joseph T. Holliman, treasurer.

Elected to two-year terms as trustees of the chapter are RAdm. R. Bentham Simons (retired), and RAdm. W. F. Schlech.

HUNTSVILLE A new chapter has been formed at Huntsville, Ala.—"Space Capital USA"—with 15 members, a bank account and an excellent speaker for the second meeting on Tuesday, 4 Aug. After compiling a list of some 30 alumni in the area, Arnold Thalhamer's organizational efforts were rewarded through his election as president. Vice president is William Watts '36, teamed with Arnold '44, and Dale A. Hawley '49, secretary-treasurer.

THIS IS THE FAST combat support ship, designed to carry 18,000 tons of black o i l , 5,000 tons of jet fuel plus nearly 1,000 of avgas at 26 knots.

In addition she would carry ammunition and some stores.

The meeting was held at the Redstone Arsenal Officers' Club, preceded by a cocktail hour and dinner. The speaker was Bill Quirk '53, who heads Bowing's Simulation (Computer) Center.

He is an acknowledged expert in Hybrid Computer Technology and is a speaker much in demand. He formerly instructed at the Air Force Academy.

The chapter is anxious to double its membership, and all members are asked to bring another alumnus to meetings. For additional information, call 539-9639 (-9630 during tiie day).

The next meeting will be held 22 Sept. at the Redstone Officers' Club, with the social hour to start at 6:30 P.M.

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NEWPORT The regular June meeting of the chapter was held on Tuesday, 30 June in the Fleet Room of the Officers' Club, Naval Base, Newport, R. I. Present were: G. H. Bowdey '07 (guest speaker), M. O. Carlson '16, R. Dees '17, H . E. Eccles '22, M. L. Herscy '09, G. K. Hodgkiss '23, F. S. Holmes '18, B. B. McCormick '92, H . H . McIlhenny '27, D. W. Olney '30, J. W. Rankin '08, F. L. Robbins '23, S. A. Taffinder '06, Leroy Taylor '35 with Capt. George Ferguson, D . C , as guest, S. Umsted '15, C. M. Winslow '24, George C. Arnold, Capt. M. M. Cloukey and Col. M. C. Shattuck.

Vice president Leroy Taylor presided in the absence of President Welch. The next meeting was set for Tuesday, 28 July, the speaker to be Capt. Robert S. Camera, USN (Ret.), regional vice president for Westinghouse in Europe. His subject: "Ckioperative Efforts of U. S. Industry and Government for Marketing Defense Products in Europe."

After dinner Como. George H . Bowdey '07, USN (Ret.), gave an intriguing talk based upon his experiences at Cocos Island, which he called "Anyone for Buried Treasure.'"

GREEK SHIPPING MAGNATES {Continued from page 20) operated from London or New York. The corporate structures of the shipping companies were purposely made into organizational labyrinths to dodge taxes and limit liability in case of disasters.

Recentiy a Greek resident of Switzerland with offices in London placed an order in Japan for a ship which will eventually sail under the Liberian flag.

Greek shipowners, however, still continue to use old ships, notably of the passenger type which they operate with profit in the cruise trade. The LAKONIA, which burned at sea off Madeira just before Christmas, 1963 on a cruise from England was an example. Such well known ships as the former

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Greek nationals as of Greek origin and character.

They and their ships are as non-national as it is possible to become in this world where international law requires both to have nationality.

For example, the best known, Aristode S. Onassis, was born in Smyrna when that city was under Turkish rule and escaped from there during the burning in 1921. He is now an Argentine citizen but lives in Monaco and New York. His fatherin-law, Livanos, and brother-in-law, Niarchos, are also wealthy shipowners who work out of and maintain residence in New York. Others who control large fleets from either New York or London are Goulandris, Kulukundis, Kivanos and Callimanopulos. Unlike the colorful extrovert Onassis who tried illegal whaling, cornering Arabian oil, city planning in Monaco and escorting Maria Calles, most of the Greek tycoons keep themselves and their activities out of the limelight.

More representative is Pericles G. Callimanopulos, founder of the Hellanic Line. In World War II, this line lost eight of its nine ships. Today it operates twenty-nine, the largest fleet of liners under the Greek flag. Although strictly a Greek operation, it is run from New York with offices on Broadway and cargo operations on a 1,500 foot pier in Brooklyn. The 72-year-old Mr. Callimanopulos who lives in Greenwich, Conn., acquired his first ship in 1924. Today the average age of his masters is less than forty.

The Hellanic Line has always operated under Greek registry but other shipowners have not been so patriotic as has been pointed out. In 1953, the Greek government, politically stabilized again following its trials after World War II, began making legal inducements to wealthy shipowners to return to their flag. Littie happened however until transport unions in Europe and seamen unions in the United States threatened boycotts against the unpopular Liberian and Panamanian flag shipping. This scared the Greeks which resulted in a "flight to the flag" and a tripling of the size of the Greek merchant marine in three years with a consequent rise in the economic prosperity of the country.

This hurried return of Greek "flag of convenience" shipping to its own national flag has some significant defense implications for the United States. The question must now be asked if in an emergency, the same control can be maintained over this shipping as if it were still under Liberian and Panamanian registry—especially if the emergency should be of a non-NATO nature such as Cuba and Viet Nam. This was a cause for worry as far back as 1959 when participants in Project Walrus discussed this possibility in their study: " T h e Role of the U. S. Merchant Marine in National Security." (See Maritime Research Advisory Committee, Proposed Program for Maritime Administration Research, Vol. II, pages 80-85.) Needless to say an answer has not yet been found.

The cautious attitude of the Greek shipowners which took them back to their own flag may be a factor in keeping the Cyprus situation in hand.

This column in the June-July issue pointed out the advantages that Turkey held in the dispute in being able to close the Dardenelles to Greek shipping. The rich Greek shipping tycoons certainly do not want this to happen and such a disturbance to the international status quo would probably bring on another "flight from" the Greek flag. President Johnson may have dropped such a hint. In any case there has been a quiet lessening of the Cyprus crisis since the leaders of the two NATO nations involved have been in Washington.

There still remains an ominous note. A new flag of convenience is appearing on the seas, that of Lebanon. It must not be forgotten that it was the Lebanese flag freighter, MARCULA, a former Liberty ship, which the destroyer JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR. boarded during the Cuban crisis. The Soviets also can play this game of maritime musical chairs.

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BEFORE, DURING,

The U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, The Naval Academy Athletic Association and the Naval Academy Foundation perform many functions in their coordinated efforts to serve the Naval Academy. Occasionally there is confusion as to which does what in carrying out the overall programs. While not intended to be a complete dissertation on the organization and functions of the three associations, this short article should clarify the salient points involved. All three organizations deserve the support of all alumni.

AFTER

The U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Inc.

Naval Academy Athletic Association

U. S. Naval Academy Foundation MISSION: To support the prep school program for the Naval Academy for all prospects in whom the Naval Academy has high interest and who need financial assistance; and to do this within the framework of existing rules.

YOUR FAIR DONATION: $24.00 a year (or whatever you feel you can spare).

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.) has established guidelines for the Naval Academy in the Foundation's dealings with athletes.

The Foundation meets these guidelines for the Naval Academy by accepting donations from Alumni and friends of the Navy and channeling necessary funds to prep schools for prospects whose families need financial assistance.

No institutional funds, such as those of the N.A.A.A., are available to the Foundation.

The Foundation may recommend candidates to the prep school; athletic staff members of the Academy may not.

The prep school shall have sole jurisdiction in determining the recipient of financial assistance and the terms and conditions of the award.

Candidates entering prep school via the Foundation must be in the same proportionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;athletes vs. non-athletesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as prevails in the Brigade of Midshipmen. , , i, The Foundation's arrangements with the prep schools shall provide that the Foundation's contributions be turned over to the particular prep school for the school's administration without interference or dictation from the Foundation or the Academy.

Your donation to the Foundation helps maintain the Academy's high academic and athletic standards.

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MISSION: To promote, influence, and assist in financing the athletic contests of the Midshipmen of the U. S. Naval Academy in accordance with the policy of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy.

DUES: $5.00 a year. (New members pay $10.00 initiation fee.)

The N.A.A.A. is primarily charged with fulfilling that part of the Naval Academy's mission dealing with the physical development of midshipmen.

To this end, the N.A.A.A.: Provides a knowledgeable and able staff of varsity coaches and administrative personnel; Procures equipment for all varsity, J.V. and plebe sports; Schedules representative opponents in 21 varsity sports; Makes travel and lodging arrangements for Navy athletic teams to play outside of Annapolis; Handles ticket sales for all athletic contests and provides members with a preferential seating plan at home games and an option for two seats at reduced prices in class section at annual ArmyNavy football game; Maintains and improves the physical facilities for athletics; Administers a vast recruiting program of scholar-athletes who show the desire and potential to follow a Naval career; Publishes the Blue & Gold BANNER and other periodicals to provide its membership with a constant flow of up-to-date information on Navy athletics; Represents the Naval Academy and the Navy at outstanding athletic functions throughout the nation and the world.

MISSION: To serve and support the United States, the Naval Service and the Naval Academy: By furthering the highest standards at the Naval Academy; By seeking out, informing, encouraging, and assisting outstanding, qualified young men to pursue careers in the Navy and Marine Corps through the Naval Academy; and By initiating and sponsoring activities which will perpetuate the history, traditions, memories, and growth of the Naval Academy and bind alumni together in the highest ideals of command, citizenship, and government.

DUES: $8.00 per year for members of classes graduated less than ten years; $10.00 per year for classes ten or more years since graduation.

FUNCTIONS: The Alumni Association is unique in that it is the sole organization whose programs encompass the wide variety of service and support to the Academy which is stated in the Association's Mission. The following is a partial list of some of its many functions designed to further the interest of the Navy, the Naval Academy, and its alumni: Maintains files and records on everyone who ever attended the Academy (in effect is the Registrar's Office for Alumni); Publishes the Register of Alumni annually and SHIPMATE ten times per year; Represents the Naval Academy on the American Alumni Council. Assists and supports Naval Academy projects such as Blue and Gold Program, Operation Information, Parents Weekend, etc.; Serves as a continuing liaison between the Naval Academy and its alumni; Administers Alumni Association Endowment Fund, National Alumni Public Relations Program, and, in conjunction with the Naval Academy, the annual Homecoming Program; Assists and supports class and chapter organizations, the N.A.A.A., and the Foundation.

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It's perfectly logical to assume that the nation's leading producer of alloying metals like chromium, manganese, tungsten, and vanadium could become an expert on their use in new forms of steel. O n e result is the development of a new kind of stronger stainless steel.

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