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You've got to fly before you can swim.

Maybe that's not exactly how the old saw went.

But in the case of the powerplant that propels this highly specialized riverboat, It gives a pretty accurate picture.

The boat is the Navy's new Armored Troop Carrier, built by Sewart Seacraft Division of Teledyne Industries. Its engine is our Avco Lycoming TF-12 marine gas turbine, a direct outgrowth of our T53 gas turbines that won their spurs powering America's helicopters.

An outgrowth, yes. But not a

copy. This engine is built from stem to stern especially for marine propulsion. With power to spare. The TF-12 can churn out 920 SHP. And with 6,000,000 hours of T53 operating experience, high reliability is a built-in characteristic.

Special features: an unique "Z" strut leading to the controllable pitch propeller, both supplied by Avco Lycoming as part of this particular system... modular construction so that maintenance crews can perform an occasional repair without making a federal case out of it ...and a highly flexible accessory drive system with eight accessory drive pads.

Is the TF-12 our only marine power plant? Perish the thought. We've been working on various marine propulsion units for a solid decade.

Highlights: engines for the experimental hydrofoils, "Halobates" (Navy) and "Flying Duck" (Army); the Marines LVH and LVW amphibious craft, and, most importantly, the CODAG (Combined Diesel /\nd Gas Turbine) rig that puts the power of a gas turbine and the economy of diesel just a flick of a switch apart.

Where does our TF-12 Propulsion System go from here? Vietnam. Where it will find a host of near relatives in the eight out of ten helicopters there that are also powered by Avco Lycoming gas turbines.

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Dear Alumni: This is my first Alumni Weekend as Superintendent and I look forward to it in every way.

Homecoming will be earlier than usual this year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; during the weekend of 27 - 29 September. Boston College will be our football opponent. We have had six encounters with them, winijing five and losing one. The last meeting was in 1966 when we beat them 27 to 7. However, this year they have a new coach and it should prove to be a fine game. Everyone tells me Navy looked good during spring training and I am anxious to see the team perform.

Rear Admiral W. F. Fitzgerald, Executive Director of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, and Captain W. K. Doty, Head of the Weapons Department and Chairman of Alumni Weekend, will coordinate the arrangements for the weekend.

I^m happy to say that hotel accommodations in the Annapolis area are improved. Therefore, I urge each of you to complete your plans early to make this weekend the success it always has been in the past.

Each alumnus is invited to join us at the Alumni Assembly, in the Brigade Assembly Hall. It is intended to have Admiral Carney introduce our principal speakers. Admiral Moorer and General Chapman. I know you'll enjoy hearing them. The Alumni Association will mail reservation cards for the reception and dinner to all alumni. Should you need any assistance in this regard, please contact the Alumni Association, Alumni House, Annapolis, Maryland, 214-02.

Mrs. Calvert and I, together with the faculty and staff of the Naval Academy and their families, extend a most cordial invitation to each of you to come, participate and enjoy Alumni Weekend, 1968.

With best regards,

VuwUU JAMES CALVERT / JAI / \ Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy ( I Superintendent

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THE COVER . . . having been appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy, . . . . . . having been appointed an ensign in the United States Navy, . . .

USNA PROGRAM IN MODERN LANGUAGES

by Cdr. K. G. Haynes, USN, and Senior Professor J. D. Yarbro

] V / r O D E R N L A N G U A G E courses have been an essential part of the Naval Academy curriculum since 1845, beginning with instruction in French and Spanish. Much later, in this century, came German and Italian, and after 1940, Portuguese and Russian. Japanese vi^as taught for three years during W o r l d W a r I I .

Now, in the fall of 1968, after long planning, the Department will start courses in Chinese.

T h e M o d e m Languages Department, like the other Academic Departments at the Naval Academy, has a faculty composed of naval officers and civilian professors. At the present time the staff numbers six U. S. officers including the H^ead of Department and Executive Officer ; five exchange officer-instructors (one each from the Brazilian, French, German, Italian, and Mexican navies) ; and twentyfive civilians. T h e Head of Department is a senior line officer of the Navy. A civilian Senior Professor serves as principal academic adviser to the Head of Department and provides continuity in the academic programs. T h e academic work is administered through five language divisions, each headed by a civilian professor.

Rationale of modern language program

T h e rationale of the modern language program for midshipmen, very briefly, is based on two considerations: first, that knowledge of at least one other language and culture is an indispensable part of an educated man's general background; and second, that language communication skills and knowledge of other lands and peoples are widely needed by Navy line officers as an element in their professional readiness.

guage. . . . We are too much handicapped because so many of our people have failed to become knowledgeable in a language other than ours. Success in this will do much to improve human understanding in a world of great cultural diversity, and thus to strengthen our relationships with other peoples. This is one indispensable step towards a peaceful world! As men of character, intelligence, and conviction, with abundant privilege of traveling in many lands, you will have great opportunity to do a fruitful work in this regard.

Vice Admiral William R. Smedberg, I I I , as Chief of Naval Personnel in 1964, referring to the views of the late President Kennedy, wrote in the BuPers Officer Personnel Newsletter: . . . As a matter of fact, bilingual ability is fast becoming a requirement for all of our officer corps. Since our alliances and joint staffs require working with foreign officers, the ability to talk fluently in one or more foreign languages is a great asset as well as a source of enjoyment.

Program objectives

T h e task of the Modern Languages Department is thus to offer midshipmen opportunities to develop the kind of language knowledge and skills—along with knowledge of the related foreign areas, peoples, and cultures—which will make them better naval officers, and eventually more effective naval officer-statesmen.

Specifically, Department programs are designed t o : •*• Provide the fundamental educational experience of studying another language, and thus seeing one's own language, and the process of thinking, speaking, and writing from a new point of view.

On the first point, James B. Conant has said: ". . . Unless a person has acquired something approaching a mastery of one foreign language, he has missed an educational experience of first importance."

And further: "One finds people in U. S. missions overseas who have the greatest difficulty learning the language of the country because they have never learned any foreign language."

* Develop to the maximum, within the limits of the time available, practical skills in the active use of a language, with emphasis on listening, comprehension, and speaking.

On the second point, President Eisenhower told the 1958 graduating class in the Naval Academy Field H o u s e :

•*" Develop and identify language aptitudes, and give the best foundation possible for later study of the same or another language, as career or personal factors may require.

. . . I hope that each of you will achieve a genuine proficiency in a foreign lan-

* Provide knowledge, as part of a broad education both liberal and practical for a naval officer, about foreign peoples, areas, customs, and cultures.

Levels of study

Language program offerings extend from basic to very advanced content courses.

T h e first year course is part of the core curriculum and is required of all midshipmen except those who validate equivalent prior study. This course aims primarily to develop basic skills in listening and , speaking, and secondarily, in reading It includes writing practice to reinforce what is being learned orally. Practice materials generally are drawn from a context of useful information about the appropriate areas and peoples.

T h e intermediate course continues emphasis on oral work, develops reading and • writing skills, and deals with area and cultural topics in conversation and readings.

Various advanced courses include advanced oral and written language, literature, scientific readings, area and civilization studies, and studies of certain foreign navies and defense establishments.

Intermediate and advanced language courses are offered as single electives, or as part of minor or major sequences.

Midshipmen who choose a modern language for their minor program, take a total of twenty-four semester hours in that language. ( T h i s total may be reduced by validation of up to twelve semester hours of prior study.) T h e language major can ; be earned by completing twelve hours beyond the minor.

A s an example, the usual minor sequence in Russian includes the following courses: Basic Russian Intermediate Russian Advanced Written and Oral Russian Russian Area and Civilization Other courses offered (some in alternate years) as individual electives or as part of a major sequence in Russian a r e : Survey of Russian Literature T h e Soviet Press T h e Soviet Navy T h e Nineteenth Century Russian Novel Scientific Russian Independent Russian Study Project Sequences similar.

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Enrollments

Since 1959 the elective program in modern languages, as in other subjects at the Naval Academy, has grown steadily.

In the fall of 1967, some 400 midshipmen were enrolled in twenty-four elective language courses. At the same time, 916 were enrolled in the basic required course. I n the class of 1967, forty midshipmen achieved a language major. T h e minors program went into effect with the class of 1968, and forty-one members of this class have completed at least the minor sequences in a modern language. T h e class of 1971 accounts for sixty-seven who have elected to minor in languages.

Enrollment distribution among the languages generally runs approximately as follows: French and Spanish, 2 7 % each; German 15 to 1 7 % ; Russian 10 to 12%; Italian and Portuguese, 9 % each.

Methodology

The teaching methodology derives from course objectives. I n the basic and intermediate courses we employ a "fundamental skills" approach, which means that skills are developed in tlie following order of priority: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. T h e spoken language leads the way, but reading and writing a r e used constantly to reinforce what the student first learns orally. Student practice and active use of the language a r e paramount, and most homework is based on taperecorded materials closely integrated with each day's classroom work.

To make this kind of homework feasible, other schools generally establish fixed language laboratories, and then schedule laboratory sessions for their students.

Scheduling and space problems have precluded this arrangement at the Naval Academy. O u r solution has been to provide language laboratory capabilities in dormitory rooms in Bancroft Hall by issuing portable tape recorders, earphones, and semester sets of tapes to all midshipmen enrolled in basic and intermediate courses—and to those who need them in advanced courses as well. More than 900 recorders a r e available for this purpose.

The midshipmen thus have maximum conCapt. Haynes has been Head of the Modern Languages Department since October, 1967.

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venience for frequent practice with lesson materials recorded by a variety of native speakers. Tapes for students at the intermediate and advanced levels may include interviews on current affairs, speeches by well-known figures, dialogues, literary readings, or even full-length plays.

T h e foreign language is used constantly in the classroom in the basic and intermediate courses. Advanced elective courses, which stress content as well as advanced proficiency, are routinely conducted in the language.

Validation

T h e majority of entering midshipmen have had modern language study in varying amounts in secondary school, and many are able to validate, by examinations given during plebe summer, prior work equivalent to the basic or intermediate Naval Academy language courses.

Of the 1386 candidates sworn in as midshipmen in the summer of 1967 (class of 1971), 601 validated at least one semester of language, as follows: one semester, 113; one year, 4 0 1 ; two years, 87.

Extracurricular l a n g u a g e opportunities

T h e midshipmen have many occasions to use their developing modern language skills before they join the Fleet as officers. Examples a r e : Modern Language Clubs programs. T h e club activities in each language include formal banquets with distinguished guest speakers from other countries; field t r i p s ; visits to ships of other navies; diplomatic receptions; and yearly series of outstanding foreign feature films.

Visits in ports abroad during summer at-sea training. These visits include official calls; military and civilian receptions ; parties; and liberty and leave for tours and excursions.

Special intensive language and area courses overseas. Beginning in the summer of 1967, a special three-week summer program in Russian Language and Area Studies became available to volunteer U S N A midshipmen, and U S M A and U S A F A cadets, at the U . S. A r m y Institute of Advanced Russian and East E u r o pean Studies located in Garmisch, Germany. F o u r midshipmen first class, wellqualified in Russian, attended this program last summer. It is planned to send another group in 1968, and it is noted that similar programs can be developed in the other languages later on.

Current planning

T h e Department in the past few years has made substantial improvements in course development, use of audio and visual materials, oral-aural testing, and extension of the tape recorder program.

In recent months, the following plans have been acted upon: •* Change of name to Modern Languages Department. This change was approved by the Academic Board in February 1968. T h e term " M o d e r n " has a more appropriate connotation than " F o r e i g n " and is more widely used.

•*• Addition of Approval by the Academic Board Chinese courses 1968.

instruction in Chinese.

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•* Organization of special sections. I n keeping with the policy of stimulating the individual student by offering "maximum but variable challenge," the Department has organized special sections for the very best performers in most of the basic courses. *• Preparation of multi-media course in basic Russian. T h e possibilities of technological support for the classroom teacher in the years just ahead a r e extremely promising. T h e Naval Academy is taking steps to be among the leading schools in developing these possibilities. A s part of this effort, a member of the faculty is now preparing a new course in basic Russian, to utilize systematically such media as T V , slides, films, drill charts, realia, magnetic tapes, and learning-practice units at computerized study booths. T h e course will remain instructor-centered and the multi-media aids will be adapted both for classwork and homework. * Preparation of T V sequences to supplement instruction. W o r k is now underway to produce T V versions (recorded) of key dialogues used in basic German and basic Russian courses. These dialogues, of eight to ten minutes duration, will be spoken and acted out by native speakers and will be used in the classroom as aids to the instructor.

Further goals

F u r t h e r Department goals include: * Language curriculum revision, leading to flexibility in assignment of midshipmen to language courses, and dropping of the one-year general requirement in favor of longer and more profitable sequences for many midshipmen.

(Continued on page 14) Senior Professor Yarbro joined the U S N A faculty in 1944. He became Head of the French Division in 1958 and Senior Professor of the Modern Languages Department in 1961. He received •^ the B.A. with honors from the University of . J Kentucky, and the M.A. from Columbia University. He has done further graduate work at Columbia, Middlebury, the University of Paris, and several other European Universities. He began his career teaching English at the Lycee in Rennes, France, and later taught at Marshall University. At the Naval Academy, Prof. Yarbro has served as Chairman of the Civilian Faculty Affairs Committee, as Member of the Academic Council, and as a Member of the original U S N A Validation-Electives Committee. He belongs to Phi Beta Kappa, the American Association for Higher Education, the Modern Languages Association, and other professional groups. ^^^^ m/Kmk W % mmmrtm'' **

THE NAVAL ACADEMY AND

ENGINEERING EDUCATION

by RAdm. John D. Hayes, USN (Ret.) ' T H E significant contribution that the Naval Academy and the U. S. naval profession have made to the advance of mechanical and electrical engineering education in the United States has, until recently, gone largely unnoticed. In the mechanical engineering segment, the major contributors were officers of the old engineer corps which was absorbed into the line in 1899. These men went directly into classrooms throughout the country to create the new profession of college educated mechanical engineers.

Electrical engineering education, on the other hand, received its impetus from line officers who had sought to use this new form of energy to train, elevate, load and fire their guns. Later, in civilian life, they applied what they had learned to fulfill the growing needs of the country for better transportation. They thereby helped to create and give leadership to the electrical industry which in turn put demands on engineering schools to produce the type of men that the Naval Academy had earlier provided.

T h e names of many of the pioneer mechanical engineering teachers are well known in engineering education but not until the publication of a recent work. The Mechanical Engineer in America, 18301910, by Monte A. Calvert (Johns Hopkins Press, 1967), was their common naval origin given its deserved recognition.

Foremost in this group was Robert H .

Thurston, longtime head of Sibley, the engineering college at Cornell. Others included Mortimer C. Cooley, U S N A 1878, Dean of Engineering at University of Michigan; I r a N . Hollis, 1878, professor of engineering at H a r v a r d University, builder of Soldiers Field and later president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William F . Durand, 1880, Lafayette, Cornell and Stanford, who at the last institution transferred his interest to aeronautical engineering. All four were one-time presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Durand helped found the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics ( N A C A ) and was a very active member of the Morrow Board of 1927 which set the pattern of military and naval aviation in the United States for the next two decades. Dr. Durand was as responsible as any one man could be for the preservation of naval aviation within the Navy.

Robert H . Thurston, a graduate of Brown University at Providence, had entered the Navy as an engineer early in the Civil W a r . After that war, he became one of the talented group of combat

experienced officers that Admiral David D. Porter brought to the Naval Academy to help form a truly outstanding faculty.

Thurston served as a member of the Physics Department for almost five years.

Associated with him on the faculty were two other men who were to contribute much to engineering education: Stephen B. Luce, then Commandant of Midshipmen, and William T. Sampson, like T h u r s ton,*" in the Physics Department.

Thurston had already become known outside the Navy through publication of scientific and engineering papers in the Journal of the Franklin Institute.

In April 1871 he accepted the offer of a professorship at the then new Stevens Institute in Hoboken, N . J., the first college in the United States to be devoted exclusively to the education of mechanical engineers. H e resigned from the Navy after a year's leave of absence. Thurston remained at Stevens for fourteen years and this was followed by eighteen years at Cornell where he converted Sibley College, once devoted to "the mechanic arts," into an outstanding engineering school.

Thurston's situation, however, was unique. T h e main impact on mechanical engineering education in the United States came from the forty-six officers of the engineer corps who were assigned as professors at schools and colleges in states from New Hampshire to Colorado and Wisconsin to South Carolina between the years 1879 and 1896. Their assignment was in accordance with a law enacted Feb. 28, 1879, the complete text of which can be included h e r e : Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: That for the purpose of promoting a knowledge of steam-engineering and iron-shipbuilding among the young men of the United States, the President may, upon the application of an established scientific school or college within the United States, detail an officer from the Engineer Corps of the navy as professor in such school or college : Provided that the number of officers so detailed shall not at any time exceed twenty-five, and such details shall be governed by the rules to be prescribed from time to time by the President; and provided further. That such details may be withheld or withdrawn whenever, in the judgement of the President, the interests of the public service shall so require.

Approved, February 26, 1879.

T h e man indirectly responsible for this law was Stephen B. Luce who, four years before, had set up the first state maritime

school in N e w York for which the Navy had been authorized by a law of June 20, 1874, to provide a ship and to detail officers as instructors. This law and the one of 1879 were in fact amendments to the celebrated Morrell Act of 1862 which provided federal grants of land for the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college in each state "to teach branches as relate to agriculture and the mechanic arts and including military tactics."

Luce could see no reason why it was not just as important to encourage a knowledge of the nautical sciences. He promoted his ideas for several years until New York State enacted a law authorizing such a school for the City of New York. Luce was asked by the Board of Education there to organize it, including drawing up a bill to procure the necessary federal assistance. This bill became the law of J u n e 1874. I t also provided for "instruction of youths in marine enginery and all matters pertaining to the construction of vessels." T o get this part functioning. Luce, in 1875, while on duty at Boston Navy Yard, called the attention of the first two presidents of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to this law and suggested that theory be taught at the school and practical work done in the Navy Yard. H e obtained the permission of the Secretary of the Navy to use the facilities of the Y a r d for that purpose and suggested that officers of the Engineer Corps be assigned as instructors.

Nothing came of his efforts, however, until after the enactment of the 1879 law previously quoted. This act was much more specific and the educational institutions concerned were quick to take advantage of it. T h e younger officers detailed to duty under it as professors of engineering were almost all graduates of the Naval Academy, products of the excellent cadetengineer program which Engineer-inChief John W . King had succeeded in establishing at Annapolis in 1872.

T h e officers assigned and the institutions at which they gave instruction are listed in F r a n k Bennett's monumental work. The Steam Navy of the United States (Pittsburgh, 1896), pp. 733-736.

In addition to the officers named above, the list includes H e n r y W . Spangler, 1878, who after two tours as instructor at the University of Pennsylvania resigned from the Navy in 1887 to continue as full professor and head of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering until his death in 1912; Albert W . Stahl, ÂŤ " I P MAT E

1880, whose contribution to Purdue has been recognized in a history of engineering at that institution, but who transferred to the Construction Corps; Walter M. McFarland, 1879, later with Babcock and Wilcox and a leading consulting engineer; Frank W. BarUett, 1878, the Naval Academy textbook writer on engineering subjects; and Alfred B. Canaga, 1874, father of the well-loved Bruce Canaga, 1905, and grandfather of the present senior medical officer of Bancroft Hall.

The schools at which they taught included such major universities as Illinois, Vanderbilt and Ohio State, as well as Baltimore Polytechnic, Sf. John's here in Annapolis and the Maryland Agricultural College, later University of Maryland.

According to the engineering historian Calvert, "success or failure of many of the schools in mechanical engineering depended on the naval engineer assigned to them." However, the practice of detailing engineer officers to civilian institutions had to be discontinued in 1896 for by then all members of the corps were needed for assignments to the new ships of the rapidly growing Navy or to the yards which were building them. But by then, mechanical engineering education had a lasting foundation.

Best known of the line officers who became outstanding educators in the scientific field was, of course, Albert A. Michelson, 1873, the first American to win a Nobel Prize in 1907 although he never received an earned academic degree.

Despite Michelson's achievements, the chief impact by the Naval Academy on electrical engineering education came not in the classroom but from the electrical industry, which in its formative years at the end of the nineteenth century was largely dominated by ex-naval officers, men like Frank L. Sprague, 1878, Samuel Dana Greene, Jr., 1883 and William L. Emmet, 1881. Frank Sprague's contribu-

tion included the constant speed motor, street cars, high speed elevators and the electric railway. Greene, son of the MONITOR'S executive officer and Sprague's brilliant assistant, became the principal organizer and manager of the Schenectady division of the General Electric Company.

Emmet, associated with Greene, was later largely responsible for electric drive propulsion in the U. S. Navy, introduced in the collier JUPITER (later the first aircraft carrier LANGLEY) and in the battleship NEW MEXICO and installed in five more battleships, two aircraft carriers and many other combat types.

Precursor of all these, both line and engineer, was a dedicated but still unrecognized master science teacher, William T. Sampson, known rather for his command of the Atlantic Fleet during the Spanish American War. Sampson served a total of thirteen years at the Naval Academy between 1862 and 1890, including two terms as head of the Department of Physics and Chemistry and four years as Superintendent when only a Commander. He started Michelson on his way to worldwide fame by giving him the opportunity, while an instructor in his department, to initiate his experiments on the speed of light. Michelson's first wife was Sampson's niece by marriage.

To prepare them for war, Sampson sought to arm the Naval Academy graduates with the indispensable weapon of scientific training and with a quest for scientific knowledge that might have application in naval ships. In doing so, through the men he had taught, Sampson made his lasting contributions to engineering education and to the application of science to engineering in the United States.

A biography of this far-seeing man is needed and no more satisfying subject could challenge the efforts of a midshipman Trident Scholar.

TRIDENT SCHOLARS '69 C I X T E E N midshipmen from the U. S. Naval Academy have been selected as Trident Scholars for the Academic Year 1968-1969.

The Trident Scholar Program was instituted by the Naval Academy in 1963 in order to permit a limited number of exceptionally capable midshipmen an opportunity to engage in independent study and research during their senior year.

Under this program, midshipmen standing in the top ten percent of their class at the end of the first semester of their second class year are invited to submit proposed research projects and programs of study, with the advice and consent of a faculty advisor. These are then evaluated by the Academic Board.

The Academic Board, composed of the Academy Superintendent as Chairman, the Dean of Admissions as Secretary, the Commandant of Midshipmen, the Academic Dean and three Navy Captains (Department Heads), makes the selection JUI

after careful appraisal of the student, the academic advisor and the project itself.

Named as the '68-'69 Trident Scholars are: Robert G. Arnold, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, who will do research in the field of cobalt-base alloys; John M. Cochrane, of Goldwater, Michigan, a mathematics major, who will work in the "Realizability of Graphs"; Charles T. Creekman, Jr., of Virginia Beach, Virginia, who will research the "Morphology and Kinetics of Precipitation in Ternary Cobalt-Base Alloys"; William E. Cummins, of Arlington, Virginia, will undertake a study of the energy level structure of the rare earth "dysprosium" in calcium fluoride; James A. Davidson, of Homewood, Illinois, a major in aerospace engineering, has chosen a problem in space rendezvous â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the wandering ellipse concept in relation to the use of computers;

James N. Eagle, of Lonoke, Arkansas, will conduct research into the basic theory of radioactivity; Roger K. Roosa, of Drayton Palins, Michigan, will tackle a new phase of physics when he attempts to construct a carbon dioxide laser and amplifier system; Simon A. Herson, from Teaneck, New Jersey, lists the purpose of his Trident project "to investigate the threshold energy and cross section of two nuclear reactions which yield radioactive fluorine and thereby suggest a method of microdetection of fluorine." Herson has two majors: applied mathematics and applied (nuclear) science; John M. Lounge, of Burlington, Colorado, working in the field of pure science, will study the diffraction of microwaves; Calvin P. McClain, Jr., of Anderson, South Carolina, has "Atomic Excitation

by Electron Bombardment" for his project; Leonard D. McCumber, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, whose major is physics, will undertake the study of death by low frequency sound waves, a theory now being researched in France. McCumber expects to spend several weeks this summer visiting the National Laboratory of Electrical Magnetic and Acoustical Scientific Research, Marseilles, France; Timothy W. Oliver, of Indianapolis, Indiana, long interested in foreign affairs, has chosen France and NATO as his project . . . specifically to analyze one aspect of French policy toward NATO. He will conduct research and interviews in France during the coming summer months; Edward G. Schwier, from Cincinnati, Ohio, has selected hypersonic leading edge problems concerning re-entry hypersonic vehicles for his project; Michael T. Smith, of Shreveport, Louisiana, majoring in mechanical engineering, will study "Stress Raisers in GlassHulled Deep Submergence Vehicles"; Donald H. Tanaka, who hails from Seaside, California, will pursue "An Experimental Investigation of Turbulence at the Wall of a Pipe"; Ray M. Umbarger, of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, will determine the performance parameters of highly flexible rotor blades.

These sixteen first classmen will carry a reduced number of courses to enable them to work independently on their research. Their thesis constitutes the major part of their academic program for the year.

A Trident Scholar Committee made up of faculty members with special interest in scholarship and research, the Trident Scholars, and their faculty advisors, meets periodically at formal dinners to receive reports of progress by the Scholars and for critical discussions. This offers opportunity for the faculty to direct and share in advanced studies and research with the midshipmen.

The 16 midshipmen selected bring to 64 the number chosen in the program's six year history.

addition to the usual ice wagon, express wagon and small lumber wagon.

T h e original dining room furniture, consisting of twenty-seven pieces of which twenty were chairs, was made of mahogany by a Baltimore firm in 1908. T h r o u g h the years, as the superintendents changed, much of the original furniture was moved to other parts of the Academy or in some instances replaced. Since complete records were not always maintained, showing where furniture was being stored, several pieces have become lost. T h e china cabinet and two serving tables listed on the early inventory for the dining room are no longer in the house and efforts to locate them have been to no avail. Mrs. Charles L. Melson, wife of the superintendent in 1958, located the large serving table in a warehouse and had it returned to the dining room.

Thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Draper L. Kauffman, wife of the present superintendent, a lovely crystal chandelier now hangs in the dining room. This decorative and useful piece formerly cast its glow in a "hippie haven" in our Nation's Capital. It was surely a study in contrast when the Admiral, in his starched whites, and Mrs. Kauffman visited the area to see the chandelier. Subsequent verification by a reputable Washington antique dealer revealed the chandelier to be a "good" one. T h e necessary repairs were made and the chandelier was hung in the dining room in the summer of 1967.

Mrs. Kauffman now hopes to complete the refurbishing of the dining room which has not had a change of draperies since 1950. First, however, a large rug to replace the frayed one now in use must be found. Since government allowances do not cover such expenditures this must be a donation, as was the chandelier and numerous other items. T h r o u g h the efforts of Captain Dale Mayberry, Director of the Naval Academy Museum, a fine mahogany secretary and four Chippendale chairs are being donated in memory of

Over the library fireplace are a painting of the AMERIGO VESPUCCI, a gift of the Italian government, and model figurehead wood carvings from the Rodgers Collection of Ship Models. On the desk, by Mrs. Kauffman, is an unidentified globe of some antiquity.

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Admiral Augustus Ludlow Case by his granddaughter, Mrs. Helena Connal Rowan.

T h e area Architect F l a g g designated as a reception room now serves a much more functional purpose as a library.

W h e n RAdm. James L. Holloway, Jr., became Superintendent in 1947, the room was redecorated and used in that manner for the first time. H e personally selected the two hundred or so books lining the wall, most of which were favorites of his.

Admiral Holloway took much interest in the selection of fabrics and materials used in the room, patterning it after a library he had admired in an English home. F r o m the Rodgers Collection of Ship Models, bequeathed to the Academy in 1935, and considered one of the finest collections ever assembled. Admiral Holloway selected two model wood carvings of figureheads and several ship models for the library. T h e figureheads are believed to be the work of Gringling Gibbons, one of the world's finest wood carvers in the 17th Century. Admiral F a r r a g u t ' s desk and Admiral Dewey's chair, with three silver stars across the back, completed the room.

A very interesting item now in the library is an antique globe approximately eighteen inches in diameter. This item, which has been verified as an antique by the Naval Academy Museum, is not listed on any of the available inventories and all efforts to uncover any information about it have been futile.

Many items in the house have historical or naval antecedents. Two examples are Admiral David Glasgow Farragut's carved oak settee used by him aboard the U S S F R A N K L I N . And there is the lovely mahogany, marble-top table, once the property of George Washington and presented by him to the U S S

CONSTITUTION.

This table was acquired in April, 1942, from Commodore Isaac Hull's family. A pair of 18th Century French four-light girondole mirrors flank the doorway of the dining room. T h e handsome mirrors were once the property of Captain James Lawrence of "Don't Give Up The Ship" fame. They were presented to the Academy by Mrs. Boutelle Noyes who inherited them from her father. Captain Stephen B. Luce.

Most of the valuable paintings and prints in the house are the property of the Naval Academy Museum. T h e paintings are changed from time to time as the Museum houses an extensive collection of art. Portraits of distinguished naval officers grace the walls of the foyer and drawing room. Among the renowned artists represented are Thomas Sully, Rembrandt Peale and John Wesley Jarvis.

H a n g i n g in the foyer is a watercolor of the U S S DELAWARE with Tecumseh as the figurehead. T h e watercolor, measuring 22 x 17 inches and in its original glass, is believed to be the earliest known rendering of the ship. T h e picture was brought to the Academy in 1930, and came from Captain Donald Curtis, U S M C , a direct descendent of Asa Curtis, the artist. Curtis was a gunner aboard

the DELAWARE in 1829, the date which appears on the picture.

T h e Naval Academy has been the recipient of some exquisite and handsome j silver, presented for use at the Superin-ÂŁ tendent's House. Notable among the col-l lection are the silver service and p l a t e a u x ! usually referred to as the Rodgers Silver as it is believed to have been purchased

by Commodore John Rodgers from a Paris firm in 1825. A t that time. Commodore Rodgers was in command of the Mediterranean Squadron under special diplomatic instructions. T h e silver "was purchased for the purpose of setting off his diplomatic dinner parties." A seven-piece silver tea service with serving tray was presented by Admiral and Mrs. Alan G. Kirk in memory of her father. Captain F . L. Chapin, U S N A class of 1883. This lovely service is an excellent example of French craftsmanship of the 19th Century. ' T ' H E staggering amount of entertaining -*-done at the Superintendent's House would tax the most seasoned hostess. The smoothness with which the many functions are handled is a tribute of no small magnitude to the superintendent's wife and her hardworking household staff. Major-domo of the establishment is retired Navy Chief Charles S. Reddick, who has reigned over the household since 1945 when he arrived at the Academy with Vice Admiral Aubrey W . Fitch. Reddick and Admiral Fitch had been shipmates in Admiral Fitch's flagship, the U S S LEXINGTON, at the battle of the Coral Sea. During an average week at the quarters, three to four hundred guests are entertained in some manner. A typical week, depending upon the season of the year, might see thirty midshipmen for dinner on Monday night; seventy-five to one hundred dignitaries and visitors for a reception following the parade on Wednesday; sixteen faculty members for dinner on Thursday night; a list of twenty-four for a formal dinner Friday night; and one hundred luncheon guests preceding the football game Saturday. Sunday is the busiest of all with twenty midshipmen "stripers" for coflfee after chapel, followed by another twenty and their dates for an informal buffet luncheon, and ending with another dozen or so for dessert after the

Midshipmen are frequent visitors in the Superintendent's House and here they are livening up the music room.

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Five post Superintendents were guests at a recent reception. From right to left: Adm. Thomas C. Hart, Supt. 1931-34; Adm. Walter F. Boone, 1954-56; VAdm. V/. R. Smedberg, I I I , 1956-58; VAdm. C. L. Melson, 1958-60; RAdm. J. F. Davidson, 1960-62; and RAdm. D. L. KaufFman, host.

Admiral and Mrs. Hill, residents 1950-52

In pleasant weather social functions expand to the porches and the lovely garden behind the house.

Mrs. Kauffman and four past ladies of the house talk with retired Navy Chief Reddick.

From the left they are the hostess, Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. Smedberg, Mrs. Boone and Mrs. Hart.

The Director of the Naval Academy Museum adjusts a fine Rembrandt Peale portrait of Franklin Buchanan, first superintendent.

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5:00 P.M. worship service. Somewhere among all of these functions there probably would have been a faculty wives luncheon for twenty-five; a VIP luncheon for twenty and perhaps an Altar Guild coffee meeting for thirty or more. During June Week alone, some thirty-five hundred guests are in the home for one function or another.

Mrs. Kauffman originated the faculty wives luncheons as a means of meeting the wives in small groups and affording the opportunity of seeing the house at a time other than at large receptions. Beginning in September and continuing through April, these luncheons have been held as frequently as possible. The invitation list for each luncheon is composed of twentyfive names with an equal number from each department.

Because of the Academy's proximity to Washington, the Superintendent and his wife are frequently called upon to entertain State Visitors, many of whom have requested the Naval Academy be included in their itinerary.

A number of the world's most distinguished men and women have been guests at 1 Buchanan Road, including almost every president of the United States from William Howard Taft to Eisenhower. The purpose of President Taft's initial visit was to attend an Academy "hop." President John F. Kennedy had accepted an invitation to luncheon following the commencement address of 1961, but affairs of state necessitated his return to Washington immediately following the exercises, causing him to miss the luncheon prepared in his honor.

Among the members of royalty who have been guests are the Prince of Wales; Queen Marie of Rumania; Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Hellenes, King Paul and Queen Frederika; Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; His Royal Highness, Prince Albert of Belgium; His Majesty Saud ibn Adb al-Aziz Al-Saud, King of SaudiArabia; His Majesty, King Hussein of Jordan; and His Royal Highness, the Duke of Sparta, Prince Constantine of Greece.

Heads of State who have visited in addition to our own Presidents have included General Aramburu, former President of Argentina; General Charles De Gaulle of France; and Vincent Auriol of France.

Perhaps the most unusual visitor to the lovely home was Edward R. Murrow with his CBS Television Show, "Person to Person." The quarters were featured on the television show when Admiral W. R. Smedberg, HI, was superintendent.

No story about the house would be complete without mentioning that amusing episodes have occurred involving children. A number of youngsters have lived or visited there at one time or another, many of whom were grandchildren. On one occasion, a very formal state luncheon was in progress in the dining room when a young, unclad, grandchild appeared seeking grandfatherly as14

sistance in subduing a younger brother.

When the laughter subsided, one of the VIP visitors turned to his hostess and in hesitating English said, "Children are the same the world over." On another occasion a head of state found himself being showered with cereal from the window above.

Once, back in the "olden" days when transportation to and from the District of Columbia was not as rapid as it is now, official Washington notified the Superintendent that a VIP party would be arriving on a certain day. Invitations were extended to a large number of guests to attend a reception in the visitor's honor.

On the day before the scheduled visit, a call came from Washington saying the visitor was already enroute to the Academy and would arrive shortly. There had been a mix-up in the visitor's schedule.

As every housewife knows, no one is ever ready for a party a day in advance and the Superintendent's household was no exception. One can only imagine the consternation that followed the call. However, flexibility is an imbued asset, socially as well as militarily, and the staff quickly rounded up food and the superintendent's wife started making calls to the guests invited for the following day. By the time the VIPs arrived, no one would have ever guessed there had been a change in plans.

'T'HE tremendous amount of wear and -••tear on the house dictates a certain amount of redecorating and refurbishing every few years to keep the home in a proper state of repair. In past years there have been no guidelines to follow, and no continuity. In the hope of providing a solution to these problems, a commission for the restoration of the Superintendent's House has been appointed.

Among the prominent figures who have consented to serve in an advisory capacity are several who assisted in the restoration and redecorating of Blair House.

These men and women are among the foremost authorities in their fields and the Academy is indeed fortunate to have the benefit of their counsel. Heading the list is Mr. John Carl Warnecke, internationally known architect. Mr. Warnecke was the architect of Michelson and Chauvenet Halls, the new science and math complex under construction at the Academy.

Others who are giving of their time and talents are Keith Irvine and Thomas Fleming, noted interior designers; Betty Sherrill of McMillan Company, New York, interior decorator; Stephen J. Jussel, president of Arthur Vernay, Inc., and one of New York's leading authorities on furniture; Meyric Rodgers, expert on restoration; Theodore Roszak, authority on sculpture; Perry Wheeler, award-winning landscape architect and designer of many famous Washington, D. C , gardens; Mrs. Jerauld Wright, wife of Admiral Wright, a former Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic and later the Ambassador to Taiwan; and Captain Dale Mayberry, director of the Naval Academy Museum.

The principal aims and objectives of the commission are to act as advisors for the restoration and preservation of the public rooms of the quarters in a manner befitting the architecture of the house and naval tradition as well as to provide continuity in maintaining and decorating these rooms. Once refurbished and redecorated in a manner reflecting the best ideas of leading authorities in the field of decorative arts, it is hoped the public rooms will not be subject to radical change each time a change in superintendents is made.

Since funds for the project are quite limited, a source of additional income is needed. Under Mrs. Kauffman's direction, a Naval Academy cookbook has been compiled and is now on sale at the Scholarship Booth in the Field House.

The book is a collection of recipes from faculty and staff wives at the Academy as well as a number of recipes from the Superintendent's House. Mrs. Jason F. Mayhew, whose husband is a graduate of the class of 1958 and a member of the faculty, headed the committee compiling the cookbook. The book may be ordered by sending a check for $1.50 plus 25^ postage to "Academy Favorites," P. O. Box 1765, Annapolis, Maryland 21404.

The Superintendent's House has become more than just a home for the superintendents and their families. The constant flow of midshipmen to and from the home provides the superintendent and members of the Brigade with an excellent opportunity to exchange viewpoints. This beneficial exchange runs the gamut from academics and professional topics to sports. More importantly, for all of the fledgling naval officers who visit the house, however briefly, it offers an introduction to the social customs and traditions which are so much a part of navy life.

MODERN LANGUAGES (Continued from page 7) * General use of educational television, multi-media aids, and computer-aidedinstruction. * Addition of more films to present course programs for enrichment purposes. * Expansion of summer overseas study programs for volunteer midshipmen.

•* Development of language-area study programs. r ^ U R country's international contacts and relationships in many fields expand year by year. In the general task of educating the U. S. naval officers who will serve in the next three decades or more, the role of the Modern Languages Department grows in importance. The Department must, and will, seek constantly to improve course programs and materials, to give instruction of very high quality, and to motivate midshipmen toward rewarding careers in world-wide naval service.

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CENTURY CLUB The names of the members of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association's "Century Club" appeared in the March issue of Shipmate with a listing of those who, as of 10 January, had contributed $100 or more to the Annual Fund Raising Campaign for 1967-1968. The purpose of establishing the Club was to afford special recognition to those who so generously support the Association, thereby enhancing its efforts better to serve the Naval Academy. Subsequent to the March listing, and as of Shipmate deadline date 15 May, twenty-five more alumni have contributed $100 or more, bringing the total to 82. The complete membership of the "Century Club 1967-1968" is listed below; by class: *Frank W. Lagerquist *Earle Buckingham Harold C. Train tMrs. W. S. Nicholas Donald W. Douglas George B. Junkin fMrs. Edward L. Cochrane Frederick G. Richards *Charles G. Berwind *Gerald F. Bogan Robert B. Carney *William L . Keady Arthur W. Radford *Malcohn W. Reed Frank J. Hanafee Dean D. Francis *Julian M. Boit *Thonias B. Brittain. *John N . Browning James M. Plaskitt W. F. Boone W. F. Fitzgerald, Jr Raleigh S. Hales Renwick S. Mclver H. George Schneider *Robert C. Sprague â&#x20AC;˘Ralph D. F. Sweeney William Webster Alvan Fisher *Kenneth L. Forster *John F. Gordon tjohn W. Guider *Russell A. Hindenach *Milton C. Jackson *WilIiam C. Jordan William D. Moorer *Lloyd G. Rainey *Philip G. Rust *Frank Zotti Selden B. Spangler

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*WilIiam R. Coe John R. Rhamstine *J. Courtney Ivey *SchuyIer Pyne Harold O. Larson *Carl P. Metzler *W. L . Lyons Brown W. A. Taylor *Rea Axline Parke H. Brady *David A. Stretch *John E. Kirkpatrick *Mason Jay Hamilton William P. Holloway Salem A. Van Every, Jr W. C. P. Bellinger *Turner A. Duncan *Raymond J. St. Germain *Roger S. Ahlbrandt *Carlton B. Coen Claude S. Kirkpatrick Kenneth G. Pearce Robert F. Egnor Donald M. White ..

Frank C. Jones . . . . *Edwin Malloy, Jr. *Peter D. Joers William F. Lorenz .

Jack E. Shields *John R. Strachan John B. Padgett, Jr..

Joseph G. Bakos, Jr. Frank B. Smith Richard W. Taylor Bernard B. Lane *Jerome LaPides Robert E. Morris Brooks T. Huey Anonymous (4) '23, '23, '26, '33

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* Also "Century Club" members last year. t Mrs. Nicholas's contribution was in memory of her late husband, LCdr. William Stuart Nicholas, USN (Ret.) '10. t Mrs. Cochrane's contribution was in memory of her late husband, VAdm. Edward Lull Cochrane, USN (Ret.) '14. t Deceased January 18, 1968.

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"WTHAT will happen to military and civilian pay in 1969? Perhaps the question should be, What will happen to these pays in the 91st Congress, 1969 and 1970?

Talk of pay increases centers primarily on the Hubbell plan, designed by the Defense Department Military Compensation Study Group, headed by Rear Admiral Lester E. Hubbell, USN, and approved by the Military Compensation Policy Board, composed of high officials, civilian and military, of the Defense Department and the Armed Forces. This plan is now before the House Armed Services Committee. But the committee is not expected to do anything about it this year. It appears that the whole report is being left to the next Administration. The report as it stands, in any event, refers to active duty only. The report suggests activity in what it terms the "Military Estate Program," including military retirement compensation and survivor benefits. Some of these military estate proposals may not prove popular with many military personnel. Incidentally, the military estate program is still under study, and will not be completed until later this year.

Originally the Hubbell group thought its plan could become effective in 1968; then it suggested that it become effective in 1969. Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford has asked the Congress not to permit the scheduled July 1, 1969, pay increases to become effective, because such an increase, an across-the-board hike of 10.3%, would interfere with the purposes of the Hubbell pay plan.

But it is highly doubtful that the plan could become effective in 1969. A new Congress takes over next year. There will be many new faces in the 91st Congress, and, whether the leadership is Democratic or Republican, it will take about two months to get the Congress organized and ready to do business. The Hubbell plan is so complicated that, even if the next Administration or the next Congress approves of it in principle, there will be many disagreements and lengthy hearings.

New or additional studies might be requested. Chances of the plan being approved by July 1, 1969, are almost nil.

But there is another factor to consider, and that is, what will the next President do about the Vietnam war? We do not know the attitudes of all the candidates toward this war. Judging from the way one or two of them have been talking, the war might literally be called off if they are elected. However, it would appear that the war would continue into 1969, and perhaps into 1970. The fighting may be tougher than ever before; some reports state that North Vietnam is sending almost all its troops south, while the ceiling on the number of allied forces is limited.

Now there are various ideas or projects, allegedly designed to benefit this country, awaiting the availability of big Federal money. Included are renovation of parts 16

of cities, rent subsidization, helping deprived peoples get started in business in riot-torn areas, guaranteed annual incomes, or a program providing for assured work. Even before the "Poor Peoples" March on Washington, a pressure which is likely to be felt by key legislators in their home towns, there were demands for reduction in military expenditures. The pay raise scheduled for July 1, 1968, was attacked again and again, and some observers say the only reason the Senate did not vote for its reduction or postponement was because of the influence of one man. Senator Everett Dirksen (Rep., 111.). The pressure against military or defense spending—against what many liberals and some conservatives agree is a "needlessly swollen military budget" (term coined by Senator Ernest Gruening, D.-Alaska)—may be greater in 1969.

In 1967 Congress provided increases in pay which, the legislators thought, would come close not only to equalizing military and Federal civilian pay, but make both about equal to industrial pay. The following increases were authorized: October 1, 1967—civilian, 4.5%, military, 5.6%; July 1, 1968—civilian 4.4%, military 6.9% ; July 1, 1969—civilian, 7.4% ; military 10.3%. There are two noticeable miscalculations about this schedule. In the first place, the military increases are across-the-board, while the civilian increases are selective, and apparently civilians in higher civil service ranks will receive the larger increases. In the second place, industrial pay has been increasing faster than expected when Congress decided on these pay increases.

The Defense Department contends that there should be no more across-the-board pay increases because personnel shortages and pay comparability vary by grades.

Currently in the military grades based upon 4 to 14 years of service, pay is comparatively low, and because of this, according to Hubbell studies, personnel in those grades are considerably less than needed. In this range of service years, there are 25% fewer officers than needed and 28% fewer enlisted men.

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"Military pay has tended to lag behind civilian pay," the Hubbell report states.

"From 1945 through 1962 there were 5 military pay raises that increased pay by 76%, compared to 9 Classification Act raises that increased pay by 126% and 9 Postal Field Services raises that increased pay by 177%. Since 1963 overall military pay increases have paralleled Federal Civil Service pay increase."

There were no military ptiy raises between 1958 and 1963 because of disputes over retired pay equalization. But the primary factor giving the civilians a pay raise advantage was the tremendous political threat of the Federal civilian labor union leaders, particularly the postal union leaders.

The Hubbell group has not been able to match up many direct comparisons of military pay with civilian pay by grade.

It has matched 0-8 with GS-18, generally speaking, and 0-1 with GS-7. The overall method of estimating increases in military pay by grades is based on two methods— first, the "Cohort" standard, used to estimate the earning opportunities of military personnel in the civilian economy (partially based on surveys of what many thousands of former Reserves earn) and on the "Work Level" standard, which provides the best estimate of what military personnel could earn under the Classification Act (Civil Service) salary schedule.

The following schedule of pay comparisons appears to be the most important one in the Hubbell report showing the desired increases in military pay. These figures include the pay raise of October 1, 1967, but not that of July 1, 1968, or the one of July 1, 1969.

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$25,386 22,029 17,808 15,385 12,768 10,634 8,645 5,760

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$25,990 25,434 21,878 18,107 14,519 11,650 9,254 7,409

$34,940 29,970 24,175 19,575 15,645 12,380 9,710 7,555

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There are other tables in the report, and some figures differ. For instance, another table comparing desired military pay with civilian pay sets 0-8 parity with civil service at $27,055 (which seems more logical than the $25,990 mentioned above.) However, the 0-7 to 0-1 paritywith-civil-service figures are the same in both tables.

The figures under the heading, "Military Salary," above are higher than figures in current pay tables representing "Annual Total Pay and Cash Allowances," except in one or two instances, as for an 0-4 getting $12,830.76 at 18 " years of service. As you know, the "regular" salary the Hubbell group wants is one combining basic pay, quarters and subsistence allowances and the tax on these allowances.

Military pay increases based on parity with "Cohort" are the highest of all. , "Cohort" salaries would be: 0-1, $7,700; 0-2, $8,353; 0-3, $11,188; 0-4, $15,201; 0-5, $19,759; 0-6, $24,287; 0-7, $28,559; 0-8, $29,324; 0-9, $34,602; O-IO, $40,138.

These are nice figures, dream figures.

In the opinion of some observers, the equalization of military active duty pay with Federal civilian pay, and both of these with the rapidly increasing big industrial pay (we mention big because the comparisons of Federal civilian pay with industrial pay in recent years have been based on the highest industrial or business pay), is based on some uncertainties. One might say, looking at varying figures in the Hubbell report, even mystery. But the variances in the active duty portion of the Hubbell report (Volume 1) are hardly S H I P M A T E

bothersome as compared to the Hubbell group's proposals on retirement compensation and survivor benefits, yet to be made but concerning which some hints are contained in the active duty pay report.

The Military Estate Program

In recent years various proposals have been made to compensate survivors for the deaths of retired service members who do not die of service-connected causes. Some of these proposals would apply to current retirees, as those contained in various bills now before Congress and the proposal advanced by the President Veterans Advisory Commission. "The Government now contributes to survivors' benefits programs for Civil Service employees and to railroad workers," the VA Commission said. "In good conscience and equity, the Commission feels the nation cannot deny such support to members of the Armed Services. Therefore, the Commission recommends that a request be made to the Secretary of Defense to initiate and support the establishment of a federally financed survivors' benefit program as an adjunct of the present servicemen's retirement program."

The primary themes of the Hubbell compensation program are to equate military pay with Federal civilian pay and both, as nearly as possible, with big industrial pay; to attract more men to the services and to retain the really needed members as long as possible.

In connection with this, the formulation of retired pay and survivor benefits has a big complicationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Social Security. Federal civilian employees have never been placed under Social Security, because the leaders of Federal labor unions have consistently objected to Social Security on the groimds that it might interfere with the regular Federal civilian retirement system.

Now, because Federal civilian employees do not have Social Security, military service members may lose some of the benefits of their Social Security as reflected in their retirement and survivor benefit programs.

Under the "Military Estate Program" as outlined in Volume 1 of the Hubbell report, we find the following recommendations : "Consider incorporating Social Security insurance benefits in the retirement programs by deducting, for example, onehalf of the portion of the Social Security annuity attributable to military service when actually paid to the individual in the form of a reduction in the military annuity payment."

To us this sounds as if they would take away part, say about one-half, of the Social Security annuity attributable to military service, by deducting that much from retirement pay.

Another recommendation: "Design a new survivor benefit package which is fully equal to that of the civil servant's, and consolidate in this package dependJ U L Y - A U G U S T ,

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ency and indemnity compensation, the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan, and Social Security survivor benefits. Also match the group insurance program of the civil service, absorbing the death gratuity within this revised program."

These suggestions must have been something more than merely off the cuff, but whether or not they now are really guides to retirement compensation and survivor benefits is a question we can't answer. In connection with discussion of the proposed military estate program, a retired colonel skilled in military law told us these proposals would not apply to members who are retired prior to enactment of the law that is the Hubbell plan, if and when such enactment occurs.

Talking to a Defense Department oflScial, we were surprised to learn that the retirement and survivor benefits provisions of the Hubbell plan would apply only to members retired several years after enactment of the new law. Presumably, the delay in the application of such provisions would result from the need to make changes in the Social Security Act, the DIC program, the Family Protection Plan, etc.

The Federal civil service workers have a pretty good retirement and survivor benefits system. If they serve ^for 30 years, they get 56)4% of their highest five-year annual average salary. If they serve for 20 years, they get 3 6 ^ % of this salary.

The primary formula for survivor benefits is that a withholding by the government of 21^% of the first $3600 of retired civilian pay plus 10% of anything above $3500 will buy the survivor an annuity

equal to 55% of the employee's retirement compensation.

Why couldn't the Hubbell people devise a retirement system and a survivor benefits system which would be about equal to this without interfering with Social Security? There would be little regret for the DIC program, if a better survivor benefit program, equal to or superior to DIC, were applied to survivors of men whose deaths may or may not be service-connected. And probably the great majority of those under the Family Protection Plan would be glad to get out from under its strict actuarial and other rules.

Why should there be a change in military Social Security, merely because Federal civilian labor leaders refuse to accept Social Security for civilian employees?

That would be equating military pay with a vengeance.

But these suggestions are merely suggestions. More recently a Defense Department official said: "We propose that the level of payments for survivors of career military men should be related to their active duty salary. By so doing we can establish a relationship throughout the pay grades that will provide a base which will enable the survivors to attain a standard of living more closely related to that experienced when the head of the family was alive."

According to this spokesman, such a program might well be more connected with active duty pay than the DIC program, only 12% of which is based on active duty pay. Maybe we're getting some place after all.

BINNACLE TpROM time to time, and for a diversity of reasons, one hears the expression, "The Navy ain't what it used to be."

Sometimes this remark is evoked in an exchange of "sea stories" and then it may sound like, "He was a character; we don't have 'em like that anymore." The response to this, of course, is "You know what? We're those characters now."

A letter recently received at Alumni House contained a story or two concerning a couple of characters of an era not so long passed. You may even know the individuals but, on the chance you haven't heard the stores, Shipmate quotes a few lines of the letter.

"Some years ago I wrote a story for the letter column of our monthly about my 'Wheels Up Landing' in 1938 when I was CO of VF-3 and Ernie King was our Admiral in Coronado. I wrote it with the thought that many other seniors had committed bloopers and that my story might start things off. Of course nothing happened.

"Anyway I was reading today about Paul Schratz in Johnny Hayes' substitute column and thought I'd make another

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effort. Perhaps reading Country Moore's obituary reminded me of it. The story is factual and goes thusly.

"In June of 1939 I was CO of SARATOGA Air Group. Dixie Ketcham was Air Officer of SARA and Cat Brown became Assistant Air Officer. As everyone in Cat's realm of friends knew, he was a famous practical joker and needier. At my first opportunity I grabbed Cat by his necktie (WW2 had not arrived) and said, 'Cat, you pull one on me, A. K. Doyle, and I'll slit your throat from ear to ear.'

"So all went well throughout the year.

We arrived off Honolulu in late May of 1940 after a good fleet exercise when the two fleets collided in the middle of the night off Lahaina, ah those merry days, and I had to stay aboard for three days taking my exams for promotion to commander. On the fourth day Dixie and I went ashore in the dusk to play cribbage at the Commercial Club. During an intermission I went to the bar to renew our beer and pretzels and introduced myself to several civilian members, thanking them for the courtesy of our honorary 17

memberships. Naturally I told them who I was.

"At this point in came Brown with an entourage, a small one, he was only assistant air officer. I introduced him and his confederates to the civilians whereupon he said to them, 'Did this gentleman tell you that he is a naval aviator?' They nodded and looked at me. I felt a slight constriction in my throat. 'And did he tell you he was in command of the Air Group on board SARATOGA ?' Again they nodded.

Brown then waggled a finger at me and said, 'At it again, Artie.'

"I laid for the guy for years but never had an opportunity. But I never forgot.

"In May of 1952 it came. My Flag was in MIDWAY, enroute home from a cruise in the Sixth Fleet and meeting Brown in CORAL SEA the next day, Sunday, in Gibraltar. We were to exchange files and he would relieve me as the Carrier Division Commander in the Sixth Fleet. I was senior to Cat and I sat and drooled with anticipation. Finally, at dark the expected message came, 'Request uniform of the day for entering port.' I handed the answer to my flag lieutenant, 'Uniform of the day for CORAL SEA for entering port is service dress blue baker, with shoes.'

"I laughed all night. These ignorants entering the effete elegance of the Med. "Consul General Lane at Gib came aboard first that morning and I urged him to attend the side when the bells announced Brown's approach. Lane was one of the great Foreign Service men of my time.

"Being Sunday there was a pipe but no other honors. I saw the brand new flag officer's cap, then the familiar grin, the new stripes on his uniform andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;his bare feet. He was carrying his shoes. 'You did not say whether or not to wear them,' Brown said.

"How the shades of the great ones must have shuddered!

"That was a good Navy in the Fifties.

In 1947 in Bermuda I wore a white tie with my full evening dress for the first time. A local diplomat asked me why the U. S. Navy had abandoned the traditional black tie. 'We have decided that the period of mourning for Lord Nelson has ended,' I told him. ". . . this is the kind of stuff we should see more in Shipmate. I have lots more, but let someone else come in." ARTIE

L U C K Y BAG OF B O O K S SEA POWER AND ITS MEANING.

By Adm. J. J. Clark, USN (Ret.), and Capt. Dwight H. Barnes, USNR. Franklin Watts, Inc., 575 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022. 167 pp., $7.95.

This book represents a concise, comprehensive, readable, and global treatment of

sea power. It deals not only with the present but also includes the broad sweep of naval progress from oars to nuclear propulsionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which will serve to inspire the students of history to give greater attention to the sea. To all citizens of America it stresses the importance of not only control of the sea but future use of the world's oceans as highways of commerce. In addition, it sets forth the prospects of obtaining food and other commodities from the seas and beneath the seas. (From the , Foreword by Adm. Arthur W. Radford, USN (Ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.)

CARRIER ADMIRAL. By Adm. J. J. Clark, USN ( R e t ) , with Clark G. Reynolds, Assistant Professor of History at the U. S. Naval Academy. David McKay Co., Inc., 750 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017. 333 pp., $6.95.

An autobiographical account of Adm. Jocko Clark, one of the most dramatic fast carrier task force admirals in U. S. naval history. Adm. Clark's career ex- \ tended from World War I through the Korean War. This brisk, firsthand account typifies the style the author demonstrated throughout that active career. (U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings) Carrier Admiral is a standout selection for technologically oriented readers. Not that it is in any sense technical, for it is ^ not, but as a superb textbook on the principles of leadership, it has a bearing upon both technology and culture. ( Cdr. Eugene E. Wilson '08, USNR (Ret.), former president of United Aircraft Corp., author of books and articles on sea-air power.)

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SEA BREEZES

by Paul Schratz '39

THE COLLEGE CAMPUS, 1968

ALUMNI

John Hayes filled in for me in my absence and you can hardly buy that kind of publicity. A great many people have commented on how nice it is to be able to read your obituary while you're still young enough to enjoy it.

My wanderings covered many college campuses but by far the most interesting was a jaunt to Annapolis to participate in NAFAC, the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference. Conducted each spring by the midshipmen members of the Foreign Relations Club, NAFAC invites students from over a hundred colleges and the other service Academies to participate in round table discussions of world problems. This year the focus was on Africa and the Middle East. As always, ambassadors, and embassy officials, many in native dress, made the trip from New York or Washington to represent their nations' interests.

I needn't go into detail on the conference.

Under the genial supervision of Captain Harry Cummings and Professor Rocco Paone of the English, History and Government Department, it has become quite widely known. The midshipmen plan, organize and conduct the conference. Even financial support comes from private sources, including both the Naval Institute and the Alumni Association.

NEWS

OFFICERS President— ADM. ROBERT B. CARNEY, USN (Ret.) '16 (4521), Washington, D. C.

Vice President (Eastern Area)— VADM. FELIX L . JOHNSON, USN (Ret.) '20 (5289), Leonardtown, Md.

Vice President (Central Area)— MR. JOHN F . GORDON '22 (6330), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Vice President (Western Area)— CAPT. J. L. P. MCCALLUM, USN (Ret.) '35 (11761), Seatde, Wash.

Past President— VADM. WILLIAM R. SMEDBERG, III, USN (Ret.) '26 (8367), Washington,

D.C. Executive Director— RADM. W . F . FTTZGERALD, USN (Ret.) '21 (5912), Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's Representative— CAPT. R. E . HAWTHORNE, USN '43 (15416), USNA, Annapolis, Md. At Large

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1969) LTGEN. A. L. BOWSER, JR., USMC 32

(10650) RADM.

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VADM. R. B . PIRIE, USN (Ret.) '26

(8189) E.

KIRKPATRICK,

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CDR. C. A. TROST, USN'53 (23314)

(Ret) '31 (10277) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1970) RADM. J. F. CALVERT, USN '43 (15332) RADM. J. W. CRUMPACKER, USN (Ret.)

MR. H . R. DDDEN, JR. '47 (19003) LCDR. R. B. PIRIE, JR. '55 (25101)

'31 (10294) (To serve until Spring Meeting 1971) CAPT. C. H . BLAIR, USN '45 (16617)

LCOL. W . G . LEFTWICH, JR., USMC '53

CAPT. W . C . CHAPMAN, USN (Ret.)

CAPT. E . P. RANKIN, USN (Ret.) '37

(23456) '44 (15857)

(12728) From Local Chapters

(To serve until Spring Meeting 1969) RADM. SCHUYLER N . PYNE, USN (Ret.) MR.

W . J. TONER, JR. '43 (15778), HERBERT

CAPT. F . K. B. WHEELER, USN (Ret.)

'35 (11962), Peninsula

Boston CAPT.

CAPT. PAUL W . SIEGRIST, USNR (Ret.)

'24 (7369), New York

'25 (7724), Annapolis

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(6087), Philadelphia CDR. ROLAND R. RIGGS, USN

(Ret.)

'04 (2653), San Francisco

'25 (7873), Coronado RADM. L. J. JACOBI, USNR (Ret.) '21

(5786), Detroit

CAPT. J. B. BURROW, USN (Ret.) '33

(10961), Seatde

LCDR. E. R. QUADY, USNR '43 (15800)

Los Angeles J U L Y - A U G U S T ,

CAPT. T . M . DELL, USN (Ret.) '21

RAdm. R. P. HUNTER, USN (Ret.) '31

As a three-time participant, I departed each year with a greater and greater feeling of admiration for our college age. The frequent glare of adverse headlines on the younger generation does a wonderful job in obscuring the work and ability of the great majority. Without question, these young men and women on college campuses today are quite wonderful persons. Their knowledge and maturity is far beyond their tender years. But above all, my admiration for the midshipmen comes uppermost to mind. These splendid young men are better prepared and better motivated than their civilian campus opposites. Their interests are broad and they have faith in themselves. They truly represent the ideal since John Paul Jones of a gentleman and a scholar. The high caliber of student sent by the colleges is in itself a tribute to the prestige of the Naval Academy but the laurels invariably go to the blue-clad hosts. When the unexpected situation presents itself, they act like professionals in every sense.

Any conference of 150 young men and women will produce its five percent of oddballs. NAFAC is not immune. Last year the final plenary session was interrupted by a motion from the floor, wholly out of order, that the Conference condemn the war in Vietnam. The midshipman director, when the furor calmed a bit, shrewdly decided to accept the proposal on merit and put it to a vote. It was decisively defeated. This year another off-beat campus core attempted to float a petition protesting racial discrimination at the Naval Academy. Once again the midshipmen participants reacted with complete frankness and diplomacy. The petition once more never got off the ground.

The Navy in a great many ways isn't what it used to be; it probably never was.

But with this caliber of fledgling officer, our future could hardly be brighter.

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ADMIRAL RICHARD HARRISON JACKSON CELEBRATES 1 0 2 N D BIRTHDAY

On the 10th of May 1968 Admiral Jackson, Class of 1887, the Naval Academy's oldest living alumnus celebrated his 102nd birthday anniversary.

From near and far personal sentiments of esteem, affection and fond wishes were received by Admiral Jackson at his home in Coronado. Among those honoring him were: President and Mrs. L. B. Johnson; Governor Ronald Reagan of California; the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral T. H. Moorer; President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, Admiral Robert B. Carney, U S N (Ret.) ; Commander First Fleet, Vice Admiral B. F. Roeder; Commander Amphibious Force Pacific, Vice Admiral F. J. Blouin; Commandant Eleventh Naval District, Rear Admiral M. E. Dornin; Vice Admiral P. D. Stroop, U S N (Ret.) ; Vice Admiral B. H. Bieri, U S N (Ret.) ; the President of the Coronado Chapter, Naval Academy Alumni Assn., Rear Admiral L. J. Huffman, U S N (Ret.), and many others.

The Rotary Club held its traditional luncheon in honor of Admiral Jackson. Principal speaker. Vice Admiral B. F. Roeder, awed the guests with an account of the Admiral's remarkable career. And it was the American Battleship Association which presented the Admiral the traditional birthday cake.

The occasion was widely hailed by the Los Angeles, San Diego and Coronado television and press media. During the course of many interviews with correspondents Admiral Jackson remained true to character, displaying his gracious manner, charming wit and classical philosophy, which to a large extent is embodied in the following poem, "The Old Gardener," which he authored in recent years gaining him some repute in literary circles: T H E OLD GARDENER Count Never Count Never

your garden by the flowers by the leaves that fall: your days by golden hours. mind the clouds at all.

Count your night by stars, not shadows Count your life by smiles, not tears And with joy on every birthday Count your age by friends, not years !

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A N N U A L ELECTION 1 9 6 8

A Board of Tellers consisting of: H. T. Walsh '22 (chairman), M. H. Bassett '20, Bailey Connelly '20, W. C. Ford '25, J. H. Griffin '25, F. S. Habecker '27, T. G. Haff '20, J. G. McClaughry '27, Curtis Myers '27, R. N. Norgaard '28, F. V. Rigler '23, C. F. Swanson '20 and F. W. Walton '23, met at Alumni House on 15 May in accordance with the provisions of the By-laws of the Association to count the ballots which had been cast in the annual election of officers and trustees of the Association. The Board's count showed the following to be elected to office: Vice President, Eastern Area VAdm. Felix L. Johnson, U S N (Ret.) '20 Vice President, Western Area Capt. J. L. P. McCallum, U S N (Ret.) '35 Adn

Jackson and cake for his 102nd birthday celebration.

As recently as five years ago Admiral Jackson abided by his "Three G Credo": Golf in the morning; Gardening in the afternoon ; and Gallivanting in the evening. Now he settles mostly for his television and music.

He enjoys watching any kind of a good game, and like that other well known bon vivant, Maurice Chevalier, he admits to indulging in girl watching.

If he had to do it all over again he says he wouldn't change a thing!

The San Diego-Coronado community looks forward to celebrating many more happy birthdays with Admiral Richard Harrison Jackson, one of its all-time Most Distinguished and Loveable Citizens.

PROFESSOR BENEZE DIES

Prof. George Beneze, who retired from the Department of Marine Engineering at the Naval Academy in 1949, died suddenly 10 May at his home in Annapolis. A senior professor, he had taught at the Academy since 1917 and for four years prior to that had been attached to the Naval Experimental Station.

Survivors include his widow, Elizabeth, of Ferry Farms, Annapolis; two sons, George C. and Robert C. Beneze; a sister, Mrs. Katherine Lanzenfeller, and three grandchildren.

Trustees to serve until Spring Meeting 1971 Capt. C. H. Blair, U S N '45 Capt. W. C. Chapman, U S N (Ret.) '44 LCol. W. G. Leftwich, Jr., USMC '53 Capt. E. P. Rankin, U S N (Ret.) 'Z7 A negligible number of write-in votes for each office was cast.

The newly elected officers took office at an organizational meeting of all officers immediately following adjournment of the regular spring meeting of the Board of Trustees on 30 May. The time and personal attention given by the members of the Board of Tellers in the annual count and tabulation of votes is appreciated.

COMMODORE PERRY'S L A N D I N G RE-ENACTED

Commodore Matthew C. Perry's historic landing in Japan in 1853 was recently recreated in Shimoda, a small town 100 miles southwest of Tokyo, when American sailors, attired in 1853 uniforms, of the U S S BIDDLE pulled the Commodore ashore in a 12-oared longboat.

The reenactment of Perry's landing was filmed for national television and will be shown throughout Japan during the Meiji Centennial program celebrating Japan's 100 years of emergence in the modern world.

S H I P M A T E

LUTH, W I L L I A M CLARKE (CAPT USA RET ' 1 7 ) , 9 M a r c h ' 6 8 , U S N H , N e w p o r t , R. I. McELROY, J O H N LEE (MAJ USAF ' 5 5 ) , 12 M a y '68, Vietnam.

MILLS, SCHUYLER (CAPT USN RET ' 1 2 ) , 15 M a y

Capt. Maylon T. Scott, U S N '44, commanding officer of the BIDDLE, played the part of Commodore Perry—complete with cocked hat and epaulettes. The BIDDLE is visiting Shimoda for the annual Black Ship Festival.

The festival commemorates Perry's historic diplomatic assault on Japan and takes its name from the four black-hulled American ships which accompanied him to Shimoda.

This town was one of the seaports originally opened to Amercian ships through Perry's negotiations.

MICHELSON A N D CHAUVENET HALLS

The U. S. Naval Academy's first new academic building in 25 years—a $15 million, twin tower structure to house the Science and Mathematics departments—will bear the name of two renowned Academy educators, Albert A. Michelson '73 and William Chauvenet.

The Science tower will be named for Dr. Michelson, an Academy graduate and physics instructor who went on to become the first American scientist to be awarded the Nobel Prize. In 1878 and 1879, on the same location vvhere the new building is now located.

Dr. Michelson conducted experiments that provided the first highly accurate measurement of the speed of light.

The Mathematics tower will honor Prof.

Chauvenet, one of the original seven faculty members when the Academy was founded in 1845. A leading mathematician of his day and the senior instructor at the Naval School in Philadelphia, he convinced then Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft to establish the original two-year course and to locate the Naval School at Annapolis. Later, Chauvenet was instrumental in expanding the course to four years.

Scheduled for completion in the Spring of 1969, the building brings to fruition the first phase of the Academy's Master Plan calling for the construction of additional classroom, library, and auditorium facilities during the next four years. A description of the Master Plan, including a photograph of the model and a layout of the yard as planned, is contained in the 1968 edition of the Register of Alumni.

Both wings of this new building rest on a common foundation and ground floor level, which, if the Master Plan proceeds according to present concepts, will be extended to provide a continuous and common base for future buildings.

Michelson and Chauvenet Halls, both fourstory buildings, will have a combined area of 282,500 square feet and will include 96 classrooms, more than 60 laboratories, five lecture halls with seating capacities of 100 to 500, and extensive research facilities.

Plans call for the location of the control station and studio of the Academy's proposed closed circuit television network in the substructural level.

Designed by John Carl Warnecke Associates of Washington, the building is being constructed by the George Hyman Company of Washington under the direction of the Chesapeake Division of the U. S. Naval Facility Engineering Command.

In connection with a prospective biographical sketch of Frank G. Tinker, Jr. 'ZZ, will any one who was acquainted with him at the Academy or subsequently please contact Dr. Richard K. Smith, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20560.

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NICHOL, BROMFIELD BRADFORD (RADM USN RET ' 2 4 ) , 12 A p r i l ' 6 8 , U S N H , Pensacola, Fla. PATTON, J O H N W I L L I A M , JR. (BGEN USAR RET ' 2 2 ) , 14 M a y ' 6 8 , Jackson, Miss.

PROFESSOR COATES RETIRES FROM PG SCHOOL, MONTEREY

After 37 years' service to the Navy and to the Naval Postgraduate School, Prof.

Wendell M. Coates has retired. Ranking naval officers, active and retired, who were former aeronautical engineering students, gathered at the School for a testimonial dinner in Prof, and Mrs. Coates' honor on 23 April. Many letters and telegrams were read, and RAdm. Robert W. McNitt, superintendent of the School, presented him with an award containing the "Citation in appreciation of Superior Civilian Service to the Department of Navy."

Prof. Coates organized mathematics and mechanic courses for students in aeronautics upon joining the School in August. 1931.

When the Department of Aeronautics was formed in 1947 he was made the first chairman, a position he held until 1962 when he requested to be relieved; for a short time he retained his duties as Academic Associate for Aeronautical Curricula.

In 1962 he was designated a Fellow of the Naval Postgraduate School. In 1966 he was awarded the title of "Distinguished Professor with Medallion," one of three to hold such a distinction.

RAMEY, RALPH LESTER (CAPT USN RET ' 3 5 ) , 12 A p r i l ' 6 8 , C o r o n a d o , Calif.

ROBERTS, JAMES LOWELL (LT USN ' 6 4 ) , 2 7 A p r i l ' 6 8 , Pacific O c e a n .

SAUER, LLOYD R A Y M O N D (CAPT USNR RET '27), 12 A p r i l ' 6 8 , San D i e g o , Calif.

SCHENK, RICHARD ANDREW ' 6 3 , 2 M a r c h ' 6 8 , Vietnam.

SHIPLEY, ROLAND CURRY ' 2 7 , 18 J a n . ' 6 8 , Portland, Maine.

TUTTLE, ROBERT ERVIN (2/LT USMC ' 6 7 ) , 8 May '68, Vietnam.

W A T S O N , PAUL BELYEA (LCOL USMC RET ' 2 0 ) , 17 M a y ' 6 8 , USPHSH, B a l t i m o r e , M d .

WELLS, HORACE TAYLOR, D.D.S. ' 9 7 , 7 M a y ' 6 8 , S a c r a m e n t o , Calif.

W O O D A R D , SANFORD ELZA (CAPT USN RET '37), 2 3 A p r i l ' 6 8 , USPHSH, San Francisco, Calif.

Z O O K , RICHARD MURLLE, (LT USN RET ' 5 4 ) , 13 A p r i l ' 6 8 , Huntsville, A l a .

HORACE TAYLOR WELLS ' 9 7

Dr. Horace T. Wells of Sacramento, Calif., died 7 May of complications following a heart attack in April. Services were held in the Land Park Chapel, under the auspices of Provident Lodge No. 609, Free and Accepted Masons. Interment followed cremation.

FPO-APO ZIPS NEEDED

Attention: active duty officers stationed in foreign countries are requested to furnish zips for all F P O and A P O mailings. Send to U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Alumni House, Annapolis, Md. 21402.

BLACK, LEX LEROY (CAPT USN RET ' 2 8 ) , 18 A p r i l ' 6 8 , C o r o n a d o , Calif.

BLANDIN, J O H N JOSEPH ' 1 0 , 2 2 A p r i l ' 6 8 , Ai<ron, O h i o .

CARTER, THOMAS LESLIE, JR. ' 4 3 , deceased.

CHRISTIANSON, KENNETH CARL ' 4 6 , 2 4 A p r i l ' 6 8 , V A H , Des M o i n e s , I o w a .

COLLINS, EDWARD THOMAS (CDR USNR RET '23),

21 April '68, Seattle, Wash.

D O D D , HAROLD (COMO USN RET ' 1 2 ) , 8 M a y '68,

Rio d e J a n e i r o , Brazil.

DUNLAP, ERNEST H U S T O N , JR. (CAPT USN RET ' 3 9 ) , 2 6 A p r i l ' 6 8 , U S N H , Charleston, S. C. FREELS, ARCHIE JAMES (LCDR USN RET ' 2 4 ) , 11 A p r i l ' 6 8 , Jacksonville, Fla. G O R M A N , VERNE D W I G H T (LCDR USNR RET '33),

4 M a y ' 6 8 , Plainfield, N. J.

HALE, ROBERT FRANK (CDR USN RET ' 4 8 ) , 2 1 A p r i l ' 6 8 , U S N H , Oalc K n o l l , Calif.

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KELLER, HORATIO SIBBERING (CDR USNR RET '25), 7 M a y ' 6 8 , U S N H , St. A l b a n ' s , N . Y. KETTNER, A L A N ARTHUR (2/LT USMC ' 6 7 ) , 13 April '68, Vietnam.

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RET ' 0 4 ) , 14 M a y ' 6 8 , G r o t o n , Conn.

LEON, HARRY STANLEY (COL USMC RET ' 3 1 ) , 2 A p r i l ' 6 8 , U S N H , San D i e g o , Calif.

Horace Taylor Wells '97

Dr. Wells was a native of Missouri, and attended the Naval Academy with the class of 1897, leaving after a serious case of scarlet fever during youngster year. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1898, and practiced dentistry in Missouri until 1915, then in California. He was a Past Master of the Neosho (Mo.) Lodge and was a charter member and treasurer of the Provident Lodge in Sacramento for 25 years.

In the February Shipmate Dr. Wells was honored as the fourth oldest living alumnus of the Naval Academy. He was 92.

Surviving are his widow. Amy Lee Wells of 2686 Donner Way, Sacramento; two sons, Horace T. Jr. and Harry G. Wells; two daughters, Mrs. Nell May Mortensen and Mrs. Eleanor Hedlind, all of Sacramento; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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HUSBAND EDWARD KIMMEL '04

RAdm. Husband E. Kimmel, U S N (Ret.), commander of the combined U. S. and Pacific Fleets when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, died 14 May at his home in Groton, Conn., of a heart attack. Services were held in St. Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy, with interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery with simple military honors. i>

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resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army during the Civil War. H e was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, and was president of the class of 1904.

Surviving are his widow, the former Dorothy Kinkaid, daughter of Adm. Thomas W. Kinkaid '08, who resides at 193 Plant St., Groton, Ct. 06340; two sons, Edward Kimmel of Wilmington, Del., and Capt.

Thomas Kinkaid Kimmel, U S N (Ret.) '36, of Annapolis; and nine grandchildren, including Lt. Thomas Kinkaid Kimmel, Jr. '66.

JOHN JOSEPH BLANDIN '10

Mr. John J. Blandin died 22 April at Akron, Ohio, after a long illness. Requiem mass was offered in St. Stephen's Catholic 1 Church at Kingsville, Md., with interment in the church cemetery. ^ ^ Mr. Blandin was born in Baltimore, Md., and attended the Naval Academy with the ^^^^^M class of 1910. He became associated with the * GrtDodyear Tire and Rubber Co. at Akron in 1912, serving until retirement in 1957 as a vice president. Two years after joining the <# ^^S^ rubber company, he was sent to Sumatra to open the first American rubber plantations there; he later founded other plantations in Husband Edward Kimmel '04 the Philippine Islands and Guatemala. H e spent two years on loan to the U. S. GovernAdm. Kimmel was born in Henderson, Ky., ment for $1.00 a year to help publish a fully and attended Central University prior to his documented treatise on world rubber trade. appointment to the Naval Academy; he was graduated in 1904 as a passed midshipman.

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H e served in U S S KENTUCKY, the VIRGINIA,

and in the GEORGIA with the Great White Fleet. During World War I he was an observer with a number of British ships, and was in action off Helgoland in a British raid. H e was gunnery officer. Battleship Division Nine, then executive officer in the ARKANSAS.

Following duty as Commander, Destroyer Division 45, with the PREBLE his flagship, Adm. Kimmel later became Commander, Destroyer Division 38. He completed the Naval War College course in 1926; served in the Policy and Liaison Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; commanded Destroyer Squadron 12, Battle Fleet. H e was Director of Ships Movements, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from 1930-33; commanded the N E W YORK ; was Chief of

Staff to Commander, Battleships, Battle Force, then was Budget Officer in the Navy Department.

John Joseph Blandin '10

HAROLD DODD '12

Como. Harold Dodd, U S N (Ret.), died 8 May in Rio de Janeiro. Interment ;yas in Sao Joao Baptista Cemetery in that city.

Como. Dodd was born in New York City, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1912. H e served almost four years in USS FLORIDA, and participated in the occupation

of Vera Cruz. In 1916 he became radio and communications officer on the Staff, Commander Division 6, then of Commander Division 9 which operated with the British Grand i Fleet until the surrender of the (jerman Fleet at the conclusion of World War I. After serving as aide and fleet radio officer on the staff of Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, Como. Dodd fitted out and served as executive officer in U S S TURNER, then commanded the KENNISON. H e studied electrical engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School and received a Master's degree from Columbia University, after which he joined the MEDUSA. H e was attached to the

Office of the Judge Advocate General from 1927-30, and studied law at George Washington University, where he later received the LL.B. degree. After serving as engineer officer

in the

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Office of the Judge Advocate General as > assistant. Following duty in the MISSISSIPPI he was executive officer

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Chief Inspector of Naval Material in Chicago; completed the Naval War College course in 1940, then took command of the HONOLULU, which was damaged during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As Escort Commander he took the HONOLULU in Australian and Samoan areas and the Alaskan Flank ( in the Midway deployment.

In August 1942 Como. Dodd was ordered to Trinidad as Chief of Staff, Commandant, Naval Operating Base. The following year he assisted in organizing a naval operating base at Rio de Janeiro, then became commandant of the base. In June 1944 he was assigned Chief of the U. S. Naval Mission to Brazil and Senior U. S. Naval Member on the Joint Brazil-U. S. Military Commission.

In 1946 he was appointed General Inspector of the Eastern Sea Frontier and Atlantic Reserve Fleet, serving until retirement 30 June 1949. Among his awards were the Legion of Merit, Mexican Service Medal, Victory Medal with silver star and Grand Fleet Clasp for World W a r I service.

Among his survivors is his widow, the Active in civic affairs, Mr. Blandin was < particularly interested in the Boy Scouts and former Coralia do Rego Lins of Brazil. several years ago was honored by the CathFrom July 1938-June 1939, Adm. Kimmel olic Diocese of Cleveland for his work in SCHUYLER MILLS '12 was Commander Cruiser Division 7, then of Capt. Schuyler Mills, U S N (Ret.), died Commander Cruisers, Battle Force, with scouting in that diocese. In December 1958 15 May in Austin, Tex. Services were held he was honored at a dinner meeting of the additional duty as Commander Cruiser Division Nine. On 1 February 1941 he assumed Akron-Canton Chapter of the Naval Acad- in Austin, with interment in the National Cemetery at San Antonio. his final duty, which led to a congressional emy Alumni Association, on the occasion of Capt. Mills was born in Milwaukee, Wis., inquiry concerning the responsibility of the the SOth anniversary of the year he left the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and retirement 1 Academy. He had been a long-time member and graduated from the Naval Academy in ^ 1912. H e served in battleships, submarines, March 1942. In being appointed commander of the Association, and was a past president destroyers and heavy cruisers, and among of the combined Fleets, he was the Navy's of the Akron Chapter of the Navy League.

Mr. Blandin's father, the late Lt. John J. his pre-World W a r I commands was the foremost officer, a four-star admiral whose rank reverted to rear admiral upon retire- Blandin, U S N '82, was fatally injured when submarine H-3. During the war he comment. In statements made after 1946, with the battleship M A I N E was blown up in manded the L-10 in patrols off Ireland, for none beforehand because of security reasons, Havana Harbor in 1898, when he was serv- which services he was awarded the Navy Cross. H e completed the Naval W a r College Adm. Kimmel blamed the highest Washing- ing as officer of the deck. ton officials for the Pearl Harbor disaster, He is survived by his widow, the former course in 1936. saying they had withheld vital information Jeannette Raphel of Baltimore, of 2175 At the beginning of World W a r II, Capt. which would have alerted himself and Lt. Tinkham Road, Akron, Oh. 44313; three Mills was in command of the LASSAN, an Gen. Walter C. Short, Army commander in sons, Cdr. Eugene R. Blandin, ( S C ) U S N ammunition carrier. He later commanded the Hawaii.

'38, of Annapolis; Capt. Victor A. Blandin, Naval Operating Base at Coco Solo, Canal Adm. Kimmel served briefly at Headquar- U S N (Ret.) '41, of Norfolk, Va., and the Zone. H e was retired for physical disability ters, 14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor, and Rev. John J. Blandin, Jr., S.J., of Baltimore, 1 January 1947, then taught in the Departlater at Headquarters, 12th Naval District who recently returned from India after com- rnent of Applied Mathematics at the Univerat San Francisco, prior to retirement at his pleting 20 years of missionary work there. sity of Texas. own request. H e was the descendant of a Also two sisters, Mrs. H. A. Stuart, of San He is survived by his widow, the former long line of military ancestors. His father, a Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Jerome Lee of Wash- Dorothy Wilcox of Austin, who lives at graduate of the Military Academy in 1857, ington, D. C , and eight grandchildren.

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daughters, Mrs. (korge R. Bishop and Mrs. a brother, Gordon S. Patton of Pompano John M. Boe, and a sister. Miss Eleanore Beach, Fla., and a sister, Mrs. Luther P .

Mills of Pelham Manor, and eight grand- Byars of Marion, S. C. children.

EDWARD THOMAS COLLINS '23 PAUL BELYEA WATSON '20

Lt. Col. Paul B. Watson, USMC (Ret.), died 17 May at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Baltimore, after an extended illness. Services were held in the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

Col. Watson was born in Oxford, Pa., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1919 with the class of 1920. He served during World War I, in the Marine Corps expedition to Haiti in 1921-22, in the Nicaraguan Campaign in 1930, and during World W a r II. He was Aide-de-Camp to the American High Commissioner to Haiti, the president of the American Electoral Commission to Nicaragua, and the Commanding (General Marine Corps, Department of the Pacific. He commanded the Marine Detachment in the ARKANSAS and ASTORIA, and retired 1 July

1940.

In January 1942, Col. Watson was recalled to active duty as disbursing emd transportation officer. Marine Corps Base, San Diego.

He was again retired 2 August 1945. H e held the World W a r I Victory Medal, the Second Haitian and Nicaraguan Campaign Medals, among others.

In 1952, Col. Watson received a Master's degree in sociology at the University of Maryland, and in 1960 a Doctor's degree.

He had additional postgraduate criminology study at the Johns Hopkins University. He was director of education at Maryland State Penitentiary from 1949-57, jmd had been an official at the Patuxent Institution at Jessup, Md. He was a past president of the Maryland Retired Officers Association, and had been a guidance counselor at Kenwood Senior High School.

He is survived by his widow, Loretta, of 4107 The Alameda, Baltimore, Md. 21218; a son. Col. Paul B. Watson, Jr., USMC '44; a daughter, Mrs. David J. Belknap of Worthington, Oh.; a brother, Robert W. Watson of New York City; two sisters, Mrs. T. Bancroft Reifsnyder of Bethesda, Md., and Mrs. Cliff Scott of Tenafly, N. J . ; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Cdr. Edward T. Collins, U S N R (Ret.), died of a heart attack 21 April at his home in Seattle, Wash. Services were held at St. Francis of Assisi, with interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.

Cdr. Collins was born in Fresno, Calif., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1923. He resigned in 1924, and after a few years served in the Merchant Marine. He joined the Matson Lines as a junior officer and was a ship's captain when recalled to active duty in the Naval Reserve in August 1942.

During World W a r II, Cdr. Collins commanded U S S TAURUS in the Solomons area, and served on the Staffs of Commander Transport Squadron 14 and Commander Transport Division 39. He participated in the landings at Guam, the Philippines and Okinawa. He also completed the course at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I. He retired from the Naval Reserve in July 1957.

Following the war and serving until 1962, Cdr. Collins was port captain for Alexander and Baldwin in the Washington, Oregon and Canadian areas. During this time he was appointed to the State Board of Pilotage Commissioners. After leaving Matson he became a district operations manager for the Atlas Steamship Agency. He was a member of the Propeller Club and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. L. M. Giannini of San Francisco; three nieces, Mrs. John P . Donaghy of Fresno, Miss Anne Giannini of San Francisco and Mrs. Philip Hammerness of Boulder, Colo., and a nephew, Thomas E. Welsh of 11 Kentdale Lane, Kentfield, Marin Co., Ca. 94904.

Adm. Nichol was born in New Orleans, La., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1924. Following flight training he was designated a naval aviator in 1926, and taught aeronautics at the Academy from 1926-27, followed by duty in VT9S. He then became an instructor in heavier-than-air at the Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, and later was with VS Squadron 10-S in the LOUISVILLE.

A tour of duty as an instructor at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, was followed by duty on the Staff, Carrier Division 2 in the YORKTOWN.

During World War II, Adm. Nichol served as flag secretary to Admiral Halsey, from 1941-43; commanded the Naval Air Station, Seattle, then

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Chief of Staff, Carrier Division 14, and later served with the Aircraft Committee, Munitions Board, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Following retirement 1 July 1954, he lived at Pensacola where he became a partner in a brokerage firm.

Adm. Nichol was awarded a Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry while serving on the Staff, Task Force Commander, and participated in the attack on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, raids on Wake and Marcus Islands, and in the Battle Of Midway, covering a period from 6 Dec. 1941 to 14 June 1942. He held a gold star in lieu of a second Silver Star; the Legion of Merit, Letter of Commendation with ribbon, and two Presidential Unit Citations.

He was married in 1927 to the former Miss Catherine Howard of Annapolis, who preceded him in death 23 Feb.; a son, Bromfield B. Nichol, Jr., and three grandchildren of Pensacola, and a brother, C. L. R. Nichol.

WILLIAM CULBERT '25

Col. William Culbert, U S A R ( R e t ) , of Gatesville, Tex., died 7 Feb. of a heart attack while on a trip in Mexico with his wife.

ARCHIE JAMES FREELS '24 Interment was in Murphree Cemetery at LCdr. Archie J. Freels, U S N R (Ret.), Evant. died suddenly at Jacksonville, Fla., 11 April, Colonel Culbert, who was born in Nashfollowing a heart attack. Services were held at St. John's Presbyterian Church, with inter- ville, Tenn., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925, and resigned from the Navy in ment in Evergreen Cemetery.

Cdr. Freels was a native of East St. 1927. He retained his contact with the Naval Louis, 111. After graduating from the Naval Reserve until 1932. In 1936 he joined the National Guard of Tennessee and was inducted Academy in 1924, he served in U S S DETROIT. In 1926 he was hospitalized at Fitzsimmons into the Federal Service in 1941 and served General Hospital, and was retired from until July 1946. He remained active in the active duty in 1928. He remained in the Army Reserve until retirement in 1955, servDenver area for several years, engaging in ing as Commander of the 4159th U. S. Army JOHN WILLIAM PATTON, JR. '22 Reserve School on the Baylor University mining activities.

Campus at Waco, Tex. Brig. Gen. John W . Patton, Jr., ( C E ) During World W a r II he served as a reHe became a consignee of Texaco in USAR (Ret.), died 14 May at his home i n , serve officer from 1941-46, attached to vari1946, and a distributor of Firestone ProdJackson, Miss. Services were held in the ous training activities: Naval Air Technical Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home Center, Aviation Ordnance Material School, ucts. He was also a director of a savings Chapel, with interment in Lakewood Me- Ordnance Officers' School, Bombsight School, and loan company. morial Park.

Surviving are his widow, Mabel, of 1306 and was executive officer of the Naval Air Gen. Patton was a native of Jackson, and Gunners School, all at Jacksonville. After Bridge, Gatesville, Tx. 76528, a son, William attended Millsaps College. A graduate of the war he remained in Jacksonville, and be- Edward Culbert, a rancher, also of Gatesthe Naval Academy in 1922, he resigned im- came affiliated with the Monticello Drug Co., ville ; a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Culbert mediately following graduation and entered and was vice president of that company at the Osborn of Austin, Tex., and three grandthe insurance business with his father. He time of death. He was prominent in the children. began his military career with the U. S. city's civic affairs; instrumental in establishNational Guard and was appointed U. S. ing the Children's Museum, and had been HORATIO SIBBERING KELLER '25 Cdr. Horatio S. Keller, U S N R (Ret.), Property and Disbursing Officer. At the be- president of the Jacksonville Symphony Assoof Cranford, N. J., died 7 May in St. ginning of World W a r I I he was appointed ciation.

Alban's Naval Hospital, New York. Gravedistrict engineer, stationed at Charleston, He is survived by his widow, Harriet, of S. C, then was placed in charge of the Supply 2975 Oak St., Jacksonville, Fl. 32205; three side services and interment were held at Depot at Baton Rouge, La. sons, Archie J. Jr., Thomas B. and Douglas Arlington National Cemetery.

Cdr. Keller was born in Scranton, Pa., After the war Gen. Patton became assistant M. Freels, and a brother, John W . Freels. and attended the Naval Academy with the to the director of the Mississippi Selective class of 1925. After leaving the Navy in 1923 Service, then director; he retired after IS BROMFIELD BRADFORD NICHOL '24 he went into civil engineering, and worked years service. H e was a past president of RAdm. Bromfield B. Nichol, U S N (Ret.) the Jackson chapter of Rotary International. of Pensacola, Fla., died 12 April at the Naval for the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad, He is survived by his widow, the former Hospital, Pensacola, following an extended and later with the State Highway Engineer Virginia Peeble of 515 N . State St., Jackson, illness. Services were held at the Naval Avia- of New Jersey.

Miss.; a daughter, Mrs. Robert E. Webb tion Chapel, with interment in Barrancas NaIn September 1941 Cdr. Keller was recalled of Cincinnati, Ohio, and two grandchildren; tional Cemetery with full military honors. to active duty in the Naval Reserve as an J U L Y - A U G U S T ,

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Engineering Duty Officer. During World War II he served at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, as commanding officer of the Repair Base at Oran, Algeria, and at the San Diego Repair Base. His post-war duties were at Hunter's Point and the Philadelphia Naval Shipyards, and as Material Officer at Bayonne, N. J. H e was serving in the latter billet when he was placed on the temporary disability list, and was permanently retired in 1960. H e had suffered a heart attack in January of this year and his death resulted from complications following the attack.

Surviving are his widow Anna, who lives at 14 Forest Ave., Cranford; a son, John H. Keller of Bethesda, Md.; a daughter, Carolyn Keller; a sister, Mrs. Mary Louise Fulton, and four grandchildren.

ROLAND CURRY SHIPLEY '27

Mr. Roland C. Shipley of Portland, Me., died 18 Jan. in a local hospital after a brief illness. Prayers were said at the Conroy Funeral Home, followed by a High Mass of Requiem in St. John's (Church. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery.

Mr. Shipley was born in Annapolis, Md., and attended the Naval Academy with the class of 1927. He also attended St. John's College, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland Law School, and had an engineering course at New York University.

He was manager of the Northeast Compensating Rating Bureau for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. He had managed the office since 1934 and was employed by the same organization since 1929.

Surviving are his widow, Mary MacDonald Shipley of 31 Cliff Avenue, Cape Elizabeth, Me.; a son, Lt.(jg) John W. Shipley, USN, who is completing graduate work at Boston University; a daughter, Mrs. James T. McCroary, Jr., of Winchester, Mass.; a sister, Mrs. Basil E. Moore of Annapolis; an aunt, Mrs. Charles Brooks of Washington, D. C.; and five grandchildren.

fighter plane on the first small carrier, the LONG ISLAND, which he later commanded.

During World War II, Capt. Black commanded VS-201 (VC-1), then became air officer in the CARD. In 1943 he was assigned

executive officer in the CORREGIDOR, then of the Naval Air Technical Training Center at Memphis, Tenn. He commanded CASU 6, Naval Air Station, Alameda, and later the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Oceana, Va. Capt. Black had temporary duty on the Joint Staff for Gen. John Hodges, USA, at Fort Bragg, N. C , and was operations officer on the Staff of Invasions Commander in Operation P O R T R E X . From 1950-52 he was Chief of Evaluation Division in Directorate of Intelligence, Headquarters USAF, where he evaluated Russian Air Intelligence.

He served three years on the Staff, Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet, as Director Fleet Air, San Diego, and three years as professor of naval science at Yale University where he was commanding officer of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps Unit. He was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Following retirement on 1 July 1958, Capt.

Blacik entered the real estate business in Coronado. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, the Coronado Realty Board, and the Masons.

He is survived by his widow, Dorothy Marie, of 1140 Alameda Blvd., Coronado, Ca. 92118.

Lex Leroy Black '28

Capt. Black was born in Huntingdon, Pa. After graduating from the Naval Academy

Capt. Sanford E. Woodard, U S N (Ret.), died 23 April at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., after a heart attack. Following services and cremation, his ashes were scattered at sea from

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Capt. Ralph L. (Rebel) Ramey, U S N (Ret.), died 12 April at his home in Coronado, (Zalif., of a heart attack. Interment was in El Camino Memorial Park.

Capt. Woodard was born at Ashland, Kan., and graduated from the Naval Acad- ^ emy in 1937. H e served two years in USS TENNESSEE, then in the destroyer BLUE. After

completing the Submarine School at New London, Conn., he served in the DOLPHIN and ARGONAUT, and was in the P A U L JONES at

Manila upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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After World W a r II, Capt. Woodard was Officer in Charge, Naval Academy Preparatory School at Bainbridge, Md. He served on the Staff, Commander Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; was Operations Officer, U S S PORTSMOUTH ; commissioned the LARDNER for the Turkish Navy, then commanded the CRAIG from 1949-51. He ( was on the Staff of Commander Military Sea Transportation Service from 1952-54; Joint i Ralph Lester Ramey '35 Military Advisory Group Philippines for Capt. Ramey was born in Yellowpine, Ala. the next two years, then completed the He enlisted in the Navy in 1929, and upon Naval W a r College course at Newport, R. I. completing Recruit Training at Great Lakes, Following duty as Executive Officer and Naval Advisor Logistics Division, Allied 111., served in U S S NEVADA as a seaman for a year before attending the Naval Academy Commander Europe, he was Deputy Director, ' Preparatory School at Norfolk. There he Board of Inspection and Survey, Department won an appointment to the Naval Academy, of the Navy for three years. Among his graduating in 1935. He was ordered to U S S awards were the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and Commendation Ribbon.

NEW YORK, and later served in the A S H E VILLE in the Asiatic Fleet and was First LieuHe is survived by his widow, Margaret tenant in the WINSLOW when the Japanese Jean, 2933 K Avenue, National City, Calif.; attacked Pearl Harbor. three sons, Sanford Grey, Christopher Lee In February 1942, Capt. Ramey became and Timothy Thompson Woodard. executive officer, then commanded U S S MCKEAN.

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throughout the Solomons until his ship was sunk by enemy torpedoes off Bougainville in 1928 he served in U S S N E W MEXICO, then had flight training at Pensacola, where he in November 1943. After completing Sound received his wings in December 1930. H e School in San Diego he commanded the served in the Flag Aviation Unit of U S S MCCOOK and was in the Normandy and Southern France invasions.

CALIFORNIA for three years; was attached After World War II, Capt. Ramey comto UP-4, VB-2 in the SARATOGA, V B - 3 in the YORKTOWN, then returned to Pensacola manded the BASILONE in the Sixth Fleet, where he was an instructor at the Naval Escort Squadron Seven in the Korean TheaAir Station. In July 1941 he landed his first ter, and the JASON. He attended the School 24

SANFORD ELZA WOODARD '37

RALPH LESTER RAMEY '35

LEX LEROY BLACK '28

Capt. Lex L. Black, U S N (Ret.) of Coronado, Calif., died 18 April in a local hospital, following a heart attack. Services were held at the North Island Naval Air Station Chapel; following cremation, his ashes were interred at Rosecrans National Cemetery.

of Military Government at Princeton University and spent a year as a military government officer at Saipan and Guam in the Marianas. H e was Assistant Governor of American Samoa from May 1948 until April 1950.

Capt. Ramey's various duties included secretary of the Naval W a r College from June 1956-58; Officer in Charge of the School of Naval Administration at Stanford University for a year; Chief of Staff to Commander Fleet Activities, Sasebo from 1953-55; Re- ' corder of the Board of Review and the Board of Decorations and Medals, Navy Department. Prior to retiring 1 March 1963 he was Deputy for Naval Reserve to the Commandant, Eleventh Naval District. He was awarded two Silver Star Medals, the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, the Croix de Guerre, Korean Legion of Merit and a Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of the ' Navy. H e was entitled to the Navy Unit Commendation with ribbon, and held several service and campaign ribbons.

Surviving are his widow, Vivian, of 215 A Avenue, Coronado, and a brother, Capt.

Simon E. Ramey, U S N (Ret.) '37, of Santa Clara, Calif.

ERNEST HUSTON DUNLAP, JR. '39

Capt. Ernest H. Dunlap, Jr., U S N ( R e t ) , died 26 April in the Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C , of leukemia. Interment with full military honors was held from the decks of U S S GOODRICH.

Capt. Dunlap was born in Birmingham, Ala., and attended Howard University before entering the Naval Academy. He was graduated with the class of 1939. H e served during World W a r II, and was wounded during the S H I P M A T E

bombing of Pearl Harbor. H e was awarded the Navy Cross for ". . . exceptional courage, coolness, and devotion to duty during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor. . . .

When he found that his services in the foretop of his ship were not required, he joined the secondary battery, supervised the manning of guns and organization of ammunition supply, and maintained an accurate fire on low-flying enemy aircraft until seriously wounded by the explosion of an enemy bomb. Despite his wounded condition, he assisted with the wounded until he himself collapsed." He also held the Purple Heart, American Defense Ribbon with bronze star and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with bronze star.

His assignments included Commander Destroyer Division 253, with his final duty as commanding officer of the Naval Reserve Training Center at Riviera Beach, Fla., where he was taken ill.

Among his survivors are his widow, Shirley, and son, Garry L. Dunlop, of 336 Cascade Lane, Palm Beach Shores, Fl. 33480.

KENNETH CARL CHRISTIANSON '46

Mr. Kenneth Carl Christianson died 24 April at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. Services were held at the Bethesda Lutheran Church at Jewell, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery with military honors.

Mr. Christianson attended Iowa State University for two years, then enlisted in the U. S. Air Corps. In July 1943 he received an appointment to the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1945 with the class of 1946. After two years service he resigned 1 August 1947, then studied law at the University of Michigan Law School; he received his LL.B. degree in 1950.

For 18 years Mr. Christianson practiced law in Jewell. During this time he served two terms as Hamilton County Attorney. He was active in civic affairs, being a member of the local school board, the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and the County and State Bar Associations. He was born in Lake Wilson, Minn.

Surviving are six children: Michael, who attends Johns Hopkins University; Jeffrey, Melinda, Timothy, Patrick and Jonathan Christianson, all of Jewell; his mother, Mrs. Louise Christianson, and a sister, Mrs. Alfred Stout, also of Jewell.

ROBERT FRANK HALE '48

Cdr. Robert F . Hale, U S N ( R e t ) , of San Ramon, Calif., died at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital 21 April, after a month's illness of cancer. Services were held at St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Cdr. Hale was a native of Orlando, Fla., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1947 with the class of 1948A. A qualified submariner, he commanded the TULLIBEE before his final assignment as Commander, Mare Island Nuclear Power School from July 1964-67. H e was retired last April. Until his death he had been in the Ocean System Division of Lockheed Corp.

Surviving are his widow, Caroline, and three daughters, Karen, Kathryn and Kaye, who reside at 9485 Olympia Dr., San Ramon; his mother, Mrs. Alice Hale of Orlando, Fla., and two brothers, James Hale of Atlanta, Ga., and Monis Hale of Orlando.

RICHARD MURLLE ZOOK '54

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ville, and at the Wilton Mortuary in Peoria, 111., his home town.

Lt. Zook served in the Navy prior to his appointment to the Naval Academy, with Aviation Cadet Training. As a midshipman he participated in football, basketball and track, and was an outstanding debater. Following graduation from the Academy in 1954 he had flight training at Pensacola, where he was designated a naval aviator. He later was an instructor, Fleet Air Gunnery Unit.

By 1958 he had logged more hoursâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;555â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the Navy's high altitude, all-weather F-4D than any other American airman.

In November 1958, shortly before he was to go to Washington, D. C , for interviews as a prospective astronaut candidate, Lt. Zook was flying in a tight formation in California when his plane was clipped by another while flying at 580 miles an hour. Upon ejecting, his parachute failed to open and he hit the ground at more than 100 miles an hour, suffering 35 fractures. He spent approximately four years in hospitals, then was confined to a wheelchair. He was retired 1 July 1960.

He held the Presidential Unit Citation.

Lt. Zook continued his interest in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, and received a Master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Doctor's degree from the University of Illinois. At the time of death he was in space work with Boeing Aircraft at Huntsville.

Surviving are his widow, Mary Charlotte; a son, Richard Jeffrey, and two daughters, Charlotte Susan and Mary Leigh, of 403 Westbury Ave., S.E., Huntsville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. T. Zook of Metamore. 111.; a sister, Mrs. Howard Henry of Aurora, 111., and a grandmother, Mrs. Murlle Terrell of Peoria.

RICHARD ANDREW SCHENK '63

Mr. Richard A. Schenk was killed 2 March in a land mine explosion in the District of Due Pho, Province of Quang Ngai, Vietnam. He had been employed with the Agency for International Development for the past 20 months, with over a year spent in Vietnam.

Services were held in St. Leo's Church, with interment in Calvary Cemetery at St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Schenk was born in Missouri, and attended the Naval Academy with the class of 1963. He attended the University of Missouri, Harris Teachers College and was graduated from Southern Illinois University. He had formerly been employed with Dunn and Bradstreet.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Schenk, 2643 Hebert S t , St. Louis, Mo. 63107.

Denmark. Upon graduation he received the Brainerd Award as the man who contributed most to the honor concept of the Academy. In 1963 he was the Nebraska candidate as Rhodes Scholar but lost in close competition.

James Lowell Roberts '64

Following graduation, Lt. Roberts remained at the Academy in the Executive Department, then received basic flight training at Pensacola. He was designated a naval aviator at Corpus Christi, Tex., in June 1966, then received advanced training. He was attached to Fighter Squadron 121, then with VF-142. He had served in Vietnam and had flown over 100 combat missions before returning to the States last December, stationed at San Diego. He had been awarded nine Air Medals, three Navy Commendation Medals, two Navy Achievement Medals and a Navy Unit Commendation as well as the Republic of Vietnam Campaign and Service Medals. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and secretary of the class of 1964.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ross M. Roberts of Red Cloud, Nb. 68970; a brother Gerald of Valparaiso, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Suzanne Beerthuis of Gettysburg, Pa., and Marita of the home; his grandmothers, Mrs. Odessa Roberts of Sioux City, la., and Mrs. Susan Kindig of Red Cloud.

LYNN MICHAEL TRAVIS '65

Lt. Lynn M. Travis, USN, died 6 February in an aircraft accident in the Gulf of Siam.

He was copilot of the P-3 Orion, and was serving with Patrol Squadron 26 based at Brunswick, Me., on deployment in the Philippines. Memorial services were held for the crew in the Naval Station Chapel, Sangley Point, Philippines and in the Naval Air Station Chapel, Brunswick, and for Lt. Travis at Newport, Ark., his home town.

JAMES LOWELL ROBERTS '64

Lt. James L. Roberts, U S N , who had been serving as a jet pilot with Fighter Squadron 142, died 27 April in a launching accident from U S S CONSTELLATION off the

coast of Southern California. The accident occurred during a routine flight and he was unable to eject from the plane due to a mechanical failure. Memorial services were held in the Methodist Church at Red Cloud, Neb., his hometown, on 9 May. Lt. Roberts, who was a native of Nebraska, attended the University of Nebraska for a year prior to entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1964. An honor student, he stood 22nd in a class of over 900. As a midshipman he was Commander of the 17th Company, member of the Fourth Battalion Staff, served on the Brigade honor committee and was a summer exchange officer with the Academy's counterpart in I

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Lt. Travis was born in Paducah, Ky., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1965.

He had basic flight training at Pensacola, and received his wings at Corpus Christi in October 1966. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant posthumously.

Surviving are his widow, Barbara, and a 6-month-old son, Michael Richard, of N. Obtuse Road, Brookfield Center, Ct. 06805; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Freeman Travis of 404 Leona St., Newport, Ar. 72112; a brother. Freeman, and two sisters, Molly and Rebecca.

CLASS NEWS Mrs. Augusta K. Bloch, widow of Adm. BLOCH, commander of the U. S. Fleet from 1938-40, died 27 April at the Mar-Salle Convalescent Home in Washington, D. C , after a long illness.

Mrs. Bloch was born in St. Helena, Calif., and was married in Tutuila, Samoa, in 1903 to Adm. Bloch, who died in October 1967.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Broom of Washington; two sisters, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Sec'y, Cdr. Allan G. Olson, USN (Ret.) El Miradero, P. 0 . Box 131 Bonita, Ca. 92002

N E W S W A N T E D : Will the members of '08 please contact me with items of their activities for publication in Shipmate. No news is not good news to me.

All unsolicited, Oscar S M I T H writes from Virginia Beach, Va., in part as follows: "Surprise 1 This letter is doubtless as much a surprise to you as that day in 1908 when the wind carried my straw hat off my head as I came up a hill (in San Francisco) and I raced down after it only to be stopped on the sidewalk outside the St. Francis by my ex-roommate who extended his arm and returned my hat! . . . I am just recovering from a bad case of pneumonia (almost passed away, according to the medicos) but now all is well . . . so I look forward to another happy year. . . ."

Helen Prindelville Bastedo, widow of RAdm. Paul H. BASTEDO, U S N (Ret.), died 11 May at the Naval Hospital, after a brief illness. Services were held in St. Matthew's Cathedral, Washington, D. C, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Mrs. Bastedo was a life member of Children's Convalescent Hospital, and a former member of the board of Children's Hospital.

She was a member of the Sulgrave and Chevy Chase Clubs.

Surviving are a son, Richard B. Griffin, and a daughter, Rosemarv Griffin Greenslade, wife of RAdm. John F. Greenslade '26, of Washington; six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Adm. Bastedo, a former naval aide to President Franklin Roosevelt, died in 1951.

Pres. and Sec'y, RAdm. Harold C. T r a i n , USN (Ret.) 3140 Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Apt. 501 Washington, D. C. 20016

John Joseph B L A N D I N : I deeply regret to report that "Ducky" died 22 April in Akron, Ohio, after a long illness. See 1910 column for further details.

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Joel William B U N K L E Y : Bunk, who died 10 Dec. 1967, was born in Macon, Ga., not Yazoo City, Miss.

Maria Merritt Quillian: I regret to report that Maria died 31 Dec. 1967 in Brevard, N. C. She was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Ga., where John, who died 2 Feb. 1953, was buried. She and John were married in Macon in 1918. The latest information I have is from the Fiftieth Anniversary Book which shows that she had one daughter, Maria Merritt, who married William F. Orr, and three grandchildren.

Eugenie Burford Reeves: I regret to report that Eugenie died in Roseland, Fla., 10 Dec. 1967, and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Palm Bay, Fla. She and George were married in 1953 (she was from Catonsville, Md.) ; she was George's second wife.

His first wife, Caroline White, whom he married in 1923, died in 1948.

Elizabeth Hanson Stoddard: I regret to report that George's wife, Elizabeth, died early the morning of 21 April in a fire in her room at the Mission Valley Inn, San Diego, Calif. The fire was discovered about 2 A.M. and was put out by employees by chemical extinguishers. She was found on the bathroom floor and had died from smoke inhalation.

Services were held at the Johnson-Saum and Knobel Mortuary, San Diego, on the 25th, with the Rev. C. Rankin Barnes of St. Paul's Episcopal Church officiating. Interment was in Cypress View Mausoleum, San Diego. Attending the services were the Ashleys, the Waddells, George and Charlie Morrison. Quite a few of the classmates and wives were ill with flu.

The former Elizabeth Hanson and George were married in 1935. This was George's second marriage. They had lived in Mesa, Ariz., for several years. She was interested in hospital care for children and the class made a donation to the Children's Hospital, San Diego, in lieu of flowers.

Mrs. Oakley Adair Bennett: Had a very newsy letter from Oakley B E N N E T T ' s widow, who has lived in El Dorado, Ark., for many years. I will quote part of it. She said when her husband died 6 Feb. 1949, he left three fine sons and a daughter. Their son Bruce has been Attorney General for the State of Arkansas and is now running for Governor (it is interesting to note that another classmate. Spike Harris, was also attorney for the State of Arkansas). Their sons Stuart, named for Oakley's roommate, recently retired from the Navy as a commander (ChC). He is now at Hot Springs, Ark., and is associate pastor at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. His son flies a Phantom jet in Vietnam. Their youngest son is safety officer in the U. S. Air Force at Wiesbaden, Germany. Their only daughter Barbara, Mrs. Bob Buckalen, lives in El Dorado and has a lovely family. She herself has never retired and is the Newcomer Hostess for the city of El Dorado, calling on all newcomers to the city. Oakley and his wife came to El Dorado during the boom days and entered into the oil industry in 1921; they are part of the city and its growth.

Frank C A R T E R : Frank's oldest granddaughter was married in May 1967.

Betty Davis: Betty writes that there are two new great-grandchildren: John Charles Russell, born 9 Aug. 1967. Sara Ann Davis Russell and Charles M. Russell are the parents. James Michael Hopkins, born 10 January; Elizabeth Joyce Hopkins (Mary Davis Joyce's daughter) and James E. Hopkins are the parents. Covode and Betty DAVIS now have seven great-grandchildren.

Jim M A L O N E Y : Jim writes that he is feeling rather good; has cut down on his bridge games to once a week and is taking less medicine than he used to. His son Jim Jr. is now 47 and son Sam 44.

Bain M c C A N D L I S H : Bobby Robertson sent me a clipping from the Darlington, S. C , paper, part of which I shall quote: "A prominent Darlington civic leader, retired Naval Commodore B. V. McCandlish, was signally honored 28 March at a luncheon meeting of the Darlington Kiwanis Club.

Mayor Frank A. Wells presented Commodore McCandlish a plaque from the city of Darlington 'in recognition and appreciation of his many years of devoted service to the welfare and progress of our community.'

Mayor Wells said, 'It's a real pleasure to come here and say a few words about one who has meant so much to Darlington and to the Kiwanis Club. He has a large heart and the people of Darlington are proud he came to live among us.'

"Commodore McCandish replied by saying, 'I think I am better physically than I was years ago due to being here among the fine people of Darlington.' He has been president of the Darlington United Fund, chairman of the Darlington Red Cross Chapter, commander of the Darlington American Legion Post and active in the Darlington Presbyterian Church."

There was a picture of Bain and he looked just the same as I remember him from years ago.

Olie O L D E N D O R F : Olie writes that their granddaughter, Mrs. Denise McGrievy, and great-grandson Stuart, of Los Angeles, are visiting them. Olie said he had forgotten how very active a boy of 17 months could be.

Bobby R O B E R T S O N : Here is an unusual story about Bobby which occurred while he was attending the Naval Academy. It is the case of a midshipman who "starred" for one year although he was unsat in one subject at the same time. While this is theoretically possible, I understand, with the new grading system now in effect, it is highly unlikely that it would happen. Requirements for graduation do now include not only satisfactorily passing all subjects, but an overall "C" average as well. Apparently the case mentioned above which occurred in 1907 did present the Academic Board with a problem (the regulations at that time only prescribed a multiple requirement with no mention of a sat requirement in all subjects). The matter was solved in Bobby's favor and he proceeded to graduate 17th in his class.

John S A X E R : John writes that his health has been about as good as we octogenarians should expect. Ailments of different kinds, but not serious, enough house keeping chores and baby sitting. No more golfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I gave up last year when my 7-year-old grandson started out-driving me.

Rufe S P I L L E R : Rufe writes that he has recovered from the cataract operations and now sees very well. I hope Howard Benson has done as well.

Cliff VAN H O O K : Van writes that his son, Gordan, Comdr. U S N A 1951, has just been given command of USS WILKINSON DL-S. Quite appropriate that the WILKINSON should be commanded by a son of a classmate. Newport is her homeport. Van also said that Gordan is looking forward to a visit from Ping's and Catherine's son, Theodore, during the ship's next visit to Norfolk.

B I R T H D A Y S IN J U L Y Happy birthday t o : Trammell on the 1st, Paunack on the 4th, Hersey on the 8th, S H I P M A T E

Weyerbacher on the 12th, Henry Porter on the 17th, Wickham on the 17th, Robbins on the 21st, Lanphier on the 23rd.

B I R T H D A Y S IN A U G U S T Happy birthday t o : Van Metre on the 24th, White on the 24th, Ashley on the 27th.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Charles J . IVIoore, USN ( R e t . ) , 5509 Grove St. Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey 0 . Thomas 725 West Boulevard, Kokomo, Ind. 46902

It is with deep and sincere regret that we learn of the death of John J. BLANDIN— affectionately known to both classes of '09 and '10 as "Ducky"—at his home in Akron, 0., on 22 April. He was our oldest class member (82), and had been in bad health for several years. Our SOth reunion was the last he attended—he has missed few over the years. Tho' not destined for a naval career, few of us had more naval background; and none with more loyalty to the Navy and to his classmates than he. (See Last Call.) In civil life he was an outstanding success—one of the world's authorities on crude rubber production. Your reporter vividly recalls a visit to Akron several years ago. A casual call to Ducky produced the most cordial hospitality in both his lovely home and his country club. That was Ducky!

Our affectionate sympathy goes out to Jeannette and the three sons.

No 'lOers will ever forget Ducky's contribution to our SOth Anniversary Bulletin, titled: "Ducky Blandin, the Bull Fighter."

That would have been matched by a story titled: "How Private Blandin of the Singapore Volunteers of Malaya lost the battle of Singapore in W W I" had we published one in 1962.

A report from Theo (Mrs. Lorain) Anderson has it she and her sister are very comfortably and pleasantly housed in a home for elderly people in Wilmington, N. C. Theo is in good health and fine spirits.

Your reporter had a very interesting letter from old friend, Cdr. Wm. F. (Fred) Kurfess '11, of Santa Barbara, Calif., mostly about politics and Tom N I C H O L S O N .

Fred still operates two farms in Indiana at long range.

Skip (Capt. Robt. T.) M E R R I L L has joined the ranks of shut-ins. After a visit to the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, he is convalescing in a neighboring nursing home.

And the MOOREs (RAdm. and Anna Louise) have been convalescing at St. Simon's Island, Ga. Beach hiking and swimming in April excellent. Charlie reports a very interesting call by a nephew of our short-time classmate, W. F. L E L A N D , who was killed in action in France in 1918 as a 1st Lieut., USA. Nephew is a prominent Washington lawyer. The U S N A tradition lives on!

Capt. Webb T R A M M E L L has been at Bethesda recently for a check up. But he has hurried back to Istanbul, and its comparative comfort and quiet. May your reporter add that as this is written his state of Indiana has just completed a whirlwind of a political upheaval. He wishes that Webb would take him home with him to the quiet of the faraway place.

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Sec'y, Capt. W . D. Chandler, USN (Ret.) 2029 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Corr. Sec'y, Adm. Harry W. H i l l , USN (Ret.) 201 Prince George St. Annapolis, Md. 21401

Our classmates still keep demonstrating their active participation in civil events. The latest news tells of Bill SIMON's reelection as vice president of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina. Good work, Bill.

J U L Y - A U G U S T ,

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A group of friends and classmates helped Amy Chandler celebrate her birthday recently. She was the peppiest one present.

She and Dwight will leave the middle of July to visit their children in Oklahoma and California.

Peg McCord had her beautiful home and garden on display in May to a group of friends. She is a real "dirt gardener," and her garden is a showplace.

On Sunday, 28 April, a silver alms basin, given by classmates in memory of Carroll BYRNES, was consecrated at Christ Church, Georgetown, where Carroll had been a member of the vestry for several years.

Mort and Leila DEYO were in the Washington area for a few days in May enroute home from South Carolina. They both were in fine fettle, and asked your reporter to extend their tsest regards to you all.

"Molly" STARK'S "Recollections" in the last issue invoked the following from Vince MEYER: "That summer—1907—the Jamestown Exposition was in full swing. The Culver Military Academy had won the cutter championship at the Exposition and stopped over at the Naval Academy on their way home. With the 'valor of ignorance' we plebes challenged them to a cutter race on the Severn. They beat us so badly that we sought refuge in a cove and hid there for an hour or so before getting up enough courage to return to the Academy.

"Then there was that St. Patrick's night when the Irish, led by Harold Douglas, chased the Dutch around the ^ balconies of Bancroft Hall. Lt. 'Bill' Steele, the O.O.D., was hastily routed out of bed by this riot, and, clad in pajamas, stood leaning over the balcony railing trying to spot the ringleaders.

As the belligerents rushed by, Doug, failing to recognize him, gave him a resounding whack on the fanny. Retribution was swift and sure—we stood in ranks for an hour or more in Bancroft's breezy corridors.

"I remember, too, that night when the 'Jimmylegs,' dozing in a chair in the rotunda, was 'shell-shocked' when someone dropped a laundry bag full of electric light bulbs from the balcony, which exploded at his feet."

Sec'y, Como. R. S. Wentworth, USN (Ret.) 1922 Carrollton Rd. Annapolis, Md. Z1401

The class will be interested to hear of a ceremony for Congressional Medal of Honor graduates of the Naval and Military Academies which was held at the Medal of Honor Grove at Valley Forge on 29 April.

The Naval Academy Alumni Association and the West Point Association of Graduates each presented to Freedoms Foundation a handsome plaque on which was inscribed the names of Medal of Honor winners who were graduates of the Academies.

One of the naval heroes present at the ceremony was Pat FRAZER of our class.

Mrs. Frazer was also present. You remember that Pat ran out between the lines and rescued a wounded man on 22 April 1914 in the Battle of Vera Cruz.

Exec. V. P., Paul D. Sleeper, Apt. 710 4545 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008

Capt. William Woodruff MEEK, U S N (Ret.) (See obituary in Feb. Shipmate).

A beautiful memorial service was held at The Navy Chapel, Washington, D. C , on 27 April for our classmate who died 5 Dec. 1967, at Newtown Square, Pa., and was

interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

The services were led by LCdr. G. D. Landry, ChC, USNR, Chaplain. Class flowers were sent and a note from his widow, Elizabeth, states "The flowers were beautiful; please thank the class of 1913 for them."

Woodruff was well liked by his classmates and the 1913 Lucky Bag states of him, "He is popular with men, the best of companions, a lover of good-fellowship, and we envy those who have the good fortune to be shipmates with this thoroughbred southern gentleman in the future."

Classmates and wives attending the services were Henry and Marnie Abbott, Gardiner Helmick and Paul and Frances Sleeper, as well as many friends who had known him when he lived at McLean, Va., from 1946-65.

All of 1913 send deepest sympathy to his family. (Our class president and his wife Glenn and Marguerite Davis expected to attend the services but he had to accept an "invitation" for temporary residence at Bethesda Naval Hospital a few days before the services. However, he has been home since early in May and is doing fine.)

Mrs. Reginald (Fay Bainter) Venable died at her son's home, 2110 Alcyona Drive, Hollywood, Calif., after a long illness on 16 April. She was the widow of our classmate "Reggie" Venable who died in 1964, and is survived by their son, Reginald Venable, Jr. She and our Reggie were married 8 June 1921, at Riverside, Calif. She was born in 1893 in Los Angeles and made her acting debut at age 4 in a hospital benefit performance, and first appeared on the Broadway stage in 1909. She entertained troops overseas during W W I, and had a long and most successful career on the stage and screen and in television. She appeared in 39 films, winning an Oscar in 1937 and later being nominated for Oscars twice again. Funeral services were held at All Saints Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills, Calif., with interment on 20 May in Arlington National Cemetery, where her husband was buried.

Most of '13 did not have much chance to get to know Fay well until she accompsmied her husband to our SOth reunion in 1963, and again when she was in D. C. for her husband's interment in Arlington Cemetery. She was always so charming and friendly and so interested in getting to know all of her husband's classmates and their wives and widows that she made a real place for herself in the hearts of all those of us who had the privilege of getting to know her. Our deepest sympathy is for her son Reggie, Jr. Class flowers were of course sent, and he has asked that 1913 be told of his real appreciation for them.

Your SSth reunion committee—Davis, Helmick, Jupp and Sleeper—still regret that we had to cancel our reunion, as stated in our letter of 1 May, due to the great numbers of "Poor Marchers" who would be in D. C. on the dates of our get-togethers in Washington on 30-31 May; and in addition because at that late date it was impossible to make proper reservations to hold our reunion during Homecoming weekend at Annapolis this fall. We appreciate the many letters and notes from classmates and widows who state they approve of our action. We are truly unhappy at the inconvenience that has been caused to all those who expected to attend.

Since last reported in Shipmate, generous help has been received for our class fund from Mrs. J. R. Palmer, Mrs. P. P. Powell and classmates Dale, Davis, J. D. Jones, and Thebaud. Thanks to all for their fine contributions.

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Classmates attending our April and/or May D. C. luncheons were Abbott, Davis, Helmick, Jupp and Sleeper. We were also delighted to have with us Maj. Gen. Davidson and Col. Ashley, both USAF-Ret., and Col. Dupuy, U S A - R e t We are sorry to learn that Grace Wood, widow of Valentine W O O D , who died in September 1940, died in Alameda last December.

Acting Sec'y, RAdm. H. A. Spanagel, USN (Ret.), 5302 Briley PI., Washington, D. C. 20016 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D. Swain, USN (Ret.), 10231 Vivera Dr., La Mesa, Calif. 92042

Sec'y, Adm. Arthur D. Struble, USN (Ret.) 4017 Oliver St., Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mrs. WI. W. Hutchinson, Jr. 6 Acton Place, Annapolis, Md. 21401

Horse and Peg P E N N O Y E R had decided not to have a celebration on their fiftieth wedding anniversary, but Belle and Skeeter M I T C H E L L would not let the day go by with no rites whatsoever. They conceived the idea of a round robin gift in honor of the Pennoyers, and settled on a silver tray with a gold central disc engraved—1918— Peg—Horse—1968 and with the signatures of the donors scattered around the central disc. The donors were close friends from all over the U. S. for a total of fifty-one. Horse recently had another bout with the medico, and was off golf, which Mitch says saves him money. He is now up and at 'em again.

It is reported that, after a good deed well done. Belle and Skeeter left for a two weeks' rest and sightseeing trip to Las Vegas.

Rafe B A T E S appeared on the local scene in Coronado on his annual California safari.

Although Horse had loaned Rafe a car, Rafe took opportunity by the forelock and persuaded Lillian McCormick to drive him to a luncheon in La Jolla, where the Hoke S M I T H s were also present.

Rip and Mardie S T R U B L E returned from Louisiana in May and expect to visit New Haven in June, to see Rip's grandson Dennis graduate from Yale.

Rip and Heather Hutchinson are striving to get out a Class Bulletin, and would like to receive more class news—from more class members. As usual, we all want to read about what the other chaps are doing, but none of us wants to write about what he is doing. So ?

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Sec'y-Treas., Capt. H. C. Merwin, USNR (Ret.) 8104 Kerry Lane Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 West Coast Sec'y, Cdr. E. F. Cochrane, USN (Ret.), 4315 Avalon Dr. San Diego, Calif. 92103

In the June issue of Shipmate, mention was made of the wedding of Dr. George Chapline, Jr., but not having the dope in detail, I was unable to complete this report.

From George, Sr., it was learned that the wedding took place in New York City on 23 March. George Sr. flew east to attend the wedding. Dr. George and his bride, the former Miss Marie Hjort of NYC, are now living in Santa Cruz, Calif. Dr. George is an assistant professor at the U. of California at Santa Cruz. Again, our best wishes to the newlyweds.

An MSG from Red KEADY in Woodside —Emily and Red are off again on a trip to England and the Continent. Leaving 25 April, this trip was at least partly business.

E T R was 2S May. They expected to see the Bert RODGERs in London, Bill S C H O T T in Germany, Consuelo and Tony ZIROLI in Rome.

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A welcome MSG from Bob VAN B U S KIRK down in St. Petersburg. Somehow the address we had was in error with the result that letters to him had been returned.

Mary Green Patterson, learning of our troubles, sent in the correct address. Bob was physically retired in '47 as a colonel in the Army. He is now in real estate, being the manager of a very successful firm known as "Pauline." His decorations in the Army include the Croix de Guerre (French) ; Croix de Guerre, Belgium, with the order of Leopold; Bronze Star; Legion of Merit His family consists of four daughters, married, and a flock of grandchildren. Bob has become an important cog in the social life of St. Pete, being a member of the Opera Board, the Ballet Association and other civic organizations. His wife Susie died in '63. He maintains his own abode and says that he has an air-conditioned spare room and hopes classmates will stop by when in the area.

Bob is very interested in the class and its endeavors and we intend to keep him informed of events in the future. Thanks, Bob, for your fine letter.

A MSG from Pablo G p E N in LA . . .

Pafilo is having trouble with his legs which limits his activities at this time. We have missed him at our functions in SD and hope his condition will improve quickly. Connie and Pep FLOOD report back from their trip to Wisconsin where they visited their doctor son. Hope to see them in the Southland in the near future.

The April gathering of the SD '16-'17'18ers was held at the Admiral Kidd Club on the 16th; 23 attended. Had expected Count and Polly BERKEY to be with us but the medics in Coral Gables decided against any travel at that time. His condition has been corrected and they finally arrived in SD for a special greeting reported later in this issue. The luncheon was the usual pleasant struggle with the prelims and the birthday celebrations holding the attention of all hands. Birthdays: Don Curtis, the 14th; Spike Fahrion, the 17th; Wyse Benson, the 21st, and Merrill Comstock, the 29th. Each celebrant had his day in court and, after some comment, pleaded no contest! In the prelims it is to be noted that the old masters again managed to teach those newcomers some of the fine points of that game, notably Soc McGINNIS, E P SAUER, George C H A P L I N E . But, as always, it was a grand party!

With little notice on the exact date on which the party could be held, Polly and Count BERKEY arrived in our city and May Day was selected as the day of the feast. May Day has many celebrations each year around this globe but few were as pleasant and enjoyable as that for our Polly and Count. Held at the Admiral Kidd Club, the arrangements were excellent.

Martha Joy is presently in the east on a visit and was unable to attend.

In addition to Polly and Count, we were honored to have Edwina and Benny Decker '20 with us. Benny had been with Count when Count had the Seventh Fleet. While the number attending was below par for our usual affairs, this was due mostly to the many functions that were already planned for that May Day. It did afford those who did attend the grand opportunity to renew their friendship and affection for our honored guests. Their plans after the luncheon were to fly on to San Jose, where they were met

by Margot and Bob McCann, Polly's daughter and son-in-law, and visited with them and the grandchildren in their home in Los Gatos Hills overlooking Palo Alto. They planned to fly back to Coral Gables and close their

winter home, then motor north tO their summer home in Old Lyme, Conn., stopping off to take in the Preakness at Pimlic(3. Bon voyage, and we will see you back in SD come 1969.

It is with regret that we report the loss of our classmate, William C. L U T H , at the Naval Hospital, Newport, on 9 March after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Helen, who lives at 51 Marlborough Ave., Providence, R. I. "Ski" entered the USNA with us but failed to negotiate that River in February and re-entered with '17. He served in the Army as a captain during World War I, and was retired for physical (iisability after the war. He spent a number of years on the staff of the late Senator Green of Rhode Island. We extend our sympathies to Helen.

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President, RAdm. Walter C. Calhoun, USN (Ret.), 4230 Fordham Rd., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20016 Sec'y, Capt. J . G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.) 248 King George St., Annapolis, Md. 21401

The 1916-17 monthly luncheon was held at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, on Thursday, 18 April. "Those attending were: Jim Steele, Pete Merwin, Len Austin, Jack Jenkins, Eddie Brady, Frank Hanafee, Walt Calhoun, Frank Dean, Nino Gregory and Chuck Kelly. Lisle SMALL, who missed the luncheon, is now back home recuperating after spending some time in the Naval Hospital, Bethesda. Connie F O R S H E W was also absent. He and Anne were traveling in Europe and were expected back sometime in May.

As o u t g o i n g president of the w o r l d famous Adventurers' Club of N e w Y o r k , Jimmy Jemail '17 recently presented the Club's gold m e d a l to G e n .

James H. Doolittle 2 6 y e a r s a f t e r the G e n e r a l led t h e w a r t i m e b o m b i n g r a i d o n Tokyo.

Since April the following were in Crabtown for various parties: Calhouns, Nobles, Smalls, Elise Skylstead and Carolyn Tobin.

Count Von Heimburg '19, down for his SOth Reunion, dropped by 243 and informed us that Paul Ulysses T E V I S had died in late April. "Pa" had been mayor of South Miami in recent years. We are not able to confirm the news but have great faith in its source and are very sorry to report it.

Colonel H A R V E Y has retired from the pursuit of money and reports that he can now be found at 129 Arleigh Rd., Douglaston, L. I., N. Y. Tex ROGERS has been in the Wilmer Clinic of Johns Hopkins for treatment for his eyes.

Walt and Louise C A L H O U N are in Atlantic City (15 May) to be with Walt's brother who is in very poor shape physically.

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Nino P O S T was recently in Crabtown for his SOth Reunion. He said he had never been off the payroll for his 5 year and 3 classes sojourn here. It was pleasing to see him looking so well.

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Sec'y, RAdm. E. E. Duvall, USN (Ret.) Apt. 755-B, The Westchester Washington, D. C. 20016

The following were present at the monthly luncheon get-together at the Army and Navy Club on the first Wednesday of May: Francis Barlow, Kennedy, Mitten, Vince Murphy, Richar(ison, Riggs and E. C. Rogers. Your secretary was in Maine at this time. Barlow was visiting his son, a captain on duty in Annapolis. Francis is still practicing law in his hometown, Muskegon, Mich., where his address is 1649 Ruddiman Dr., N. Muskegon.

Victor B A R R I N G E R gave us his new address: 327 N. Steele Rd., West Hartford, Ct. 06117.

Sec'y, Capt. Donald C. King, USNR (Ret.) 4201 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016

From our class chairman, George C. DYER: "Thanks to all of you grand people for coming to 1919's SOth Reunion. Particular thanks to those who came long distances or despite more than a fair share of physical infirmities.

"From the moment the superintendent of the Naval Academy spoke his warm words of welcome to the class through the moment Nelle Stevens, as the representative of the widows, spoke her moving words in the 'Toast to the Class of 1919' at our class dinner, the glowing spirit of 1919 was with us all.

"Your attendjmce was super duper. 142 attended the class luncheon, and 137 the class dinner. Sixty-seven out of 105 living classmates and 18 widows out of 56 were present at one or more of the varied activities."

Our SOth Reunion held 8-10 May was favored by almost perfect weather. A schedule of activities was worked out by George DYER and Yen CONEY which enabled us to revisit our old haunts and see the changes that had taken place yet allowing time to rest and renew old acquaintances.

Accompanied by their wives were: Ansel, Atkins, Brooks, Brown, Callaghan, Clark, Cochran, Coney, J. G. Crawford, Crosley, Day, DeKay, Demarest, Dyer, Ferguson,

Fink, Fitzpatrick, Friedman, Goodwin, Greer, Griggs, Grimsley, Hicks, Hill, Holloway, Hungerford, Jennings, Jeter, King, H. M. Martin, McGurl, Muir, Murray, Netting, Olds, Reacl, Redman, Rend, Roberts, Rochester, Schaeffer, Schetky, Schildhauer, Schoeffel, Scull, Settle, Sherritt, C. R. Smith, Tarbutton, Von Heimburg, Whitehead, Willenbucher, Winckler, Wisenbaker and Wynkoop.

Their wives could not accompany Matt Gardner, Russ Ihrig, Nino Post and Abey Stein.

Beany Adams, Gus Bowman, Joe Buchalter, Campbell Carmine, Miles Duval, Piggie Jones and Ole Olsen were travelling solo.

Ted Reynolds, from Verona, Italy, was the only class widow from overseas but we were just as delighted to see Ethel Barrett Mirba Bryant, Maudie Crichton, Dulany Dierdorff, Marie Huse, Pat Kiernan, Virginia Kincaid, Sallye Lamb, Elizabeth Metzel, Florence Pelzman, Doris Rule, Erica Samouces (Mentz), Al Staudt, Nellie Stevens, Mabel Thurber and Alice Vose, here from all sections of the country. Guests of classmates were Mrs. Moring from Calif.; Mrs. Giffen and Mrs. Miller from Md.; Norma Wynkoop from N. Y.; Russ ihrig's namesake nephew from Calif.; Virginia Kincaid's father, Mr. Arthur Morris; the former Erica Mentz's present husband. Col. W. A. Samouces, USA (Ret.)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sammy to us all; and, of particular interest. Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Froost from Michigan. Frank's graduation with us was cut off by the medicos with just two months to go and to show how wrong the medicos were, Frank has become a distinguished member of the medical profession. We were delighted to have the Froosts with us and fortunate in having no need for his professional skill in an emergency during the reunion.

After checking in (receiving name badges, schedules and directories) all hands proceeded from Alumni House to Memorial Hall where the Superintendent, RAdm. Draper L. Kauffman, USN, welcomed us most cordially, particularly noting the size of the group, and the very many decorative and/or useful things which our class (or members of the class in its name) had contributed for the chapel, Bancroft Hall and the stadium.

This is a good point at which to voice the thanks of the class to the superintendent, his chief of staff, and to LCdrs. Browne and White of his Naval Academy staff, and for the wholehearted and courteous assistance

given throughout the reunion. Included were bus service between motels and inns. Alumni House, the Naval Academy and other points outside of the Academy plus comprehensive briefing and answers to our many questions.

After witnessing the noon meal formation of the Brigade, the class picture was taken on the steps of Bancroft Hall. The ladies then returned to Alumni House for luncheon while the men lunched with the 19th Co. and visited its wardroom on the fourth deck.

At 1330 George Dyer called the annual business meeting to order in Ward Hall.

After the routine business of approving minutes of the last meeting, unanimously reelecting class officers and members of the executive committee and receiving the treasurer's report, the chairman brought up the question of taking in a later class as cosponsors of the 19th Company. He reported that the class of 1959 had asked to join us in sponsorship of the company. Upon motion made and seconded, there was unanimous approval for such an arrangement. (George has informed your secretary that he met with the Commandant of Midshipmen, officers of the class of '59 and representatives of the 19th Co. on 11 May an(l consummated the co-sponsorship with the full approval of the co"imandant.)

At 1545 we assembled in a special section of seats on Worden Field for the dress parade, at which the Brigade passed in review before the Secretary of the Navy. The 19th Co. merited the applause we gave as it marched by.

The reception for the class scheduled for 1700 at the superintendent's quarters had been postponed until 1730 on Friday, due to unexpected official demands on Wednesday.

We all proceeded by Academy buses to the Annapolis Country Club (formerly the Annapolis Roads Club) where we enjoyed a get-together. Since it had been a full first day the party was not prolonged and dinner was on a basis of ''when you want it, where you want it, and with whom you want it."

At 0930 on Thursday we asserribled in the Brigade Assembly Hall where we were given a most interesting briefing by Capt.

Hawthorne, the Chief of Staff, on the longrange plans for the future development of the Academy and a better idea of the physical improvements and advances in the curriculum made in the last two decades. The briefing was followed by questions and answers and a short tour of the Academy, then a cruise in YPs which permitted a waterview of the installation from the Severn.

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The annual class luncheon was held at the Officers' Club at 1245. As has been their gracious custom for years, Harry and Kathryn G O O D W I N provided attractive corsages and boutonnieres of yellow roses as well as open bar privileges. The wives of the couples present celebrating their SOth wedding anniversaries were presented with yellow orchids.

Following a beneficial two-hour postluncheon siesta period we proceeded to "Simmerdown," the Dyers' attractive house at Pendennis Mount, where Mabel Thurber, the Settles, Jennings and Wynkoops joined the Dyers in hosting the annual cocktail party which surpassed the high standards of previous years. The schedule said, "If you are still hungry, then eat where you wish and with whom you wish" but we hope the restaurants were not counting on '19's business to lift the mortgage.

No reimion events were scheduled on Friday morning but there was visiting with Annapolis friends and the golfers had their fling on the Naval Academy course, though no cards were made available to me for inspection. At 1200 Walter and Eleanor A N S E L outdid their picnic given at the 4Sth reunion. The setting at "Gavea" was perfect, the food and drink plentiful and delicious and the country air was a wonderful bracer for the events of the final evening.

At 1730 we were welcomed by Adm. Kauffman and his charming wife at the superintendent's quarters and renewed our appreciation of the dignity and comfort of their beautiful quarters.

W e then proceeded across Dorsey Creek to Hubbard Hall (the old boat house) for dinner and dancing. Pat Kiernan provided beautiful flowers for the tables and orchids for the ladies, flown in from California. Pat also provided champagne. Whether flown in from Florida or not, it was excellent.

The head table included the widows of past class officers: Nellie Stevens, Virginia Kincaid, Mabel Thurber, Dulany Dierdorff, Florence Pelzman and Sallye Lamb as well as Patricia Kiernan who has done so much for the class in memory of Rosy and the present class officers.

The tuneful orchestra played during dinner until the chairman made a few opening remarks and called on Beany Adams for the first toast. With his wide academic and public speaking expereince, both here and abroad, Beany had no problem in obtaining attention and delivering a ringing toast from the New England area. Harry Goodman paid tribute to the class from the North Atlantic area. Nellie Stevens, speaking for the widows, first complained that "George had limited her to one minute and how could a woman say anything in that time!"

And went ahead to give in just about one minute a moving, nostalgic talk which unquestionably was the feeling of the evening.

Fergie Ferguson for the Middle West stood on a chair and made his points. Jack Redman, speaking for the Far West, closed out the toasts.

There were other volunteer speakers, but the sense of the assembly was for dancing which took over for the rest of the evening and it may be said that "A good time was had by all."

No class events were scheduled for Saturday and many participants from far places left for home, but there were more than SO in the 1919 pews at the chapel services on Sunday, at which George Dyer read the lesson from the scriptures, and very well, too.

After the regular chapel service, '19ers remained and joined Chaplain McComas and Father O'Brien in a memorial service for those in '19 who have crossed the Styx.

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These '19ers not only enjoyed the celebration of their 50th anniversary of graduation; they also celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

From the top down they are Capt. and Mrs. Laurence Schetky, Cdr. and Mrs. Horry Goodwin and Capt. and Mrs. Leon Wisenbaker.

Alice Vose gave the flowers on the chapel altars in memory of of RAdm. W. Cecil VOSE, USN, and all other deceased members of the class of '19.

After chapel Dulany Dierdorff invited all '19ers for brunch at 34 Randall St. Most of those at services came, with a few latecomers, and the SOth reunion closed happily in the delightful Dierdorff house.

After covering the happy occasion of our SOth retmion it is with regret that we report the death of Albert T. SPRAGUE on 8 April. Al had undergone a stomach operation in the spring of '67 and had showed all signs of a steady recovery, signing up for the SOth reunion and beginning to play golf once more in December. He played 18 holes of golf on 9 March. There was a sudden deterioration in his condition in mid-March leading to his hospitalization at the Army Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, where he died. Marie and their son (a commander on duty in the Bureau of Personnel) brought Al back for interment in Arlington National Cemetery, after services in the Ft. Myer Chapel on 11 May. Dyer, Tarbutton, Schaeffer, Callaghan, Settle, Greer, Hicks and King served as honorary pallbearers.

Sec'y, Capt. Roswell B. Daggett, USN (Ret.), P. 0. Box 201 Annapolis, Md. 21404

Our classmate, Walter Heard ROBERTS, died 31 March in Mt. Dora, Fla., of emphysema after a long illness. Interment on 3 April was in his hometown of Lavonia, Ga. His widow's address is P. O. Box 436, Mt. Dora, Fla. Freddie McMAHON's wife Katherine died in Naples, Fla., on 8 April. She had been ill since last Dec. Her remains were cremated and will be interred in Minnesota this summer. Besides her husband, she leaves a married daughter and a son. It is understood that Freddie intends to keep his cooperative apartment in Naples, but will leave there late in May and will visit his daughter en route to Minn.

John and Ve L O N G S T A F F lost their son, John B. Jr., age 34, on 7 April after a lengthy illness of leukemia. He taught history and English and had held classes until a

few days before he died at Sharon Hospital, Sharon, Conn. Interment will take place later in Dover, N. H. Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Perry A. Thompson of Amherst, Mass.

Twenty-four classmates attended the monthly luncheon at the Army and Navy Club on 26 April as follows: Bassett, Browder, Christmas, Crowe, Fred Cunningham, Curts, Daggett, Savvy Harrison, Heineman, Holsinger, Lyon, Mansfield, Mullinnix, Nibecker, Osborn, Patterson, Pearson, Robinson, Sexton, Shope, Clyde Smith, Swanson, Thompson and Wachtler. The chairman of the nominating committee, Merry CHRISTMAS, announced the nominees for class officers for the year starting in May 1968: chairman, Jack LYON ; secretary, Ros DAGG E T T ; treasurer, Don OSBORN. Election at the May luncheon. Jack LYON gave a most timely talk on the pros and cons of hearing aids and how to go about getting fitted. This inspired Fred CUNNINGHAM to suggest a discussion of false teeth but fortunately we were spared this.

Dick and Betty M O R S E finished their "second home" up on the Sonoma County Coast at The Sea Ranch in October, and have since been spending a good part of their time there. In January, when Dick had his annual physical check-up, the doctors found a spot on his lung. He had surgery immediately ; the area, though malignant, was well contained, and the doctors say this is "one they have won." Dick made a speedy recovery, went up to The Sea Ranch within a month to continue progress, and is now back to battery. They urge any classmates who are coming their way to visit them up the coast. The address there is Box 335, Sea Ranch, Ca. 95445. First class mail is forwarded to either place they are in residence.

Word from Carroll B O N N E Y states that early in April he had lunch with Dick and Betty Morse and that Dick looks well and says he feels fine. Carroll reports that Bill R t C E has a big project underway. It seems Mrs. Rice has been bothered for years with allergies of some sort. Recently they went to Arizona for a vacation and all her troubles disappeared. So now the Rices are having their home in San Marino fixed to produce S H I P M A T E

.\rizona climate in California. Peg and Carroll are planning a trip east in June, "to New England only." Peg celebrates her SOth at Simmons and their daughter gets a Master's degree from Simmons, and their granddaughter graduates from Goucher. If they only go to New England but attend their granddaughter's graduation in Marylandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this I want to see. Carroll says that the Bonneys, Aldridges and Morses are planning to attend our SOth in 1969.

I also had a letter from Gene A L D R I D G E in which he enclosed his biography and confirmed that he planned to be at our SOth. Last fall Adelaide and he were gone about three months through the south and as far as Washington. They stopped in county seats east of the Mississippi River hunting genealogy information. In 1969 they plan to combine the trip to the reunion with another genealogy safari in New England.

I will quote a letter dated 17 April from Wally DILLMAN. "As of May 1st am changing my address to 166 N. Canyon View Drive, Los Angeles, Ca. 90049. Incidentally, am making, for me, a big change and shortly after you get this note, I will be married.

This will give me that much more reason to get east and be with you all for our SOth reunion. Ours will be a well-balanced family; we each have seven grandchildren. The first of the month we will take a quick jump to Europe: Copenhagen, Amsterdam and 10 days in Ireland, returning via Montreal.

Really something to celebrate." Congratulations, Wally! W e will look forward to meeting the bride at our SOth. Joe L A D E M A N sent in an interesting report of a trip around the Western Pacific he and Jesselsm took for six weeks starting last February. They visited Noumea, Australia, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Taipei and Japan. This gave Jesselyn a chance to do some shopping and Joe an opportunity to revisit some of the spots where he did time during the early days of W W II. The sole purpose of stopping at Noumea was to photograph a notorious edifice dubbed Havoc Hall which Joe had occupied along with other members of Adm. Halsey's staff. Joe is sure Slim COWDREY, Dopey D U P R E E , Jimmie DOYLE and others remember the place. Four-lane highways, modern motels and extensive residential development had completely changed the surroundings, but after riding around for two hours with a taxi driver who spoke a little English, the former prominent landmark was finally located. With doors locked and windows boarded up, this infamous bastion of revelry and conviviality today serves as a storehouse for a nearby furniture factory. When the owner, who knew nothing about the structure's unique contribution to history, told Joe that he planned to tear it down in a couple months, Joe realized he had arrived just in time to record pictorially for posterity the last days of Havoc Hall.

Joe was impressed by the progress in Taipei which has taken place since he was there for four months in 1950. There was not a beatnik or hippie to be seen. The Republic of China has prospered to the point where it no longer asks for or receives economic aid. In Japan a visit with Wally HIGGINS and his charming wife, Sueno, turned out to be one of the highlights of the Lademans' trip. Wally has built a lovely home on a hillside about 45 minutes by train from the center of Tokyo. The landscaping features a beautiful Japanese garden with waterfalls from a height of about 10 feet over rocks into a large pool surrounded by shrubs and flowers and stocked with large gold carp.

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enjoyable visit, Wally and Joe vowed they would meet again at our SOth next year.

Slim and Mabel D E R I N G E R are enthusiastic about a trip they had in March. They took a self-propelled one-car train trip starting in Ojinaga, Mexico, which is across the border from Presidio, Texas. For 24 hours they enjoyed gorgeous scenery and were awed

by Copper Canyon, which Slim says is large enough to hold four Grand Canyons. En route home they stopped in Vicksburg and report John and Glo BOTTOM to be in fine health.

In Pensacola they saw the Bill S I N T O N s and in Charleston enjoyed a visit with Lois Fitz, and cocktails with Eddie TILLMANs. They report all as looking fine. But the trip at the end was marred by an accident Mabel had. They visited Okefenokee Swamp Park near Waycross, Ga., and Mabel fell in embarking in a boat. Although no bones were broken, she banged herself up quite badly and is still suffering six weeks later.

Harvey and Bright W I L S O N have had a wonderful winter in Palm Beach, Fla. They plan to return to Connecticut early in May. Harvey sent me some low-down on one Artie DOYLE in the form of a reproduced page of the Palm Beach Daily News of 9 Feb. 1968. The article states that this week Adm. Doyle agreed to appear in a documentary television series on Naval Air and Sea History to be sponsored by the Eugene E. Wilson Foundation, Palm Beach. The documentary will span Navy history from 1895 through 1968 and Artie will appear with Cdr. Eugene Wilson for the introductory portion of one of the filmed T V segments. Harvey said he enjoyed a nice visit with Artie on Cdr. Wilson's yacht. And only yesterday I had a letter from Artie in which he said he had enjoyed seeing Harvey and his sweetie in Palm Beach in February and how well they looked, but nary a word about his launching into TV. Artie was answering my appeal for news appearing in the May issue and I am very appreciative. H e said Dudley and Myrt P A G E had passed through Pensacola on their annual hegira to Texas and it was fun to see them looking so good and sassy. Artie and Janie are looking forward to our SOth reunion and they should have no hotel problem. Just now they have three children in the area. Peter has the Episcopal Parish in Leesburg, Va.; Wright, just married, is in his second year at the Episcopal Seminary in Alexandria, and Laurie is married to a test pilot at Patvixent, but he went to Vietnam this June.

Dick GLASS came through with his biography. This is the 187th I have received since August 1965. Dick said he and Kate spent a few days in Charleston this winter en route to Florida and got together several times with Pat and Cynthia M U R P H E Y , both of whom are in the pink and enjoying plantation life. He talked to Ducky MALLARD by phone but was unable to arrange a trip to his diggings some 125 miles away.

Ted and Dottie H A F F ' s daughter Doreen presented them with a granddaughter on 15 April. This is their 14th grandchild. Under date of 1 May, the Washington Evening Star carried an article entitled "Colorado Inquiry into U.F.O.'s Attacked as Nonscientific."

U.F.O. stands for "Unidentified Flying Object." The attack was made by our classmate, Don K E Y H O E , who has been interested in flying saucers for some time. At a press conference, Don announced he has written President Johnson asking for a new study.

Joe T A L B E R T reports that at the last Coronado chapter meeting eight of our classmates were present: Binford, Bain, Fick, Isgrig, Stoker, Talbert, Tillson and Weiler.

Also that on 1 May Roy and Elizabeth S A C K E T T returned from a three months trip around the world on the P&O Liner IBERIA. Joe says that he, Binford and Townsend have already made reservations in Annapolis for the SOth and that Helen Arthur is planning to attend. All indications point to a banner attendance because the SOth is The Reunion.

Sec'y, Capt. S. S. Bunting, USN (Ret.) Kensington House, 10225 Kensington Parkway, Kensington, Md. 20795

I recently received a nice letter from Country MOORE's oldest daughter, Barbara Moore Finch, thanking the class for the flowers sent to the family at the time of Country's funeral.

Dal EMORY, who resides in Seattle, Wash., along with Dutch Greber and Shorty Poole, writes that Arthur AYRAULT's son, Arthur, Jr., has been appointed headmaster of Lakeside School, a large private school located in North Seattle. Young Ayrault is a graduate of Stanford University, and won gold medals in rowing at the Olympics in Australia in 1956. He is now working for his Ph.D. at Harvard. Arthur Sr. lives in Tacoma.

Allen COOK, who retired from teaching at the Naval Academy, is now living in his ancestral home at Norfolk. It has been my wife's and my good luck to have been royally entertained by Allen while we were visiting Norfolk in May. Allen will leave shortly for his annual summer visit to London.

Charlie S M I T H recently came from Florida for an operation at the Naval Hospital Bethesda. I hear that he is recuperating nicely and expects to return home in the near future.

Ralph McSHANE, who used to live in Washington, recently married Richmond Kelly's widow. They are living in her home at 31 North Crescent, Maple Wood, N. J. Congratulations to the bride and groom.

Frenchy C H E R B O N N I E R ' s wife, Cecile, died suddenly of a heart attack on 20 April while visiting her sister in Elizabeth, N. J. Cecile came from one of the oldest families in southern Maryland and made her home in St. Mary's City. She was buried in Arlington on the 23rd. The class wishes to express its deep sympathy to Frenchy and family.

The weekly class luncheon was held on 24 April at the Army and Navy Town Club, Washington, D. C. Twenty classmates attended : Homer Eimers, Wayne McDowell, Bill Fletcher, Cat Brown, Wop Barbaro, Dolly Fitzgerald, Tommy Dell, Heber Brumbaugh, Don Giles, W. B. Pinky Thorp, Justin Dickens, Mac McCollum, John Waters, Oz Colclough, George Russell, Ekldie Kirk, Blackie Loker, Swig Swigart, Fred Boone, Harold Hauser.

The following news has just come in from our San Francisco reporter concerning the activities of the '21 group in that area: Tram and Charlie R O L A N D drove to Yosemite to meet Charlie's brother and sister-in-law visiting them from Erie, Pa. The Rolands and the Jimmy HARRISes have confirmed the fact that Bess and Piggey S C H W I E N and John and Bobbie M A D D E N were aboard the RMS STATTENDAM when she sailed recently from San Francisco. The following are excerpts from letters and cards from them written aboard ship en route to Europe via the Panama Canal.

(John wrote en route Barbados to Lisbon on 7 April to this general effect.) They were outward bound from the Spanish Main.

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After eight days of food, drinks, fun and games, all such pleasures were growing wearisome. F(X)d and service was reported as not to be compared with the Matson MARIPOSA. The Holland-American Line recently inaugurated a policy of "no-tipping" which is not exactly popular with the ship's stewards and many plan to leave the ship at Rotterdam. A new crew took over in San Francisco, and things were adequate but not what they had been in the past. However, no shortages or hardships prevailed on board.

Between Piggey, John, the ship's captain and various pilots, the STATTENDAM safely traversed the Canal, made it in and out of Curacao, Bridgetown and Barbados; and, at that writing, was headed "all kettles on the line" in an ocean full of water to Lisbon.

Piggey and John had relaxed and turned things over to the captain to traverse the blue Atlantic and the Western Ocean. Due to political unrest in Cristobal, passengers were not permitted to debark, which was a great disappointment to Bobbie—her second such experience there. Bess and Bobbie got a bit out of hand while shopping in Curacao, reporting bargains that you would not believe : embroidered sweaters, linen and cotton dresses, watches, etc., at fantastic prices. John and Piggey retired into the shelter of a shopping mall bierstub to escape the midday sun, and from that vantage point could witness Bess and a female companion from the ship zeroing in on Bobbie who was returning with two overloaded shopping bags.

Contents were extracted on the public spot, sizes compared and directions given as to where the loot could be duplicated. Both ancient mariners and their consorts returned to the ship for the midnight sailing and retired, leaving the "Owl's nest," the ship's all-night bistro, to the late late revelers.

From then on it was down hill to Lisbon.

John's postcard report from Lisbon reported extensive sightseeing tours and the news that the smoked salmon from Scotland was superb, even better than George Van Deurs' Belvedere variety. Unhappily, he reports that he is gaining weight. Bess's reports generally confirm the above. She took advantage of the lack of responsibility and remained in cabin until "Elevenses" daily throughout the voyage. The Maddens departed the STATTENDAM in Lisbon, but Piggey and Bess proceeded to England to spend some time before picking up their new Mercedes Benz in Germany. All hope to be home by mid-summer, the Schwiens to tour via their new car and the Maddens by deluxe private tour.

On 25 April, while the Nick COULTERs and Ransom DAVISes were at the CARLISLEs for dinner, part of the entertainment included a live doe from the area parading in the vicinity of their front door.

The doe's message was somewhat garbled, but it seemed that she represented a sizable segment of the animal population protesting the quality and quantity of decibels emanating from the Carlisle residence, especially some of their stories.

Lee and Dalton DAVIS spent Easter vacation in southern California visiting their son, Cdr. Bill Davis, retired. Virginia McQueen has returned from New Zealand.

Welcome home.

'21ers in the San Francisco Bay area are planning a party in October. More about this later, after plans have been formulated.

Eleanor and Norman McKEE flew to Amsterdam from Oakland where they are on a three-weeks guided tour of Germany and Austria. The Ransom Davises drove them to the airport where they were early enough to be head of the line at the start, but 32

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The following letter was received from C. A. "Whitey" W H I T E F O R D of Moulton, Tex.: "I have some sad news. George Schneider's wife Peg passed away 2 May at their farm near The Plains, Va. Peg had had the misfortune to fall and break a leg last fall and had a long and tedious recovery.

However, the cast had been removed a few days before her death and she seemed to be getting along fine, but the combination of this and emphysema was just too much for her heart.

"George and Peg had lived in Houston for more than 30 years and had spent considerable time in Virginia at their farm after George's retirement from C. F. Braun Co. several years ago. Memorial services were held 7 May at the Episcopal Church of St. John The Divine in Houston, of which they both were members.

"My wife Catharine and I have just moved to our farm between Flatonia and Moulton, Tex. Flatonia is on Highway 90 abput halfway between Houston and San Antonio. We will be happy to see our friends at any time."

Willie McHUGH reports from the San Diego area: "I arranged for our third golf tournament when 17 out of 20 expected golfers toured the 11th Naval District course at Baker Field on 15 April. There were plenty of electric carts, many double and triple bogeys, few birdies, and no snakes reported.

The net scores were: Pollock 70, Logan McKee 70, Hickey 74, Bascom Jones 74, AB Cook 77, Abernethy 79, Wray 80, McHugh 80, Rex Tallman 81, Gorry 82, Doc. JQ Owsley 82, Juvenal 83, Acuff 83, Fewel 83, Carter 84, Esling 87, Perdue 91, and with Kivlen, Cullins, and Ivan Miller disqualified for AWOL. The only recorded complaint was a mild one by AB Cook, who said that tee-off at 0930 was pretty early for him to make from Cucamonga, 150 miles away, but that he wouldn't have missed it for anything.

Logan McKee volunteered to run the next tournament at Pendleton in July, and we shall all look forward to it.

"On 23 April, Hook Butterfield conned the monthly luncheon at MCRD Officers' Mess.

Twenty-two turned out, with Duncan Curry and TO Cullins driving in from the hinterlands, and Roland Killian down from Laguna Hills for the occasion. After lunch Logan McKee reported on his attendance at the convocation of Retired Officers in Washington. The information was of great interest to us all. In addition to those mentioned, the following were present at lunch: Abernethy, Acuff, Dodds, Ajax Gray, Gorry, Hailey, Hickey, Bascom Jones, McHugh, Owsley, Perdue, Stogie Roberts, Schell, Don Smith, Stafford and Tallman."

Sec'y, Capt. E. R. Gardner, USN (Ret.) 1700 San Carlos Ave, San Carlos, Ca. 94070 Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. H. D. Baker, USN (Ret.) Box 2 2 , Army-Navy Club Washington, D. C. 20006

The nominating committee for class president has been requested to submit the names of the candidates selected by 1 July to the acting president who will submit the slate to all classmates with a cut-off date for filing of any other nominations by petition as set forth in the class By-Laws. The class secretary will then distribute the ballots, including any nominations by petition who qualify, and the votes will be tallied by a committee under the direction of the class secretary. It is hoped the new president can take office by next Homecoming.

Frank A K E R S is recovering nicely from his eye operations and by the time this reaches you he should be back to normal. He has had to conduct our class business under rather trying conditions and we are happy that his operations have been so successful.

As of 15 May there has not been suffi(:ient response to the class memorial committee letter describing the memorial scholarship fund to permit the committee to proceed with this worthy project. The letter requested authority to use the name "1922 Class i of the United States Naval Academy," and this approval is necessary. Please send in your card or comment without delay.

Ruth Cooper and Dorothy Hogan have sent most gracious notes to the class, thanking us for the flowers that were sent to their husbands' services and the expressions of sympathy that they received. We regret the long delay in acknowledging their letters. ' Beau F I N K has been confined to the Bethesda hospital for some time and would like to hear from his friends and classmates.

He and Idella have sold their home in Virginia and Idella is living at Whitehall West, Apt. 206, 8315 N. Brook Lane, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

George NOLD reports that he has re- ' tired from teaching at State University Agricultural and Technical College of Farmingdale, Long Island, and has moved to Florida. His new address is 4516 Fetrow Drive, Conway Hills, Orlando, Fl. 32806.

He says he is fully occupied getting his new home squared away and likes it. He will be missed at the New York alumni meetings. , Herb BERGER in New York reported the following attended the annual alumni dinner in New York recently—Clint Blount, Frank Whitaker, Art Schmidt, Joe Krecek, Charlie Hooper and Herb Berger. Tom M A G I N N I S recently retired as vice president of J. P. Stevens Co. and is now devoting much of his time to civic and charitable affairs. Tom says, "After travelling around Europe I am back as a volunteer for the Red Cross, prying money from the public on the Red Cross SOS program 'Service to our Servicemen'."

We heard from Bill F I N N , retired vice president of Worthington Corp. Bill said, "I am very sorry I missed the reunion due to the critical illness of Ada who is still seriously ill. We were signed up but had to cancel." , Al R O S E N S T E I N writes that his new address after 1 Oct. will be The Warwick, Raleigh Ave. and Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J. Abe STACEY's son Wayne is now a Captain, USMC, and was recently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He has been serving with a Marine Electronics Reconnaissance Squadron in Vietnam since last June and has taken part in more than 200 combat missions. Congratulations, Abe. The Journal of the Armed Forces recently carried the following item—"Three Brothers Ripley are boasted by the Marine Corps—all officers, all Vietnam veterans, all combat decorated. Lt. Col. George Ripley is on S E A T O staff in Bangkok, Thailand; Capt.

Michael Ripley is assigned as test pilot at Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent; Capt. John Ripley is a student at Quantico Amphibious Warfare School." The proud parents of these officers are Francis D. (Rip) and Verne R I P L E Y .

Leonard K A P L A N reports he is still actively employed as a naval architect and project engineer with M. Rosenblatt & Sons, Inc. After his retirement from the Navy in S H I P M A T E

Leonard Kaplan's growing family.

From the left: Kristina, Elin, Millie, Vicki and Leonard, Jr. (prospective USNA 1972)

1952 he joined Foster Wheeler and retired from that company several years ago and is now well along toward a third retirement.

His son, Leonard, Jr., the eldest of his five children, will enter the Naval Academy in the class of 1972 with the distinction of becoming a midshipman one-half century after his father was sworn in. Leonard is the only one of our classmates who will have a son currently in the Naval Academy and he belongs to that very exclusive group of '22 having children under 21 years of age.

George and Clytie W A T S O N are now making their home at 200 S. Litchfield Drive, Apt. 5, Litchfield Park, Az. 85240. They have just returned from an extensive trip to Manila, Hong Kong and Japan. Rupe and Billie L O W E visited Ekl and Carmen GARDNER in San Carlos, Calif., on their way home from their four months' Far East trip. Dutch R E E S I D E has been elected vice president of Walston & Co. with his headquarters in Washington. Carl E S P E has several copies of the Forty-Year Book and if anyone wants a copy write directly to Carl. The price is $15.

The class executive committee has authorized the preparation of commendatory scrolls to Clyde KING, Frank W H I T A K E R , Duke GUIDER (posthumously) and Abe STACEY for their services to the class and conferring upon them the title of emeritus-president, vice president, treasurer and secretary respectively.

The Washington group turned out the folfowing at the 14 May luncheon: Lowe Bibby, Harry Butler, Harold Baker, Owen Comp, Tommy Dugan, Carl Espe, Ralph Hudson, Red Marston, Al Malstrom, Pete Needham, Zeke Sanborn, Hitch Saunders, Al Toney; and Oliver Walker.

Recorder, RAdm. Arthur A. Ageton, USN (Ret.), 3900 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, D. C. 20008 Sec'y, RAdm. Morris Smellow, (SC) USN (Ret.), 100 S. Cherry Grove Ave., Annapolis, IVId. 21401

While our most peripatetic classmate and Bobbie B U R K E were trundling across the Pacific and around Japan, News Week ran an article on Arleigh in its "Where Are They Now?" column. Quoting Arleigh on peace negotiations, "Negotiating with the Communists requires Jobian patience and—• outwardly, at least—unflappable calm. We can expect the negotiations to be long drawn out and troublesome. The Communists look on these things as a continuation of the battlefield." Sort of a reverse twist on Clausewitz, but Arleigh should know, and so should Bill M E N D E N H A L L , who also did his stint across the table from "the other side" at Panmunjon. The activities at the table in Paris certainly bear out this promise—we J U L Y - A U G U S T ,

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are one step back from the Korean conference beginnings—negotiating to try to reach agreement to negotiate at all. The chaotic riots situation in Paris hardly provides a quiet ambient for peaceful discussions.

Sam F U Q U A writes from St. Petersburg, Fla., that a previous commitment to attend Dr. Wells' reception at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for Annapolis and West Point graduates kept him from attending any of Reunion 45 except the Chapel services. He needs to conserve his leave for the October Reunion of Medal of Honor winners in Seattle. Of this summer, Sam wrote: "Edna and I will baby-sit with small fry and the dog, in Atlanta, Ga., while our daughter Pat and husband, Cdr. C. L. Nagle, U S N (Ret.), vacation in Europe with the older boys." Thereafter, they will visit old friends and rest in Gto, Mexico, before returning to St. Petersburg Junio'- College for another year.

Bill and Ann McCAFFERTY took a quick trip during the term break at the college for a visit to Aruba, Bonnaire, and Curacao in the Dutch Antilles and enjoyed the change of pace. Bill will return to the Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi, N. Y., for another year, promoted to associate professor and head of the Construction Department and tenure, although technically already retired.

Courtesy John McKinney '23 non-regs stealing a smoke during plebe summer at the old W W I barracks down by the tennis courts. From the left: McKinney, McCreo and Long.

Jack S H A W was drafted by Harvey Maynard '33 to resume management of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Bellevue, Wash., while Harvey made a trip to San Francisco; therefore, he was unable to head his oxcart east toward Annapolis. John and Renee B R O W N are on an extended trip through Europe; couldn't make plans fit to include Reunion 45. Jack told us of the sad news that Eddie COLLINS, one of this column's faithful correspondents, died of a heart attack on 22 April. A lifelong bachelor, Eddie came back in the Navy and served also as a merchant officer during World War II, was for many years Captain of the Port

in Seattle for the Matson Line. Popular with the Great Northwest '23 contingent, he will be missed in Seattle.

Sam BAKER, tired of being away from home, planned only to drive down for Saturday events of Reunion 45. Sam and wife journeyed to South America in February and went around that continent. "I mean around," he wrote. "I chartered a plane at Punta Arenas and Frances and I flew around Cape Horn. I shall never forget it. W e put down coming back at the Chilean Naval Base of Puerto Williams, on Isla Navarino, to be greeted, more or less, by the information that the day before, when the pilot said it had not been flyable, the wind had blown 100 kts at P. Williams and 140 at The Horn. We had our own problems, 9200 feet of solid cloud cover to go up and come down through.

But when it was over, we were glad we had done it." You can have it, Sam! Home again, Frances ran two loads of clothes through the washing machine and they took off for Baja California again. He reports a large backload of work to do at home and nobody but Sam to do it.

Dusty RHOADS, the "old Marine" of Hyattsville, surfaced after many years of silence with well-merited praise of Skinny Joe's "excellent reports on class luncheons."

Dusty makes application for the "most, not the best educated" '23er, and submits these qualifications: "4 years U S N A ; 1 year PG, U S N A ; 1 year M.I.T. (aeronautical engineering) ; six years University of Maryland." Any of you highly or lengthily educated '23ers want to contest this champion?

Mike CONNELLEY reports that John and Mickey McKINNEY have "a beautiful home (at Rancho Santa Fe) surrounded by 4 acres of good land in a lovely setting overlooking a lake. Everything is spick and sjpan, including the white fence and stables for their palamino horses. Both Jack and Mickey are well and chirpy." Mike says that Skinny Joe is a genius-reporter!, of which there is no doubt—'23ers will get a 6-month sampling in Shipmate next winter while Jo and I "get away from it all" (of which trip more later). Mike hopes to organize regular lunches in San Diego. Good show, Mike!

How's for you San Diego '23ers to show Mike some enthusiastic backing with some telephone calls of support?

Harry D O W N S saw Dick SCRUGGS briefly in Madison, Fla., in January. Dick and hausfrau took a tour of Mexico during May. Bob CASSON writes that Dick H I G H T died in the '50s. When he resigned from the Navy, he went with Texaco and was seen no more in naval circles. Bob attended the fiftieth reunion of his Duluth Central high school class and had a great time. He hadn't been back in Duluth for a visit since W W II. A classmate of mine reminded me unpleasantly in May that it was SO years ago that we had graduated from Pullman High School in the great Palouse Hills of the Inland Empire of Washington State. Too bad he couldn't keep such sad news to himself!

Slim L A U R E N T could not make Reunion 45, not that his writing chores prevented his reporting in, but that his wife, as a teacherlibrarian, is not free to remain away from her job except for serious illness or death in the family. Slim gives his new address as 901 N. Broadway, Stanley, Wis. For Reunion SO, Slim, please P L A N A H E A D !

Phil and Aurelia RYAN planned only to be at the BURKEs' party. Aurelia severely broke her ankle and recovery was slow.

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T U N E WEEK 1968—A beautiful Week, clear and sunny ^ after a cold wet spring; a Week of para(ies and hops; band concerts; picnics; sailing on the Severn and the Bay; white uniforms and pretty drags in mini skirts; proud parents from everyplace; crowded streets and brand new cars . . . a longawaited Week for 820 graduates, with all but two commissioned. California and Pennsylvania tied at 82 for having the most graduates, with New York 81, Virginia 67 and Florida 49. Maryland had 36. Wyoming, Delaware, Maine, Vermont and South Dakota had the least—2 each.

T H E CNO—Adm. Thomas H. Moorer '33 addressed the graduating class and some 20,000 others in the stadium. He said, in part, that "the class of 1968 has reached the beginning and not the end of your education in order to play the role that your country hopes and needs and expects from you . . ."

Adm. Moorer presented diplomas to the graduates, and administered the oath of office to those commissioned ensigns, with Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps, giving the oath to the new second lieutenants.

GRADUATION—On Wednesday, 5 June, in the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium the Navy commissioned 736 graduates; the Marines 81, and the USAF 1. There was only one foreign national, Francisco J. Derby, Jr., now serving in the navy of his native Costa Rica. Two were graduated but not commissioned. And it's hats off to Michael D. Ligino of East Moline, 111., who received his B.S. degree at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, on 25 May, after keeping up with his class work while undergoing treatment for cancer. The Anchor Man, James Anthony Pearson of San Diego, received 820 dollars for having "made it"—one from each member of the class.

FIRSTS—Three degrees have been awarded to one new graduate. Chris Louis Katsetos of Edgewood, R. L, also received a Master's from George Washington University on Sunday of June Week. In 1966 the 24-year-old Katsetos, while a third classman, received a B.S. degree from the University of Rhode Island which he had attended for three years before entering the Academy. This new ensign graduated with distinction in the top ten per cent of his class of 1968. He had received special permission to attend courses twice a week at George Washington for the past two years and had transferred required credits from the Academy to the University He had validated 71 credits at USNA.

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BLUE ANGELS—Another "first" was the appearance of Lt. Clarence "Smokey" Tolbert '62, the first Naval Academy member of the internationally famed Blue Angels. The precision flying team put on another spectacular, wide and high over the Severn on 4 June with the Oklahoma-born Tolbert flying second solo, plane number 6. Smokey has a long string of decorations to his credit—the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross and 14 Air Medals among others.

Catholic University for underwater acoustics and ocean engineering study; 1 National Science Foundation, computer science, at Stanford; 1 Daedalian in aerospace engineering. In addition, over 80 officers of the graduating class have been chosen to participate in the Immediate Masters Program at the PG School, Monterey, and with 2 going to the University of California, 2 to Michigan State, 1 to MIT, 3 to North Carolina State and 5 to Georgia Tech.

BRAINS—The first to step up and receive diplomas were the number one midshipman, Sidney W. Emery, Jr., of Soringvale. Me., and number two graduate, Dennis C. Blair of Alexandria, Va. Ensign Emery was one of 16 Trident Scholars, had been a battalion commander, and is a selectee for a Burke Scholarship, with study at Stanford University following duty in Vietnam. Ensign Blair is the son of Capt. Carvel H. Blair '45, a Trustee of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

Young Blair will study Russian and German at Oxford University this fall as a 1968 Rhodes Scholar. He was sub-commander of the Brigade and president of the class of 1968.

COMMENDATIONS—Brigade Commander Richard A. D. Petrino of Huntington Station, N. Y., was awarded the Class of 1897 Sword and Cup at Monday's Dress Parade. In addition he was one of 18 first classmen who received letters in recognition of their outstanding officer-like qualities and who contributed most by precept and example to the development of those qualities within the Brigade. Others receiving Superintendent's Letters of Commendation were Dennis C. Blair; Gary C. Burger of Hazel Park, Mich.; Jefifrey A. Cook of Medfield, Mass.; William C. Dow of Virginia Beach, Va.; Patrick N. Ellis of Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Michael W. Haggee of Anderson, Mo.; Wynn A. Harding of Williamsville, N. Y.; Jay L. Johnson of West Salem, Wis.; James D. Jones of Pontiac, Mich.; James A. Loutzenhiser of Amherst, Ohio; Michael E. Leppert of Worthington, Ohio; Scott E. McDaniel of Ponca City, Okla.; Robert L. Peterson of Harvard, 111.; Harry T. Rittenour of Pileton, Ohio; Curtis W. Shantz, Jr., of Forest City, Pa.; James H. Webb, Jr., of Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and N. Clark Williams of Fairfax, Va.

SCHOLARSHIPS—The class of 1968 received the following: Rhodes to Dennis C. Blair; 10 Burke, under the Junior Line Officer Advanced Scientific Educational Program; 9 Daniel and Florence Guggenheim in aerospace engineering study at California Tech, Columbia and Princeton; 5 Atomic Energy Commission, nuclear engineering, study at Catholic University and the University of Arizona; 3 individual fellowships at JULY-AUGUST,

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BRAWN—Footballers Terry Murray of Allendale, N. J., and Bill Dow of McLean, -Va., won the two top athletic prizes.

The USNA Athletic Association Sword went to Murray, who, in addition to his football prowess, was also a relief pitcher for the baseball team and runner-up in the 165-pound division of the Brigade boxing tournament. The Sword, first presented in 1893, goes to the member of the graduating class who has excelled in athletics. Dow won the Thompson Trophy Cup for doing the most in the promotion of athletics at the Academy during the year. He captained the '67 football team and lettered in basketball.

SPORTS—Athletic events were first introduced at the Naval Academy during June Week in 1866 with a baseball game between the first and second classes after the graduation address. The 1968 June Week Army-Navy competition in five sports brought a draw—two won, two lost and a tie. On the Blue and Gold side, baseball 3-1 and golf 4-3 with a standoff in lacrosse 7-7. Losses to the Black Knights were in tennis 6-3 and track 114-40. Navy's lacrosse team trailed by four goals in the third period, then stormed from behind to force two overtimes. Season's standing: baseball, 14 wins and

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8 losses; golf, 6 wins and 4 losses; lacrosse, 7 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie; tennis, 8 wins, 7 losses and 1 tie; track, 2 wins, 4 losses and fourth in the Heptagonal games. The 1967-68 Army-Navy athletic record: Army 9, Navy 7, one tie.

dial dedicated in memory of RAdm. William T. Sampson, former Superintendent and Commander of the Atlantic Fleet during the Spanish American War. The plebe recognition ceremony marked the transition to upperclass standing.,According to tradition the first admiral in the class of '68 will be Steven DiAntonio who scaled Herndon Monument after 58 minutes to place his cap on top the greased 36-foot obelisk.

Saturday, Army and Navy sports competition—a draw, the Ring Dance by the Reflection Pool on the seaward side of Bancroft Hall and the dinner beforehand. Sunday, the revival of Baccalaureate in the Chapel, which had been discontinued for the past six years due to space problems. The Superintendent's Garden Party for the First Regiment, their drags and members of the family. Monday, the "N" Dance in Hubbard Hall and the Garden Party for members of the Second Regiment and guests. Tuesday, prizes and awards ceremony in the Field House. Mass wedding rehearsal in the Chapel. Color Parade on Worden Field. Farewell Ball by the Reflection Pool for '68 and '69 and in Dahlgren Hall for '70 and '71. Wednesday, GRADUATION AND COMMISSIONING—followed

COLOR PARADE—Five foot one-inch blonde Roxie Carter of Magnetic Springs, Ohio, the '68 Color Girl, carried on a tradition started in 1871^—the transferring of Colors from the old Color Company to the newly selected one. For the second successive year the First Company, this year commanded by Michael E. Leppert, won the Colors following year-long competition with the 35 other companies in the Brigade. The 20year-old Roxie is a student • nurse at Mt. Carmel School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio.

T H E WEEK—Friday, 31 May, things got off to a great start with the revival of "No More Rivers" in Tecumseh Court around 8 a.m. A parade, band concert, and the dedication of the Class of 1968 gift to the Academy—a self-orienting sun 38

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AT-SEA TRAINING—Some 3200 USNA and NROTC mids are participating in the summer training program with 130 new first classmen in ships of the Seventh Fleet operating off the coast of Vietnam, 23 first and third classmen in various ships in the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets for eight weeks, 23 upperclassmen in the navies of 111 European and Latin American countries as part of the Foreign Exchange Training Program, 18 first classmen in fleet ballistic missile subs on patrol in the Atlantic, 37 training with HUK group in Operation UNITAS, South America. Third classmen are in Western Atlantic waters and with the Pacific Fleet, Hawaii. Second classmen stay at USNA four weeks followed by three weeks aviation orientation and indoctrination at Pensacola and Jacksonville, followed by submarine training at New London and amphibious training at Little Creek for two weeks each.

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Ens. and Mrs. Stephen H. Ries, first out of the Chapel

HIGHLIGHTS—The newly appointed Superintendent, RAdm. James Calvert (he will actually relieve later in the summer) and his bride of three months were on hand for June Week festivities. President Johnson sent a message of congratulations to the graduating class stating "I know that America will be enriched as you carry forward the traditions and the courageous spirit of the men who have preceded you . . ." The "Flying Professor," Dick Schram (Captain, U S N R ) , revived the thrills of barnstorming aviators of the early '30s when he put on a daredevil show prior to the appearance of the Blue Angels.

ANCHORS AWEIGH—The doors of Michelson Hall will be open in the fall and the Chauvenet Hall will be completed by spring. This summer 600 ROC trainees are quartered in Bancroft Hall to relieve the training load at Newport, R. I.— but gone by the time the upperclassmen return from at-sea training. The new Plebe class was sworn in 26 June. And so it is a FAIR W I N D AND A FOLLOWING SEA to the class of 1968 and a WELCOME ABOARD to the class of 1972.

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not be present for the first graduation of a '23 grandson.

Sally Marple has been in Escondido since Christmas with one daughter and hopes to visit her other daughter and two grandchildren in Japan, summer 1968. She enjoyed seeing her many friends in Coronado. "Let me say to you and the other class members that we widows really do appreciate your thoughtfulness and your graciousness in extending the courtesies of the reunion to us."

Jim C U T T I N G finished teaching at St. Mark's School. He had to miss Reunion 45 but next year will be "fully retired" and hopes to join us more frequently.

Haul Ashes: Paddy and Patsy K A N E visited in Scottsdale, Ariz., and in California in March. Frank LAMSON-SCRIBNER visited with Karl and Olive H E N S E L on their terrace at Fort Myers. Frank returned to his home on the Eastern Shore in June.

Karl and Olive visited with Randolph and Alice O W S L E Y in St. Petersburg; Randy's yard is the only place Karl has ever seen where blue and green parakeets are freely flying and nest in bird boxes along Randy's canal. Randy was with the big Chicago Harris Trust and Savings Bank for over 30 years and retired as a vice president.

Washington environs chapter met on 20 April, with 28 "soul brothers" sitting in at the A&N Club. Dick S T I M S O N showed after a long spell of illness and VAN D U S E N returned from wintering in Florida. The chapter provided pallbearers and a large turnout for the mass said for Danny S H E A at the Navy Chapel on Nebraska Ave. Wink F O L K had a visit from Clipper and Frances B O W E R S and supplied them with tea from his own bourbon patch. Reports from Annapolis are encouraging on Will D. W ; R I G H T , still in the Naval Hospital at this writing.

Philosophistries of the Middle-Age: Bob CASSON—When we get to measuring time in half centuries, we sure realize that tempus is fugiting. Sweet young thing during our Reunion 25 at noon formation on the Bancroft Terrace (overheard by Mary Wenger) : "Who are all those old men standing up there on the steps? Why don't they go away?

They're spoiling everything." Wonder what the young things said at Reunion '45? If this kind of philosophistry keeps up, looks like I'll have to change the heading of this paragraph to "the aged and decrepit."

That and other anecdotes of Reunion 45 will be fully reported in the November issue of this magazine, with full photographic coverage. Please forward to me any tales, witty remarks, wise observations, philosophistries, or any other event or observation meriting inclusion in the "Report from Reunion 45," to reach me not later than 15 July. Washingrton environs members please bring them, in writing, to the next class luncheon. Savoring these fond memories of 45 years since we were, "by the Service called away," from those old halls and lovely lawns and gardens, let us march on confidently to Reunion SO! 40

Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Paul Siegrist, USNR (Ret.), 22 IVIacopin Ave. Upper IVIontclair, N. J . 07043 Asst., IVlr. Robert A. Keyer Box 7234, Riclimond, Va. 23221

The April luncheon in Washington brought out 19: Beakley, Bradley, Bullis, Cunningham, Dyer, Granbery, Johnson, Kalisch, Kelly, Keyer, Longfellow, Neale, Nesser, Petersen, Robillard, Swart, Van Steenbergh, Verge and R. E. Wilson. Conversation centered on Cruise and reunion plans; and from the,class of 1921 luncheon held nearby in the same club. Homer Eimers brought in his classmate "Cat" Brown, to say hello.

Here's great good news! Mrs. Albert (Babe) Handly and VAdm. Truman H E D DING plan to be married in July! The announcement was made at a Coronado dinner in April, and is of unusual interest when we recall how close were the careers of Truman and Al, which also brought their families together on many duty posts. We hope to have more details in next issue.

Our Philadelphia group celebrated on 7 March with a fine dinner at the Officers' Club at the Naval Base. Joe CALLAGHAN sends us a picture of the group. In the front row, left to right are Eleanor Ilsemann, Helen Louise Waller, Katee Lazell, Alice Callaghan, Lillian Stott and Alice Buxton.

You won't have any trouble identifying their respective husbands in the second row, along with Art Fleming. In his letter Joe also announces he has again retired from MLPF&S, and expects to "make this third retirement stick."

Didja read about Frank FALGE? Yessam, in the April Carmel election Frank was elected Councilman of that city, and from a newspaper picture of Frank we agree with Woof Hatcher's appraisal that "Frank was also the handsomest candidate!"

Bill COCHRAN'S fourth annual "Foreign Affairs Forum" at Asheville-Biltmore College explored the subject of "Soviet Russia" in seven sessions in April and May. This year the forum had the benefit of a summary by Bill himself on "Continuity of So-

viet Policy," the other 8 speakers being prominent career-diplomats and educators.

Bill also gives us more details on the Florida trip he and Margo made, mentioned here last month, and the observation that too many stops were made: "In 14 days we had slept in 9 beds!"

"I have the thought," writes Colby RUCKER, "that because I was here I could report the changes in the Annapolis scene. In truth I can say that the more the physical plant changes, the more the personnel remains the same. I think the midshipmen are wonderful! . . . They are taller than we were; stand straighter, if that be possible, and you can see they are dedicated. As one enters the rotunda there is a board six feet tall with the midshipman photographs of the Naval Academy graduates who have been lost in Viet Nam. At the top it says 'Those Who Have Gone Before' . . . the board is filled; I can't tell how many biographies there are; SO or more . . . Up in Mem Hall the record of Naval Academy graduates lost in action goes only to the end of the Korean W a r . . . .

"These midshipmen know where they are going and what they are doing, and the thousands of visitors who go thru the Academy each year can see their dedication and purpose. We used to hear it said that the Navy isn't what it used to be. I can remember when Capt. F. B. Upham left the TENNESSEE he told u s : 'Gentlemen, I have heard the Navy has gone to hell. I can only say that if it is going to hell I like the way you young gentlemen are taking it.' That goes double today!"

We are concerned about the condition of Thug F E R R I T E R , who was hospitalized 8 April at Portsmouth Naval Hospital with congestive heart failure He was then in critical condition in an oxygen tent, but had begun to show some improvement.

When did you last see Fred HARTMAN ?

From 816 Winthrop Road, San Marino, Ca. 91108, Fred writes: "I resigned so early that I lost contact with most of the class.

And I saw very few 1924 men during WW II, although I did have a visit with John Buxton, my old roommate, on Ulithi. Also had a surprise visit here a few months ago from Ev Burroughs. . . . In 1966 I lost my wife of 37 years, a cruel blow; but I remarried in '67, now live happily with Evelyn Jackson Hartman. . . . I hope to see you at the 45th Reunion."

Stock COLT informs us in mid-May of a great come-back made by his wife Donna, following hospitalization 13 April with a left leg blood clot. It is believed and hoped that Donna will soon be released from the hospital. Meanwhile there are other de-

At '24's March Philadelphia dinner.

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velopments in the Colt family: the marriage of Stockton Colt, Jr., to Miss Janet Wilson is scheduled for 24 August, following his commissioning as Ensign, U S N R and preceding his reporting at Pensacola for flight training.

C. F. R E P L I N G E R (Rep) is in the news for his new career: In March Rep was ordained to the diaconate of the Episcopal Church at Providence. A civil engineer in Rhode Island, Rep is also a certified public accountant and a licensed professional engineer. He is now "the Rev. Replinger" and says he may complete his studies for the Episcopal priesthood.

Maj. Lamed V. Bearce, USMC, eldest son of Herb and Alexandra, has been awarded a gold star in lieu of a second Bronze Star Medal, for meritorious service in Vietnam.

Their second son plans to attend Marine Academy at Harlingen, Tex. this fall, while their third son is grooming for the Naval Academy.

In April, a sure sign of spring is the return of Sam BAILEY to DuBois, Pa. after wintering in San Diego, where, Easley Cameron informs us. Bill D E U T E R M A N N is "pretty well dug in." In fact, we're told Bill had Dick S T O U T come out for a visit, and that now there is a possibility the Stouts will move from Annapolis to San Diego! The Camerons are being deprived of the San Diego presence of daughter Joan and family, with husband, Cdr. Paul Dudley, Jr., being transferred to Point Mugu. But, returning to the moimtains above San Diego are the Don McLEAN s, after completing a train trip through Mexico. Easley also tells us of maintaining contact with Charlotte (Mrs. E. F.) Crowe, and with the widow of our R. W. LARSON, now Mrs. C. E. Werner, Jr., Box 229 Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl. 32082.

But when Easley says she and Cowboy may skip our 45-year Reunion and hold out for our SOth, we say N O ! There may not be as many present in 1974 as we'll show in 1969 (you know that's true) and most of us will be better equipped for fun in 1969 than in 1974!

Briefs: In early May Wilburt B R O W N reports he was entering University Hospital for 12 weeks' treatment for emphysema. . . .

Skipper W A R B U R T O N suggests our 45year Reunion include a gathering in whiteworks for Saturday breakfast. . . . In April the KALISCHES are at Atlantic City again, this time for the National Headliners Awards . . . Dick J O H N S O N is making a fine recovery from a hernia operation, as did, Wally P E T E R S E N from his lip surgery: "I feel very well, but my lip is still sore, which interferes with my drinking to a slight extent." . . . Alice and Joe F A R R E L L expect to make their trip to the East Coast in late July.

We believe it is safe to say that all classmates and wives have a feeling of appreciation, yes gratitude to Bert K A L I S C H for again taking over preparation and publication of our 1969 (45 year) Cruise. We are indeed fortunate in having him willing and eager to do this big job, particularly when we recognize his unusual qualifications and talent for this activity. Now we hope everyone has co-operated and sent in pictures and material for this edition, so that it will really be complete. The deadline for submitting material has passed, but if anyone has failed to act, and will immediately forward the material requested, along with a picture, we believe it will still make publication. If you haven't acted, we repeat: do it immediately.

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they were the houseguests of Ham and Louise LOVE. Their host and hostess gave a delightful dinner party in their honor at the Fort Lauderdale Yacht Club with Lew and Zelda Parks included in the guest list.

During their annual visit to Fort Lauderdale, Monty and Ruth EGGERS gave a dinner party at the Sheraton Hotel. Ever mindful of his guests, Monty had arranged for a ringside table so that all hands during the ice show had an excellent view of the beautiful girls in their very brief bikinis and "pasties." Lew Parks, the only other class'24 at Largo, Fla. The Townsends, Ruhsenbergers, mate, attended with his Zelda. Monty and Wolowskys and Laynes with Norma Siegrist.

Ruth have just bought a waterfront apartment for their winter home so '2Sers in Florcost us $3,800. We now carry 371 members ida will be seeing more of this energetic and on our mailing list, including interested bil- gregarious couple during the coming years. gers. Would it be safe to estimate that 300 Jean and Tommy B U R R O W E S are proud will buy the Cruise at $7.50? That would to announce the arrival of their daughter's bring in $2,250, and make our treasury son John Russell Ambrose, Jr., on 22 April. liable for the balance of $1,550â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and that is Jean Ann and her husband live in Kensingtoo much for the treasury! Or will 175 mem- ton, Md. bers buy a second copy, to make total sales Dick LARKIN sent in an interesting clipproceeds $3,387, much closer to our total ping from the Jamestown Churchman. It tells cost? None want our fund to have to pay out of the building of St. John's Episcopal anything like $1,550 for this edition. We don't Church in Portsmouth, Va., whose cornerwant to charge more than $7.50 per copy, but stone was laid in 1848. It said, "The spot we want all to know that we welcome orders selected was the northeastern corner of Court for 2d and 3d copies! OR, would you rather and London Streets. On this lot formerly make a cash contribution (we're sure it will had stood the home and workshop of William pass as tax-free) to help cover our total Luke, where 'Tecumseh,' the celebrated figCruise costs ? And, always, remember: we do urehead of the battleship DELAWARE, was not have membership dues, never have had carved." dues, and hope we never have to adopt dues, The Washington group had a near-record or regular assessments. turnout of 22 members for their April We have lost two more fitje classmates, luncheon. Attending were: Burrowes, Cash, whose obituaries appear in the Last Call: Cronin, Elliott, Ford, Hap Gill, Goetz, Hart, Arch F R E E L S and Brom NICHOL, who Johns, Leggett, Loomis, McFarlane, Mitchdied on successive April days, both in Flor- ell, Newton, Parker, Pefley, Pyne, Rod ida. Archie was the pleasant easy-going one, Smith, Stirling Smith, Tonseth, and Walker. retired in 1928 while a patient at FitzsimAt this meeting, Tommie B U R R O W E S , mons. Ed Cunningham reminds us that out at Fitzsimmons in those days "no one but as chairman of the nominating committee, anArchie expected Archie to recover"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;but nounced the following nominations for the what a fine life he has had! Brom Nichol coming year: For president, Schuyler Y N E ; vice president, Dick E L L I O T T ; was the handsome southern gentleman who P secretary, Kent L O O M I S ; treasurer. Ken was a "natural" for the midshipman-days H U R D ; Executive Committee member, Al hop committee on which he served. Brom P E F L E Y . Voting was to take place at the was strictly an aviator, did a lot of instruct- May luncheon. ing in that science, and 'tis said Admiral Halsey was his best-known student. His Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, USN (Ret.) charming wife (Bob Howard) passed away 3410 15th St., North Arlington, Va. 22201 in February.

Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedberg, I I I USN (Ret.), 8405 Burdette Rd. Regretfully also, we have to record the Bethesda, Md. 20014 death of Mrs. Pauline Glidden Bell, wife of RAdm. F. J. Bell, at Boston after a long Jack G R E E N S L A D E reports that he has illness. Funeral services were held at Balti- received the 1968 class fund contribution more, with interment at Arlington 5 April. from 28 classmates, and a very generous one Our 4S-year Reunion at Annapolis 16-18 from Thorah Greene, widow of Harry William GREENE. As of mid-May he had May 1969. received almost one-half the total necessary to balance off last year's class contributions to the Naval Academy Foundation for the Sec'y, RAdm. F. K. Loomis, USN CRet.) 1926 Class Scholar, and to the 26th Com3055 Foxliall Road, N.W. Washington, D. 0. 20016 pany Wardroom. We still need $670 to bring the fund back up to a level from which we SOUTHEAST FLORIDA NOTES feel we can continue to support the FoundaSpeed GRAUBART writes that he has tion and the Wardroom projects, so those of now re-retired and settled in Palm Beach at you who still have the class interests at 261 Nightingale Trail. For the benefit of heart A N D some dollars you can spare, those passing through, his telephone number send your $5, $10 or $25 checks to RAdm. is 842-1863.

J. F. Greenslade, 5020 Millwood Lane, N.W., "Soldier" Hamp M I T C H E L L returned to Washington, D. C. 20016 before you forget; Pompano Beach with his seagoing permanent as this CS just realizes, he has been procrascrew of Butch P A R K E R and Ed W A L K E R tinating. to take his boat north for the summer With comments ranging from "Count me months. Byron and Louise LOOMIS gave among those present and accounted for," to them a Despedida K T party before sailing. "the class news column in Shipmate just Additional '25ers present were Dave and reminded me," and "the persistence of the Flo HULL, Lew and Zelda P A R K S , Charles corresponding secretary and the treasurer and Phoebe McKINNEY. finally has gotten me to my checkbook and Whitey and Doda TAYLOR visited their a piece of stationery," the following are daughter Fay and her family in Palm Beach among those who have sent in contributions before driving on to Fort Lauderdale where to date for the 1968 class fund replenishment: 41

Aylward, Buchanan, Craig, Callahan, Alexander, Bruton, Brown, Briner, Brewer, Broussard, Sperry Clarke, Graf, Greenacre, Helmick, Leslie, Lyman, McLean, Meade, Mills, Mogan, Morrison, Pratt, Singleton, Smedberg, Walsh, Ward, Wyckoff, Webster and Ford Taylor. Credit has undoubtedly not been given to several who may have temporarily been missed between the treasurer and the corresponding secretary, but we'll acknowledge next time.

Charlie LYMAN, who is continuing to do a lot of traveling as the assistant to the president of the Navy League, sends the accompanying photo of six '26ers who were lucky enough to have been able to revisit Honolulu, with their wives this time, on the occasion of the most recent Navy League convention, 21-26 April. Most of us who read this will think of the many occasions through the past 40 years when we passed through Pearl Harbor for periods from 24 hours to a six-week fleet problem, in-andout series of exercises; almost all without wives most of those times. For the benefit of those who may not have seen some of them recently they are, from left to right, PD and Esther Stroop, Jim and Martha Russell, Charlie and Marge Lyman, Herman and Ruth Reich, Marsh and Dorothy Gurney, and Fitz and Hal Lee. Ted A Y L W A R D was at the recommissioning of U S S N E W JERSEY in Philadelphia in April, where he saw Charlie LYMAN and, of course. Tiny McCORKLE, whose old command that magnificent ship was.

Fritz GRAF says he and Bee are enjoying a quiet life in Indianapolis, where he is still teaching freshman math at Butler University.

Benny H E L M I C K says he enjoyed seeing our many classmates at the SecNav Symposium on 29 March in Washington. He is still basking in Basking Ridge, N. J. Max L E S L I E keeps us informed of the progress of the revamping of the Coronado golf course, which a number of us have played. As of mid-May, the rebuilt holes were in play, some on new land dredged up and built out into San Diego Bay. Sportswriters have written that the renovation has greatly improved the course but some of the regulars are complaining that it is now too tough—a natural reaction. Max says, after having played the bob-tailed course for a long time. The San Diego-Coronado bridge is becoming a reality and is due for completion in the summer of 1969. He reports that the Fitz Lees have completed and are living in their house, not very far from the Leslies.

Bob M E A D E is still an active partner, and treasurer and chief administrative officer, in his firm of engineers in New York City and has no plans for retirement in the near future.

Gloom MILLS wrote from Capistrano that he is awaiting the return of the swallows on 19 March in order to resume his important task of bird-watching.

Cleveland P R A T T writes from Freeport, N. Y., that he is now preparing a house in Stony Brook, Long Island, for his retirement ; when, he didn't say.

Pete W Y C K O F F writes from Huntington, N. Y., that he is finally carrying out his oft-repeated threat to retire again—this time from Grumman, with whom he has spent 20 happy years—although he is not old enough for regular formal retirement at 65.

He has seen Grumman grow from 350 engineers when he first joined the company, to about 8500 today. That large number has kept him, in his personnel and administrative job, extremely busy so that his built-in 42

'26 at the Navy League Convention, Honolulu, Apr. 21-27. From the left: the Stroops, Russells, Lymans, Reiches, Gurneys and Lees.

warning system, angina, has been alerting him more and more frequently to slow down.

Thea"efore, in his own words, "the time has come for me to pass the baton to my replacement, and late in June I'll head for California and the 20 acres of high desert land in the mountains north of Pasadena that are waiting for me. I should be there by the end of June, located on the parallel Sierra Highway and Antelope Valley Freeway, with a P. O. Box 116, Acton, Ca. 93510 address. I have a very nice home right alongside my place out there which I have already rented, so there is no immediate pressure to build right away. I have an offer to consult at an Aircraft Research Center about one mile from my place, one day a week, which I might take up later, but for a while I think I'll just want to sit-relax-and rest, and to continue the fencing job I started a year ago to keep transient hunters from establishing an auto right-of-way through the center of my property." (We all wish you much happiness in a well-earned retirement, Pete: CS) Joe CALLAHAN recently completed six years' service on Coronado's governing body, the City Council, and was awarded a plaque by the mayor and his colleagues upon his retirement from that body. Joe did not seek re-election.

"Willie" GREENE'S widow, Thorah, sent with her contribution a copy of a "letter to the New York Times" written by her husband, then in civilian life in New York City, dated 7 July 1935, which is very interesting to read today. We will recall that the depression was deep in those days and there was very little money for the Army or Navy.

A civilian physicist. Dr. F. Russell Bichowsky, had indicted the Navy as "grossly inefficient, naval officers badly trained, ships obsolete in design and faulty in construction, and the Navy is not prepared for war." He maintained that "ours is an amateur navy.

He wonders whether it would survive in competition with the professionals of other navies," and says "the Naval Academy builds officers into an aristocracy which feels itself superior to civilian citizens, its courses of instruction are deficient and the teaching poor." Several of Willie Greene's comments are quoted herewith from that letter of 33 years ago: "The Naval Academy is perhaps the most democratic institution of its kind. Whether a midshipman comes from a family whose ancestors date back to the MAYFLOWER, or the last generation, whether his people are rich or poor, matters not one iota. At the Acad-

emy all are treated alike. The training is the same for all—an absolute ban on any luxuries which might set one class above another; uniformity of clothing, sleeping quarters and forms of recreation tend to emphasize equality rather than to breed a sense of superiority. At times the naval officer might appear to be a little stand-offish, but this is due more to the natural shyness of a military man among civilians than to conceit. There are snobs, no doubt; but no more, however, than in any community.

"The course of instruction at Annapolis has been a bone of contention for years.

Many are under the impression that it is too technical. It is said that culture is sacrificed in making the graduate what he should be—a naval officer. But it is rarely pointed out that the primary purpose of the Naval Academy is to mold naval officers. The taxpayers are paying for that and no more. The course is one of the most intensive given within a four-year period. The midshipmen for the most part are their own instructors.

Only when a subject is deemed to be too difficult do the instructors offer advice.

Though in the beginning this system is hard on the midshipman, it teaches him to dig out the answers to problems for himself.

"Dr. Bichowsky maintains that ours is an amateur navy. It can only be suggested that experts other than Americans regard the Americans as the best gunners in the world, and the navy as a fighting unit can cope with the best. It is deficient not in the quality but in the quantity of men and ships.

"The question of faulty ship construction, one of Dr. B's indictments, is neither new nor caused by the naval officer. Men-of-war coming into navy yards for periodic overhauls have not received the necessary attention because of lack of funds. New ships have been launched with their faults, not because of the naval officer, but due to forces over which the Navy has no control." (So spoke a loyal Navy man, Zi years ago.)

Sec'y, Cdr. Howard C. Adams, USNR Pacific Far East Line, Inc., 918 16th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006 Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. Howard W. Gordon, Jr., USN (Ret.), 3127 18lh St., North, Arlington, Va. 22201

The '27 spring luncheon at Alumni House on 11 May was a huge success. A total of 78 reservations were received which is the biggest turn-out so far. Barbara and Parker FAIRLAMB had charge of arrangements and did a masterful job.

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The turn-out was so large that lunch had to be served both in the downstairs grill and on the main floor.

Bob Q U A C K E N B U S H was busy with his Polaroid and took pictures of the group just prior to lunch and many individual shots immediately afterward.

A goodly number turned out for the NavyJohns Hopkins lacrosse game held at NavyMarine Corps Memorial Stadium. It was a big day and everyone had a grand time.

The following attended: Adamses, Addisons, Bruners, Josh Coopers, Donk Donahos, Peg Edsall, Everetts, Fairlambs, Giambattistas, Haleys, Habe(dcers, Henrys, Herrons, Hucks, Fran Jones, Klakrings, Leahys, Louds, Joe Mahers, Hunt Martins, McClaughrys, Czar McCoy, Melsons, Mitchells, Sleepy Myers, Nebletts, Potters, Quackenbushes, Herb Riley, Rosses, Saunderses, Schumms, Alan Shapley, Snyders, Steiners, Van Maters, Wickmans and Betty Zahm.

ployed in the A I C placement office. Both Mary Earle and Johnny have been very active in civic and educational affairs in the Springfield area. In 1954 he was presented an honorary doctor of laws from Western New England Ccjllege and in 1956 was president of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce.

Congratulations—who says a retired naval officer can't be an outstanding civilian?

On 12 April Capt. Lloyd SAUER died in San Diego. Our sympathies go to Dorothy at 1918 Erie Street, San Diego, Calif.

The following letter was received from Johnny (once Firpo!) H I N E S : "It is fun sornetimes to thumb through old albums.

This shot was taken (by whom—John Henkel?) during our youngster cruise in 1924, at the seaside resort in Scheveningen, Holland. The stripes were, I believe, red and white.

"Left to right—in the best style of rented beach wear of that era—Fritz Habecker, who retired in 1957 as RAdm. and now living in Annapolis; Chesley Hardison, who died in 1953; Don Griffin, recently retired Admiral after having been CinC Allied Forces, Southern Europe, and one Johnny Hines, who retired as RAdm. in 1948, and is now president of A.I.C., Springfield, Mass."

Adm. John F. Hines, '27, AIC President

The Board of Trustees of the American International College of Springfield, Mass., announced with regret, the retirement of their president, John F. H I N E S . Firpo became associated with A I C in 1948 after retirement from the Navy after 25 years' service, and became their 10th president 11 Nov. 1953. Under his administration A I C developed a School of Arts and Sciences and a school of Business Administration. It was the first American educational institution selected to participate in the Mutual Security Administration program, later named the Foreign Operations Administration. Following his arrival in 1948, the entire physical complexion of A I C changed, with the exception of Lee Hall, completed in 1899. He was directly involved in the development of the 35-acre Reed Tract, purchased in 1949, and with the construction of 11 buildings and the conversion of two. The Breck Hall of Science, now under construction, should be completed by December, 1968.

The Hines lost one son, Capt. Ralph E. Hines, USMC, in Vietnam in February 1967.

Their other son, John F . the 3rd, is em-

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Thomas H A M I L T O N advises that his son, William H. Hamilton, married LiliBeth Brown in Columbus, O., on 2 March.

Lili-Beth is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Brown of Columbus. Bill conducts a radio show on W B N S in that city.

Tom also said that the Bob QUACKENBUSHes visited San Francisco in April.

The class of 1927 in the San Francisco Bay area will hold a dinner party at Treasure Island Officers' Club at 6 :30 P.M., Saturday, 21 July. Heine A R M S T R O N G will chairman the party.

Gordon C A S W E L L fell from a ladder while repairing his house and broke several bones in his foot. While showing good recovery, his leg will be in a cast for the next two or three months.

Frank H. W I C K H O R S T , who has spent most of his business career in training and personnel programs, has joined the Oakland Redevelopment Agency as personnel officer.

Wick came to the agency from Kaiser Industries where he was director of personnel procurement and training for 10 years and director of civic affairs for seven. He set up Kaiser's national college recruitment program and was instrumental in the planning and implementation of its training programs.

The Board of Trustees of Merritt College has accepted the request for retirement of Henry (Heinie) J. ARMSTRONG, who has been teaching engineering technology and mathematics since retiring from the Navy in 1957. Heinie and Betty, who were married last August, are happily residing in the "Crow's Nest" at 4228 Dunsmuir (39th) Ave., Oakland, Calif., where they would like to share the wonderful view of the Bay with transient classmates. Heinie warns all intruders to use the 39th St. approach to avoid the many steps.

Marion Knickerbocker died 16 April of a severe blood stream infection and complications at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia after an illness of only nine days. Funeral services were held on the 18th in Media, Pa., with a graveside ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery on the 19th. Beside Knick she is survived by their daughter, Anne Schuyler, whose husband is completing his doctorate at the University of Penna., and her mother, Mrs. Philip Sidney Reybold, also of Philadelphia. Her cousin Jake Reybold '26, who was killed at sea in 1942 skippering a four-piper tin can, was one of her favorite people. Sorry, Knick, we all enjoyed so much seeing the two of you kicking up your heels at the Fortieth. Knick is presently engaged in organizing the U.S. Foreign Visitors Association in Philadelphia as its executive director, whose aims are to attract foreign visitors to the United States in an effort to help correct the present dangerous situation with respect to the flow of gold.

Sec'y, Mr. John T. Kent 6209 IVlassachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, 0. C. 20016

It is my sad duty to report that our beloved classmate Lex BLACK passed away on 18 April at Coronado, Calif. Services were at the North Island Naval Air Station Chapel on the 22nd. Jimmy J A M E S arranged for a beautiful spray of flowers and attending the services were Lymie and Alice Cockell, George and Greta Fritschmann, Carl and Ruby Armbrust, Steve and Adelaide Ambruster, Frank and Helen Craft, Bill and Julie Jacobsen, Darrell and Gladice Asquith (formerly Mrs. Ched Brown), and Mrs. Marty Brett. A fine testimonial to Lex's distinguished career, which was prepared by Shipmate staff, appears in the obituary section.

Sec'y, RAdm. C. B. Laning, USN (Ret.) 6404 Lakeview Drive Falls Church, Va. 22041 WEST COAST Sec'y, RAdm. Robert N. S. Clark, USN (Ret.) 28232 Lobrook Dr., Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. 90274

'27 luncheon at Alumni House, May T l , 1968.

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Buck BRANDLEY made his debut in politics this spring, running for the Coronado city council. He made a good showing but lost to a well-backed opponent. Now that Buck knows the ropes we can expect that he will move ahead as he always has.

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Your secretary has received a prospectus for the summer course in mathematics at the University of Missouri, Rolla, Mo. Prof. Red C H R I S T I E teaches math at this institution and will help you beat 2.5 in the following areas of knowledge: Probability and random process theory. Second moment theory. Detection of known signals in noise. White noise. Colored noise. Single and double-spread targets. Wiener filters.

After-class activities list float trips, trout fishing, and Onondaga Cave. We are considering signing up for a float trip with Red, and a few wiener filters.

This spring, Phil and Caryl OSBORN had a visit with Emery and Dot R O U G H T O N in Charleston, and with Eddie and Bernice H A N N O N in St. Petersburg. Later they saw Johnnie and Dotsy W A L K E R in Asheville, N. C. Emery teaches math at the Citadel. While there, a get-together was held with Clarence K U H L M A N , also a professor at the Citadel. Clarence, a Ph.D. in economics and sociology, recounted a very interesting career since leaving the Academy and retiring from the Navy as a Commander USNR. The Osborns also had a pleasant surprise visit by Pat and Peggy H U M P H R E Y en route to Northampton, Mass., to visit their daughter, a senior at Smith.

A disclaimer has been received from Phil OSBORN that he ever said, even under the influence of the monthly class luncheon at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, that "the Fortieth Reunion is the last roundup where you can be expected to stay on your horse." We now credit this understanding analysis to Bud E A S T O N . The date for the event is now set for 24-26 Oct. 1969.

Kemp TOLLEY is moving right along in reserving space in Annapolis bunkhouses and corrals. The Executive Committee is still concerned about the abilities of our schoolteaching boys to get the time off.

The class Wall Street reporter submits the following: Dinty (Clarence) M O O R E assumed the duties of vice president and general manager of the Industrial Group of ESB Inc. In case you don't know what ESB is, it is the new name for that old submarine battery outfit, the Electric Storage Battery Co., which made the old Exide Ironclad.

Profits were down last year so they put Dinty in. United Financial Corp., out on the west coast, put Woody T E A G U E in as president two years ago and has doubled its earnings this quarter. Bill ALLEN and Cal L A N I N G have joined forces in starting a computing service company.

Joey RAY and Ruthy will retire again in June, this time to 1701 Summerland Ave., Winter Park, Fla. This appears to be a growing '29 location. Joey writes from Washington: "A brief note to say that on Thursday, 27 April, Bud and Manoa Easton,

Betty Butts and the Rays crawled into Manoa's new Cadillac and headed for York, Pa. Kapy and Bea live in the outskirts and awaited us in their attractive home. (Also a four-month-old Wiemaraner pup awaited.)

Their house is an old stone place with walls about three feet thick to which they have added a dining room and kitchen. I believe Kapy said they have about 100 acres which he had farmed. In their front yard is a natural swimming pool fed by one of several springs. After examining the estate and the Kohrs' potables, we were served lunch at the country club (where I believe Kapy has an office so that business doesn't interfere with golf), then to farmer's market to buy that Penna. sausage, etc. We hope Kapy will be down for our next luncheon. Will call him a few days before to twist his arm some more.

Joey."

Les RICHARDSON visited the 29th Company W R and left a class check. He pr(3mises an interesting report. Midn. Charles Wike writes us on behalf of the company, saying that they have at last gotten wall-towall carpeting (we understand that this is now the practice in all ships !). He again expressed their welcome to any '29er to visit the wardr(X)m and to dine with the Company in the quiet old mess hall.

Woody T E A G U E says: "Bill Allen and his wife Marie hit town the other day on the way to Honolulu and other spots. As usual. Bill stirred things up by rounding up Wally Baird and Charlie Trescott for a luncheon get-together. The four of us enjoyed a very nice visit and we all agreed it is something we should do more often. I think our monthly class luncheons in Washington are an excellent idea but I'm afraid that there are not enough members of our class here in the Los Angeles area to make such a program successful. W e were interested in Bill Allen's report on the construction of the home of one of his pet projects, The Navy-Marine Residence Foundation. I think he is to be commended for the effort he has put forth and the success he is having, all of which is being done without compensation and just to be helpful in a worthy cause.

Woodie."

Swede W O T T O N was hospitalized for surgery in San Diego a short time ago. His operation was a success, but he now suffers from rheumatism in the legs. He says he doesn't get out much, but manages a few beers at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot occasionally.

Swede has abandoned the single bliss mentioned in Muster Notes 1962, and now has a lovely wife to share that home overlooking San Diego harbor.

Gene (Mrs. Paul J.) Nelson now lives at 4509 Orange Ave., San Diego, Calif. She would welcome renewed contacts with friends by mail or otherwise. Miss Mary

Donald H. Dalton '29, Washington attorney, was re-elected president of the Columbia University Club of Washington. He received the Club's first Award of Achievement at a testimonial dinner at the Army and Navy Town Club 18 May. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, vice president of the D. C. Bar Association, and served during W W I I in the Navy Department OS a war plans officer and at sea in aircraft carriers.

Photo by Harris & Ewing

Marguerite Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Murray, of Ontario, Canada, became the bride of Dean Garland, son of Dottie and Guy GARLAND, on 2 Feb. in the Knobb Hill United Church, Toronto.

Karen, the Garlands' youngest daughter, was a junior bridesmaid.

Rachel Carmichael resides at 4222 Palos Verdes Drive North, Rolling Hills Estates, Ca. 90274. George K. Carmichael Jr., son of Rachel and Frisky, is employed by the Dodge Division of Chrysler Motors Corp. at Orange, Calif.

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The report on the thaw in Maine in a recent Shipmate, which omitted any mention of defrosting of Rosy J U N G H A N S , brought forward the following posit: "My daughterin-law Jane out in Garden Grove, Calif., also saw it and has already hinted to me that I should report my existence, at least. As for myself, I continue rounding out my eighth year as a math professor at Colby College.

I have enjoyed this second profession very much and I recommend it to any retiring person who has a few years left before reaching 65, enjoys associating with young people, beards, curls and all, and has a taste for the academic life.

"Recently I dropped in on Jerry O'Donnell and Ruth at the (New York) Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, the Bronx, and was treated most cordially with their customary gracious hospitality. Jerry has a command which resembles the Naval Academy by its nautical atmosphere, its shipshape appear•• ance, and its handsomelv historical location.

"This coming summer I hope to go to some university to take courses in digital computer operation and programming as the first step in setting up similar courses at Colby. It will be a novel experience, but I hope not nauseating, to be on the receiving end again and struggling with homework—except on Saturday nights."

for apparel research and another for fiber and textile research. Coordinating the two will be Capt. Walter F. P R I E N , U S N , (SC) (Ret.), associate professor of mathematics and assistant to the president of the college. Coordinator of research is a new position.

Sec'y, Capt. Oscar E. Hagberg, USN (Rel.) 13600 Sunset Canyon Dr., N.E. Albuquerque, N. M. 87111 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. S. W. Betts, USN (Rel.) Atmospheric Sciences Program National Science Foundation Washington, D. C. 20550

"Old China hands'' were at a Chinese dinner at Tommie and Jack WHITE'S home in Millbrae, Calif., last November. The picture shows: standing, Jack White, George Newton '38, Tom Phifer and Sam Griffith '29. Sitting, Pat Newton, Belle Griffith, Tommie White and Heloise Phifer. They discussed Sam Griffith's latest book, The Chinese People's Liberation Army, an authoritative work on the history and current status of the Chinese Red Army.

We only hear from Ernie COLLINS each time he retires. He's done it again. His address after 1 June is Suncourt Manor, 6909 9th Street, South, St. Petersburg, Fla. "Your estimate that I was (am) with Lockheed (Georgia Co. was good. From January 1948 (when I went on inactive duty) to June 1951 I was an assistant professor at the University of Florida. A t that time, hunger got to me and I came to Lockheed where for the last 13 years I have been in operaO l d China H a n d s , ' 3 1 tions analysis. You can see from the heading that Doris and I are headed for the Old Folks Early this year, Mary and Al S H A R P , Home (a very beautiful one) on 1 June.

Health permitting, I'll bust a button trying who were in San Francisco, had dinner with the Whites. Heloise and Tom P H I F E R to get to the Last Reunion in '69." dropped in to say hello.

In case your local press doesn't keep up Sec'y, BGen. Ronald D. Salmon, USMC (Ret.), 40 Oakland Ter., Alexandria, Va. 22302 with news of national import, it will be news Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. IVl. H. Simons, Jr., that, any day now, Jack McCAIN will be USN CRet.), 5506 Cromwell Dr., Washington, D. C. 20016 taking Roberta to Pearl where Jack will take over as CinCPac about the first of July.

Denys KNOLL was married on 5 April to Audrey and Jim D E M P S E Y are getting Mrs. John V. Schultz in the Church of the settled in Norfolk, Jim having just relieved Presentation, Port Ewan, New York. The Toby Hogle as Com Five.

Reverend Mark Knoll, brother of the groom, Also from Norfolk, Mayo and Mike officiated. After a cruise of the Caribbean W O O D announce the arrival of a grandaboard SS UNITED STATES, they are at. daughter, Victoria Catherine, born on Saint home at 4760 Wolf Road, Erie, Pa. Patrick's Day at Homestead A F B , Fla. After a lengthy stay in the Naval Hospital, Grandmother May is recovering as well as Bethesda, Mike BLOCK, feeling much bet- can be expected. Grandson James Marshall ter, left on 24 April for his home at Wick- Mark is now three plus and is pretty pleased ford, R. I. with his sister.

Red S H A R P , Commander Pacific Missile Ed McDONALD is still looking for hot Range, Pt. Mugu, retired on 30 April. tourists wanting to be cooled off. Having Attending the ceremony from the class of '30 just returned from an Antarctic venture, he were Mush Dornin, Bowen McLeod, Spud says, "Thar's gold in them thar icebergs.

Drane, Bill Moore, Railroad Connor, Mell Icebergs and penguins, too, never fail to be Peterson and Bill Sheeley. The Sharps are put dovm on film by red parka-clad tourists building a permanent retirement home in armed with everything from cameras to ice Fairfax, Va. axes. It's a bit different from naval cruises Mell and Ann P E T E R S O N left on 10 where a ship is referred to as a ship, not May for a four weeks' tour of Europe be- as a boat. Nevertheless, it has its good points, ginning with a four-day rest in Vienna. They meeting many nice people who have an adexpected to tour Austria, visit Hungary via venturous yen." Ed works as manager of polar hydrofoil on the Danube, and visit Mell, Jr. operations for Alpine Associates, Inc., of (Cdr. U S N , U S N A '54) who is on duty Norwood, N.J., and consults on Antarctic with the Italian Navy surface and air missile tourist activity for Lindblad Travel, Inc., of group in La Spezia. After visiting the cha- New York. H e says there will soon be tourist teau country in France, they planned to re- cruises in the Arctic, and any classmate wishing to take his wife into the polar regions in turn to the U. S. on 9 June.

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Earl G a l l a h e r , R A d m . , U S N (Ret.), a n d t h e Director of Northwestern H i g h School's N J R O T C , presents the insignia of r a n k t o o n e o f his c a d e t ofRcers.

Earl GALLAHER accomplished what is probably a first in the newly established NJROTC Program. From the Prince George's County School Board News Letter—"Official activation of the first Navy ROTC High School program in the Washington metropolitan area was held Monday evening, March 4, at Northwestern High School.

"School principal Raymond R. Reed introduced Northwestern's N J R O T C Director, RAdm. Wilmer E. Gallaher, U S N ( R e t ) , a naval science instructor, and his assistant, Chief Boatswain's Mate Francis J. Tarasuk, U S N (Ret.), as the audience gave a hardy round of applause. Admiral Gallaher then presented nine cadet officers with insignias according to their rank."

Pres., Capt. S. P. Moncure, USN (Ret.) 3625 Trinity Drive, Alexandria, Va. 22304 Sec'y, Capt. J. D. Lamade, USN (Ret.) P.O. Box 6294, Washington, D. C. 20015

H E R E AND T H E R E W I T H '32 The May meeting of the Washington chapter was held at the Navy Yard O Club and the regulars all turned out including: Bob Leonard, Sam Moncure, Casey Holt, Van Van Evera, George Pierce, Willie Williamson, Bill Stuart, Jim Collett, Bill Robards, Howard Turton, Al Slayden, Harry Lockwood, Harry Dreany, Al Wellings, Ray Pitts, Earl Hydeman, Leon Kintberger, Barry Atkins and Jack Lamade. At the luncheon, Leon KIN'TBERGER gave a good report on the construction work that is taking place in the city of Annapolis and remarked that we should start thinking about reservations for our 40th (Yes, FORT I E T H ) reunion. Leon was promptly named as a committee of one to make recommendations and secure the reservations for 1972.

Al W E L L I N G S informed us that at the AIAA symposium in San Diego he talked with Tommy W A R F I E L D , Swede E A S T W O L D and DI T H O M A S . Tommy is with Stanford Research Group, Swede with Hughes at Culver City and DI with Solar in San Diego.

The national and international comic strip "Buzz Sawyer" by Roy Crane recently carried an exciting adventure of Buzz exploring the bottom of the Pacific. The officer in complete charge of the operation was the Oceanographer of the Navy, RAdm. "Muddy Rivers." The likeness of the admiral as drawn

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exactly like a classmate of ours. Muddy W A T E R S informs me that it was just a coincidence!

The deadline for copy to Shipmate is usually the 10th of the month with a two months lead-time. Kindly send any information and old photographs of classmates, midshipmen cruises, etc., to me at the above address.

We all extend our deepest sympathies to Tutt and Dot T U T T L E , whose son, 2nd Lt. Bob Tuttle, USMC '67, died of wounds while in patrol near Quang Nam in early May. Tutt is now living in Pensacola at 55 Star Lake Drive, Florida, and is executive director for Pensacola's Fiesta of Five Flags.

Vic T U R N E R wrote to say that he fully expects to be present for the reunion. He also noted that his youngest boy Vincent is talking more and more about entering the Academy. We wish him lots of luck. At this point, would anyone care to speculate on when the first grandson of the class of 1933 will enter the Academy ?

A phone call to Elliott L O U G H L I N confirmed a delightful rumor that had been circulating aroimd Crabtown recently. Following his retirement this summer Elliott will move to Annapolis where he has accepted the position of Executive Director, U. S. Naval Academy Foundation. Elliott and Marjorie have purchased a home at # 5 Cumberland Court and expect to be moving in Chmn., Mr. Turner A. Duncan AVCO Corp., 1701 K St., N.W. during July. Their many friends here are Washington, D. C. 20006 looking forward to their arrival with genuine Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN pleasure.

(Ret.), U. S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis, Md. 21402 Charles ROUSSEAU called from Tupelo, We all knew that it was coming, but we Miss., and told of a most interesting project hated to see the announcement that Draper that he is working on. H e has obtained a and Peggy K A U F F M A N will be leaving the replica of one of the CONSTITUTION'S canAnnapolis scene this summer. After serving nons and is mounting it on the grounds of his plant in Tupelo. He plans to hold morning for three years as the 44th Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Draper is being as- and evening colors and needed a tape recordsigned as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, ing *• of the Naval Academy bugler playing bugle calls. W e were delighted, of Philippines. Judged by any standards, these course, to help in such a worthy cause.

Draper's tour as superintendent has been an Charlie informed us that he will be here outstanding success, and he leaves the Acad- for the 35th reunion. emy with the most sincere regrets of the While on the subject of the reunion, we host of friends that Draper and Peggy have made in the Annapolis community. They also want to correct an error which crept into leave with our thanks, our admiration, and the '33 column of the May issue. We reported our best wishes for "Fair winds and a fol- that Koch, Snider, Rousseau, Faunce, Dodson, Macintosh, Reedy, Winston and Mclowing sea."

Mullen were all booked at the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge. Actually this should have read—Charter House Motor Lodge vice Howard Johnson's. Since that time Barclay, Wiggin, Gill, Bethea, Buie, Strean, and Carl Jones have also been booked at the Charter House.

Thanks to very excellent arrangements made by Al Croghan, the May luncheon of the Washington Group was held on the 14th at the International Club. All were pleased that Draper Kauffman was able to attend— probably his last chance for a couple of Draper and Peggy Kauffman years. Others attending were: Caldwell, Croghan, Bill Davis, Derickson, King, Lane, A nice letter from Jack COYE contained Mayberry, McDonald, McMullen, Selby, the news that he and Betty plan to live in Shifley, Slayton, Sublette, Travis and Wendt.

Coronado following Jack's retirement this The meeting was entirely social—nothing summer. For a time Jack and Betty were earthshaking came up. seriously considering Annapolis as their post We end this column on a sad note. Dottie retirement snug harbor, and those of us living in Crabtown looked forward to their Rakow called and told of receiving a letter joining us with real pleasure. At any rate, from Beatrice Gorman, telling of Verne's they will be joining one of the largest and death from cancer on 4 May. Presumably, most enthusiastic groups in the class—those burial was at Plainfield, N.J., where Verne in the San Diego area. We wish them all the and his family had resided for many years. best, and hope they will be able to return for All will join in extending deepest sympathy to Beatrice and her daughter Linda. Their the 3Sth Reunion in September. address is 1441 Shirley Street Plainfield.

The mail this month included still another announcement of major interest to the class.

This one read: "Mrs. Jackson Caldwell BonSec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR ner has the honor of announcing the marriage 129 Spa View Ave., Annapolis, Md. 21401 of her daughter Anne Bonner Kraft to Capt.

Charles Emmett King, U S N ( R e t ) , on SatIn a note dated 8 April, Dorothea reported urday, the sixth of April 1968, Metropolitan that George W A L K E R suffered a heart Memorial Methodist Church, Washington, attack on 16 March. She also commented that D. C." W e all join in congratulating Chick, George would enjoy hearing from his friends and in wishing the newlyweds every happi- of '34. Their address is 80 Newark Pompton ness. They are at home at 4701 Willard Ave- Turnpike, Riverdale, N. J. 07457. Then a nue, Chevy Chase, Md. 20015. note from George himself, dated 8 M a y : The April meeting of the Washington "Enclosed is a small donation for the 34th Group of the class, graciously hosted by Rufe Co. Wardroom fund. Somehow or other I had TAYLOR at his quarters, was held on missed your request in a previous issue of 9 April. Attending were: Barnum, BHck, Shipmate. Hope all goes well with you.

Cobb, Croghan, Curtis, Dawson, Tad Dun- Have been home for several weeks recuperatcan, Loughlin, McKibbin, McMullen, Moor- ing from a heart attack. Am now moving er, Mott, Reedy, Shifley, Slayton, Taylor and ahead at about Yi speed—but hope soon to go to Vi's. Kindest regards to all."

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Shelley and Bob J O H N S T O N have announced the engagement of their daughter, Margaret King, to MRS Joel Alanson Clark, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Murray Clark of Kennebunkport, Me. A July wedding is planned. Margaret, a graduate of Knox School in St. James, is a senior at Mount Holyoke College. She is a Sarah Williston Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa there. The prospective bridegroom attended the University of New Hampshire and is stationed aboard the submarine tender HUNLEY.

The following note from Jim BABB in Hong Kong: "You might be interested to know of the birth of my first grandson, Brendan James Babb, at Fairbanks, Alaska, on 24 April. He is the son of James D. Babb, Jr., and is named for his uncle, SSgt. Brendan Babb, who is serving with the 82nd Airborne in Vietnam. I've been in Hong Kong for nearly eight years now. I travel throughout East Asia for American Book Co., in New York, and occasionally see some of the people who, like me, have become really Asiatic, notably Mike Barr and family in Saigon. Best regards, and if you should be out this way, drop in."

The following letter was received from Chick P A R S O N S : "For years I have been reading Shipmate and getting all the news of classmates as well as shipmates but never have given a thought to writing a short little squib myself. On 8 March my son George T. (Ted) graduated from OCS at Newport, R. I., and is now an ensign aboard USS DUPONT (DD-941). I saw Van Van Arsdall

at the ceremony and he was looking fit as a fiddle. He was very helpful in getting Ted located in the DUPONT.

"Seeing Van really gave me the idea of writing and to ask all classmates to give Edith and me a buzz should they happen to pass through the CJeechee town of Savannah on their way to and from Florida. Ted is a graduate of Georgia Tech and the younger boy, Monroe, is in his jimior year with the Ramblin' Wrecks. Edith and I are rattling around most of the time in our home at Wilmington Isljtnd. W e are close to the Inland Waterway around the corner from the Savannah Inn and Country Club. I'm looking forward to the Tech-Navy game this fall and hope that a big contingent of '34 will be in the stands. Despite the fact that the boys are rooting for the Engineers, Edith and I expect to make Grant Stadium rock with some good old Navy yells. Certainly hope that it will be a lot better than that Jacksonville fracas a couple of years back. Perhaps a '34 party could be arranged at one of the local inns. Anyway, Butch, you have been a stalwart in keeping the news of some of us laggard classmates in the '34 column. Best regards."

On the distaff side of '34: June Green has been appointed by President Johnson as a judge of the U. S. District Court of the District of Columbia, the fourth woman in history to be so appointed to this high judicial post. Pending confirmation by the U. S. Senate, she expects to be sworn in sometime before 1 June.

Sec'y-Treasurer, Capt. Louis N. Detweiler, (SO USN (Ret.) 6650 Van Winkle Drive, Falls Church, Va. 22044 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. E. D. Vestel, Jr., (SO USN (Ret.), 680 Virginia Dr. Winter Park, Fla. 32789

Johnny B O T T O M S departed Washington after three years with the Defense Supply Agency. H e and Ruthie left their Falls Church home in June and now occupy quarters at the Norfolk Naval Base where Johnny commands the Naval Supply Depot.

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Joe P L I C H T A has been appointed administrative director of Rader & Associates, a Miami based architectural and engineering firm. Prior to this promotion Joe had been living in Santiago, Chile, managing the Rader local office and supervising Chilean airfield construction. Before being sent to Santiago he'd done the same thing in Iran, being based in Tehran. While on active duty Joe participated in design and construction of airports costing over a half-billion dollars both in the U.S. and overseas.

Zurbie S E N I F informs us that he moved from Stamford, Conn., to 647 Tulip Lane, Vero Beach, Fl. 32960, two years ago (sometimes the mail's a little slow). He sent in a check very appropriately made out for $35.

This completed Zurbie's $100 contribution to our scholarship fund and paid his class dues to April 1972.

Something we learned recently was that Connie K A R A B E R I S made the final Navy seaplane flight. The seaplane era, encompassing the NC-4, the Black Cats, Catalinas and Mariners ended on 6 November last year when Connie, who commanded Fleet Air San Diego and PatRon 14, and the VP-40 C O . made a farewell flight from San Diego. All aircraft are now designed for carrier or land operations.

Wyman P A C K A R D represented our class at the spring meeting of the Alumni Association's Board of Trustees held in Alumni House 29-30 May. Wyman is preparing an article "The History of Naval Intelligence" which will appear in the Naval Institute Proceedings shortly. Watch for it. It's fascinating reading.

Dave N A S H was of invaluable assistance to Vivian Ramey when Rebel succumbed to a heart attack on Good Friday. Charlie HARRIS notified as many classmates as he could reach by phone. Ken Meneke '33 lined up Rebel's pallbearers among whom were Dave, Charlie and (jeorge Towne BAKER. Other classmates at the funeral service included George Lee, Sam Nixdorff, Bill Hazzard, Skip Sellers, Sammy Sampson, Snuffy Smith and Bruce Ross. In accordance with Vivian's wishes that no flowers be sent, the class made a contribution to the Heart Fund in Rebel's name. All of Rebel's surviving classmates send deep sympathy to Vivian.

From the Veterans' Administration Hospital in West Roxbury, Mass., Jack BARLEON says " H i ! " to all classmates. Jack hoped to be able to attend the Paralyzed Veterans of America meeting in Washington on 20-21 April and we hope he was able to make it. Jack's daughter Claudia made the Dean's List at her university and his son is an honor roll student. By the way, next time you're in Boston, why not stop in and see Jack? If you don't plan to be there you can drop him a line or two and tell him what a fellow '35er is doing. Those hospital days are pretty long and the nights even longer.

A letter sure helps shorten them.

Pete P E T R I E has been elected president of the Alumni Association's Central Florida chapter in Orlando. Pete was the sparkplug in organizing Florida's newest and largest chapter which meets monthly at the Orlando Naval Training Center.

As we go to press we understand Jason MAURER is leaving Hawaii and command of SubPac. Billie and he arrived in Honolulu on 6 June 1966, which just happened to be exactly 31 years after the graduation of a great class. Don't know where Jason's going but expect to have his new address in the September-October Shipmate.

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Can you believe it? Summer is here, and the year already half gone! Anyway, it's Nags Head time; so might as well relax and enjoy it, and stop fretting about time rollin' by.

An April report from Jimmy RUTTER— received after last deadline was met—confirms that the California contingent is now rolling along with good attendance at their 19 April luncheon held at the new Club House, Naval Base Golf Course, Los Alamitos. Quite a turnout when you consider there are only 26 of our class in the Los Angeles area. Thirteen showed, among them Henry H E M E N W A Y who has moved to the West Coast and was house hunting up Pasadena way. Other attendees were: Brent, Burkart, Caldwell, Fussell, Hattan, Hayler, Quackenbush, Rutter, Shetenhelm, Seller, Ray Thompson, and Don Wilson. Plans for a '36 LA-Orange Counties get-together on 28 June were laid, and quarterly luncheons agreed upon. Jim also reported Phil S H E T E N H E L M ' s new address as 129 W. South St., Anaheim, Ca. 92804; Sy KARASYK's whereabouts again unknown; and from Hank F U S S E L L a new address expected soon for Warren BRADLEY. Classmates hitting the LA-Long Beach area should contact Jimmy for details on luncheons, parties, etc., at the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce or at his home: 176 Quincy Ave., Long Beach; Tel. (213) 433-3779.

8 May was also a good turnout for the Washington clan—the largest in a long time.

There were 22, including a surprise visit from Fred C H E N A U L T in town with Katie from China Lake to check on their house and for a visit with son Jake. Others gathering around the ANCC sandwich bar were: Alford, Bradley, Davenport, Ellis, Entler, Fowler, Gray, Hanger, Ed King, Mayhew, Morton, Law, Oseth, Price, Rice, Robertshaw, Ryder, Teel, Tyler, Ware, and Williams. Ed KING announced plans completed for the 29 May annual '36 dinner dance at ANCC, and then gave an account of how he and members guarded the club during the April riots after the 1st tee pro-house had been blown up and burned down. Joe RICE announced that the USS CONNOLE would be launched on 20 July at the Avondale Ship Yard, New Orleans, and encouraged all who could to make an effort to attend the ceremonies over which Mrs. Connole, Dave's 84year-old mother, will preside as sponsor. This is the second Navy ship to be named in honor of a deceased classmate; the first was the destroyer

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other business was transacted except that the incumbent officers were unanimously reelected for another term.

Rosa reports she and Frank are grandparents again for the fifth time; number four for their daughter Fran of New Orleans.

She also reports that Dick BULL's daughter lives across the street from Fran and has a little boy named Dickie.

Bula and Ed King's daughter Robbye was married on 6 July to Dr. John Kenneth Youel of Charlottesville, Va. The wedding took place at the First Baptist Church, Clarendon, with a reception afterwards at the Army-Navy Country Club where Robbye was one of the top women golfers. After the honeymoon, the newlyweds will take up residence in Charlottesville where the groom is a practicing surgeon. Our very best wishes for long years of happiness together from all in '36 go to you, Robbye and John.

A wonderful letter from Betty Kirkpatrick, checking in as a '36 widow and asking to be placed on the '36 Register mailing list in response to our April column, reports she is still at 1006 Crest Rd., Penfield Downs, Pa. 19151. Says Betty: "Hated missing last year's Homecoming, but got my weekends mixed up. Plan to do better this year . . .

Not much news to report except that both daughter Gail and son Bob are happily married. So I am now rattling around in this big house with my Siamese cat Alice (sounds like something out of Wuthering Heights— but I really live a pretty active pleasant life!)" Bob was married last summer and is now living in Jacksonville, Fla., where he is a senior at the university. This gives Betty a good excuse for popping off to sunshine land every now and then. Gail, married for the past three years, lives nearby Betty in Media, Pa. Thanks Betty for all the news, and be assured we will see you get a copy of the Register when the next edition comes off the presses.

The response to TYLER's January questionnaire really has your editing committee encouraged. Apparently the news got around fast that we really did get out a book this time, and those who thought we were kidding have promptly responded so as not to be left out of the "This & That" section on our next edition. News of current interest gleaned from this source is : \Yalter BOYD—Pensacola, Fla.—"Am having a ball providing Courtesy Services, and military insurance and financial planning guidance to young Naval, Marine and Coast Guard officers and their wives. It's great being my own boss in a job where one can feel useful and really needed—and in touch with the Navy every day !"

John ENGLISH—Kansas City, Mo.— "Have retired and now work and live in Kansas City—am with Booz-Allen Applied Research, Inc." Red FERGUSON—San Diego, Cal—"I work for the San Diego County Engineer (since '59) as a highway design engineer, but last year became records engineer. Jean is a government purchasing agent at Marine Corps Recruit Depot. We live half way between our jobs."

Al FURER—Claremont, Cal.—"This is my 4th year of teaching math to high school kids. I found it a pleasant change from industry. Our latchstring is out to any classmates who might come this way."

Norm G I L L E T T E — JUSMG/MAAG Spain—"We will be here until November— then to sea with A S W Group. Regards to all."

Henry H E M E N W A Y — L A area—"Have taken over as operations manager of Western Precipitation and am moving to the LA area permanently. Best regards to all."

John HEWITT—Stanton, Cal.—"Retired after an attack of polio in '43, and since '55 have been the accountant for the Fullerton Union High School District."

Bill KRAMER—Seattle, Wash.—"After retirement in '61, entered the U of Washington to complete necessary studies for certification as a secondary school teacher with a major in math and a minor in French.

Taught all high school math subjects ('6266), grades 7 thru 11 at Lakeside School for Boys in Seattle. On recommendation that I become a counselor, entered Graduate School, UofW, to be trained in that capacity, obtaining my Master's of Education (Student Personnel Services) in June '67. Am now a high school counselor by day and teach a community college math class two nights a week, but still find time for mountain 47

hiking and skiing. Evelyn has been director of Nancy Taylor Secretarial Finishing Course of the Peterson's Business School, Seattle, for past six years. She has been busy in her off moments taking evening courses at the UofW and at the Cornish School of Allied Arts." ^_ Fred MICHAEL—Virginia Beach, Va.— "Both Florence and I are teaching here in Virginia Beach now."

Martin MILLER—Philadelphia—"Bruce is expecting to go to Viet Nam soon with Air Force. Linda is married to Ens. Wm. S. Tittle, USN, an air navigator with the squadron at Whidbey Island. Martin, Jr., is married, has two children and lives in Chevy Chase. Peggy and Truck still holding down a home, but sort of expect to go elsewhere soon. Our leaning is west, perhaps even overseas if the situation presents itself."

Syd MILLER—Memphis—"Am teaching school in Turrell, Ark.; Elizabeth tending our first grandson; Edwin at U of Tenn. at Knoxville; only one chick left at home. We see George and Janice Whiting often."

John M I L L E T T — Miami — "Teaching math in secondary schools, Dade County, Fla. Retired in '57, been teaching ever since.

Daughters Barbara and Susan both happily married and doing well."

Bill P A R H A M — Coronado—"Lockheed has sent us to San Diego with their research submarine program. I manage the waterfront and support vessel. Jane and I are happy to be back in Coronado. Bill, Jr., has two young girls, while Ann is the proud mother of a boy. Susan is a sophomore in college. How 'bout dat ?"

Fitz PALMER—Strasburg, Va.—"After retirement in '61, attended Retired Officers Program (math) at Duke and received M.A.T. degree. Taught one year in Fairfax County and finally found the place we had been looking for: a farm of about 80 acres at the foot of the Massanutten Mts. in a loop of the Shenandoah River, in the valley of Va., about three miles from Strasburg.

Betsy and I both teach in the local high school. On the side, we hunt, fish, hike, garden, and study nature. If passing this way, drop in. We are just off Exit 77 of InterState 81."

Tom SAMUEL—La Mesa, Cal.—"I am property manager of the Trust Department of Title Insurance & Trust Co. Never a dull moment or chance to get bored! Best regards to all."

Dayton SEILER—Pasadena—"Since retiring in '60, have been doing patriotic lecturing, writing, and publishing. Organized All America Books to expose the world conspiracy of atheistic Socialism-Communism that is subverting Christian civilization.

In '65, organized Mechanical Arts Corps., Pasadena, to manufacture specialized office machines in field of graphic arts. Daughter Sharon is married (Mrs. Hugh Maynard) and residing U of Colorado, Boulder; Sandra is a student nurse Veterans' Hospital out of Long Beach State College; Susan, Linda, Diane, David, and Dorothy all still at home attending college or local high schools. With seven children, Dottie's activities would fill 10 pages. . . . Had a most friendly class luncheon in Long Beach several weeks ago. Perhaps some day we can get most of the class to the West Coast for an event Best regards to all."

Jamie SEMMES—Savannah, Ga.—"Jay left college to enlist in Army; now P F C at Intelligence School, Ft. Devens, Mass.

(Note: since, passed through Coronado, visiting Starks, en route Vietnam). Robert is a sophomore (pre-med) at Emory U. in 48

Atlanta. I earned MS at Florida State University after retiring and am now teaching at Armstrong State College Live half-way between college office and my golf club--each 500 yds away! What a life! Enjoy job as asst prof in math and enjoy golf—tho better at math. If down this way, come see us!"

Syd SHERBY—Ft. Worth, Tex.—"I was transferred to Ft. Worth from the corporate office in NY end of '67. With the children grown and on their own, Jane joins me as much as possible in my travels. We look forward for winter trips to the snow for skiing and as much time as we can take in summer to spend in our cottage in Canada.

Call us if you get Ft. Worth way!" _ Herbie SPRENGER—Circleville, Ohio— "Am a consultant to the brewing industry and having a ball now that I can combine production with consumption."

Jim TERRY—Redwood City, Cal.—"Am presently employed as chief of engineering for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Program, Lockheed Missile & Space Co., Sunnyvale."

Don WILSON—Granada Hills, Cal.— "W^e've been living here in LA since retirement in '66. The first year I was with Litton, working on the FDL ship contract definition.

I've been in systems engineering with TRACOR, Inc., since May '67. We had hoped sometime to move back to the Washington area, but the prospects aren't good at present."

Got so involved in putting our notes together, particularly Robbye KING's wedding, forgot to mention Ed was appointed ComMidEast Force in May and had to leave before the wedding for Persian Gulf. Bula stayed behind to be sure all went well and newlyweds settled.

Our thoughts and deepest sympathy at this late date go to Tom KIMMEL and John BOLAND both of whose fathers passed away on 14 May. Classmates and friends may send personal condolences to Tom and Nancy at 241 Anchorage Dr., Annapolis, Md. 21401, and to John and Nanny at 1805 Fleet Terrace, Virginia Beach, Va. 234S0.

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. J. P. M. Johnston, USN (Ret.), 2118 Bancroft Place, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20003.

WASHINGTON NEWS Problems of complexity present themselves to classmates from time to time. This time to Tom D A V I E S : A Cannes, France, 29 March news item of Reuters reads: "Oflficers of the American Sixth Fleet here are wondering what to do with two gold coins, handed over by a Frenchman to boost U. S. gold reserves.

An unidentified man rushed up to a fleet oflficer Wednesday and thrust an envelope containing two $20 gold pieces into his hand. The next day, U. S. Rear Admiral Thomas D. Davies, Commander Carrier Division 20, received an anonymous letter explaining that the coins were given as a symbolic gesture at a time when the United States was watching gold reserves dwindle 'because of the enormous expense of defending civilization.' " Walt BARRY is a loyal correspondent and a great salesman. A recent letter from him reads: "Enclosed herewith are three checks, one from Gerry Joyce, one from Waffles Ingling, and one from me, as Red Hessel paid in cash (Ed note: sale of 30 Yr. Fixes).

I had no trouble selling the books and I would assume that I could get rid of ten or twelve more if you wish me to do so. I have the other two which you sent promised to Charlie Minter and Rex Wheeler. I should get them delivered this week and will forward the checks to you. I'm sorry for the

delay but I seem to be much busier as a teacher than I was my last few years in the Navy. It's just a question of organization, I guess.

"It was good to hear from you and don't hesitate to call on me at any time to do what little I can to make life easier for you with this wonderful but uncooperative group called the class of 1937. So let me know if you wish me to canvass the area and I will be glad to oblige."

Walt was taken up on his offer and sent 9 copies of the 30 Yr. Fix to sell in the Norfolk, Va., area.

At the April 11 class luncheon. Bob FARR I N G T O N reported that he had been with Boeing Management Engineering for the past eight months and will soon be moving into the L'Enfant Plaza area of D. C. this summer. This will be the Boeing offices operating with the Technical Integration Evaluation function of NASA on the Apollo Space Program. It is a government-industry partnership effort.

Tom ADAMS has developed the material, the product and created the firm Animated Electronic Films, P. O. Box 2036, Eads Station, Arlington, Va. 22202. This firm markets Tom's 29 films on electronic instruction aids. There are 12 films on aspects of tubes and tube circuits; 5 on aspects of transistors and transistor circuits and 12 on aspects of alternating current theory. The first product was delivered last January. Already sets of the films have been delivered in 17 states.

Other classmates at the luncheon were John Johnston, Jimmy Denton, Bernie Bieri, Dave Bell, Chuck Stein, Zeke Soucek, and Wes Steesy.

In mid-April Babe Transue phoned the oflfice en route from Australia to South Africa to join Hank T R A N S U E . As you remember. Hank works for Bechtel International Ltd. He is now in South Africa at the following address: P.O. Box 3191, Johannesburg, South Africa, c/o Bechtel International Limited. This is an indefinite assignment for Hank. Babe was bringing the family with her and leaving New York in late April. The "athome" family is Tina 12, and Susie 10. Tom, 21, is in the U S A F .

On the trans-continental trip the Transues visited Martha and Stretch KELLEY in San Francisco, Jeanne and Skeeter GARDES (325 8th Street Coronado, Ca. 92118), D. J. and Syd B O T T O M L E Y (716 Glorietta, Coronado, Ca. 92118).

During Frank BUCKLEY's Washington stay in early 1968 he offered to sell some 30 Yr. Fixes in California. These were sent. He has written recently with some news. As usual for change in style his letter will be quoted.

"About the time the 30 Year Fixes arrived our V S ( X ) project went on a heavy overtime schedule, including Saturday and Sunday, sometimes through 0030, and this did not cease until 12 April, so I just haven't had a chance to do anything with them. This week was back in Washington for two days.

"I do expect things will be back to normal for a while, and I hope to get a few letters out fairly soon. My intent is to write a personal letter to each individual, asking that a check be made out and sent to me, and I will send them a copy. The checks, then, I'll pass on to you.

"I'd like to help out as west coast correspondent, but frankly, I have had very little contact with classmates except on the local reunion occasions, for which this is an off year.

S H I P M A T E

"Expect to be taking a vacation the last two weeks in May. Margot and I hope to visit Mexico City and maybe Acapulcoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it will be our first real vacation, not visiting kids or college or whatnot, in more years than I care to remember. We have our fingers crossed."

It would be delightful to have a San Francisco and a mid-west correspondent. Frank BUCKLEY is accepted as a Glendale, Calif., and area correspondent. A letter a year from each of four or more correspondents would be a boon to class news and unity to make the 35th reunion a whizz bang. Let's boost joining the Alumni Association so all may receive Shipmate.

Class news as reported in Shipmate may be responsible for the following letter received from Fil G I L K E S O N : "I've been remiss in ordering a copy of the Thirty Year Fix and do so herewith. My tour here in the Philippines is drawing to a close and I've just received word that I will be reporting back to D. C. in late July to relieve Paul Hartmann in Op 40. Jay and I plan to try to fly around through India and Europe and return to 504 Canterbury Lane, Alexandria, by 1 August. We're looking forward to seeing all the Washington contingent again.

"As you know, Harvey Lanham has taken over as Commander Fleet Air, Western Pacific. We see him frequently and Shirley on occasion. Mary (Cousins) and Jay are presently on a sightseeing trip to Djarkarta, Bali, Singapore, Penang, Bangkok and Hong Kong. They have two other gals with them and Ralph will pass through here next Friday on his way to join Mary in HK. I'm going to fly there tomorrow for one night and then return here."

At the class luncheon of 9 May, 10 classmates were present: Dave Bell, Paul Hartmann, Zeke Soucek, Wes Steesy, Jim Cresap, Larry Brantley, Jimmy Denton, John Johnston, Tom Adams and Morgan Baldwin.

All were saddened to hear Dave BELL aimotmce the passing of Red W O O D A R D of a heart attack on 23 April in San Francisco. Red loved the sea and had requested that his ashes be scattered on the sea from USS CRAIG (DD-885), a ship in which he had served as skipper. Duties of the CRAIG denied this portion of his wish; the commitment was made from the NEREUS. Jean's present address is Mrs. S. E. Woodard, 2933 K Ave., National City, Calif.

Chairman Phil B E S H A N Y made some warm and welcoming remarks, thanked the band for their much appreciated music and concluded with a few announcements. Phil informed the group that a contribution had been made to the Cancer Society on behalf of the class in honor of Randy MOORE. He read a note of appreciation from Freda Boyd which I quote: "Please express to the class of '38 my very deep appreciation for the beautiful arrangement of carnations and glads sent during our trying hours. The flowers, along with the thoughts they conveyed of Jim and us, were a most comforting reminder both of by-gone days and present companionship. My heartfelt gratitude to one and all for the kind sympathy of Jim's beloved class of '38."

A new '38 Washington group roster was passed out and I note several dates for social activities which I pass along for any of you out-of-towners who can join us. There will be no luncheon during the summer. The first monthly luncheon will be on 24 Oct. at Fort Myer and the next on 21 Nov. On Saturday, 28 Sept. a cocktail party is scheduled at the U S N A Oflficers' Club following the Homecoming game. Charlie MORRISON is in charge of arrangements and those of you who plan to attend Homecoming should contact him at 230 Anchorage Drive, Providence, Annapolis, Md. 21401. His phone number is area code 301â&#x20AC;&#x201D;7S7-1S30. To end up the year, a Christmas informal cocktail dinner-dance has been arranged at the Andrews AFB Officers' Qub on Friday, 13 Dec. Hope to see you at one or all of these events.

NORFOLK NEWS Bob S I N N O T reports the following hot scoop on Norfolk group. Les E U B A N K S and family have moved into the Norfolk area.

Les retired end of March and joined Vitro Laboratories. They are now residing in an apartment, waiting to move into the home they have purchased in Virginia Beach. The Jim P A Y N E S will continue in the ordnance game, having accepted a position as assistant to the general manager of Sperry-Rand, located near Shreveport, La. They will reside

at 1113 Gloria Drive, Minden, La. Dot and Tag GRELL have just returned from an extended west coast trip during which they greeted their third grandson and the rest of the family as well as old shipmates. Grace and Bill F R O R A T H have left the Public Works Center on the Naval Station and are living in Quarters "R" at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, where Bill is Public Works oflficer.

Strong BOOZER retired on 1 April and is working for Contact, Norfolk, Va., wholesaling in sound "tapes." The Boozers will remain in Norfolk. Many thanks for the news, Bob, and I hope you will continue to keep us informed of the Norfolk group activities.

N E W S FROM ALL A R O U N D Double congratulations to Ray CALH O U N . First he was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious service as the Director of Research for the National War College. The presentation was made by the president of the University of Minnesota at a recent ceremony at the University. Second, Ray, who had been the director of the Minnesota Management Development Program at the University, was appointed as the Assistant Chancellor for Institutional Organization and Systems. In a recent letter, Ray had this to say: "This report carries news from your representative in the Gopher State, and greetings to all '38ers. Three classmates have contacted us since we've been here. John Burkhardt called to say hello just before his plane took off for Chicago. 'Tom Suddath came by for dinner and spent the night with us which attending a conference of Independent College representatives. Most recently George Muse was in town for a quick Naval Reserve inspection trip and there was just time to run out to Twin Cities Naval Air Station for a martini and brief chat with him before he was whisked off to an official dinner. Both Tom and George looked fine and it was great to see them.

Vern Soballe has been kind enough to send us an invitation to his change of command as CO Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, and Ginny and I plan to go if we can. However, with my new job as assistant chancellor of the Minnesota State College System,

Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley, USN 3900 Watson PI., Apt. 7B Washington, D. C. 20016

The Washington group held their annual luncheon with the wives group in the ballroom at Fort Myer. Charlie M O R R I S O N was in charge of organizing the luncheon and was rewarded with a large turnout and a festive occasion enjoyed by all. Jim ANDREWS added a pleasant note by arranging for a S-piece combo from the Navy Band to serenade us with most appropriate music during the cocktail hour and luncheon.

Present for the festivities were the Hestons, Homer Conrads, Kreamers, Bob Millard down from Boston, Hank Jacksons, Eliots, Smales, Washingtons, Hugh Robinsons, Hunnicutts, Cowards, Mansfields, Sonensheins, Elas, Ray DuBois, Chet Owen, Beshanys, Trickeys, O'Briens, Bidwells, Spears, Irvines, Hartigans, Adairs, Tuckers, Betty Bolam (bless her), Raymers, Jim Andrews, Melvins, Morrisons, Inghams, and yours truly.

JULY-AUGUST,

1968

Washington area '38 spring party.

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Ray Calhoun '38 receives the Legion of Merit at the hands of University of Minnesota President Malcolm Moos.

my mobility may be zero. My new oflfice will be in St. Paul but Ginny and I plan to remain here in Edina (about 30 minutes away) for the time being. The job involves a system of six state colleges and promises to be an exciting challenge with an equally exciting increase in pay. Our fond best wishes go out to all '38ers wherever they are and come see us if you get to Minneapolis, 5332 Halifax Ave. South, Minneapolis, Mn. 55424."

Norm F R Y E R also receives our congratulations for his appointment as the director of consolidated procurement of the AAI Company in Baltimore. Norm has been with the company since 1960 and was the assistant chief for procurement. He is a real scholar, having received a graduate degree in business administration from George Washington University and in science from the University of Omaha and the LL.B. degree from the University of Maryland. In fact, he has been admitted to practice as a member of the bar of the Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Fred B A R D S H A R flew back from his carrier division on the west coast to attend Randy MOORE's funeral. Fred was one of Randy's roommates. Mac McCRORY also came up from Norfolk for the funeral. He looks great and is going to school. Walt SMALL is leaving the Mideast Force Command and heads for Pearl to take over as ComSubPac. Ralph W E Y M O U T H is heading back to Norfolk from his Pacific A S W Carrier Group to take over as ComFAir WingsLant. Jack M A N S F I E L D is visiting with the Gid BOYDs during his ICAF student trip to the west coast and I am expecting him to give me some dope on class activities in that area for my next report. In closing I would like to pass along to you wonderful wives that in every case of the passing of a classmate the Washington group wives have sent a beautiful card to his wife on behalf of all of you and received in return a most appreciative reply.

Sec'y, Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) U. S. Naval War College Newport, R. i. 02840

A couple of weeks ago (as this is written), a phone call came with the sad news of the passing of Ernie D U N L A P . According to information at hand, he had been commanding oflficer of the Naval Reserve Training Center at Riviera Beach, Fla., when he was taken ill (not positive of this diagnosis) with the same virulent form of leukemia which caused Tommy H A R T to be carried unwillingly from the bridge of his destroyer 50

during World War II to a hospital, where he died a few weeks later. It was much the same with Ernie, and he also fought it all the way. He was flown up to Charleston, to the Naval Hospital there, and died late in April. His last wish was to be buried at sea, and this was done on 2 May from the decks of USS GOODRICH with full honors. Shirley was with him to the end, and has the full sympathy, not to say admiration, of all of Ernie's classmates and friends.

A special report to Old Buck from the WCUCA follows: On the evening of 3 May, the '39 Seattle contingent had a get-together. Things started out with a rendezvous at Jim and Anne ELSOM's penthouse apartment (012 level) where the view was magnificent but could not compete with the host and hostess. Then the party moved on to the Pier 91 "O" Club, where the Seattle Alumni Association was having its annual formal dinner dance. A return to the Elsoms' to see the view by night and to have a morning cap finished social activities. (Some "cap"; it finished some of the celebrants too!) Present beside Jim and Anne Elsom (Seattle U) were " J B " and Roberta Anderson (Boeing), George and Mary Bruce Lhamon (Pacific Car and Foundry), Harvey and Betty Lasell (Boeing), Frank and Jeanne Welch (Boeing), Swede Carlsten (Boeing), and Jack and Helen Young (poor but honorable naval officer). Irv and Ruth Dewey (Vashon Island School District) couldn't make it because they had to prepare their 132' yacht for the great festivities next day heralding the official opening of the Puget Sound Boating Season. (Nothing by Buck is guaranteed, not even dimensions of classmates' cruisers— nor dimensions of classmates, let it be said).

The CS must be running out of new dope.

Here she comes in with a card saying that Charles Robert CLARK, Jr., is a registered representative of the New York Stock Exchange and is associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., with oflfices at 1100 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20036. The phone is 202-659-7472. As Buck has said before, the kind of certainty and confidence you can have when dealing with a classmate in this sort of business just can't be duplicated anywhere.

Jim D U N F O R D lives just off the New Jersey Turnpike about half way between exits 3 and 4 in a seven or eight bedroom house, part of which he built all by himself. (Jim is good at making things; last seen making a TV set with a huge picture tube—now just who would want a TV set that bad anyway!).

The latest from old Jim is that after two years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania he has switched over to the new post of technical director of the Naval Air Engineering Center in the Philadelphia Naval Base (the old naval aircraft factory after about three reorganizations and changes of mission). The ECUCA says that the present mission of the outfit is to manage and engineer all the aviation features of ships plus all ground support equipment for aircraft. So Jim is wheeling around amid catapults, arresting gear, visual landing aids, cement runways, revetments and aircraft tools. The work suits old Jim, and old Jim suits the work. He says, "Our expanded mission calls for a lot of systems engineering and program management which had previously been centered in Washington." And then he goes on to explain that that suits him right down to the ground, especially that bit about "previously centered in Wash city." He recently made the grandpa list, by the way, with help of daughter Anne. And speaking of grandpa's—•

A late item recently arrived concerns the most recent arrival of the latest grandchild of '39. It seems that one Steve O'ROURKE was going to march in the St. Patrick's Day parade and ordered a grandson to help celebrate the great event. Said grandson was to be named Patrick Dennis O'Shaughnessy O'Rourke and, sure enough, he was due on 17 March. But then problems developed because young babies can't see too well, and besides, if the first thing young Patrick O'Rourke was to see in this life was his grandfather marching in a parade he might just think that the whole world was a parade, and grow up to be a frustrated beatnik. So a lot was riding on this one. Things like this have a way of working themselves out, however, for young Patrick came early and had accumulated a great deal more experience by the time he got out there to where the bands were playin' and the green was wavin'. In fact he was so bored that he slept through most of it, but even so it was another first for '39 for having the youngest fullfledged, hand-carried spectator at the St. Patrick Day P-rade in Newport, R. I., at which his grandpa marched as in days of yore in the fourth platoon.

Somewhat miffed at the invidious reference earlier in this column, the C.S. has come up with another item, to the effect that as threatened the San Diego gang met for a pot luck BYOB party at the Grady REAVESes on Saturday, 6 April. The place was Point Loma of the balmy California breezes, but the cold wind blew and the frosty nipped and the nips couldn't keep up with the frost and so they all moved inside where it was gayer and warmer. Present were Ken and Madeline Barker, Skeet and Kathy Bemis, Jane and Bobo Bobczynski, Sam and Gretchen Caldwell, Bob and Eileen Clark, Fred and Betty Clarke, Partee and Scotty Crouch, Bill and Tut Fargo, Art Fischer, June and Gordy Glaes, Jim and Genie Henderson, Gene and Bobby Knox, Ray and Nellie Laird, Hal and Mary Lou Lank, Hank and Judy Reaves, Dunny and Ouida Reilly, Jim and Martha Smith, Lou and Isabel Spear. That bunch of go-goers has decided to really throw it in celebration of the 29th anniversary of our graduation, on 1 June. Big deal: cocktails, dinner, dancing, the works till the joint falls down at the Admiral Kidd Club, S. D. Sad news for the Washington contingent.

Val and Gay H O L Z A P F E L will be leaving soon. Val has been promoted to training manager of Minnesota Mining and M (what does that third M stand for?), effective 1 April. Trouble is that he therefore has to leave Washington and re-establish residence in St. Paul, Minn. So Gay is rending her clothes with deep sorrow—also, it gives her an excuse for a new wardrobe; we're not so dumb, are we. Gay ? ? And they're looking forward to the move and the new surroundings, but we wish they'd stick around, or better, that the 3 M outfit would send them back soon.

Another bit of news: Val V A L E N T I N E got so lonely for the good old faces that he hied himself all the way to Washington to a class lunch to see how we all were. Report, straight from the C P . ( C P . for LIFE, that is) is that at first he couldn't recognize anybody, but then one of the gents he asked told him that he was at the wrong lunch, and after that got squared a w a y then he claimed we haven't changed a bit!

Still running his newspaper out in Calif. and enjoying it.

Old Buck had the pleasure of hearing Dave BILL give with the good pitch the other day, and he was terrific! The audience S H I P M A T E

wouldn't let him get off the platform, and they cheered and whistled and stomped their feet all over the place. The only trouble with Dave is that he has so much to tell that even when he goes as fast as he can, and that's fast, bub, he still can't cram it all in. But if you really want to get the dope on what the amphibs are trying to do with their new programs, old Dave is the lad to tell you.

Just give him a projector and about two hours, and you'll be a much better educated naval oflficer.

Seems that Danny Howland gave a big housewarming party down in Annapolis a few weeks ago. Well remembered by all who came, mainly because it was a swell party but also because she decided her brandychampagne punch was too strong, so she diluted it with vodka. So that made it a little mite weaker, yeah man! The occasion was the commissioning of her new town house, but so far as Buck knows it is still in the same condominium, the Tecumseh, on 4th St., Crabtown.

And here's an item about Gus A. NORWOOD, who started his naval career as Smeja, now has five kids and is living in Juneau, Alaska. Gus resigned in 1946, went to Harvard where he took his M.A. in public administration. Until recently he was executive secretary of the Northwest Public Power Assn. at Vancouver, Wash., and now he has been appointed Federal Power Administrator of Alaska. Good going, Gus! Johnnie R E N F R O startled some of the boys when he hove into sight at the most recent lunch (most recent, that is, as of when this column was prepared). Not much to say, except that life is mighty fine down there in Charleston. We can believe it.

Dan GARRISON has just published a new book. Praeger Publishing Co., out in May. Title, The U. S. Navy. From his spot in Senator Thurmond's oflfice, old Senator Dan will undoubtedly have a lot of good and interesting dope.

Jack and June F I D E L checked in from Naples, Italy, with a picture of daughter's wedding to Lt. Jim Adams, USN, with the traditional arch of swords and beaming parents somewhere in the back. Sorry we can't use the pic, but it's verboten unless the groom is a classmate. Buck would have sent it in anyhow, for the class of whatever, except that the Register doesn't show an identifiable gent by that name. Jack is CO of the Naval Support Activity in Naples, and, as always with these nice assignments, his time there already looks much too short.

The five plaques mentioned last time have arrived; two to the Alumni Assn. in Annapolis (one of these for the wardroom, 9th Co.), other for the mysterious purpose alluded to but not stated. Buck has one, the CS had two but one got ransomed almost immediately, net, one left. Price, cost, except even yet I don't know how much. About IS bucks, and you'll get the change back if anybody ever gets around to telling Buck or the CS how much. Incidentally, three more checks have come in for the wardroom. Our total now is a fin short of eleven hundred bucks.

Mimi R A W S O N writes that daughter Julie will get her Master's and her Mrs. at the same time, and is finding it hard keeping her mind on work, and prospective son-in-law is heading for OCS in Newport. Buck has news for them: OCS has no rules against a student being married, but you still get only weekend liberty, from about Saturday noon until Sunday dinner! It's a nifty new building, however, and OCS has the tallest flagpole in Rhode Island.

J U L Y - A U G U S T ,

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Don and Jane O'MEARA got caught by a sailfish awhile ago, and here's a pic to prove it. The sailfish looks pretty good, but Don looks better and Jane best of all. Buck thinks this fish looks quite a bit like the one Bill and Mickey H U S H I N G helped them catch (see my last epistle to this rag), except that now I guess he has plastic insides.

Don, Jane and Junior O'Meara

It now being 0300 of a weary morning.

Buck will wind this up with a bit of philosophizing: I suppose every member of the class has at one time or another driven the New Jersey Turnpike and remarked how ugly the stretch of road is just outside New York. One more ugly, or one more bad smell, could not hurt that area, for it has already reached the Nirvana of unattractiveness. An eyesore anywhere else is there not an eyesore, but the opposite. Therefore j t really isn't ugly, and all the functional ugliness, concentrated in one place, is a monument to the imagination and capability of man who had the sense to do it this way. So it's beautiful, friends, and as you hold your nose passing through, just think how wonderful it all is!

Sec'y, RAdm. R. G. Anderson, USN WSEI3, 400 Army-Navy Drive, Arlington, Va. 22202

WASHINGTON REPORT July-August in Washington, D. C, are hot, lazy, restless days. Dog days, we used to call them, when the dust in the road burned your bare feet, the creeks were too low to swim in, the fish wouldn't bite and there was talk of school starting again. The air conditioners in Washington do help us in our concrete forests; there is no more dust in the roads—it's black-top; we keep our cement ponds full for summer swimming; the fish still don't bite; school/colleges will still open (we hope) soon and we hope by not getting too restless we will make it through the summer to enjoy the coming events of the fall.

About 60 people attended a recent class of '40 luncheon held in honor of the wives. Among those present, from the left, were Harvey Seim, Julian Burke, Scotty Goodfellow (back of neck).

Dee Winter, loretta and Ted Hechler.

Wedding bells in the area have been ringing loud and clear during the past few months. Ens. Raymond Marcus Keating '67, eldest son of Goody and Bill K E A T I N G , was married to Marianne Pappe, in the

Naval Academy Chapel in late April. Following the wedding, there was a minor class reunion at the ensuing reception at the Alumni House. Drinking congratulatory toasts to the bride and groom and to Goody and Bill were Tomme and Eldo BERGMAN (all the way from Genoa, Ohio, with their "middle three" youngsters), Jonnie and Art B E R N D S T O N , Jo and Art ESCH, Mary and John MONTGOMERY (plus son John '70), Marge and Ed M U H L E N F E L D and Betty Ann and Tommy TAYLOR. Betty and Jake B O W E L L announced the engagement of their oldest daughter, Clare Elizabeth, to Philip Bernard Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Ellis, Sr., of Vienna, Va. A late summer wedding is planned.

Jake H E I M A R K with Computer Command and Control Corp. just returned from a fine trip to Honolulu and among many other things he ran into several classmates at a meeting of the Navy League. He reports that Jim and Coralie V E L L I S are enjoying life in the islands and Jim is very happy in a second career. Steu S T E U C K E R T , Capt., USN, is still going strong and is the best weather guesser CinCPac ever had. However, understand from the horse's mouth that he hasn't done too well in controlling the intensity of the N. E. Monsoon out in SEASIA. Jake also saw Bill McKINNEY in CinCPacFlt's staff and Herman T R U M from the Great Northwest Country (Whidbey Island Commander, FltAir and 13th NavDist). It all sounds fun and what a nice place to have a class reunion.

H E R E AND T H E R E Bill McKinney also sent recent news from Hawaii. First, of course, he mentioned the wide swath Jake Heimark cut on his recent Navy League trip, that Frank F R A N K E N BERGER has put on his stars, is continuing in the job of Fleet Maintenance Oflficer, and still plays flexible golf—score varies from 79 to 95 all within one week; Lynn B A S S E T T is still busy as CO of the Naval Ammunition Depot in the country paradise on the other side of the island; and that Bill and Bobbe, the McKinneys that is, continue to enjoy the islands and welcome a call from the '40 travelers. The Washington clan send our sincere thanks for the good news from the McKinneys and have only to say to our Hawaiian-based classmates—"live a little for us, too."

Received a most newsy letter from Bill LINDSAY. We of the Washington clan had the privilege of being with Bill and Jerry at homecoming last October. Bill left the class because of color perception and has been with Atlantic Refining Co. in Philadelphia since 1937. Bill writes that his oldest son, Alan, is doing fine in the class of 1970 at our school on the Severn; the middle boy, John David, is playing football at Episcopal Academy near Philadelphia and is definitely "striking" for the class of 1973; and their youngest, William, is 12 and a rip-roaring 7th grader. Sounds like a GOOD NAVY FAMILY. Keep up the good recruiting program. Bill also says he has kept in touch with R. A. BROWN, now living in Newport Beach, Calif., and our mates in general through Shipmate, the Philadelphia Alumni Assn. and, of course, homecomings. Bill's address is 590 Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010, and would welcome calls and visits from classmates and friends. Thanks, Bill, for your letter, continued success to you, Jerry and those fine boys.

Our west coast writer, Harry F. F I S H E R , Jr., dropped us a long letter a few weeks ago and I will do my best to pass on the 51

news. Harry and Flossie are happy in quarters and Harry is doing an outstanding job as CO, Recruit Training Command, U. S. Naval Training Center, San Diego. He threatened never to write again if I quoted his letter in Shipmate. Therefore I quote, "none of the following are quotes." As I see i t the class of '40 is pretty well covering many key points in the area. Al BERGNER is Commander, Naval Training Center; he and Jane are well settled in their quarters and Al reports that he is busy both professionally and socially but has found time to rediscover a golf game now and then. Bob WOODING, as Commander, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, is doing his usual fine job. Bill BOEHM, CO, Naval Electronics Laboratory Center, reports that his son is a Navy jg on patrol boat duty on the Mekong River.

Grayson is busy with civic social work; is heading up a group planning the celebration of the 200th anniversary of San Diego. Rose and Fred M I C H A E L I S (ComCarDiv Nine) live nearby and the gang bends an elbow together now and then. Willie W A L K E R is just finishing his outstanding tour as Com ServGru One and has roders as CO of the Naval Station T. I. (Nice going, Willie!)

In regard to some of our retired classmates, we have the following news : Dick P A R K E R has formed a company called Cabrillo Realty Co. in Coronado. He says they have an Army class of '40 member in the firm and a Marine and one civilian (to keep it honest, I guess). Dick reports that Bob K I R K P A T R I C K was in Coronado visiting his mother a few weeks ago.

Lou B U R K E is also in Coronado. Another classmate in Coronado, Bud BEAVER, has just received a well-deserved promotion to manager of engineering. Solar Division of International Harvester Co. Congratulations, Bud, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

Harvey MILLER, Don KABLE, Willie TRICE, and Cary B A L D W I N are all in the San Diego area. Mo M E N D E N H A L L and Rick M U E L L E R are in Delmar.

From the Washington mates, thanks, Harry, for the west coast dope and if you continue to keep the reports coming, I will agree to not reveal the source.

Sec'y, Capt. Charles W. Styer, Jr., USN 8113 Birnam Wood Dr., McLean, Va. 22101

News of some recent '41 retirees: Jack M E S S E R is with Systems Research Corp. (a computer software outfit) here in Washington. He and Ginnie spent two wonderful weeks in Bermuda right after he retired last March. Eddie MILLER is with Ketchum, Inc., Chatham Center, Pittsburgh, Pa., an outfit which provides professional fund-raising services for colleges and similar activities. Eddie has really been moving since starting this new career, although he maintains his residence here at 6S09 Lakeview Drive, Falls Church, Va. Rusty C R E N S H A W reports the address of his new Crenshaw Company is 1321 Cameron St., Alexandria, Va. 22314, and that things are going well.

Joe H O K R received his M.S. in Business Administration from George Washington University in June. Joe has been retired for a couple of years, and is living in Annapolis and working for Westinghouse in Baltimore.

Lloyd YOUNG moves this summer from Washington to Williamsburg, upon retirement, to manage a couple of motels in that area. Lloyd's new address: 114 Thomas Nelson Lane, Williamsburg, Va. 23185. We wish Lloyd all luck and success in this new endeavor. Jim L Y N C H also retired recently, 52

leaving the Oflfice of the Chief of Naval Operations here in Washington. Jim and Pat are moving to Long Beach, Calif., where Jim will assist in the management of the former ocean liner QUEEN MARY, which was purchased last year by the city of Long Beach to become a Museum of the Sea (California Museum Foundation), a general tourist attraction, and a hotel convention center.

Jim will be Deputy to RAdm. Jack Fee, U S N (Ret.), superintendent of operations.

We congratulate Jim on this new seagoing assignment! His new address : QUEEN MARY

Department, City of Long Beach, P. O. Box 20300, Long Beach, Ca. 90801.

Some movements of classmates accomplished or in the offing: Chris CAGLE leaves the Pentagon to take up his new duties as Commander, Carrier Division One in the Pacific. The Cagles' new address will be Quarters, Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego, Ca. 92135. Horace W E S T leaves Washington this summer for duty on Staff, ComNavAirPac, where he can bask in the California sunshine. Many classmates and others have volunteered to carry his suitcase to those San Diego shores. Stu S T E R L I N G shifts shortly from his most interesting assignment as our Naval Attache in Ottawa to Director of the Naval Second Recruiting Area in Baltimore. We hope we will see something of the Sterlings at our class functions here in D. C The April class luncheon was held at the Naval Gun Factory on the 24th. Present: Rogers, Styer, Young, Messer, Mechling, Hokr, Engle, Merdinger, Hayler, Zirkle, Marks, Nolte, Crenshaw, Carr, Rush, Herring, Marzetta, and Taussig.

At the luncheon we were delighted to hear Chuck MERDINGER's adventures in South Vietnam. He said that he got used to being called "Chief" or "Colonel" by the Marines in Da Nang. Chuck noted that he was billeted and worked in a "secure area," but he was never sure just where this area started and stopped, as mortar shells now and then dropped on the oflfices near to his. Chuck described a trip he made into Hue immediately after the Tet offensive. This firsthand account was greatly appreciated by all. On the return trip to CONUS, Chuck met his wife, Mary, in England, where their daughter, Ann, is at school. An interesting sidelight of this trip was a day spent with Prince Charles. We are all proud of Chuck and his recently completed job in Da Nang, for which he has been awarded a Legion of Merit. Incidentally, the column for the month of May reported that Chuck is headed for San Diego for duty. This is bum dope; he is temporarily assigned here in Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and his next assignment has not yet been announced. Meanwhile, his address is 5367 Taney Avenue, Alexandria, Va. 22304.

Other business conducted at the luncheon included firming up the 25 May D. C area class party at Fort Myer. I will report on this next month.

We sadly report the news of the death of Rod MIDDLETON's son, Rod Jr., which occurred on the fourth of May in an automobile accident at Cold Spring, N. Y. Young Red was a 22-year-old senior at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. The services were held in Pomona Park, Fla. As reported last month. Rod and Ethel have moved to quarters at 102 Riverside Drive, Patrick Air Force Base, Fl. 32925. W e all extend deepest sympathies to the Middletons.

We had a recent card from Ethel indicating that Rod is still on loan from the Navy to NASA and is working hard trying to get a man to the moon so he can get back to sea.

Charlie T R U M B U L L writes from the Hotel Inter-Continental, Pago Pago, American Samoa: "It's been a couple of years since I checked in with Shipmate. I'm still with the Columbia University Geophysical Field Station in Bermuda and still working in many parts of the world engaged in long range, low frequency sound transmission.

The summer of 1966 found me in the Far East (Manila, Taipeh, Naka, Yokohama) which gave me the opportunity to spend an 11-day leave in my old hometown of Hong Kong, where I was attache for three years.

A little later a week in Newfoundland and last September a month in Mexico. Now, in April of 1968, I'm in Pago Pago. Have been here for six weeks operating at sea on various available boats and ships. (Gave up using a 10-meter trimaran after a squall carried away the main sail.) Actually I was here for eight days in December looking into the feasibility of the work here. I have my wife Jane and three-year-old daughter Kari with me and we have taken the opportunity of visiting Western Samoa, Fiji and Tonga.

Samoa is true Polynesia and has changed but little since I was last here in 1947, while on a submarine cruise around the South Pacific. We've enjoyed our stay very much and almost regret returning to Bermuda next week."

Sheldon K I N N E Y sent in the promised picture of himself and Jimmie BARTLETT aboard the NEWPORT NEWS. Sheldon accompanied the picture with the following note:

Jim Bartlett and Sheldon Kinney on the flag bridge of the NEWPORT NEWS during on attack on North Vietnamese coastal guns.

"USS SAINT PAUL, Flagship, Commander

Cruiser-Destroyer Group Seventh Fleet and Operation Sea Dragon, Coast of North Vietnam, 20 April 1968. '41 has the Vietnam conflict pretty well bracketed! And during the past six months, I have had the good fortune to see each of our classmates out here. In-country and North to South, Jim Bartlett commands the Third Construction Brigade of the Sea Bees in the I Corps Tactical Zone, with his Headquarters at Red Beach in Da Nang. In Saigon, Burns Spore commands the Naval Support Activity. And further south in the delta, Paul Gray (following a tour on NavForV Staff in Saigon) has been making history commanding riverine forces. In the Seventh Fleet, we have four representatives. Hutch Cooper commands the Patrol Force Seventh Fleet, Task Force 72. Bill Owen commands an Amphibious Ready Group, hard at work along the coast of Vietnam. Tony Lilly is Chief of Staff of the Fleet. And I have the some 75 cruisers and destroyers of the Seventh Fleet, Operation Sea Dragon, and Naval Gunfire Support. Backing up the team are Dave Jackson with the Ship Repair Facility, Subic; Chuck Fears with the Ship Repair Facility, Yokosuka; and Nat Pace who is the senior Marine at Subic. Dave Jackson has earned quite a reputation re-gunning SHIPMATE

our ships, can replace a five-inch/54 destroyer's guns in less than 24 hours and did an especially fine job in relining the eight-inch guns of

USS

NEWPORT

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(CA-148),

my flagship, in record time. Lou and Emily Davis are in Hong Kong, where Lou is president of Ralston-Purina Far East. They are most hospitable to us '41ers that visit the colony."

Pierre C H A R B O N N E T mailed in his picture for the Second Company Wardroom Rogue's Gallery of '41 flag oflficers, with the following note: "On 15 May, I terminate my tour here as Com 8 and we head for Mayport and CarDiv 6. I am eagerly looking forward to the sea, the more familiar professional surroundings, and the great chance to renew friendships. New Orleans has been a memorable assignment, with the marriage of two daughters (Louise in May to a young local named Alton Mclver), the local surroundings full of family, and a pleasant location in which to live. W e have had a ball.

Mary joins in every best wish."

Jack and Winnie ROGERS superintended the marriage of their daughter, Jackie, to Roger Neal Hughes '68, on 7 June in the Naval Academy Chapel. The event was attended by many '41 well-wishers.

Bill O W E N continues his interesting tour in the Vietnam area, noting that: "Amphibious Squadron One is presently deployed to the Western Pacific area and consists of the following ships: U S S DUBUQUE, U S S V A N COUVER, U S S THOMASTON, U S S GUNSTON HALL, U S S U N I O N , U S S WASHBURN, U S S BEXAR, U S S DIACHNEKO. Currently the

Squadron Commander and his staff are embarked in U S S VALLEY FORGE, in command

of Amphibious Ready Group BRAVO, as a part of the Seventh Fleet operating in the Tonkin Gulf."

Abbie Svendsen was the bridesmaid for the third time for Carol ( T H O M P S O N ) Collins. Carol married Capt. George L. Dickey, Jr. '46. The wedding was on the same day as the spring class party so we missed seeing Ed and Abbie; however, we all extend our best wishes to Carol and her new husband.

Here is a '41 first: In April your class secretary and wife Katie were appointed godparents for Jerry E N G L E (see photo).

Apparently, Jerry's original records were misplaced and it was decided to make sure the first baptism actually took. The Styers, of course, have agreed to insure that Jerry's religious education is properly seen to—this we have done by taking him by the hand to Easter services this spring and suggesting that he knock off smoking, dancing, drinking, and other sinful pastimes. All of this may have been overtaken by events, however, Jerry has pressed on zealously in his religious endeavors, and has now been suited up with a full confirmation ceremony.

Jerry Engle flanked by his new godparents, Katie and Charlie Styer, a n d the padre officiating at Jerry's baptism.

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Pierre and Mary Charbonnet greet Gen. Sir John Anderson, Head of the Imperial Defense College, on a recent visit of the College students to New Orleans.

On 1 May, your class secretary enjoyed dinner and a two-hour informal chat session with several of the Second Company first classmen in their wardroom. It is stimulating to talk to these young men. Most of this particular group were bound for nuclear power training with later submarine or surface ship duty stemming therefrom. Although I was prepared to cover submarine career information, the discussion really centered on where we are going in Southeast Asia and the future of the Navy in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Indian Ocean areas. I had dinner in the mess hall before the session.

It was interesting to note that the majority of the '68ers were slated for marriage closely after graduation—that is, most except the Marines. These latter were a.11 anticipating South Vietnam duty, of course. W e are looking forward to having a few of the first classmen join us at our next D. C. area Itmcheon in May. Sec'y, Cdr. R. S. Day, USN (Ret.), P. 0. Box 6042 Shirllngton Station Arlington, Va. 22206

Both the annual sweetheart luncheon and the class picnic are now history; but onlv the former fell on a date prior to the column deadline, so at this point I cannot say whether we had rain or shine for the picnic—altho I can guarantee it was a lot of fun for all who did attend.

The luncheon exceeded its publicity in form, if not numbers. Fifty-three sat down to lunch, but I must add that the sweethearts were even prettier and their escorts even handsomer than I had thought. Should have realized this as an aftermath of our "ring dance" in February, but found that the noon light highlighted the beauties concealed by candlelight.

The mention of the ring dance reminds me that Trigger E S L E R has advised me of the omission of his and Winn's names from the list of those attending the dance. They certainly were there and contributed to the gayety of the evening.

Jocko H E B R O N , still a resident of Long Island and president of Bodnar Products Corp.—illuminated plastic control panels for the aerospace, electronics and computer industries—dropped in before we sat down to lunch to say hello. He was rushing to a meeting in Maryland and couldn't stay, but did report all well in the suburbs and no problems in assimilating two grandchildren into the household for a "visit" now and again. A change in the family address was made without complications in order to put Lou five minutes from the golf course, while adding 25 minutes to Jocko's morning trek to the office. Jerry P E D D I C O R D also was an unexpected visitor for the luncheon and

a most welcome one. He was up from Beeville, Tex., for a conference. Altho Jean had accompanied him on the trip, he had not been aware of the full implications of this gathering, so she remained with friends, and I hope Jerry has been able to explain it fully to her.

The excellent cold plate and conversation were enjoyed by John and Ann Maddex, Anne Underwood (Bill works in Baltimore now), Bob and Re Childers, Dick and Mary Lee Lowe, Don and Elmyra Burrows, George and Harriet Bliss, Bunkie Herndon, John and Betty Welsh, Vern and Francie Binion, Hank and Marge Sweitzer, Bill and Betty Lou Houser, Bill and Marion Montgomery, Snuffy and Rene Griflfith, Harry and Shirley Kelley (our newest newlyweds), Parker and Jean Armstrong, Roy and Jeanette Werthmuller, Pete and Dorothy Smith, Earl and Anne Greer, Trigger and Winn Esler, Igloo and Arline Folta, Bob Froude (Mary was visiting her family in Pennsylvania), Gene and Ann Farrell, Tex and Frances Landua, Marge Wood (Mark had a last minute conference), Lou and Caroline Stecher, Harry and Nancy Allendorfer, Jerry Peddicord (how do you exolain that to a waiting wife?), and, of course, Clara Lee and me.

Congratulations are in order for Jack J A M E S who was married on 6 April to Teddy (Agnes Mary Pakosta) at the Navy Chapel in Washington. We all wish Jack and Teddy every happiness and hope to see them often at our various Washington area functions.

Am happy also to report that Charley and Shine P A Y N E are well on the road to recovery and at home, altho Charley will be relatively immobile for some time to come.

Following in Charley's footsteps at the Harvard Business School (and I hope no further) is Bill R I C H A R D S O N . Bill attended the Graduate School from 12 February to 10 May and graduated with the 53rd session of the Advanced Management Program. His graduation coincided with an excellent article in the Saturday Evening Post on the school and I know we are proud of Bill and Charley and other classmates who have attended.

Naturally, we also expect big things of them and I am sure the future will record it so.

Parker ARMSTRONG, who is currently serving as the chairman of our Washington group, provided me with a program covering the presentation of the Legion of Merit to Bill MORROW, ComDesRon 22, on 5 April, by RAdm. John R. Wadleigh. Bill's career has been varied and impressive and almost entirely in destroyers, but unfortunately my information does not indicate which of his recent tours was singled out for this honor—which, in any event, was richly deserved. Parker also provided a clipping 53

a pleasant evening with Brian and Babs McCAULEY, Ed and Barbara K E R R and Dave and Whitney S T E R R E T T . Brian is on PacFlt staff; Dave is at ServPac; and Ed is at FICPac. H e also had a visit with Dick L A W who is Mr. Destroyer Force in Hawaii.

Back in San Diego, John and Linda Nichols were on hand to see Paul LACY take command of his Amphib Group. W e are looking for news of the Los Angeles '43 activities from Emmet QUADY and news of the The request for $6 in class dues (to make San Diego '43 get-together from Phil everyone even with the books and off to a HAMBSCH. fresh start as dues-paying members) has reBryan P I C K E T T has taken over as Depsulted in a gradual response from the finanuty and COS, OINC of construction in Vietcial side, but a welcome response from the C o p t . C l a u d e B. Show ' 4 2 talks with V A d m . W . nam. Joyce and the children, Wayne and news side. Jim B O R O P reports that he and E. Ellis ' 3 0 , Chief o f StafF SACLant, a f t e r C o p t .

Layne, reside in Seattle, Wash.

Tom COGGINS are still holding down the fort in Panama City, and that he had had a Show received t h e Joint Services C o m m e n d a t i o n Bill B U S I K graduated 10 May from the brief visit with Griff S T O K E S in Pensacola M e d a l f o r meritorious service w h i l e serving as 53rd session of the Advanced Management Financial Controller on t h e SACLant StafF. M r s . on the occasion of Navy Relief report day.

Program of the Harvard Business Schcwl Shaw is a t the right.

Griff is CO, N A S Meridian, Miss. Paul and is headed for a Washington assignment.

S M I T H advised from San Diego that he Bill and Lois DOYEL face the prospect Marian DREW, writing for John (who is would be in town for June Week to attend the wedding of his daughter in the Navy now in REPOSE—as C O ) , provided a neat of three in the family on active duty with Chapel on graduation day to 2nd Lt. Joe feminine counterpoint to Norm's conscientious Roger T. entering U S N A this June and Anderson, USMC. Paul is also advocating a efforts. John took over on 1 May and # 1 Chris in midshipman 1/C status.

Ted and Peg S W A I N report their address San Diego get-together and promises some son, John Gordon, received his commission gCKxl glossy black and whites for the column. frotp OCS on the 24th to put a second J. G. as 9 Minuteman Rd., Liberty Pole, Hingham, Al GALLIN advises that the latch-key is Drew on the Navy lists. Young John also (as Ma. 02043. The Swains announced the enout at Balboa, Canal Zone, for any transiting publication dates go) became a married gagement of their daughter, Antoinette, to classmates who can give him enough notice man on 1 June, taking as his bride a lovely H. R. Marwitz, Captain, USMCR, serving so that he can get down to the "ditch" to young California lass, Judith (Judy) Patri- with the State Department in Vietnam. cia Kennedy of Sacramento.

Marian and the say howdy. The family is well settled in Merrill and Kay S A P P I N G T O N are back Panama, and Al finds the job, which is rest of the offspring were then to head for the in Washington. completely civilian and commercial in every paradise that is Hawaii as soon as Chuck Dick ZIMMERMAN, the president of the way, most interesting, exciting and chal- had finished his seventh grade studies. They lenging. It is the unique situation wherein were hoping for a Kailua address, which is Washington area group, returned from a trip about as close to Vietnam as they can get to Hawaii where he visited with Bob and the BuPers platitudes are correct. Chief T O F A L O checked in from MAAG Rome under the circumstances—and not bad ones Fran MINK, E A R L and Eleanor BUCKwith a pat on the back for Shipmate for at that! By way of updating the adventures W A L T E R , Dick and Julie L A W and Bob keeping them in touch with friends and class- of the Family Drew, Marian provided some and Connie S T U A R T . In Seattle he saw mates. Seems that Jim SEAMANS is their vivid memories from their three years in Bill and June HUMPHREY—Bill is retired best second source (and, frankly, I'd like to London. John has quite a family there and and working with the A E C at the nuclear make him my nominee for roving reporter this bonanza provided them an inside track overhaul section at Bremerton. Frank R E H if he'd just get Raytheon to include Wash- to life in that capital city. "John's fabulous is due to Bremerton for duty. In San Franington on his beat often enough to get a de- aunts and uncles opened doors to us that cisco, Dick saw Bill and Peg KIRKLAND. briefing). Rosemary, the Tofalos' oldest girl, a Britisher would never experience. I felt The April '43 Washington lunch (regularis now a student at the University of Mary- like a queen every time I acted as hostess ly 4th Tuesday at A r m y / N a w Country for Lord Balerno at a luncheon at the House land, and we'd welcome a call from her. of Lords or attended the opening of Parlia- Club) had a good turnout. Allan HUDSON Gene B A R N H A R D T closes out the list of ment."

It occurs to me that Marian should dropped in from the west coast (address: contributors for the month with a happy re140 Chatham Way, Moimtain View, Ca. come up with an article or two on their port on retired life—a fact I long ago dis94040) and reported that he and Mary now covered ! H e and Teeny have moved into a varied experiences. Maybe we should en- have eight children as of September 1967. new home just a block off the ocean at Vir- courage this for our 30-Year Book, and tap Others attending the lunch were: Dick ginia Beach. Their oldest daughter, Kathy, is Ed ROSENBERG for an extract or two Phelps, Bob Hansen, Bill Doyel, Bill Everett, getting married in June and "believe me, from his yacht's log as they lazily sailed from Jim Oliver, Fritz Hansen, Jim O'Brien, Art being the father of the bride is not the great- California to Hawaii last year. I know some Sibold, Dick Lazenby, Bob Dampier, Barney est thing in the world . . . you really find out of Willie NYBURG's letters from Vietnam Thielges, Bernie Moulton, Hank Bress and the true meaning of 'it is pop who pays' . . ." read like a classic, and Hank S W E I T Z E R Gene also noted that Dave and Peg B U N T - should be good for a bit of humor. Of course, Bob Greenwood.

Charles A. Taylor, III, Charlie and Belle ING will move from Virginia Beach to Long we haven't really decided on what that book TAYLOR'S son, graduated from the UniverIsland during the summer where Dave will might look like, but then Ed GALLAGHER should get back to Washington one of these sity of South Carolina Law School 28 Jan. work for Sperry Rand. days.

He is now a practicing attorney with the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, And don't forget to send along your $6 D. C , having passed the bar exams.

Norm N A S H got off a note while en route from a visit to the Seventh Fleet Flag in dues as soon as you finish this column. W e On 4 Jan. a daughter Jennifer Lynne was back to Yokosuka. A layover at Da Nang gave promise to apply the money only to worthy born to the young Taylors, their second him a chance to visit with Jim OSBORN, causes—and I need the news. daughter.

Commander Naval Support Activity Da Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peach, I I I , (SO, Nang. He had been there about three months USN (Ret.), 647 KalmalIno St. Sec'y, Capt. S. P. Hills, USN and was happily and enthusiastically imKailua, Hawaii 96734 7111 Enterprise Ave. Wash. Area Sec'y, Capt. Robert B. Greenwood, McLean, Va. 22101 mersed in an extremely diflficult and deUSN, 1400 South 22nd St. Annapolis Corr., Capt. Edgar E. Mallick, USN, manding job. Jim looked fine, but obviously Arlington, Va. 22202 Office of the Academic Dean, USNA had lost a little weight beyond that of his Annapolis, Md. 21402 fighting trim when he first took over. The John NICHOLS writes from Coronado two of them agreed that Jim was pouring that he recently made a duty trip in the A N N A P O L I S C O R N E R concrete and asphalt at a rate sufficient to Pacific area and touched base with several W E S T W A R D H O . Two of our most stalcover South Vietnam before too long. Norm classmates. He spent a couple of days with wart members of the class of 1944 depart the had completed his lift to the PROVIDENCE, Art E M E R S O N off Vietnam in his DLG Naval Academy this summer for very fine courtesy of Tom H A R B E R T (ComPhib flagship USS JOUETT; Jean is waiting out jobs that point them west. Charlie BECKER Ron 3 ) , thus finally getting to visit with his tour in Coronado. In Subic Jim CAMP- will assume his duties as Executive Oflficer, Tom. They had hoped for a Yokosuka-type BELL had just returned from two months Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Calif., on or get-together, but Tom has been tied down to off the DMZ where his ship U S S REPOSE about 1 Sept. Charlie's outstanding performthe Vietnam coast with very little port-time was on station performing medical miracles. ance as Supply and Fiscal OflScer, Naval to his credit and no long absences from the Jim and Jean Campbell are on their way to Academy, is a matter of record. The contriarea.

Mare Island for duty. In Hawaii John spent butions made by Charlie and Marge in

from a Bell Helicopter publication covering the presentation of the Lawrence D. Bell Service Award to our Roy F A L C O N E R and his co-founder of Rotor-Aids, Inc., of Ventura, Calif., "in sincere appreciation and recognition of 20 years of service that has contributed immeasurably to commercial use of the helicopter." Rotor-Aids was founded in 1948 with a single helicopter and has grown to a fleet of more than 40 craft.

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extracurricular activities are equally as impressive. The Beckers were sort of the clearing house for local class matters and sparkplugged the activities in this regard. One of the most memorable such events engineered by the Beckers was dedication of the Class of 1944 Wardroom last year for the 13th Company midshipmen. Additionally, Charlie served as vice president of the local U S N A Alumni Chapter, and oflficer representative of the Naval Academy baseball team.

proceed to WestPac where he will take command of Destroyer Squadron Five and report for duty to his former boss, RAdm. Sheldon H. Kinney, who was Commandant of Midshipmen during the major part of Al's tour here. Those members of the class remaining behind at the Naval Academy a r e : Randy KING, Head, Engineering Department; Ed MALLICK, Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs ; Harry CUMMINGS, Head, English, History and Government Department ; John DONALDSON, Executive Officer, Physical Education Department; and Jake LABOON, Senior Catholic Chaplain.

W A R D R O O M P R O J E C T . On 3 May, Vince CASSANI made the BuPers to Annapolis safari to present a beautiful plaque of the 1944 Class Crest to the midshipmen of the 13th Company. On hand to receive it were Midn. Gary Burger, 1/C, Company Commander (and captain of the U S N A wrestling team) and Midn. 1/C Jeff Dumas, Company Sub-Commander. Jeff, as you know, is the son of Glen and Ditty DUMAS and, by the way, he is a star midshipman in all respects. The plaque, incidentally, was made aboard U S S FRONTIER. It was the joint effort of two former FRONTIER skippers

Beckers "At Home," Upshur Road. Charlie, Bob, Missy, Marge and Scott.

In order to visit parents, grandparents, other relatives and friends along the way, the Beckers' itinerary to Oakland includes Florida (Marge's home) and Texas (where the Becker clan holds forth).

Al CAMERON completes three years as Director of Athletics at USNA. Besides providing exemplary leadership in physical education and all things athletic at USNA, Al demonstrated his prowess in real estate and law in several complex negotiations involving land owned by the NAAA. The more tangible evidence of Al's accomplishments, of course, is the 50-yard-line seats at the ArmyNavy game that all classmates got—good ol' Al Cameron! On the distaff side, Pat carried out the athletic prowess of the Cameron family by serving as the very popular and capable president of the Naval Academy Ladies Golf Assn.

13th Company Wardroom. From the left: Dumas, Cassani, Burger.

—Vince Cassani and Jay H O W E L L . Vince is now president of the Washington area class organization. He relieved Bill CAMPBELL, and he is continuing the fine work on the 25th reunion that Bill started. In attendance at the presentation were Kay Cassani, Charlie Becker, John Donaldson, Ed Mallick, and Scotty PALMER. Scott had come over from Falls Church, Va., where he is on the Technical Staff of Analytic Services, Inc. Scott reports that he and his wife Betsy make their home at 7302 Leesville Blvd., Springfield, Va. There are four Palmer children, Scott, Jr. 21, Sue 18, Janet 15, and Jim 10. BEAT ARMY! W A S H I N G T O N CORNER It seems that the class of '44 never misses a chance to have a class reunion. A recent one of note was datelined "Gulf of Tonkin 8 March '68." The meeting took place when John DeLARGY relieved Vance COX as commanding oflficer of U S S CHICAGO. Ted SNYDER,

The Camerons in their Porter Road Quarters

The Camerons will depart Annapolis for the west coast in their brand new LeSabre Buick (what could be more appropriate for a prospective Commodore?) where they will visit relatives and friends. Daughter Barbara (freshman in college) will accompany them, and they are all anxious to visit older daughter, Mrs. Dan Fowler, at Palo Alto who should be adding the title of grandparents to the Camerons at the approximate time of their arrival there. Al will then JULY-AUGUST,

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Copt. George Watkins Charles B. Smith '44, '44, the Navy's first Fonsteel Inc. 1000-landing pilot

George W A T K I N S has been at it again.

As some of you may remember, he was the first naval aviator to chalk up 1,000 carrier landings some seven years ago. In April 1958 he set a new high altitude record of nearly 80,000 feet. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of that event he logged his 1103rd arrested landing on the LEXINGTON at Pensacola. What are you going to do for encore to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1,000th, George?

In "what's new with the offsprings department" we have a couple of news items. Bob and Norma K E L L E R announced the marriage of their daughter, Lauren, to Carl Daddona on 20 April. Carl works as a system analyst in the UNIVAC Division of SperryRand. The newlyweds are residing in Norristown, Pa. In the HILLs' household, our oldest son Norman was married to Miss Helen Hiller on 17 Feb. at New London, Conn.

Norm just completed Sub School and is stationed in U S S BLENNY homeported at New London. I don't remember getting a break like that when I was an ensign!

Late bulletin: Charlie B. S M I T H , now an investment management assistant of the Rockefeller family and associates. New York City, has been elected a member of the board of directors of Fansteel, Inc. Congratulations on the success of your second career, Charlie. He now resides in East Windsor, N. J. The latest on the reunion during Homecoming is that the response to the information requested on the flyers is good—but keep them coming. Total confirmed reservations at this writing (15 May) exceed 150.

Firm plans for the location of the reunion will be completed in about two weeks from now. W e will keep everyone posted on the plans.

Keep sending me the dope on all the class happenings of interest. Don't forget that the first Thursday of each month is the class luncheon at the O Club, Washington Navy Yard.

Sec'y, Capt. Vernon F. Anderson, USN 300 S. Cherry Grove Ave., Annapolis, Md. 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Vincent J . Anania, USN 1407 N. Pickett St., Alexandria, Va. 22304

played an assisting role as he highlined RAdm. Sheldon Kinney over to the CHICAGO During the last several months our class to observe the ceremony. Although not actu- has been getting organized for our 25th ally in attendance, Maylon SCOTT, CO of anniversary. Bud B O W L E R has always been U S S BIDDLE, played a key role as the BIDDLE a great organizer and I am sure he will rerelieved the CHICAGO in station prior to the ceive '4S's highest accolade, "Look alive with rendezvous of the CHICAGO and NEWPORT '45," when we celebrate our 2Sth. The inNEWS for the change of command ceremony. jector is that personality kid from La Mesa, Joe CRAWLEY. He has challenged all comWe have it on good authority that Ted panies and plans to outnumber them with his SNYDER is having a fabulous cruise and famous 4th Company. As we know, '4Sers are that he celebrated the second of April by never outdone no matter what the endeavor. pulling the trigger on the SO.OOOth round of So Joe, stand by, because I have already the NEWPORT N E W S and sent it on its way addressed "To whom it may concern" in the heard from a few other company reps. As usual, Joe always starts something, so I hope general area of the DMZ. 55

he can finish it. W e may have to limit recruiting expenditures.

As of this issue the following company reps have been identified, fabulous First Company Doc FALLON, dirty Third Company Don P O E , famous Fifth Company R. J. D Z I K O W S K I , sexy Sixth Co. Vince A N A N I A , heavenly Seventh Co. Jack W I L H E L M , ratey Eighth alternate rep, Alex J U L I A N , briney Ninth Jim BRAUN, hellish Twelfth John BARRON, lucky Thirteenth Jim BRADLEY, fantastic Nineteenth Gene H U N T E R , windy Twentieth Fred L a M A R T I N or Jerry RESTER. Please use 1407 W . Pickett St., Alexandria, Va. 22304 for all reps for initial contact and I will forward. Let's drive for 99.9% attendance for our 2Sth. Our Washington, D. C , chapter had a successful luncheon on 7 May. President Sam R O R E X is the healthiest heart patient in the world today. Four doctors have been negotiating with Sam for his heart for a transplant. Sam as usual ran a fine meeting with an election of oflficers. They a r e : president, Sam R O R E X ; vice president, John W I S E ; treasurer, Dan C L E M E N T ; secretary, Joe D O A K ; and trustees. Bob DELGADO, Hank A N S O N and Ralph STELL. Our speaker was so great we made him an honorary member of our class over his objections. H e is Dr. John P. Craven, the chief scientist for the Deep Submergence Program. Our last class luncheon of the '67'68 fiscal year was 4 June; the next luncheon will be 10 Sept. Remember this will be the second Tuesday instead of the first due to the holiday. Mark your calendar now!

Again the class of '45 came to the top, just like cream. The Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Residence Foundation spring formal dinner-dance sponsored by the class of '45 was a great success. The attendees were: Charlotte Watson, Betty O'Neill, former Katy Hume, Sam and Toffy Rorex, Gene and Maggie Hunter, Pete and Anne Perkins, Mai and Kathryn Fortson, and Thad and Nancy Taylor.

A great time was had by all, in fact Sam has made reservations for next year already.

The word from the attendees, "This was the best party I ever attended." An interesting note about this party, a few extra dollars were donated by members of our class who weren't able to attend. The total donation amounted to approximately $700. I can't think of a better cause to donate money to. RAdm. Crumpacker, U S N (Ret.), administrative director of the residence foundation, was pleased and appreciative. Plan to attend the affair next year.

The best part of this job is receiving newsy letters from the distaff side of '45. Joan Dedrick writes for Walt, "On a Saturday evening in late April, the Norfolkians of the class of '45 gathered for cocktails and buffet dinner at Sid and Dotty Wynne's quarters on the Naval Station. Sid and Dotty are in those lovely, large, old quarters and they did it up proud. Among those present were Toar and Alice Bratten, Bobo and Gladys Cogswell, Walt and Joan Dedrick, Bob and Betty Ewing, Vic and Flo Knick, Gene and Pat Masica, Stu and Barbara Nelson, Tweet and Helen Norton, Jack and Jean Peters, Cris and Barbara Petersen, Bob and Betty Scherrer and Sid and Dotty Wynne and the gayer ones who came by themselves so they could look alive with '45 were Julia Manherz, Bernice Rumble, Kelly Smith and Dean Mitchell (whose wife was house hunting in D. C ) and Ed Hall (whose family is staying in D. C. until school is out and then move to Norfolk). Our guests were Gwen (Dobbs) Kiser, who is the star in a stage 56

play at Virginia Beach. Gwen's husband Bill took the picture so Walt Dedrick could be in one for a change. Dean Mitchell has orders to ICAF. Another first, both of his daughters got married within a year. Fred and Betty Kelly moved from quarters at N.O.B. to Naples, Italy, and love it. In a few years we are going to change our slogan to 'Try and Look 45.'"

It is an amazing thing about Joan's slogan, I have been saying it since 1945.

making the announcement, president R. A. Peterson said Swensen will maintain a complete banking relationship with firms in the electrical products, aerospace and other specialized fields. Bob joined the world's largest bank in 1966 following his retirement. He resides with his family at 419 Cherry Ave., Los Altos, Calif.

Dolan and Ida H E R T Z I G visited Washington, D. C , in April while Dolan was on TAD from Norfolk. Hertzig retired in June.

Don P O E has orders to the National War College; Dick V A N O R D E N has successfully completed the Advanced Management course at Harvard; and another of our bright lights, Sam COOLEY, is on his way to command U S S W A S P .

In May I attended the U. S. Navy Symposium on military oceanography and as usual ran into classmates. Paul LEAVEY and Ron W I L S O N , both work for Sanders Associates, in Nashua, N. H .

During this election year I would like to close with a quote by Bernard Baruch, "Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing."

Navy Bob S T E E L E sends the following Capt. Tom Sulick '45 shows his son, Midn. Tom info from our Charleston detachment. " '45ers Sulick '68, where his ship, USS PROCYDON, and wives Bob and Betty Steele (CO USS operated.

HOLLAND), Mike and Marie Marschall (CO I have been begging for photos of our SoEastDivNavFac), Russ Bryan (SubLant classmates and finally I am getting results. Material oflficer), Jim and Vi Faddis (Chief Ann Sulick has been good to me. Tom is of Staff, ComCruDesFlot Six), Jerry and Commander of Fleet Air Wing Two in Bernadette O'Rourke (CO U S S WRANGELL).

Russ Bryan was visiting from Norfolk so it Hawaii. was a fine chance for a '45 get-together. Bob and Janetta Hayes (CO POMFLant) and Frank and Fran Rawlings (CO USS GILMORE) were unable to attend because of business. W e all enjoyed cocktails at the Photo by Steeles' quarters on the Weapons Station Moulin Studios followed by dinner in the cabin in the HOLRobert A. Swensen LAND. The gals enjoyed the four-mile gig '45, Asst. Vice Pres., ride from Charleston Naval Base to HOLNational Division, LAND'S moorings at the Polaris Site Four on Bank of America. the Cooper River." Thanks, Bob, for the news and the picture. There is still some life in those Charleston '45ers.

J. C. Burkart '47, skipper

A Bank of America news release reports retired Navy Cdr. Robert A. S W E N S E N has been promoted to assistant vice president in the National Division in Bank of America's San Francisco head oflfice. In

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writes, "I didn't mind the plebe year with such illustrious first classmen as W. W. Strong or the 'Look Alive with '45' slogans these many years and I have done my best to be one of the swingers on the inside track.

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'45ers Charleston Unit. Bob and Betty Steele, Mike and Marie Marschall, Russ Bryan, Jim and Vi Faddis, Gerry and Bernadette O'Rourke.

I even read the '45 section of Shipmate!

However, I haven't made it! Your column in the March '68 Shipmate refers to me as an outsider. Maybe I can convince Bill Ferguson I'm not such a bad guy and get on the team. I'm sure VEGA will need his help if we ever go to Buckner."

Look Alive with '45 !

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 11410 94th Ave. Ct. S.W. Tacoma, Wash. 98498 Washington Corr., Mr. C. W. Kennelly, I I 7911 Sleaford Place, Bethesda, Md. 20014

From Al A N D E R S O N , Chaplain (Major, U. S. Army), comes a letter that will interest J all of u s : "Last July I was assigned to the 2Sth Infantry Division in Vietnam. Since my departure, Frances and the children have continued to live in Honolulu. I am the First Brigade Chaplain and my parish consists of three battalions of infantry and the Brigade Headquarters. At 44 I still hump it with the foot soldiers and I love it. The finest Army our country has ever fielded is in Vietnam today. Nearly every hour magnificent acts of sacrifice and bravery are offered up in the defense of freedom and the dignity of man.

We pray that America and the rest of the free world will stand by these men and the blood that has been spilled." Al's mailing address is Oflfice of the Brigade Chaplain, HHC, 1st Brigade, 2Sth Inf. Div., A P O San Francisco 9638S, and Frances' address is ; 1498 Ala Mohanoe, Honolulu, Hi. 96819.

Bob BACCHUS retired in July '65 and bought a half-section ranch near Georgetown, Tex. (25 miles from Austin) where the address is Route 4, Box 146B. Bob is quality assurance manager for Glostron Boat Co. and, in addition, is owner/director of a sumI mer camp for boys age 9-13 which he, Margie and their four sons will manage this summer. The SRM Ranch will feature "baseball, riding, and boating along with educating the city boys a little with respect to the joys to be found in living in the country. W e charge $320 per term, $600 for two terms or two boys for one term."

Dick BAIRD sends a change of address and says, "Olive and I returned to the Norfolk area last June after six years hiatus and feel like we are back home." The Bairds are living at 1725 Meredith Road, Virginia Beach, Va. 23455, and Dick's duty station is CinCLantFlt, Supply Division, Code 71. Dick says he does business frequently with Dick KNIGHT, who is at NSC Norfolk, Joe SMALL at PhibLant, Swede H A N S E N at NavAirLant and Don H E B E R L I N G , who is with CDC (Control Data) but working on CinCLantFlt projects in the compound.

Paul BARCUS retired on 1 July 1963 and went to Iowa State University where he earned his Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics, and stayed on to teach in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. This year Paul was one of the five "Professors of the Year" named by the students at Iowa JULY-AUGUST,

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State University. In addition to his teaching, Paul holds a state ranking in tennis and has been active in musical comedy playing a variety of roles, most current of which is H. C Currie in 110 in the Shade. Home address for Susie, Paul and the children in 2323 Donald St., Ames, la. 50010.

Buster B O U V E R O N is with North American-Rockwell, Autonetics, as senior engineer, research, and is living at 20471 Kenworth Circle, Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646.

Also at Autonetics is Jim (Slash) SLAWSON who has been there for the past 17 years and who is now program manager on the U S N VSX effort.

A nice long letter from Pablo de la LLAMA from Brazil where his home address is Praca da Republica 32, Apto. 2001, Sao Paulo, Brasil, and the home phone is 34 43 99. Pablo says: "I finally set up the company oflficially as of 1 Feb. and we are doing quite well." The Chemoleuta Do Brasil

Wilson Bellenger '46

Robbie Robertson '46

Johnny Hart '46

Art Paletti '46

Jim Vaughan '46

Bob Looker '46

is located at Av. Ipiranga, 1097-140 andarâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1402/1407 Sao Paulo, Brasil, and the office phone is 33-5528 with Pablo telling anyone who drops around Sao Paulo to give him a call either at home or at the oflfice. He mentions seeing Boyd Burnquist '45 but says Boyd has been transferred to the # 1 position at the First National City Bank of New York in Buenos Aires, effective 1 May. Charlie F O R Q U E R writes from Saigon where he has been since March, with his mailing address as D E P S E A Box 103, A P O San Francisco 96214. He relieved Capt. John L. Burke '44, as Chief of Staff, Ofc of Deputy ComPac, NavFac Eng Com, Southeast Asia, and has seen Don I S E L I N in Saigon as well as Bill W A L T O N in Honolulu.

There's a new address for Dan HEAGY, now in Hawaii: 1610 Kanunu St., Apt. 501, Honolulu, Hi. 96814, where he is working for T R W Systems as he was in Washington, D. C, before his transfer. He mentions seeing John K E N T at ComASWForPac and Hank P H E L P S before Hank left to take command of USS

CALIENTE.

In a letter from Leroy JACKSON he reminds us that we are all getting older by mentioning a son in the Marines, a daughter in college and another son at Sanford Naval Academy, leaving only the twins at home to keep their parents company. The Jacksons have a new address at 3596 Light House Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. 33403, close to where Leroy commands the Atlantic Underwater Test & Evaluation Center in Orlando.

Marking the dope sheet with a big red SAVE did get it back to us from "Ace" J O N E S even if he did just save it for a time. Ace writes of seeing Ed and Bobbie COOKE (first time in 20 years) in Washington, D. C , and tells us that he and Avery had their annual Army-Navy game T V bash with Tom MELIS and Fred and Doris lACOBELLI. Home address for the Joneses is 6672 E. Calle Redondo, Scottsdale, Ariz., where Ace works for Motorola, Government Electronics Division as program manager.

K. K. KING is an assistant staff engineer and assistant to the director of advanced engineering in the Product Engineering Department of Saginaw Steering Gear Division of General Motors Corp. K. K. mentions seeing Reed CAMPBELL in Allentown, Pa., where the families got together and also of visiting George CLARK in Sioux City, Iowa, and Bill D U P L E R in his oflice at Fisher Body Division of General Motors. Home address for the Kings is 4709 State Street, Saginaw, Mich.

Cece LUBITZ asks us, referring to his overdue dope sheet, "If everyone cooperated, where would the challenge be?" and he does have a point there. Cece is supervising physicist with Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, G. E. Company, and is living at 1237 Glenwood Blvd., Schenectady, N. Y. 12308.

It was a pleasant surprise to hear from Dot and Luke LUCAS (and the bolstering of the stamp fund is an additional appreciation). Someone had told me that Luke is now in Germany with Honeywell, E D P Europe, but I never like to go to print on rumor alone. Their address is 6231 Schwalbach/TS, Rodelheimer Str. 14, W. Germany.

"It's pretty interestingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;lots of travel for all of us. One of our children is in school here, one in U. S. college and one in the Army . . . we'd welcome any friends' calls passing through the Frankfurt area. We're just now feeling quite comfortable and at home in the new-to-us German environment.

Luke even found a Reserve Unit here!"

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'47 party in Newport

What a nice note from Lois Martell and how did she have time to write since Doc and Lois just welcomed child number 7 on the 13th of March, and are putting all their spare time and the older children's too into redoing the lovely old house they bought.

Doc is with RCA at the Framingham plant and the family address is 95 Warren Rd., Framingham, Ma, 01701.

Mary and Robie ROBESON made us pretty nostalgic with Mary's flying to Hawaii to meet Robie after a long deployment with CruDesFlot 11 and spending a week in the Islands. Their address remains 127 Rendova Circle, Naval Amphibious Base, San Diego, Ca. 92155.

Si S I M O N S is working with World Research & Engineering where his field is marketing: "although my card says engineer, I actually have responsibility for all aspects of sales." Jeanie occupies herself with playing the violin in several groups and both are enjoying living at 829 S. Serrano, Los Angeles, Ca. 90005. Si reviews a new book called Hydrofoils in the May Proceedings.

Joe and Ellie S M I T H have joined the Martells in enlarging the family as they welcome number 4 . . . " '46 is still a young class! Smitty is with Johns-Manville as staff engineer and the home address is 2 East Cadillac Drive, Somerville, N. J. 08876."

A copy of a letter from Dick STOCKW E L L to Harris Rogers tells us of a welcome contribution to the various class projects and that Dick is a consulting mechanical engineer in Sacramento and gives his address as 5688 24th St., Sacramento, Ca. 9S822.

Rob T O W N E R writes "I'm with American Hospital Supply Corp. of Evanston, 111., as vice president of the Latin American area and contract sales manager for hospital equipment programs. We're currently equiping four hospitals in Ecuador, two in Peru, one in Honduras and one in the Philippines . . . with a lot of travel into Central America and the Caribbean area. I'd appreciate hearing from anybody who's stationed in that region." Rob's address is 623 Central Ave., Wilmette, 111.

Dan W A L K E R is vice president and general counsel of Montgomery Ward after leaving the private practice of law and writes that he has "a staff of about 25 lawyers who are engaged in all kinds of legal work; the job has both variety and challenge." Dan's business address is 619 West Chicago Ave., Chicago, 111. 60607, and the home address is 1152 Norman Lane, Deerfield, II. 60015.

Walt and Ellie W E A V E R are located at 2775 Soderblom Ave., San Diego, Ca. 92122, and Walt is with Airtronics, Special Warfare Laboratory as west coast manager. As to that suggestion about running for president, Walt, Dorothy won't let me even if everyone else seems to be! John W O L F E is with Control Components Division of American Electronics, Inc., as manager, new 58

'47 news. Patricia and I, with our two younger children, recently made a space-available flight to Bangkok, principally in the hope of seeing our older boy who is currently stationed in Vietnam. Unfortunately he could not get 'R&R' at that time.

"While we were watching a Thai boxing match someone rapped me on the head! It was John Callaway, currently stationed at Subic. H e and Maggie were in Bangkok for a week of relaxation. We had been close neighbors in McLean, Va., in 1964. The four of us joined a Chinese friend of mine (from Bangkok) for a fine evening on the town. A snapshot of the Callaways and Donaldsons in Bangkok is enclosed.

CURRENT AWARDS "I had written to Ernie Stacey that we Capt. Horace B. ROBERTSON, Jr., were planning to visit his domain but through USN, the Legion of Merit. "For exception- an unfortunate communications foul-up we ally meritorious service as Special Counsel were unable to connect. As it turns out, we to the Secretary of the Navy from 1 Septem- missed each other at the airport by about ber 1964 to 1 August 1967. Captain Robert- five minutes! son's superb professional advice and counsel "Saw Bob Pearson in the Bangkok airport to the Secretary of the Navy, in the media- and we had a pleasant chat for a few minutes tion of major issues between the Navy, the before he shoved off for Saigon.

Department of Defense, and the Congress, "I received a nice, long, interesting letter have been of immeasurable benefit to the entire Naval Establishment. In particular, he from Stu Evans the other day. I am implayed a major part, in close association with pressed with the many advances in '47 activthe Special Assistant to the Secretary of the ity there in the past year. We sure miss the Navy, in developing the concept for the major action!

"Saturday at the Madrid 'Rastro' (Flea reorganization of the Department of the Navy in 1966. He helped resolve many of the in- Market) Pat and I ran into F. C. 'Tip' tricacies of coordinating the F-11 IB aircraft Watson '45, and Charlotte. They are seeing program. He was a principal participant in Europe, then Tip will be CO U S S LONG the 1964-65 Naval Shipyard Study, which BEACH. The world gets smaller every day!" formed the basis for the decisions which inPage H A I Z L I P reports the Newport '68 creased the eflficiency of the complex of Naval February get-together a complete success Shipyards. He counselled the Secretary of the Navy in his frequent dialogue with the when 34 decided to challenge Ray Milland's Congress and proved to be invaluable in his Lost Weekend. Attending were Bill and ability to predict questions, trends of inter- Betty Sweetman, Anne and Dave Ansel, est, and reaction to Navy proceedings on the Grant and Nancy Apthorp, Brad and Gay part of individuals and the Congress as a Becker, Claire and Jim Collier, Aggie and whole. He prepared with thoroughness and George Fowler, Harry and Mary Jane keen insight supporting material for use by Keller, Dar and Elmer Kiehl, Lou and Barthe Secretary when testifying before the bara Larcombe, Ed and Jean Meyer, Al and Margaretta Pickert, Bob and Athena Smith, Congress. . . .''

Earle and Mary Trickey, Jim and Lloyd McCarry, Bob and Mike Stone and a guy named "Slip." Slip will soon take command Sec'y, Capt. C. Turner Joy, Jr., USNR of CAPRICORNUS while son Chris entered 1001 Priscilla Lane Alexandria, Va. 22308 U S N A on 26 June. Page reports their new Washington Corr., Capt. Stuart J. Evans, (SC) USN address, effective IS July, as 4308 Two 3615 Cornell Rd., Fairfax, Va. 22030 Woods, Virginia Beach.

Tom W A L L E R has been awarded the Pete L O W E L L called the other night to Service Commendation Medal for his plan- report that he was still with the Stanwyck ning and implementation for the Supply CenCorp. and living in Norfolk. He further reter of the D I M E S program at Cubi Point ported that he had just returned from a trip NAS where he heads the Supply Depart- to the Med where he ran into Chan von ment. Our heartiest congratulations, "Tom, SCHRADER, Joe E L M E R and Ernie from all your classmates.

FRITZ. After two days with Ernie, he was Ran into Jerry L E N N I H A N the other convinced that the Fritz family would soon day in the corridors of NavShips. Jerry is file for Naples citizenship. now with Mobil Oil and is specifically Betty and Swoose S N E A D have just working in the area of off shore oil re- placed Jack and Lorraine LANGFORD on search. He reports all is well in Dallas, that an airplane home to Nebraska where Jack, his job is great and that his home address who just retired, will enter the Republican is 4431 Hockaday, Dallas, Tx. 75229. primary for Congress of the United States.

From J E E P : "It's time to report a little Jack, we all wish you the very best of luck products development and he and Lola are enjoying the Southern California environment. Their address is 1741 Rosalia Drive, Fullerton, Ca. 92631.

Some of the pictures published are of classmates mentioned in previous issues. The combination of my full-time secretary and your response to the correspondence Dorothy pours out caused me to snow Shipmate with too many photos. Due to the expense involved in publishing pictures and the lack of space the editor has asked that I limit the column to about six pictures. I will attempt to make the selection so as to give you a good cross representation of the class.

SHIPMATE

and hope that soon our Washington '47 roster will find you back on its listing.

The April meeting at the Washington Navy Yard, a drag affair, was well attended as 83 "Best on the Severn" ites gathered to swap sea stories and to listen to a very interesting presentation by RAdm. John Crumpacker, USN (Ret.), on Vinson Hall—retirement residence. Those attending included: Shirley and Turner Joy, Hope and Floyd Bowdey, Anne and Stu Evans, Mary and John Prehn, Jeanne and Bill Porter, Jane and John Jahant, Eileen and Walt Day, Dottie and Bill Barron, Ray Davis, Ed Appert, Cal and Bruce Smith, Mike Leddick, Doris and Bill Oiler, Dale Brumbaugh, Mary J o Jennings, D. J. and Bob Thompson, Les and Mase Wells, Jan and Dick Gardiner, Pat and Dixon Caine, Donica and "BB" Brown, Jr., Merlle and Ken Ekelund, Fran and Jack Stevens, Pat and Walt Megirmiss, Jim Baxter, Hal Carpenter, Jim Rex, Marie and Stan Gary, Ace Adams, Mary and Doug Sloan, Pat and Chuck Schuman, Ginny and Lou Guertin, Mary and Bill Rae, Betty and Ralph Carnahan, Joan and Ed Wood, Rosemary and Herm Estelmann, Norma and Wes McDonald, Pat and Ray Chamberlain, Mikie and Bob Stone, Ethel and Fred Bouwman, Lois and Frank Korb, Regina and Mac McPadden, Leigh and Bob Lee, Betty and Bill Spencer, Ramona and Bob Smith, and Fran and Rog Johnson.

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From the Raytheon Corp. comes the good news that G. P . T A L C O T T has been named assistant manager of engineering for the Space and Information Systems Division at Sudbury, Mass. More recently the Apollo engineering manager, Piatt has held a series of engineering management positions since joinii^ Raytheon in 1963. Prior to this he was with Hughes and Westinghouse. Piatt, Elizabeth, and their son Bill report their home address as 53 Norwich Road, Wellesley, Mass.

Recently returned from New London where I attended Walt DOUGLASS' change of command ceremony. An old sub school compatriot, the ceremonies marked a major milestone in Walt's illustrious career—the completion of five years of command of FBM submarines. Immediately after the ceremonies, Walt and Betty J o were off to Italy for a tour of duty—Ernie F R I T Z has guaranteed a beer and pizza party for them on arrival. Later I had a long chat with Johnny F O S T E R who brought me up to date on Bo's travels. Bo has recently returned from a WestPac tour and reported that son no. 1 was doing well at USNA, son no. 2 will enter the Academy this summer while no. 3 plans on entering in '69. Also, while in New London I ran into Elmer and Dar KIEHL. Elmer is on ComSubFlot Two staff and will remain so for another year. Stu and Sarah MURRAY were visiting at the time, looked hale, hearty and report their home address as 309 Beachwood Road, Ridgewood, N. J. Stu is with G E Tempo as an A S W J U L Y - A U G U S T ,

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analyst and is presently working out of Santa Barbara.

From the Harvard Business School we learned that Duncan P A C K E R has just completed the Advanced Management Program.

Congrats, Duncan.

So until the next mail call, place 28 Sept. on your "must be there" list—Homecoming 1968.

Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore, USN 303 Mansion Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22302

This is the big July-August issue and I have had an encouraging influx of mail, largely due to the appeal in the May issue for correct addresses for the "great project" of Joe JOCHUM, who chairs the committee for developing a comprehensive address list of the entire '48 clan. This will be mailed out to everyone. Your address should be there; if you know it is wrong in our files, or absent, drop me a card or note pronto.

You may be in transit this summer, this is true, so send some sort of permanent address.

Now, all this will take money, but not too much. However, we are hurting a little bit in this department, so Joe and his boys are collecting a dollar from each local Washington area member who can be tapped. If you people out there in the boonies can spare the time, drop a dollar in that envelope you send to me with your address, or if you think your address is OK, send the dollar to me along with some printable copy for this column. I will see that the Jochum committee gets the dollar. In the meantime, I wish you all a happy summer cruise, move, vacation, leave, and a general all-around pleasant hot summer.

Jay V E R M I L Y A was recently relieved as CO EDSON, having had what must have been an exciting WestPac cruise or two. He garnered both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He is en route to the NavOrd Systems Command here in Washington.

Last night I received a phone call from Bob H U N T I N G T O N , who is doing -two weeks AcDuTra at the U S N A of all things, in the Seamo Dept. straightening out the sail-loft at North Severn and sailing up and down the Chesapeake. Bob is obviously hale and hearty, and promises to make Homecoming next fall.

Pete J E F F E R S O N writes: "After three years with JTF-2 in Albuquerque, N. M., the Great White Father in the Pilot House has given me the nod to get back to sea. I expect to report for duty as ComDesDiv 52 in San Diego about mid-July. We look forward to getting back into our home on Pt. Loma.

San Diego is Sylvia's home town and most of my duty has been in San Diego-based ships. Karen (15) will be starting high school and Gregory (18) will attend San Diego State. The address is 3827 Lowell and we look forward to renewing friendships with shipmates in the area."

Ed KORB wrote asking for dope on the Homecoming reunion. He lives out in Orange, Calif., at 350 Merelet Lane, 92667.

Ed sez, "I left the Navy after the Korean thing and married after that; so my wife has no real acquaintanceship with the Academy; and I am most anxious that she gets a chance to see what the U S N A is all about."

George GOODWIN vanished from these parts and has turned up way out in Dallas, where he is living at 3701 Mockingbird Lane, 75205. He indicates that if you want to telephone him try 214-521-4540. He gives no hint of his present employment, except that he works for Campbell Taggart Inc., P O Box 2640, Dallas, Tx. 75221. George, I hope that's a law-abiding outfit you work for.

Good old Walt G R E C H A N I K writes the following: "This is a note to let you and Shipmate know that the Grechanik family is returning to the Washington area at the end of June for duty again. Third tour. This time I will be with the Navy Comptroller at Arlington Annex. W e hope to move back into the house we bought and kept during our 62-65 tour. Since last leaving Washington I have had two duty stations. Both have been in the New London area. From 65-67, I was Supply Officer of FULTON

(AS-11)

and Submarine Squadron Ten. For the past year I have been the assistant supply officer at the Submarine Base." Well, Walt, at least you didn't turn into an Indian.

Lin LOEFFLER, the reverend, promptly picked up what was to him a glaring error in the May Shipmate to wit: his parish and home is in Aransas Pass, Tex., not Arkansas, please. Lin, I was trying to read that through the bottom of my martini glass, and that's the way it came out. Sorry. Lin also adds: "Our son Bobby has his papers to report as a member of the class of '72, USNA, on 26 June."

The real bonus delivered by the mail buoy this month was from Dave CARRUTH, who provided pictures not only of himself, but the jjalance of his family as well. Dave writes: "It has been darned near a year since I received a note from you asking for personal dope and correct address for Shipmate. I must admit, since no current issue of said mag is available, I'm not even certain of your address. I was relieved as CO VF-16 on 29 April and am presently on leave before relieving Harry Lee as XO, ESSEX. Leave accounts for my finally having time to write.

The past year has been great and the squadron deployed from Sangley Pt. back to Jax after I became CO, spent six months at home, then split to Rota as the first P 3 outfit assigned there as PatRon Rota. During the year we missed circumnavigating the 59

globe by the distance from the Eastern Med to Bangkok. A good tour."

Excerpts from Dave's change of command program: On 7 Jtme 1947, Ens. Carruth married Miss Betty Marie Euler of Baltimore in the Naval Academy Chapel. They have two children, Steve 15, and Sharon 11.

They reside at 1666 Westminster Ave., Jax. (Good until 1 July, then Quonset.) Dave served in OAKLAND after graduation, and then to flight training. He's been in multiengines ever sinceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;PBMs, R4D, S2F, P5M, P2V, P3, and others. He received his P G degree in the electronics engineering curriculum.

David C. Carruth ' 4 8

F. W y l i e O r r , Jr., ' 4 8

Communication received from General Electric indicates that Wylie ORR has been appointed manager of the overseas business development for the Electronic Systems Division's Advanced Systems and Requirements Operation. The Orrs, wife Helen and three daughters, live at 10 Old Farm Road, Fayetteville, N. Y. Wylie joined G. E. in 1956, and most recently served as manager. Advanced Information Product Sales for Special Information Products Department.

A number of classmates attended the funeral of Bob H A L E in Arlington (see Last Call), and information on Bob was sent to me by Mary Metzger (Mrs. Robert P . ) .

The heartfelt sympathy of the entire class goes out to Carolyn Hale and the children.

On 14 May the Washington group had a luncheon at O'Donnell's Sea Grill, and mustered a pretty good crew, including several wives. This was the regular bi-monthly affair and while these are not earthshaking events, they are very pleasant indeed. Present were: Peggy and Bill Bartow, Cab and Libby Davis, Betty Jo and Jesse Holshouser, Virginia and Walt Spangenberg, Bill and Coleen Pierson, Guy and Bebe Buck, Frank Corley, Roger Chapman (48 days to retirement and counting), Chris Christoph, Ben Allen, Floyd Young, Carlos Villarreal, Dudley Holstein, Roger Gregory, Mat Matthew, Frank Tiernan, Frank Boushee, Bob McClinton, Bob Ghormley, Joe Jochum, and Sumner Moore.

Mel F O R M A N writes from Brooklyn that he would love to see anyone who ventures up his way. Go to Ben Forman and Sons, Inc., 201 Water St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11201.

Sec'y, Col. B. W. Bodager, USAF P. 0. Box 2651 Washington, D. C. 20013

WASHINGTON AREA NEWS The monthly class luncheon was held Wednesday, 1 May, at O'Donnell's. Among those present were Bob Ripley, Bill Bodager, Jack Benoit, Dee Butler, Bill Broughton, Bill Shanhouse, Jim McVoy, Stan Fine, Ken Schiweck, Fred Grabowsky, Robair Mohrhardt, Jim Scott and Red Tolbert. Our president. Dee BUTLER, just arrived in town and this was his first luncheon. He is assigned to the Office of CNO (Op-342H). It is a real 60

pleasure to have him here in the area. Bill S H A N H O U S E was down for the day from New York City and we all caught up on the things he has been doing. Bill BROUGHT O N told us that Chuck H O W E is leaving for Da Nang this month. Robair M O H R H A R D T said that he is leaving in June for San Diego to be operations officer of the BON HOMME RICHARD.

FORTY-NINER OF T H E MONTH We have received an announcement of the Ordination to the Priesthood of Thomas Joseph D O N O H E R , conferred by His Eminence Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washington, on Saturday, 18 May, at Saint Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. With his brothers, the Reverends Edward and Paul Donoher, he offered a Concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, 19 May, at the Naval Academy Chapel, and the following Sunday at the Saint Agnes Church in Toledo, Ohio.

Tom writes that he resigned his commission in 1963 to enter the seminary. His billets prior to that time included sea duty as supply officer in USS BASILONE followed by duty at the<- Naval Supply Center, Bayonne. Then Tom spent two years with the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Paris, followed

by Harvard University Graduate School where he was awarded the degree of Master of Business Administration in 1958. This was followed by four years at the Navy Department and as a White House aideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in both the Eisenhower administration and Kennedy administration. His last tour of duty was supply officer of U S S NORTHAMPTON.

Photo by Perry Studio The Rev T. J . Donoher '49

Tom has been ordained to serve in the Archdiocese of Washington. However, Cardinal O'Boyle has granted him permission to return to the Navy as a chaplain immediately following ordination. He expects to report in June for active duty. He will be resigning his reserve commission as commander to accept a commission at a lower grade in the Chaplain Corps.

GENERAL N E W S A N D CORRESPONDENCE We heard from William A R M S T R O N G who is now living in Villanova, Pa. He is the president of Lease Consultants of Philadelphia, Inc. John T I N K H A M is now at Virginia Beach and is with the Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center. John MIDDLET O N also writes from Virginia Beach. He is retired now. He organized and is president of Eddie's Camper Sales and Service, Inc., in Norfolk.

I received a note from John DIXON who is now Commander, Attack Carrier Air Wing Eight. He reports that Jack KOACH is also aboard as operations officer. John reports that he expects to be in Washington next year.

HOMECOMING As reported in an earlier issue, the new Annapolis Statler Hilton Inn has recently

been completed. It is located on Compromise Street on the waterfront just north of the Annapolis Yacht Club. Arrangements have been made to have the '49er Homecoming Saturday evening party at the new Inn for the next 10 years.

Thirty double rooms have been reserved for Homecoming this fall on Friday and Saturday night, the 27th and 28th of September.

The rates are $18 to $21 per night per room.

If you wish to reserve a room, drop John BARROW a note at 204 St. Ives Garth, Severna Park, Md. 21146, or call him at 301-987-4169 before 1 Sept. A reservation form will be sent to you. It must be returned to the Statler Hilton by 12 Sept. Rooms are being held on first come, first served basis.

So get your request in early. It will be necessary to reserve rooms for both nights because under Maryland law, an innkeeper cannot evict an already in-residence guest.

This means if you reserve for only 28 Sept. you may not have a room, since someone else may rent it on 27 Sept. and decide not to leave.

The class party will be held at the Annapolis Hilton on the evening of 28 Sept. We have reserved the ballroom for a cash bar cocktail party and buffet dinner which will be followed by dancing. The approximate cost for buffet and dancing will be $10 per person, payable at the door.

WASHINGTON AREA SPRING PARTY The Washington area Forty-niners received a poetic invitation from our executive VP, John BARROW, to a spring party at the party room at the South Four Towers, the domicile of Jim and Patti P A T T O N . In addition to getting away from springtime chores for a while, it was an opportunity to celebrate the arrival in the area of our president, Dee BUTLER. Jack B E N O I T was in good form as usual and got the party off to a good start.

Thanks to him, we also have the pictures to commemorate the happy event. Note in top center, Exl McQUISTON, who won the door prize. Holding the door prize, which is a picture of the Academy Yatch Basin, are Jim and Patti P A T T O N . Mention must also be made of Fred GRABOWSKY in a lower center picture who is wearing a sharpshooter medal on a chain around his neck.

Among those present were Gene and Joan Shine, Red and Lou Tolbert, Jack and Rose Marie Benoit, Dee Butler, Jim and Patti Patton, Bill Bodager, John and Flo Barrow, Jim and Jean Scott, Red and Betty Hammer, Bart and Jackie Bartholomew, Fred and Lee Grabowsky, Bob and Alice Clark, Al and El Thomson, Robair and Beverly Mohrhardt, Bill and Liz King, Ed and Marty Waller, Harry and Alice Morgan, Richard and Helen Wolford, Frank and Ginny Benson, Jim McVoy, Martha Downie, and Ed and Bonnie McQuiston.

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Charles L. Mull, USN 5200 Lawn Way, Chevy Chase, Md. 20015

The peak period of transfers now being upon us, I have wind of some of you who are moving to new billets and will indicate those. Somehow I have to interrogate the BuPers computer that cranks these out for an info copy.

Dutch SCHULTZ, our chairman of the Washington executive committee during the last three years, is heading for Charleston, W. Va., and will be XO of U S S

HUNDLEY.

Although I have been in Washington only a short time, the excellent results of his efS H I P M A T E

forts on behalf of the class are quite apparent. Our sincere gratitude, Dutch, for guiding our course so well.

Cdr. Thomas H. Ross '50

Congratulations to Tom R O S S who has taken over as skipper of VP-16 at Jacksonville as of 29 April. Also to John H O L M E S who took command of USS EDSON, homeI ported at Long Beach, Calif., on 31 March.

Bill AYRES is headed to Pearl Harbor from NavSecurityGroup Hdqs and the job of Chief Staff Officer to ComSubRon 7. Jim LISANBY makes a local move from Nav Ships to the Assistant SecNav for Installation and Logistics Office; Bob W U N D E R : LICH from CNM (Special Projects) to AirDevRon 8; Fred T E R R E L L from Op Nav to Chief Staff Officer ComSubRon 16 at Rota, Spain; Phil CONLEY from the Naval War College to Elgin AFB, Florida; Harry P A R O D E from the Institute for Defense Analyses, Arlington, Va., to NAS China Lake (Harry never has left school since U S N A ) ; Dick T H U R S T O N from USNA to Assistant Naval Attache at London, England, and Jack M O R R I S S E Y from : NavShips to USNA. Others whose orders I've happened to see include George S H I C K from CO U S S WM. V.

PRATT to

USS

TOPEKA;

:

Keith

SPAYDE from CO AtkRon 64 to U S S FORRESTAL; Tom K O L S T A D from CO USS COCHRANE to BuPers; Frank CRAMBLET from CO AtkRon 65 to CO AtkRon 42; Stan H E R M A N from RVN to USMC Hdqs.; Roy H I G H B E R G from CO of a helicopter squadron at Quonset Point to NavAir, and John C A V E N A U G H from - NAS Pax River to NAS Atsugi, Japan.

I have been very pleased with the response to my request for news and points of contact. More are needed, especially to capture the changeover that will take place this summer. Lessen the mailman's Christmas card delivery problem by sending me your, â&#x20AC;˘ new address.

The early deadline for Shipmate results in ' news being at least two months late reaching its readers, and the four summer editions ; being combined into two compounds the problem. So I'm going to exercise my crystal ball a bit and assume the weather is fair and our luck is good for our family picnic at the HARDYs' on 2 June. I should hope that our demonstrating was peaceful, resulted in no change in contour to Sally and Bill's property, and that I can say without reservation the outing was a most successful affair. In advance at this writing, and in retrospect at reading, our most sincere thanks to Sally and Bill for making this ; occasion possible.

Again projecting into the future, Homecoming '68 is 28 September with Boston College this year's adversary. Plans for the ' weekend will be announced, I hope, in the ^ next issue of Shipmate, but I'd be happy to - receive your needs for accommodations in S' advance. A block of reservations will have * been arranged by about 1 August.

JULY-AUGUST,

1968

The regular monthly luncheon, which occurs on the first Wednesday of the month at Hogate's, on May 1st, was a farewell to Phil CONLEY. To sayonara Phil were Bill Ayres, Dave Emerson, Dean French, Jim Lisanby, Dick Martin, Lee Minnis, Bob Monroe, Chuck Mull, and Dutch Schultz.

We're looking forward to seeing Bill H A I D LER at our July luncheon. Bill writes from the Air Force Academy, Colorado (Qtrs.

4212B, Zip 80840), that he expects to be in town on T D Y at that time.

As I indicated recently, our class has purchased memorial chairs in the stadium for most of our deceased classmates. Funds are needed now for three chairs and a continuing fund is being established to fill the need as it is required. Class-wide support would eliminate individual campaigns, and therefore an appeal is made to each of you to contribute what you can by sending your check to LCol. Joe MANCI, 5602 Farm Wood Ct., Alexandria, Va. 22310, or to myself, made payable to the U S N A Class '50 Memorial Chair Fund.

Ted MILLS writes from Long Beach that he formed his own company in January and opened business on 1 April. As president of the Mills Resistor Co., Los Alamitos, Calif., Ted assumes responsibility for the engineering and manufacturing of precision wirewound resistors. Ted also indicated that he sees Dick and Sally DAVISON and their three children quite often. Dick is with North American Aviation and lives in Playa del Rey, Calif. He also provided LCol. Bud CALHOUN'S address in case some of you don't have it: 2023 Castle Place, S.E., Albuquerque, N. M. 87118. Ted's address is 2622 Foreman Ave., Long Beach, Ca. 90815.

Thanks for taking the time to write, Ted, and good luck in your new venture. Having lived in the Long Beach area a number of years, I know the market is good. I hope we'll see you here in the east sometime soon.

Ted and his wife Peggy, incidentally, welcome '50 contacts when passing through.

Keep the news coming, fellows. I run out of gas pretty fast without your help.

Sec'y, LCdr. R. Brodie, l i t , USN (Ret.) CONSULTEC Inc., 1725 K Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006

"When two or three shall meet, And old tales are retold . . ."

The twelfth annual meeting of the U S N A Class of 1951 Association, Inc., is now history. We from the Washington area, and a few others, met at the Arlington Hall Club on 3 May to elect officers for the coming year, review the business of the past year and tentatively plan that of the next.

The cocktail hour was pretty successful, too.

There are several new people in the ranks of class officers this year. The roster shapes up this way: Executive vice president, D. C. Billingslea (LCol., U S A F ) ; secretary, R. Brodie, I I I (LCdr., U S N (Ret.)) ; treasurer, O. A. Reardon; Executive Committee, C. P. Barnes (Cdr., U S N ) , H. Donabedian (LCol., USMC) and W. D. Shaughnessy (Cdr., U S N ) . As noted last month, Al SINCLAIR, Bill D A N I E L S and Bob R E H W A L D T did not run for re-election because they either have or anticipate receiving orders before the next election.

The turnout for this affair was pretty good, as you can see from the list. The general consensus seems to be that Saturday night would be much better for everyone. The plan for next year is to pick either the first or second Saturday in May.

Classmates and their ladies who were present were: Gene and Charlotte Allender, Paul and Karen Barnes, Dixie Billingslea, Tom and Barbara Boyce, Walt and Carol Boyes, Deon Branch, Bob and Molly Brodie, Herb and Georgia Bruch, Jim and Tina Crowder, Dick and Emily Dalla Mura, Dick and Nancy Dean, Jay and Nicky Dewing, Lee and Jean Doggett, Haig Donabedian and Rosemary Collins, John and Sibyl Head, Jim and Margie Hunt, Mike and Charlotte lacona. Art and Mary Ismay, Woody and Marilyn Johns, Don Knutson, Bill and Nancy McDonough, Bill and Ede Olson, Brooke Read, Ashby and Jan Reardon, Bob and Miriam Rehwaldt, Wes and Carmen Seay, Bill Shaugnessy, Trent and Tilda Shaver, Alex and Ginny Sinclair, Bob Small, Dick Smith, Bill St. Lawrence, Dave and Lucia Stockman, Bob Swart and Marie Aspland, Bill Thompson, Larry and Ellen Treadwell, Art and Esther Ward, Bob and Marcia Watts, and Bill Whitner.

Only two nights before the business meeting a small group of us gathered at Annapolis where Alex SINCLAIR presented our annual award to Midn. R. E. Spratt, the president of the class of 1971. As most of you know, this award is a contribution which is made each year with the stipulation that the recipient class must establish a class organization within five years after their graduation. Others who attended were: Gene Allender, Dixie Billingslea, Matt Breen (the OOD), Bob Brodie, Haig Donabedian, Jim Hunt, Bill Olson, Ashby Reardon, and "Reg" Rowley. This group assembled in the Reception Room of Bancroft Hall before evening meal formation. There we were joined by the '71 class officers and battalion representatives. Also present were RAdm. W. F. Fitzgerald, Jr. '21, representing the Alumni Association and Cdr. R. T. Duncan, Jr. '48.

Dick is now the Fourth Class Officer. We observed evening meal formation from the steps of Bancroft Hall and then joined the Brigade for an excellent dinner. The actual presentation was made after the Upper class had left the hall.

After we had done our good work, Matt had to start his rounds of "Mother Bancroft," while the rest of us repaired to the club to congratulate ourselves.

Wes H A M M O N D (LCol., USMC) is now on the Staff, Provisional Corps, Vietnam in Phu Bai. He has only a short time out there before returning to the Command and Staff College at Quantico. His recent letter included news of several other classmates whom he has seen, or heard of recently.

Bob ROSECRANS (LCol., USMC) is also at Phu Bai. Les E T C H I S O N (Cdr., U S N ) is stationed near Hue. Riley LOVE (LCol., USMC) has recently moved from a battalion command to XO, 7th Marines. Ward DEG R O p T (Cdr., U S N ) has his construction battalion back at Da Nang. He has to have some kind of a record for time in Vietnam.

If Ward has built any new and bigger clubs, someone please send a picture. Not all news is good news. Tom M c P H E E T E R S (LCol., USMC) was wounded and evacuated to the U. S. only five days after he had taken command of an artillery battalion. He is now an outpatient at Bethesda and living at home while broken bones mend. Bill H U T C H I SON (LCol., U S M C ) , was evacuated to Okinawa recently.

Bob P A I N T E R was recently appointed assistant manager, Administrative Research for the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

Jenny wrote that they expected to be settled in Roanoke in early June. The new address there is 1836 Malvern Road.

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Don G R I E S M E R (LCol., U S A F ) has returned to the groves of academe once again. H e was selected as a Sloan Fellow at M I T and was scheduled to report in midJune. H e will spend the next year earning a Master's degree in management to go with the Master's in nuclear engineering which he previously won. Ralph H O O P E R recently completed the three-month Advanced Management Program of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

Dick K E E G A N continues to star for our classâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and for himselfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at NASA. He was recently designated a special assistant to the Associate Administrator for Organization and Management. In this capacity he will be responsible for coordinating all NASA support service contract activities.

Herb BRUCH (Cdr., U S N ) is now attached to the Defense Fuel Supply Center in Alexandria, Va. Before coming here, he and Georgia spent three years in London.

Herb reports that he saw Fred K I R M S recently while Fred was serving two weeks' active duty training.

Homecoming is early this year, so it is necessary to start planning now. Gene ALL E N D E R has made preliminary arrangements for dinner and dancing at the Elk's Qub. The details of time, price and room are not yet firm. When they are, a Washington-area flyer will be published. The bar will open shortly after the game ends. It will be pay-as-you-go.

Here is a piece of late, but very good news that just made the wire. Bill ST. LAWR E N C E (Cdr., U S N ) , who only recently returned from S. E. Asia as CO of U S S CONY, has now relieved as CO U S S R. L.

WILSON ( D D - 8 4 7 ) . This is a real feather in Bill's cap. I extend a hearty well done for the entire class.

agement systems engineering and computer applications.

Bill is Project Director, Office of Naval Research, On-Line Reference and Retrieval and Office of Education Program on a Coordinated Data Program for the Lehigh Valley. He also is consultant, IBM Systems Manufacturing Division Advanced Information System Development and the Hospital Central Services Corp. Good going. Bill.

Sec'y, Cdr. David F. Staple, USN Personnel and Administration Office USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

Congratulations are in order for Doane F. K I E C H E L , Jr., on his May election to a vice presidency with Booz, Allen and Hamilton, international management consultants.

Doane is presently living in Washington, D. C , and working with Booz, Allen Applied Research, Inc., a subsidiary of the company, specializing in scientific and technical assignments.

Doane F. Kiechel '52 Vice President, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

The participants in the affair pictured were corraled by Zug Z A S T R O W at NAS, Imperial Beach, in April 1968, just before Zug and BENNINGTON headed for points west. In case your memory is a bit hazy, we supply the following ID's and current titles (1 to r ) : Gerry H E L L A N D , CNAP Staff; Bill R O W D E N , CO,

Dr. William A. Smith '51

Late-late-late news from Lehigh University, transferred from the incoming mail to the all ready typed column in order to meet the deadline. Dr. William A. S M I T H , Jr., will be a full professor in the department of industrial engineering this fall. Bill joined the Lehigh staff as an instructor in industrial engineering in 1955, was named assistant professor in 1957 and was director of Lehigh's Computing Laboratory from its establishment in the same year until July, 1967. He was appointed associate professor in 1961 and Associate Director for Systems, Center for Information Sciences in 1967.

Bill is a specialist in industrial engineering and information systems, is the author of recent technical articles presented to the American Federation of Information Processing Societies Conference and in the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Industrial Engineering. He is on the editorial board of the latter and is a member of the Engineers Joint Council Information Systems Committee, and is a frequent speaker to the professional and industrial groups on subjects related to man62

USS

LYNDE

MCCORMICK

(DDG-8) ; Gelzer SIMS, Pros. XO, VS-37; Dave ALTWEGG, ComCruDesPac Staff; Dave MANRING, XO, VS-37; Marv ALEXANDER, XO, VS-3S; Corky MOORE, F A A W T C , Head Programmer Training; Bill REED, Pros. XO, VS-38 Bob COSTIGAN, CO, Air ASRON-37 Whitey P L A T T , ComSubFlot One Staff Moose T E T R A U L T , CO, VP-48; Dick DIETZ, XO, VS-38; and Zug ZASTROW, XO, HS-8.

Anyone in the class in the San Diego area who is not listed above is considered to have been UA, and should contact one of the above for further details.

Many thanks for the fine coverage to date, Zug, and I hope someone will continue thru the fall for the area.

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Curtis 0. Anderson, USN Naval Science Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 2U02

The final luncheon for the year was held at the Washington Navy Yard on 6 May. Plans for a family outing for classmates in the Wash ington-Annapolis area in mid-June were discussed.

Don K N I S S anchored his submarine U S S J O H N MARSHALL in Annapolis Roads

for three days recently. Don, Cub SNIVELY and I had a couple at the club and talked over old times.

The news is slim due to lack of incoming letters from you classmates so please take a few minutes and drop me a line.

Plan to attend Homecoming this year!

Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Thomas J . Lawson 3140 Anchorage Dr., RFD 3 Annapolis, Md. 21403

Lt. Richard M. ZOOK, U S N (Ret.), died of a heart attack Saturday afternoon, 13 April, at his home in Huntsville, Ala. At the time of death he was employed by the Boeing Aircraft Co. at Huntsville, where he had worked for two years.

Dick is survived by his wife, the former Mary Charlotte Bragg, whom he married 2 July 1955, at Vernon, Ala.; a son and two daughters. For more information please see Last Call.

Thanks to Art J E S S E R for sending the newspaper clipping that provided much information. Art recently returned to Moffett Field after a year's separation from his family cruising off the Vietnam coast, and he will be leaving there for the Naval War College in August.

The following note was received from Bob SCHLENZIG. "Several classmates are stationed here in the southernmost city of the U. S., Key West, Fla. Don Forbes is CO USS CHOPPER, Dick Robey is CO USS GRENADIER,

Art

Riendeau

is

CO

USS

TIRANTE, while I'm the latecomer, having relieved as CO U S S ATULE in Feb. It is

hoped that transitors (reserves, submarine PCO's, and A S W aviators) will drop in when down in Key West for training."

When I was sick in early Feb. and missed getting the column done, I didn't think any good could come of it; but witness the following letter from Joe S M I T H : "It was quite disheartening to see a blank column for our class in the April '68 Shipmate. I guess I share more guilt than most since I have not written in for ages. There are three of us '54ers here at the Air Command and Staff College. We finally busted out of our tight academic schedule and got

'52 get-together at Imperial Beach.

S H I P M A T E

The success of functions of this nature is almost wholly dependent upon participation.

Based upon the response to our class functions in the Washington/Annapolis area this year, Homecoming 1968 will be well supported by those of us in the area. (Incidentally, there are now approximately 100 'S5ers in the area.) However, we are very hopeful that a substantial number of classmates from outside the area will join us in September.

Some '54ers in Alabama

together for an evening of fun at the Maltagliatis' a couple of weeks ago. I took my camera and am enclosing a copy of the results!

"Joan Maltagliati not only cooked dinner while Malt tended bar, but she also wrote the following note to accompany our picture: 'Recently, we at ACSC got together for a reunion of '54. Attending were Joe and Windy Smith, John "Curt" and Lori Marshall and Mauri "Malt" and Joan Maltagliati. Joe was a student at ACSC, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, last year and is now an instructor. Joe and Windy have three boys. Curt came here from NASA and Malt from Systems Command, Boiling AFB, for school this year. Joe remains here as an instructor while Curt will be heading for Ton San Nhut and Malt to MACV. The Marshalls boast one girl and two boys. The Malts have four boys and two girls. " 'To identify us in the picture, starting from left to right, we are: Malt Maltagliati, Lori Marshall, Joe Smith, Tip Tucker (fellow ACSC student), Joan Maltagliati, Curt Marshall, and Windy Smith.'

R. Glen Burke '54

"I hope others will follow suit and send in some dope for our class column. It is always interesting to see where our classmates are' and what they are doing." Joe's address is ACSC Box 1842, Maxwell AFB, Al. 36112.

The next item received was the following: "The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. is establishing a European technical organization that will be based in Cologne, Germany, it was announced recently by George B. Newman, president . . .

"In a related move, R. Glen Burke, a development engineer, will become development sales coordinator.

"Burke joined the tire firm in April 1963, and has been a member of the development department since that time. A native of Cumberland, Md., he attended Yale University and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1954, with a degree in engineering" No USMC news from Ed T I P S H U S this month. Ed told me that if he doesn't start getting the news from you Marines soon, he's going to make some up. If Ed has to do that, and this magazine will print it, you will regret not having communicated with him.

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Sec'y, LCdr. R. W. Davis, (SO USN 10704 Ames St., Fairfax, Va. 22030 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. W. F. Overdorff, USN Science Dept.

U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Md. 21402

H O M E C O M I N G 1968 The thirteenth Homecoming for '55 will feature activities similar to the 1967 event.

On Friday, 27 Sept., there will be the regular alumni cocktail party/dinner/dance at the Academy to start the weekend festivities.

Pete BLAIR, who is in charge of Homecoming arrangements in Annapolis, will have the '55 sign up in Dahlgren Hall to enable classmates to find our group easily.

On Saturday afternoon we anticipate a large turnout to cheer Navy on in the game with Boston College. It is anticipated that '55 will be sitting on the east side of the stadium, hence parking in the east parking area will be most convenient. (Arrangements can be made in the stands to meet for a little post game "tailgating" to relax and let the traffic clear.)

Saturday evening at 1900 there will be a class cocktail party with "heavy" hors d'oeuvres at Andrews AFB Officers' Club at a cost of $2.50 per person. Anyone desiring dinner and dancing at Andrews after the party may contact Jerry MAY, 1209 Potomac Lane, Alexandria, Va., who will arrange for reservations.

It is impossible, at this late date, to reserve accommodations in Annapolis. However, a motel in the Andrews AFB area is convenient to Annapolis (about 30 minutes driving time) as well as Washington; and just across the street from the class party.

Last year several classmates stayed at InterState Inn at Andrews AFB, Allentown Road, Camp Springs, Md. 20023 (area code 301, 449-6700). The rates are : double, military— $16.48, civilian—$18.54; single, military— $11.33, civilian—$15.45, and the accommodations are excellent. If you wish reservations there, correspond with them directly. If you wish reservations made anywhere else in the Washington area, or if you anticipate transportation problems when you get to the area, or if you wish to be placed in contact with any classmates in the area—contact Ed LULL, 10916 Decatur Drive, Fairfax, Va. 22030.

LUNCHEONS FOR T H E F A L L / W I N T E R SEASON Commencing in September, monthly luncheons for classmates in the Washington/ Annapolis area on a regularly scheduled basis will be inaugurated. These luncheons will be held at the Officers' Club at the Washington Navy Yard, in the vicinity of 8th & M Sts., N.E., on the third Tuesday of each month. The first four of these will be: 17 Sept., 15 Oct., 19 Nov., and 17 Dec. Mark these dates on your calendar and if you are in the area be sure tc join us.

WASHINGTON/ANNAPOLIS ROSTER An updated roster of classmates in the Washington/Armapolis area will be prepared in early September. If you are coming to this area for duty, be sure and contact Ace DAVIS (see address at top of this column) and get on our list. Those '5Sers in farflung areas who would like a copy of this roster, let us know and we will send you one.

A N N A P O L I S SCENE As the new corresponding secretary, I'll issue the usual plea for news from far and wide for use in our column. With the departure of Dave REYNOLDS and Dave MacKENZIE, Pete BLAIR and I will be holding down the scene by ourselves since as of copy submission time no new orders have been seen for duty by the Severn.

F A R AND W I D E Dave and Marilyn DUNN updated us with the following news. After resigning from the Marine Corps in 1959, Dave went to Harvard's Graduate School of Business, received his M.B.A. in 1961, and has been working in the investment business ever since. Home is in Wilton, Conn., and the family now includes Susan 12, Steven 10, and Linda 4.

Tom EMERY dropped us a line and expects to be in the Washington area during the summer.

Les and Carolyn HOLLAND, both U S A F types, are presently stationed at Nellis AFB, Nev. Les is probably one of the few U S N A grads flying F - l l l ' s and is presently deployed to S.E. Asia.

A newsy letter was received from Mary and John (Red) McDONNELL concerning Portsmouth area classmates. A recent gettogether at their place included Carol and Eddie TURNER, Lois and Scott BAIRD,

In front: John McDonnell and Jack Pierce. In the back, from the left: Barbara Pierce, Scott and Lois Baird, Eddie Turner and Mary McDonnell

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Sally and Lee H A R M O N Y , Barbara and Dick E L L I S , and Barbara and Jack P I E R C E . Eddie is Vietnam-bound as CO of a river boat division. Lee, who seems to be making a career in U S S TULLIBEE, is at present the XO. Dick and Barbara will be making the long trek from their York, Me., home to San Diego. John is P C O of U S S DOLPHIN which should be launched by the time this column is on the street. Jack P I E R C E is in the Production Department and calls a newly purchased, last spring I guess, house in Hampton, N. H., home now.

Sec'y, LCdr. Edward A. Sechrest, USN P. 0. Box 1926, Annapolis, Md. 21402

Regretfully Ed M O R T I M E R informs the class that Ernie OLDS is officially listed as missing in action after failing to return from a mission over North Vietnam on 11 March.

At the time Ernie was flying F-4's out of Da Nang.

Additional news from Ed Mortimer concerned '56ers in Pearl Harbor. Al EAGYE has orders to XO, U S S OXFORD; Dave S W A N S O N moves from the Shipyard to CinCPacFh Hdqtrs.; Ken GODSTREY leaves for Vietnam in late summer; and Ed expects to go to Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Rudy DAUS writes from the Sixth F i t : "Ray Hill is flying off SHANGRI-LA, Fred Hale is Chief Snipe of LITTLE ROCK, Gordie McGarry is XO of an FBM out of Rota." Rudy also enclosed a clipping concerning Ken DICKERSON. Ken completed his second tour in Vietnam and is now on the staff of ComSixthFlt. The clipping aptly attested to Ken's activities while in Southeast Asia. He was awarded the following decorations : A gold star in lieu of the second and third DFC, a gold star in lieu of the third and fourth Navy Commendation Medal, a gold star in lieu of the 19th Air Medal and a Meritorious Unit Citation for Distinguished Service. Congrats, Ken, from the entire class.

Heard from Rich S E E S H O L T Z . He is headed for New London and expects to attend the Army game this year. Also, Boom CANNON, Chip H O N S I N G E R and Ben P O E were '56ers among War College grads.

Chip is going to the Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Groton, Conn., and Ben strikes out for Pax River and VP-56.

The class Executive Committee met on 9 May. New members were inducted and elections were held to replace Don BROWN and Charlie MITRI, who are expecting orders this summer. Ray K O T E S K Y succeeds Don as chairman and Hollis R O B E R T S O N is relieving Charlie of his duties as treasurer.

A vote of thanks from the class is due both of these individuals who have served long and well. Discussion during the meeting focused on the forthcoming class directory and suggestions to be presented to the Homecoming committee. It was also decided that funds not directly associated with the entire class should not be handled by the Executive Committee. Accordingly, Perry W E S T M O R E L A N D has agreed to handle the funds for the current proposed chair for Bill COOK. In the future, volunteers will be solicited for handling such affairs.

During the meeting, ballots from the class on the proposed change to paragraph 1, Article IX of the Association's Constitution were tabulated. The change was approved: 287 for, 5 against. Roger LYLE has agreed to serve on the Executive Committee; therefore, with a Marine as the leader and the Air Force ably represented, the Executive Committee looks forward to the coming year.

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Just a reminder, the column appears in Shipmate approximately two months after it is submitted, so if information appears late, this is the reason. AGAINâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;keep us informed.

Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Richard N. Leahy P. 0. Box 885, Benjamin Franklin Station Washington, D. C. 20044

HERE AND THERE Jerome BARCZAK writes, "I'm stationed in Udorn, Thailand, at the Royal Thai AFB, surrounded by Air Force people. Included among them are J. J. Kelley (the silver fox) sporting a thick growth on his upper lip; Ted Mallyn with the intelligence people and George Dolan, who flys in the same squadron as J. J.; they both have about 70 missions over N. Vietnam. I'm presently the resident officer in charge of construction and head the military construction projects for all of N. E. Thailand. MaryAnn with our four children remain in Philadelphia. I occasionally run into Joe Gawarkiewicz when I am in Bangkokâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so goes S. E. Asia."

William W .

McMahon '57

From recent press releases: "William W .

McMahon has been promoted to the rank of Major ( U S A F ) in ceremonies conducted at H Q Joint Task Force Two, Sandia Base, New Mexico." (March '68) "Charles A. Mahoney was ordained into the Catholic priesthood on April 27th. The ceremony took place at the Paulist Mother Church of St. Paul the Apostle, N. Y. C. Father Mahoney's first assignment as a Paulist will be to St. Patrick's, an inner city parish in Memphis, Tenn., where an important project is underway to involve the church more fully in the social and economic problems of ghetto living."

The Rev. Charles A. Mahoney, C.S.P., a '57er

"LCdr. James F. O'Neill, U S N , attached to Fighter Squadron 162, Miramar, was presented the Distinguished Flying Cross at ceremonies 15 May for leading a flak suppression mission against North Vietnam's largest MIG base last 24 October."

The citation read in part, "Immediately vulnerable to surface-to-air missile ( S A M ) attacks from the entire Hanoi defense complex, his section became the sole objective of six tracking missiles. After successfully evading the initial barrage, a seventh one deto-

nated so close to LCdr. O'Neill's aircraft that control was momentarily lost.

"Fully cognizant of possible battle damage, he decided to continue the mission and took two rapidly firing sites under attack. Aligning the two adjacent gun emplacements during his bombing run, he defied intense enemy opposition to complete a highly accurate ordnance delivery which left both sites burning and silent for the entire strike evolution."

Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. John D. Rohrbough, USN Superintendent's Office USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

The Air Force recently announced that Jack H E L D has been listed as missing in action after his plane was shot down while flying a combat mission over South Vietnam.

The wreckage of Jack's plane and his parachute were recovered about a day later.

Additional details are unknown as of this writing.

Your corresponding secretary (Brad W E L L E S ) recently received orders to VP-56 and will be detaching shortly to the Patuxent River area. John ROHRBOUGH will take over as the new C.S. beginning with the next issue. John's address is in the masthead.

The following news release was received from the Air Force : "The Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded to George McAleer by the Commander, Electronic Systems Division, at ceremonies on 29 March. The citation accompanying the award read as follows: " 'Captain George R. McAleer, Jr., distinguished himself by extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a C-130 Aircraft Commander near Dong Ha, Republic of Vietnam, on 13 August 1967.

George R. McAleer '58

On that date Captain McAleer was assigned to transport elements of the 26th Marine Regiment from Khe Sanh to Dong Ha in support of Operation Cochise. When an additional sortie was required in order to complete this combat essential mission. Captain McAleer volunteered to return to Khe Sanh even though his aircraft was low on fuel and was being operated under emergency conditions. With the remaining Marines and three sick Montagnard children on board, he successfully avoided groundfire and surface-to-air missiles in order to make a night landing at Dong Ha. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Captain McAleer reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.'

"Captain McAleer has flown 193 combat missions in Vietnam and has been awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster in addition to the Distinguished Flying Cross.

He is presently a project engineer with the Electronic Systems Division, L. G. Hanscom Field, Mass." * H I P M A TE

Bob M U L H O L L A N D has received a Dempster Graduate Fellowship awarded by the Department of Ministerial Education of the Methodist General Board of Education for study during the 1968-69 academic year.

The purpose of the award is to increase the effectiveness of teaching in Methodist theological schools and the teaching of religion in colleges and universities. Bob received his S.T.B. from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D. C , and is now working toward a Th.D. at Harvard Divinity School and plans to continue there, specializing in Biblical studies.

Bill BREDBECK reports that he has been detached as Aide and Flag Secretary, ComCruDesFlot Ten and is now "on leave/in transit." His current address is prospective XO U S S

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O'CALLAHAN

(DE-1051),

FTC

Newport, R. I. 02840. The ship will be commissioned in July and will ultimately go to the west coast.

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, LCdr. Charles R. LARSON, executive officer, U S S BERGALL, was one of

19 persons selected as a White House Fellow from more than 1000 applicants. The article further stated that these persons would work in top Government offices in 1968-69. Chuck?

WASHINGTON-ANNAPOLIS AREA The April get-together at the Andrews AFB Officers' Club was a rousing success due to the efforts of Al and Barbara YOST. Among those attending were: Dick and Carol Alexander, Bill and Pat Arata, Bing and Bimny Bassett, John and Carole Berry, Ed Britton, Ralph and Shirley Carestia, Al and Felicia Carretta, Bert and Mitzi Concklin, Frank and Joanne Coyle, Dennis and ^ Maxine Cunningham, Bill and Connie Dawson, Dick and Nancy Dunbar, Jack and Carolyn Dittrick, Ron and Pat Ejrtchison, Lou and Faith Fisler, Jim and Pat Fitzgerald, Pete and Aline Friedman, Keith and Jan Garland, Carl and Marty Giese, Mike and Eileen Giglio, Irv and Carol Goto, Pat and Judy Harrington, Bill and Mickey Hillsman, Skip and Barbara Hunter, Perry and Dian Jackson, Jerry and Marilyn Larson, Kent and Erna Lawrence, Ernie and Paula 1 Luders, Walt and Regina Mitchell, Bill and Margaret Mooney, Newt and Ruth Moore, Bill Meisel, Mike and Nancy O'Connor, Tony and Terry Palmer, Bill and Barbie Pivarnik, Leo Powell, Al and Judy Rachap, John and Sylvia Rohrbough, Gordon and Virginia Schaaf, Wayne and Jean Scott, Norm and Marilyn Shriver, Al and Ann Skiles, Greg and Anne Streeter, Hank and Clarice Surratt, John and Barbara Swope, Tom Theohary, Bob and Elizabeth Warren, : Brad and Pat Welles, Pete and Jane West^ phal, Bruce and Terry Wilcox, Jim and - Mary Anne Williams, Smokey and Anne - Willmarth, Bob Vaughan, and Al and Barbara Yost.

The Annapolis chapter held elections at the May luncheon with Keith GARLAND, president, and Al CARRETTA, treasurer.

Carl GIESE remains as secretary.

Those en route to the Academy and due to report this summer are Bruce BARTELS, Tom GIBBONS, Bill H O D K I N S , A r t NARRO, and Bill SCHRAMM. The new class directory is now out and in the mail. If you are a member of the Association and have not received your copy, please drop a note to Carl Giese c/o Associa: tion of the U S N A Class of '58, Box 324, Annapolis, Md. 21404. A limited supply of additional copies are also available for $1.00 ; each.

See you at Homecoming. Remember the dateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;27-29 September. ,

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Corr. Secretaries: Mr. Albert T. Mays, Mr. Harry C. Ketts, I I I P. 0. Box 1692 Annapolis, Md. 21404

CLASS B U S I N E S S As reported in the last issue of Shipmate the balloting indicated that we would probably sponsor the 19th Company Wardroom.

Well, we are very happy to report that after all ballots were counted, the class voted to sponsor the wardroom jointly with the class of '19. Saturday, 11 May, our Association president. Mo CLARK, joined by Tom HENDERSON, Jack LONDON, and Wayne H A L E Y along with VAdm. G. C. Dyer '19, Capt. R. C. Madonna, USMC, 19th Co. Officer, Midn. 1/C L. E. Cimaglia, 19th Co. Commander, and Midn. 2/C R. L. Christenson, 19th Co. prospective Co. Commander, made this official. Mo reports that he was very proud, on behalf of the class, to present the 19th Co. with a check for their rug and with a plaque of the Class of 1959 to be mounted in the wardroom.

The photograph was taken during the presentation ceremonies. From left to right, Jack London, Tom Henderson, VAdm. Dyer, Mo Clark, Midn. 1/C Cimaglia, Wayne Haley, Midn. 2/C Christenson and Capt.

Madonna.

This is a wardroom that we'll all be proud of and also be able to visit during special weekends like Homecoming, as well as at other times by invitation.

HERE AND T H E R E Unfortunately we received word much too late for a proper announcement, but it looks like the New York City chapter of the U S N A Alumni Association is going strong and with the help of several '59ers. Howard B E R K O W I T Z is the assistant secretary and Paul O'CONNOR the assistant treasurer. On 16 April, at a luncheon meeting Bill "Gabe" GABRIELSEN, presently manager of the Movator Division of Sandvik Steel, Inc., spoke on the subject "A Naval Academy Graduate Looks At Industry."

We also found out that Bob R E I F S N Y D ER, Mike W I L L E N , Tony LASALA, Mike CRONIN, Rick J O H N S O N , John GREEN, Frank H U R L E Y and Ed GIBBONS are in the NYC area.

Recently heard from the Frank MARTINs, down Miami-way. They write that Frank is busy fishing and flying 727s for Pan Am, and doesn't have much time for writing newsy letters but they have sent us several interesting bits of news. According to the letter. Jack NICKEL will get his M.S. in civil engineering from Texas A and M in June and then back to flying duty with the Air Force. First refresher courses at Sewart A F B and Pope A F B during the summer and then to Taipei, Taiwan, to fly through the Southeast Asia area for 13 months. Dave and Ellen McCARTHY are at Ki Sawyer AFB, upper state Michigan.

Dave S T R A T T O N is stationed and instructing at Pensacola. Bill McCALL is an engineer with Sperry Gyroscope at Fort Walton Beach, Fla. They also request that any classmates in the Miami area give them a call.

ANNAPOLIS Chuck and Valerie COSKY were recently transferred to the Far West (California) and will be missed around Crabtown. And Kevin M U L K E R N recently reported to U S N A for duty.

That's about it for this month except that we do want to remind you that Homecoming '68 is coming up the weekend of 27-29 September and that plans are being formed for a big time at the Bay Ridge Inn. We'll get more news to you on this subject in the next issue. R I S E AND S H I N E W I T H '59.

Sec'y, Mr. Chico Chavez 4023 Clifton Ave. El Paso, Texas 79903 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. R. C. Rohr, USN Executive Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

In the several pieces of correspondence I received this month was a most gratifying letter from the Twelfth Company Commander dated 9 May: "Dear Sirs: The Twelfth Company wishes to express its appreciation to the class of 1960 for their sponsorship of our company.

We are particularly grateful for the donations by your class which have made possible the purchase of drapes and a carpet for the company wardroom.

"In a few short weeks the members of the class of 1968 will be going to new ward-

Classes of ' 1 9 a n d ' 5 9 sponsor t h e 19th C o m p a n y W a r d r o o m .

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rooms throughout the Navy. They have been assigned as follows: To Pensacola and flight training will be Ensigns Boyce, Brooke, Clark, Costlow, Honrahan, Hepler, Kosich, Linberger, Moore, Rittenour, Sciabarra, Thomson and Yates. Ensigns Knode and Rinaldi have been selected for PG School at Monterey and Ensign Scott was selected for P G work at the University of California.

Ensigns Eberth and Barber were selected for Nuclear Power training and Ensign Dantzler was selected for immediate submarine school at New London. Three members of the company have chosen shipboard duty: Ensign Owen on board U S S DEHAVEN, Ensign Tillotson on board U S S MANSFIELD, and Ensign Coleman on board USS O'HARE. One member of the company, Midn. Michael Ligino, is presently undergoing treatment at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, and his commissioning and future assignment awaits his recovery. We have no Marines from the company this year, but there are several prospective Marines in the future first class.

"We of the graduating class are looking forward to serving with the class of 1960 in the near future. Those of the underclass would be most pleased to meet you. Should any of the class visit the Academy, the Twelfth Company would consider it an honor to have you call on us." Signed, Michael T. Boyce, 12th Company Commander.

In my position here at the Academy it has been a distinct pleasure and privilege for me to work with the company. The Navy can be proud of the Twelfth Company Naval Academy graduates, and we, the class of 1960, can look on with pride to be sponsoring such a fine group of gentlemen.

I also received a letter from Mike MIDAS who is at Monterey. In it he enclosed a listing of all the '60ites at PGS. It sounds like we have a real effective organization there making our class a stronger, more united and more effective naval organization.

The present officers of the Monterey group are: president, Mike M I D A S ; secretary, George O'BRIEN, and treasurer, Bob MATULKA. Mike who is treasurer of the 1960 funds mentioned that the class funds are building and he is open for worthwhile project suggestions. Here is the listing of our classmates at Monterey: Agustin, Bailey, Beam, Bikakis, Blockinger, Boyer, Brenton, Bringhurst, Burgess, Carpenter, Cooper, Fjreehill, Gavlak, Hamon, Jenkins, Keys, Leahy, Loveland, Matulka, McClanahan, Midas, Moran, O'Brien, Powers, Roberts, Roeder, Schroeder, Scalf, Terry Townsend, Wickens and Wishart. The month of June brings a major turnover with graduation and Mike was kind enough to send us a listing of those classmates with orders: Charlie BIKAKIS and Wick W I C K E N S are headed to Ground Forces WestPac, Larry BOYER to SS391 POMFRET in San Diego, Bob F R E E H I L L to report as CO of the MSO GALLANT in Long Beach, Ken L O V E L A N D to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Ted McCLANAHAN to USS YORKTOWN, Fred SCALF going to V P I at Whidbey Island and Tom W I S H A R T to report to the SS566 TROUT. Good luck to all!

Marty M E R R I C K and his bride of one month, Ellen, stopped by as they were passing through Annapolis. Marty and I served in Brunswick, Me., with V P squadrons there and it was fun to reminisce. Marty and Ellen will settle in the Boston area where Marty is assigned as assistant navigator on board USS WASP. On behalf of the class, I extend best wishes in the marriage and good tour of duty with W A S P .

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from somewhere in the Pacific. Joe is operations officer on board USS COCHRANE. He was just finishing up a WestPac deployment en route to Hong Kong when he wrote. His lovely wife Marianne was to meet him there and from there Joe says the honeymoon continues all over the world.

This is Joe's second WestPac tour and he says that he "is spending so much time in Vietnam that I think I'm more eligible to vote in their elections than the ones back stateside." Joe and Marianne have an apartment on the slopes of Diamond Head, Apartment 306, 3030 Pualer Circle, Honolulu— tel. 923-2247. When in Honolulu the welcome mat is out at the Sestrics.

Word has reached me that John A N T H O N Y was elected to the position of assistant cashier at the Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. in Winston-Salem, N. C. John joined the bank in 1967 after earning his MBA from Boston University.

Talked to Torry ROGERS the other day and Homecoming 1968 is shaping up to be another wing-ding. The Homecoming football game this year will be against Boston College and our class party after the game will be staged at the West Annapolis Fire HaH. The party will include cocktails, buffet dinner, and dancing. The price for the evening will be $7.50 per person—so plan ahead, the date—28 Sept.

Meantime, have a good summer and please continue to write so I can pass the word.

FROM CHICO IN E L P A S O How sad it was to leave Mexico City—it's such a beautiful and exciting place—but, in a way, I was somewhat relieved, for the pressure of studying and the climate (the chilling cold at night penetrates to the very marrow of your bones) were beginning to get me down. Actually, my year course of study at El Colegio de Mexico ended 15 April and I saw no reason for remaining in Mexico much longer; had to come back to the States and find something to keep me busy 'til school starts again in September.

My return trip this time was much more enjoyable and interesting, mainly because two young friends accompanied me and we took a circuitous route by way of Guadalajara and Mazatlan, taking it easy most of the way and just having a ball. The most inspiring part of the trip was the drive between Mazatlan and Durango, a seemingly ever winding drive up the western Cordillera of the Sierra Madre, which comprises a coniferous region of breathtaking beauty. And we planned our trip so that we wouldn't have to see too much of the other faces of Mexico, particularly the north, which is not too unlike our southwestern part of the country, driving through this region by night, thus avoiding the day traffic too (Mexicans don't drive at night). Which reminds me, anyone planning to drive down to Mexico City for the Olympics and who needs some hints on routes and driving in Mexico in general, let me know.

Decided to remain in El Paso for at least four months for various reasons, the main one being that I landed a job with a Catholic youth center in the poorest Mexican section of town, which has an extensive social program with very little talent to carry it through; the pay is rather insignificant and the hours long, but I find nothing more satisfying than to try to help these poor bicultural kids, who have an uphill fight in gaining a social status comparable to the average American kid.

While I was still in Mexico and still uncertain as to what I would do for four whole

months, I came up with the "mad idea" of a temporary active duty assignment with the good old Navy. Bob P O W E R S was at BuPers at the time, so I got in touch with him; he was very encouraging and recommended I submit a request, which I did. I soon found out that the Navy was madder than I, when they suggested that I join them for at least two years. Even though the matter never got beyond the "mad idea" stage, my effort was not in vain, for I was able to coax Bob to provide us with some dope on what he's been up to since I saw him last in Vietnam.

Bob was with BuPers since his return from Vietnam in the spring of 1966 and left this past April for an assignment to a DDG out of San Diego. While in D. C, he met a Peruvian gal and didn't waste time; he and Gabriela were married and were blessed with the arrival of their first, a boy, on 26 March; his name is Edmund Juan. Says Bob, with the temper of the Irish and the charm of the Spanish, he should turn out to be a regular little Don Juan.

While still in Mexico I received a most entertaining letter from Jose PEEK—it started out with "Ola Chico" and goes on in a Spanish that only a bilingual from the Naval Academy could have understood; I showed the letter to one of my young friends and he asked, "What language is this?" It was a commendable effort on the part of Joe, though. Anyway he was good enough to bring us up to date on what he's been up to since graduation. He remained single for a year, then he and his newly acquired wife, Mary, went to Quonset Point for 3y2 years, where he was with ASW-28. There the cigiiena (stork in Spanish) visited them three times, all girls. They then went to Corpus Christi, where Joe served as a flight instructor—among his students were two Chileans, thus his interest in Spanish. And at Corpus, that inscrutable cigiiena visited them again, this time bringing them a boy.

Joe left the Navy after his tour at Corpus and is presently flying for Eastern Airlines as a pilot and engineer. Most of his flights are from New York City, so he and his family have settled at Amityville, 30 minutes from Kennedy Airport. Joe has turned to substitute teaching to supplement his income to support his ever increasing family.

About other classmates in the area, Joe says, Alfonso M O R A L E S is also in N. Y., working for some steel company, but since he's still single, Joe seems to have some difficulty getting in touch with him, and one wonders why. Jack K A Z E N S K I is out of the Army and now working for RCA at Cherry Hill, N. J.; Jack SANTUCCI and Henry L A W I N S K I live close by at Delran, N. J.; Carlos de la GUARDIA is in San Juan, P. R., and is in charge of one of the family hotels or something. John PRESLEY is now a major in the Army and is serving in Kirsten, Germany, after a year with the Army Engineering Corps in Vietnam; and Joe L A W works for AT&T. Also got a note from Rosemary Ford— her husband Dick is a classmate of ours who left us after 3/C year, but didn't abandon the idea of a Navy career. He started out as a line officer but transferred to supply in April 1967. He is now the Supply Corps officer of USS

CATAMOUNT out of San Diego

and is very enthused with his job and the Corps.

Rosemary tells us Ken CLARK was attending the pre-deployment counter-insurgency course at Coronado and is probably in Vietnam by now, deeply involved as Chief of Computer Operations, Joint Staff in SaiS H I P M A T E

gon. His wife Joanne and their two children returned to S. C. while Ken is away.

And lastly, I received a Christmas card from Angel ORTIZ this past April ( I often wondered about the Mexican postal system and this confirmed my doubts about its efficiency). Angel was one of our classmates who had somewhat vanished, but I happened to find out about him in a very coincidental way. While at American University last year, I was taking a class with a nice looking gal, a senior, from Ecuador; one morning I saw her sitting by herself at breakfast and I joined her. She was the fiery Latin-American type and iust as curious; when she asked where I had my undergraduate work, I "modestly" said the Naval Academy. And she said: "Oh, I had a cousin who went to Annapolis, many years ago, when I was a little girl." When I asked the name, she said, "Oh, you wouldn't have known him; this was many, many years ago." I persisted until she finally told me her cousin was Angel —it was so funny, everjrtime we met we'd have our good laugh. Anyway, it was through her that I sent Angel a class directory; thus the Christmas card. Angel tells me he resigned his commission from the Ecuadorian navy in Feb. 1964 and came to the States in March 1964 to work for the Bechtel Corp., with which he has been since, and is now a process and instrumentation engineer, whatever that means—this jargon these days is quite deceiving. He married a lovely girl from his hometowm, Quito, whose name is Carmen, and they now have three children, a girl and two boys; the Ortizes live at 19514 New Garden Ct., La Puente, Cal., and they extend a Latin-American welcome to one and all; so I urge our classmates in the L. A. area to call on our long-lost classmate from Ecuador.

By the way, the address listed above is my permanent address and the one through which I can be contacted more speedily wherever I may be at any given time.

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Membership Over 5 0 , 0 0 0 The class will be saddened to learn of the death of one of our finest and most loyal Your Insurance Is Backed By Our More Than $96,000,000.00 In Assets classmates, George T H E R O U X . George was killed in an aircraft accident near the Naval Write Today for further Information and Brochure Air Facility, El Centro, Calif. The class Regarding Our Services and Benefits extends its deepest sympathy to his wife Linda, and daughters Lisa Lynn and Michele Anne, of 13953 Frame Road, Poway, Calif., and to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. George Theroux, Esmond, R. I. A memorial chair fund has been estab1879 Since lished in his honor with the Navy and Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Fund.

Checks or money orders should be sent to the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Fund, Director of Athletics, USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402.

The most recent request for data cards brought in a few up-dated ones and only a couple of stragglers. This makes three years ASSOCIATION of asking for these cards, and still only 50% of you have answered that request. See the Navy D e p a r t m e n t • Waskin^ton, D.C. 2 0 3 7 0 end of this article for the latest list of stragglers. If your name or the name of a friend is on it, your classmates are missing valuable info, so close the gap.

Jim N O O N A N wrote that he was wed on 30 May '67 to the former Miss Phyllis Marie E T H A N ALLEN (Gold Crew). Chuck and from SEASIA and on his way to P G School Prybys of Detroit, Mich. Happy first anni- Dianne have three daughters, Melissa, Sarah, with Betty and young Paul. versary ! Jim is now weapons officer aboard and Amy, and live at 11 Pelican Dr., Groton, From Salt Lake City, Doug H O L B R O O K USS GAINARD. H e and Phyllis reside at 203 Ct. 06340. writes that he and Suzanne are really making N. Fenner St., Middletown, R. I. Skip G E S S W E I N is presently navigator the most of the "mountain wonderland" of Good to hear from Chuck BLACKIN- in U S S CLEVELAND, which was commissioned that area. They have been there for about a TON. He is presently navigator in U S S in April of '67. By now Skip should be home year, and welcome anyone passing through.

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Their home is located 10 miles from Alta, Utah, which is "the greatest skiing area in the USA." Doug recently accepted a position with IBM as a marketing rep in the data processing division.

Dick MORGAN sent news of the Annapolis area. '61ers still there include Bob Farnan and Tom McNicholas (Naval Science); John Lecornu, Charlie Lyman, Bob Ross, Colin Kagel, and Dick (Exec Dept.) ; Herky Hardison (Weapons) ; and Ted Fenno (Supt.'s Aide). Charlie, Bob, John, Colin, and Ted are all leaving this summer, and there has been no word of any newcomers from our class. All are enjoying their tour, and most are spending their free time working on a Master's from GWU. Joe C A H I L L caught us up on his doings these past seven years. He and Kathy have a son Peter, age 3. They live at 369B Tullibee Ave., Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Conn. Joe is CommElecOff on Staff ComSubSqdn 8. He also sent us news of several other classmates.

Mark D I T T R I C H has been at the Air Force Academy since 1966. He and Kathy have two children, Kari and Karl.

Bob F I T C H is attached to the precommissioning unit of USS BERGALL as engineer.

Don C O U L L A H A N is comm off in USS PATRICK HENRY (Gold Crew), and still a bachelor; Tom E C K E R T is also aboard as "M" Div off. Don E R I C K S O N is weapons off with the precommissioning unit of U S S NARWHAL. Joe M U E L L E R is engineer in U S S SEAWOLF. Bob GLOVER and Larry M c E W E N are attached to Staff Sub School.

Your CS has just returned from what turned out to be a great Med cruise. Sandy joined me in March. Our heartiest thanks to Mike von RADESKY for taking over this article while we were gone. Keep sending info to the old address and it will be forwarded, as we are on our way to Oceana. I will report to VA-42 to fly the A-6 Intruder.

Stragglers' List on Data Cards: Farnan, Lecornu, Lyman, Ross, Kagel, Hardison, Dittrich, Holifield, Dvornick, Eckert, Esau, Freeland, Hill (Virg & Bob), Kennedy ( J W T , J P , & W W ) , Lowack, Moffett, McMahon ( I P & M J ) , Morris (CHO & Jake), Nemes, Pestorius, Perry (GB & Steve), Sniezek and Kavanaugh. . . . For shame!

Sec'y, Lt. Howard S. Pinskey, (SO USNR-R c/o Margolies-Unger Insurance Co. 800 Brooks Bldg., Scranton, Pa. 18503 Annapolis Corr., Lt. Donald M. King, USN Apt. B-5, Perry Circle, Annapolis, Md. 21402

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C l a r e n c e O . Tolbert

The class of ' 6 2 is proud to announce t h a t " S m o k e y " Tolbert is now a member of the f a m e d N a v y precision flying t e a m , the Blue Angels. H e joined the t e a m in Feb. as the 9 9 f h member in 2 2 years of p e r f o r m ance.

Smokey has been a pilot since 1964.

'62

ANNAPOLIS AREA Received an informative letter from Bill S L O W E K O W S K I , the highlights as follows: "Our family is presently at threeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Billy, Jr., 4, Jeffery 3, Rena 2. I resigned from the Air Force in April of 1966 and enrolled at Florida State University. We lived in Tallahassee for 18 months until I graduated with my M.S. in statistics. We then moved to Baltimore where we pres68

ently reside at 3200 Rueckert Ave. I am employed by the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Center in Annapolis. I have been accepted at George Washington University to work on a Doctor of Science degree in operations research, with 24 credit hours to go to complete my course requirement and then my dissertation.

"I was surprised to find Tom Epley living in the Annapolis area. He is working for Von Nostrand Book Company and he has taken the marital plunge.

"We are having a house built in Woodbridge Valley which is a suburb of Baltimore. We expect to be living there by September of this year and extend an invitation to all '62 grads to stop in to see us. Our new address will be 5 Sparrowhill Court."

At the April inspection of VF-126, Miramar Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif., Lt. Fenn Coffin BEASLEY was awarded his second Navy Commendation Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross by Capt. S. W. Vejtasa, ComFAirMiramar. A portion of the citation for the DFC follows:

USN, Executive Department, U S N A , Annapolis, Md. 21402.

If you will be able to attend the reunion, please forward a check for the appropriate amount to Lt. King at the above address, payable to "Lt. D. M. King, USN." In addition to the reunion and football game. Homecoming 1968 will include a class meeting to be held during the weekend and the formal dedication of the 15th Company Wardroom, which as you know is sponsored by our class.

In regard to the wardroom, several contributions have been received. Again I wish to mention it is requested that anyone presently having a command or anyone ordered to a command or anyone ordered to a command in the future, please forward to the Fifteenth Company Wardroom an appropriate plaque of your command with a plate inscribed with the following information for display in the wardroom area: e.g. "Lieutenant William T. DOOR, U. S. Navy, Commanding Officer, U S S SMITHSON ( L S T 1962), Class of 1962."

Sec'y, Mr. John L. Newton 1254 Decatur St. Camden, N. J. 0S104 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. W. B. Orgera, USN VT-1 NAS Saufley Field Pensacola, Fl. 32510

Fenn Coffin Beasley ' 6 2 was a w a r d e d his second N a v y C o m m e n d a t i o n M e d a l a n d the Distinguished Flying Cross a t the hands of C a p t . S. W . V e j t a s a , ComFAir, M i r a m a r .

"For heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight in combat against the enemy on 21 May 1967, while attached to and serving with Fighter Squadron NinetySix,

embarked

in

the

USS

ENTERPRISE

(CVA ( N ) 65). Lt. Beasley flying an F4B aircraft was the leader of a flak suppressor element on a coordinated strike against the strategically important and heavily defended Kep airfield in North Vietnam." He had been previously awarded 13 Air Medals, his first Navy Commendation Medal, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He flew approximately 230 missions while flying the Phantom with VF-96 from August 1965 through July 1967. Fenn is presently an instructor in VF-126. Fenn and Arleen have two children (Beth, 4>4; John, 1).

Homecoming 1968! Our sixth reunion following the Boston College football victory will once again be held in The Barn Restaurant located in Glen Burnie, Md. A buffet dinner will be served and a band will provide background music for listening and dancing.

Although drinks will be on a pay-as-youconsume basis, the dinner, band, tips, etc., will be a nominal $6.00 per person.

If you have not received a flyer concerning the details of the weekend, please forward your name and address to Lt. D. M. KING,

Reservations have been made for the class reunion party following the Homecoming game. Estimate $4.00 per person for roast beef buffet dinner. Open bar. Write Lt. Peter Browne, USNA, if you intend to be there.

A few lines came my way from Bo K E A R N S several months back. He had finished his second U N I T A S cruise, circumnavigating South America, as aide and flag lieutenant to Commander South Atlantic Force. On the cruise Bo ran into Bill DEV O T O who was an aide and communications officer in the Peruvian Navy and also Jim D E F R A N C I A who was working with the U. S. Military Group in Venezuela. Bo is now studying international business at a school near Phoenix, Ariz.

From Jim and Mary Jane NEWBERRY came an announcement of a new production, a baby girl, Nancy Ann, who premiered on 30 March.

I had a letter forwarded my way from Gary S H O L T Z who left the Academy youngster year. Gary is working as a computer programmer and lives at 1410 Rose, Lincoln Park, Mi. 48146.

Allan and Linda SMELLEY sent word from PG School in Monterey. They became parents of a son, Frederick Bret, born 10 Nov. 1967, a big boy weighing in at 9-15.

Allan was detached from U S S STRIBLING out of Mayport, Fla., in April '67 with orders for school; he is working towards a Master's degree in nuclear engineering. He and Linda visited with Cliff and Edna BARNEY and their two sons in San Diego while en route to Monterey. Cliff was stationed in USS YORKTOWN, flying S2F's with VS-25. Other classmates heard from or encountered by Allan and Linda were Ron CALHOUN who was in Vietnam on a tour of duty and according to his wife, Mary, was due for PG School some time this summer in ordnance engineering; Pete S O V E R E L in VN on a year's tour; Chuck and Patti FISHBURN, who were in the Monterey area; Chuck was due to head for eight weeks schooling in San Diego and then on to U S S AMERICA as the boiler oflScer. Also in the Monterey area was Mic MAYS, who was in the oceanography program. Mic and his wife had a son, Mic Jr., born in Jan. '68; formerly in that SHIPMATE

area were Hoot and Judy OiBSUiN, now in the D. C. area; the first '63er couple to arrive and complete a course at Monterey was Jack and Ann K E L L E Y ; heard from Tom and Connie A U L E N B A C H and new daughter, Tami Lynn, born Oct. '67; Tom was at MIT; also heard from was Keith R E Y N OLDS, who was X O of the minesweeper USS ENERGY out of Long Beach and whose wife, Sandy, gave birth to twins on 17 Dec. '67, Mary Laura and Brian Keith.

Albert K E Y left the Navy last June and married the former Alice Craig Murray of Pt. Clear, Ala., on 17 June '67. Al and Craig were living in Dallas, Tex. When last heard from, Denny and Cindy T O M L I N were stationed in Alaska; they are the proud parents of a girl born in '67. Allan and Linda would like to hear from Jim P A T T E R S O N . Anyone reporting to P G School is invited to contact Allan and Linda Smelley, 1135 Leahy Rd.; Jack and Ginger H O O D , 128 Brownell; and Dave and Cindy H O N H A R T , 107 Brownell, all in Monterey. Dave and Cindy had a son, Kurt Arthur, born Jan. '68. In I Jan. '67 a son, John, Jr., was born to Jack and Ginger Hood. Other known classmates spotted at parties and other social functions were: Jerry and Barbara Prather, John and Jean Aucella, Tom and Jackie Sheridan, Bernie and Betty Patterson, Pat and Jane Enright, Denny and Penny Jones, Bob and Lynne Otis, Herb and Carol Swineburn, Bob and Sharon Forrester, Jack and Gail Donegan. Bill and Nan Marshall, Dick and Bobbie Lennox, Charles and Donna Helsper, Snuffy and Jean Robinson, Wink and Sandy Wilkinson, Meredith and Diane Musick, Bob and Ann Little, John and Kirsten Alfond, Jeff and Mari Sue Niss, Lou and Joarme Simpleman, Larry Astor and Watt Miles who's at DLI.

President, L t . Thomas J . Swartz, USN USS KAMEHAMEHA SSBN-i42 Gold, FPO San Francisco, Ca. 96601

As you know we all lost both a fine naval officer and an outstanding class secretary when Jim R O B E R T S went down with his plane. I have just received this tragic news and I am about to depart on a two-month Polaris Patrol. This unhappy situation will cause the June Newsletter to be late and possibly one or two blank columns in Shipmafe until I return.

Until such time that we can select a new class secretary, please mail your correspondence to me. If there is anyone who would like' to try to fill the shoes Jim left behind or anyone who would lend me a hand until we elect a new class secretary, please write to me.

Being in Guam, I am not full of class news, but I do have a little: There will be a class reunion picnic (luau) for those of us who will be in the Hawaiian area on Saturday, 31 August, at Keehi Lagoon picnic areas 1 and 2. Food, beer, soda and beach will be the main attractions. Tony TAYLOR is making most of the arrangements and can be reached at Navy ext.

27114 and 29201, or at home, 28127. We would like to get an idea of the number to expect. All guests and kids are invited. The cost will be announced, but should be small.

John GORMAN is in KAMEHAMEHA gold with me and is also getting ready to say goodbye to the outside for a while. John ALICH, who just returned in the GRANT, and Roger GRANERE, who is stationed on Guam, are two people out here we will leave behind.

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Please give me a chance to pick up the pieces left by Jim's death and bear with a few short or blank columns. Remember that Shipmate is mailed to arrive by 15 July for the September-October issue, so I must mail your info by the Sth of the month.

From then on the deadline is the 10th of the month for the next eight issues, with the deadline 10 September for the November issue—so please send info well before the tenth in order that it arrives at Alumni House by that date.

The following letter, partially quoted, was received in the Shipmate office from your class president, concerning Jim Roberts: ". . . Almost anything I can say would surely be an understatement of Jim's abilities.

While at the Academy he was one of the leading students, just missing a Rhodes Scholarship on two occasions. He was an excellent sportsman, enjoyed boxing at the Academy and everything else from tennis to skiing after graduation. He even ran in the Boston Marathon once. Jim proved himself a hero in his fighter during the present war, as many of our classmates have. H e died in training to go back to the conflict, due to a catapault failure. He managed to push the eject button, thus saving the life of his navigator but too late to save his own.

"Jim's performance as secretary was outstanding. Every member of the class respected him for the hard work and time that he put in doing his job. I could go on for pages stating reasons why Jim was a great secretary and a great man but as is the case of all great men, words are unnecessary. . . "

Sec'y, L t . Richard P. Genet, USN USS BLUE (DD-744) FPO San Francisco 96601

From the Swift locker at Qui Nhon, Rick B R U S H checks in with the report that Dave N E I L has shifted his headquarters from Cat Lo to Qui Nhon. With Dave joining the ranks there the '65er count is up to six—a most formidable concentration. Rick promises us a picture if he can get all the boys home from the office at the same time.

Just missed a chance meeting with Swifty John CHUBB while we were operating in the vicinity of Vung Tau. John is reported to be doing well and enjoying his tour in Swifts.

Steve CHUBB, who is an ex-Blue Maru sailor, is winding up his in-country tour and has orders to U S S CURRENT as exec. Steve has about 14 weeks of extensive diving training before reporting aboard.

Arnie M c K E C H N I E is the supply officer in U S S PARICUTIN and spends most of his

time on station in the Tonkin Gulf rearming carriers and destroyers. Recently during a replenishment Arnie talked to Claude L U M P K I N who is the gunnery officer in U S S HULL. Arnie ran into Dan H I L L in Subic Bay. Dan is flying A4's from ENTERPRISE and chalking up quite a record for himself. Also in Subic, Terry B U B U A S H is in U S S

CANBERRA and

expects

orders

shortly.

Received a postcard from Ceylon from Pete R O B I N S O N and Joan F O A R D who are both aboard U S S MILLS. The MILLS is

just completing a chilly nine-month deployment as a part of operation Deepfreeze. Saving the best for last, the MILLS is making a number of good R and R ports on her way home. John would like to hear from Ron CLAUSSEN. Frank M I X N E R writes that he is deployed to the Med with HS-9 aboard U S S ESSEX. Also flying with HS-9 are John RICCIO, Phil BARR, Pat MILLIGAN and

Mike D U D I N E . Frank would like to hear from Jim J E N K I N S and Dave S C H E S LINGER. (Frank, Jim was in Class 21 at DesTech

and has reported to U S S

AULT

homeported in Mayport, Fla., to relieve as weapons officer.)

Aside from the Swifties and junk force advisers we have a number of classmates serving in-country as naval gunfire liaison officers. Roger S H E R M A N writes that he has almost completed an interesting tour with the Korean Marines (Blue Dragons) as an NGLO. Rog will be married on 6 July and has extended an invitation to classmates in the area: St. James Church, 415 Vincent Street, Redondo Beach, Calif., 10:30. The reception will immediately follow the ceremony.

Jette B R O W N E is also a liaison officer and is working with the 101st Airborne. Ed A L E X A N D E R provides liaison between Korean units, South Vietnamese units and gun fire support ships in the Second Corps area. Andy F A H Y and Whin S T E V E N S are liaison officers with the Marines; Andy with the 3rd Marine Division and Whin with the 5th.

John M I T C H E L L and I exchanged lights yesterday when U S S FLETCHER arrived on station. John reported to the Pearl Harbor homeported destroyer in January from Destroyer School and just recently deployed to WestPac. John is FLETCHER'S chief engineer.

Mail service on station has been a little slow. If you just sent a letter in and don't see it, it will undoubtedly make the next issue.

That's the scoop for the month. A number of us have had a change of permanent duty station recently. Drop the sec a line and I'll let the world know where you're now hanging your hat.

Sec'y, Lt.(ig) Robert G. Johnson, J r . , USN Public Affairs Office Los Angeles U. S. Naval Station Bldg. No. 1 Lonj Beach, Ca. 90801

I would lik<£! tj publish two letters which were forwarded to me after last month's deadline, concerning the death of our classmate, Thomas J. BOYLE, on 8 March: From Mrs. Shirlee Fahrney, Box 305, Lemoncove, Calif.: "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Boyle, I live in Lemoncove, and was one of the people here who witnessed your son's unfortunate death. I was out on the side of the hill looking for my cat who had hidden her kittens and so I had my binoculars with me. Your son, Thomas Boyle, Jr., had every chance to eject in time, but instead he was concerned with our tiny town's safety and rode his plane down. To us here he is a hero and will always be. I've written to the President of the United States of his heroic deed and untimely death. Please accept our sympathy and our regret. This is just a quiet, green valley, and maybe it brought a little closer to home for some of us that with young men like Lt. Boyle, we should feel proud indeed. Again, our deepest sympathy."

A second letter: "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Boyle, I am writing to let you know that you are in the thoughts and prayers of our entire town in this time of sorrow over the loss of your son. Last Friday, when his plane crashed less than a mile from our little town, it is the feeling of many of us that he deliberately stayed with the plane and gave up his own life in order to prevent the plane from crashing into our town. Although our town is very small, the plane apparently was headed directly for it, just as the children were returning from school, and there could easily have been considerable loss of life here except for the skill and bravery of your 69

son. Truly his courage and self-sacrifice leaves an example for all of us to follow in a day when unselfish devotion of this sort is all too rare. Please accept our heartfelt sympathy during these days. I hope that it may be of some comfort to you to know that your son died a hero. Lemoncove will never forget Lt. Thomas Boyle and what he did for all of us. Gratefully, Paul W. Hoffman, Pastor窶認irst Presbyterian Church, Lemoncove, Calif."

Bill OGDEN writes that he was married to the former Miss Julie MacDonald of Severna Park, Md., last May. Bill was CIC officer in U S S LAFFEY, a destroyer out of Norfolk. Also in the LAFFEY are Jim P O W ELL, taking over for Bill as CIC officer shortly, and Gary KIEMP. Bill will be going to Hawaii aboard U S S COCHRANE (DDG21) as CIC officer.

A letter was received from Bruce DUDLEY,

MPA

in the U S S

HOPEWELL ( D D -

681) out of San Diego. Duds expects orders to DesTech in September. He ran into Dick Miller, Denny Doyle, Dave Richardson and Hugh Taylor who are all in San Diego.

Hugh has orders to swifts and just completed survival school. The boys got him ready for that week at the O Club. While in Yoko, Bruce saw Dan Finn, Jim Wade, and Danny (one-card draw) McCague. Steve K E E F E is also in Yoko in the PRATT. When in Subic Duds saw Phil N O R T O N and Charlie P F E I F E R , and heard that Randy HARDY was still in town (Olongapo) from a friend at the "Willows."

Larry and Charlotte GIDDINGS are headed to a V A W in Norfolk.

The 29th Company is well represented in San Diego. Tom and Connie M I N T U N are in San Diego where Tom is in a V P squadron. Skip E S T Y should be there now, coming from Corpus Christi. Jerry BUNCH just completed the RAG for VS-33, and up the road a short distance, John (the cycle) R O C K W E L L is going through the RAG for F-8's. Incidentally, John and his wife Genie are proud parents of a little girl, Irene.

Dick BADGER is in a P-3 Squadron out of Moffett Field. Tom M I N T U N went through escape and evasion school with Pat BUCKLEY recently. Bob N U T W E L L was just getting ready to start before going to Lemoore with the A-7 RAG. Pat is headed for an F-8 RAG. Harry S H A R P is in San Diego with V P ' s while Harry (augie dog) T H A E T E is just starting with the VA RAG. Buddy W I E R is due to arrive in California with a VO squadron. Ray GADBERRY reported in April and is headed for a VQ squadron in Japan. Steve and Pam BERG are in San Diego for the next few years while Steve is with VC-3 squadron.

My thanks to Tom and Connie for the aviation information. Incidentally, they were married last December with Buddy Wier, K. C. Smith, and Roger White as ushers.

On the Marine Corps side of the class, Mike C H A M B E R S writes from Vietnam, where he is winding up his tour. Mike will be going to the F M F Pac Staff in Hawaii.

Mike ran into Joe T A U S S I G in Da Nang, and Stan H O L M E S and Ron H A R T N E T T in one of the local pubs. Mike's wife Sandy and Mike I I I will be joining him from the east coast. Carl F U L F O R D received two Purple Hearts during action in Vietnam but was last heard to be recovering fine. He is due to return to the states soon.

Well, that's about all for this time. Thanks for the help and be sure to keep the letters coming. Articles for the Sept.-Oct. issue should reach me by 10 July.

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Sec'y, 2 L t . Edward H. M i l l s , USMC Basic NAO School, Naval Air Station Pensacola, F l . 32508

Two of our classmates were killed in Vietnam since the author wrote the last column.

Alan A. K E T T N E R was apparently captured by the Viet Cong with his platoon and later tortured and murdered. Robert E. T U T T L E stepped on a VC landmine.

At writing time the Paris convention has just started; the author sincerely hopes that these Marines are not sold at the bargaining table and their efforts reduced to the worth of the leaves floating down the Rhine.

Your secretary and his wife have really enjoyed this month in "Sunny Florida." Most of our classmates are still in this part of CONUS. John LAY is in VT-1 at Saufley, Dave M A T E R N A and Andy SLOAN are working on their boat, Mike BOLIER is back from Meridian for carrier quals. Chuck A R M E N T R O U T came to Pensacola from the carrier

INDEPENDENCE and is now in

BNAO school.

John BARBER and I went to Les CHRISTIAN'S wedding on 30 March in Foley, Ala. Carl DOBSON was the best man and Pete W I L S O N , "J. T." H A R T , and Dutch H E I N E M I E R were in the wedding party.

Bill NELSON wrote from Munich, Germany, where he is the XO of Charlie Battery.

He and Pat are really enjoying their life in the Army.

From the Air Force: Jim BOST and Chris D A N I E L S graduated from the navigator school at Mather AFB, California, fairly high in their class of 50, so the school knows that the men from U S N A were there. Both Jim and Chris went to Otis A F B on Cape Code in May for qualification in EC-13rs and both will eventually go to Korat, Thailand, for a year.

A letter was received from a classmate who left U S N A in March 1964. Michael HAN ST left in favor of the University of South Florida in Tampa, and then entered Emery University School of Dentistry in September 1965, where he is looking forward to graduating in June 1969 with a D.D.S. He was commissioned an ensign, USNR, in the Dental Corps and will go on active duty in the summer of '69 as a lieutenant. He would like to hear from Jon McCOMAS and any alumni who are going to Atlanta at 1315 Ponce de Leon Ave., N.E., Atlanta, 30306; tel. 378-2527.

Two of the letters in my mail box this month were from mothers of classmates.

Steve DELESIE's mother told me that Steve married Cindy Calkins in Oceanside, Calif., on 24 Feb. Tim M E E H A N was the best man with Tim's wife serving as matron of honor. Tim has just finished Nuclear Power School. Steve went ashore in a liferaft after his DD, the BACHE, went aground and broke up in strong winds and high seas off Rhodes, Greece. He was really glad to be met on shore by the Greek people with warm clothes and brandy. Steve is now in missile school at Mare Island and will go to Newport after he graduates.

John W I L L I A M S O N arrived in Vietnam on 27 Jan. and in Khe Sanh on 28 Jan. He says that he is seeing how it feels to be in the impact area and would like to hear from anyone in the Fourth Company.

Paul K A N I V E was in the GURKE in Vietnam but entered flight prep and BNAO school on 19 June. Chuck and Penny MILLER are in Key West where Chuck

is qualifying in the TRUTTA. Jay Sandler and Dick Deuter, Karl Volland, Bob Morehead, Jay Fontaine, Rusty Dewar, Ken Roberts, Bill McCracken, Fred Conroy, Ned Laskowski. Bob Friel, Bill Haggerson, and Pete Wilson have completed BNAO school. Jay Sandler and Dick Deuter are flying A-6's at Whidbey Island and Karl Volland is flying backseat in F-4's at N A S Miramar.

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Joe Eddy T R U J I L L O is in the HOEL. During the holiday season Joe married Betty 1 Ann Bledsoe in California. Betty and the ! author were in the same elementary school class of about 40 in New York.

Julio G I A N N O T T I had his scholarship to M I T revoked by a Peruvian economy drive, so he is now CIC officer in a Peruvian DD. He is tied up in San Diego for 5 or 6 months.

From Jack D I E S I N G I learned that Pete LONG is DCA in the BUCKLEY, John P E P P E R is the M P A in the PICKING. Jack is M P A in the H U L L in Vietnam. He has

done away with his flat top and is now wearing his hair long; he says "hello" to Tagrow II! Mike R O T H is in Switzerland.

Gary B A S T I A N was finally commissioned on 6 Sept. He went to CIC and Anti-Submarine Air Control School in Glynco and is now in the HORNET with hopes of getting into the flight program next spring. He ran into several of our classmates in San Diego: Pete LEON is in CIC School, Mike ROB- ' E R T S O N is gunnery officer in the BAUSELL. Gif M U N G E R is gunnery officer in the MACKENZIE and is about to change homeports from Long Beach to Yokosuka. His wife Cathy plans to shift homeports with him * if he can take her dog. || Bill BURNS has been on Market Time Operations in the GALLUP since last August.

He has both the weapons and supply departments and has been standing OOD watches since the day he reported aboard. He is operating out of Da Nang searching junk traffic and firing occasional H and I missions. Bill G A U T I E R got to Nam in February in the CROCKETT as her weapons officer. Bill S O R E N S O N is "loving" his duty in the > PERSISTENT which is also participating in Market Time. H e still hopes to get into UDT. Dalton ELLIS is a rifle platoon commander in L Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines at Camp Lejeune. H e left for a Carib cruise in the middle of March and has been working pretty hard at Gitmo and Vieques with some liberty in Jamaica and San Juan. Ron P R U I E T T is also a platoon commander in L Co. and Chris WARD is in the GRAHAM COUNTY on which they are

embarked.

Rich F O U L K E S sent notice that I had listed him as an aviator when he is in fact a cannon-cocker; my apologies. Rich. At the Army Artillery School with Rich are Mike CATHEY, Mike S H I E L D S , George SAMARAS, Bill S H E A H A N , and Dave VETTER. Cliff B R A M S T A D T had just left Fort Sill for Vietnam when Rich wrote late in April.

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Some word from our classmates who went to Nuclear Power School at Mare Island finally came across the author's desk this month. Pete T Z O M E S wrote from West Milton where he and Ed BLACKWOOD, Ray F O R T N E Y , Roger P A R A D I S , Jack BRERETON and Bob W A T E R S went for prototype. Mike S H E R E R , Barry W I L L I S , Pete SMULLEN, and Kurt T R A U T M A N are at the prototype in Idaho; Danny WONG is at the prototype in Connecticut.

Rick DAVIS is g^unnery officer in the MEREDITH. H e said that contrary to what he heard at Canoe U. for four years, cans are OK. Rick ran into Tom S C H O D O W SKI and Sid H A R R E L L in Barcelona last fall. Tom is 1st Lt. in the JONAS INGRAM and Sid is comm officer in the TATTNALL.

Rick was planning a wedding on 1 June at USNA Chapel.

A "short line" was received from Al LAWVER who graduated from Monterey on 27 March. Following is a list of those who graduated with A l : Aero Space: Pete Phelps, Mike Smith, Tom ICnudsen, John Sullivan, Terry Wendt, Garth Van Sickle, Dave Nielsen, Bill Hickman, Jerry Jacobs, and Joe Kieffer. All of the above are at Pensacola except John Kieffer who is at Quantico. Math: (reporting to ships) Tom Leiser, John Lasswell, Fred Wilkersen, Tom Burton; (reporting to Nuclear Power School)

Bill Hamilton, Ron Bliss, Al Lawver, Jim Potts, Tim Moore, Bernie Simonsen, Clint Wright, Paul Ward, Jim Seelinger, and Russ Tadych. Bill Hickman, Dave Neilsen, and Bill Hamilton all graduated with distinction.

Greg D R E Y E R has finished sub school and is on his way to PG School as part of the Burke Program.

News was received of the marriages of more classmates: Cal Huey, Greg Dreyer, Jim Potts, John Keiffer, Tim Moore, and Bill Hickman.

Garth V A N SICKLE and Terry W E N D T are fathers; Mike and Mary Ellen GLYNN and Rick and Sharon OLSON both had daughters in March; Bill P E T E R S is the father of a pair of twins.

There are only seven bachelors left in the 35th Company; that must be some kind of a record.

Thanks for all the news this month, please keep it coming.

Sec'y, Ens. R. Mitchell Brown, I I I , Naval Science Department, USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

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By the time this issue is published, another class of midshipmen will have graduated from the Naval Academy to join their predecessors in the naval service.

Approximately 840 strong, the class of 1968 has been a transition class from the very beginning. Our class is the last to undergo a plebe year on the old system, switching over to the new "squad leader" concept that spring. We are the first under the increased five-year obligation. Also we are the first class to earn regular minors and majors beyond the basic curriculum. The longsmouldering academic revolution caught fire during our tenure and not a few classmates have been consumed in the flames of change.

But this is all past history, since S June marked our greatest transition, that from midshipman to officer. Graduation is a time for jubilation and the sun seems to have come out to stay. It is also a time for reflection and thought, especially for those of us who are soon, or will be, married. Amid the bright hopes we will have to take stock of ourselves. But above all, we are ready and eager for this big step.

I'll be attached to the Academy this summer and I urge you, or your wives, to write me in order that the class may keep in touch through Shipmate. It is time to get the class rolling as alumni; the preliminary work is done, go get 'em '68!

My address is above—16 Sept. I start flight class in Pensacola.

Please write!

HOMECOMING 1 9 6 8 27-29 SEPTEMBER ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS ALBUQUERQUE The Kirtland A F B Officers' Open Mess was the 28 April setting for a Sunday brunch at which an outstanding talk was presented

by Maj. Jerry T. Bowlin, USMC, recently returned from Vietnam. Major Bowlin served as District Advisor with MACV in Quang Tri Province for over a year. His talk was punctuated with excellent slides, some of which were taken during battle encounters with the Viet Cong. Major Bowlin is currently assigned to the N R O T C unit at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Including wives and other guests, over 40 people were present for a pleasant get-together. Among those attending were: Pierson E. Conradt '22, Christopher J. Fitzgerald '22, T. J. Raftery '22, Charles Y. Latimer '23, Cecil R. Bryant '24, Oscar E. Hagberg '31, James M. O'Toole '31, Wilham C. Bowers '35, John J. Dougherty '46, Robert A. McClelland '46, William E. Blythe '47, Marvin M. McKinley '48, Joe Calhoun '50, Charles F . Kyger '50, Carr C. Whitener '51, James N. Hicks '54, Edmond J. Uzdavines '54, et al.

Plans are underway to arrange a dinner party to which West Point associates will be invited. A prominent speaker is planned for this event.

BAlimORE Maj. Robert J. Modrzejewski, USMC, was guest speaker at the 21 May chapter meeting held at Bernie Lee's Penn Hotel, Towson.

Major Modrzejewski was recently awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, and is a veteran of the Vietnam war. H e is the comJ U L Y - A U G U S T ,

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BOSTON RAdm. Edward A. Rodgers, U S N (Ret.) '40, superintendent of the Maine Maritime Academy at Castine, Me., talked on the subject "The Role of the Maine Maritime Academy and its Contribution to Sea Power" at the 21 May luncheon meeting. Capt. Thomas H. Suddath '38, president, presided during the meeting held at the Officers' Club, Charlestown Naval Shipyard.

Adm. Rodgers spent his early years in U S S LEXINGTON and served in patrol squadrons in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He received a Master's degree in aeronautical engineering, commanded VP-861, and commanded the ROTC unit at Harvard University.

Officers for the new year were elected at the meeting: president (re-elected), Captain Suddath; vice president, Capt. George L. Street, I I I , U S N (Ret.) '37; treasurer, RAdm. Monroe B. Duffill, U S N (Ret.) '27; secretary, G. Gilbert Tallau '56. National trustee is Walter J. Toner, Jr. '43 (one year) and local trustee, Capt. Stuart C. Jones, U S N '41 (to 1971).

CHARLESION Capt. R. J. Selman, U S N , Sixth Naval District legal officer, was the principal speaker 16 May at the monthly meeting of the Charleston, S. C , chapter, U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Assn.

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The meeting was the last of the current year, with the next meeting scheduled in September.

Capt. W . H. Sandeford, chapter president, presided at the session, which was held at the Charleston Naval Base Officers' Club.

CORONADO One of the largest groups ever assembled turned out for the April meeting of the chapter to hear three distinguished officers, Lt. Gen. John W . "Iron Mike" O'Daniel, U S A (Ret.), VAdm. Paul Ramsey, U S N (Ret.), and VAdm. Fitzhugh Lee, U S N (Ret).

Gen. O'Daniel, in the mold of the Marine Corps' celebrated "Chesty" Puller, gave listeners full benefit of his military and political experience in Vietnam, where he served as the initial Chief of MAAG. A self-styled "Super Hawk," Gen. O'Daniel recited a long litany of grievances regarding U. S. conduct of the war in Vietnam. In his opinion nothing short of a complete military victory would achieve our ends there, if not everywhere we encountered communism.

Adm. Ramsey obliged the audience with a most comprehensive report of the Secretary of the Navy's recent symposium for retired senior officers. He spiced his talk with intimate scoops which all hands relished.

Adm. Lee gave an impromptu but learned discourse on the subject of international law relative to international waters and territorial rights. This was appreciated, in view of the wake of the PUEBLO incident.

Among the distinguished alumni and guests, some 80, attending were Gillespie '12, Hurst '24, Jeter '19, Newton '30, Erskine '18, Chase '23, Gray '10, Ekstrom '24, Kinert '30, Callahan '26, Comstock '17, Burden '30, Stelter '26, Pray '33, Swain '14, Abbett '17, Isgrig '20, Long '25, Ward '23, Murphy '22, J. F. Chapman '23, Connelley '23, Acuff '21, R. W. Clark '39, Miller '21, Kiland '17, McCauley '36, W. A. Walker '40, Grassie '16, Nash '35, Talbert '20, Burroughs '24, Callahan '38, Briggs '25, Weiler '20, Peterson '23, Robbins '34, Abernethy '21, Woods '23, Ramsey '27, Hall '31, Kable '40, Moring '31, Leeman '34, Monroe '33, West '25, Binford '20, Baughman '07, Upham '34, Rogers '17, Sprague '18, Sloat '30, F. Lee '26, Cooper '27, Becht '34, Fick '20, Milo Williams '22, Bemis '39, Bowser '32, Zimanski '38, Huffman '22, Kercheval '38, Tillson '20, Bottomley '37, Cole '36, W . Armstrong '64, Freeman '35, Bain '20, Tiemroth '24, Christoph '20, M. A. Malloy '56, Rogers '38, Sabin '21, Hedding '24, Sanders '23, Robbins '34.

And guests: Lt. Gen. Schaefer, Col. Fish, USA ( R e t ) , RAdm. McDowell, U S N (Ret.), Lt. Gen. O'Daniel, U S A (Ret.).

Savvy Huffman took the occasion to exchange felicitations between the chapter and its favorite alumnus, Adm. Richard Harri-

son Jackson, U S N (Ret.) '87, on the occasion of his 102nd birthday, celebrated on 10 May. The group was happy to hear that Admiral Jackson was "real chipper."

MIAMI Members of the Miami branch were invited to attend the Navy League installation dinner-dance at the Coral Gables Country Club on 11 May. Dancing followed.

Honored guest was RAdm. Frederick Brush, U S N , Commander of Key West Naval Forces. Guests sat together at a special Naval Academy alumni table.

Among those attending the February meeting, also held at the Coral Gables Club, were Cdr. Hugh White '13, Capt. E. G. Oberlin '05, Capt. M. E. Crist '20, Cdr. Vincent Gallagher '22, Oliver Alford '22, LCdr. Walter Ginn '23, Cdr. "Turk" Powell '27, RAdm. Richard Peer '33, and Capt. Ben Thorn.

At the March meeting, held at Walter Ginn's Real Estate patio, were those mentioned above; also RAdm. A. Warburton '24, Capt. R. O. Minter '24, Capt. Al Kramer '25, VAdm. Albert Fay '28, LCdr. Bruce Scott '32 and Ted Cohen. The latter is running for County Commissioner, District 5, with Dave Fitzgerald his campaign manager.

NEWPORT State Senator Walter J. Miska of Portsmouth, R. I., spoke on "Your Dollar and Political Responsibility" at the 26 March meeting held at the Officers' Club, Nayal Base. The main theme of the presentation involved the proposed state income tax revision.

Attending were C. O. Cook '31, Capt. R. E. Baker, E. L. Beach '39, G. S. Bogart, G. W .

Bowdey '07, T. A. Brown '35, J. P . Carney '21, Capt. C. O. Castle, Capt. M. M. Cloukey, R. Dees '17, H. K. Hewitt '07, S. H . Ingersoll '21, R. H. Maynard '30, M. Johnston '39, Col. R. S. Mangini, D. W. Olney '30, J. W .

Rankin '08, Col. M. C. Shattuck, P. Staley '33, L. R. Taylor '35, Capt. F. E. Waterbury, C. M. Winslow '24, and W. M. Foster, '30.

NEW YORK On 16 April the Naval Academy Association of New York, Inc., held its monthly luncheon at the N.Y.U. Club. The guest speaker was William C. Gabrielsen '59, manager of Sandvik Steel Company's Motavator Division. His talk, which dealt with the Naval Academy and how he felt it equipped him for the future, was entertaining, informative and well received.

The chapter held its annual spring reception on 1 May in the Louis X V I Room at the Waldorf Astoria, in honor of RAdm. Francis Foley, U S N , Commandant Third Naval District, and Mrs. Foley. Some 150

members, their ladies and friends had a wonderful time in the gracious atrnosphere making new and renewing old acquaintances.

Any U S N A Alumnus in the New York metropolitan area (50-mile radius of Columbus Circle) who would like to become a member of the chapter please call Howard V. Berkowitz '59, secretary, at 201-653-5349 for information.

PHILADELPHIA The annual business dinner meeting was held on 21 May at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, Naval Base. Officers serving for the following year a r e : president, James V. Healy '54; president elect, Michael J. Belensky '46; 1st vice president, Joseph C. Snyder '30; 2nd vice president, Arthur J. Fleming, Jr. '24; treasurer, Francis J. Brennan, Jr. '61; secretary, Richard J. Chuday '54; national trustee, Thomas M. Dell, Jr. '21; and alternate national trustee, Ralph A. Sentman '25. Directors to serve for a period of two years are Harry W . Pierce '22, Paul H. Wiedorn '22, James D. Lazell '24, George R. Reinhart '38, James M. Dunford '39, William C. Marble '46 and Bernard R. Kompa '57.

WASHINGTON The April meeting of the Washington chapter was held at the Army-Navy Club on the 17th, with 81 members attending.

Presiding during the business session was VAdm. John Sylvester, president. Adm. Alexander Sharp '06 was the senior member present and a youngster from the class of '52, the junior. The class of '26 once again proved its capability of bringing out more classmates than anyone else.

Adm. Charles D. Griffin, recently retired from the job of Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, gave a magnificent dissertation on the command structure of this Mediterranean Command and then an enlightened discussion on the politics involved. As he stated, the job was 80 per cent political and only 20 per cent military, and this is a result of the mixing of nations bordering the Mediterranean into the NATO Command. Some of these nations, from time immemorial, have been antagonistic and, therefore, the continuing cooperation of these nations in the N A T O Command is a refreshing reward for the many years of work that have gone into this endeavor.

New officers were elected for the 1968-69 season. They a r e : president, George Anderson '27; first vice president, Ray Hunter '31; second vice president, Jack Greenslade '26; secretary, Rod Badger '35; treasurer, Al Mathers '31, and trustee, Ray Hunter.

Council members are R. A. Lavender '12, F. S. Withington '23, Josephus Briggs '23, Dwight Agnew '26, and John Sylvester.

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