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PURPOSE OF THE U.S.N.A. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Your Alumni Association exists for the purpose of serving and supporting the United States, the Naval Service and the United States Naval Academy. In the broadest of terms the Association seeks to accomplish its mission by furthering the highest standards of the Naval Academy, by assisting In what ways It can the continuation of a professional officer corps second to none, and by sponsoring such activities and programs as will perpetuate the history and traditions of the Naval Academy and promote the esprit de corps of its alumni.

The foregoing elements of the Association's mission ore tangible and their effective accomplishment Is not realized without the spending of money. Administrative expenses, the maintenance of records, the printing and distribution of the Association's publications, and other logistic costs, ore met for the most port by the judicious use of membership dues. In an Indirect way disbursements such as these contribute to the achievement of the Association's aims. However, membership dues alone are Incapable of providing any significant furtherance of plans, programs and projects which the Association hopes to undertake for the benefit of the Naval Academy in an ever Increasing degree.

The Naval Academy's primary financial support Is provided by the Congress In the form of appropriations. Ostensibly these moneys ore sufficient to meet the actual cost of operation and such expansion OS may be found necessary. However, it is well known by all who hove worked on the preparation of on annual budget for any command, instollalion or bureau that many on Item sincerely believed to be essential has been curtailed or eliminated as the program advanced up the ladder and competition for the available dollars increased. The Naval Academy's proposed budgets hove felt the knife along with all the others and the Academy has done without items which we as alumni could not help but agree ore essential.

The Naval Academy Alumni Association has made substantial monetary contributions In support of programs and projects at the Academy. With the wholehearted support of its membership achievement of the tangible aims of the Association will become more and more a reality. You, as on alumnus, are asked to help. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has ruled that this Association Is "organized and operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes" and hence contributions ore tax deductible.

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Assistant to the Executive Director RICHARD A. TEEL, '36 Copt. USN (Ret.)

Administrative Assistant BARBARA B. FAIRLAMB

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Mr. Baldwin, Rear Admiral Calvert, Superintendent and Midshipman Captain Currer, Brigade Commander, following the Parade.

HOMECOMING 1 9 6 9 T T was no surprise that HOMECOMING 1969 was the biggest and best ever. It's always that way. With past experience to go on, the operation becomes smoother and each year more and more alumni learn of what they have missed in the past; class reunions become larger and the chances of bumping into old shipmates, not seen for years, are many times multiplied.

The Brigade Full Dress Parade on Worden Field was as stirring and colorful as ever, the reception in Dahlgren Hall was larger, perhaps as many as 4,000 partaking of the readily accessible and free-flowing refreshments, and the logistic marvel performed in the messhall outdid its predecessors if such is possible.

For the first time since its inception the Alumni Assembly on Saturday morning attracted alumni and their guests to the point that latecomers found standing room only in the 800-seat Brigade Assembly Hall. And they were not disappointed in what they heard. Rear Admiral Calvert, the Superintendent, Mr. Baldwin, Alumni Association President, General Chapman, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Admiral Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations, spoke spontaneously and for the most part with no apparent reference to prepared addresses. Regretfully, approved transcripts of these talks were not available at the time Shipmate went to press.

The "Question and Answer Handout," however, was distributed to all who attended and for those who were not there it is herewith presented in the following pages.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ' T ' H E following questions have been posed -»• by some of our Alumni for discussion at this assembly. In the interest of saving time, these questions, together with answers, have been prepared as a handout.

Other questions received alter the cutoff will be answered in a forthcoming issue of Shipmate. Opinions expressed are entirely the views of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Navy Department.

1. W o u l d the N a v a l Academy authorities a g r e e t h a t t h e e r a of t h e " g e n e r a l i s t " has ended? If so, w h a t a r e t h e y d o i n g t o p r e pare m i d s h i p m e n t o seek a n d q u a l i f y f o r a sub-specialty?

C. O. TRIEBEL '29

With continuing emphasis on postgraduate education and the utilization of both primary and secondary specialization codes in detailing officers, it would seem that the specialist is indeed coming more and more into his own. Sophisticated hardware and complex operations simply demand that officers who have both specialized knowledge and experience to be assigned to do the job.

While the curriculum at the Naval Academy is primarily geared to give the graduate a broad, liberal education and a solid practical and professional background essential for proper performance of duty during his first few years of service, the majors program does permit each midshipman the opportunity to study in depth a particular area or discipline which interests him. A major in aerospace engineering or oceanography or analytical management, for example, does provide him with the educational background to pursue these areas at the graduate level, and does provide him with the basic tools for sub-specialization. Whether or not this will actually lead to a designated sub-specialty is a matter of the individual's continuing interest, his postgraduate education, his duty assignments, and of course, the needs of the Navy.

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Office of the Academic Dean 2. A r e midshipmen still r e q u i r e d t o a t tend chapel or o t h e r religious services? If so, does this seem w i s e in light of S u p r e m e Court decisions affecting p r a y e r in public schools?

TOM HESLOP '63

The Naval Academy Regulations, which are rules designed to further the mission and goals of the Naval Academy, provide that midshipmen will attend chapel or religious services on a regular basis either at the church or synagogue of their choice or at the Naval Academy Chapel. Exceptions have been made and will be made for any midshipmen who requests to be excused from their requirement on grounds that attendance at chapel or religious services is contrary to his convictions. However, he will be expected to spend the time in his room reading on the subjects of morals and ethics.

The Naval Academy has a mission to develop the moral qualities of the midshipmen and the required church attendance is considered to be part of the overall moral training. Is there anyone who would seriously question the relationship of good moral training and leadership potential ? .

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The U. S. Supreme Court in its decisions on the religious clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution does not question this relationship.

In the Bible reading case. Justice Brennan said, ". . . not every involvement of religion in public life violates the Establishment Clause. Our decision in these cases does not clearly forecast anything about the constitutionality of other types of interdependence between religious and other public institutions." Justice Goldberg, in the same case, said ". . . today's decision does not mean that all incidents of government which import of the religious are therefore and without more banned by the strictness of the Establishment Clause."

To state that the chapel and religious services program at the Academy is not wise because of the U. S. Supreme Court decisions is to render to the Supreme Court an interpretation of its decisions which the court itself did not intend.

The important point is that the Academy's religious program fosters an atmosphere and provides instruction which together help develop the moral strength and integrity of the future officer. The program allows a midshipman to continue his growth in the faith in which he was reared, and it leads him to understand the responsibility of an officer who will command men of many faiths.

The religious program at the Naval Academy does not force a midshipman to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion.

CDR. C. E . WAITE, JAGC

Staff Judge Advocate 3 . W h a t steps h a v e b e e n or a r e being t a k e n to recruit highly qualified c a r e e r officers? This question is a s k e d since inform a t i o n is being circulated t h a t it is g e t t i n g m o r e a n d m o r e difficult t o interest high school students in a n A c a d e m y .

RICHARD J. KIEVIT '61

In July of this year, the Superintendent established the position of Director of Recruitment and Candidate Guidance to be filled by a line officer of the rank of captain, U. S. Navy. His mission is to seek out and counsel young men of exceptional potential to prepare for naval service careers through the United States Naval Academy. The Office of the Director is responsible for the nationwide recruitment and candidate guidance operation which encompasses five regions, each headed by a Regional Director, and is, by definition, the primary recruitment and candidate guidance effort by the Naval Academy. Each region, composed of one or more Naval Districts, relies upon an informally organized group of selected and trained Naval Reservists, Naval Academy Alumni, and Navy League members, and public spirited private citizens, operating vmder the general supervision of a state or area coordinator, for the recruitment and candidate guidance effort in that area. In addition to ensuring that each young man who expresses an interest in Annapolis and every candidate is personally counselled, the Office of the Director is responsible for the direction and coordination of Operation Information, visits by high school educators, and Naval Academy representation to potential candidates throughout the Nation.

Although it is perhaps true that some high school students are not interested in military service to their country, there are many who do not have this attitude in looking to the future. The Naval Academy is not in danger of being unable to fill its incoming classes.

It is a matter of selecting, from among those interested, the best qualified for a future career as midshipman and officer in the naval service. (See "The Naval Academy Information Program," Shipmate, Sept.-Oct. 1969—Ed.) LT. V. R. CLARK

Office of Recruitment & Candidate Guidance 4. Has t h e r e b e e n a n y indication t h a t t h e increase of service o b l i g a t i o n a f t e r g r a d u a t i o n is w a r r a n t e d ? Doesn't this d e crease t h e number of n e w applicants? Does it affect career r e t e n t i o n figures? W i l l it be changed? Longer? Shorter?

W. C. GABRIELSEN '59

At the Conference of Superintendents of the Service Academies held in May 1969 this subject was discussed at some length.

The Superintendents of Military Academy, Air Force Academy, Coast Guard Academy, and Naval Academy adopted the following conclusion: "1. It is the consensus of the four Superintendents, that, based on evidence available at this time, there is no justification for recommending a change in the five-year service obligation for Service Academy graduates.

"2. It was agreed that this is an important subject and that its impact on recruitment and retention should be kept under review by the four Service Academies."

W. S. SHIELDS

Dean of Admissions 5. Is t h e " r e v o l u t i o n " in Academics showing dividends?

WALTER ANSEL '19

The academic change at the Naval Academy—and the curriculum is not the only area in which changes have occurred—is really much more evolutionary than revolutionary, even though the evolution has been more evident over the past ten years. The present shift from a program of minors to an in-depth program of 24 majors is simply one more milestone toward the objectives of providing each graduate with a first rate education as well as a solid foundation in professionalism. If "dividends" means meeting these dual objectives, then the answer to the question must be an emphatic yes.

It will undoubtedly be many years before statistical evidence is available to compare the retention rates of those graduating under the present majors system with those graduating under older programs. Nonetheless, full and immediate recognition must be given to the fact that midshipmen must be challenged intellectually, must be motivated for a career in the naval service, and must be professionally prepared to assume their duties as junior officers with competence and confidence . . . or they will seek other challenges elsewhere.

CDR. M . H . MOGGE

Office of Academic Dean

6. What is the major problem with going to the quarter system at USNA—providing a portion of the Brigade at sea at all times and also maximizing utilization of USNA plant?

D. A. ORRISS '62

The present concept in Third Class at-sea training, which proved so successful in the summer of 1969, is to make the program an academic follow-on to the Introduction to Naval Science and Introduction to Shipboard Weapons and Engineering courses taught during plebe year. The concept is practical only in an environment dedicated to midshipmen training and under the guidance of Naval Academy officers and First Class midshipmen. It would not be possible in small groups assigned to various units of the operating fleets.

Aside from the academic upheaval which would result in shifting to the quarter system, other scheduling problems would result.

One-quarter of the Brigade would be absent from the Naval Academy for the football season each year. Varsity athletes would have to be kept in cycle with their sports season. Unless other service academies were on the quarter system, coordination of many evolutions such as exchange weekends would be extremely difficult.

CDR. H . Y . DAVIDSON

Head, Operations & Plans Div. 7. To what extent is the USNA employing computer assisted instruction?

JOHN M . WEEKS '43

The Naval Academy is currently conducting three educational projects based on Computer-Assisted Instruction ( C A I ) . Of these, the CAI-Teletype Project utilizes a remote time-sharing computer to support instructional material developed for use in the classroom and laboratory and aid in the solving of problems. The CAI-1500 Project uses a special classroom equipped with image and audio projectors for automatic display of text and graphic material to individual students for study and testing. The Multi-Media Project uses many educational media, including movies, slides, standard texts and lectures as well as computers, to apply and determine the best scientific methods in the teaching process. In all CAI projects, attempt is made to give the student individual attention, to provide him immediate feedback, and to examine thoroughly his acquired knowledge. Each of these projects involves approximately three different courses and in general a midshipman is enrolled in about one CAI course per year. (See "Tutors for Midshipmen?" Shipmate, May 1969—Ed.) JESSE L . KOONTZ

Dir. Educational & Management Systems Center 8. In view of accelerated courses for talented students in junior high and high schools, and the Navy's stated intention to select for Flag rank at an earlier age, what steps are being taken to lower the minimum age for admission to USNA to 16 years, as it was prior to World War 11?

J. D. OLIVER '43

The law governing the minimum and maximum age for admission to the Naval Academy is contained in section 6958 of Title 10 U. S. Code. No official requests have been initiated at this time for any change in this aspect of legislation affecting service academies. The validation program enables midshipmen to gain exemption from courses they have already successfully completed, so that any unnecessary duplication is thereby eliminated. Insofar as the implication

of earlier selection for flag rank is concerned, earlier selection based on merit is currently the means for accomplishing the purpose.

W. S. SHIELDS

Dean of Admissions

Assuming the potential candidate is well qualified and highly motivated, the above listed steps should put him well on his way toward an appointment and admission to the U. S. Naval Academy.

CAPT. K . G. HAYNES

9. When do we plan to go to a five-year course at Academy?

J O H N C . BURRILL '38

There are no present plans at any level of the Navy to have the Naval Academy curriculum changed to a five-year course.

Many modifications are in progress to ascertain the best possible interweaving of academic and professional courses to prepare properly the graduate for his commission and, at the same time, provide a viable Bachelor of Science degree with a major in one of twenty-four fields.

LCDR. J. D. ROHRBOUGH

Dir., Office of Recruitment & Candidate Guidance L T . T . A . WOMBLE

Office of Recruitment & Candidate Guidance 12. Please explain USNA Blue/Gold recruiting program to alumni; then please tell us whether or not we can use specific alumni in certain areas to perform same Blue/Gold recruiting jobs—it appears to me we are not using our best recruiting tool to get kids, namely our own alumni. Ergo, why not institute a volunteer alumni corps in areas to preach to high schools?

Flag Secretary 10. We are far "astern" "from" USMA & USAFA in the computer (ADP) functions; when and how will we overcome?

MAYLON T . SCOTT '44

The Naval Academy has taught and used computational techniques in many courses during the past nine years utilizing installed "batch" computers and remote "time-sharing" services. Participation by the midshipmen has been comparable to the students at the other academies. Starting this year an introductory computer course will be a requirement for the entering plebe class and next year a computer science major will be offered.

It is believed that the Naval Academy has been in the lead in the past and with the above mentioned courses plus the installation of additional computer equipment, the future academic computer program will certainly be comparable if not superior to the other academies.

R. T. P. MCCARTHY '45

The Naval Academy Information Program has been devised to utilize the service of certain Naval Reserve officers who may volunteer to serve as Naval Academy Information Officers. They may or may not be U S N A alumni. During a two-week period at the Naval Academy, these officers are thoroughly briefed about admissions requirements and procedures, the course of instruction, career opportunities and patterns, and various aspects of the selection of candidates.

(See question 3—Ed.) Yes, alumni can be used and, in fact, are being actively sought out to assist in these recruiting jobs. If you are interested in assisting in recruitment and candidate guidance, you should write to the Candidate Guidance Office at the Naval Academy.

CAPT. K . G. HAYNES

Dir., Office of Recruitment & Candidate Guidance LT. T . A . WOMBLE

Office of Recruitment & Candidate Guidance

LT. R . N . POUST

Dir. Academic Computing Center 11. How can an alumnus best help a worthy candidate become a midshipman?

DONALD LOGIE '45

There are several steps required in counseling a young man toward becoming a midshipman. a. Establish an interest on the part of the young man in the Naval Academy by explaining to him the three areas of effort at the Academy: Academics, Physical Education, and Military Training, and how each has evolved to produce a "whole man" capable of outstanding leadership. b. Assist the young man to obtain a catalogue and other up-to-date information by advising him to write to the Candidate Guidance Office at the Academy. c. Obtain the assistance of the local Naval Academy Information Officer (Blue and Golder) who has the latest information on major changes to the Academy program and admissions requirements. d. Ensure that letters of application are submitted to every source of nomination for which the young man is eligible. These always include both U. S. Senators, the local U. S. Representative, and the Vice President. Other sources are outlined in the catalogue and another application should be made if the young man is qualified in this area. e. Once the young man receives a nomination, he will receive certain forms from the Bureau of Naval Personnel. These forms should be accurately completed and promptly submitted.

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is being done by the USNA to "me-ism' which Rick Forzano Attitude seems prevalent—not football field.

Jo BRENDEL '54

Me-ism is not a new problem; it is, however, a dynamic one that is growing in our society by leaps and bounds. This attitude can be countered and does, in fact, die off rather quickly in the rigors of professional service.

It is in this respect that we here at the Naval Academy are doing a great deal to counter this problem. Many tangible and dynamic changes have been made here in the past year. A major restructuring of the curriculum has put us far ahead of many colleges and universities coupled with both a challenging new third class At-Sea Training concept and the re-emphasis of a positive program of Leadership Training.

It is in this atmosphere that me-ism turns to we-ism.

W. R. CURRER '70

Brigade Commander 14. I recently read that as of 1970 all graduates will have a major. Is any action being taken to expand the non-tech graduate program to accommodate those Academy grads who desire to pursue their major (non-tech) on a graduate level?

RICHARD S . SHAWKEY '60

Quotas for postgraduate education are determined by the Chief of Naval Personnel. The following programs are open to SHIPMATE

Naval Academy graduates in the non-technical area. The Junior Line Officer Advanced Educational Program, more commonly known as the Burke Program, was recently expanded to include advanced education in the field of political science. Additionally, midshipmen majoring in Economics are eligible for the Immediate Graduate Education Program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. All midshipmen regardless of their majors are eligible for both Rhodes and Fulbright Scholarships. Finally, postgraduate education in the non-technical fields is open to all officers depending upon their professional and academic performance.

These areas include International Law, International Relations, Management, Political Science and Business Administration.

CAPT. H . A. CUMMINGS

Head, EH&G Dept.

15. w i t h the increased demands upon individual faculty members for research and publication, what sort of impact will this have on quality teaching? (Here at the Academy, of course.)

JAMES R . CUTTING '23

Excellence in teaching is the hallmark of any institution of learning. Implicit in the quality of good teaching by a faculty member is keeping up with the state of the art through scholarly activity or research. Publication is one of the more tangible indications of research that contributes to the knowledge of mankind, but by no means is it the only one. The objective at the Naval Academy is to maintain in proper perspective the emphasis on excellence in teaching consistent with scholarly activity and research. We enjoy a most favorable faculty to student ratio (1 to 7 ) . There is time at the Naval Academy for each faculty member to engage in some sort of scholarly activity which will enhance the quality of his teaching in the classroom. All of us must be proud of our teaching, and we must continuously strive toward that end.

CAPT. E . E . MALLICK

Assistant Dean for Faculty 16. While proficiency in technical subjects, English, and foreign languages is a necessity, the "science of life" should be considered of primary importance. Has consideration been given to introduction of a course in philosophy or of comparative religion into the Naval Academy curriculum?

Note: I lecture on the above subjects so I know that such material is available!

CARL F . STILLMAN '27

Presently the Naval Academy offers several courses which deal with the "science of life." These are Introduction to Philosophy and Logic, Introduction to Psychology and Leadership, Readings in Western Ideas, Afro-Asian Cultures, Western Civilization to 1500 and Early Modern European Civilization. Currently being prepared are three additional courses. Ethics, The Modern Tradition and (Cultural Anthropology, which after approval will be presented next academic year. Courses presented at the Naval Academy in the social science field are continually being revised and updated to include additional emphasis on the "science of life."

CAPT. H . A. CUMMINGS

Head, EH&G Department 17. Have you noticed any reduction in the number of young men desiring to enter the Academy as a result of the publicity the anti-war groups have received?

FRANK D . YOUNG 3RD '59

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of 1972. The number of applicants for the last five years were : 5718 for the Class of 1969, 5604 for the Class of 1970, 5467 for the Class of 1972, and 6038 for the Class of 1973.

There are various factors which affect the fluctuation in the number of candidates, and it is difficult to point to any single one as the primary influence.

W. S. SHIELDS

Dean of Admissions 18. What can we as alumni do to attract the "stand-out" scholar athlete to the Academy as competition in other schools with scholarships etc. is getting tougher and tougher?

J I M WHEELER '45

The Alumni's role as athletic recruiters cannot be overemphasized. Past performance, however, has not been good. The Alumni have not taken the active role available to them and the Athletic Association, on its part, has done little to inform and encourage graduates along these lines. The attitudes on our behalf, I can assure you, have changed.

Every graduate, whether it be through personal observation on the athletic field or through the sports pages of his local newspaper, comes in contact with the type of young man who can give bite to our varsity teams in 21 sports. We need to know about these lads! The number one job, therefore, is to identify the prospect who could make it in both our academic and athletic arenas.

We can go only so far with the S-foot-4, 150-pound son of a neighbor or a cousin who was never above the jayvee soccer team in high school. To play against Penn State, Texas, Notre Dame, and others, we need the same type of young man that faces us across the line of scrimmage. A typical offensive tackle, for instance, should be at least 6-foot-3, weigh 210 pounds or more, and have 5.2 speed in the 40-yard dash.

Here is a breakdown of criteria for other football prospects: O U T S I D E RECEIVERS — Minimum Height: 6-0, Minimum Weight: 175, Minimum Speed: 4.7 (In 40-yard d a s h ) ; T I G H T ENDS—Minimum Height: 6-2, Weight: 200, Speed: 4.8 (in 40) ; QUARTERBACKS—Minimum Height: 6-1, Weight: 185, Speed: 5.0 (in 4 0 ) ; FULLBACKS—Minimum Height: 5-11, Weight: 195, Speed: 4.8 (in 4 0 ) ; R U N N I N G BACKS—Minimum Height: 6-0, Weight: 190, Speed: 4.8 (in 40) ; CENTERS—Minimum Height: 6-2, Weight: 200, Speed: 5.0 (in 40) ; OFFENSIVE GUARD — M i n i m u m Height: 6-2, Weight: 200, Speed: 5.0 (in 40); OFFENSIVE TACKLE — M i n i m u m Height: 6-3, Weight: 210, Speed: 5.2 (in 40); D E F E N S I V E END—Minimum Height: 6-2, Weight: 200, Speed: 4.9 (in 40) ; D E F E N S I V E TACKLE — M i n i m u m Height: 6-3, Weight: 210, Speed: 5.2 (in 40); DEFENSIVE LINEBACKER—Minimum Height: 6-1, Weight: 205, Speed: 4.9 (in 40) ; DEFENSIVE BACKS— M i ni m u m Height: 6-0, Weight: 180, Speed: 4.7 (in 40).

At each position a desired height is two inches taller than the minimum, weight is 15 pounds heavier, and speed is two-tenths of a second faster in the 40-yard dash.

There are, of course, exceptions to every rule and, we assure you, such talent will not go undiscovered. Generally, however, the criteria offered will produce the most realistic prospects.

When identification of a potential studentathlete has been accomplished, the next step is to inform either the Director of Athletics, the Head Football Coach, or the coach of the particular sport in which the young man excels. Almost without question, the prospective midshipman will want to discuss his future with the coach. He wants to be sure that he understands exactly where he will fit into the picture, what type of schedule the team will be playing during his varsity career, and all of the other things he may expect as a Navy varsity athlete, right down to the diet on the training table. Put us in touch with this prospect and we can, and will, answer these questions.

Finally, educate the young man on the Naval Academy and the Navy. Be basic.

A lot of folks still confuse Annapolis and Indianapolis. One prospect was befuddled enough to ask "which Naval Academy?" If there are aspects unfamiliar to you, ask us.

By taking a personal interest in such a lad and his future, you are fulfilling a vital role.

Don't feel that your responsibility has ended when you find the prospect and put him in touch with us. Stay with him! After all, it was his respect for you that made the first contact possible. Your continuing reassurance will prevent this blue chip prospect from wavering and ending up somewhere else.

FRANK GANSZ

Mgr., Recruiting Office, NAAA 19. Briefly describe the various routes by which my son may obtain an appointment to USNA. Q. R. SCHULZ '45

The principal route for appointment to Annapolis is the congressional nomination, which accounts for about 80% of each new plebe class. Application should be made to both senators from one's state and to the representative from one's congressional district. It is not necessary to know the congressman personally. Ideally, application for congressional nomination should be made in May of the junior year, although some congressmen accept applications for nomination throughout the fall of the senior year of high school. An applicant may be nominated a principal candidate, an alternate or a competitor, and any of these nominations provides a well-qualified candidate with an excellent chance for appointment to Annapolis.

Nominations are available from the Vice President of the United States in the same manner as from Members of Congress. The other major sources for admission to Annapolis are the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve with an annual quota of 85 appointments, and the Presidential nominations with an annual quota of 100 appointments. Nominations are also available from the NROTC, both contract and regular, and from the Honor Naval and Military Schools.

Detailed information on all of these nominating sources is set forth in the Naval Academy Catalogue or may be obtained by writing to the Admissions Office, U. S. Naval Academy.

W. S. SHIELDS

Dean of Admissions 20. How does the Area Studies program compare to similar curriculums offered at universities with schools in international relations and special regional institutes?

R. A. BLACK, JR. '63

Undergraduate area studies at representative schools vary considerably. They are

generally flexible in emphasis and offer many choices among elective courses. In some, the student must complete a major in one of several disciplines (especially languages or the social sciences) and then fulfill the area program requirements by concentrating his electives in related fields.

In others, he may complete an interdisciplinary area major, cutting across departmental lines. In addition to languages, literature, and history, undergraduate area studies may include anthropology, art, geography, economics, international law, international relations, philosophy, political science, religion, and sociology. A minimum language requirement of 18 to 30 semester hours is often specified. Total semester hours run from 38 to 54, approximately, with the higher figure usually including some prerequisite courses taken as part of general degree requirements.

Examples of such programs will be found in catalogues of the following schools: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Virginia, Yale, and American University.

At the Naval Academy we have designed the area-language major studies in keeping with the needs of the Navy. These are not programs for specialists. They are meant to provide the Navy with a number of general line ofiicers who have real proficiency in other languages and wide knowledge of international affairs and principal world areas and their peoples. Our majors thus consist of 24 semester hours of language study, including advanced courses in civilization taught in the foreign language, plus 18 semester hours of prescribed and elective courses in history, or government, economics, economic geography, international relations, and international law. These majors are sponsored by the Modern Languages Department, with the collaboration of the English, History and Government Department.

J O H N D . YARBRO

Sen. Prof., Modern Languages Dept.

2 1 . a . A r e t h e r e currently a n y plans (or contingency plans) for e n l a r g i n g t h e size of t h e Brigade if NROTC inputs a r e reduced d u e t o student pressures to discontinue NROTC in t h e coming y e a r ? b. W h a t is t h e cost of a N a v a l A c a d e m y education t o d a y ?

2 . Has t h e A c a d e m y been d e - e m p h a s i z ing athletic recruiting as a result of a c a demic reforms o v e r t h e past f o u r years?

FREDERICK R . CRAWFORD '64

a. There are no plans to enlarge the Brigade under any circumstances. There is every reason to believe that the NROTC units will continue the outputs required to provide an adequate number of ensigns in the Regular Navy.

LcDR. J. D. ROHRBOUGH

Flag Secretary b. The cost of a Naval Academy education for a graduate of the Class of 1969 was $41,892. This cost included the operation and maintenance of the Naval Academy, the salaries of all civilian and military personnel and the midshipman's pay and allowances for the four years, 1966 through 1969.

The following is a summary of annual cost included in the $41,892 total: Per Capita Cost of the FY 69 Graduating Class USNA Midn.

Year Cost Pay 6" Allow.

Total FY 1969 $8,981 $2,692 $11,773 FY 1968 8,062 2,557 10,619 FY 1967 7,527 2,406 9,933 FY 1966 7,374 2,193 9,567 $41,892

The preceding corresponds with the costs reported to the Chief of Naval Personnel annually in a report prepared by the Comptroller.

CAPT. THOMAS E . JACKSON

Chief of Staff c. Let us destroy any such impression from the outset. The answer to this question is NO, emphatically no. While our recruiting ardor has not lessened, there can be no question that the level of available talent has dipped. You may reasonably ask why?

There are doubtless many reasons, some of them unknown to us, but one of the foremost is that our recruiting effort has not been what it must be to attract the bright young high school product who can run, and throw, and kick in a highly competitive market. De-emphasis, no! Sufficient emphasis, maybe not! A new vigorous approach to athletic recruiting, that does away with the old bromides, is what we desperately need. I can assure you that is exactly what we intend to do.

The very society in which we live and the changing college campuses from coast-tocoast may hold other clues to our decline in athletic talent. The military is not esteemed in modern-day America. With scholarship offers beckoning from other directions, the discipline of an Annapolis education and the five-year tour of service that follows may erase some of the glitter for high school graduates. The lure of professional sports, with its rich payoffs for the specially-skilled in football, basketball, and baseball, is still another consideration.

The effect of academic reforms will actually be a positive one in the area of athletic recruiting. With 24 majors under the new system, we are now in a position to compete on a realistic level with the civilian college, who could always offer a variety of choice. The young man interested in Management, Social Studies, Literature, etc., no longer sees a dead end for himself at Annapolis. Additionally, the high school graduate of today wants and expects to be challenged in the classroom with the same intensity he is on the athletic field. Our wide-ranging academic program does exactly that.

A sound academic structure, outstanding athletic facilities, superior schedules in all sports, and basic hard work will, we are confident, add up to improving fortunes for all 21 varsity teams. Our mission is to restore Navy to its rightful place in the sphere of intercollegiate competition.

FRANK GANSZ

Mgr., Recruiting Office, NAAA 2 2 . Is a n y action c o n t e m p l a t e d on l e n g t h ening t h e o b l i g a t e d service r e q u i r e d of USNA graduates?

C. M. GARVERICK '59

There is no intention of lengthening the present obligated service of five years upon graduation. (See question 4—Ed.) LCDR. J .

D.

ROHRBOUGH

Flag Secretary 2 3 . W h a t changes, if a n y , a r e contemp l a t e d in f a c u l t y / s t u d e n t relations to p r e p a r e better senior classmen as junior officers a f t e r g r a d u a t i o n ?

J. E. H A N S E N '46

Several changes have already been instituted which will affect not only first classmen but also the entire Brigade.

A striper—normally the Brigade Commander or his representative—attends both the Objectives Review Board and the Facilities Planning Board, two of the top policy making and management boards. A

striper also attends the Brigade Aptitude Board meetings. Since decisions reached by these boards have a direct effect on the Brigade, the Brigade has direct representation on them.

The Plebe Sponsor Program has been reinstated through which the faculty/student relationship can be fostered on an informal basis in the sponsor's home. This voluntary program has been requested by both faculty and midshipmen, and the response to it has been gratifying.

The academic counselling program has been completely revamped. Within a few weeks of reporting, a plebe is assigned a faculty counsellor who advises him on all matters pertaining to his academic program —from the major he will eventually choose to course sequences, grades, academic progress and so forth. This program is not limited to the plebes; rather, it is intended that the counselling process will continue throughout the entire four-year program.

CDR. M . H . MOGGE

Office of Academic Dean 2 4 . W h a t is t h e s a l a r y r a n g e f o r civilian professors a t USNA? PAUL P. HOFFMAN '61

The salary scale for the civilian members of the faculty ranges from a minimum of $7,594 to a maximum of $27,827. These figures are for a 10-month period.

CDR. M . H . MOGGE

Office of Academic Dean 2 5 . W e w a n t t o do something for midshipmen w h o a r e not a b l e t o go home for Christmas. H o w can w e a r r a n g e to have t h e m for d i n n e r s o m e t i m e d u r i n g t h e Holidays?

WILLIAM H . RUSSELL '57

Officers and civilian faculty members may invite midshipmen of all classes to visit them or dine with them, within town liberty limits, whenever midshipmen are authorized town liberty.

Midshipmen first class and midshipmen second, third, and fourth class on approval of their Company Officer are authorized to ride in the private automobile of a faculty member when proceeding between the Naval Academy and the home of a faculty member.

Any alumnus living in the Annapolis area who desires to entertain a midshipman or midshipmen at his home within the guidelines stated above may do so by addressing an invitation to the Commandant of Midshipmen.

W. J. DONOVAN

Administrative Officer 2 6 . H o w do selection boards v i e w duty on t h e N a v a l A c a d e m y f a c u l t y , especially for senior officers? H o w m a n y of today's a d m i r a l s , f o r instance, h a v e b e e n academic d e p a r t m e n t heads?

WILLIAM C . CHAPMAN

'44

The following Admirals listed in the Navy Register 1968 and those subsequently selected for Rear Admiral in fiscal years 1969 and 1970 have been on duty at the U. S. Naval Academy: As Commandant of Midshipman Ashworth, F. L. (1 month) Shinn, A. M. Bringle, W. F. Minter, C. S. Kinney, S. H. Heyworth, L. Heads of Academic Departments Fluckey, E. B. Smith, J. V. SH I PMATE

White, D. M. McNitt, R. W. (SecAcBd) Weymouth, R. Rubel, D . M .

What any selection board thinks about Naval Academy duty can be known only to the respective board's membership.

CDR. D . STAPLE

P & A Oflicer LCDR. J. D. ROHRBOUGH

Flag Secretary 2 7 . A r e t h e plebes in t h e recent classes harder t o discipline a n d " s h a p e u p " t h a n they w e r e b e f o r e our society became so permissive? W h a t a r e p e r t i n e n t statistics?

Not if disciplined meaningfully. Because of greater exposure to events and problems of the world and the opportunity for better education at the secondary school level, they are not apt to be unthinking followers given to being blindly obedient. Therefore, a constructive leadership approach is required.

With this type of approach there are probably fewer disciplinary problems than existed prior to the advent of the permissive society. The lad entering the Naval Academy today is not very different from his predecessor in terms of ideals. Basically he is an idealistic individual, willing to make sacrifices for a goal, and imwilling to be a contributor to a so-called permissive element of our society.

Statistically, there are more voluntary resignations today than in the past although the total number of resignations, voluntary and involuntary, remains about the same.

This may be attributed to two reasons: first, lack of complete success in constructive leadership ; and, secondly, a myriad of academic opportunities exists for the average midshipman based on the credentials he must have to be appointed to the Academy. Hence, he can, and too frequently does, "go shopping" vvith the U. S. Naval Academy as first stop.

CDR. W . J . HUNTER

Officer-in-Charge Fourth Class Regiment, Summer 1969 2 8 . Defense D e p a r t m e n t sponsorship of " r e c o m p u t a t i o n " of r e t i r e d p a y . W h y not?

W. S. DAWSON '39

The following is an excerpt from a House Armed Service Committee hearing in September 1969 which addresses this question.

"Chairman Rivers. You don't recommend recomputation ?

Secretary Laird. Mr. Chairman, I cannot possibly recommend that expenditure at this time.

We are faced with certain reductions here, and I had to place the national security needs and the defense needs first. As Secretary of Defense, I am not in a position to make such a recommendation to this Committee.

Chairman Rivers. I think that might have been compensatory, but I am glad to see you are realistic, and you can't see that as much as the security of the country in these other areas, as well as a lot of people, and I don't question or impugn their motives, but I don't see how we can possibly do it.

I think that you showed a wise decision-— I have to commend you on your realistic outlook on this. Sometime in the ^ future maybe we can consider that. We can't do it now.

Secretary Laird. I agree with you, Mr. Chairman. I cannot be in a position where this takes the priority that other defense needs of this country have at this year of 1969."

D E C E M B E R ,

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2 9 . W h a t is t h e present N a v y philosophy t h a t permits o r d e r i n g a n officer t o command a ship containing e q u i p m e n t so secret t h a t he is not p e r m i t t e d to see it? (PUEBLO & BUCHER.) If C a p t a i n Bucher h a d b e e n in compfete command he could h a v e o r d e r e d a l l t h e secret e q u i p m e n t t o b e collected a n d b u r n e d in a v e r y short t i m e .

H. W. BLAKESLEE '25

There is no Navy philosophy known to me which permits ordering an officer to command a ship containing equipment so secret that he is not permitted to see it.

The implications in the first part of the question, and the statement in the second sentence are not supported by the facts determined by a court of inquiry which met in the recent PUEBLO case.

Both Cdr. Bucher and Lt. Harris confirmed that the commanding officer was cleared for the same information as was the intelligence officer. Cdr. Bucher testified that he had access to the so-called "secret equipment" aboard his ship.

CAPT. W . S. BUSIK,

USN

Special Assistant for Liaison and Public Affairs, BuPers 3 0 . W h a t a r e our long r a n g e plans to replace our a g i n g N a v y ships w i t h m o d e r n ships—both warships a n d a u x i l i a r y types?

HERBERT J. HIEMENZ

'29

Our basic long-range shipbuilding program is aimed at providing adequate replacement ships in order to maintain a modern, higli quality fleet to meet U. S. national commitments. Our major constraint is cost —obviously this program must be carried out within reasonable budget levels.

In the past five fiscal years (FY 65-69), the new money applied annually to our shipbuilding account has averaged $1.48 billion.

Due to other demands upon federal dollars, the FY 69 shipbuilding new money was cut to $821 million, the lowest dollar figure in many years.

Many individuals in the Executive and Legislative branches of the government have recognized our need for a substantial increase in shipbuilding funds over amounts approved in recent years. In Congressional hearings on the FY 70 budget, both Secretary of Defense Laird and Secretary of the Navy Chafee expressed their belief that at least $3 billion annually for the next 10 years would be required. Chairman Rivers of the House Armed Services Committee is attempting to raise the FY 70 shipbuilding budget to $3.6 billion from the President's budget request of $2.8 billion. Chairman Rivers stated that this was the beginning of a long range program to modernize the fleet which would require continued annual support at about a $4 billion level.

The urgency of an expanded shipbuilding program is emphasized by the realization that further modernization of most of our older ships through conversion or extensive ship alteration is no longer practical. The older ships lack weight and moment reserves, and electrical power and space within their hulls to accommodate the new weapons and electronic systems needed. We must also realize that, after decommissioning many of our older ships (a program that recently has been announced), by 30 June 1970 we plan a fleet of about 770 ships of which 47% will be at least 20 years old.

We note that less than 1% of Soviet surface combatant ships and submarines are 20 years old or older.

The need for greater dollar budget levels is emphasized by the increased cost of

building and equipping new naval ships. Even using various cost reduction techniques of multiple procurement, standardization, etc., approximate costs of new ships are estimated to be in the vicinity of: CVAN—$510 Million DLGN—$180 Million SSN 688—$153 Million DD 963—$68 Million LHA—$150 Million These estimates will vary dependent upon the total number of each class authorized and market conditions when construction and equipment contracts are let.

Despite the problems of funding, we are making progress in our shipbuilding program in the following areas: a. We expect to build 3 Nimitz-Class CVAN's; one is now under construction; we expect authorization and full funding for the second Nimitz class CVAN with FY 70 funds. b. We are building DLGN 36 and DLGN 37. We expect to start construction of a new class DXGN with FY 70 funds. c. We expect to start construction of a new class destroyer DD 963 with FY 70 funds. d. We expect to start construction of a new class nuclear submarine SSN 688 with FY 70 funds. e. We have started construction of a new class Amphibious Assault Ship ( L H A ) . One is now being built. We expect to continue this program with two more LHAs with FY 70 funds.

CAPT. JOHN R . CROMPTON,

USN

Assistant for Shipbuilding & Conversion Ship Characteristics Division OpNav 3 1 . During t w o previous A l u m n i assemblies, I h a v e questioned w h a t w a s being done to ensure t h a t those M i d s h i p m e n e n t e r i n g t h e unrestricted line as N a v a l Flight Officers (NFO), 1320 designator, t r u l y w o u l d h a v e a n unrestricted c a r e e r p a t t e r n including o p e r a t i o n a l squadron c o m m a n d .

O n both occasions, r e f e r e n c e has b e e n m a d e to a bill b e f o r e Congress t o a m e n d Sections 5 9 4 2 a n d 6 0 2 4 of Title 10, U n i t e d States Code in o r d e r t o p e r m i t NFOs t o become in fact unrestricted line officers a n d thus compete w i t h a v i a t o r s for comm a n d . This p a r t i c u l a r bill d i e d in c o m m i t t e e in t h e last Congress a n d w a s r e - i n t r o d u c e d this y e a r , but w i t h v e r y little N a v y f o l l o w up.

Consequently, a quota of M i d s h i p m e n continues to g r a d u a t e a n d go to Pensacola to b e g i n t r a i n i n g as NFOs w h i l e out in t h e Fleet, those of us w h o a r e a l r e a d y desi g n a t e d as such continue t o w o n d e r how long t h e N a v a l A c a d m y is going t o t r a i n unrestricted line c a r e e r officers a n d t h e n p e r m i t t h e m t o be short changed as NFOs. H. MONROE III

'62

The bill to amend Sections 5942 and 6024 of Title 10, United States Code has been introduced to the Armed Services Committee, House of Representatives, by the Honorable Mendel Rivers as H R 11548 on 21 May 1969. This bill would allow the Naval Flight Officer to be eligible for command of units having tactical control of aircraft.

The House Armed Services Committee has held hearings on the bill and has reported favorably for consideration by the full House. Early consideration is anticipated.

The Navy will continue to support the bill in the Senate.

The professional development objective for the N F O closely parallels that of the

aviator. At present there are no restrictions barring the N F O from filling billets within the squadron, such as department head. The N F O year group of any appreciable size is two years away from the command selection point, normally at the end of 14 years commissioned service.

The first year in which NFO's were procured and designated as such was 1960. Naval Academy graduates began coming into the N F O program in 1962. This year group is presently several years away from the command selection point. The N F O has an equal promotion status with their contemporary aviators as demonstrated by the latest Commander selection results. Twentynine NFO's were selected from 38 in the zone with one deep selection by two years.

LT. W . E . DAVIS,

USN

Assistant for Air Warfare, BuPers 3 2 . H o w is our progress on m e e t i n g t h e needs of t h e Forces Afioat for Junior Offi" " '

G. F. HUSSEY, JR. '16

A serious shortage of experience does exist particularly in the grade of lieutenant, since young officers are now promoted to lieutenant at the three year flowpoint. Efforts are being directed toward solution of this problem. Improved sea-shore rotation plans and more precise requirements for billets, plus a method for monitoring progress, should alleviate the experience shortage in time.

The Forces Afloat are presently manned at 100% or more of allowance and have been for some time. Recent monetary cutbacks requiring early release from active duty of substantial numbers of Reserve Officers has resulted in a critical loss of experienced junior officers. Inexperienced officers, however, are available to numerically bring the ships to allowance due to high procurement in recent years. The Chief of Naval Personnel, by projecting expected losses against billet requirements, determines the extent of procurement necessary to provide for ofiicers to fill those billets. It is our intent to continue to procure officers in such numbers so that the numerical demands of Forces Afloat will be met.

It naturally follows that the Shore Establishment has been pulled down below allowance in some areas to meet the numbers necessary to attain the monetary goals.

CDR. S . O . JONES,

USN

Head, Surface Junior Officer Detail, BuPers 3 3 . W h y not emphasize t h e benefits for full n a v a l career?

wonderful

TIMOTHY DONOHUE '27

The Chief of Naval Personnel is making a concentrated effort to insure that each and every Navy man is aware of and understands the benefits afforded him through a career in the Navy. There is a continuing program in the Navy to emphasize the many benefits of a Naval career. Career benefits are made known to the fleet through magazines, pamphlets, bulletins, posters and most importantly, through personal counseling. The latter is primarily accomplished through career counselors who have completed the career counselors course which emphasizes career benefits in its curriculum.

LCDR. J. FITZGERALD, JR.,

USN

Assistant, Retention Plans and Programs Division, BuPers 3 4 . W h a t a r e t h e current a n d f u t u r e plans t o i m p l e m e n t n a v a l personnel cutbacks as p e r t a i n s to career n a v a l officers?

ROGER C. ERICKSON '59 8

There are no current or future force reduction plans that will adversely affect career naval officers. Officer reductions are presently being accomplished by the following actions: a. Selective early release of reserve officers on initial obligated service. b. Suspension of resignation deferrals of regular officers, with the exception of medical officers and nuclear submariners. c. Reduction of Officer Candidate School output. d. Reduction of Aviation Officer Candidate commissionings. e. Reduction of pilot training. f. Reduction of the numbers of officers to be voluntarily recalled to active service.

CAPT. A. P. LESPERANCE,

USN

Head, Distribution, Programming and Analysis Branch, BuPers 3 5 . W h y doesn't t h e N a v y go f o r w a r d in a big Public Relations Program?

The Navy operates a Public Affairs Program under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Defense.

As stated in the Navy Public Affairs Manual: "1. To be effective, the Navy and Marine Corps (the Naval Service) must have the support of the American people. Without their support and understanding, we can neither attract the high-caliber personnel required nor be authorized the modern ships, aircraft and equipment needed to maintain the Naval Service as an effective element of the United States defense force."

Public Affairs is a function of command, and an all-hands job. All Navy units have a public affairs officer and public affairs responsibilities.

There are necessary limitations on both personnel and funding for the Navy's Public Affairs program. We are involved in a large number of programs which seek to use both the public information media and word of mouth communication, to tell the Navy's story. This is an area which is little understood by most naval officers and one which causes concern to most of them. We are happy to have a forum to discuss this whole subject area, both to explain what we are doing, and to solicit suggestions from all and sundry.

The areas where Navy Public Affairs is involved are represented by the organization of the Office of Information. The operating Divisions include a Media Relations Division (News, Radio/TV, Magazine and Book, Still Photos), Civil Relations (Exhibits, Blue Angels, Organizations Liaison, (juest Cruises), Internal Relations (Publications to active duty and Reserve/Retired personnel. Naval Reserve Liaison), Speech Division (Speaking engagements).

We also have three branch offices, in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, which are primarily radio/television liaison offices and visit stations in their areas, arranging for showing of Navy films, public service film clips, sign off clips, etc.

We operate an Exhibit Center in Arlington, which constructs, repairs, schedules and transports Navy exhibits throughout the country. The Fleet Hometown News Center, at Great Lakes, is the other Chlnfo activity, and operates on behalf of all units afloat and ashore.

Within the past year we have begun an effort to expand the amount of information being sent to Reserve and Retired personnel, on major questions concerning the Navy and its operations.

The Naval District Commandants have major authority and responsibility in the public affairs field, especially in maintaining a Commandant's Speakers Bureau and libraries of films and slide presentations, which are in continuous use before civilian audiences. The Presentations (Jroup of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations give wide distribution to the films and slide presentations which are a part of their program.

Most major cities have a Naval Reserve Public Affairs Company which, while maintaining mobilization potential, advises and assists the Navy in maintaining favorable public opinion.

The primary need of the Navy Public Affairs Program is the continued support and cooperation of the operators. We would be very pleased to discuss specific areas of public affairs/public _ relations, in terms of what we are doing in that area, and what we might do.

RA^j^ L. R. GEIS, USN

Chief of Information 3 6 . W h a t efforts a r e b e i n g m a d e to m a k e a N a v a l c a r e e r a t t r a c t i v e to young m e n in a n a n t i - m i l i t a r i s t i c e r a ?

RICHARD R . BALLINGER '69

The Chief of Naval Personnel recognizes that there are anti-military feelings in parts of the country, and that there are resultant adverse effects on recruitment and military career motivation. He has directed that a more dynamic advertising and public affairs program be pursued, that internal communication gaps be closed and that personnel management techniques be updated to be more effective in our modern society. Those areas which affect our people and their families ranging from housing and compensation to sea-shore rotation and education are being given top priority attention. Where legislation is required, it is being formulated. The problem in this era is a challenge to our leadership. We must accept the challenge.

LCDR. J. L. FITZGERALD,

USN

Assistant, Retention Plans and Programs Div., BuPers 3 7 . a . W h a t is t h e present r a t i o of a p plicants t o a p p o i n t m e n t s t o USNA? b. Does t h e N a v a l ROTC p r o v i d e the s u p p l e m e n t a r y r e q u i r e m e n t f o r ensigns? c. Has t h e N a v a l ROTC b e e n affected by campus unrest—or a r e e n o u g h colleges a p p l y i n g for units t o replace those which have been f r i g h t e n e d by demonstrations into abolishing units?

BERTRAM KALISCH '24

a. It is difficult to determine the number of applicants for the Naval Academy because the vast majority of young men apply to Members of Congress for a nomination. This past year there were a total of 6038 nominated candidates to fill a class of 1380. Of the 6038 only 2235 eventually qualified scholastically for admission.

CDR. J . M . LANGFORD,

USN

Head, Naval Academy Midshipmen Branch, BuPers b. The United States Naval Academy and the NROTC Regular program are the most consistent programs for obtaining naval officers ; other programs fluctuate according to the draft pressure being applied at the time.

Following are sources and percentages of newly commissioned officers obtained during the last ten years : USNA 10.9% NROTC Regular 13.1% NROTC Contract 9.5% OCS 47.0% SHIPMATE?!

ROC 3.5% AOC NAVROCS 16.4% c. Naval R O T C has undoubtedly been affected somewhat by campus unrest around the country. Current NROTC enrollments are down slightly from the previous two years. It is believed that this is due to recently announced reduced draft requirements and possible change to the Selective Service System, as well as the influence generated by the rising opposition to the Vietnam War on the part of university students and faculty.

At the present time there are a sufficient number of universities in the program to handle adequately the needs of the Navy. We have a file of applications from numerous universities should it be desirable to establish any new units in the future.

CAPT. R . G. H.A.RTMAN,

CDR. W . J . HUNTER

1st Battalion Officer

USN

Director, Officer Education Division, BuPers 38. Are there any changes forthcoming in laws relating to retired officers working in Government or industry (engineering, management, sales)? Dual compensation, conflict of interest restrictions, etc.

J. E. DRAIM '49

There are three pending proposals, as follows, which would accomplish the same end result of removing the dual compensation restriction on retired Regular officers working in Government: a. H R 281—introduced by Mr. Matsunaga. b. H R 1158—introduced by Mr. Gubser. c. DOD Legislative Item 91-50.

There have been no hearings on the two member-introduced bills, and the DOD Legislative Item is pending clearance in the Bureau of Budget.

LCDR. M . D . EBELING,

physical conditioning, intensive academic indoctrination, and morale and spirit-building exercises. It is a period of constant supervision primarily by specially trained second class squad leaders.

Phases II and III, starting at the beginning of the academic year and ending Spring Leave, provide continued training and development under the supervision of the first class squad leader. During these phases the fourth classman is required to organize his time to cope with both academic and professional requirements.

Following Spring Leave Phase IV is in effect. During this period the bulk of fourth class requirements are suspended for those midshipmen who have satisfactorily attained the goals of the Plebe Indoctrination System.

USN

Head, Retired Activities Section, BuPers

40. To vrhat specific reasons does the Navy attribute the high rate of resignations in the early 60's year groups?

A. B. DAUNIS '63

An extensive random sample of resignation letters and separation questionnaires shows that the specific reasons given by Naval Officers in the early 60's year group for leaving the naval service are, in order of priority: a. Family separation. b. Advance education. c. Specialize in another profession. d. General dislike for Navy (military) life.

However, the latest Naval Personnel Survey indicated that officers from the later 60's year groups considered improvement in pay, allowances, and retirement equity would be the most important change to make a Navy career more attractive.

LCDR. J. L. FITZGERALD, JR., USN

39. What is the status of the Plebe Indoctrination Program during both fourth class summer and academic year? (ioRDON I. PETERSON, JR. '68

The Plebe Indoctrination Program is separated into four phases. Phase I, Plebe Summer is devoted to basic military training.

Assistant, Retention Plans and Programs Division, BuPers a. Do you feel that the stated reasons are the actual, deepseated reasons?

Yes, although an individual officer may not list his specific reasons in order of priority, the analysis which is based on frequency of given reasons from a large sample

size is a sound indication of the true feeling of the Naval ofiicers community.

LCDR. J. L. FITZGERALD, JR., U S N 4 1 . I have observed, both in Washington and in some shore billets, occasions when it appeared that the Navy was at a disadvantage by not having a one-star rank.

Is this issue completely dead or is there some sort of periodic review?

A. I. RIENDEAU '54

The Navy's disadvantages stem from fewer total flag officers as compared to the Air Force and Army rather than from the absence of the one-star grade. The one-star grade has not been authorized in the Navy, except in time of war or national emergency, since 1899 when it was removed from the Navy's grade structure. The removal of the Navy's one-star grade was precipitated because of the lack of seniority balance with foreign Navies both at international conference tables and on the high seas.

The Navy does not object to the restoration of the one-star grade provided it is done as an integral increase in authorized flag officers of at least 100 in order to restore parity with the other services. To accept the one-star grade under the current reduced fiag officer ceiling would result in a net loss in the flag officer community. This matter is reviewed on an annual basis.

CAPT. P. H. PEHRSSON,

42. Please discuss the trend towards 20year retirements (if any), reasons for and effects within the Navy and reaction within DOD.

R . B . C O N N E L L Y '52

A selective check of the years of service of retiring officers reveals the expected variations with no evident trend. For example, the commanders retiring in the fall of 1959 and 1969 had the same average years of service while the captains retiring in the fall of 1969 have an average of IJ^ years more service than their predecessors of ten years back.

CAPT. J. R. THOMSON,

Sest "WisLs Of

NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING &

DRYDOCK CORPORATION

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Director, Promotions and Retirements Div., BuPers

Questions which were received and which do not appear in the foregoing pages will be published with their answers in a later edition of Shipmate.

N O R F O L K ,

USN

Head, Active Officer Plans Branch, BuPers

On 12 December 1937, four years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the

USS

PANAY

was

attacked

by

Japanese aircraft and sunk.

The PANAY (pronounced Pan-EYE) was one of several United States river gunboats named for U. S. island possessions and assigned to the China Station to show the flag and protect American interests. In this photograph she is seen at her summer moorings, Chungking, some years prior to Japan's "China Incident."

In the following account Admiral Tolley, then serving in the USS M I N DANAO, some 700 miles away in South China, reflects the very real concern felt throughout the U. S. Asiatic Fleet incident to Japan's adventures in China.

THE DAY THE PANAY WENT DOWN

by RAdm. Kemp Tolley, USN (Ret.)

'C'OR five months before 12 December 1937, Japan had been in a state of war, euphemistically labelled by Tokyo, " T h e China Incident."

On 31 August of that year Japanese planes had raided Canton for the first time. " W e are in the w a r at last," the author wrote to his family. H e was aboard the river gunboat U S S M I N D A NAO, moored between her buoys off the foreign concession, Shameen, at Canton.

H e continued, "I was awakened this morning about six, my best sleeping time, by my Chinese boy. H e was in a perfect state of funk, but no explanation was necessary, as by then the Chinese ack ack and the Japanese bombs made the point clear. It was not yet sunup. T h e Japanese bombers were between us and the bright sky in the east. There were nine of them, wheeling around very unconcernedly in perfect formation, at about 10,000 feet. T h e Chinese in the city were absolutely frantic. W e could hear a great, sustained roar, like the sound of the surf, as the poor devils charged around the streets in panic. T h e thousands of sampans from the section of the river near the center of town simply cut their moorings and drifted down on us. W h a t confusion ! T h e three big passenger steamers from Hongkong which come in about that time simply stopped in the middle and waited. Chinese antiaircraft batteries surrounding the city were meanwhile filling the air with pretty little pink puffs of smoke that were nowhere near the planes. Sunday, thirty-eight Chinese fighters paraded all over the place in a demonstration of confidence and preparedness, but not one braved the air today that we could see. " T h e three British gunboats present cut out their boilers between ten at night and eight in the morning to save fuel.

W h e n the alarm broke this morning, they 10

all frantically raising steam. as I've never each ship up flags in the sails."

turned to the business of Smoke poured out of them seen smoke before and on went two of the biggest world. They looked like

After that first high level dawn raid, the Japanese had come with increasing frequency and at lower and lower altitudes, until they swept over the M I N D A NAO'S Pearl river moorings at near rooftop height, bombing and strafing. T h e autumn South China weather was bright blue, crisp and ideal for air activity.

In view of the more or less random nature of the Japanese attacks, there had been a certain amount of apprehension on the part of the gunboat and other foreign fraternity present. But the apprehension was tempered by the fascination of seeing war from a grandstand seat and lightened by an occasional amusing episode. A senior and very pompous British matron delicately avoided invitations to sit down at the various cocktail parties and such ashore on Shameen. T h e secret of course leaked that a near miss had tossed her during an intimate interlude in the bathroom and deposited her on a pile of broken glass, bare stern first. A n American test pilot in a Gloster Gladiator climbing straight up on his prop right over " M I N D A " one twilight evening made such a thunderous roar that half a dozen sailors rushed stark naked out of the washroom, headed for battle stations. " D U T there was nothing funny at all in the one line urgent message that crackled over the air on Monday morning 13 December 1937 that half-sister P A N A Y had been sunk the day before on the middle Yangtze by Japanese planes.

M I N D A ' S British opposite numbers had matching information that their gunboats HMS

CRICKET

and

SCARAB

had

been

heavily bombed the same day, but fortunately unhit. I n neither account was there any suggestion of mistaken identity.

T h e Gilbert-and-Sullivanish cocked-hatswabs-frock-coat-and-sword type of calls between foreign warships at Canton took a decided and immediate trend toward informality. T h e r e was no dallying over a second gin-and-lime. W o r k had to be done. W h a t in hell were those Japs up to? W e r e they de facto at w a r with the Anglo-Americans? O r just locally berserk? W a s it likely to spread? Japanese planes were over Canton daily. In early October there had been one particularly busy day, with eight separate raids, four of them at night.

M I N D A had a set of two foot by four foot demountable steel shielding plates to fit around the platforms of her two 3-inch SO-calibre dual-purpose guns. The plates were meant to protect against sniper fire from the bank. But strafing and dive bombing was something else.

T h e shields were hurriedly lined up around the upper, open bridge and two Lewis guns mounted behind them on high angle pedestals.

F o r most of the day, the author, in his home-made outboard motor skimmer, "TOLLEY'S

FOLLEY,"

didoed

around

M I N D A at top speed, furnishing a moving target for the gun pointers. Everybody wanted a try at keeping on. T h e roar of the motor disturbed the peace of Shameen, where the sound came through far too much like that of a diving plane. The foreigners were more edgy now. PANAY had changed things.

On Honam Island, several hundred yards away, and at respectful distances up and down the river beyond Shameen, literally thousands of Chinese idlers gathered to watch. If indeed M I N D A was next on the Japanese menu, the ever curious Chinese were not about to miss the show.

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To occupy such grandstand seats was a wholly unwarranted tribute both to anticipated Japanese marksmanship and certainly a vastly overoptimistic hope as to what little MINDA and her flatiron-shaped British consorts could put up in the way of defense.

"DY 18 December, things had cooled somewhat at least climatically. The author wrote home that, "This certainly is one eerie night. The weather changed from very mild to cold and windy this afternoon. Now it is very blustery indeed.

There is a full moon with small white clouds travelling fast across it. The rigging is howling and the doors and windows creaking in the gale. Everything is blacked out ashore and on board with the exception of a few special shielded lights inside the individual cabins and the wardroom. The things are a deep blue that cast a ghostly sort of glow and make everj^hing, even the food, look a nasty blue-gray.

"About every half hour a new batch of Japanese planes comes over and the bombs can be heard very plainly on the other edge of town, a 'swish!

BOOOOM!' News has just come through that operations have begun in Tsingtao. The Japanese-owned mills are being blown up by the Chinese and the harbor is being blocked. Here are the bombers again! Be back later! . . .

"They passed over close that time. We saw the flames from their exhaust pipes.

A few more, 'swish! BOOMs!' It looks like the campaign is on again down here.

"We were all pretty much exercised over the sinking of the PANAY, particularly lately, when it has developed that the whole thing was deliberate from start to finish and they knew it was an American ship. We have been fairly humming around here, clearing the ship for action.

Lieutenant Tex Anders, an old friend of mine who served here with me in the MINDINAO in 1934, was one of the heavily wounded. His wife and youngster just passed through Canton about a month ago en route Manila."

willing to move. (The telephone wires had been blown out and they were in the dark on the air raid situation.) Meanwhile, the air raid sirens howled again, which froze things locally until 4 p.m.

At six, the train finallv chugged in. You should have seen the foreign passengers!

Four days without a shave, not a drop of water except a bowl of tea now and then scrounged at stops, no way of getting into baggage for clean clothes.

Chinese and foreigners were packed in like cattle. (The Chinese love those international trains !) Board platforms lay over the tops of the seats, with people stacked there as well as in the seats themselves. More were stretched out end to end in the baggage racks next to the roof. The last 50 miles had been a series of raids by Jap planes which dropped bombs on the track half a mile behind them and strafed with machine guns half a mile ahead. They had no assurance the Japs would respect the train itself, so at each flyover, the thing would screech to a halt with all hands scrambling out doors and windows into the rice paddies alongside. All were caked with mijd up to the knees from wading in the muck.

They were one happy bunch to get here."

Some of the travail and strain of the voyagers must have rubbed off on the author; his notes for the day close with the comment that, "Life goes on as before, and tonight being Saturday the regular weekend fiesta is taking place at the Shameen Club by candlelight behind shutters, with all the youth and beauty of Canton present. But I'm too tired tonight to get into a stiff shirt and go over."

TT did not mean that communications were slow in that it took until the following day for MINDANAO to learn of PANAY'S fate. Commander Yangtze Patrol and CinC Asiatic were equally in the dark. Early Sunday morning, the 12th,

PANAY and three Standard Oil tankers moved upriver from besieged Nanking to get out of the line of artillery fire. Shortly after lunch, her radio went silent in the middle of a routine transmission. The sudden blackout could have been generator trouble, not uncommon with the gunboats. But these were touchy times.

On 6 December, the gunboat HMS LADYBIRD caught a barrage of Japanese artillery shells near Wuhu, with one killed and considerable damage. Thus an apprehensive CinCAF queried ComYang Pat at 4:32 p.m. about PANAY'S silence.

ComYangPat replied half an hour later that PANAY had abruptly ceased transmission at 1335. The British had been informed, CYP added. They were endeavoring to check, but at the moment no British ships were in PANAY'S reported vicinity.

Meanwhile, Ambassador Nelson Johnson, at Hankow, had learned of the late afternoon bombing of HMS SCARAB and CRICKET above Nanking. So at 10:50 p.m. he fired off a priority to the Secretary of State, CinCAF, the embassy in Peking and the Shanghai consulate telling of this. Then, bordering on the extrasensory, he added a prediction which was already history nine hours before: ". . .

JAPANESE INFORMED BRITISH WUHU THAT JAPANESE MILITARY FORCES HAD ORDERS TO FIRE ON ALL SHIPS ON YANGTZE STOP UNLESS JAPANESE CAN BE MADE TO REALIZE THAT T H E S E SHIPS ARE FRIENDLY AND ARE ONLY REFUGE AVAILABLE TO AMERICAN AND OTHER FOREIGNERS A TERRIBLE DISASTER IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN." After breakfast next day, Monday the 13th, CinCAF really began to get the wind up. At 8:47, he radioed ComYang Pat to "MAKE EVERY EFFORT ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION

Muriel Anders had come down from Hankow by train. The railway had been opened in late 1936, over the protests of foreign engineers that it was not ready for traffic. But the hazards of rickety bridge and shifting roadbed soon faded into insignificance beside the Japanese efforts to blast it out of commission to cut China's last connection with the sea.

From time to time an "international" train, car roofs plastered with foreign flags, set out fom Hankow carrying evacuees, the Japanese notified well in advance of its timetable. "It was reported the international train was about 40 miles up the railway and would arrive in an hour and a half," the author wrote his family of one such incident. "Then the air raid alarm sounded, after which nothing moves except the Chinese beating it from the vicinity of the railway station, a favorite target. That lasted until 10:30, when the train was reported in the same spot, unD E C E M B E R ,

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The union jack of the river gunboat M I N D A N A O is seen below the smoke rising from Canton's railway station after a bombing of the city in October 1937. In the left foreground are three British gunboats.

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W I T H PANAY." PANAY, already twenty hours on the bottom, hopefully was included as an information addressee, the message sent to her "blind."

It was not until a few minutes after 10 a.m. that the CinC learned the shocking news—the loss of the first U. S. warship by military action on the Yangtze since the Patrol's inception nearly a century before. From ComYang Pat had come an "urgent radio: "MESSAGE RECEIVED BY T E L E P H O N E FROM NANKING PANAY BOMBED AND SUNK AT MILEAGE 221 ABOVE WOOSUNG FIFTY-FOUR SURVIVORS MANY BADLY WOUNDED . . ." The precedence was one heretofore reserved for enemy con-

tact messages in time of actual war. It had to be written in on the message blank; there was no check-off box for anything higher than "Priority." Half an hour later an amplifying message told that PANAY'S convoy of three merchant vessels also had been destroyed.

'T'HUS did an incredulous American public, a stunned Japanese public, an enraged U. S. Navy and a cautiously jubilant China learn of a boneheaded Japanese military blunder which some consider merely a prelude to an infinitely greater but not dissimilar blunder on 7 December 1941.

By payment of $2,214,007.37 reparations for injuries, loss of property and lives—plus profuse apologies—Japan

PANAY, decks awash. A United States flag can be seen stretched over the awning frame just abaft the bridge.

ATHLETICS

Football Team Scores First V i c t o r y , Upsets V i r g i n i a , 1 0 - 0 , At

Homecoming

Using a superb defense. Navy's football team racked up its first victory of the 1969 season, frustrating Virginia 10-0 to the delight of a Homecoming crowd of 26,412 in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

The Midshipmen, ripped for an average of 37.6 points in five previous outings, shut off the Cavaliers on seven different fourth down plays and recorded the first shutout for a Navy team since a 21-0 blanking of William & Mary in 1966. The Cavaliers gained 317 yards of total offense, including 57 on their final possession when Navy was in a prevent defense, but could not cross the final white stripe although they were inside the Navy 10 on three different occasions, reaching the six and the six-inch line in the final period.

Offensively, Coach Rick Forzano's charges were able to muster just enough attack to win. Halfback Dan Pike ripped off 43 of the 60 yards Navy gained along the ground while Mike McNallen, despite 12

bought time but not atonement. From then on, American hardening against Japan's "New Order In East Asia" intensified.

Pacifists and non-interventionists lost some of their appeal. The build-up of a long neglected U. S. Navy took on an increasing urgency. A truculent Admiral Harry Yarnell, CinC Asiatic Fleet, had declared that if fired upon, he would return the fire. The first signs of an American economic noose around Japan's far extended neck began to take shape.

Little buff and white PANAY'S answer to aggression had been feeble in terms of military effectiveness. But in the overall results, perhaps she and her little band of "River Rats" had served better than they knew.

Going over to starboard just before sinking by the bow. These two photographs are by courtesy of Mr. H. D. Perry and are from newsreel film taken by Norman Alley.

by Budd Thalman

the lowest completion total (4 of 16) of his two-year career (5-of-9 against Georgia Tech was his previous low), tacked on 107 yards through the airways, including the only touchdown on a 62yard picture pitch to tight end Karl Schwelm.

The win was especially sweet for Forzano since it represented his first as skipper of the Midshipmen and brought to a halt five weeks of frustration piled upon frustration. Losses to Penn State (45-22), Boston College (21-14), Texas (56-17), Pittsburgh (46-19), and Rutgers (20-6) had made the early going particularly bleak.

Six-game statistics reveal a close battle between first classmen Ron Marchetti and Dan Pike for top spot in the rushing category. Marchetti, who did not play against Virginia, held a tenuous grip on the number one position with 195 yards on 48 carries. Pike closed to within seven yards by picking up 43 yards against the Cavaliers to move his total to 188 yards on 69 trips. The other statistical leaders: Passing—Mike McNallen, 85 of 212, 992 yards, 4 touchdowns;

Pass Receiving—Mick Barr, 17 catches, 181 yards, 0 touchdowns; Punting—Tom Moore, 34 punts, 1,285 yards, 37.8 average; Punt Returns—Steve Dmetruk, 12 returns, 97 yards, 8.1 average; Kickoff Returns—Dan Pike, 13 returns, 255 yards, 19.6 average; Scoring—Ron Marchetti, 4 touchdowns, 24 points.

Under the direction of Coach Jack Cloud, Navy's lightweight football team charged into a first-place tie (with Cornell) for leadership in the Eastern 150Pound football league by winning its first three games of the campaign.

The Midshipmen opened with a 55-0 battering of Columbia, edged Rutgers 15-6, and rolled over Princeton 28-6.

Cornell also won three straight to share top billing in the Eastern circuit with Navy.

Scoring leader for Cloud's club was Captain Es Marks, who rushed for three touchdowns in outings through October 25. Marks scored twice against Columbia, on runs of three and 60 yards, and moSHI

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tored 19 yards for another TD against Princeton. Quarterback Rick Hormel tossed three TD passes and rushed for another tally in the first three starts.

In what could be the highlight of the soccer season. Navy battled National cochampion Maryland to a 1-1 tie in a game that was really more the Midshipmen's than the final score indicated. Only a 2-0 loss to Pennsylvania marred an otherwise perfect record by the hooters.

Coach Glenn Warner's lads rolled past New Y'ork University (2-1), Catholic University (4-0), West Virginia (8-1), and Penn State (5-0).

Captain Casey Bahr paced the soccer team in scoring with five goals and an assist. Second classman Tom Abernathy chipped in five assists and one goal. Doug Conklin, Bob Elsbemd, Ken Paul, Bob Spahr, and Dave Ward each had two tallies to their credit.

The cross country team started quickly by disposing of LaSalle, William & Mary, and Fordham in the first three weeks. The Midshipmen's inexperience began to show, however, as Navy fell to St. John's, N.Y.U., Penn State, and Maryland for a 3-4 record at Shipmate's deadline.

Top runner for Coach Al Cantello's harriers was second classman Vern Graham, who finished twice on two occasions and had a top time of 25 :39, best of the year for the Midshipmen, over the five-mile course.

Winter Season Officially Opens December 3rd While, at this writing, four weeks still remain of the fall campaign, preparations are already underway for winter sports.

Here are the varsity schedules for the indoor season that officially begins on December 3rd: BASKETBALL December 3, V M I ; 6, at Pennsylvania; 10, Fairleigh-Dickinson; 13, Georgetown; 17, Princeton; 19-20, Kentucky Invitational at Lexington, Ky.; 29-30, Senior Bowl Classic at Mobile, Ala. January 6, at Harvard; 8, Gettysburg; 10, Washington & Lee; 14, at Maryland; 17, Temple; 28, Fordham; 31, at Virginia.

February 4, George Washington; 7, Manhattan; II, Baltimore University; 14, Penn State; 18, at American University; 21, N.Y.U.; 28, at Army.

FENCING December 13, at Cornell.

January 10, at Princeton; 31, N.Y.U. February 7, Pennsylvania; 14, at Columbia; 21, Penn State; 28, at Army.

March 7, C.C.N.Y.; 13-14, Easterns at M.I.T. GYMNASTICS Dec. 6, at Springfield; 13, at Syracuse.

January 17, Temple; 31, at Penn State.

February 7, Pittsburgh; 14, Southern Connecticut; 21, at Massachusetts; 28, Army.

March 12-14, Easterns at Syracuse.

DECEMBER,

1969

PISTOL December 6, at Naval Ordnance.

January 10, at Merchant Marine; 31, Coast Guard.

February 6, Air Force; 7, M.I.T. and Boston State; 14-15, NRA Sectionals; 21, Naval Ordnance; 28, at Army.

RIFLE December 6, CCNY; 13, East Tennessee State.

January 10, at Merchant Marine; 17, West Virginia; 31, Coast Guard.

February 7, Villanova and Penn State at University Park; 14, St. John's; 21, V.M.I.; 28, Army.

SQUASH December 5, at Wesleyan; 6, at Williams; 6, at Trinity; 7, at M I T ; 13, Toronto.

January 10, at Amherst; 10, at Harvard ; 17, Pennsylvania.

February 6, at Fordham; 7, at Princeton; 11, Franklin & Marshall; 14, Adelphi; 21, Nationals at Philadelphia; 28, at Army.

C A P I T O L

SWIMMING December 6, Columbia; 13, Harvard; 17, North Carolina.

January 10, at Dartmouth; 14, Maryland; 17, Tennessee; 31, at Yale.

February 4, Villanova; 14, at Princeton; 21, Cornell; 28, Army.

March 7, Pennsylvania; 12-14, Easterns at Dartmouth.

TRACK December 13, Fordham and N.Y.U. January 10, Maryland; 17, Pennsylvania; 31, VMI Relays.

February 4, Manhattan and Penn State; 14, St. John's; 21, Army; 28, Heptagonals at Cornell.

WRESTLING December 5-6, Coast Guard Tournament at New London; 13, at Syracuse; 17, Oklahoma.

January 10, Pittsburgh; 17, Northwestern ; 31, at Temple.

- February 7, Lehigh; 14, at Penn State; 21, Maryland; 28, at Army.

March 13-14, Easterns at Penn State.

H I L L

TF DEBATE on military legislation requires as much time in the future as it has this year, it may become necessary to change the government's operating year, now a fiscal year, to a calendar year. As of this writing. Congress has approved only one appropriations bill— Treasury-Post Office. Government departments are handicapped in providing economic and efficient management of their programs when they are not certain how much money they will have to spend until four to six months after the beginning of the fiscal year. Changing the government's operating year from a fiscal to a calendar year won't necessarily give the legislators more time. However, if they would begin work on appropriations bills in the spring of the year, it is probable the bills would be enacted into law by the end of the year. As matters now stand, work on these bills is started in the spring, and, while it is supposed to be completed by July 1, the work has been extended into the fall and even into December.

Various reasons are given for the sudden emergence of so many Senate and House members as military experts, real and alleged. There was opposition to Vietnam on the part of the anti-military, opposition to military spending when there is so much need for social and public works spending here at home. Then, perhaps inevitably, there was opposition to military ofiicers, primarily high-ranking officers. Such opposition was latent

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anyway in the political and economic philosophies of many legislators.

The military was blamed for almost everything, including alleged failures in South Vietnam, weapons production failures, excessive costs, the PUEBLO. Recently two members of Congress cited the Army enlisted club fiasco as a reason for curbing the operations and influence of the military.

Speaking on the anti-military opposition. Senator Barry Goldwater (R.-Ariz.), said: "I was surprised at the depth of their penetration. Whether it continues in the future depends on how much help they get from former Pentagon people."

Representative George Mahon (D.Tex.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said: "The opposition did their homework as they have not heretofore. This is a different atmosphere and I think it will continue into the future."

Senator Peter Dominick (R.-Colo.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has a different slant.

"This is all tied to Vietnam," he said.

"The military has become a stalking horse for people's views on the war. If we can effect a substantial reduction of this Vietnam effort, the mood of the country will change."

Representative Leslie Arends (R.-IU.), minority whip and a ranking House Armed Services Committee member, said: 13

"Throughout the country people are realizing that the so-called military-industrial complex isn't what it was painted to be. There will be less difficulty next year."

Defense Funds Still D e b a t e d

The House military procurement bill calls for an expenditure of about $21.3 billion, and the Senate's bill for an expenditure of about $20 billion. It is probable that the expenditures approved in the House bill will be reduced in the process of translating the procurement bill into the Defense Department appropriations bill. For instance, the House approved an extra $1 billion for ships, or about $3.5 billion as compared to the about $2.5 billion in the Senate bill. But the House vote on this issue was 131 to 92, and the pressure to reduce this amount in the appropriations bill may overcome this vote. There are 435 members of the House, and only half of them were on the floor when the extra $1 billion for ships was voted on.

With the withdrawal of planes and ships and the return to civilian life of servicemen already ordered or contemplated between now and June 30, 1970, it is probable that total Defense Department expenditures for fiscal 1970 will be as much as several billion dollars less than contemplated early this year.

Pay Raise in Limbo

Strong opposition from the Budget Bureau may force the Defense Department to postpone plans to introduce a pay reform bill which, it was expected, could become effective July 1, 1970. This pay plan, a revised Hubbell proposal, would combine basic pay, housing and subsistence allowances into a salary, and make various other changes in active duty and retired compensation. It would cost some $4.3 billion in pay reforms, and a pay raise would be in addition to this amount.

The Budget Bureau has earmarked only $2 billion for military pay increases in fiscal year 1971. Defense Department pay experts, including Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, are trying to see what type of pay raise could be fitted into this appropriations limit.

To make matters worse, the new welfare program of the Administration, now before Congress, makes no provision for

military families. An official of Health, Education and Welfare said that military people should be able to depend on pay for their living requirements. Mr. Laird said that under the welfare program, which stipulates an income of $3920 a year for a family of four as a poverty level, at least 50,000 service families should be entitled to welfare.

Mr. Laird, who made the decision to place enlisted grades E-1 to E-4 in the Hubbell plan, believes that these grades simply must have a pay increase. However, a good pay hike for the very large number of men in these grades would not leave much of the $2 billion for pay increases to higher ranks.

The matter of a pay raise for next year may not be settled until late December.

Retired Pay

Increase—1%

Calendar year 1969 will be a good year, pay-wise, for those military retirees who are not greatly bothered by recomputation. In addition to a 4 percent pay increase February 1, 1969, and a 4.3 percent increase effective November 1, they will receive another pay increase of 1 percent.

This 1 percent increase is authorized in a bill sponsored October 1 by Representative L. Mendel Rivers (D.-S. C ) , chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. There is no doubt about enactment of this bill because in a Federal civilian retirement bill signed into law by the President in late October, a 1 percent increase in retired pay was granted to retired civilians in addition to each increase they receive under their Consumer Price Index formula.

It is probable that Mr. Rivers' bill can be made retroactive to November 1.

N o Recomputation Fiscal

1971

Secretary of Defense has stated that there can be no recomputation of retired pay in the fiscal 1970 budget. Military basic pay, he said, has been increased so sharply in recent years that the basing of retired pay on active duty basic pay, instead of on a formula based on increase in the cost of living, would add too much to military compensation costs at this time.

There have been increases in basic pay every year since 1963. For the retired.

there have been six cost-of-living increases—the first coming in October, 1963, the last in November of this year— averaging a little more than 4 percent each.

Over the years various estimates of the increases in retired pay which would result from approval of recomputation have been given. The latest, based on current basic pay, are $747 million the first year and almost $17 billion over the next 20 years.

Various types of recomputation bills have been introduced in this 91st Congress. At least 39 Senators and more than 50 House members favor legislation which would grant recomputation to all.

More than 30 House members favor legislation which would provide recomputation for those retired prior to June 1, 1958, when the historic method of basing retired pay on active duty pay was abandoned. One member. Rep. Bob Wilson (R.-Calif.), introduced a bill to provide recomputation to retirees who entered the service prior to April I, 1948.

Another plan, under consideration by the Retired Officers' Association, would restore recomputation to retirees who entered the service prior to suspension of the system June 1, 1958, and 60 years of age or older. This plan would be much less costly than recomputation for all, since only about 20 percent of retireesare over the age of 60.

T a x Break On M o v i n g Costs

Deduction of up to $2500 for moving expenses from taxable income is certain to become law. The House and the Senate Finance Committee have approved this feature of the big tax reform bill.

The primary deductible expenses would include: (1) House-hunting trips before the move; (2) Up to 30 days temporary costs at the new location; (3) Incidental costs of selling the lease at the old residence and buying or leasing a new residence. Various other expenses would be included.

This portion of the tax reform bill should do military families some good, but how much good is problematical. It should guarantee that service families would no longer have to bear part of the cost of moving. But very few service families on active duty own their own

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FOR

1969

The 1969 REGISTER OF ALUMNI, carefully packaged for shipping, is ready for mailing to any desired address for $8.00 a copy.

The REGISTER OF ALUMNI is primarily a source of information on persons who attended the former Naval School at Fort Severn or the U. S. Naval Academy which the Naval School subsequently became. The names of all ex-naval cadets and ex-midshipmen, graduate or not, up to and including the class of 1968, are included. For each there is listed certain biographical information, plus the address most recently recorded at Alumni House.

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nomes, ^nd how many a r e authorized to go on house-hunting trips before they move ?

Currently service families receive such moving help as travel and dislocation allowances, but what they do receive is not enough, for almost all of them "lose" money when they move. T h e Navy admits their people do not receive adequate moving help by permitting them to borrow against future pay in order to help finance moves.

Even with final approvel of this legislation, Federal civilian employees would have the advantage of military employees in this area. Federal civilians receive as travel allowances all the deductible expenses mentioned above, designed primarily for the travel of non-government people in industry, trade, etc. Federal civilians have to pay income t a x on these allowances, but legislation is pending to have this t a x set aside. Generally speaking, it is less costly to the individual to receive an allowance and pay t a x on it than to be permitted to deduct expenditures from taxable income.

Hope For Travel Allowance Hike

The Senate and t h e H o u s e have passed legislation authorizing a substantial increase in travel allowance for Federal civilian personnel. T h e Senate bill provides for an increase from the present $16 a day to $25 a day, with a maximum, in extraordinary circumstances, of $40 a day. T h e House bill provides increases to $24 a day and a maximum of $35.

In the last Congress the House approved increases in military travel allowances, or per diem allowances, but the legislation was stymied in the Senate because the Senate failed to take action on a bill, passed by the House, to increase Federal civilian travel allowances. N o w that an increase in allowances for Federal civilian travel is assured, perhaps the Armed Services Committees will do something in this line for military persormel.

An increase in official travel allowances is more important to military than to civilian personnel, because many more of the former a r e required to travel and move.

Fiscal 1970 Expenditures

Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said that the Pentagon is projecting a cutback in Vietnam spending to an annual rate of $17 billion by J u n e 30, 1970.

The present rate is about $25 billion, and a year ago it was $30 billion.

This information was presented at a hearing of the so-called Joint Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy, a branch of the Joint Economic Committee. Witnesses Paul W . McCracken, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Herbert Stein, administration public relations m a n and another member of the Council, could n o t say what effect this reduction in Vietnam spending would have on t h e overall Defense Department budget.

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"It looks now as if we are seeing right before our eyes," said Senator William P r o x m i r e ( D . - W i s . ) , who as chairman of the Joint Economic Committee held hearings and raised a lot of fuss over military spending earlier this year, "our Vietnam dividend eaten up. largely by expensive weapons systems."

There has been too much talk about so-called Vietnam dividends, that is, spending the savings resulting from cutbacks in the Vietnam fighting for social purposes. T o o many people do not know, or refuse to recognize, the need to continue with manufacture of weapons and other military goods, not only to meet the threat of increased Russian production but also to compensate for slowdowns in production resulting from Vietnam financial needs.

Mr. McCracken said at this hearing that there would be a surplus of about $6 billion in revenues over spending in the current fiscal year.

Incidentally, defense costs in the fiscal year 1969 were $1.5 less than expected, with 85 percent of the saving coming in the first six months of 1969, under Mr. Nixon's administration.

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Thirty-two years ago, a Florida youngster off for a pleasant Saturday afternoon at the movies was chagrined to find a long line at the box office. The magnet, he soon discovered, was a newsreel sequence. It was Norman Alley's fantastic capture on celluloid of the death agonies of a Yangtze gunboat, the U S S PANAY, bombed and sunk by Japanese airmen on 12 December 1937. The film, insured for $350,000, had been rushed from Shanghai to Manila by U. S. destroyer, thence to the States via the just-inaugurated Pan-American Clipper.

The youngster sat through it twice, deeply stirred. A wartime tour with the Navy kept the memory alive. Then, several years ago, his dimming recollection of the incident challenged by a friend's questions. Perry set himself to the task of digging out more facts than so far ever had been published.

How, why, and on whose orders had PANAY

been sunk ?

The little gunboat went down almost four years to the day before an equally infamous attack on a vastly superior scale by the same nation against the same navy. Was there any psychological or material connecting link, as the author infers by his title?

During a year of research for his history of the Yangtze Patrol, this reviewer has found no source which has gone more exhaustively into the most vital aspect of the PANAY incident: the motive behind the sinking. Perry has sifted voluminous, occasionally elusive facts and has come up with some exceedingly clever deductions.

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For a sum monthly equal to the price of a good Easter bonnet in the United States, "Master" and "Missy" were surrounded by "a Number 1 Boy and an assistant, whose . . . chief job seemed to be opening the door for the lieutenant every morning, then handing him his cane and helmet . two cooks and a 'makie learn' cook, a boy who carried water, three sedan chair bearers (two varsity and a spare), one amah for the baby, and a night watchman."

Aboard the fat, snub-nosed little whiteand-buff gunboats, not much bigger than a harbor tug, fifty sailors lived in constricted luxury. Five or six breakfast eggs any style preceded a day's "work" made light by coolies paid a pittance plus their rice.

Perry describes Nanking's last, flaming days, with the rounding up of most of the remaining Americans plus several British and Italians to take refuge aboard. In the group were three ace cameramen and five top flight journalists, three U. S. diplomats and the assistant U. S. military attache.

There scarcely could have been a more appropriate team to record on film and for the world's big black headlines the high drama soon to unfold—not only the slashing attack itself, but the days following, as the survivors struggled to bring themselves, their two dead and thirteen wounded through the swampy reed jungles to safety. The conviction that the Japanese were intent on their extermination so as to destroy all evidence, hurried them along.

The author has interviewed most of the PANAY survivors. Inaccurate little myths of past accounts have been set straight, the true versions no less thrilling. Tex Anders, weak from loss of blood, writes his instructions on the white bulkheads in pencil, sometimes obliterated by blood from his wounded hands. He has been hit in the throat and is unable to speak. Ensign Biwerse is near stripped of clothes by the first bomb blast.

Dazed and shaken, the defoliated young man climbs a ladder toward the machine gun deck when another bomb blows him back down again. Lieutenant (jg) "Gunner" Geist stumps around on a torn leg. The skipper, Lieutenant Commander J. J. Hughes, lies in 16

heavy pain with a broken thigh, his face black with galley soot. The machine guns chatter away, one manned by a chief boatswain's mate stripped to the waist; he had been in too much of a hurry to pull on his pants.

Author Perry's search of Japanese records and questioning of Japanese participants provides a heretofore largely untapped fund of fascinating information and food for speculation. He brings out the intense, Japanese interservice friction and its possible effect in this highly combustible incident.

(The aff'air was in fact so combustible that Roosevelt, unready for war, had Alley snip out footage which showed Japanese planes so close aboard that the pilots could scarcely have failed to identify the large flags painted on PANAY'S awnings. It would have been too highly provocative, said FDR, in a preview of the film.)

The prime candidate for villain. Colonel Hashimoto ("Fire on anything that moves on the river!"), died with his lips sealed.

But Perry has come up with enough evidence to delight the heart of any detective story buff^. You, the reader, are the jury.

You will have read the evidence and to a point been instructed by the judge. But the fascinating business of determining guilt is yours. Don't miss it!

K E M P TOLLEY '29

T H E A M P H I B I O U S CAMPAIGN FOR W E S T FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA, 1814-1815. By Wilburt S. Brown, Major General, USMC (Ret.), University of Alabama Press, 1969. 233 pages. $10.00.

This thorough study is one of the many monuments to the memory of a rare leader and a rare character—the late Major-Gen. Wilburt S. Brown, USNA, 1924-^universally known in the Corps and to his classmates as "Big Foot."

General Brown died in late 1968 before he saw published the only book he ever authored. To honor his memory, the University of Alabama, where Professor Brown had studied and taught history after his retirement from the Marine Corps, presented three specially bound copies of this volume to Mrs. Brown, to the President of the United States and to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. It was a fitting tribute to one of the "Old Breed" of Marines, who had made a mark at Alabama, not only as student and researcher but as one of the most popular and beloved professors in the university.

General Brown had a rough-hewn, toughtalking exterior which concealed a heart so soft that he found it difficult to give low grades to any pupil. He brought to the writing of this book the same qualities that distinguished his Marine Corps career—a sense of dedication, a persistence of purpose, a study of detail, professionalism in the best sense of the word, and by no means least—firm and undiluted opinions. His work is, to my knowledge, the first book-length study of the Gulf operations in the War of 1812 and of Andy Jackson's New Orleans campaign (the climax and anti-climax of the war) to be made by a trained amphibious warfare expert. The result is evident on every page.

Brown cast a critical eye on terrain, supply, armaments and weapons, tactics, leadership and morale, as well as strategy. He correctly gave the back of his hand to some prior historians who either did not do their homework, who did not understand the complexities of amphibious warfare, or were moved too much by the bias of their times or environment.

The result is not so much revisionist history as modified history. For some historians this deliberately "critical review" (as the book is sub-titled) will be too subjective, too replete with opinions. But it will be hard for any historian writing in the future about the New Orleans campaign to ignore Brown's opinions, for each of them is buttressed by fact piled upon fact.

The verdict: "The legislature of Massachusetts passed a resolution in 1818 giving all credit for the victory (at New Orleans) to the Lord in heaven. They would not even credit Jackson with an assist. . . . Nevertheless, it seems to this writer (Brown) that the instrument chosen by the Lord to get His will done, as Gideon was chosen in Biblical times, was General Andrew Jackson.''

HANSON W . BALDWIN '24

MAIL BOAT "Special Trust and Confidence"

Dear Admiral Fitzgerald, Thank you for your support and assistance in bringing to the fore once again the frustrating problem of "special trust and confidence." My thanks, also, to Captain Paul Schratz '39 for his excellent articles in the January and February issues regarding the same subject. As Captain Schratz stated, although efforts have been made during the past twelve years to improve the declining prestige of the military officer, little success has been noted. Frustrating, as it may be, this is not the time to quit, but really the time to intensify our efforts to turn the tide so that the uniform, and special trust and confidence is restored to its rightful position.

Every officer, junior and senior, with whom I have discussed this subject has agreed with my views, albeit some indicated that certain practices which I feel demean a uniformed officer do not bother them very much. Trustfully, I must admit that I cannot understand such unconcern, but I rationalize by thinking that such persons have perhaps fought the battle at some earlier time only to meet with repeated frustration.

Therefore, rather than continue in this vein, they have decided to accept the entrenched practices.

Gentlemen, I have not yet made that decision, and I sincerely hope that many of my shipmates feel the same way. I feel that something can be done, and must be done.

I feel that the branches of the Navy which are designed to serve us have instituted policies which dictate to us and erode the meaning of an officer in uniform, and the special trust and confidence which he should expect. Accepted is the fact that they have responsibilities within their particular branch to insure funds are not lost as a result of bad checks, or items purchased from the Exchange by unauthorized personnel, but I contend they have an equal or higher obligation to uniformed officers and the Navy. This same obligation I might say is shared by Commanding Officers of Naval Air Stations and Naval Bases who condone such practices. How can anyone say that no harm is done when an officer in uniform is required to show his I. D. card when cashing a check in the Exchange, or showing his I. D. card to gain entrance to a commissary, or worse yet to have to present a check at a commissary to an enlisted man or civilian for verification and approval ? Reasons may be presented, but none suffice to explain that what is gained SHIPMATE

is worth more than what is lost, namely, "special trust and confidence."

May I say at this point that I concur with the practice of showing an I. D. card for identification when one is in civilian clothes, and that I have never questioned its necessity. My point of concern is an officer in uniform requiring to show an I. D. card for identification. To those who feel and state that a uniform is not identification enough, I say that it is a sad day that we have allowed such a feeling to come to pass. If one is serious or foolish enough to impersonate an officer, he certainly could obtain an I. D. card. To those who say the Reserve Officers would abuse the uniform to make unauthorized purchases at the Exchange or Commissary I say that we are selling these gentlemen short, and for the few percent who might stoop to such practices, I say that we are forced to accept their lack of integrity in order to protect the special trust and confidence displayed by the greater majority of the Officer Corps. Somewhere, somehow the few percent who would dishonor themselves and their uniform would be found and weeded out of the Officer Corps.

It's an

Old Forester kind of season

An article in the January 1969 issue of the Officer Personnel Newsletter entitled "Leadership Responsibility" bemoans the fact that "the dynamic leadership qualities demonstrated to recruits during recent training are noticeably lacking in the petty officers and officers the new apprentice sees at his first duty station." It goes on further to state that "The experience of our midshipmen and officer csmdidates as they report as junior officers to their first station is analagous to that of the new apprentice.

When this situation exists we not only disillusion our newest officers and men, but we also lessen their respect for authority and for the position of all naval officers and petty officers. It follows that respect for the whole naval service suffers." Aptly put—"we don't practice what we preach." At the Naval Academy, at OCS, and the various Training Centers we teach that an officer is a gentleman whose honor and integrity is unquestioned, and whose word is his bond.

Again I ask why don't we practice what we preach ?

The March 12 issue of Navy Times contained an article headlined "Adm. Moorer Kicks off Program of Career Motivation Conference." The task of the conference was to "find practical ways to improve both officer and enlisted motivation and stimulate interest in the job of keeping high quality people." One panel was specifically tasked with the elimination of "administrative irritants" at all levels. I believe a few have been outlined in this letter. I believe that officer motivation would be enhanced once we begin to render him due regard and respect. I believe that we must uphold our officer corps to all, even to the House Armed Services Committee so that the prescribed regulations regarding identification can be amended to excuse uniformed officers from the requirement of showing their I. D. cards to gain entrance to commissaries. I do not feel as the informant does in Captain Schratz's January article in Shipmate that the "positive way to look on the identification requirements is that they are part of the price we pay to protect our privileges."

I respectfully submit that the price is too high. Why must we demean and berate the entire officer corps of the United States Navy because of the suspected transgressions of a few? The uniform identifies me as an officer and a gentleman. This I say for the 98% of the officers who refuse to be branded by the actions of the two percent.

Matt Pasztalaniec '54 D E C E M B E R ,

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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS President— MR. H.\N-SOX \ V . BALDWIN '24 (7405), Roxbury, Ct.

Vice President (Eastern

Area)—

V . \ D M . FELIX L . JOHXSON', USN (Ret.) '20 (5289), Leonardtown, Md.

Vice President (Central Area)— R.\D.M. JOHN E . KIRKPATRICK, USNR (Ret.) '31 (10277), Oklahoma City, Ok. Vice President (Western Area)— CAPT. J. L. P. MCCALLUM, USN (Ret.) '35 (11761), Seatde, Wash.

Past President— .\DM. ROBT. B . C.IRNEY, USN (Ret.) '16 (4521), Washington, D. C. Exectttire Director— RADM. W . F . FITZGERALD, USN (Ret.) '21 (5912), Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's

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by Paul Schratz '39

The Tragedy of a Prisoner of W a r M a n y of us ached in o u r hearts to hear stories of inhuman treatment of Americans in N o r t h Vietnamese prison camps, particularly when so many were people we knew, close friends and sons of long time acquaintances. O n e of t h e most pathetic of these stories came to light on a T V interview.

Despite his ribbons a n d battle stars the young man didn't look quite up to t h e ordeal of the interview. Seated behind a table, looking into the klieg lights, newsmen fired questions at him, some important, some trivial.

Asked the size of his room, he smiled. " I know that pretty well. I h a d plenty of time to pace it off. I t w a s 11 by 10 feet." " W e r e you a l o n e ? " "Yes, sir," said t h e young man. " S o m e times I think that w a s t h e worst part." " W h a t did you do all d a y ? " asked a woman reporter.

"Well, sir,'' said t h e young m a n , then, squinting: " I mean, m a ' m . Mostly I just lay on m y bed a n d thought about h o w good it would be to be home again, out hunting with my d o g and tying into Mom's vittles." " W h a t about the food, son? D i d they feed you all r i g h t ? " T h e young man paused, swallowed h a r d and looked into t h e distance.

"Well ?" asked t h e reporter.

"Let m e p u t it this way," said t h e young man. " I t m a y not be t h e kind of food you'd want if you h a d your choice, but—well, they have a way of preparing it, and, well, serving it, so it really doesn't taste too bad."

"How about your injuries?' asked another. " D i d you get proper medical c a r e ? " " I ' m satisfied they did t h e best they could under the circumstances, sir," he replied. " M o r e than just aspirin, e h ? " asked t h e reporter, chuckling.

"Oh, much better than that, sir," replied the young man. " T h e medical treatment w a s adequate in every respect." " W e r e you able to keep up with current events ?" asked a magazine writer. " D i d they let you read or listen to t h e r a d i o ? " T h e young m a n smiled. " W e l l , sir," h e said, "the magazines were pretty old, a n d there really wasn't much reliable news on the radio. Y o u couldn't get a very clear idea of what w a s going on in t h e world." " D o you think this w a s a deliberate a t tempt to keep you uninformed?" " I don't think so, sir. I expect it w a s just the only stuff they h a d to offer."

"Did they t r y to brainwash y o u ? " T h e young m a n frowned thoughtfully, a n d darted a quick glance t o w a r d a n officer in the shadow behind the T V camera.

"Well, did they brainwash y o u ? " repeated the reporter.

"I'll tell you, sir," said t h e young m a n , kneading his hands nervously. " T h e y have ways of getting you to do j u s t about anything they want. Y o u know what I m e a n ? " T h e silence w a s broken by t h e w o m a n r e porter, w h o asked gently: " H o w long did they have you, s o n ? " " F o u r weeks," said t h e young m a n . " W h a t do you mean, 'four w e e k s ' ? " barked t h e network man. " W e r e n ' t you captured 2 ^ years a g o ? " T h e young m a n looked puzzled. T h e n his face cleared, and he s a i d : " O h , you mean the N o r t h Vietnamese, is that it? I thought all t h e time you were asking about m y time in Bethesda Naval Hospital."

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SHIPMATE COPY DEADLINE

February Copy due at Alumni March Copy due at Alumni

House 10 December House 10 January

ALL HANDS

At the Board of Trustees head table, RAdm. W. F. Fitzgerald, Executive Director; RAdm. John E. Kirkpatrick, Central Area Vice President; Adm. Robt. B. Carney, Past President; Mr. Hanson W. Baldwin, President; VAdm. Felix L. Johnson, Eastern Area Vice President; Capt.

J. L. P. McCallum, Western Area Vice President.

A L U M N I ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

The regular fall meeting of the Alumni Association's Board of Trustees took place in Annapolis on 22 and 23 October, immediately preceding Homecoming Weekend.

Business meetings, presided over by Mr. Hanson W. Baldwin '24, President of the Association, were held in Alumni House while the briefings presented by RAdm. (Calvert, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and members of the staff and faculty were conducted in the conference room of newly dedicated Chauvenet Hall.

On the first day of the meeting the Board of Trustees was host to the Superintendent, the Commandant of Midshipmen, the Dean and Heads of Departments at an Alumni House luncheon. Midshipman officers of the Brigade organization and First Class were the Trustee's guests at luncheon on the second day.

In addition to the usual routine business of this semi-annual meeting the Board heard Capt K. G. Haynes, USN, Director of Recruitment and Candidate Guidance at the Naval Academy, and discussed ways and means by which the Alumni Association can increase the effectiveness of its effort at locating outstanding young men for the Academy and interesting them in seeking admission. In these days of less than overwhelming enthusiasm for military service 20

and an increasing competition among the universities and colleges for the most desirable student prospects, the importance of this effort cannot be overemphasized. The Board concluded that, in addition to continuing with the support of related programs, every alumnus should be made fully aware of the situation and enjoined to direct his own individual efforts at finding the very best candidates and heading them in the direction of the U. S. Naval Academy. In recognition of its concern for this problem the Board of Trustees passed on a motion to change the name of one of its committees, the Naval Academy Public Relations Committee, to the Information and Recruit Committee. The new name does, in fact, better reflect the major portion of the Committee's activity.

At the fall meeting, and after due consideration, the Board of Trustees also voted to award custody and supervision of the Association's Endowment Fund holdings to the Liberty National Bank and Trust Co. of Oklahoma City.

In continuation of the Alumni Association's assistance to the Academy with respect to the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference the Board again voted to act as agent in the solicitation of funds from industry and to contribute additional financial support as needed up to the sum of $2,500.

Cdr. Anders receives the Navy Cross ANDERS ' 2 7 A N D THE PANAY

On 12 December 1937 the USS

PANAY,

one of our Navy's river gunboats in China, was sunk by attacking Japanese aircraft.

Subsequently the ship's executive officer, Lt. Arthur F. Anders '27, was awarded the Navy's then highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, for his heroic actions at the time of the attack and immediately after.

On 24 October 1969, nearly 32 years later, Cdr. Anders, now retired, was a guest of the Superintendent at the Homecoming Full Dress Parade on Worden Field. Highlighting the parade was a presentation of the Navy Cross, now the Navy's highest award, to Cdr. Anders in lieu of the DSM formerly awarded him for his part in the PANAY incident.

As an item of added interest, another guest of the Superintendent and a witness to the aforementioned ceremony was Cdr. Anders' son, LCol. William A. Anders '55, USAF, one of the Apollo 8 astronauts in the first manned flight to the moon.

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WELL D O N E I - C L A S S OF ' 2 0

The following letter, with an enclosed check for $500, has been received by the Alumni Association and has been gratefully acknowledged to the Chairman of the Class of 1920.

Dear Admiral Fitzgerald: The Washington-Annapolis group of our Class, which manages the affairs of the Class, voted at its September meeting to give the Alumni Association $500.00 in appreciation for the many courtesies and services given by your organization on the occasion of our SOth Reunion last May. It gives me great pleasure to send a check for that amount.

Sincerely, / s / John B. Lyon RAdm. USN Ret'd Chairman, Class of 1920 The Alumni Association greatly appreciates this generous action on the part of the Class of '20 in recognition of the services rendered by the Association to the class upon the occasion of the class 50th reunion.

The U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association is a service organization whose function is to render services to the Academy, to classes, to chapters, and to individual alumni. These services are rendered daily, year in and year out, with no small cost to the Association. This is a responsibility which the Association performs willingly and without charge. The Association is most grateful, therefore, when a class organization recognizes the services rendered in the form of financial assistance which helps the Association to continue and expand its programs of service and support. Thanks, '20, very, very much!

Reviewing the Parade honoring the Naval Academy Foundation are RAdm. Calvert, Adm. Denfeld, VAdm. Pirie and RAdm. Heyworth.

bers of the class of 1973, the largest input in the history of the Foundation.

An added feature this year was the honoring of many of the donors who have established individual Honor Scholarships in perpetuity in the Foundation's Honor School Program, and the class officers of a number of Naval Academy classes which have established Class Honor Scholarships.

Following the parade, the Superintendent and Mrs. Calvert hosted a reception for the guests attending the parade during which the Foundation's Trustees and donors of Honor Scholarships had the opportunity to meet the Honor Scholars of the class of 1973.

USNA F O U N D A T I O N HONORED AT PARADE

The first Brigade Full Dress Parade of the current academic year took place on 17 September and honored the U. S. Naval Academy Foundation, Inc. Taking the review with the Superintendent were Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, U S N ( R e t ) , and VAdm. Robert B. Pirie, U S N (Ret.), Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of the Foundation, respectively.

The Foundation administers a preparatory school program for selected high school graduates who are highly motivated and strongly recommended for entrance to the Naval Academy. This past year, for example, 72 candidates participated in the program of whom 57 were sworn in as memD E C E M B E R ,

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A reunion of those who served in the USS BILOXI (CL-80) will be held in New Orleans, La., on 7 March 1970. For details write to Tom Gary Wildwood Plantation RR3 Greenwood, Miss. 38930

CLASS NEWS 0) Q) Zj

MARCELLUS

DIVISION OF N A V A L HISTORY ASKS ASSISTANCE

The Director of Naval History, Navy Department, is searching for photographs of a Japanese delegation visit made to the island of Attn, Aleutian Islands, in 1953 and again in 1964. Additionally, he needs photographs of the 10-man, U. S. Navy weather detachment captured on Kiska Island by the Japanese in 1942.

Also wanted are photographs of the USS ORVETTA (IX-157), acquired 4 April 1944 and commissioned 5 June 1944. The ORVETTA, formerly named TAMPA, was stricken from the Naval Register on 10 June 1947.

The loan of photographs of the aforementioned subjects will be greatly appreciated and those received will be returned after copies have been made. If you can help, please write to RAdm. E. M. Eller, U S N (Ret.) Director of Naval History Room 1204 Main Navy Bldg.

Washington, D. C. 20360

BILOXI REUNION

Marcellus was a Carvel Hall "institution."

There are few Academy alumni, going way back and on up to recent times, who don't recall Marcellus of Carvel Hall. His friends of many years will be pleased to learn of his recent designation as Vice Chairman of the Annapolis Historic District Commission whose function is in the interest of preserving historic buildings and other places. Thus Marcellus adds this distinction to his many others, including that of "Admiral of the Chesapeake" conferred upon him by the Governor of Maryland.

A recent T V re-run of a 1937 movie, "Annapolis Salute," recalls one of the many roles played by Marcellus while he was in the employ of Carvel Hall. In a back stairway scene Van Heflin, the midshipman hero, is interrupted on his way up by Marcellus garbed in the hotel uniform of the time.

"Sir," he said, "midshipmen are not allowed above the first floor." "I know that," Heflin answered, "but I have to go up anyway."

Reminded of this incident the other day, Marcellus recalled that the scene was shot several times in an effort to get just the right inflection into the midshipman's voice.

"With a final satisfactory run finished, Heflin complimented me in the way I did my lines.

I didn't tell him that I had no problem because I had been saying the same line in real life for 25 years."

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

Eugene Wilson writes under dateline of 26 July from 31 Woodland St., Hartford, Conn.: "Genevieve (his wife, not mine!) and I have returned to our apartment in Hartford after spending the past winter in Palm Beach, Fla., aboard our boat, SALAR IV." He continues, "We have finally given up our boat and come ashore on my 82nd birthday I Meanwhile, I've enjoyed a unique experience. In 1950 I made a conservation film on the Atlantic salmon called Farmers of the Sea. This was exhibited in London at the Ministry of Fisheries, Whitehall Place, during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. I left the print with the Salmon and Trout Association, London Bridge, EC4.

In due course this led to an international conference in Warsaw on conservation of Atlantic salmon which adopted our proposal to outlaw the killing of Atlantic salmon on the high seas for ten years. Meanwhile, last April, Arnold J. Toynbee, the British historian, published a full-page article in the Sunday issue of the Miami Herald entitled 'Farming of the Sea.' His thesis: 'Space is a dead-end; Survival demands, "Farming of the Sea!"' Naturally I was pleased. Doubtless Toynbee got his headline from my film but I got my idea from his A Study of History—a monumental work of 12 volumes on the history of societies and civilizations.

So—turnabout is fair play.

"I've also had good luck with my book, Kitty Hawk to Sputnik to Polaris. Both Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon have praised it highly in personal letters to me.

At present my solution to current world ills appears politically inexpedient, so nothing is likely to happen, but we in good old 1908 can be glad we studied international law back in those days and believed in it.

Haven't we had the most exciting careers ever? Lucky guys, we 1908ers."

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Laroche's address is 447 Delannoy Ave., Cocoa, Fl. 32922.

We regret to report the death on 18 Sept. of Louise Monroe, widow of our classmate VAdm. Lawrence F. R E I F S N I D E R . Burial was in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

She is survived by her daughter Mary Louise, wife of Capt. Glover Ferguson (Ret.) of Honolulu and by two sisters. All 1910ers will recall the three beautiful Monroe girls, belles of Annapolis of our midshipman days.

Quoting Charlie (RAdm. C. J.) MOORE in a recent note: "Irene Gillam had two home falls; she broke her wrist on one and three ribs on the second. I just talked to her. She says Pop is doing very well."

Frank LUCKEL reports the Gus (RAdm. A. H.) GRAYs recently threw a big and very lovely party at their hospitable home right off the Coronado Strand Beach.

As this is written Fanny (Mrs. Ted) Sec'y and Treas., Sherman is deep in the Maine woods enjoyRAdm. Frank A. Braisted, USN (Ret.) 3104 Cleveland Ave., N.W. ing the fall colors of that region near the Washington, D. C. 20003 White Mountains.

Webb TR.A.MMELL will spend this winDuring October and November the H U S T V E D T s cruised the Mediterranean in ter in Palm Beach. Report is that he is feeling much better, thanks to a change in mediMS BERGENSFJORD, accompanied by their daughter Mrs. Philip Hauck and Irene's cation. sister Mrs. Alice Bailey, both of Mass. The A postcard arrived from Evelyn Traynor itinerary included Madeira, Morocco, the posted somewhere in the north of Ireland.

Bible Lands, Turkey, Greece, Sicily, Italy, How that lady gets about!

France, Majorca, Spain and Portugal.

CJM's last line is worth quoting: "Never Husty was looking forward to Funchal, mind reporting on my health. By the time where after 63 years he may again "heave Shipmate is out, I'll be all well." We all five cents in the watah" and watch "small hope so! boy, my bruddah, he dive."

Your reporter is "Off to Alabama" (apolIn October, our reputedly most traveled ogies to Stephen Foster) to let his juniors couple John and Ester ASHLEY returned make a bit of fuss about his 80th—important from a month's visit in Europe. only because he is the first in seven reAlso in October Betty Smith (Mrs. W. corded family generations to reach that mark W.) and May Train (Mrs. Harold C.) flew —a new longevity record. to Vienna to visit Dubrovnik along the Dalmatian coast, Belgrade, Athens, Greece, Sec'y, Capt. W. D. Chandler, USN (Ret.) 2029 Connecticut Ave. N.W. and took a week's cruise on the Aegean Sea Washington, D. C. 20008 visiting Istanbul, and several islands, inCorr. Sec'y, Adm. Harry W. Hill, USN (Ret.) cluding Crete; they returned to New York 201 Prince George St. Annapolis, Md. 21401 on 31 Oct. We hope they all had safe and happy trips.

Word from Marie Buchanan in Piedmont, Calif., tells of the promotion of her son-inB I R T H D A Y S IN DECEMBER law. Col. George S. Prugh, USA, to the Best wishes to Bowman on the 3rd; rank of brigadier general. He is now staSettle on the 4th; Robertson on the Sth; tioned in Heidelberg, Germany, and was reComfort on the 9th; Spalding on the 13th; cently awarded the Distinguished Service Saxer on the 23rd, and Stephenson on the Medal. Our hearty congratulations. Marie 25th. also reports that on a recent trip tg Coronado she saw Claire McHenry, who is very well.

Sec'y, RAdm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Rel.), 5509 Grove St. George McMILLIN adds other west coast Chevy Chase, IVId. 20015 news. He talked recently to Florence LapCorr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey 0. Thomas 725 West Boulevard, Kokomo, Ind. 46901 ham's nurse, who said Florence has improved considerably and her doctor is quite We were quite shocked to read in the pleased. Arthur ROOD is having trouble September-October Shipmate of the death with arthritis in elbow and knee, but keeps on 1 April of Captain Francis A. (Cocky) going. Scott and Gladys McCAUGHEY Laroche. Our system for learning of these are both well. happenings broke down completely in this On 30 Aug. George drove to San Diego case and we are chagrined at the long delay in taking note of this sad event. Cocky for the wedding of the granddaughter of Albert and Mattie Lee MACK. Mattie Lee was a very popular classmate and we shall miss him. Charlie Moore says that he called is living alone in her San Diego home and on the Laroche family on two occasions says she is getting along very well.

Starr KING has been home in Annapolis when passing through Cocoa, Fla., and found Cocky and Elizabeth living in the home for some time, and is quite well. where Elizabeth had grown up. It is now A letter from C. Q. W R I G H T states in the middle of the city and presents a that they are both fine, even though they strange appearance in its faded nineteenth "do not have the old time stamina." Who century grandeur. Cocky was born only a does? few miles away where spacecraft bound for Your correspondent Harry H I L L was in the moon are now launched. He and his Bethesda recently for surgery on one ear, future wife, Elizabeth Hughlett, though almost neighbors, met for the first time in but is home now and feeling fine.

Annapolis, when Cocky was a midshipman.

I regret to report that RAdm. Frederick More extensive notes on Cocky's career were (Fritz) L. R I E F K O H L died of a heart published in the November Shipmate. Mrs. attack on 10 Sept. at the hospital, Patrick

w o Stephen W. Lindholm, grandson of Cdr. and Mrs. Allan G. OLSON, was heralded in the 20 Aug. San Diego Tribune.

After joining the Army as a private 15 months ago, W O Lindholm was named outstanding trainee of a group of 600 recruits, received an award for top rifle marksmanship, scored top grade in an examination for warrant officer candidate, was an honor graduate of both the primary helicopter school and the advanced aviation school, and received the Army Aviation Association's certificate for outstanding flight achievement. Along with his wings and warrant officer bars, W O Lindholm was one of six new pilots to receive Federal Aviation Agency status as a commercial pilot. In August he left for duty as a Chinook cargo helicopter pilot in Vietnam.

Needless to say, the Olsons are proud of the many accomplishments of Stephen.

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Air Force Base, Fla. Memorial services were held in the Naval Academy Chapel on 18 Sept., followed by interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery. Our class was represented by Bieri, Chandler and Cygon.

Fritz, a fine naval officer, served his country well and was awariled the Navy Cross during World War One. He will be greatly missed by his many friends and classmates, who join in heartfelt sympathy to his widow Louise and family.

Word was recently received of the death on 26 July of Capt. Frank Robert SESSIONS, U S A ( R e t ) . He was buried at Fort Rosecrans, Calif. Frank resigned from the Navy in Nov. 1911, and transferred to the Army, but our records show no later data. Frank had many friends in the class, who will be distressed at this news.

Sec'y, Como. R. S. Wentworth, USN (Ret.) 1922 Carrollton Rd. Annapolis, Md. 21401

In the November Shipmate the attention of the class was called to the approach of the 80th birthdays of many members. On 30 Sept. Peggy Lavender gave a gala luncheon at the Cosmos Club (at 2121 Massachusetts Ave.) for Bob L A V E N D E R and Steve ROBINSON to celebrate their SOth birthdays. They were rcxammates at the Academy.

The hot rolls were a good sign that the food would be good and it was delicious.

The eight members of the class present were: Bob, Steve, Mammy, Sam, Louie, Walter, George Fort and myself. The girls included Peggy, Lou Delany, Lou Denfeld, Fran Zeigler, Marion Greenman, Lulette Thompson, Edythe Fort and Margaret Hall.

Two cakes with eight candles each were placed in front of Bob and Steve, and George proposed a toast. After Bob and Steve tried unsuccessfully to blow out the candles (they kept relighting), the waiter had to douse them with water. What a laugh!

Two days later Walter and Lou gave a buffet at the Army and Navy Club. Many guests at the Lavender luncheon were present and a number of DELAWARE officers, their wives and some widows attended. Fred and Aroostine Scales Riddle, Anne (Mrs. Barry) Wilson, Mrs. "Mac" Callahan, Louie and Lou Denfeld, Marion Greenman, and Lulette Thompson attended.

Marion Greenman has moved from Marathon, Fla., the land of fish, boats and bridge, to 6631 Wakefield Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22305.

Lulette Thompson now lives at Vinson Hall, McLean, Va. Exec. V. P., Paul D. Sleeper, Apt. 710 4545 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008

Those attending the DC October A / N '13 luncheon were Davis, Helmick and Sleeper N'13 and Davidson A'13 and Col. Ashley, U S A F (Ret.), Col. Dupuy, USA (Ret.), and George Helmick, brother of our classmate, who we were delighted to have with us.

CHANGE O F A D D R E S S : DONAHUE, to Vinson Hall, 6251 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, Va. 22101.

Palmer, Mrs. J. R. (Emma), her zip code no. is 22101 and not as reported for Sept.Oct. Shipmate. (Sorry, my error. PDS.) GRAYSON, "We became great-grandparents on 24 Sept." (Congratulations, Bob and Marguerite.)

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After an illness of several months, our classmate Red Ruble died on 14 Sept., in San Fran(:isco just about a year after the death of his wife Millie, whom we all knew.

(Please see Last Call in this issue of Shipmate.) As our class Lucky Bag puts it: "Although he tries to act as if he had a grudge against the world, his naturally sunny disposition soon corrected this idea," and he was a delightful companion upon any occasion. All of us who attended our 50th Reunion remember how much he and Millie really added to all of our get-togethers.

The death in Vietnam on 17 Sept. of Col. Dale J. Crittenberger, USA, USMA '50, was sad news to all of DC N'13. Altho' few of us had met him, he was the son of LGen. W. D. Crittenberger, Ret. A'13, who had become our friend and was a regular attendant at our DC A / N '13 joint luncheons. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery and was attended by Davis, Hall, Helmick and Sleeper of our class.

N E W S seems to be short this month.

Please try to send along more news for all your classmates. I did receive reply cards from Ard, Clarke, Clarkson, Dale, Donahue, Dillingham, Evans, Hatch, Hudson, Buck Jones, Masek, Thebaud, Thurston, Tisdale and Todd. All send their best wishes and regards to '13ers everywhere, as I do.

Sec'y, Capt. John I. Hale, USN (Ret.) 4205 Oliver St. N.W., Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D. Swain, USN (Ret.) 10231 Vivera Dr., U Mesa, Ca. 92042

With the exception of a short note from Don ROYCE regarding our annual contribution toward the upkeep and maintenance of the 14th Company wardroom at the Academy, no other correspondence concerning our classmates has been received during the past month. Hence, it is assumed that everyone is hale and hearty and enjoying the best of health. No doubt, with the homecoming occurring this month (October), several of those living on the east coast will attend and provide some personal news.

As a matter of interest to all hands, Johnny H A L E has agreed to take over the position of class secretary, so please keep him informed as to your whereabouts and activities as well as other matters of personal interest that he may have some news to pass along to the class.

In December, Happy Birthday Greetings are extended to Downey on the Sth, Johnny Hale on the 12th, Dutch Spanagel on the 16th, Zeno Wicks on the 17th, and Ted Ruddock on the 23rd.

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

From Vancouver, Canada, Sam and Eileen J E N K I N S drove to Hoke and Margaret SMITH'S in Seattle for a small '15 reunion.

Libb Stedman and Mardie and Rip STRUBLE completed the party at a delightful luncheon at the old Seattle Golf Club near Hoke and Margaret's home. A SSth reunion in Armapolis in May was favorably mentioned. The Jenkinses are planning a trip by freighter to the western Pacific and the Smiths and Strubles were leaving shortly by air for the Orient. An enthusiastic discussion of the old China Station ensued.

Emilie Eleanor Godfrey writes from Coronado that she and Vince had a fine Matson cruise to Alaska in August, and that they are coming to McLean, Va., to visit their daughter and son-in-law, Capt. and Mrs. R. DECEMBER,

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K. Geiger, and will be present for the alumni dinner and Navy-Virginia football game.

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Sec'y-Treas., Capt. George P. Brewster, USN (Ret.) 611 West 40lh St. Baltimore, Md. 21211 West Coast Reporter, Chapline, USNR (Ret.) Capt. George F. Chapl 1327 Inspiration Dr. La Jolla, Ca. 92037

The class of 1916, their wives and widows send Season's Greetings to all—and especially to our alumni in arms who, by answering the call of duty at sea or elsewhere, will find themselves separated from their homes and dear ones during those precious days.

May they enjoy the peace and happiness we all pray for at Christmas time. We will be thinking of them and wishing them well.

The fast closing year has, by and large, been good to our class. True, there have been some sad days for us but there have not been so many as to cast a lasting shadow over the many good ones we have enjoyed.

At our time in life we have certainly been favored so far in 1969. May such continue during 1970!

There is little to report concerning the activities of the class in recent weeks other than those always active ones reported by our west coast reporter. The end of summer found many of our wanderers safely back in their homes and ready for whatever the winter has to offer.

The monthly joint class luncheons with 1917 have been resumed at the Army-Navy Club in Washington. The September meeting saw CARNEY, H A W T H O R N E and M E R W I N present from our class. By the time you read this there will have been two other luncheons. The next one you can make will be 18 Dec. It is hoped the turnout for that one will be especially good with Christmas cheer an added incentive. All in the vicinity of Washington are urged to attend.

By the time this column appears the Navy will have finished their football schedule.

They were off to a slow start, but no matter what happened there is one thing for sure— win or lose, they will have gone on record as putting up gallant fights against odds that would discourage less courageous teams.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE.

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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 first Class '16-'17 luncheon of the season was held at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, on 18 Sept. Those present were: Eddie Brady, Walt Calhoun, Frank Hanafee, Jack Jenkins, Chuck Noble, Mick Carney, Bill Hawthorne and Pete Merwin.

Memorandum from the Class President Members of the Class of 1917 replying to my letter of IS June have recommended that financial aid to the U. S. Naval Academy Foundation in furthering assistance to worthy and needy aspirants to the Naval Academy should not be undertaken by the class. Contributions to the Foundation may still be made individually by members of the class.

Mary and Bob P O R T E R were honored at luncheon by their four sons and daughters on 27 Sept. to celebrate their SOth wedding anniversary. The gala event took place at the beautiful quarters of Capt. and Mrs. Bernard W. Frese at the Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Md. The day was perfect and those spacious porches and grounds were ideal for their many friends and guests from Annapolis, Washington and environs. Mary and Bob certainly looked wonderful.

W E S T COAST N E W S "On 18 Sept., 22 gathered in the Destroyer Room of the Admiral Kidd Club, Naval Training Center, for the monthly luncheon.

We were honored to have Chuck Emerson's son Capt. A. T. Emerson Jr. '43 with us as a guest. Capt. Emerson has just completed a tour of duty in the Western Pacific as commander of the First Destroyer (better known as the Blue Ribbon) Squadron which performed such outstanding service in Vietnam waters, such as 'Under Fire' rescues in and on the shores of the Gulf of Tonkin— also 'Close-in-Fire Support' often under enemy fire from their shore batteries. His next duty will be as CO of the Recruit Training Command, Naval Training Station in San Diego. (Chuck and Trudy should be happy about that.)

"Present at the luncheon, from 1916— Loventhal, Terhune, Walter Webb, Possum Webb, Sauer, Jenkins, Herndon, Emerson, Chapline, Rodgers, Root, Holmes and Sock McGinnis who made all of the arrangements ; from 1917—Haeberle, Bennett, Richards, Rogers, Kiland and Warren; from 191S—Bailey. The committee selected for the December meeting Thursday the 18th the Officers' Club, North Island Naval Air Station, Coronado. Any classmates visiting this area for the holiday come join us there and add interest to the occasion.

With regret we report the death of Hugh St. Clare SEASE on 24 Sept. at Chestertown, Md. Hugh was buried in Arlington Cemetery on 26 Sept. Hugh and his wife Jim arrived in Chestertown where Hugh was immediately hospitalized and ten days later quietly passed away. The cause was emphysema and its resulting heart damage.

"Thanks to Nino Gregory for the many eastern newspaper clippings relative to our Navy football team which he sent and were read with great interest by all present.

"Nine of the wives had their monthly luncheon together in the Main Dining Room.

Everyone was very happy to see Polly Cochrane with them again."

We were hopelessly outclassed as we were in the two following games. We cannot spot teams 35-40 pounds per man and hope to get anywhere. In a friendship of over 50 years John Brown and I disagreed on only one thing: that we should play in our own league. I now think he would agree with me had he only been spared. In three games

Hugh had everything: good looks, intelligence, ability, charm—any quality one could mention—and a flair for frien(lship. It is odd that this same pen that wrote his biography in our Lucky Bag over more than half a century ago now has to write this farewell. We shall remember him with fondness.

At the graveside service were members of the family, friends, and classmates; the following classmates were pallbearers: Eddie Brady, Walt Calhoun, Connie Forshew, Chuck Kelly and Chuck Noble. The class extends sympathy to Jim and their two sons.

Following the Penn State game, members of the class attending dropped by 248 King George for refreshments. They were Eddie and Peg Brady, Ross Collins, Ward and Kay Davis, Nino Gregory, Frank Hanafee, Jack Jenkins, Chuck and Birdie Kelly, Chuck and Madeline Noble, Pi and Marion Park and Adelaide Fullinwider. Walt and Louise Calhoun intended to come but the weather did not look good.

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we've already played two of the top teams in the country. Quo vadis? No where— period.

Walt and I and all those hereabouts send you all a wish for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. God bless you all. With love and good cheer—Jack.

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

A letter from RAdm. Ion P U R S E L L included a copy of the Kentucky Advocate dated 20 April which contained an article on "Good Samaritans for the Three Rs," an organization which Ion has been conducting for the last 15 years. Operating out of his room and a borrowed office in the Southern Hotel in Frankfort, Ky., Ion offers free books, counsel and prizes for those who would learn to read and write and for those who would teach them. His staff includes his wife Mrs. Karola Pursell and numerous volunteers. The program now has 5000 students representing all 50 states and eight foreign coimtries. In 1965 success in this work made Ion one of the only five or six residents of Kentucky listed in Leading Men in the United States of America, published in England. All expenses involved in his teaching are borne by Ion himself. Ion deserves special credit for his work in the educational field and for his philanthropy.

Capt. D. W. T O M L I N S O N of Springdale, Ark. 72764, attended the Golden Eagles reunion at Patuxent, Md. He plans to replace his trailer he has used for 14 years for his annual trip to Manzanillo, Mexico, where he hopes Ted GIBB and Gail will join him this season.

John C. "Mike" WILLIAMS, writing from Texas, reported seeing Henry and Judith McCOWN in Austin soon after the McCowns had returned from a three-month sojourn in Europe. Mike also reported that Henry Jr. and wife are back in Washington after two years in our embassy in Madrid.

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

since retirement. The jacket for Cato GLOVER's new book was passed around.

The title: Command Performance with Guts, Admiral Cato D. Glover, U S N (Ret.), Greenwich Book Publishers, Inc., 282 7th Ave., New York, NY 10001.

Mrs. William M. (Kitty) Moses has moved to Vinson Hall, 6251 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, Va. 22101.

The 21 classmates at the 26 Sept. luncheon in the Army and Navy Club in Washington included Anderson, Browder, Bryan, Mansfield, Miller, Mullinnix, Nibecker, Osborn, Page, Pearson, Clyde Smith, Thompson.

Johnny and Marion GREER celebrated their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary on 27 Sept.

Captain and Mrs. Stephen Lewis Rusk of Mayport, Fla., have announced the marriage of their daughter. Miss Nancy Carol Rusk, to Mr. Roy Briand Cowdrey Jr., son of Capt. and Mrs. Roy Briand Cowdrey '44 of Honolulu, Hawaii, and grandson of RAdm. and Mrs. Roy T. COWDREY of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The ceremony was performed on 13 Sept. by the Rev. Carl B. Harris at St. Anne's Episcopal Church. The reception was held at the Naval Academy Officers' and Faculty Club. Admiral and Mrs. Cowdrey attended the wedding.

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

Rumor has it that Allen Blow COOK, back from his annual summer in London, has returned to his Norfolk residence.

Homer and Louise E I M E R S have returned to Washington from their European jaunt. While in Lucerne, Switzerland, they met the Heber BRUMBAUGHs, who were there celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary.

The class 24 Sept. monthly luncheon at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, was attended by Wop Barbaro, Cat and Eleanor Brown, L. A. and Jane Brown, Oz and Kitty Colclough, Homer Eimers, Dolly Fitzgerald, Bill and Gerry Fletcher, Grace Frier, Van Hamilton, Harold an(l Vera Houser, Addie Kirk, Betty Lamdin, Legs and Mary Leggett, Blackie Loker, Frank Talbot (here from San Francisco visiting his son). Tommy Thompson and John Waters. At the luncheon it was decided to send the sum of $200 for upkeep of the 21st Company wardroom in Bancroft Hall, which we sponsor.

On 7 Oct. Dyer, Coney, Schildhauer, Rochester, Duval, Callaghan, Fink and King attended the first luncheon of the fall season at the Army and Navy Club. Unable to attend were Harry Slocum who had a heavy cold; Dopey Greer, who was preparing a Christmas trip to Pakistan with Kay, their daughter and her family, and Tex Settle, one of our faithfuls who, with Fay, was in Johnny MADDEN arranged a '21 dinnerEurope. dance on 4 Oct. at Casa de la Vista, Naval Station, Treasure Island, San Francisco. The committee, in addition to Johnny, included: R. K. Davis, master of ceremonies; A. B. Sec'y, RAdm. W . B. Goggins, USN (Ret.) 2337 S. Ode Street Carlisle, administration; Charley Woodson, Arlington, Va. 22202 scribe; Piggy Schwien, chief of protocol, and Our class column on page 45 of the Sep- Tommy Thomas, finances. If received, a list tember-October 1969 issue of Shipmate con- of those attending will be printed in our tained an error concerning the presentation next column. of H O P W O O D ' s four-star flag to the 20th The San Diego regular monthly luncheon Company. His widow, Jean, in the presence was held on the first Tuesday after the 21st of a representative group of midshipmen of of the month. Bascom J O N E S arranged the that company and of our class in the small next quarterly golf tournament at Baker wardroom, presented both the National Field on 28 Oct. Those attending the lunchColors and Hoppy's four-star flag; the class eon were: Abernethy, Acuff, Curry, Dodds, provided only the standards and plaque.

Fewell, Gerry, Hall, Jones, Kivlen, McKee, Fifteen classmates showed for the 29 Aug. Ivan Miller, (Dwsley, Perdue, Roberts, Stafluncheon at the Army and Navy Club in ford, Tallman, Tarbuck and Wray. Gordy Washington: Anderson, Christmas, Crowe, Parks, visiting Bud Hall, also attended. On Daggett, Goggins, Good, Harrison, Hitch- the binnacle list, but progressing favorably, cock, Holsinger, Lyon, Mansfield, Nibecker, were Butterfield, Hailey and Macklin.

Smith, Swanson, Thompson. Roscoe Good Del J O N E S in Woodstock, Vermont, set was welcomed back to the meeting, his first up a three-way phone conference with Pete 24

MONCY in Boston and Dolly FITZGERALD in Annapolis. Del wanted public confirmation that in the early twenties he climbed the outside of the Great Pyramid near Cairo. Dolly is glad to certify to the truth of this adventure since he well remembers huffing and puffing up the sides with Del (and Ray Tarbuck?), enjoying a spot of tea on the top with a picturesque Ayrab, and then—his acrophobia very much in evidence—having one awful time in getting back down to the safety of the desert sancl.

Sec'y, Capt. E. R. Gardner, USN (Ret.) The Kenwood 5101 River R d . , Apt. 901 Washington, D. C. 20016 Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. H. D. Baker, USN (Ret.) 2210 Wyoming Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008

The San Diego group had its usual good turnout at their September and October luncheons at the Admiral Kidd Club with Ellis, Goodwin, Libby, Malanaphy, Murphy, Pearce, Ragonnet, Redfield, Whaley and Williams attending both. Huffman, Rockey and Stickley attended in September and Quarton and Swalwell in October. Mike Malanaphy and Vic Ellis have to drive about 80 miles down the coast to attend and we applaud their interest and energy. About one-half of the luncheon group have stated their intention to come to the SOth Reunion and several have made hotel reservations.

Seen in the stands at the opening football game with Penn State were E. P. Archibald accompanied by his two grandsons, George and Maude Bauernschmidt, Zeke and Marge Sanborn, Beany and Ward Jarrett, Hitch and Betty Saunders, Omer and Lilla Kneeland, Milt and Hilda Jackson, St. John Butler, Harvey and Dot Walsh, Sam and Meb Groseclose and Ernie Becker. After the game Meb and Sam entertained at cocktails.

Murray and Ruth S T O K E S recently spent some time at their beach house at Pawleys Island, S. C , swimming, fishing and renewing their acquaintance with the ocean. Murray is an enthusiastic fisherman but Ruth captured the family honors when she won the prize for catching the largest fish in the September monthly competition at Pawleys Island. Upon retirement Murray bought a beautiful farm in the Shenandoah Valley near Charlestown, WVa., and has devoted himself to serious farming and he says he enjoys it thoroughly. Their son-in-law M. Patton Echols was elected a senator in the Virginia legislature and has the distinction of being the first Republican elected from his northern Virginia district.

Don J O H N S T O N slipped on some wet grass and broke his ankle, putting him out of action for about six weeks but he is taking it philosophically and says this will give him a chance to catch up on his reading.

Ruth Cooper, George R. COOPER's widow, was in Washington in September visiting Don and Peg Johnston and seeing some of her old friends. Ruth makes her home in Naples, Fla., where several other classmates live, and she sends her regards to all her friends.

Brad and Leah B A R T L E T T had a delightful six-weeks trip to Europe this summer. They crossed on the new QUEEN ELIZABETH II and found the ship to be

comfortable and glamorous and they thoroughly enjoyed the voyage. After leaving London they toured Europe visiting Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Lucerne, Oberammergau, Vienna, Florence, Venice, Rome, Naples, Capri, Genoa, Nice, Villefranche, Monte Carlo and completing their tour with a fiveday visit in Paris. 'They were very enthusiastic about the trip.

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Swabo BL.'^KE reports a change of address: Capt. James C. Blake, USNR (Ret.), Berkshire Apts., 300 W. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. 23220.

Recorder, RAdm. Arthur A. Ageton, USN ( R e t . ) , 3900 Connecticut Ave. N . W . , Washington, D. C. 20008 Sec'y, RAdm. Morris Smellow ( S O USN ( R e t . ) , 100 S. Cherry Grove Ave. Annapolis, M d . 21401

Class luncheons were resumed with a fine turnout at the Army and Navy Country Club on 10 Sept. after a warm and wet Washington area summer. Enjoying good fellowship and being brought up to date on activities were: Wadbrook, Mclsaac, McCutchen, Roberts, Lewis, Wright, Sprung, Curry, Holderness, Casey, Withington, Beaumont, Haas, Walton, Murdaugh, Cutting, Ambrose, Tucker, Ageton, Cofer, Cone, Dussault, Mendenhall, Rigler, Leavitt, Hudson, Barrett, Stephens, Dietrich, Daisley, Burke, Grosvenor, Bres, Johannesen, and King.

needed "Beat Army" on 29 Nov. Observed at the game were McCutchen, Coe, Von Dreele, Tucker, Beaumont, Myers, Levasseur, Maher, Mclsaac, Pottle, Sprung, Withington, Mendenhall, Stephens, Daisley, and Rigler. It was good to see Abe and Betty Myers, faithful Navy rooters, in attendance at games again. They said the Taiwan experience was both interesting an(l enjoyable, one which they would like to repeat.

Carl and Margaret GESEN and two grandsons Mark and Jimmie Carrol were in Annapolis in August for the annual U S S PHILADELPHIA reunion. Carl was damage control officer, navigation and executive officer respectively of that ship during her proud performance in all the North African and Southern European assaults. He reports from New Hampshire that the following '23ers were seen at the Navy-Boston Colleo^e game in Boston on 27 Sept.: Dick Armknecht, Joe Foley, Buster Robbins, Don Kelsey, Dick McDonough, and Halsey Pierson.

burglarized, have decided to locate in Laguna Hills also.

After a summer in California, Karl H E N S E L and Olive returned to Florida with stops in Philadelphia and Arlington where they enjoyed visits with children and seven grandchildren. Karl also spent a wonderful day with Jenks Longfellow and Karl's son David fishing in the Miles River on the Eastern Shore. Jenks and Karl have been doing this since their first Sept. leave in 1920.

Twenty-three has two representatives in residence at Vinson Hall. Kitty Kern and Pat Shoup have apartments there.

This year marks the SOth anniversary of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and the occasion will be fittingly celebrated by an Alumni Day and Evening Gala in late Octtjber. One of the speakers at the latter affair will be Fred Withington who was commander of N O L during the period when it was being moved from its location in the Gun Factory to its present site at White Oak, Tom CASEY, who is not seen in these Md. Fred's many contributions to the sucparts often, was en route home from five Selden B. SPANGLER, now in Scotts- cess and expansion of this important facility months in Europe. H e and Ellen have been dale, Ariz., has retired from his position as well merits this honor. touring the continent in a car purchased director of research for the Garrett Corp., No word from Art, but we are sure he in Sweden. Unfortunately they are now but reports that he still keeps busy. H e also awaiting the arrival of the car now being says that retirement has been good for his "and Jo are enjoying their European tour. rebuilt after a ten-ton truck made a turn golf but not much else.

Morris SMELLOW is in receipt of two into it at an intersection in Scotland. Fortuvery nice letters from widows of recently Ted HASBROUCK, who left the Acad- deceased classmates. Claire Loomis wrote to nately no personal damage was experienced emy during youngster year and entered the express her thanks to Morris for sending her by the Caseys. advertising game, has written a book about Arleigh BURKE, looking in fine trim impossible endings in the world of adver- the Sept.-Oct. issue of Shipmate. She told after having lost 30 pounds, reported diffi- tising and marketing. One chapter concerns him how Porter cherished his memories of culties in working on his new tool house. a W W II naval episode of an old retread his Navy associates all through his life. The other letter from Rosa Loughead thanked the Those gathered learned that Helen Wright (as Ted describes it) and where it landed has painted a portrait of Arleigh which is him. He reports that he is celebrating his class for the flowers which were sent and to be presented to the 23rd Company ward- 70th birthday by writing a book with his for the presence of those at his interment. room in the near future. All were pleased own name on it—after 40 years of writing Ed and Rosa were very faithful attendees at homecoming and we shall miss their joint to welcome Will D. looking splendid after about everybody and everything else under attendance. missing several luncheons. The article in another name. Good sales, Ted! (At time of June Shipmate by VAdm. L. S. Sabin on writing his NY publisher would not permit The class suffered another loss of a fine Omaha Beach describes the cool perform- the name of the book to be released.) companion and classmate on 29 Sept. when ance of Will D. on that important landing.

Tom BOYCE died at his Miami home. He Some items of interest gleaned from had been living there for over 20 years Bill W A D B R O O K reported that his son R. W. D. WOODS' fine bulletin of the after a varied and distinguished naval Bill, with wife and three-year-old daughter Greater San Diego area chapter of '23 fol- career. Funeral services were held in Coral are just completing a Volkswagen tour of low. Attendees at the post-summer session Gables and Tom was laid to rest in a beauEurope. Bill junior is a professor at Trinity of the group held in September at the Gar- tiful setting in Arlington National Cemetery.

College. A large pumpkin grown and con- den Room of the Officers' Club at the USMC A number of classmates were present at the tributed by Ray Leavitt was auctioned and Recruit Depot, San Diego, were: Anderson, interment services with Murdaugh, Barrett, ended up in the hands of Charlie Beaumont. Arnold, Barnes, Brendel, Chapman, Connel- Hudson, Withington, Mclsaac, Mendenhall, Several summer travels were made known. ly, Dugan, Good, Jecklin, Leith, Lemly, Leavitt, and Ambrose serving as pallbearers.

The Basketts had a successful tour of ScanMoosbrugger, Moses, Pearce, Rodgers, To Betty and the other members of his famdinavia in July. The Cuttings enjoyed a Smoot, Walker, and Woods. News of travels ily we extend our sincere sympathy. The short cruise on the new AMERICA out of included a three-months coverage of the contribution of the Boyce family to the Hyannisport. A mid-August trip to Las waterfront (and environs) of Japan, Taiwan Navy is being continued through the serVegas by the Kings. Stew and Betty Lind- and non-communist points of the China coast vices of Tom's son, Cdr. Thomas A. Boyce, say spent their summer in Nova Scotia.

by Frank and Jess ( J O O D . Andy and Nelson USN '51, presently on duty in Washington.

Dick S T I M S O N as of this writing is in- ANDERSON left by air in October for an From Hawaii comes the news that Don carcerated in Georgetown Medical Center extended jaunt to Europe. Betty Peterson, F E L T is the newly elected president of the John Valdemar's widow, was also en route with a broken spine sustained in August.

Hawaii Foundation for American Freedoms.

Hopefully we shall be able to welcome him to Europe for a two-months' stay.

The Honolulu Advertiser in a news item back at the October meeting.

Emmy and Lou BRENDEL had a happy states, "The former Pacific commander is Jack McCUTCHEN brought up an in- experience in August when for the first time seeking volunteer contributions to finance its teresting happening. The new plebe class since 1948 all the members of their family programs 'so that services to the cause of will graduate in 1973—just 50 years after got together. Their daughter Jan's birthday freedom can be continued and improved.' was being celebrated during a visit to that grand class of 1923. Tempus fugit 1 "The direction in which we are pointed," Rancho Bernardo by her from England, The meeting in October will take place at when her brother, Maj. Jo Brendel (USNA he said, "is to oppose subversive activities the Officers' Club, Naval Hospital, Bethesda. '54), showed up on his way to Australia on and emphasize good Americanism." Don was critical of the current campus unrest and exA number of factors including parking, ac- an Air Force assignment. pressed a feeling that there is an incomplete cessibility, and seemingly out of line skyFrank WARD, we learn, suffered a stroke appreciation of the real menace posed by a rocketing food and drink prices entered into of agitators-anarchists-fanatics the discussion which resulted in this decision. on 21 Sept. His many friends will be happy coalition to learn that a later note from Woodie re- whose immediate targets are our centers of A good turnout of '23 members, wives, ports that he is pulling through and has education and our youth. The organization children, and grandchildren were present to shown much improvement. We are pleased, headed by Don will work with other organback the Navy team in its opener against too, that Fred MOOSBRUGGER has re- izations with similar aims, whose successful Penn State on 20 Sept. They saw a Navy accomplishment is so much needed now. team overcome by a real powerhouse, but covered from eye abrasions and was in fine fettle at the September meeting.

Roland Don's son, Cdr. D. L. Felt, who is skipper witnessed a real fighting aggregation putSMOOT, an infrequent attendee, was warm- of Attack Squadron 27, flying the A-7, now ting forth a whole effort until the final ly welcomed, having come from Laguna operating from the CONSTELLATION, enjoyed whistle. Although beset with problems, this Hills. Bob and Ruth CASSON, after being a short stay with his parents in September. team has the potential to deliver a much DECEMBER,

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WestPac, paused for her operations readiness inspection and gave them an opportunity for a very happy visit from Linn. Don states that a perusal of combat statistics in the ready room makes one realize that this is a different kind of war indeed.

Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Paul Siegrist, USNR (Ret.), 22 Macopin Ave. Upper Montclair, N. J . 07043 Asst., Mr. Robert A. Keyer Box 7234, Richmond, V a . 23221

Washington area classmates continue their monthly luncheon meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month; at the 24 Sept. meeting at the Army-Navy Club executive suite the following attended: Bell, Berliner, Bullis, Cabanillas, Collins, Cunningham, Dyer, Granbery, Hartwig, Kalisch, Keyer, Mercer, Richards, Robillard, Rose an(I Sinclair. One item of good news, brought by Pres Mercer, is that Tom SISSON is walking again, and was accepted for residency at Vinson Hall. Tom's new treatment is evidently producing good results.

At Philadelphia our group held their first fall luncheon (last Wednesday of the month) also on 24 Sept. at the Engineers Club, with the following present: Buxton, Callaghan, Fleming, Ilseman, Lazell, Waller and Witmer. Here the principal reports were on the visit of the Callaghans, Ilsemanns and Art Fleming with the Buxtons at Ocean City in August, and the 3-continent trip of the Wallers. Joe Callaghan reports, "all the classmates I've seen recently look to be in fine shape."

And the Washington Chowder Club meetings continue at the A & N Country Club on Fridays, Bob Swart assures us, "with occasional visits from Hartwig, Kalisch and Brydon." At the 19 Sept. meeting Bob S U T L I F F brought as a guest a Japanese friend and writer, Hanama Tasaki, whom Bert Kalisch engaged in earnest conversation long enough to establish that Tasaki is a friend of one of Bert's Tokyo friends, Chuji Kabayama.

Rep (L. I.) REPLOGLE has recorded his first experiences as U. S. Ambassador to Iceland in a detailed memo, from which we quote: "My work is totally absorbing. There is a tremendous amount of information passing over my desk, as Iceland is on the NATO circuit. It will be several months before I can grasp the significant details of all this material. My free evenings, and they are few, are spent in the necessary reading. . . . The main purpose of my mission is, of course, to maintain the fine relations between Iceland and the U. S., but I am going to try also to help the economic situation. . . . Iceland is most politically minded.

Everyone takes part. They are extremely proud of their country and its culture, and they have a fear of losing their identity.

They fear foreign influence resulting from an influx of foreign capital. They are proud of the purity of their language, and can read sagas in the original, written as early as the 12th century."

the entrance of the northwest passage.

Thought I might as well get to know that part of my prospective voyage, so I could negotiate it safely. . . . This vessel is not quite large enough to carry a car, and without land transportation you are severely cramped in getting about. And possibly the most broad-minded might raise their eyebrows at having someone come peddling up on a bicycle. . . . My world is now concentrated in ADIOS, and I am content."

Our master bird-dogger. Bob KEYER, has succeeded in locating Dusty ( W . R.) R H O A D E S (long time no word). Bob wrote to the Chamber of Commerce and others at Casper, Wyo. (last known address) to find Dusty, and word even got into the (Jasper newspaper. Apparently one of his cousins read of it and contacted Dusty, who is now living at 116 Oak Dr., San Rafael, Ca. 94901. He now uses his middle name of Rufus, and reports: "I was successively a newspaper reporter, a trade magazine editor, an advertising manager, an advertising agency owner, and finally a food manufacturer. I retired in 1960, have freighter-travelled to the Far East and Europe.

Our plans now are to build a home overlooking the Pacific, about 275 miles north of here, and settle down."

It is sad to learn of the death of Stock COLT, listed in the Last Call of this issue.

Dale Harris, Turner Day and Al Perkins attended the funeral. We can all agree to Dale's appraisal: "Stock was devoted to our service. He worked to encourage young men to join, was active in our Alumni Association, and was respected in this community."

Back in the land of Lincoln, Marshall L U T H R I N G E R continues in his civic activities. We read in the Springfield Sun that, following the restoration of the old Illinois state capitol an elegant reception was held, at which the furnishings of the historic building were turned over to Governor Ogilvie

by Marshall, as president of the Abraham Lincoln Association.

At this writing we are in the midst of the football season, with homecoming on the horizon. At the Penn State-Navy game was Bert Kalisch who reports other '24ers attending as Adams, Bullis, the Hartwigs, the Rollo Wilsons, the Richards, the Tichenors, the Hakes, and Joe Wright.

we'll head for the mountains of North Carolina; or if the winter's too boring, we'll head for the Caribbean. So, we still haven't stored our travelling shoes for good. Both of us are in good health, and enjoying the leisure of our present way of life."

And the reunion message of Arturo G R I E S S E said: "Christine and I are prisoners of a ten-room house which we bought in 1946. Besides, we have three dogs—necessary to guard the sacred precincts. At the present time we are both in good health, but I am loathe to get too far away from my doctor. Am no longer hazing the taxpayer; I resigned from the L. A. assessor's office in January."

Roger P E R R Y explained his absence at reunion was caused by "a circulation condition in my feet and lower legs. I saw you (Roy) at the 40th, but more vivid are my recollections of you on the tennis court, and a convocation in Wakanura at which Hal Tiemroth and you were present" Herrmann PAGE missed reunion, and commented : "Surely enjoyed the 'Cruise,' a masterpiece. The only people I have seen in recent years are the Southworths and Townsends. I saw a guy out here that looked suspiciously like Jim Dancy. I just missed Hank Goodall in Albuquerque. Hello to Boyd Wilson!"

A card from Blackie B U R C H E T T lets us know he's still making the Nevada vacation spots: "Mig and I love our Tahoe vacations. Flew up yesterday. Tonight to Harrah's Tennessee Ernie Ford dinner show; we do not spend all our time at '21' and Keno.

At home I swim one hour (not sun bathe), and I'm down to 170 lbs.—pretty good for an ex-SubSquad regular I" And here's a new address: R. T. (Bob) W A I D is now at Apartado 456, Madrid 3, Spain; and he writes he will surely be present at our SO-year Reunion. Meanwhile, Malin CRAIG asks for the address of Jack OPIE, believing he is in the States. We thought he was back in Yugoslavia. Where are you. Jack?

Among our travellers. Hap GOODALL mentions, "We enjoyed our trip to the west coast. We were gone 20 days, drove 4,500 miles, and stayed in 11 different motels. We were the guests of Bernice and Ches E V A N S for a visit to Disneyland. In La Jolla we had a couple of drinks with Dinty We learn also that there are now two Sharp and Orville Gregor; then a luncheon "Colonel Kalisches"; Cleo and Bert's son with Helen and Eddie Edgar. Due to lack Robert B. Kalisch, USAF, having won his of time we had to regretfully decline invitaeagles, is now on duty at Hanscom Field. tions from the Hursts. On our return we went east through Yosemite Park into At reunion we had exhibited letters of regrets from some of those who could not Tonopah, Nev., for our first of four night stops before reaching Houston in early attend, but it is questionable how many of them were read. The report of Pat evening of 26 July."

ROONEY, who has not been at any of our We learned the H U R S T s made their return recent meetings, was of interest to your reporters, and we quote from it: "Grace to Coronado after a flight from reunion to Bonn, Germany, where they had "a grand (Marsden) died on 1 July, 1962. After her death I decided to do the thing always time with the kids and grandchildren." Also uppermost in mind: travel. I asked the from reunion, the Dale HARRISes began a advice of Grace's cousin, Dorothy Partridge trip which Dale describes: "My Sweetie and of Boston, who had been corresponding with I had a wonderful summer in Europe. Drove Grace, and had travelled extensively in thru nine countries, saw delightful YugoEurope. With her advice on a trip of about 12 slavia for the first time, and we are eager Our lone mariner Joe DARLINGTON months, I headed for Europe. After six to return. Driving is strenuous, but that also (note we do not call him "the Ancient months Dorothy went to Mallorca. I looked applies to the U.S.A." The Bob SWARTs Mariner") reports from his temporary base her up, became better acquainted. . . . We vacationed at (3apon Springs, W V a . ; and at Key 'West: "In a couple of days I shall were married in London 3 March, 1964. . . . now we learn that Martha and Wallace be going back to the Navy Yard for my Since then we have alternated between VerBEAKLEY will begin a round-the-world first impression toward the ultimate acqui- mont and Europe annually, approximately trip in December. sition of some choppers on the upper level. six months in each place. But with the pas. . . The expectation of inhaling my Thanks- sage of time we have slowed down. Now it With space used up, we close with this giving Day dinner, if any, is not an exciting is Florida that attracts u s ; more specifically. from Willie H U R S T : "You should see San prospect to contemplate. . . . Last Saturday Winter Park . . . we are planning to move Diego and Coronado now! The bridge has I took off for a run out to the sea buoy at there. If the weather gets too hot in summer. been completed; no more ferries."

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Kent and Kay LOOMIS are off on their annual trip to Europe, so Tommy BURR O W E S will once more take a turn at bat.

Bob HOGABOOM is heading up a commission at St. Mary's City, Md., which is undertaking a 40-year program to preserve, develop and maintain the city as a state historical district. In 1634 about 200 settlers landed there and set up a typical English village. Bob's commission will not construct another "Williamsburg"; St. Marys will be a historic park which will tell the story of the first settlers who were, after all, Englishmen, not Americans. Many of the original foundations are still intact, not having been destroyed by subsequent construction.

We wish you the best of luck, Bob, in a most worthw'hile project.

We had a recent note from Bob A S H TON stating that he had had a visit from John F. BLACK, Spike Webb's pride and joy for the short time he was our classmate during plebe year. Johnny had a most successful career in the steel industry and as an investment counselor with Courts & Co. of Philadelphia. He now lives in Union City, Tenn., and is still a trim welterweight.

Those of you who read the July 1969 Naval Institute Proceedings saw a most interesting article entitled "A Plan For All Seasons" by Hap LYON. It is a little late for our generation, but is highly recommended reading for our young marrieds in creating an Estate Plan for a number of contingencies.

Frank T I M B E R L A K E sent in the following item from the San Francisco area: "Camille and I attended a lovely wedding when Lt. Cecil Lewellyn Blackwell Jr. (son of our classmate Stroke Blackwell and his nice wife Retta) was married to Lynn Randall. The naval ceremony (complete with ushers in white full dress with swords) was held in the Presidio of San Francisco Chapel, and afterwards a reception was held at the Officers' Club. It was really a beautiful affair, and I might say that young Stroke had one of the most beautiful brides I have ever seen! Our Stroke was the best man and carried out his duties to perfection.

His son, who is now stationed on the nuclear submarine ABR.'^HAM LINCOLN, will soon leave the Navy and plans to attend Wharton's School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He was in the class of '63 at the Naval Academy."

Those of you who, in the Canal Zone and elsewhere, have met Harry FERGUSON'S mother, affectionately known as "Muff," will be saddened to hear of her death on 24 Aug. Harry writes: "Mother's trouble started on 15 July when she fell on the front steps of the house jointly owned by her and my sister, Kirby F. Baker, the widow of Bob (Robert deCoursey) Baker '26. She was operated on the following day at the Coronado Hospital and got along very well for several days. However, on the 30th of that month she suffered the first of three strokes. She finally succumbed on 24 Aug. as a result of these strokes. At her request, her remains were cremated and the ashes will be taken by me to Panama to be interred in the grave where our younger brother, James Wragg, was buried in 1924 and the ashes of my father placed in 1955."

Cam and Doris BRIGGS hosted a large and gay cocktail party at the Admiral Kidd Club on 31 Aug. at which many classmates were seen, including the Swede LARSONs, DECEMBER,

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the Marvin WESTs, the Larry HAUGENs, the Vic LONGs and the Hunter WOODs. News Flashes from the Gold Coast of Florida: Lew and Zelda P A R K S cut short their trip to Mexico and California in August—in time for Lew to break his toe; no details as to the method he used! . . . Ed and Thelma BECK were in the Lauderdale area from Bradenton to play in a bridge tournament. They looked well and happy and convinced that the west coast of Florida is T H E place to retire !

In early August, Byron and Louise LOOMIS cruised with the Parkers in THREE STAR II accompanied by the Hamp Mitchell family in LONE STAR III up the Intercoastal

Waterway to Frances Langford's Resort and Marina at Jensen Beach. On the return trip Butch was able to tow another boat 12 miles to the nearest Marina. . . . There will be big doings at the Navy-Miami game in November although past history by the time you read about it here.

Charlie W E E K S has retired from Boeing, but so far he says that his second retirement hasn't reached the fully leisure stage.

Maybe that's for the better, Charlie m'boy!

It is with regret that the passing of Rod SMITH'S lovely wife, Muriel, is reported.

On 20 Sept. she succumbed at the Bethesda Naval Hospital after a brief illness. Muriel was a native of Perth, New Brunswick, Canada and was graduated from Mt. Allison Ladies College there. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, M. Montine Smith of Lincoln, Mass., and two sisters, Mrs. A. Hartley G. Ward of Newport, R. I., and Mrs. Elwood Wright of Aroostock, New Brunswick. Services were held on 24 Sept. at Ft. Meyer Chapel with interment at Arlington National Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were: Cronin, Johns, Hurd, Burrowes, Stirling Smith, Stryker, Naquin and G. W. Patterson.

45th Anniversary Interim QUIVER. By the time you read this we hope to have received your questionnaires. However, bear in mind that any changes should be sent in as they occur and we'll do our very best to include them with the original manuscript.

The editorial effort and the printing take time; hence, the initiation of the project had to be at a reasonably early date. It is especially important that each mailing address be kept up to date not only for "Quiver" purposes but for our class records.

The following was received from Schuyler Pyne: "We visited the 25th Company wardroom, Bancroft Hall and had luncheon in the Mess Hall with the company officer Lt. Peter Glasier, the three-striper and the two first classmen in charge of the wardroom.

We were very much impressed by the young gentlemen we met at luncheon and in the wardroom later. The quality is still extremely high, as was the morale. The company came in near the top in the competition last year and is going all out to win this year. As for the wardroom, the midshipmen are very pleased with it and with our help.

We asked for a list of essential and desirable items that the class might furnish and were promised such a tabulation."

We regret to report that one of our most distinguished and well-liked classmates, Don VARIAN, died on 18 Sept. at Charleston, S. C. After an outstanding career in destroyers, amphibs and the mine force, Don founded an export-import business in Charleston which among other things exported South Carolina peaches to Europe.

Our very deepest sympathy to Mary Lydia, to their daughter Alice, wife of Maj. H. L. Blanton, USMC, class of '52, and to the grandchildren.

We also regret to report the sudden death of Charles H. (Peggy) O'NEIL at Lakewood, N. J., on 17 Aug. After retiring from business in 1967, Peggy and Marie bought a retirement home in New Jersey and travelled to Europe and South America. Our deepest sympathy to his widow Marie.

Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, USN (Ret.) 3410 15th St., North Arlington, Va. 22201 Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedberg I I I , USN (Ret.) Box 178, Crystal River, Fl. 32629

It is with deep regret that we have learned of the death of RAdm. Ranson F U L L I N WIDER, USN ( R e t ) , on 6 Sept Fully and Gabie were en route from Florida to Washington, D. C , to visit his brother when he was stricken with a stroke in Highlands, N. C. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on 10 Sept. The class extends heartfelt sympathy to Gabie who, I think, has returned to 2400 Sea Island Dr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. 33301.

In the last mail before catching the deadline for this issue of Shipmate, came the announcement of the death of RAdm. Dwight M. AGNEW, U S N ( R e t ) , on 4 Oct. in Alexandria, Va. He was to be buried in Arlington on 7 Oct. Dwight will be sorely missed by the Washington group, in which he was one of the most faithful attendees.

The class extends deepest sympathy to Thelma at 711 N. Overlook Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22305, and to their son, Dwight The September class luncheon of the Washington group was held on the 26th in the Navy Yard, with the following present: Adair, Aitkens, Barker, Bierer, Brady, Bruton, Cavenagh, Cochran, Eakens, Fravel, Gano, Greenacre, Greenslade, Grenfell, Havard, Katz, Leeper, Lovett, Lyman, McCorkle, McKee, Nelson, Stiegler, and Vangeli.

Jack McN. TAYLOR writes from San Francisco of '26s first stag luncheon in that area in well over two years, at the Tower Club on Yerba Buena Island; the old signal tower at the very top of the Island, which the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Treasure Island operates as a cocktail lounge every weekend, and by special arrangement will serve luncheon for 16, with a view that is the finest imaginable in every direction (on a clear day—CS comment!). The 16 present were: Alexander, Cease, Frederick, Haerlin, Hayes, Hull, Deacon Johnson, Kobey, Langley, Lowther, Rodgers, Rule, Watson, Webster, Wolverton and J. McN. Taylor. Jim Grant, Chick Evenson, and Jack B. Taylor had hoped to be present but didn't make it. Art RULE and Jane had just returned from the South Seas, via Chinese freighter and gave an interesting report (which we will try to get him to pass on to the rest of us: CS comment). Paul and Helen W A T S O N were planning on driving east this fall. Lief Erickson has moved to Oregon, and Deke Johnson is moving permanently to the southern desert.

If the class of 1926 is to have a 45th reunion at the Naval Academy, it is not too early to start doing something about it.

There has been a suggestion that we skip the 45th and set our sights for a whingdinger on the occasion of the SOth. Apparently that suggestion was tested out at the September class luncheon in Washington and met with some strong objections. There are those who feel that there will be a number of us who won't feel much like whinging and dinging in another seven years. Those who have strong feelings, one way or another, should communicate them to Jack GREENSLADE, 5020 Millwood Lane, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20016. He has been the "honcho" for the past three and is, 27

frankly, not enthusiastically volunteering to run another USNA-five year reunion but I am sure would be willing to help the man who is willing to accept that not inconsiderable task. And, if we are to have a 45th, should it be in the month of May, as in the past, or at the time of homecoming for all old grads at the Academy ?

The accompanying photograph of 19 Navy Juniors was taken almost 60 years ago, in May 1910 and seems historic enough to perhaps interest the older grads, to put it gently, senior to the class of 1930. There may be some resultant indignation on the part of one or more of the young ladies in the picture whose birthdays may have been "holding," but the CS has decided to accept that possibility in the interest of history.

The amazing fact is that all but one individual has been identified as follows: back row: Mary Wells, May Curtain, Harriet Scales, Katherine Alger, George Pickrell; on right from top: Margery Gelm, Eleanor Wurtzbuagh, Virginia Nulton; second row: Walton Hinds, Teddy Parker, Charles Buchanan, Franklin Karns, Dorothy Tardy; front row : Betty Lee Snyder, Georgianna Cusachs, (not ident.), Lady Jane Raby, Aroostine Scales, Jack Greenslade. (This was the Misses Magruders' School, at USNA, long ago!)

Jack TAYLOR (McN.) has been stuck with the job of permanent secretary for the San Francisco Bay area for the purpose of continuity and keeping up with current addresses, but the other willing wheel horses of that group take turns managing the class get-togethers. The other Jack TAYLOR managed the one for the Army-Navy game at Treasure Island.

The Frank McQUILLENs visited their son, Maj. George McQuillen, now on duty in the Pentagon in August and early September, and were in Washington when Alice's brother-in-law, VAdm. Stephen Edson, USN (SC) (Ret.), died and was buried in Arlington the day after Labor Day. On the trip back to Florida, Alice tripped in the darkness of their hotel room in Jesup, Ga., and broke her right arm, so that Frank is learning to do household tasks that he had scarcely thought about for many years.

The CS was delighted to receive a very welcome letter from Jim G R E E N W A L D in early October from 406 Azeele St., Tampa, Fl. 33606, and hastens to apologize for a statement in the last Shipmate that Jim was not a member of the Alumni Association. He is a member and is so shown in the 1969 Register of Alumni, though not in the 1968 issue, which caused the mistake. Charlotte will be remembered as Bob Meade's youngest sister.

SHORT SPLICES From Washington comes a confirmation that the Roland GROFFs have indeed left Annapolis and are now in Punta Gorda, Fla. The Bill DOLANs have also left the Washington area and are at the Bayshore West Apts., Bremerton, Washington.

Henri CLAIBORNE's widow, Harriet, is now living at 1250 S. Maitland Ave., Winter Park, Fl. 32789.

Sec'y, Capt. Robert M. Barnes, USN (Ret.) 2800 Quebec St., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Corr., RAdm. Howard W. Gordon, Jr., USN (Ret.), 3127 18th St., North, Arlington, Va. 22201

Brook and Betty SCHUMM are on a driving vacation in Tyrol, Bavaria, Switzerland and Austrian Alps. Brook recently re-retired from his teaching position in Alex28

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and Miss Eliza

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der's School, at U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. May 1910.

andria, Va. Son Walter is now a sophomore at William and Mary.

Hard to believe item: Howie and Isobel ADAMS are <3n a month's vacation in Palm Springs. Howie is slowly recovering from last May's heart attack and looking trim and fit Bobbie BARNES and John MALLEY volunteered to co-takeover his multitudinous class duties of secretary and treasurer, and will be so designated by the executive committee. Bob's address is c/o White Motor Co., 1625 I St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 20005.

Pat PATTERSON was appointed archives and records administrator of the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History on 22 July. Pat has been with that department for 11 years and says that he feels most fortunate that he has a job which has been interesting and rewarding in every respect.

Hunt "Reg" M A R T I N suffered a stroke and died in Alexandria, Virginia, on 23 Sept. Many classmates and friends attended the graveside services in Arlington National Cemetery on the 26th. Full military honors Dave COLEMAN died 18 Sept. and was were accorded. Our sympathy and our very buried with full military honors in El Ca- best to Lois. mino Memorial Park, San Diego. Our symEastern Corr., VAdm. Harry E. Sears, USN (Ret.) pathies to Williamine.

Hughes, Sears & Shiver, Inc. 1629 K St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006 Snowy H A N S E N was recently honored Western Corr., Mr. A. Mclntyre Leary by the dedication of a room at the Marine 20 Dudley Sq., Shreveport, La. 71106 Corps Supply Activity, Philadelphia, Pa., as the General Hansen Room. General The "Biggest Little Class" opened the Olsen, presiding at the ceremony, paid trib- Washington fall season with a bang with ute to General Hansen's rich contribution two delightful functions in rapid succession. to the Marine Corps, and particularly his Among the '28ers present at Callie an(i contribution to the supply support function Owsley STANLEY'S cocktail buffet at Fort in his period of command at MCSA. Myer Officers' Club on 19 Sept. were: Robert J. McGINNESS, a non-grad, died Jimmy and Ginny James, Bill and Barbara 2 July, in Avon Lake, Ohio. Sorry that Schoech, Petey and Hattie Anderson, Red is all the information at hand. My latest is and Louise Gallery, Bob and Louise Morris, that he was president of the Admiral Loan Jimmy and Donna Boyd, Bob and Elsie Co., and a partner in Buckeye Furniture Archer, Bucky and Nordie Lee (departing Co., with his brother. on the morrow for their winter home in Bud and Katy ROSS have changed their Key West), Bob Watts, Rit and Vi Rittenaddress from Arlington, Va., to 376B Ave- house, Art and Jean Binney, Francois Jornida Castilla, Laguna Hills, Ca. 92653. dan, John and Bert Kent, Zeke and Mary Peden, Harry and Helen Sears. Also present Guess Katy misses her golf when winter snows cover the Army-Navy Country Club in the party among many other guests were course in Arlington. the Stanleys' son "Tom and wife, and daughThe regular class luncheon at the Army ter Barbara and husband Larry Spellbring, and Navy Club on 9 Oct. was well attended who served with Harry Sears when he was by 21 of the Washington-Annapolis group. skipper of the CORAL SEA in the Med in '54.

Attending were: Caswell, Fairlamb, Foley, Needless to say, these two landlocked seaHabecker, Gambi, Henry, Phillips, Van men spent a good part of the evening telling Mater, Griggin, Barnes, Klakering, Donaho, sea stories and swapping lies concerning (to Miles, Shapley, Roberts, Malley, Leahy, them at least!) "The World's Finest FightNeblett, Hunter, King and Gordon. Dis- ing Ship" (which incidentally won the Atcussed were: the annual meeting on 25 Oct., lantic Fleet Battle Efficiency Trophy that our annual cocktail party scheduled for 28 year).

Nov. at the Bethesda Officers' Club, thanks On 24 Sept. the class enjoyed its first to Bob Foley's efforts, the approximately lunch since summer at the Army and Navy $2200 in the treasury, and many thanks to Town Club with good drinks, good food and Howie Adams for all his past work of keep- a good turnout. Present were Anderson, Binney, Boss, Caruso, Finnegan, Gallery, ing the class informed and together.

Polly and Oscar DODSON spent two Gerin, Kent, Lee, Logsden, Lull, Morris, months this summer touring Spain, Morocco, Peden, Schoech, Sears, Stanley, Tackney Tunisia, Sicily and Italy compiling a repre- and Watts. We were particularly happy to sentative collection of North African handi- have Steve TACKNEY back in the fold crafts for the University of Illinois Classical after a tough bout at Bethesda. He looked and European Culture Museum. Pick up a great and expects to go back teaching early copy of the magazine Archaeology of last in the year.

April for a very fine article by Oscar. It is Evan FICKLING reports from his home titled "The Revival of a Laggard," and tells in Frogmore, S. C , that C. R. Smith's how he produced an intense interest in the daughter, Sheryl, was married in Stone museum at U of I, after it apparently had Bluff, Ind., on 11 July to Mr. Clay Schoenlost its appeal. feld of Madison, Wise, where the couple SHIPMATE

will make their home. C. R.'s widow, Meryl, IS a housemother at U. of Wisconsin.

Of his own family, "Fick" relates that his and P e g s only child, Phillip, was married on 14 June in Beaufort to Patricia Englbritson of Columbia, S. C. Phil is serving a twoyear hitch m the naval reserve aboard A L STEDE plying between Norfolk, Caribbean and Mediterranean.

The following from Matt RADOM addressed to Art Binney sounds like a '28er who is "one happy fella": "In the June Shipmate you wrote that there was a dearth of class news so I decided to supply a little.

On 1 July I was promoted to professor of management at Rutgers. Am still chairman of the Department of Management. I spend my summers at Tunbridge, Vermont, which is a few miles from where Mac Flanders was born and went to school. He was here recently for his high school reunion but I was in France for several weeks. Went there on a management consultation for an American company with three plants in France.

"People ask me what I do up here on the top of the hUl with its old farmhouse and 185 acres in which to roam. Doesn't it get lonely; isn't it boring? My answer is that there aren't enough hours in the day. Something going on all the time, such as taking two weeks to get rid of beavers that were messing up our water supply, or working on an article for publication, or fixing fence posts. I could list many more items. When guests come, I'm the chief outdoor cook.

Good, too.

"Sorry I missed the Nutmeggers again at Red Burzynski's party. We'll make it one of these days.

"As long as Swede Norgaard decided to move to Florida, I'm glad he left you in charge. Glood luck.

"Best wishes to your family. The last time I saw them was over 25 years ago in Managua. Remember that ride you gave me when I was in a four stacker? I'll never forget it.

"Hope to see you in Washington some day."

It's quite a way from Vermont to Hawaii from where our next contributor, Leon COLLIS, checks in: "It has been a long time indeed and it was a delight to hear from you. I guess I'm located farthest west in the U. S., and the hemisphere actually, because there are no other classmates closer than California.

"We've lived for about 10 years near the slopes of Diamond Head, a few blocks from the ocean and from Waialae golf course.

The Hawaiian Open Tournament was transmitted from there last year via satellite. I am unable to play golf for a few more months because I broke my back in June.

You won't believe it. I was catapulted onto my rear end when a hammock broke.

Imagine, an old sailor swinging in a hammock yet. As my doctor said, 'You're just getting caught up with a lot of your classmates who broke the classical no. 12 vertebrae in a hard aircraft-carrier landing. 'Yeah, but they weren't 63 years old! Anyway, I'm in damn good shape, regardless.

"Dotty and I rattle around in this threebedroom house. We rather like gardening so we're not at all inclined toward apartmenthouse living, as yet.

"Our 24-year-old son, Ted, is with the U. S. Army for a few more months. He's stationed in Hawaii and luckily missed the last call-up for Vietnam. So we see him frequently. He will return to hotel management when discharged.

"Our oldest daughter, Dixie, is married to Cdr. J. M. Quin Jr., USN, a heavy airplane fly-boy. They'll be stationed at BarDECEMBER,

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ber's Point, Hawaii, in December '69, with sons, Pat and Mike, and daughter, Jennifer. ''Our middle daughter, Diana, is married to Dale Shuman, a Marine Corps major, who is about to leave for a second tour in Vietnam. They have two sons, Erik and Bud. "Patti, our youngest daughter, is married to a lawyer. Bill Hochman, who practices with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro in San Francisco. Two daughters in this family. If my count is correct, we have seven grandchildren.

"About a year or so from now, in Nov. 1970, I have to retire again—this time from Bank of Hawaii. But I'm retiring to something, not from. Haven't decided yet what it will be. I'd just as soon retire to a golf course. But Dotty is of the same opinion as when I retired from the Navy, 'It's nice to have a man around the house, but not 24 hours a day!' " Nate BABBITT reports from Endicott, N. Y., that he has retired from IBM after 35 years of service. "Since I will have time on my hands ( ? ) , I would like—to be advised of—future class luncheons in the Washington area so that my wife Grace and I may be able to attend." (That's real commuting, Nate! We sincerely appreciate your class spirit.)

Mike F L A H E R T Y sends in an interesting bit of '28 memorabilia: "On 8 Oct. I retired from the Navy for the second time, having completed three years as governor, U. S. Naval Home, (juess this ends active duty for the Class.

"At the present time there are two three stripers in the family, Bob in the Planning Dept., Bremerton Naval Shipyard, and Mark, company commander U S N A .

"Jean and I are in good health and looking forward to moving into the house we built in Virginia Beach in 1965 but have not lived in yet."

Forty-five years is a lot of naval service, Mike. Congratulations to you and Jean from all your classmates !

arrived), you may clip the following report from Rose and Red, "Have been deliberately postponing this note hoping at last to be able to make the fortieth reunion. I am retiring from university administration as manager of Tulane housing and real estate properties and things just haven't worked out.

In this business there's no BuPers to provide your relief and so many things have come unstuck that it's clear now that I can't make it and still wrap the job up on schedule. I note too that I'm far too late for Muster Notes. Well, that's the way it goes.

Am enclosing a sawbuck as per request and would appreciate a copy of Muster Notes if available.

"We've sold property in New Orleans and plan to be in Europe for a while. Any of '29 going through Paris please check with American Express. Our local forwarding address is as indicated below. Our plans very indefinite—maybe back in New Orleans for Super Bowl 1971 or 1972. Unless we pick up that boat we've been looking for in Denmark or Norway. Then we may go avisiting any of you who live near water. I won't send any individual greetings. There would be too many and many more than there would be to receive them. If anyone asks, tell him to drop a line to the P. O. Box 4130, New Orleans, La. 70118."

Al BOYD lost his wife Lily, who succumbed to cancer in late September. Many of us knew Lily in Newport, and on foreign stations as a constant painter of local scenes.

Under the name of Lily Cushing, her paintings hang in the Metropolitan, Whitney, and Modern museums and in major private collections. Clippings have been sent in from classmates from San Francisco to New York.

'28 Lost and Found.

Where is: Raymond Hyson Ensminger ? (anyone with a name like that can't be lost!)

Alumni Association has been on our sternsheets for three months trying to locate this character. Any clues, you close-knit '28ers?

Your generous response is most happily received; keep it coming!

The Bill POSTs have moved from Seatde and now live at 680 Americana Dr., Apt. 12, Annapolis, Md. 21403. (301/267-7830).

Bill and Lil NELSON returned in September from a wonderful three-weeks trip to Denmark and Sweden. Bill's last duty before retiring was chief of MAAG, Denmark.

Bill reports that prices in Denmark are higher due to a new government tax of 125^ percent on everything and annual inflation of 7-8 percent. 'They had fun seeing old friends while there.

Sec'y, RAdm. C. B. Laning, USN (Ret.) 6404 Lal<eview Drive Falls Church, Va. 22041 WEST COAST Sec'y, RAdm, Robert N. S. Clark, USN (Ret.) 29303 Stonecrest Rd. Rolling Hills Estates, Ca. 90274

Predictions of the Big Reunion (deadline 10 Oct.) will be risked for your review back at the ranch. So: over 100 '29ers will show up, plus 60 wives. Twenty guys will leave the football game early, some several times.

•Twelve wonderful old friends will not recognize their roommates. Henry Ford will turn down SO free drinks. Cal Laning will wear his 1951 double-breasted tux. Chet Ely will be pressed to keep on singing and playing after 3:00 a.m. Jimmy Hughes will fall asleep at 9:00 p.m. and rejoin the party at midnight. A lot of information that has been held in confidence for 40 years will be released with no damage—and who will believe it ?

After many a year we have news from RADFORD. Inasmuch as it is too late to print in Muster Notes (yours should have

Col. William E. FORD (Henry, that is) is the only '29er to be secretary of a local chapter of the USNA Alumni Association.

When in Houston contact Henry for lunch.

Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. M. H. Simons, Jr., USN (Ret.), 5506 Cromwell Dr., Washington, D. 0. 20016

Eddie R E N F R O writes that he and Sugar are now living at 1704 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, Ca. 90404. He enclosed a recent snapshot of himself, Chris Engleman and Benny Mott obviously depicting the good life out west.

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On 25 Sept. the Washington, D. C , contingent of the class met for their quarterly luncheon at the Jefferson Hotel. Present were Rollo Adams, Red Ailes, Stan Alexander, Pete Brady, Bob Craighill, Lot Ensey (committee chmn.), Peter Horn, Andy Jackson, Jenks Jenkins, Nick Lucker, Chief Masterson, Mac McCullough, Sandy McGregor, Towser Miller, Bill Nelson, Bill Post, Buff Simons, Bill Snead, Eli Wakefield, Waddy Wadsworth and Glen Williams.

Pete BRADY reports that he has sold 300 subscriptions to the Fortieth Year Book, with 53 classmates yet to be heard from.

Many of the subscribers have been widows.

He would like to hear from: Scarritt Adams, Burrell Allen, Andrade, Appleton, Blanchard, Brook, Brokenshire, Carter, Curley, Dally, DeVos, Dunn, Esslinger, Fry, Grannis, Gubbins, Haines, Hines, Jones, Kiefer, Kirvan, Koepke, Legare, Marable, Mathews, Maynard, Mulit, McGlathery, McMillan ( I r a ) , McPeake, Olney, Owen, Phillips, Post, Price, Reinhard, Robinson, Rutter, Julie Smith, Snead, Spofford, Clyde Stevens, Sutherland, Tisdale, Bill Thomas, Wesanen, Westhofen, Westropp, Whitaker, Wilbur, Glen Williams, Wilson, Yeaton.

Pete says it is not too late to submit the material for the book. He urges people not to delay on account of an unflattering photograph and says all that he needs is a snapshot. He urges classmates to type their biographical material if possible, and last but not least, he reminds that a check should accompany the material. Send to Pete Brady at Elk Mountain, Afton, Va. 22920.

Arlington National Cemetery on 10 Oct., Jack and Mildred barely made the gangway preceded by a beautiful service in the chapel. lift-off.

The following classmates served as pallThe N. M. Bar Association trip proceeded bearers : Bill Snead, Towser Miller, Rollo to Puerto Rico where Nat W A R M A N and Adams, Buff Simons, Bob Craighill, Red Anna dropped everything they had planned Ailes and Bill Nelson. for 1 Oct. and hosted a beautiful lunch ashore. They later attended the cocktail Joe was treasurer of the class fund for many years and filled this job faithfully. He party thrown by the New Mexicans for the Puerto Rico Bar Association followed by a and Margaret had only recently moved from their house in McLean, Va., to a new town- steel band and limbo performance on board house in Leisure World, Md. He is survived ship. This one concluded at about 0200, by two married daughters, as well as by his but Nat appeared to be as fresh as he was wife Margaret. Margaret's address is 3375 at first meeting. He runs Lessors Inc. in Leisure World Blvd., Silver Spring, Md. San Juan, leasing automobiles and trucks.

20906. The whole class of '30 extends symThe next day in St. Thomas, it was deterpathy to Margaret and other members of his mined that Robby ROBINSON was not at family. See Last Call page of Shipmate for his abode on Water Island, but had gone obituary. to the states, temporarily. Since Robby wasn't home the ship left immediately for Miami.

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

Just two new addresses this month: Betty and Julie BECTON, 6171 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Va. 22044, (703) 534-9157, and apparently Jean and (jeorge MADDEN have lighted at 645 North Halifax Ave., Daytona Beach, Fl. 32014.

With " J B " COLWELL, Bud N E E D HAM, Brute ROEDER and Hi MASSEY retiring this summer and fall we are left with just nine flag officers on active duty: Fuller BRUSH, Comdr Key West Force; Jack CHEW, Com U. S. Taiwan Ann Peterson was so fascinated with what she saw in Russia this summer that she Defense Command; Jim DEMPSEY, Com has gone back for a three-weeks tour and 5; Ed H O O P E R and Freddy W I E S E MAN, Joint Logistics Review Board, O S D ; this time persuaded Mell to go with her.

Otis and Ginny EARLE spent a weekend Jack McCAIN, CinCPac; Red RAMAGE, with the Craighills recently. The Earles Comdr M S T S ; Al R E N K E N , Com 3, and Rivets RIVERO, CinCSouth. live in Wallingford, Pa. Frances and Ray H U N T E R have acLot ENSEY retired 1 Oct. and he and Kate have taken an apt. at Normandy quired a couple of more grandchildren with House, Apt. #207, 1701 N. Kent St., Arling- a two-at-one-blow event in Boerne, Tex. ton, Va. 22209. Lot is keeping up his swim- Daughter Buffy, Mrs. Verne Powell, had twin girls back in August, and Frances has ming in the Pentagon pool. just returned from a thoroughly enjoyable Rebel LOWRANCE retired 1 Nov. and six weeks as practical nurse and housetheir new address is RFD #4, Box 299, Led- keeper. All's well. yard, Ct. 06339. According to our informaTommy and Evie ROGERS have just tion this just leaves Eph H O L M E S and become grandparents for the fourth time.

Mush DORNIN on active duty.

Dick and Mary NIXON spent a weekend This was the first occasion for their son in Washington visiting their daughter Woody and his charming wife Gay, who Maureen and her family. Maureen is mar- gave them a lovely granddaughter at Fairried and has two little ones, plus an M.D., fax Hospital, Va., on 23 Sept. Her name is and is now in her second year of residency Kathryn Hite Rogers, a welcome addition in pathology. Dick expects to start his sab- to the growing family. Just for catch-up, batical in January from Hobart College and by daughter Jane Douglas and her husband he and Mary plan to go around the world Robert Bruce Townsend Jr. the other grandduring this period. Mary still has her antique children are Bobby, IS; Doug, 12; and Evie (after grandma), 9. Everyone, including the shop in Geneva, N. Y. The Nixons' other daughter Ann is teaching school in Ithaca, proud grandparents, is doing very well.

The Rogers are looking forward to more, N.Y. and if the next is a boy, perhaps it will turn Eddie and Anne W A G N E R just returned out to be Thomas Woodson Rogers I I I . from a weekend with the Heywards in South An invitation by the New Mexico Bar Carolina and report that the home they have built there is lovely. The Heywards Association to join their charter junket by had had a recent visit from the Ed MONT- air and by sea was accepted by Doris and GOMERYs and were expecting Jack and Oscar H A G B E R G enabling them to collect some '31 news firsthand. The junket left Chloe H O W E L L soon.

Albuquerque on 27 Sept. and arrived in Chief and Chariotte M A S T E R S O N are Miami the same afternoon where Jack off on a trip to Yucatan and Mexico. Chief W U L F F and Mildred came down to Pier 3 expects to start his job as director of Navy for a visit aboard the Spanish motor vessel Relief in December.

CABO IZARRA. Jack was full of enthusiasm Brick and Marian BLACKBURN have with his plans for the class get-together just returned from California where they at the Navy-Miami football game on 7 Nov. went to see Brick's father (class of '04) to be followed by a trip to Jamaica. At this who is quite ill. writing the lineup included Hollister, Dean Black, Schoeni, Lucas, Betts, Moulton, We report with regret that Charlie (Joe) BROOK died at the Naval Hospital in Adams, Burns, Ritchie, Bellis, Corliss, Jones (can't figure out which one), Mrs. M. J. Bethesda, Md,, on 7 Oct. after several weeks in the hospital. Joe was buried at Klein, and Wulff. After a warm despedida,

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Pres,, Capt. S. P. Moncure, USN (Ret.) 3625 Trinity Drive, Alexandria, V a , 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 The final date for submission of ballots was 15 October. "Honest George" PIERCE has done an outstanding job in polling the class and we can trust him to have made an honest count. A few Washingtonians were looking over his shoulderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just to help.

A few interesting statistics, so far. There were 445 names listed on Class '32 roster.

Of these, 108 have reached eternal rest.

Eight individuals have not corresponded and their addresses are unknown. Three hundred and twenty-six ballots have been mailed with 179 responses, 55 percent, so from here on it is a legal election.

The Washington chapter extends their expression of thanks to the contributors to the class fund. We assure you the class is now solvent and we can carry on. The contributions to date total $865. The comments returned with the ballots have supplied the secretary with material for many issues of Shipmate. Since all the comments cannot be listed in this one issue, only the names of those submitting contributions are listed as follows: Tommy Langen, Buck James, Snuffy McDonald, Dave Kinert, Ted Hodgkins, Red Adams, Jack Seager, Jim Humrichouse. Bud Leeds, Growler Grouleff, Dick Williams, Walt Lewis, Johnnie Fahy, Jerry Miller, Ernie Snowden, and Bill Holloway.

The above list is by no means complete but only those obtained to date. Many new addresses have been submitted and a new "Where's Who in '32" will be published soon and sent to everyone.

At this writing it will be history but from all indications (from my crystal ball) we had a great time at homecoming; especially the football score, Virginia 13, Navy 25. How about that for a prediction?

From all hands, one and all, we wish each other a very Merry Christmas and health and happiness for the years to come.

Chm,, Mr. Turner A. Duncan AVCO Corp., 1025 Connecticut A v e . , N . W . , Washington, D. C. 20036 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.) U. S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis, Md. 21402

Received a nice letter from Barney BELLINGER accompanied by a note from Susan. Barney has been out of the hospital since April and feels that his health is better. However, his activities are still _ severely limited. He reports calls or visits with Jim Elliott, Larry Marks, and Dick White. Susan's note mentioned that Dick's wife, Anne, a very gifted writer, has authored a new book entitled Healing Adventure.

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Larry M A R K S is the Alabama State Director of Parks and Wildlife.

A note from Carl D R E S C H E R gave his return address as 333 Sunset Dr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. 33301. At this point we do not know whether this is a temporary or permanent change, but will check with Carl and verify the change in a future edition of Shipmate.

The mail also brought a copy of the Annual Report of the Greater Bellevue (Washington) Chamber of Commerce. On an inner page was a message signed by Manager Harry Maynard detailing how the (Chamber fosters the economic and social well-being of the Bellevue community.

•There appears to be no question that Harry manages to keep busy in his challenging job.

Al P E L L I N G sent in the following report of the first regular luncheon meeting of the San Diego group of the class held at the Admiral Kidd (Tlub on 12 Sept. "Present were: Hank Monroe, Ralph Pray, Eddie Fredericks, Baxter Russell, Ron Beyer, Jack Coye Jr., Charlie Keyser, L. C. Conwell, Freddie Bruning, Bob Hird, Jeff Davis, Al Pelling and Glover Ferguson who was on his way back to Haw^aii after dropping one of his kids off at college, back east "Hank Monroe showed us the rundown on the class response to the proposed Scholarship Foundation. We were all impressed with the size of the pledges from some of our classmates (depending upon acceptance by the class) and noticed that a good many were not in favor of the foundation. We await word of the final count—and assume Tad Duncan will give us the word, if he has not already done so.

"Hank distributed some catalogues and other material for the purpose of encouraging U S N A eiurollment.

"All hands seemed to like the informal nature of the meeting which is set up for the second Friday of each month. No formalities, such as signing up, are required. We feel that with over 40 retired classmates in the San Diego area, we need to keep in touch and provide a means of carrying out class and USNA business which supplements the dinner meetings we have been holding every six months or so.

"We also feel that Washington is not necessarily the focal point of class matters and that other regional groups of the class should be encouraged to arrange for regular get-togethers in order to keep class friendships and Academy memories fresh. Other purposes may be served such as a medium for job information.

"Incidentally, Hank Rumble and Herb Schwab are talking up a class party in the Long Beach Officers' Club on 4 Nov.* which promises 'to beat the walk on the moon for the year 1969,' according to their flyer.

Anyone interested should contact Hank Rumble at 16617 Linda Terrace, Pacific Palisades, Ca. 90272. We in San Diego will probably set one up for about February or March of 1970 but we probably won't be able to top Hank and Herb's pitch, unless we arrange to have our dinner-dance on Mars."

•Note: Unfortunately, the necessary time lag between submission of data for this column and its publication about seven weeks later precluded timely notice of the Long Beach Party in this column. The same factor accounted for our inability to get out advance notice of the joint Army-Navy class meeting held in the Pentagon on 19 Nov. Please DECEMBER,

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keep this time lag in mind and give us about ten weeks notice of scheduled class events.

Again, on the subject of class meetings.

Tad Duncan has asked that the following announcement be published: "In order to assist members of the '33 group in the Washington area in formulating their schedules and to increase the meeting attendance, we have made arrangements to hold the class luncheons at Commissioned Officers' Open Mess, Far East Room, the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D. C , on the following dates: 9 Dec, 13 Jan., 10 Feb., 10 March, 14 April, 12 May and 9 June. The cocktail hour begins at 11:30, followed by luncheon at noon.

"The above will, I hope, assist you in your month-to-month planning; however, we will continue to send monthly notices in advance of each meeting. Early indication of your attendance will help us materially in planning with the Officers' Mess."

The September meeting of the Washington group was attended by: Croghan, Tad Duncan, King, MacDonald, McMullen, George Miller, Oren, Shifley, Koch, Travis, Enright and Mr. Mack Sullivan (guest of Groghan).

During the business portion of the meeting, a review was made of the replies regarding the Class Scholarship of $20,000 for the Naval Academy Foundation, and it was voted that we should establish such a scholarship.

The means of implementation as far as solicitation is concerned will be covered in a letter being formulated by Tad Duncan, George Koch, and Ralph Shifley. The discussion indicated that generally speaking no one had taken too much time to read the document forwarded to them, and several of them had failed to reply. It was felt that this accounted for the fact that we received only 172 replies. However, the total dollars against each commitment would be substantial enough for us to complete a scholarship within four or five years after the time we start donations.

A card postmarked Madrid indicated that Willie and Dottie RAKOW thoroughly enjoyed a month of sightseeing and relaxing in Spain, Portugal and Majorca.

Since this is the December issue— MERRY C H R I S T M A S and a H A P P Y N E W YEAR.

Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR 129 Spa View Ave,, Annapolis, Md. 21401

From Ed D I S S E T T E the follovving brief note: "It appears now that Mazie and I will not be able to make homecoming cocktail party—much to our regret. Please put my small check in the class fund. It will be my first contribution, I'm ashamed to admit, but I plan to make others. Hope everybody has a swell time at homecoming. Wish we could be with you." At about the same time a telephone call from Ben W A L K U P conveyed the same regrets and instructions regarding his check. However, this is Ben's second contribution and he was also the second classmate to respond to the Dec. '67 appeal for individual voluntary contributions to the class fund. With their contributions to the class fund the following classmates sent best wishes and regards to all: Al MOORE and Shelton F I S H E R (his second as well). As of the deadline date of this issue (lo Oct.) 119 classmates have contributed $2663.30.

Other than the above the only item that is available for this issue is the sincere wish

for Christmas blessings and a glad New Year to all classmates and their families, wherever you are, from your struggling secretary-treasurer.

Sec'y, Capt. L. N. Detweiler, (SC) USN (Ret.) 6650 Van Winkle Dr., Falls Church, Va. 22044 Acting Corr. Sec'v, Capt. 0 . D. Finnigan Jr. USN (Ret.), 1739 Shiloh Lane Winter Park, F l , 32789

In the late summer, Betty and Pat M c E N T E E spent a week's holiday in the Virgin Islands. While passing through Puerto Rico they spent a happy evening of reminiscing with Ruth and Bill ROSSELL, who have a welcome sign out for all '3Sers.

Chuck BEAMAN writes that occasionally one of Omar and Nancy SPAIN'S progeny show up in Reno for a pleasant visit and that the Beamans will be real glad to see any classmates or their offspring who may be passing through the Biggest Little City in the World.

Squidge L E E reports that he and Toni are back from Brussels and are living in Quarters A, U. S. Naval Station, Brooklyn, NY. Squidge is double-hatting as vice chairman, U. S. Delegation, United Nations Military Staff Committee and as the Commander Eastern Sea Frontier. Their Kitty works at the Instrument Lab at MIT, while her younger sister Susan is an M I T senior, majoring in math. Wonder where those girls got their savvy?

Louise and Jeff PARKER's son, Lt._ (jg) William B. Parker, USNR, was married to Elizabeth Mitchell Cheney of Rye, N.Y., on 13 Sept Flash F L A C H S E N H A R is now stationed in Manila as the #2 man in Everett Steamship Corp. office there, having previously served in their offices in Vietnam and Okinawa. He and Marjorie have a great seventh floor apartment "on the Boulevard," but they find using their stateside address is more certain: c/o F. K. Wyatt, 939 Scott St., San Diego, Ca. 92106.

Beaut CAIRNES has evidently left Satellite Beach and gives a new address: 222SC Rexford Rd., Charlotte, NC 28211. John BARANOWSKI's new address is 11147 Hortense St., North Hollywood, Ca. 91602.

For you cross-country travelers, Don CLAY urges you to give him a call as you pass through Albuquerque, N. M., where you will find him in business for himself as D. C. Associates.

Dick W E E D E retired in August as commanding general, F M F Lant. He will be at the Hotel Besse, Pittsburg, Kans., until after the first of the year, when he plans to move to Norfolk to become a member of the marketing department of the Virginia National Bank, coordinating their work with the Armed Forces.

Art W E L D O N has completed over a dozen years with Pratt and Whitney in West Palm Beach since his 1957 retirement.

The honorary pallbearers at Virge V E S TEL's military funeral at Arlington on 4 Sept. were Turner Caldwell, Slim Barham, Joe Bettens, Charlie Turner, Ted Neyman, Gabby Gabbert, John Bottoms and Bernie Bieri '38. Slim and Joe had flown up from Louisiana and Charlie from Florida. This was just one indication of the great affection that Virgie instilled in the hearts of his classmates. The Bettens, moreover, had just lost their house and most of their possessions in hurricane Camille, although neither Joe, Anne nor young Warren were injured, we're happy to report. Slim, by the way, has placed a memorial chair in the Academy 31

Stadium in memory of Edgar Dudley Vestel Jr., Captain (SC) USN ( R e t ) , USNA 1935, 1911-1969.

Bill McMANUS is teaching physics and math at the Holyoke (Mass.) Community College, where he is also chairman of the Division of Math., Science and Technology, with a teaching staff of 33 under him. He has also been doing the planning for the college's move to their new $15 million campus, and in his spare time, he paints!

Another New England classmate, Pete PARADIS, writes that his # 4 son (which the "20-Year Rendez-vous Lucky Bag" tells us must be Thomas Lee, although there are five Paradis boys and two girls!) graduated from the U. of Mass. and was commissioned as a second lieutenant, USAF, having been selected the outstanding cadet leader in New England. Congratulations!

Pete and Florence Paradis with son 2/Lt. T. L. Paradis and daughter-in-law Gretchen.

Frank and Mary Lou W H E E L E R got some sea duty in last summer by means of a three-week trip from Los Angeles to the Caribbean. When not traveling on business or pleasure, they can be found in their apricot hacienda in Los Altos Hills, Calif., where they report having seen Mason Freeman, Jack McCormick, Bill Sullivan and their respective spouses—among many other west coasters.

On the reverse of page 279 of the class of 1935 "20-Year Rendez-vous Lucky Bag," one v^'ill find a page of cartoons dedicated to the class of 1955. Many of you may have wondered how cartoons on the class of 1955 found its way into the class of 1935 20-Year Lucky Bag. The mystery has been solved—by chance —as many mysteries are. LCdr. F. D. Butterfield is assigned to the Defense Communications Planning Group where Lou Detweiler works as comptroller. The class of 1955 is looking ahead to its 20-Year Lucky Bag and so LCdr. Butterfield asked Lou if he could see the class of 1935 20-Year Lucky Bag. To LCdr. Butterfield's amazement, he found the cartoon sheet that he had drawn while a midshipman for the class of 1955 Lticky Bag but for some unknown reason did not appear in their Lucky Bag. He had often wondered what had happened but over the years the matter had been dropped from his thoughts. When he found his cartoons in the class of 1935 "20-Year Rendez-vous Lucky Bag" it was obvious that the same printer had produced the USNA Class of 1935 "20-Year Rendez-vous Lucky Bag" and the U S N A Class of 1955 Lucky Bag and that in the process the page of cartoons ended up in the wrong place.

Which all goes to prove, that things do sometimes get mixed up !!

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Sec'y, Capt, W, M. Hanger, USN (Ret,) 4720 Sedgwick St,, N,W. Washington, D, C, 20016 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St. Annandale, Va. 22003

Dateline: 2 Oct., Pensacola, Fla.—Well, here we are again down Pensacola way. As we sit here on the porch looking out over the warm placid waters of Bayou Grande, it is hard to believe that only yesterday we were on alert, battened down, and waiting for the tropical storm reported moving in from the Gulf. Fortunately, it didn't materialize, and all we got was five inches of downpour and some heavy wind gusts. So today, we are basking in the sun and enjoying a cool swim—in October yet! Who could ask for anything more ?

Nothing of any great significance came out of the 10 Sept. luncheon. Ten were present: Alford, Beaumeister, Ellis, Hanger, Law, Moreau, Rice, Ryder, Tyree, and Williams— for KTs on the south porch and luncheon in the Sun Room of the A&N Country Club.

Topics of discussion were mainly homecoming weekend; why the football team dropouts ; Navy's football possibilities for this year; dropping stock market, etc. By voice vote it was agreed to continue Washington luncheons on the second Wednesday of each odd-numbered month, meeting place to be determined by our secretary. Also, it was announced that the new up-dated '36 Register was finally off the press and in distribution.

If you haven't received your copy, let your reporter or secretary know. Some have been returned for lack of proper address, e.g., USERA, where, or where, are you now?

Paris, St. Louis, or Timbuktu???

Reported in the last issue was Sandy SANFORD's death in August. From Edna came the following note: "Please convey my most heartfelt thanks to all the class for the lovely flowers for Sandy. It was one of the first to arrive. Your kind expression of sympathy is gratefully acknowledged and deeply appreciated." Also received was a similar note from Mary Ware expressing her appreciation to the class and to those who came to her assistance on the occasion of Bruce's passing in June.

Browsing through Navy Times brought forth news about another '36 event of interest : "Miss Kathleen Elizabeth Kay and John Fyfe Chenault were married on 30 Aug. in the Bay Ridge Methodist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McPherson of Pompano Beach, Fla. The groom is the son of Capt. and Mrs. F. A. Chenault of China Lake, Calif." The newlyweds will take up residence in Alexandria, Va., and the best wishes from all in '36 go with them.

Gordon F O W L E R was recently elected president of the Association of Investment Brokers of Metropolitan Washington. Gordon, as you know, is an account executive

with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith in their Washington office. Congratulations, Gordy, and good luck to you as you lead your fellow area investment brokers.

A letter from Tiny SMALL on 13 Sept. reports he is still at State University College of Arts and Science, Geneseo, N. Y. As a result of his year and a half tour under the Fulbright-Hays program as a lecturer at the University of Aleppo in the SyrianArab Republic, both he and Bela have become very active in American-Arab relations activities and in organizations seeking aid for Palestinian Arab refugees. Tiny was elected president of the Federated Organization on American-Arab Relations in 1967, and re-elected in 1968. In April of this year he was one of the speakers at the 21st commemoration of Deir Yassin, a small Arab town in Palestine where terrorists massacred most of the population in 1948.

Subsequent to our reporting in this column last month, Joe R I C E received the accompanying photograph taken at the reception after the commissioning of the USS CONNOLE at Charleston Naval Base. We think the picture is most interesting in that the twinkle in the eyes of Dave's 83-year-old mother, the ship's sponsor, far outshines the "18 stars" surrounding her. Adm. Sharp, former CinCPac, on Mrs. Connole's right, was the principal speaker for the occasion.

His son is the CONNOLE'S first executive officer. Again, we wish the skipper, Cdr. Bruce Robinson, good luck and smooth sailing as he, his offcers and crew bring another new and modern ship into our beloved but much depleted Fleet. We will all be watching the CONNOLE and her future accomplishments with great interest.

Turnout for the opening Penn State game was small, but with the usual number of hard rooting '36 stalwarts present in spite of the reported odds against Navy. It was good to see and chat briefly with Von B U R K A R T who was east to see his mother and made use of the opportunity to join us.

R I E W E , as usual, set the pace for color and pep with his many starred '36 white hat and his sonorous tenor proudly leading the stands in the National Anthem and Navy Blue and Gold, to say nothing about the way he kept the '36 section well fed from his big bag of freshly roasted Virginia peanuts which never seemed to empty. He reports the Riewes may soon be moving back to old northern stamping grounds. Also present from out of town were Emily anti Paul STIMSON from New Jersey, and Golda and Dick MYERS from Mechanicsburg.

That's about it for now till we get home where we hope much mail from all of you will be awaiting our return. Will report on homecoming in the January column. Until then, we close with a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you from all of us. May Santa be good to you and yours.

Commissioning of ship named for '36er, Commander David R. Connole, USN. Left to right: Cdr. R. B. Robinson, CO, USS CONNOLE; RAdm. J. B. Osborn, CO, Submarine Flotilla Six; RAdm. W . R. Dowd Jr., CO, Naval Supply Center, Charleston; RAdm. L. E. Hubbell, CO, Cruiser/Destroyer Flotilla Six; Adm. U. S. Grant Sharp; Mrs. Connole, mother of the late Cdr. Connole; RAdm. H. J. Kossler, Commandant, Sixth Naval District; RAdm. R. S. Benson; RAdm. J. H. Shaffer, CO, Cruiser/Destroyer Force, Atlantic, and RAdm. J. E. Rice, CO, Naval Electronic Systems Command, SHIPMATE

Sec'y-Treas., LCdr. J . P. M. Johnston, USN (Rel.) 2118 Bancroft Place, N.W., Washington, D.C, 20008 Corr, Sec'y, Capt, H, B. Reece, USN (Ret.) 1900 South Eads S t . , Apt. 529 Arlington, Va. 22202

WASHINGTON NEWS The attendance at the class luncheon on 11 Sept. was reported by Larry Brantley as: Spud Hartmann, Fil Gilkeson, Hubie Reece, Pat Patriarca, T. Mac Adams, Larry Brantley, Jim Denton, Cliff Messenheimer, Morgan Baldwin, Larry Bernard, Bunny Shupper, Wes Steesy, Ted Gibson, and Ard Grantham.

The second class luncheon on 9 Oct. was well attended by 18 classmates at the Army and Navy Country Club. Attending were: Dave Bell, Larry Bernard, Bernie Bieri, Larry Brantley, Jim Cresap, Jim Cruse, Jim Denton, Bob Farrington, Ted Gibson, Fil Gilkeson, Paul Hartmann, John Johnston, Hubie Reece, George "Pretty Boy" Rouzee, Schnitzel Schneider, Bunny Shupper, Chuck Stein and Tony Zavadil.

Interesting highlights that came out of the meeting were: George R O U Z E E will be in Washington, D. C., for a two to three-year tour of duty representing Boeing.

His address will be 5119 South Hampton Dr., Annandale,, Va. 22003. George first joined Boeing as a project manager in 1962.

John DeVANE, who has been in Washington for a similar tour of duty, and George are both in the military aviation section of Boeing.

George advises that Merle McKAIG, one of our better class musicians as you remember, has been to the University of Washington, and, along with his background in music, has taken the proper courses to become an acoustics expert.

A recent letter from Hank R O W E says: "Woe is me, that's what I get for not telling you that we moved to Galveston. The Shipmate note about the new class organization is an excellent idea. I didn't receive any word of it via my old Dallas address.

"I'm on leave of absence from Texas Instruments, setting up an ocean technician training program here for Texas A & M imder National Science Foundation's Sea Grant Program."

Bernie B I E R I reports that during his trip to Jackson, Miss., in connection with a manufacturing organization for benefit of the blind, he bumped into Paul "Squirrel" BURT who, with Margaret, is living in the area where he works for the Mississippi State government.

Midn. Gregg Morris has written to the class of 1937 thanking them for their $100 contribution to the T V located in the First Company wardroom. Midshipmen of the First Company invite members of U S N A '37 to visit their wardroom whenever the occasion allows.

Our 35th reunion next year is presently planned to take place during homecoming Jimmy D E N T O N will handle hotel reservations and of course if you are wise, you will get your reservations in early.

Chairman Bernie Bieri displayed the plaque which the class will present this October to Missy and Charlie DODDS for their hospitality at the many past homecomings. Bunny S H U P P E R will make this presentation for the class.

John W. S I M P S O N made the New York Times Sunday, 28 Sept., issue under "Personality" by Gene Smith. John is president of Power Systems at the Westinghouse Electric Corp. and as such is in charge of the company's nuclear power program.

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An announcement has been received from Boyd C L A P H A M of his marriage to the former Mrs. Helen Laliberte Best on 21 June in Tucson, Ariz. They are at home at 3620 Anza St., San Francisco, Ca. 94121.

A card from Thailand has been received from Mac L.^NSDOWNE who is traveling the Far East on business. His next stop is the Philippines.

Sec'y, Capt, John A. Bogley, USN (Ret,) 3900 Watson P I , , A p t , 7B Washington, D. C. 20016

WASHINGTON NEWS The fall season opened in Washington with a delightful cocktail party hosted by Shirley and Jim ANDRE'W'S to say farewell to Jean and Red COWARD. Red has taken a new job as Director of Development at the Vardell Hall Prep School in Redsprings, N. C, and he and Jean will live in their new home "Carryon," Box 63, Whispering Pines, N. C. Red is following in the footsteps of his grandfather who was president of Citadel but will continue his interest in the U. S. Collegiate Council here in Washington.

The Hestons, Muriel Wells, Connie Jackson and I journeyed down to Annapolis for the Penn State game and the most enjoyable pasttime of tailgating in the parking lot. There was a good class turnout including the Beshanys from Norfolk, the Cowards, McFarlands from Philly, the Andrews, Manns, Art Johnsons, Washingtons, Boykins, Picketts, Morrisons, Spears, Whalens, Stevens, Red Masons also from Philly, the Norrises, Al Churches, Dick Churches, Blandins, Giffens, Hugh Robinsons and Raymers. Navy put up a good fight and we were all proud of their performance and I would wager that no other team will score three touchdowns against Penn State this season.

Following the game, we all journeyed back to Washington for an elegant dinner party hosted by Marie and Bill S P E A R S in honor of the Cowards. One of the delights of the evening was a song sung to the tune of Jingle Bells and dedicated to the Cowards that went something like this: "Off to Whispering Pines—The Cowards soon will go—We will all stay here—Oh we'll miss them so. They now have a lot—Soon they will add more—Everything from a brand new house—To a lower golfing score. Jean and Red—Jean and Red—We hate to see you go—But you won't be far from here— And having fun we know." Not to be out done, Jean and Red reversed the pronouns in the stanzas and rephrased the chorus and sang: "Dear ole friends—Dear ole friends— Come to Whispering Pines—We will give you bed and board—And get your starting time." Since it is only about a seven-hour drive, we will probably take you up on that invitation and in the meantime good luck and Godspeed—Jean and Red. Our first monthly luncheon for the season also produced a good turnout including Alford, McEntire, Blandin, Hank Jackson, Adair, Homer Conrad, Mansfield, Dacey, Washington, Melvin, Pickett, Aurand, O'Brien, Mann, Dwyer, DeCamp, Raymer, Norris, Hunnicutt, Kreamer, Jones, Schultz, Harry Mason, Bidwell, Don Brown, Andrews, Tucker, Ela, Heston, Luby, Ferriter, Spears and Morrison. Our luncheons are held at the Fort Myer Officers' Club on the fourth Thursday of the month with the exception of December when a Christmas Informal Cocktail dinner-dance at the Bethesda Officers' Club is scheduled instead for 19 Dec. The annual husbands and wives

luncheon has been arranged for 23 April 1970. So put these dates on your calendars and we hope to see you in attendance. The wives opened their luncheons at the Alumni House, Annapolis, with Grace Giffen and Bobby Morrison as co-hostesses. Twentyfour wives were present including Trudy Woods whom everyone was glad to see after such a long time. Plans were made to take a tour of Washington under the expert guidance of Shirley Andrews and with Connie Jackson and Emilou Melvin in charge of arrangements. A recent roster published by the Washington group shows some 83 classmates and widows in the Washington, Annapolis, Baltimore area, enough for a good party at any time or any occasion.

Ray B E R T H R O N G has spent most of the summer surveying his farm in West Virginia on shore leave from his MSTS job.

On his last trip at sea, he stopped by New Orleans and spent a delightful evening at dinner with the DeLAUREALs. 'The Al LABORDEs were also guests. Ray is shipping out with MSTS again with hopes of an assignment to deliver Polaris Missiles to Holy Loch. Joe McDOWELL is also one of our local travelers and on a recent trip south visited the Mac McCRORYs in Columbia, S. C. He reports that Mac has taken a job with Al Laborde in New Orleans and that he and Dort both look great and were taking off to house hunt in New Orleans. Of interest is the fact that Russ H E D G E COCK also works for Al's ocean drilling company in the Australian office. So it really is a small world.

N E W S FROM ALL A R O U N D Word from the great Northwest brings the news that Mary Anne and Bob SCHELLING are back from Alaska and living at 6247 Slst N.E., Seattle, Wa. 981 IS. Bob has a new job on the staff of the oceanographic department of the University of Washington. There also is a new granddaughter named Debbie Louise.

Congratulations are in order for Irv F R A N K E L on his appointment as manager of manufacturing for Aerojet Corp. Surface Effect Ships Division in El Monte, Calif.

Irv earned his Master's degree in naval construction and marine engineering at MIT in 1943 and has been with Aerojet since he retired in 1958. He had been manager of plant engineering and planning at the firm's Sacramento, Calif., facility prior to this new appointment.

My job in the Pentagon took me to Honolulu again for the second phase withdrawal of forces from Vietnam. The fringe benefit of these visits is the chance to spend a few hours with Jane and Walt S M A L L (Com SubPac) and enjoy their warm hospitality.

Both look great and are hoping no one in Washington is thinking about a change of duty for them. We all headed back for the states at the same time, Walt to Los Angeles and San Diego for official business, Jane for the east coast to visit her mother and yours truly for the Pentagon. Many thanks, Jane and Walt, and here's hoping you are still in Hawaii when the third phase comes around.

Marie and Bill S P E A R S journeyed down to Norfolk on some Residence Foundation (Vinson Hall) business of which Bill is the administrative director. While there, they stayed with Gigi and Phil B E S H A N Y and Bill addressed the Tidewater Council Navy Officers' Wives Club representing some 69 local clubs. Marie has the distinction of having been the second president of the Council.

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and both are doing a superb job. Their son DAVIS called in to give us an address anti is the star quarterback at Peddie School near to let us know Ned and Ingrid B E A C H will be moving back to Washington soon.

Princeton this year.

Mark and Betty L O W E are settled in I've been trying to come up with a list of '39ers still on active duty, which I'll put Norman, Okla., where Mark.is sales reprein the column. I'm having trouble verifying sentative for Leas Siegler, Inc., VERD-Asome of the names and I'm not sure of a RAY Lighting Products Div. Betty is in couple who are on active duty but not in the ladies apparel business and both are the Navy, such as Jack SPLAIN and Jim enjoying life. Many of us will remember CROWE. Davis CONE is here in the Pen- Betty's mother who lives with them. tagon and so is Ray T E N A N T Y . I believe Tex O'NEILL dropped a card from Los John W E A T H E R W A X is on active duty Altos with his address. Jim RIGHTER, in in San Diego.

Buffalo, publishes the Buffalo Evening News Jim Calvert, the Superintendent of the and is chairman of the local Navy League.

USNA, informs me that Norm B E N N E T T ' s Val H O L Z A P F E L and Gay, settled in brother Bernie, from the class of '43, has Roseville, Minn., near St. Paul, have lojust received the Decoration for Special cated Ken G E R R I S H who lives in MinMerit. Norm still lives here in the Wash- neapolis and has his own company manufacington area and owns the U. S. Merchan- turing heating equipment. Val and Gay dise Mart. missed the reunion because of a company Sec'y, VAdm. C. Edwin Bell, USN trip to Palma, Majorca.

The class met in October with the usual Quarters " A " Naval Security Station 3701 Nebraska Ave., N.W. turnout, but we didn't have many from out Ralph S T E V E N S , in Newcastle, Me., Washington, D. C. 20016 of town. Bob RALEIGH, whom I haven't had to cancel plans for the reunion because seen for a long time, was here and so was When I wrote my first column in Sept., I his oldest son had an accident while at fully expected it to come out after the Bob T R U A X who is so active in the rocket the U. of Wash, which resulted in multiple field. reunion. I'm not yet used to the timing of and compound fractures of right arm and these things, but this one I know will come Our class treasury is in pretty bad shape. leg. Dennis O'NEIL sent a new address out in Dec. At this time (10 Oct.) we have The bonds we bought, of course, are intact from Madison, N. J. Blake and Dianne over 300 people (paid) coming to homecom- and shouldn't be sold because of the de- F O R R E S T in Mexia, Tex., were unable ing. The reunion committee has done a pressed state of the bond market. We have to attend the reunion because of a family marvelous job of planning. no liquid assets and it probably will be travel commitment.

For any of you who haven't visited Annap- necessary to ask for a small class assessThe Walt McGUINNESS family is setolis in some years, you're going to be ment some time this winter. It would be tled permanently (they hope) in the Hartinteresting to see the results today if we startled by the changes. You probably know ford, Conn., area (Glastonbury, actually). we have a number of new wings on Ban- had bought some common stocks such as Business manager of a law firm there, Walt IBM instead of bonds. croft Hall and new air-conditioned dormiis completely happy in his new position. tories back of old Farragut Field for the Each of the widows in the class was con- Walt was one of few classmates who sucenlisted group. The CUMBERLAND and R E I N A tacted about the 30th reunion and a number ceeded in getting the law PG course years MERCEDES are gone. You will find that the of replies have been received. Danny How- ago. Gordon S T R E E T from Box 15, Aliensnew mathematics and science buildings, land (Jack's widow) is back from a recent park, Colo., writes, "I got hurt during the Michelson and Chauvenet, are beautiful. I trip to Europe and is about to have a "one war and was retired for physical disability am reasonably sure this year the Congress man show" of her paintings in New York in back in 1946. Lived in Oklahoma City until will approve a new 10 million dollar li- early Nov. about a year ago when I moved to the mounbrary. 'The Naval Academy has one of the tains of Colo.—hunting, fishing, wood-chopCharlie C H A N D L E R has written to a ping, smallest libraries and book inventories of snow shoveling and a little real estate host of classmates in an effort to learn any major college. BuPers already is buyon the side—a great life!" their whereabouts.

Many have replied, but ing increased numbers of books monthly to Max and Ginny B E R N S have settled in stock the new library when completed. I've there are so many new addresses it doesn't recently looked over a new engineering com- seem wise to use all of our space for that Norfolk, Va. Max is considering the insurplex that would go along College Creek purpose. Anyone wanting the specific ad- ance game. Charlie CASSEL is a guidance counselor for the Maiden public schools in where the old power plant is. This beauty dresses can obtain them from Charlie or Maiden, Mass. John P A R K S has gone into will even have a long towing tank for teach- me by dropping us a postal card. ing flow effects on ship hulls. After that, Jack YOUNG writes from Long Beach the Chevrolet-Olds business in St. Helena, there is a plan to build a beautiful new audi- where he is job hunting and has not settled Calif., and has his own agency. Anyone who torium to take the place of the one that you (lown yet. He recently got lots of free advice wants to buy a new car is invited to come will remember in Mahan. The entire master at dinner from the Bob Wadsworths, the see him for special consideration on price.

St. Helena, in the heart of the Napa Valley plan has been worked out by Ewing Co., Don Hardys and the Ellis Fishers. Jeff wine country, will make the visit to John from Baltimore, who for many, many years even more interesting. have done dependable work for the Naval Academy. By the time you read this you all George S H A R P is living in Ottsville, Pa., will have had a marvelous time at the reand is with Eastern Rotorcraft Corp. The union and will see many of the things menjob gets him to Washington frequently, and tioned here. we'll be seeing him at the luncheons.

Chuck NACE wrote from Panama recentCoincidence of the month. ly where he is Commandant of the Sth Naval Scrappy and Dottie Crawford '36 (he's District and provided the following from a in the office next to mine) were driving Panama newspaper report: "A ten-foot, 135back from Florida recently and stopped at pound sailfish met his match Sunday aftera gas station in a tiny town in South Caronoon in RAdm. Charles D. Nace. A dedilina. Who should pull up on the other side cated fisherman. Admiral Nace was able to of the gasoline island but Fred and Cynthia boat his first sailfish in his long fishing T A E U S C H , also driving north. The two career during which four have managed to couples were next door neighbors years ago. escape his line. Halfway between Taboga Fred is now running the administrative end and the Perlas Islands, the sailfish hit the of a college in Jacksonville, Fla. Admiral's line and a 20-minute struggle began.

Our address on the column head became effective on 17 Nov. We lived with Sandy "He was accompanied on the fishing trip and Tete SIMMONS from 26 Aug. until by his wife, Pat, and Capt. and Mrs. H . ^^•«'^^^^^^^H moving into quarters, and it was great.

Riley Jr. During the day's fishing, the Know they were glad to get a little peace party also landed ten dolphiri, three wahoo and quiet for a change. For the BELLs, our and the usual number of bonita." new abode puts us in government quarters Ralph B E N I T E Z called from Miami, for the first time. We are right across the where he is the number two man in the street from American University and have School of Law. Ralph and Nancy have a host of business and civic interests in Miami RAdm. C. D. Nace '39 with his 135-pound sailfish. five bedrooms.

the Spears a chance to see most of the classmates and wives in the area. Of interest is the good news that Strong BOOZER was at the party, looking well and recovering in good shape from his recent heart attack and the sad news that Fish H A D DOCK was in the hospit:il with some form of heart attack and couldn't attend. W e wish you a speedy recovery. Fish.

Congratulations also to Dick B O W E R S on his new appointment as Chairman of Engineering and Engineering Technologies at Anne Arundel College which has just moved to its own new premises in Arnold, Md. If I remember correctly, this should be mighty close to home for Anne Adair.

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from NAVY MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION Class of '39 attendees at Change of Command, 15 Aug., at NAS Norfolk. RAdm. Childers relieves RAdm. Weitzenfeld at Naval Air Systems Command Rep., Atlantic.

Last month I mentioned the flip flop in jobs between Casey C H I L D E R S and Dan WEITZENFELD. Casey has recently dropped me a line and sent along a picture of the class of '39 attendees at the change of command. From left to right standing: John Dolan, Tom Walker, Dan Weitzenfeld, Flash Dailey, Herb Cassidy; kneeling: Nick Nicodemus, Casey Childers, Doc Abbott and Charlie Swayne.

We want to wish everyone a Christmas I

WASHINGTON REPORT The PUG-with-after-lunch-speakers program continues in high gear. After Fritz gave us a very fine rundown of his most recent travels at the August meeting, we heard of a trip to even more distant places in September. LCol. Walter H. Flint, USAF ( U S N A '50), gave us a most interesting talk on the story of Apollo 11, complete with special movies and slides of the limar walk. In addition to being a ballistic missile and space expert from NASA, Colonel Flint pleads guilty to having been an exchange steam prof at the NA for three years. We thank him for bringing his show to us, and vote that this earns him forgiveness for the steam prof episode!

One might judge by the score that the Navy opener against Penn State was a sad afternoon. Not so, say those who attended.

Stalwart classmates Anderson, Blough, Carpenter, Heckler, Hill, Howell, Montgomery and Warm saw it from start to finish and give that Blue team lots of credit points for a team effort and spirit that carried right through to the final gun. And several cheers to the Brigade's fine backing of their team.

Keeping up the social activity, this month we again report the marriage of a classmate.

On 5 Sept. Col. Horace F I G U E R S , USMC (Ret.), married Emily Louise Jones in the Navy Chapel in Washington, D. C. Horace and bride are at home at 4412 North 33rd Rd., Ariington, Va. 22207. We congratulate Horace, welcome Emily to the clan, and wish you both many years of happiness and prosperity.

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In and out of the Navy, we keep on moving. John LACOUTURE has departed Washington to be Commander Fleet Air, Lemoore, Calif. Also leaving our area was Sid S H E R W I N , who writes that after retiring in February he went with General Electric as program manager, SQS-26 Support. His family arrived in July—Jane and young Bill from Falls Church, Jane from Geneva, Switzerland, where she had just completed her third year of college, and Stan from New Hampshire. Their new address is 3 Thornwood Lane, Fayetteville, N. Y. 13066. Cheers, Sid—and keep that machine a-pinging!

Class of 1940—Homecoming West

down to our midst more often. Be sure to remember those second Tuesdays for PUG. Bud N E W H A L L reports from the depths of the Pentagon that he has a new home address, at 4307 Hermanschmidt Court, Annandale, Va. 22003.

And Bob W H I T E is still living at his same digs, but has moved from Op 94B to the Navy Council of Personnel Boards, across the road in the Arlington Annex.

Sal W A L L I N E just couldn't stay away from the Navy. After doing his bit in Blue and Gold for all these years, he retired last year. And where did he gravitate to? Back in the saddle, this time in a grey flannel suit in civil service, over in the A S W Special Project Office. Lots of success, Sal! In the D. C. area very briefly last month was Coralie Vellis, president of the Republican women's organization in the state of Hawaii, to attend their National Conclave.

Pat Clancy reports that Coralie brought along about 2000 orchids, which displaced most of the food in Clancy's refrigerator until they became part of the Hawaii display at the meeting. As part of the program, she attended a garden party hosted by the President. After all that excitement she jetted off to the west coast to meet spouse Jim for three weeks of vacationing on the mainland before returning to Honolulu, where Jim is with the State Port Authority. Incidentally, their son Jack is a Lt. (jg) on board a Pearl-based destroyer, and daughter Thalia is a freshman at the University of Hawaii. Aloha, Vellis!

HERE AND THERE The last paragraph above leads us naturally to the California scene, whence comes this note from Harry F I S C H E R : "Enclosed find a photo of 'Homecoming West' which was held at our quarters, Qtrs. ' C Naval Training Center, on 20 Sept. The occasion was a farewell cocktail supper for the Bergners and we invited all of '40 that we could locate in the vicinity. There were 31 people present and we had a splendid bash. Left to right in the photo are: Betty House, Don and Patty Po Kable, Al and Jayne Bergner. Jack and Helen Longino, Ward and Phyl Witter, Bill and Grayson Boehm, Herman and Elaine Trum, Al and Velda Cook, Pat and Jo Dupzyk, Neil and Ewie Fisher, Dick and Leslie Parker, Rick and Anne Mueller, Len and Kathy Bassett, Harvey and June Miller, Ray and Del Hundevadt, and Harry and Flossie Fischer.

"The Bergners leave about 10 Oct. for Sasebo, Japan, where Al will assume duties as ComServRon 3. He will be relieved on 6 Oct. by me. So you see, '40 is perpetuating itself in the San Diego area. It has been a real privilege and pleasure to have had Al 36

for my boss and he has done a grand job here." Thanks for the fine report, Harry—also for the address list showing at least 21 classmates in the southern California area.

And, on the back of a paper place mat from Oshkosh, Wise, a note from J. W. SULLIVAN describing a smaller reunion.

To quote this fearless traveler, "It seems like old Sully was shaking down a new diesel cruiser built near Oshkosh accompanied by a young army of Sullivans when he was advised that John Wier was 'just around the corner.' So a reunion. And it turns out that John John is a wheel, besides being his old terrific, friendly, salt of the earth glamor lad self. And his wife Sally, as we know, is the glamor super special gal. Anyway, we do meet, we'uns '40 types. It really is a small planet." It sure is, and we gather that expert navigator Sully got his family and cruiser safely back to Norfolk, as he is next heard from in the following dispatch from that port.

Back in the land of pleasant living. Jack H I N M A N reports that the first Norfolk class luncheon in years was a howling success. Of the 15 classmates in that area, 11 showed up—including Sully, the Oshkosh navigator. Unhappily, the mate who engineered the show couldn't attend. Scott GOODFELLOW was at the time languishing in Portsmouth Hospital, recovering from a mild stroke which affected his right arm and hand. As we go to press (8 Oct.), the prognosis was excellent and Scott was expected to be home by the end of the week.

By the time you read this, he should be hard at work again, testing and evaluating at OpTEvFor. And from faithful correspondent G.' G. W I L L I A M S a while back, notes on two classmates in the South—"Ash Little lives in Aiken, S.C. and is with Pyle National, the company which Croswell Croft heads.

Ash and Kit enjoy civilian life, but indicate they would like frequent contacts with '40 friends. They ask any who may be in Aiken to call them. . . . Ed Malloy manages family business activities in Cheraw, S. C , and is doing very well. He, too, is interested in seeing classmates passing his way."

Thanks for the good word as always, G.G.— and keep the news coming.

And Florida traveler John R E F O returned with news that Pete P E T E R S is alive and very well in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Johii also reports that classmates' sons Kevin Clancy, John Lacouture and Ian Refo are in flight training together at Pensacola.

In scanning the published list of the new plebe class at USNA (class of '73), I find no sons of '40. As near as I can tell, this will be the first class since '65 in which we

Other and more recent retirees this summer have included Stormy Karl, Fred Steuckert, Jim Elkins and John Greenbacker, all on 1 Aug.; and Dick Cochrane and Sam Edelstein on 1 Sept. Smooth sailing to you all—and we'll be looking forward to hearing what you're doing, and where you're doing it!

And that's about all the dope we have on The Only 4.0 Class for this time. See you next month.

Sec'y, Capt. A. D. Engle, USN (Ret.) 6746 Towne Lane Rd. McLean, Va. 22101

The first luncheon of the fall season, held in September, was highlighted by the somewhat delayed election of class ofiicers, filling several vacancies. For the record, your new class president is Dick FOSTER. Ned H I N E S kindly let himself be shooed in as Washington area luncheon chairman.

(For visiting classmates, his phone is 6254920; the luncheons are the last Wednesday of each month.) Continuing are Jacques H A D L E R as treasurer and yours truly as secretary; in keeping with precedent, no vice president was elected.

New faces, at least for recent times, included Walt GADDIS, Pierre CHARBONNET, Jay H O U G H T O N and Malcolm CAGLE, all recently reported for Washington duty.

Fred RUDER told me of the August wedding of Frederick D. Ruder, Jr. to Meredith Steele, of Rochester, N. Y., after their graduation from the University of Rochester in June. After the wedding, the young couple departed for San Francisco to live, while Fred and Betty went to Maine to recover.

Another summer class wedding was that of Anne Catherine Merdinger to Dr. Fred Robert Kern Jr., of Cambridge, Mass.

Chuck and Mary M E R D I N G E R came east for the wedding, while Anne's sisters Joan Marie, Susan Elaine and Jane Ellen graced the wedding party as honor attendant and bridesmaids. The couple will reside in Watertown, Mass., while Chuck returned to California as CO, Western Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, at San Bruno.

Thanks to Norman H. Meyer '35, we have a report of one of Vic and Rowena MOITORET's stops on their junket around the U. S. this summer, previously mentioned in this column. Revisiting Silver City, New Mexico, which they had tentatively identified as a highly attractive potential "Fiddler's Green" some seven years ago, they managed to intersperse several public appearances by Vic among forays around the vicinity. The latter resulted in not only the acquisition of one lot for a retirement home, but also SHI PMATE

many years of smooth seas and friendly winds.

Tom H A R B E R T and Harry KELLEY continue to improve and are back at work.

The list of retirees continues to grow and Hank S W E I T Z E R has turned his knowledge of Washington life and Capitol Hill to good use in accepting a job with Bill Scott, Republican congressman from Virginia's eighth district. George MAHLER has given up overhauling major naval vessels for Stanwick and is now studying urban problems as one of the project directors of that firm. This is a natural for George as he has been studying the political character of Prince Georges County for some time anyway.

Several of us were fortunate in being able to join the many Norfolk friends of Handy and Connie CRUSER on the occasion of their marriage at Ft. Myer Chapel on the morning of 27 Sept. Connie's son, Butch Rodgerson, gave his mother away in a very lovely, modest ceremony. The reception was held at the Ft. Myer Club and gave us a chance to renew our acquaintance with The Moitorets at Silver City, New Mexico Handy's mother and sisters, whom many of the class will remember from Norfolk days.

Doc ROBINSON recently has become a another as a weekend retreat! Vic's long range plans include a Master's in educa- registered stock broker with Alex Brown and Sons, the oldest investment banking tion and teaching in that area. firm in the country. He is working out of Others among our landed gentry include their new office in Columbia, Md. Doc reJoe and Betty TAUSSIG, who have ac- ceived a Master's degree in finance from quired a "restorable older home" and 37 George Washington University, and also acres of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. holds a Master's degree in philosophy from We understand it has a fine stretch of Georgetown University. Fortunately, Doc is waterfront, if the dragline and bulldozer in a position to move around more than task force get the undergrowth cleared some, so he has been a fairly regular enough to get there and see it. Advising attendee at our monthly luncheons. them (which way?) on their initial inspecPaul R U E H R M U N D has switched to tion trip were Joe and Helen HOKR, well- Vitro, where he joins Dick L O W E and known land experts.

Walt S T E G E M E R T E N . Hopefully they will form some kind of a car pool and get to an occasional luncheon. The group now Sec'y, Cdr. R. S. Day, USN (Ret.) averages better than 25, in our second Suite 500â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Seminary Professional Bldg.

Wednesday meetings, and was delighted Alexandria, Va. 22304 with a visit by Dick SEWALL in SeptemThe Washington luncheon and marching ber. Dick and Barb were guests of the NASHes and managed to stretch the visit society of the class extends to all a most heartfelt holiday greeting. Our wish for the long enough to let her make the wives' gathering at our house the end of Septemnew year is that as our new careers take us farther apart physically, may we be drawn ber. I want to thank Barb and the other gals for the several kind messages left for closer together spiritually! me on our rather large family blackboard.

I might add to this the thought that you Apparently they had a ball. Among other may demonstrate your interest in the class things, I got a special invitation to lunch, most positively by letting me hear from you and a reminder from Re Childers that she as time goes along. What you and your is an interior designer vice decorator. family are doing is of interest to others, Johnny PATTERSON returned to just as their doings are to you.

Washington the first weekend of October Bob M O T T E R N retired on 1 Oct. and after an extended stay of several months in embarked on a "dream" voyage down the Hawaii on a project for the Navy. He was Inland Waterway from Annapolis to Jack- not too enthusiastic about life there in the sonville. Pat and Ricky had moved mto a exploding economy and mighty glad to be back in Washington. As Patty had been able house near the air station at the start of the new school year, so Bob closed things to join him there for a part of his stay, it wasn't entirely a lack of affection that pointup in Arlington and waited for his papers to be processed for the final time. The trip, ed him home. It was indeed sobering to I hope, will result in a full-blown report realize once again that there are a signififrom Bob. Basically, he set sail vvith two cant number of cities within the 50 states where the cost of living is actually higher volunteers from his last duty station who than in Washington, D.C. were to remain with him as far as Cherry Point. Two others were to join for the next In his continuing travels. Art RAWSON leg to Charleston. Finally, one experienced yachtsman was to assist Bob on the last leg had visited with Buz BETZEL in San Diego, only to find that the Betzels are into Jacksonville. The hope was that fair winds would permit the entire trip to be headeel for a brief tour in the language made under sail, which would then serve as facilities of Washington prior to a tour in Chile. a prelude to a voyage to die Bahamas in the spring of 1970. Son Bob and family are Carl VAN EMON has been appointed living in Jacksonville, where he is an offimarketing manager. Military Systems of cial with the Ryder Truck Corp. Son Don ISC/Telephonies, a division of Instrument and family are living in Charlotte, NC, Systems Corp. Carl was formerly in a simwhere he is starting a career with the Duke ilar position with Servo Corp. of America, Power Co. We all wish Bob and the family and had been employed in marketing by DECEMBER,

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Sperry Gyroscope and Chance Vought. Carl, Antoinette, and their two children live in Amityville, NY. In conclusion, must venture the guess that the homecoming gathering sponsored by the E H R E K E s was a huge success; and that the John DREWs did a fine job of upholding class tradition in the Philadelphia Navy Yard even tho' their quarters are somewhat remote to the stadium, as contrasted to the RICHARDSONs' location just off the main gate.

Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peaph, 111, (SC), USN (Ret.), 647 Kaimalino St. Kailua, Hawaii 96734 Wash. Area Sec'y, Capt. Robert B. Greenwood, USN, 1400 South 22nd St. Arlington, Va. 22202

Gordie SNYDER sent a note from Mexico to Fritz H A N S E N with clippings about the further adventures of Bernie B E N N E T T .

Last month Shipmate reported the ceremonies at the Mexican Naval Academy and the honor award made in the name of '43.

This time it is reported that on the occasion of the Mexico City Council of the U. S. Navy League's annual dance party, the Mexican presidential "Special Merit Award" was given to Bernie. VAdm. Ramos Ramirez made the presentation noting Bernie's work in favor of greater mutual friendship between the navies of the two countries.

Gordie mentioned that he and Maggie and Scott are eagerly looking forward to the completion of the house remodeling so that they can put out the welcome matâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a risky thing, considering that Ellrod and Orpha Mae SUGGINS read this column religiously.

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Bernie Bennett delivering his acceptance address after being awarded the Special Merit Award.

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Sec'y, Capt. Emil Saroch, USN 237 Anchorage Ct., Annapolis, Md. 21404 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Robert C. Blount 702 Fairway Dr., Baltimore, Md. 21204

Robert A . Kirtland '43

Ave., Port Washington, N. Y., has been promoted to associate general counsel. Bob has been with the company since 1960.

Sec'y, Capt. S. P. Hills, USN 7111 Enterprise Ave. McLean, Va. 22101 Annapolis Corr., Capt. Edgar E. Mallick, USN, Office of the Academic Dean, USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

By the time you read this, Howie GREER should be wearing two stars as Chief of Naval Air Reserve Training.

RCA Veep George P R E S T W I C H was in town for the October luncheon. On him, silk tie and long sideburns look good. Reminds us of the rear admiral who got a call from his boss suggesting that some of his officers might enhance their appearance by not wearing long sideburns. When asked by the rear admiral what length he considered acceptable, the vice admiral retorted, "About an inch shorter than yours."

Ben COLMERY and Bill BUDD are working together in the Fleet Support Group at NavAir. Bill S H E R W O O D has been named manager of the engineering-east and field operations divisions of Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc. His duties will include management of engineering and ship design programs, program management for a deep water research and recovery vessel and development of oil and water pollution control systems.

A N N A P O L I S CORNER Wardrixjm Project In these days of the latest style maxi shirts, rising prices, ever increasing costs, and extremely limited funds, it's always nice to cite examples where the picture is not quite so gloomy. One of our civilian executive tycoon classmates has volunteered his pledge of $100 annually for maintenance of the 13th Company wardroom. This sum is precisely half of '44's annual commitment as a wardroom sponsor. Peter CIPRIANO, president of Engineers Inc. of New Jersey, is the generous alumnus. Peter and his family reside at 345 Wyoming Ave., Milburne, N.J. Homecoming 1969 class events will be covered in the next issue.

An interesting letter from Bud G E N E S T E reports he and Helen have recently settled in Quarters H at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth and will welcome all '4Sers who are in the Norfolk area.

The Naval Academy class of '45 had a real Navy get-together in USS SPRINGFIELD on 4 Sept. as guests of the CO, Lando ZECH. The characters in the enclosed picture who were able to make the exotic Hawaiian spread were, left to right: Dick Rumble, Don Poe, Lando Zech, Bud Geneste, Forest Peterson, Gene Hunter, Joe Bonds, Bill Barnes. Many wild tales were told about those company officers like Bird Dog, Eagle Eye, etc., who always went out of their way to make us poor midshipmen feel at home.

A complete rundown of the active duty '45 classmates in the area is as follows: Capt.

Lando Zech, CO, USS SPRINGFIELD; Capt.

Pete Peterson, CO, USS ENTERPRISE; Capt.

Gene Hunter, ComDesRon 2 ; Capt. Bud Geneste, Supply Officer, Norfolk Naval Shipyard; Capt. Joe Bonds, CO, USS N E W PORT

NEWS;

Capt.

CO,

Poe,

CO,

USS

USS

YORKTOWN.

George Fitchett, alive and well and living in Bridgewater, Va., writes: "I'm glad to report that Bob Fabrizio and family came thru the Camele floods O.K. He lives and has the Ford agency in Buena Vista, Va., which was one of the areas hardest hit. Bob reported that both their home and business were not in the flooded section.

"Ever since retirement, four years ago, I have been teaching business subjects at Bridgewataer College and enjoy it very much. This is a small (900 student) liberal arts college located in the small town of Bridgewater which is seven miles south of Harrisonburg in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. For once we have the 'picture' for our picture window. Our picture is a view overlooking the town of Bridgewater with the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and West Virginia in the distance. This is often called the 'boondocks'

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Don

NORTHAMPTON; Capt. Bill Barnes, Material Officer, CinCLantFlt; Capt. Dick Rumble, CO, USS AMERICA; Capt. Sidney Wynne, CO, Public Works Center, Norfolk, Va.; Capt Gene Masica, ComPhibRon 4; Capt.

Jack Manherz, Assistant Chief Staff for Readiness, AirLant; Capt. Howie McPike, Supply Officer, ServLant; Capt. Beetle Forbes, CO, USS INDEPENDENCE; Capt.

Bobo Cogswell, Assistant Chief Staff, Personnel, AirLant; Capt. Jack Riley, ComPhib Ron 6; (admiral select) Capt. Bud Nance, CO, USS FORRESTAL; Capt. Bob Ewing, CO, A S W Tactical School, Fleet Maintenance Officer; RAdm. Russ (C. R.) Bryan, CinCLantFlt staff, and Capt. Bill Chaires,

Get-together a b o a r d SPRINGFIELD

USS

but we are glad to return every time we challenge the big city traffic. Our one regret is being out-of-touch and having to miss the '45 affairs."

On the 28th and 29th of August, the Amphibious Force, United States Sixth Fleet, commanded by Capt. John F. RILEY, Commander Amphibious Squadron Four, participated with the French Armed Forces in commemorating the 2Sth anniversary of Operation Anvil-Dragoon, the allied landings on the southern coast of France on 15 Aug. 1944.

C a p t . a n d M r s . John F. Riley with LGen. Vittrup, USA (Ret.), d u r i n g a b r e a k in the ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the A l l i e d Landings in Southern France. The ceremonies w e r e held in Frejus a n d Toulon, France.

Bill M C L A U G H L I N has Ws orders in hand to go from command of VERMILION to command of TICONDEROGA. Naval aviation is in good hands.

This is my swan song as class scribe and my relief has not been named as we go to press. My most earnest kibitzer, Kelly, and I have enjoyed making (or almost making) the monthly deadlines and know that the oncoming writer (whoever you are) will enjoy the job as well. Our latchstring will be out in Houston when the New Year rings in.

Larry Smith Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR Naval Reserve Training Command 30th and Fort Sts., Omaha, Nb. 68111

The best way to get a response from this column is to print bum dope. As soon as Dody SINCLAIR read my reminder in the Sept.-Oct. column that he had reserved the Hilton Inn in Annapolis for our 25th celebration he hastened to advise me that it's all a mistake. I won't give the details but the explanation sounded like something which could be counted on to get any red blooded ensign at least two weeks in hack.

Suffice it to say that we have no rooms in the Hilton Inn but still have the 40 double rooms at the Charter House; Dody added: "Attended the BC-Navy game last weekend along with Fran Curren. John Collins had arranged a cocktail party at the Officers' Club in Charlestown and there were about 20 to 25 classmates there."

Leroy ALTZ has been ordered from the staff, CinCLantFlt in Norfolk to Barber"s Point, Hawaii, where he will be chief staff officer for Commander Fleet Air Wing 2.

Donn A S H L E Y has been relieved as public works officer at the Naval Academy by Bob Jortberg '48, and is now the public works officer at Da Nang in the I Corps Zone, Vietnam. I talked with Donn on the phone before he was relieved and discovered that his major hobby is flying a Cessna 172.

All you 1310's who demand equal time can take up plumbing!

Tom AUGER retired from the Navy on 1 Sept. and is now working for General Electric in Pittsfield, Mass. His title is A S W Planner for Submarines in Advanced Systems Requirements. Tom and Adrienne are living at 3 Brookside Dr., Pittsfield, Ma. 01201.

S H I

P M A T E

I was especially saddened over the untimely death of Chan BEACH in Huron, S. D. Chan is the 53rd deceased '46er. Our heartfelt sympathy goes to Jeannie and their two children.

Bob BRADY writes from Naval Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he has been serving as executive officer: "My orders to PASSUMPSIC have been cancelled and I have been ordered to report to NANTAHALA out of Newport, R. I. The change of coast suited my family and I quite well; the change of ship, not at all. I had looked forward to relieving our classmate Hank Glindeman; now it will be Tim Moore '45. Change of command will probably take place in early November and could be in Newport or Gtmo.

At present our immediate family is composeci of two young boys and one big red dog.

Concerning our two older boys, one is working in California and the other is soon to be drafted, and the princess (a girl) is a freshman at Towson State in Maryland.

Anyone stopping off at Newport has an open house."

Had a reply to my letter from Bob BACCHUS reminding him of the possibilities of a class get-together incident to the Navy-Texas game: " . . . I also have a Corp. of my own called Anvil Products Co. I keep pretty busy between ranching and running quality control programs for Glastron's five divisions producing our boats, houseboats (Nautaline), motor homes, Carlson Molinari race boats, and Sno-Jet snowmobiles. I organized Anvil last January to produce repair kits, package touch-up paint and some accessories primarily for Glastron and its divisions. We are starting now to supply some of the other recreation equipment and auto suppliers around the country (mostly boat and snowmobile manufacturers).

Our plant is in Georgetown. I'd like to renew the invitation to classmates coming through this part of the country to come see us." Bob and Margie live on Route 4, Georgetown, Tx. 78626.

Bill and Sue D U N S E A T H have announced the marriage of their daughter.

Sherry Anne, to Mr. Edward Russo Jr. on 26 July in Baltimore.

Fred F U R L A N D wrote recently to ask for a current list of classmates in the San Diego area and says: "We're still in San Diego after two years of being retired and I'm still with Computer Sciences Corp. At a Navy League luncheon late in August I ran into Dave Mimns, one of San Diego's newest lawyers, and Bob Gautier, who has command of Submarine Development Group I." Bill FRANCY is in Saigon where he is deputy officer in charge of construction for operations. Prior to that he was public works officer at Great Lakes.

Ed GOLOWAY is now serving the State Dept. in the American Embassy, Helsinki, Finland, where he is in charge of the reporting of labor and political matters. His address is: American Embassy, Box H, A P O N. Y. 09664.

Jack GORDON retired on 1 Jan. and is a registered representative of W. E. Hutton & Co., members of New York Stock Exchange. Permanent address for Jack and Betty is 3744 N. Oakland, Arlington, Va. 22207.

Bob H A N K S answered a recent letter which I wrote attempting to find out who had the first DesRon. "Your letter provided a welcome break in the mountain of paperwork which still ebbs and flows across a destroyerman's desk. Although I believe I caught the squadron ahead of Dick Scott (I relieved in San Francisco on 25 June), Gene Kenyon probably took over before DECEMBER,

1969

then. And I'm fairly certain that we all trailed Bob Welander. In any event I'm having a great time and ENGLAND makes a very comfortable flagship. During a FleetEx last week ENGLAND went alongside M T . KATMAI (Herk Camp) and Adam Kulik's TOLOVANA fueled us. Hank Glindeman sat nearby recently as we watched the NEW JERSEY'S last change of command.

"After leaving ComCruDesPac Staff in 1965 I spent a year in the warfare course at the Naval War College. Then came three years in the Pentagonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the International Security Affairs Section of OSD. Last June they sent me off with a Legion of Merit to Long Beach and DesRon 13. I have been doing a good bit of freelance writing in my spare time. In '68 I won second prize ($1000) in the Naval Institute's annual essay contest; this year it was third prize ($750) ; and I'm busily polishing up the '70 entry now.

"Skip is fine but eager to get back to northern Virginia. We find California less appealing than we had remembered it. Linda (now 22) has finished college and will soon be a licensed medical technologist. Karen (18) has just started at Long Beach City College, studying to become a dental assistant."

Doc J O H N S O N took command of USS YANCEY on the 22nd of July at the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va. Bob McKENZIE relieved Fred Watson '45 of command of USS CACAPON at the California Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Long Beach, on 14 July. Bob and Ann are now living at 3231 Tigertail Dr., Los Alamitos, Calif.

Ted MOUTON retired on 1 July and is working in the aerospace industry. Ted and Lynn's address is 13151 Courbet Lane, Granada Hills, Ca. 91344. Ted says: ". . . I had a flap over a prospective house in the San Fernando area and retained a wellknown and eager younger lawyer in San Diego, Dave Munns. His suite is impressive, and after several hours of pleading he agreed to help me out. He did, and perfectly. We need more talent like Dave."

Larry S T A H L had his change of command of USS

RALEIGH on 4 Oct. at

the

Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va., and headed for Washington, D. C, and a new job in OpNav. Received an announcement of the wedding of Gary Stueve and Margery Ann Mattsson which took place on 21 June in Springfield, 111. Gary is the oldest child of Margaret and Pable, who was my roommate at the Academy. Another wedding of interest was that of Kristie Taylor, middle daughter of Doe and Jack (John L.), on 30 Aug. at Fort McNair Chapel, Washington, D. C. Kristie is now Mrs. Walter L. Nuschke, II. Shirlee and Marv S W A N B E R G announce the arrival of Anne Karol on 13 Sept.; third child, second daughter. Marv is on the staff of the Commander, Naval Reserve Training Command here in Omaha and, like the Wilhoits and Harmers, has quarters on the "Fort" (Circle the wagons!).

Floyd AVEY writes from Dallas: "The Dallas/Fort Worth '46ers had a get-together on 12 Sept. at the O Club, NAS Dallas.

Eight of the 11 couples in the area were in attendance, so we felt we had a good showing. All comments received were favorable toward doing it again. The attendees were: Mary Jane and Lew Cutter, Carol and Granville Dutton, Louise and Harry Gee, Toni and Dave O'Mara, Martha and Preston Peak, Sue an(l Jack Sickel, Mary and Carl Travis, and Jean and Floyd Avey. Ben Martin and his Air Force team were in town to beat SMU the next day. He, of course, could not join us but did send his best wishes."

When Dody Sinclair wrote me saying that he intended to travel to the Navy games at Texas and Miami and wanting to know classmates in the area I gave him a prompt reply with copies to classmates concerned. You have already read the reply from Bob BACCHUS. Tex CORRIGAN said that he was planning a cocktail party at the Villa Capri in Austin prior to the game with Texas. Only a conflict with the Naval Reserve Association conference in San Diego kept me away from that one!

Charlie ULLMAN sent the dope concerning the big pre-Miami game buffet and social hour at the Dupont Plaza in Miami on 7 Nov. Al L A L A N D E will report about 18 Jan. to the Naval Shipyard in Bremerton where he will be the public works officer. ". . .

For over 10 months now I have been OICC RVN. That means I've had the fun and worry of riding hard on all contract cc)nstruction and dredging work in I Corps, with my office located in Da Nang. It's been a great job and an exciting experience. However, I am anxious to get back to my 'bride' (of 24 years)."

MEDALS, DECORATIONS and A W A R D S

RAdm. H. J. Johnson, (CEC) USN, presents Capt.

A. M. LaLande with the U. S. Navy Commendation Medal.

Capt. Albert Max LaLande (CEC), USN. The Navy Commendation Medal. "For meritorious achievement while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in armed conflict against the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong communist aggressors in the Republic of Vietnam. Capt. LaLande was the senior military representative present on 27 April 1969, when a fire of unknown origin in a major ammunition depot near the officer in charge of constructionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;RMK/ BRJ Camp caused most of the ammunition to detonate. The ensuing explosions placed all of the personnel in the camp in grave danger. Capt LaLande's leadership and coordination of evacuation activities resulted in approximately 450 people being evacuated without a single injury or death. During the evacuation, Capt. LaLande constantly exposed himself to grave danger to aid in dispatching vehicles, directing personnel and searching for stragglers. His concern for the welfare of others without regard for his own personal safety prevented a possible major disaster."

Sec'y, Capt. C. Turner Joy, Jr., USNR 1001 Priscilla Lane Alexandria, Va. 22303 Washington, D. C , Area Sec'y: Capt. Pat March, USN 2713 S. Grant St. Arlington, Va. 22202

Frank ADAMS reported in from California where he and Novie have taken up residence in La Canada. Following his retirement and after a leisurely cross-country drive, Frank went to work for the Electrodynamics Division of the Bendix Corp. in North Hollywood, Calif. His new job is 39

that of director of engineering—a most challenging one but one we know Frank will do well in.

Understand Matty M A T T H E W S has checked in at ComSubPac; Dan CHADW I C K is in Athens, Greece; Gene H E N R Y is retired and living in Long Beach; Paden W O O D R U F F will report to the 3rd M.A.F. Directory in San Francisco, and Hexter W I L L I A M S is at N.A.D., Earle, while Les J O H N S O N has retired and is living in Wichita, Kan. The grapevine tells me this but would like to know for sure so need a note from you.

Now we come to the unknowns. If any classmate knows their whereabouts, I would very much appreciate being brought up to date with a current address: Thomas O. McDonald, Donald C. Lutken, Wayne R. Lippert, (jeorge H. Lanning, Stewart A. Kinsbury, Hugh Mac McClellan, Charles A. Allendorf, Earle N. Trickey, Joe P. Robertson, Robert S. Giles and Bernard E. Smith Jr.

ber two in the nation in signing up new members for the NROA. The semiannual fall meeting of the class of '47 and their wives met at the Washington Navy Yard Officers' Mess on 2 Oct. to renew old acquaintances, raise the right arm, and to view the N A S A film of the Apollo 11 flight which was obtained by Tom Bell. Present at the meeting were: Floyd and Hope Bowdey, John and Mary Prehn, Jeep and Pat Donaldson, Joe and Dean Evans, Bill and Jeanne Porter, Bob Roche, Dale Brumbaugh, Rita and Ed Case, Tom and Sue Brittain, Lou and Ginny (juertin, Pat and Saumie March, Bob and Rosemary Enright, Robbie Brady, Pete and Burnie Cummins^ Rowena and Ray Davis, Ed O'Callaghan, Chan Van Schrader, Jim Chapman, Lil and Ward Cummings, Tom and Georgia Hudner, Verne and Jo Jennings, Althea and Doug Rumble, Bob Smith, Steve Marvin, John and Georgie Van Sickle, Tom and Mary Louise Bell, Leigh and Bob Lee, Billie and Bill Russell, Jeanne and Mo Muncie, Pat and Stan Turner, Page and Slip Haizlip, Charlie Kiser, Tom and Marilyn Pownall, Ace Adams, Bill Thompson, Warren Johnson, Doug and Mary Sloan, A. F. Barnes, Bob and Mark Von Gerichten, Wilton and Virginia Sanders, Frank and Anne Keith, Ollie and Millie Loper.

Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore, USN 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22302

C d r . a n d M r s . H e r b e r t E. W h y t e a t retirement ceremony.

Herb W H Y T E retired on 1 Sept. after completing a very successful tour as the senior naval officer, Air Force Academy.

For his services he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. The citation reads, "Cdr. Herbert E. Whyte, USN, distinguished himself by meritorious service in the performance of outstanding duty to the United States as Senior Naval Liaison Officer, Classroom Instructor and Commander, Field Training Support Group from 11 Aug. '65 to 10 June '69. During this period, Cdr. Whyte's exceptional leadership, planning ability, knowledge, diligence, initiative, and devotion to duty were key factors in the formulation of new and lasting cadet training programs and in the successful accomplishment of the mission of the United States Air Force Academy. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of Cdr. Whyte culminate a distinguished career in the service of his country and reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Air Force, and the United States Navy."

Herb, I know the class joins me in sending our heartiest congratulations. After retirement Herb and his family journeyed to San Diego where they took up residence at 4138 Combe Way, zip 92122. Herb is now the director of financial aid, U. S. International University in San Diego.

John CLAYTON, who resides at 7 Cedar Hill Rd., Little Rock, Ark. 72207, has his own insurance and mortgage/banking business. On the side he is active in the Naval Reserve, presently serving as CO of the Little Rock Naval Reserve Officers' School.

In addition he is the Naval Academy Information Officer for Arkansas and vice president of the Sth Naval District Reserve Officers' Association. Last year John was num40

Many classmates indeed showed up for the Penn State game, and as a social event I guess it was OK. The stadium was full to overflowing with some extra bleachers on the bluff behind the end zone, and the traffic was the worst I have ever seen to and from a local game. The game pretty well set the tone for the season.

The 4 Sept. issue of Aerospace Daily had a bit on the F-14 with some sage words on the craft's characteristics by Mike (L. E.) AMES, who is the F-14 project director.

Roger CARLQUIST was awarded the RVN Navy Distinguished Service Order, 1st class, with ribbon bar and Vietnamese Award Decree in ceremonies last month in the office of MGen. J. H. Caughey, USA, special asst. to the JCS for Military Assistance Affairs. He was decorated for his ser-

more months. I've grown right fond of 'Pearl Harbor East' since this is my third sea tour there. It beats the Puzzle Palace, as you well know.

"Since I haven't communicated for so long, I'll fill you in briefly. Besides destroyers in Mayport

(LUCE,

JONAS

INGRAM,

DesDiv

142), in the last ten years I was in MEREDITH in Norfolk/Philly for a year, at Staff College ('62), OP-72 ('63-'64), and Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group ( F E W S G ) ('67-'68).

"Nancy and I, after a relatively late start, have four boys and a girl (youngest is 2).

We're living in quarters right on the ocean, and enjoying it, when Nancy's not carpooling and I'm not at sea. Seriously, it's great duty and we would love to hear from anyone passing through."

The Washington local group of classmates collected enough money for a NavyMarine Memorial Stadium chair for Jack ROBBINS, which should be ready for homecoming. There was enough collected to form a nucleus for future chairs or for the needs of the local organization. The response was most gratifying.

Bill A B R O M I T I S was awarded the Bronze Star Medal at the War College in Newport by RAdm. Fred Bennett, the Chief of Staff, for meritorious service while attached to and serving with Commander Carrier Strike Force Seventh Fleet. Bill "developed plans and policies and assisted in the execution of coordinated offensive naval gunfire and air strike operations against the enemy with unusual skill and effectiveness."

Bill and Lois are, I'm sure, enjoying his tour back in Newport.

vice as XO HANCOCK, for ops off the VN

coast from Aug. '68 to Feb. '69. Roger also was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his XO tour.

John KERN sent a fine letter last month: "This is, I suppose, my 'reporting' in' letter, since it's been many years since I supplied information to Shipmate. (Maybe this will inspire some of you other far-flung chaps— Sec'y) I'm on the way back to Mayport after an eight-month cruise to WestPac with DesDiv 142—an appropriate time to report because I ran into (poor choice of words) many classmates in PacFlt. To name a few: Tim Bradley had me aboard SAMUEL (K)MP-

ERS several times—once in San Diego for dinner with his lovely wife and lovely daughter. He really entertains well. I had lunch with Jim Hodder, ComDesDiv 252, aboard STODDERT in Subic, and a drink with Pete Jefferson, who had DesDiv 52, and was augmenting the Seventh Fleet CruDes Gru staff. R. A. Vollertson also had a Des Div there, but we never met, even though we were occasionally in the same part of the South China Sea. Chuck Hathaway had MATTAPONI steaming back and forth between Yankee Station and Subic.

"Back in Mayport, when we left, all three DesDiv jobs were filled by '48ers. Bill Kanakanui has 162, and Jack Bell had 82 but has since left to be Chief of Staff of a H U K group. Bill and I should be there for several

RAdm. F. G . Bennett, U S N , presents Bill Abromitis with the Bronze Star M e d a l .

Dave H U R T has joined Nortronics, working in Silver Spring, and he and Dee are about to purchase a town house in Alexandria and put down roots. Young David is a freshman at the University of South Carolina. Dave is working with ocean systems and the deep submergence project.

By the next issue of Shipmate, your secretary will have the proceeds of homecoming to write about. However, I would like very much to hear from some of you landed gentry on how the world is treating you. I seem to hear from the sea-going types fairly frequently, and they are certainly in the minority. So, give me a break and send me a letter.

(0 I Jg I v_/

Sec'y, Capt. S Stanley S. Fine, USN p. 0. Box 214 42 Washington, D,'. C. 20013

W A S H I N G T O N AREA With football in the air, the Washington group gathered at O'Donnell's on 1 Oct. to discuss the apparently bleak prospects for Navy football in 1969 as well as last minute arrangements for the homecoming. Present S H I

PMATE

were John Barrow, Jack Benoit (incidentally we finally found out why we may have been meeting at O'Donnell's all these yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jack's office is directly across the street), Bill Bodager, Bill Broughton, Prexy Dee Butler, Bob Clark, Bart Bartholomew, Karl Cook, John Green, Mort Harding, Chip Higgins, Steve Krause, Jim McVoy accompanied by Walt Milliken, USMA "49, Gene Shine, C. Ray Smith, Red Tolbert, Voss Vosseler and myself. A newcomer this month was Bob (TONGDON, recently having reported in to OSD ( I S A ) from command of BUCHANAN in San Diego.

A nominating committee was formed to nominate members of the class to the Alumni Association Board. We hope to forward the nan^s of at least two civilian and two active duty classmates to the Association for consideration.

GENERAL N E W S The mailbag was rather slim again except for returned address unknown reunion announcements. The class executive committee sent a flier to all living classmates announcing the reunion. Between 10 to 20 percent have been returned by the post office for various reasons, most due to unknown address. Both the Alumni Association and the Washington class officers try to keep current addresses, cross-checking at intervals. However, for my own records, a post card at change of address time w'ould be most appreciated.

Our thanks to the San Francisco chapter of the Alumni Association for contacting their '49ers about the reunion, and specifically R. G. Boyd '27, the chapter secretary.

Pete K L E I N wrote to tell us he has finally left command of the J. P. KENNEDY JR. and will be joining us in Washington, for a tour at NavOrd. Dick T H U R B E R sent a clipping announcing Jack B U T L E R ' S relieving as Commander Destroyer Division 92 in Long Beach. Jack previously served in ENTERPRISE. Our best wishes.

Al T H O M S O N informed us that he has taken command of AMPHION in Norfolk, commuting to Annandale until June.

From the University of Vermont came the announcement that non-graduate Alex RIPPA has authored another (his second) book entitled Educational Ideas in America: A Documentary History.

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Charles L. Mull, USN 5200 Lawn Way, Chevy Chase, Md. 20015

As the holiday season approaches, I'd like to take this opportunity on behalf of your class executive committee to wish all members of our class and their families a very joyous Christmas and Happy New Year. We sincerely hope that the coming year will bring even greater satisfaction and achievement than the past year.

And speaking of achievements, we should all be very pleased with the interest and enthusiasm demonstrated by the class this past year in supporting class organization and activities. This year we have "come alive" so to speak after many dormant years.

Keep up the strong support and 1970 will be an even more impressive year. It has been the 80 percent support of those who are members of the Alumni Association (40 percent of the class) who have really made this a banner year. Let's get the rest of the class with us, who are not readers of Shipmate and therefore don't get the word since only about 20 percent of these classmates were heard from.

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Your executive committee will soon mail a detailed report summarizing the accomplishments of the past year, current financial status, plans in progress, and the near term objectives we're striving to achieve. To get the needed support of non-Alumni Association members (non-Shipmate receivers), all of us must encourage classmates who are not members, civilian and active duty alike, to become inembers and keep up to date with class matters published through our class column. To every current member who succeeds in recruiting a classmate as a new member of the Alumni Association (that is, not having been a member for the past three years or more), your executvie committee would be most pleased to forward an additional copy of the Years In Between, our 15 yearbook, to him (the recruiter) compliments of the class. Let Pete Wood know who your new member is, and he'll send you a copy. You can obtain another copy in any case by sending $5 to Pete, at 5100 Baltan Rd., Washington, D. C. 20016.

Our treasurer Joe MANCI reports that 1970 class dues of $5 are requested effective 1 Jan. Those of you who paid more than one year's dues this year are duly credited for 1970 with an extra assist in getting our operating fund off the ground in 1969. Your continuing support, however, in 1970 would be most appreciated and is needed. Joe reports a current balance of $655 after recent payments for eight memorial stadium chairs and $235 for purchase of a new Cross for the Academy Chapel. A total of about $1400 for dues this year has been received. Joe's address is 5602 Farm Wood Court, Alexandria, Va. 22310. Please mail your dues promptly.

While homecoming 1969 will have passed by the time this issue of Shipmate reaches you, we hope many of you were able to make both alumni night and '50 night. The latter was different this year and I hope no one was inconvenienced by the bum dope that appeared in our September column. A last minute switch in signals shifted our class party to the Fire Department Building in West Annapolis.

The family picnic at Sallie and Bill HARDY's was every bit as successful as was expected. The weather was superb and the 27 families who attended thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. Would you believe that 79 children were present (I think most played in the football "game"), and with 53 adults and five dogs, we had quite a time.

Those who were able to make it were: the Camerons (Allan) ; Molly Coleman, Jerry was in Vietnam; Coughlins, from Patuxent and planning to move to Washington in January; Fahlands, Frank assumes command of the NASHVILLE at Seattle, home port Norfolk, in December; Featherstons; Grunwalds; Hardys; Highbergs, who have a Vietnamese high school senior staying with them this year; Huffs; Kirks; Mancis; Mulls; Nobles, Tom was over from Annapolis ; Rosses, also over from Annapolis and entering a son at Florida State this year; Roths; Ryans, Phil, Annapolis too, and promoting football bumper signs; Schultzes (Milt); Simonses; Skinners; Snyders ( R o y ) ; Spaces; Sterners; Sullivans, entering a son at the University of Virginia this year; Thompsons (Bill); Wisemans; Woods, and Youngs (Pete). I hope I didn't miss anybody. And since we didn't wreck the Hardy place, we may even be invited back next year. Our sincere thanks, Sallie and Bill, for allowing us to meet at your lovely colonial home again this year.

Congratulations are in order to Bob and Barbara OLIVER who announce the arrival of Tyler Patton born on 31 July. The Olivers'

address is 260 East Chestnut PI., Chicago, II. 60611.

George NELSON advises me that he retired on 1 Nov. on temporary disability.

George says he's fully recovered from his second heart attack and we wish him good luck in whatever endeavor he may undertake. Bob BABCOCK and Frank S T E R N E R also retired effective 1 Sept.

Midn. Charles G. Cooper, III, and James M. McGarrah are to be congratulated for having successfully achieved admission to the class of 1973, and to parents Carol and Charlie COOPER (USMC) and Betty and Bill McGARRAH, congratulations, too, on being the first in the class to have sons follow in dad's footsteps. We all wish young Charlie and Jim a rewarding plebe year.

While the preceding news may remind some of us of our age, there is one among us who doesn't let this bother him. The front page of the 1 Oct. issue of Navy Times produced vivid evidence of the overseas activities of the CO of the USS AGERHOLM by picturing

him with his Australian "Meter Maid" and honoring him as a member of the ISGW, or International Society of Girl Watchers to less familiar readers. Bob S H U L T Z contends that to properly lead your crew, you must set an example. Well done, Bob. Peggy Vytlacil has come through again and has provided Gil HAIN's address, 3440 42nd Ave., West Seattle, Wash. 98199. The list of "missing" now stands at 24. See the Sept.-Oct. column and please help me out if you can.

Our October first Wednesday of the month luncheon was very well attended with 18 of us gathering at Hogate's. Norm CARP E N T E R , Harry H U S S M A N and Pete RIXEY were up from Dahlgren. Harry has

Annual Class of '50 Family Picnic Left to right: Mary Jane, Milt and Milt III Schultz, Sally and Eleanor Noble, Molly Coleman, Tom Noble and Elaine and Frank Roth.

Bill Hardy, Pete Young, Janie and Nancy Featherston, Sallie Hardy, Frank Featherston, Kathy Young and Velura Highberg.

Gayle, Lee and Roy Bendell, Ann and Tom Ross, Gloria Bendell and Doug Ross.

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requested retirement to be effective 1 Jan., and Pete is principal of the only Navy dependent school in the country at the Naval Weapons Lab, Dahlgren, where he says he has 137 students in kindergarten through ninth grade. Phil RYAN came from Annapolis by special invitation. Others present included Corky Angleman, Jack Branson, Al Cameron, Bill Diehl, Bill (jrigg, Bill Grimm, Bill Kiehl, Rex Kilbourn from Philadelphia on business for The Budd Company—metroliner manufacturer among other things (Rex's address is 120 Edgewood Rd., Ardmore, Pa. 19003), Jim Lisanby, Joe McLernan, Don Meek, Tom Ross, Don Stull and myself.

Joe McLERNAN reported having had Danny MAS IAS, Peruvian Navy, visiting him recently. Danny is currently attending the Naval War College at Newport.

A luncheon election for chairman of the class executive committee to succeed Jim LISANBY was held and Phil RYAN was unanimously elected. It is fitting that our class vice president should serve in this capacity, although Phil says, "Oh when, oh when is Don Fraasa coming to Washington?" Anyway, congratulations, Phil. And to Jim, your strong efforts during the last year were a large contribution to pulling the class together and getting many class activities initiated. I'm sure everyone joins me in expressing our sincere appreciation to you.

Frank SACONE sent in his 1969 dues.

Our class letter chased Frank around quite a bit before it finally caught up wtih him, including being returned to me three times.

He hasn't been the only one, however. Also received this month were dues from Norm Carpenter (3), Ken Hoge, Howie Laniado, Bob Foley (1), Bev Jakimier (2), Steve McClaran (1) and Pete Rixey. Numbers in parentheses indicate extra years dues paid, with Norm indicating he was satisfying his guilty conscience for being tardy. Late support is certainly preferred over no support.

Norm.

Many more new arrivals have checked into the Washington area. Ray BOWERS ( A F H Q S ) , 5600 Harding Ave., Alexandria, Va. 22311. Ron KELLY (OpNav), 208 Harmony Drive, Vienna, Va. 22180. Bill K I E H L (OpNav), 4315 Gramercy Circle, Alexandria, Va. 22309. Jim L I T T L E (Nav Mat), who has just returned from a tour in Germany, 4614 Gramlee Circle, Fairfax, Va. 22030. Joe "Red" McLERNAN (InterAmerican Defense College), 5020 King Richard Dr., Annandale, Va. 22003. King P F E I F F E R ( J C S ) , 5030 North 35th St., Arlington, Va. 22207. Howard P O R T N O Y ( D I A ) , 8607 Wild Olive Dr., Potomac, Md. 20854. Al P R I D E ( C N M - S P ) , 1021 South Oakcrest Rd., Arlington, Va. 22202. Hank SCRIBNER (NavAir), 7418 Annan Wood Court, Annandale, Va. 22003. John S P I L L E R ( C N M - A S W ) , 9812 Greenview Lane, Manassas, Va. 22110. Denny SULLIVAN ( N W C ) , 3878 North Tazewell St., Arlington, Va. 22207.

Lou RANSOM was in town recently looking after the interests of the Military Airlift Command. He is avionics maintenance officer for MAC at Scott A F B . He joined MAC after a recent tour in Puerto Rico, and his new address is 804 Jamestowne Rd., O'Fallon, II. 62269.

Nancy Schlappi writes that Vic's son, currently in the Army, will soon make him a grandfather, but she claims no title to grandmother. Nancy says, "The fellows grow older, but the girls don't." It would be a tactical error to dispute that statement. Anyway, if the time has come, Vic, congratulations. No doubt you are the first in the class. The Schlappis would like to have a Los Angeles 42

and San Diego class list. Can anyone provide a copy to them, and to me too? The Schlappi address is 6340 Green Valley Circle, Fox Hills, Culver City, Ca. 90230.

I hope putting new addresses in our column has aided your Christmas card mailing lists, I'd appreciate notes from all of you who receive cards from members of the class who have not been mentioned lately in this column with indication of their recent activities. We would all like to share your news when you find time to drop it in the mail. Girls, help me out with those lazy husbands of yours. Happy holidays.

Sec'y, Lt.Col. J. W. Hammond, Jr., USMC Qtrs. 4307-B, M.C.B. Quantico, Va. 22134

"Whenever two or three shall meet, and old tales are retold . . ."

This month it is news and new addresses.

Emmons W O O L W I N E writes from Nashville (4521 Beacon Dr., Nashville, Tn. 37215) about what he terms the "1st Annual Reunion of '51 in Nashville." Al YOUNG (Cdr U S N ) and Jean, his lady, came over from NAS, Memphis to join Wooly and Sue in a little snakebite remedy. Also there were Wooly's sister and Ralph VAN DER NAILLEN. (Nails, please note that I correctly spaced your last name. I believe that is probably the first time in 22 years, ever since the lack of space on a white works jumper forced you into running the stencil together.) Wooly is selling building specialty items and Nails is V P in charge of marine sales (barges and tow boats, not "fearless fighters for freedom") at Nashville Bridge Co. John G. SKIDMORE (LCol U S A F ) and Pat regret leaving class doings in the Washington area, but duty at Vandenberg Air Base called. They invite all classmates in the area to drop in and visit at 3480 Drake Dr., Santa Maria, Ca. 93454.

D. B. GORDON (Cdr SC U S N ) wrote from 4751 Parkman Court, Annandale, Va. 22003. Don is in the D. C. area now and will be at homecoming. I heard indirectly vis. marginal notes on our minutes of the 13th annual meeting from J. G. TILLSON (Cdr U S N ) . Tillie noted that our financial statement was inflated by $25; our treasurer remedied the situation forthwith. Tillie's closing comment on the immutability of our class was appropriate to his annotations.

Ashby REARDON changes his address to 501 Slaters Lane (Apt 513), Alexandria, Va. 22314. A phone call from Ashby placed him as a member of the jet set {le petit dejeuner a Paris, lunch in Washington, el equipaje en Buenos Aires). Ashby was off to London for a week. A new duty station for T. E. W Y N K O O P (Cdr U S N ) is OpNav 71D. Tom and Bobbie live at 7611 Midday Lane, Alexandria, Va. 22306.

Orders indicate that A. C H E T A V I A N (Cdr U S N ) turned over command of TURNER and is coming to duty under instruction at the Naval Station, Washington, D.C. P.E. O'GARA (Cdr U S N ) on the other hand has been posted to command of Recon Atk Ron 3. Also reported as a new CO is J. J. GRACE (LCol U S M C ) . He has the 1st Recon Bn, 1st MarDiv, F P O San Francisco 96602. A recent report also puts E. W. CARTER III (Cdr U S N ) on the bridge of TOWERS. Red operates out of San Diego. I'm happy to report that the Marine Corps Gazette (having recovered from a three-year binge, 1964-67) has published an article in its Oct. '69 issue by a classmate. It is worth your while to read "Micronesia, Western Line of Defense" by

M. L. DUKE (Cdr U S N ) . Keep up the good work, Marv; that adage on the pen and sword more right than trite.

Our class president, S. O. J O N E S JR. (Cdr U S N ) , left the Newport area and command of SAMUEL B . ROBERTS for duty

as a detailer in BuPers. Sam and Betty live at 8510 Wagonwheel Rd., Alexandria, Va. 22309. Sam mentioned something about wanting to save the class organization from a coup d'etat by Marines. Evidently, he realizes what danger is inherent in a small, organized and disciplined minority which has an ideology. Welcome aboard, Sam! One of the president's first acts was to hold an executive meeting. Those present at Haig DONABEDIAN's quarters on 9 Oct. were Sam, Haig, Dave Mullaney, Ace Treadwell, Bill Olson, Tom Stuart and your secretary. A tentative slate of business and a date for the 14th Annual Meeting (2 May 1970) were discussed. More information will be forthcoming. In addition, the annual winter dinner-dance committee's report was accepted and the committee was charged with making arrangements for the event on 14 Feb. 1970 (with the 7th and 21st as alternates in that order) at the COM (open) Washington Navy Yard (Gun Factory). An alternate site is the Ft. Myers Officers' Club.

Specifics will follow, but make mental notes on your social calendar, now.

The October (first Thursday of the month) "Elbow Benders" at the Gun Factory Happy Hour were Walt Schutz, Andy Bergesen, Bill Danner, Mike lacona. Cliff Rigsbee, Frank Rentz, John Orem.

That's it for this month.

Sec'y, Cdr. Zug Zastrow, USN Physical Education Dept.

USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

It seems much too early to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as I prepare this column, but I must for when you read this the holiday season and a new year will be almost upon us. And I don't have a single present or plan in mind yet. A fine present from you would be a short note so I'd have more copy to make a long and interesting column for you.

Apologies to George H A T C H E R , I forgot to list him with the '52ers stationed here at the Naval Academy. George is the manager of Electrical Engineers at ECAC and has donated his services as Officer and Faculty Club manager for a six-month period.

George has been at the Academy since Feb. '68. His present plans include retirement in 1970. George said he'd try to join the homecoming festivities at the Alumni House.

LCol. Bo Bartley stationed at Dover AFB writes, "Duty will prevent me from attending homecoming this year. Only '52er I see with any frequency is Paul Noell. He will retire in March. Best to all."

Bo's address is 135 Bluebeach Dr., Dover, Del. 19901.

Our column lacks lustre in the photograph section. We'd be most happy to receive some photos with your letters—and these can be up-to-date, humorous, or ancient history (taken way back when class of '52 was in residence at Bancroft Hall).

The Class President reminded me that I made a small error in the Sept.-Oct. issue —again—"Members at large for one year should be Dick Denfeld vice George Diamond."

From Bruce BROWN : "Sorry the Browns won't be able to make homecoming this year, but I leave for my year in Vietnam just SHIPMATE

about a week before. We'll try and make it in 7 0 . .

The family will stay at this address, however, so if you'll send the class mail to this address, Claudyne will send it on.

"In the meantime, best of luck to you and the other class officers."

Our congratulations to LCol. Bill D E L.\NEY on his new position. From WrightPatterson Air Force Base, Ohio: "LCol. William J. Delaney has been named chief of the Air Force Avionics Laboratory's Navigation and Guidance Division. Previously he was assigned to the Headquarters of the Air Force Systems Command at Andrews AFB, Md., as staff development engineer for the Electronics Division.

"Col. Delaney will direct the work of more than 100 people in his new position.

The Division principally is concerned with the research, development, and verification of techniques to provide navigation, guidance, and intercept systems for Air Force vehicles of the future. The goal of the division is the application of fresh and original thinking— technological breakthroughs, where possible, in physics, electronics, mechanics and materials to make superior navigation, guidance and intercept possible.

"The Colonel's other duty stations have included Boiling A F B , Md., Norfolk, Va., Cambridge, Mass., and Los Angeles, Calif.

"Col. Delaney is married to the former Mary Ann Murphy of Cos Cob, Conn. The Delanevs have six children and are living at 5700' Penbrook Rd., Dayton.

"A master navigator, the Colonel is the recipient of the Air Force Commendation Medal and other service medals."

Jim F I S C H E R , who is planning on being in Annapolis for homecoming, writes, "First, as you can tell from the check, I went Air Force and as a result have run into few classmates. While at Hickam in '58-'61 ran into several at Pearl. Then when with the Special Air Missions in Washington ('61'65) stayed in contact with the Gun Factory group. Now my service career is coming to an end. I had volunteered for Vietnam as a FAC and was flying out of Pleiku when I had a heart attack and associated heart trouble and am being retired (disability) the end of this month. At present I'm back in Fort Valley on convalescent leave. So far, don't have any plans on what to do, etc.

This retirement is of course a number of years ahead of my previous planning. . .

Jim's address: LCol. James Fischer, USAF, Rt. 1, Box 4-1, Fort Valley, Ga. 31030.

The September luncheon (Washington area) was well attended. The MC was our new executive vice pres., Doane K I E C H E L , and he ran a mighty fine show. Those attending: Gene Avallone, John Langford, Red Stein, Zug Zastrow, Todd Blades, Bob Jacob, Jim Troutman, Jack Young, Bob Bowser, Rae Arison, Dick Lumsden, Bos Wev, Frank Haggard, Jim Brickel, Bob Turnage, Bob Compton, Jack O'Connell, Phil Case, Garnett Bailey, Bill Zobel, Dick Denfeld, Bill Wyatt, Doane Kiechel, Dempster Jackson, Gerry Helland, A. R. Thompson, Lee Welsh, Hork Dimon, Al Bress, Jim Hagan, Jim Organ, Howard McCollum, Mike Sorrentino, Bob Owens, Dave Young, Paul Tetreault, Mark Tuzo and Roger Bos. Our Shipmate magazine is the principal link between chapters, classes, the national Alumni Association, graduates and the Academy and many old friends. The magazine is regarded as a forum of major importance by the alumni, the Academy and the Navy Department. This service does not come without an expense to someone. In the DECEMBER,

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case of Shipmate the cost is provided, for the most part, by membership dues—supplemented by an income from commercial advertising. This supplementary support has radically fallen off, portending a curtailment in the Shipmate operation or a larger cut into your membership dues. This means a possible decrease in essential services to the Academy and to the membership—or an increase in annual dues.

How can we help? Here's how—make personal calls, telephone calls or send letters to prospective advertisers—particularly those with Naval Academy connections. Or if you believe you know a prospective advertiser, please send name, firm and all data about hirn to Capt. Dick Derickson, the editor of Shipmate at the Alumni House.

Had a card from Red STEIN currently on a business trip in Europe, saying, "Met Grady Roby on Regent Street in London where he was en route to the theater with his wife and son."

Mai ROESCH sent a note inquiring about sailing over the homecoming weekend. We'll be looking forward to seeing him. Mai Roesch, 466 South Center St., Apt. 26, Orange, N. J. 07050.

John P. J O N E S '52 visited at U S N A on 10 Oct. while en route from Washington, D. C , to New York City. John had his father with him and we had a very enjoyable visit—but rather short. John is director of the New York Marketing Institute of the Ford Motor Co. He and his wife Sue plus three daughters reside on Linden Court in Pomona, N. Y. John said Pomona is too small to have house numbers.

Thanks for all the address cards, classmates. We'll be updating our address file soon and your new addresses really help.

Harv H U N T (LCol. U S A F ) wrote a short note saying he's looking forward to seeing a lot of old classmates at homecoming.

Doane Kiechel passed along this letter from Jim L I N K now at the air attache office at the U. S. Embassy in Tokyo.

"Konnichiwa! From the land of rice and geisha girls. Hey, don't forget old Link to all the guys at your luncheon on 18 Sept.

Gad, I hate missing homecoming this year . . . but my heart and spirit will be with you all. Hopefully I'll be able to get together with some U S N A types over here to take it in. Via satellite or something.

"Please ask our honorable secretary who the he— of '52 is around here in Japan. I've been here for two and a half months now and haven't seen hide nor hair of one. There certainly ought to be somebody coming in to Yokohama or Yokouska once in awhile.

My address is as on letterhead, but if Zug will publish my office phone and home phone in Shipmate, maybe they'll know. Offi' j AmerEmb. 583-7141 Ext. 396 or Home Tokyo 466-5652.

"Tell that gang on the 20th Anniv. Committee, esp. Maxson, Lockwood and Compton, that they better hold that celebration off until after 20 June '72 when I get back, or I'll never forgive them. I missed the 15th and I'm not about to miss this one.

"Once again, I'm looking for anyone from '52 who might be in country. Don't forget the big Expo '70 here next year in city of Osaka. Best regards to all."

Congratulations to Cdr. Marv ALEXAND E R who assumed command of VS-35 at a ceremony at N A S North Island on 19 Sept. Sorry we couldn't be there with you, Marv.

Congratulations to Harry BIXBY on his selection to commander. Harry, we are all going to hurry to the wetting down party.

Had a short phone call from Carl L E I D E L —he recently reported to OpNav, in the Strategic Forces and Nuclear Warfare Branch.

Carl and his wife Elaine and three children are making their home at 4200 Rosemary St., Chevy Chase, Md. Don't forget—your letters, notes, memos, phone calls are what make this column more interesting. It's not my writing (that's for sure). So drop a note, we need everyone's help to bring '52 closer together.

Corr. Sec'y, Asst. Prof. J. W. Davison, Jr. Computer Science Group, USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. R. M. Olsen, USN Naval Science Department USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

A letter was received recently from Hanson Baldwin, president of the Alumni Association, with an appeal to all graduates and friends of the Naval Academy.

The problem, put simply, is that with today's anti-military trends. Shipmate is not attracting advertisers. Advertising income has dropped sharply from $24,500 in 1967 to $16,300 in 1969 and the forecast for 1970 is not optimistic.

In order to insure that Shipmate remains self-sustaining it is imperative that advertising revenues be increased. Past experience has shown that the best way to sell advertisement space is through the personal approach to both Naval Academy alumni and friends of the Naval Academy.

If you believe you know a prospective advertiser, please send his name, firm and all data about him to Capt. Dick Derickson, the editor of Shipmate, at the Alumni House.

Let's all get behind Mr. Baldwin in this effort—for the price of a phone call or a 6(f stamp we can render a great service to our Alumni Association.

Heard from Ken P E T E R S O N who recently reported to DSA, Cameron Station, after three years in London. Ken, Beth, and the girls are living at 9807 Greenview Lane, Manassas, Va. Doral R. SANDLIN has been appointed to the faculty of the California State Polytechnic College. Sandy, who earned his MS in aero engineering from the U. S. Air Force Institute of Technology, was chief of the Flight Dynamics Laboratory at WrightPatterson A F B prior to his appointment.

Maj. William R. QUASNEY was awarded the Air Medal for action in Vietnam.

Bill, a navigator at Phan Rang Air Base, was cited for his outstanding airmanship and courage on successful and important missions under hazardous conditions—congratulations. Bill.

Col. L. J, Campbell presents Maj. William R. Quasney with the Air Medal at Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam.

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Sec'y, Cdr. Ray Hine, USN 6203 Tyner St. Springfield, Va. 22150 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Tom Potter, USN Operations Officer USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

WASHINGTON-ANNAPOLIS C H A P T E R (Ray reports) LUNCHEON NEWS The first fall luncheon was held on 16 Sept. and based upon the turnout, it appears that many program managers have been subsidizing their dying programs from their own pockets, leaving nothing for the monthly social get-together. Of course with the funding situation confused and subject to daily modification, little time is often available during the budget managing day to enjoy the finer side of Washington living. Perhaps October will be better. It was enjoyable anyway to see those that were able to attend: president of the local chapter, Jerry Nay; vice president, Don Walter, treasurer, Ernie Volgeneau, along with John Roberts, Dick "Mac" McLaughlin, Ed Ogden, Gordon Hamley, George Riedel, Wally Olsen, Gordon Bedford, Ray Hine, Jim Dunbar, Dick Kiefer, Ed Newbegin, Jim Willis and Andy Anderson.

Our luncheons for the remainder of the year will be on the third Tuesday of each month. Presently we are meeting at the Marriott Motor Hotel located on the Virginia side of the 14th Street bridge.

BARGE T R I P The barge trip up the C&O Canal was a thoroughly enjoyable affair and those who could attend on the short notice given will remember the event for some time. Not only did we assault the canal in an Air Force barge, but we terrorized the fishermen and all others along its banks for four hours with guitars, accordion, and voices. Even Georgetown itself was included in the itinerary after the trip but somehow there we did not make the same impact that we made earlier in more sedate surroundings.

Those attending were Marilyn and Andy Anderson, Betty and Gordon Bedford, Carrie and Mike Bishop, Renie and Tony Dopazo, Lola and Jim Dunbar, Elaine and John Gonzales, Judy and Ray Hine, Pat and Chuck Kenny, Patsy and Tom Lapham, Roz and Mai MacKinnon, Ann and Jerry Nay, Sara and Ernie Volgeneau, Sue and Fred Tolleson, Betsy and John Thune, Rita and Don Walter, Audrey and Tiger Wilson, Margie and Bill Sympson, Susie and Geoff Gardner, and Kerry and Dan Butterfield.

We have no photographs of the barge trip for this issue, as somehow the person assigned, as invariably happens, got involved in doing other things. While never forgetting the liquid refreshments we have difficulty in remembering flash bulbs, film, thumb and sometimes camera. For homecoming hopefully we will rise above all forgetfulness and make like a photographer.

N E W ARRIVALS IN T H E W A S H I N G T O N AREA New arrivals in the Washington area are numerous, but not all known. Our directory continues to list about 100 classmates in the immediate Annapolis/Washington complex which, while slightly down from the high of 110 of earlier this year, does not adequately reflect all new classmates in the area recently arrived.

Those reporting within the past few months are: commander selectee Jim T H E A R L E to Bureau of Naval Personnel where he is assigned to Officer Placement, (Jim currently is sitting on the LCdr. Selection Board) ; Maj. Jim DUNBAR, USAF,

to Headquarters U S A F in the Pentagon; Cdr. Tom CANN to one of those new peripheral buildings located at Bailey's Crossroads; Jim M c P H E R S O N to DIA located at Arlington, Va.; Jerry H O L L A N D and Jack McNISH to NavShips on Constitution Ave. in downtown Washington; along with Fred K O E S T E R at Naval Ordnance Systems Command in the Munitions Building.

DEPARTURE Cdr. selectee Pete BLAIR is soon to report into San Diego at the Development Center after leaving Annapolis where he spent a very profitable three-year tour. It appears that ail of us black shoe types have to consider ourselves extremely fortunate if we are ever to receive a command. With the recent decommissioning of numerous surface and subsurface craft the time honored procedure in which we obtained our command has suddenly become even more competitive.

Hurry up. Navy, and commission some new ships.

A letter recently arrived from Doug McCRIMMON: "Since I haven't written but once since graduation and since I have an address change and since I have had an eventful summer as far as '55 goes—thought I'd bust loose with a note.

"I just recently finished an outstanding tour in VX-5 at China Lake. I was relieved as projects director there in June by Buddy Parker. Buddy got married finally about a year and a half ago. He can be reached c/o VX-5.

"My first stop after leaving was at VF-126 in Miramar for instrument training. Checked in there with Darryl Foley, who is XO. Who should walk into my class but Bob Boyd—who is eventually headed for A3's in Guam. Needless to say, us old 6th Batt vets had some bull sessions. Dusty Rhodes was/is at Miramar also—he's on the CRAW12 staff awaiting assignment to a fighter squadron. While there I passed Ray Ways in the night. He was leaving for Armed Forces Staff College about the day I arrived.

"Last spring we had the pleasure of Ed Smith's company for dinner. Ed was in China Lake studying weather—believe it or not—and we had some rain for him while he was there. He's stationed in D? C. and is a meteorologist.

"Used to see Kerr Jurgenson once in a while—he was senior LSO at VA-12S in Lemoore.

"Also saw some of Jack Tallman—he was at VX-4 in Pt. Mugu, but I think is going —or soon will be going through the F-4 RAG in Miramar.

"Attended Navy meetings all over the country with Brent Streit. He's now XO of VA-122, I believe, and is going to a fleet A-7 outfit.

"As for me—I have a wife Judy and three children, Robbie 11, Jamie 9, and Christy 7. I'm now going through the RAG squadron in A6's—VA-128; up here in Whidbey. I'm scheduled to go as XO of VA-52 about the first of the year. We are really isolated up here, but it is beautiful and really worth a little extra mileage if anyone is in the Seattle area. I would sure enjoy hearing from anyone in Whidbey that I haven't located, or anyone in Bremerton or the Seattle area. In addition, would enjoy a letter from my old roomie—how about it, Stosh?"

Our class president (Otto Z I P F ) vacationing/working in Rota, Spain, reports: "After a short leave in New Jersey and

Pennsylvania, visiting families, our entire family of six flew out of J F K on 6 June, arriving in Madrid, Spain, the next A.M. After a day's layover at Torrejon AFB, we flew down to Rota,, where U S S HOLLAND is Med-moored to service the SSBN's of Sub Ron 16 and all other US ships transiting the Straits of Gibraltar, chopping either into the Med, or homeward bound.

"I'm now just really getting settled as the repair officer of HOLLAND. That's really enough said at this time about that job.

"Since we've been here, we've had several opportunities to get together with classmates.

Some are just finishing off XO tours of SSBN's, some have passed through as CO's of diesel boats, and a couple have already assumed command of SSBN's.

"Right now, I can recall these names: Dave Cockfield, Harry Schroder, Bob Miller, and Bill Greene, all XO S S B N ; Frank Farino, Demo Kolaris, and Charlie Zadarosny, all CO S S ; Chuck Gooding, CO SSBN, and John Ailes, CO SSBN. "I wouldn't be at all surprised if some others have passed through, or are even stationed right here with the V P / V R / V Q squadrons flying out of Rota. Also when the carriers, cruisers, destroyers, or amphibs put in for a day or two there must be others.

"For any future '55ers transiting through at any time, please feel free to contact either Marion or me. We're in quarters on the base, and HOLLAND is always a prominent 'land' mark to zero in on. Our door is always swinging, in either direction and we'd be most happy to have you join us for some leisure moments. By now we've laid in a good stock of various wines (sherry), etc.

"Hope you all have a good homecoming weekend this year, as usual."

MEDALS, D E C O R A T I O N S AND A W A R D S

RAdm. F. G. Bennett presents the Navy Commendation Medal to Cdr. Thomas Kiefaber.

Cdr. Thomas G. Kiefaber was presented the Navy Commendation Medal by RAdm. Fred G. Bennett, chief of staff. Naval War College, Newport, R. I. Kiefaber, new on the war gaming staff of the college, was cited, "For meritorious service while attached to and serving in USS VESUVIUS as executive officer during combat operations against the enemy."

Air Force Maj. Wayne O. MATTSON has received his first through ninth awards of the Air Medal at Holloman AFB, N. M., for air action in Southeast Asia.

Maj. Mattson, an aeronautical engineer, was cited for his outstanding airmanship and courage on successful and important missions under hazardous conditions.

He is now at Holloman in a unit of the Air Force Systems Command.

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Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Wayne W. Miller Box 1926, Annapalls, Md. 21402

DIRECTORY

Ed S E C H R E S T , our previous class secretary, is now aboard U S S BOSTON. Wt

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thank you, Ed, for doing such a fine job in keeping us informed during the past few years and we wish you smooth sailing.

To date most of the questionnaires have returned and the final tally-ho will be published in the next Shipmate. The Alumni Association recently provided your class officers with a computerized file of best known addresses although some are suspect of not being correct. If you recently changed address or feel that yours may be outdated, please drop us a note to the above address.

Rod F L A N N E R Y is now XO of U S S ENGLAND, homeported in Long Beach after a recent tour in Vietnam where he saw Ken GODSTREY, Paul B R A D T M I L L E R and Frank MURRAY. Upon return to CONUS Rod saw Charley V A N RY, Pete BENN E T T and Fred EYLAR, who is now XO in USS BRAINE out of San Diego, Rod heart-

ily informs all that the "sun's always over the yardarm" for visitors in the Long Beach area.

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three children have just purchased a house at 4210 Coolidge St. and would be happy to see any 'S6ers in the area."

Harold BAUDUIT writes: "On 14 March I was medically retired from the Air Force.

The retirement resulted from an injury to my left leg which has left me limping. I was in Takhli, Thailand, at the time of the injury, and I returned to spend eight months in the Air Force Academy hospital. I was retired at Colorado Springs.

"Prior to going to Thailand, I spent two delightful years in graduate school at the University of Colorado in Boulder. We fell in love with this town, and hope to be here for many more years.

"I have been accepted for law school at the University of Colorado in the fall.

Civilian life has been great thus far and I am looking forward to law school. Martie and I have three children and things are looking up.

"I hope that any '56ers who pass through Boulder will give me a yell."

Dick W A R R E N has been transferred from the Air Force Academy to the University of Colorado for continued graduate work in mathematics.

Jack CLAY was en route to Hawaii where he.takes over command of GUDGEON and as always has the welcome mat extended to all who pass by.

A letter from Ken COSTILOW reports: "I have orders to J U S M M A T (Ankara, Turkey) and expect to report in early August for a two-year tour. Former neighbor Jim Cannon just departed the Norfolk area to report to the U S S SHANGRI-LA as chief

Admiral McCain presents the Legion of Merit Medal to Roger Betts as Sally Betts looks o n .

Roger earned the medal while serving in Vietnam.

Roger B E T T S writes from the Pearl Harbor area where he's attached to staff CinCPac Box 10, F P O San F r a n : "Sally and I bought a home on Kaneohe Bay and I commute across the mountains to Camp Smith. This island living sure beats Saigon!

We sail our 24' sloop MOANI, wrestle with the weeds in the yard, and look forward to seeing classmates as they pass through.

"As the first step toward re-establishing an active class organization in Hawaii, a dozen of us got together for lunch 23 May at Lockwood Hall on the submarine base.

Those present were: Doc Blancha.rd, CO BONEFISH; Nick Brown, aide to CinCPac; Chuck Garrison, PCO School en route CO WAHOO; Bob Harmon, staff ComServPac; Duane Heisinger, visiting from staff Com NavForJapan; Frank Lewis, staff F M F P a c ; Kyran O'Dwyer, X O VALLEJO; Walt Stammer, PCO School en route CO SEA F O X ; Joe Talbert, staff ComSubPac; Russ Weidman, staff ComServPac; Woody Woodbury, staff ComServPac, and Rog Betts, staff CinCPac. Also in the area but unable to attend the luncheon are Chuck Knettles, staff

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engineer. Sam MAYS is attached to staff ComNavAirLant. The new directory was well up to date on other classmates in the area that I have knowledge of."

Angus McEACHEN writes: "I am presently CO Naval Security Group Activity, Marietta, Wash. We now have six daughters, the youngest, Jennifer, arrived 11 June.

The welcome mat is out for anyone passing through Seattle and willing to drive 80 miles north through some real beautiful country."

From Nick B R O W N : "Completely unexpectedly, I have just received orders to go as XO of the U S S JOUETT, homeported in

San Diego. I will be detached here on 10 July and will join the ship as she starts a WestPac deployment. The kids are parked with the grandparents for the summer, while Diane sets up housekeeping in San Diego.

We will send a home address when known, though mail to the ship, c/o F P O San Francisco 96601, will always reach me.

"We are sorry to lea,ve our many friends here in the Islands, but you can imagine this July in Rhode Island. Also Lee McMil- how thrilled I am with these orders." lan is on the same staff here in Seoul."

Will and Jan RICH of Niantic, Conn., Rudy DAUS was relieved by Ned ROB- attended a class party at the home of Hal E R T S on the Sixth Fit staff in September and Buffy L E W I S in June. Also there were Bob and Dianne Jaeger, Rich and Mary and headed for OpNav. Chris S T E F A N O U writes, "I am cur- Lee Seesholtz, Pete and Sandy Fitzwilliam, rently XO of the U S S TuTUiLA on a one- Bud and Barbara Alexander, Becky Floyd, year unaccompanied tour in Vietnam. I am By and Joan Cyr, Carol Sibley, John and married to Alexandra from Charleston, S. C , Joan Webster, Joe and Jerry Taff and Mike and Ellen Ahrens. and have a 10-month-old son Mark.

CinCPac; Jay Ransom, X O GUARDFISH; Stan Catola, X O TAUTOG; Jerry Green, XO Mike DWYER, presently at West Point, "While in Yokosuka, I had the pleasure QUEENFISH ; Hal Swanson, staff CinCPac of running into several classmates: viz, Ted was really looking forward to a big Navy Fit; Gene Wrobel, N A D , and Howie Bur- Schultz, Jim Hogg, Pete Spink, Bob Shinn victory after the spring disasters. Mike and dick, staff CinCPac." Margaret and two boys, ages 6 and 11, exand Mai Mulloy. Down here at An Thoi it tend the welcome mat at their West Point Pete B E N N E T T ' S new duty address in is unlikely that I will cross paths with any quarters.

Seoul, Korea, is USâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ROK OpPLAN Staff, 'S6ers, although Vern Eagye passed close Rod D R E S S E R writes: "I have been off APO San Francisco 96301. Pete writes, "My aboard the other day."

From Darrell J O N E S : "I recently re- active duty since 1964 and am presently the wife is arriving in Seoul in September for a 10-11 month stay. We'll be living out in turned from three years in southeast Asia vice president of Monterey Technology, Inc. (two in Bangkok and one in Saigon). I'm We are a new corporation that designs, detown off the economy which should bring us some interesting experiences. Had some presently public works officer at the Supply velops and manufactures pyrotechnic and exwonderful times with Terry and Link Mossop Center, Oakland. Kathy and I and the plosive ordnance devices for military and D E C E M B E R ,

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commercial applications. My wife. Dee, is still teaching school and we have two children, Kathy 12 and Rick 3.

"I recently ran into Don Flood in Sunnyvale, he is V P of Aerotherm Corp. which is a software house that deals with thermodynamic problems in aerospace.

"Sven Nelson and I had a couple of drinks last week. He, Jody, and four little Nelsons will be at the Graduate School for a year of management. I see Slug Butts every Sunday at church; he is also at the PG School studying how computers work.

"We have a rather large contingent of U S N A alumni here on the Monterey Peninsula and several of us are making an effort to regenerate a local chapter. I would be delighted to hear from any and all classmates coming thru town.

"Ron Hudgens was at Treasure Island for reserve training last month. He is a patent attorney for a large midwestern corporation. I am sorry I don't have his address. I have command, my second, of a reserve unit here in Monterey and still enjoy keeping in touch with the Navy."

Neil GROEPLER, who has been a reserve since June 1967, founded his own company, Milman Associates, in April 1969. The company provides industry with mature, well qualified ex-service personnel from both the officer ranks and technical ratings. Neil and Zayanne and two children are located at P. O. Box 6372, 1111 Scott St., San Diego, Ca. 92106.

Bill O ' K E E F E is currently manager. General Aviation Program and Altimetry Program at NASA's Electronic Research Center. Bill has been named to head a technical session on "Air Traffic Control" during the Northeast Electronics Research and Engineering Meeting which is one of the leading technical meetings in the world and annually attracts over 25,000 scientists and engineers.

William J. O'Keefe '56

Photo by Tommy Bure Andre L. Jernee '56

Andre JERNfiE was appointed as director of Education and Training, GT and E Data Services. Andre and wife Nancy Jean, and their four children reside at 1444 Maple Forest Rd., Clearwater, Fla. Bob K E L L E R has been appointed site manager for Combustion Engineering at the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan.

Bob will be at 3900 Anna Dr., St. Joseph, Mi. 49085, for a year and then back to Connecticut.

Sec'y, LCdr. Richard P. Meaux, USN DSSP, 6 9 0 0 Wisconsin Ave. Chevy Chase, Md. 20015

ANNUAL REPORT THE PRESIDENT

FROM

The Class Association Investment Fund on account in the Navy Federal Credit Union is as follows: 46

1 July '68 Balance Interest Operating Fund

$6049.78 -|-271.27 -^00.00

1 July '69

$5921.05

Balance

This balance is about the same as the class had in 1958. Interest receipts have equaled the Operating Fund expenses for class mailings, maintenance of mailing lists, flowers, etc.

There has been some discussion regarding the future disposition of this fund. More fundamental however is the question of class objectives. Basically, I believe we can continue to function as we have in the past and as most classes do, i.e., primarily as a social organization or move toward specific goals.

In considering such goals the following possibilities are suggested: (1) A donation to the Alumni Association would greatly help in the furtherance of the Association's mission of direct service to the Academy and its alumni (this includes service to the classes) ; (2) the establishment of a class scholarship administered through the Naval Foundation (not a part of the Alumni Association) ; (3) a gift given through the new USNA Memorial Fund (not a part of either of the above), or (4) a class self-help program such as a scholarship set up to benefit the children of classmates.

All of these require individual efforts to plan, coordinate and manage plus money, be it by assessment of members, solicitation of contributions or voluntary contributions.

Your thoughts on these and other subjects are solicited. The class functions only when all participate.

H. M. S. GIMBER

The Washington chapter held a luncheon at the Fort Myer Officers' Club on 1 Oct. Attending this function were Dave Balding, Tyler Brown, Skip Rutemiller, Hank Converse, Joe Andrews, Bill Smith, Saint St. Martin, Paul Saari, Cookie King, Joe Duffy, Dale Hollabaugh, Dick Porter, Maury Browne, Dick Oates, Bats Pelphrey, Dave Smith, Jerry Jerome, Harry Gimber, Darrow Kirkpatrick, Jim O'Hara, George Dempsey, George Frank, Van Van Landingham, Jim Cox, Angelo Inglisa, Dan Cooper, Ron Marriott, Lloyd Fernald and Mike McHugh.

H E R E AND T H E R E We are deeply grieved to report the death of Hal MOONEY and his wife Shelby. The Mooneys were passengers in a Navy C-47 aircraft that is missing and presumed to have crashed in the Andes Mountains of Chile on 4 Aug. (See Last Call section.) Hal's humor and forthrightness will be sadly missed by all of us. A memorial chair in the Navy-Marine Memorial Stadium will be named in his honor. Classmates and friends are invited to send their contributions to LCdr. David W. Balding, the Washington chapter treasurer, P. O. Box 885, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington, D. C. 20044.

Congratulations to the early commander selectees. They include nuclear submariners Bob Ailes, Jack Cook, Bruce Demars, Bob Fox, Tom Fox, Jon Howe and Andy Massimino; aviators John Disher, Bud Edney and Jack McHugh and surface warfare officers Ted Almstedt and Ben Simonton. Jack McMorris (EDO) and Tom Marnane (EDO) and Tom Maguire (AEDO) are the restricted line selectees.

The following awards have recently been made: LCdr. Heyward E. BOYCE III, (CEC) USN, received the Bronze Star Medal for exceptionally meritorious service while assistant Public Works Officer at the U. S. Naval Support Activity, Saigon.

Maj. Richard J. TONER, U S A F , was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V" for heroism while engaged in ground operations at Bien Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, in May '67.

LCdr. Richard P. MEAUX, USN, received the Naval Achievement Medal for the performance of his duties as executive officer and command duty officer while serving on board USS TIRU during the fall of '67.

Correspondence has fortunately picked up this month and there is a little news to pass on. George and Ann LANMAN announced the birth of their third child, Mary Virginia, on 9 Aug. in Coronado. Mike GIAMBATTISTA tells us that he has been appointed as assistant to the president of Pfizer Europe and that his current address is 17, Avenue des Cactus, Woluwe-St-Pierre, Brussels 15, Belgium. He also reports that he and Nan are delighted to announce the arrival of Elizabeth Olive (Liza) in Scotland on 25 Aug. Recent additions to the Naval Academy staff include Fred Howe, Dan Kenny, Bill Peerenboom, Denny Brooks and Warren Woodrow. Fritz W A R R E N has started a year's graduate work at Georgia Tech. His new address is 4772 La Vista Rd., Tucker, Ga. It has been reported that Jack O'DONNELL has acted most impressively during the past summer months as the parade company commander at the famous Marine Barracks evening paradeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;those days as a midshipman sword bearer have proved invaluable.

Bob MORROW writes that he is currently managing radioisotope thermoelectric generation technology projects for the Space Nuclear Systems Division of the Atomic Energy Commission. He further stated that he will leave the Air Force effective 19 Feb. '70, for a career in the nuclear field. He is now living at 907 Chestnut St., Frederick, Md. 21701, and would like to hear from any classmates who happen to be in the Washington, D. C , area. He also reports that his USNA roommate, Tom WEISSINGER, has recently moved to 36 River Rd., Hanover, Ma. 02339.

Thanks to all who contributed and please keep the dope coming.

Sec'y, LCdr. W i l l i a m G. Schramm, USN Naval Science Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21402

The year of 1969 has just about become history, and I think in retrospect that it has been a good year for the class. This column has reported a steady stream of medals, awards and commendations, and of course, the selection of seven classmates for commander was a real milestone. October brought the election of a new class president, but Chuck Larson continued to bring distinction to the class in his position as naval aide to the President. Sixty-nine had some rough spots, too. We lost some good friends last year and I think that we should all take a moment to stop and reflect on these we have left behind and also to think of John McCain who has been in North Vietnam a long time now.

The Air Force reports that Maj. John DEAN, USAF, has been named program manager for the Air Force Avionics Laboratory's Advanced Development Program office at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

John has just finished the A F Command and Staff School and before that he taught at the Air Force Academy for three and onehalf years.

John R U T H received a Master's degree in natural science from the University of South Dakota 13 Aug. SHIPMATE

MGen. R. L. Petit, USAF, presents Capt. Donald L. Carty, USAF, with the Air Medal and the U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

Capt. Don CARTY, USAF, has received the Air Medal and the U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Udorn Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. The Air Medal was presented for outstanding airmanship and courage as helicopter commander in Southeast Asia. His Commendation Medal was for meritorious service as an aerospace research flight test officer at Wright-Patterson AFB. Stan S H A R P has been appointed deputy district attorney of Multnomah County, Oregon. He and his family live at 7807 Southeast 31st Ave. in Portland.

Pete G A T J E has reported to the Naval Academy for duty as an instructor. Pete reported from the USS INTREPID where he was a meteorology officer. He earned a Navy Commendation Medal for his fine work in the INTREPID. He and Jeanette and the children Hve at 1301 Van Buren St., Annapolis, Md. It is with sadness that we report the death of Capt. Wilbur W R I G H T , USAF, who died in an aircraft crash on 8 Oct. at Castle Air Force Base, Calif.

Secretaries: LCdr. Harry C. Ketts, I I I , USNR Mr. Albert T. Mays P. 0. Box 1692 Annapolis, Md. 21404

IN MEMORIAM It is with a deep sense of regret and loss that we report the death of Peter CUNN I N G H A M in an aircraft accident at McChord AFB, Washington, on 18 Sept. We send our condolences to Nahelia, his son and two daughters and we are deeply grieved by the loss of a fine friend and classmate.

HERE AND T H E R E What with homecoming just around the corner, at this writing, and everybody getting settled down to the new school year activities, the mail bag has been pretty empty this month. But we were lucky enough to get the following from Don C L A R K : "As you probably know, I resigned in 1965 to attend law school. I graduated from the School of Law, George Washington University, in 1968 with a Juris Doctor degree, and am currently practicing law in Virginia Beach, Va. My wife Faye, daughter Julia Lynn, son Donald Jr., and I are living at 400 Wolfs Neck Trail, Virginia Beach. Our door is always open to '59ers and we expect to see quite a few passing through the Tidewater area."

Also we have just received the following press release: LCdr. John M. L E E D S is congratulated after being presented the Navy Achievement Medal by RAdm. F. G. Bennett, chief of staff. Naval War College, in ceremonies at the college. John, a 1969 graduate of the School of Naval Command and D E C E M B E R ,

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Staff, was especially selected to remain on the faculty of the War College, which is the Navy's senior-most educational institution, as a member of the War Gaming Departmerit. He was cited, "For meritorious achievement in the performance of duties as navigator and operations officer while serving on board the USS REMORA. (Then Lt.) Leed's superb professional skill, unremitting diligence and outstanding tactical expertise in many difficult situations contributed considerably to the success of a mission of great value to the Government of the United States . . ."

Congratulations on a job well done, John.

RAdm. F. G. Bennett presents the Navy Achievement Medal to LCdr. John M. Leeds.

That about wraps it up for this issue.

Next month we'll try to give you all of the details about our 10th reunion. Until then.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

R I S E A N D S H I N E W I T H '59.

Sec'y, "Chico" Chavez P. 0. Box 7009, Austin, Tx. 78712

FROM A U S T I N Unbelievable—even before my copy of the Sept.-Oct. issue of Shipmate arrived I had received two responses to my call for help in locating our last classmates; one was from Al H O L D E N and the other from Joe SESTRIC. Hope this is a good sign of an overwhelming response by the class (if I may indulge in some wishful thinking).

Al's letter left me wondering as to what I had done with his annual letter last year— I remembered well having received it and I was almost positive I had included the info contained therein in our column. Checking through my records, I found my Oct. '68 input to Shipmate, which for some unknown reason was not printed, and sure enough the dope about Al was included in that input (along with a short statement about the loss of Gary G R E T T E R ) . * Anyway, Al tells us that after having received his Ph.D. from Syracuse U. last year he took a job as an international economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He was in the U.K. division of the Bank for a year and now has moved to the Latin American section. As an aside, both he and Laurie have been teaching at the evening division of Brooklyn College. Having just returned from their fourth trip to Europe (a vacation trip this time—last year Laurie had to do some research for her Ph.D.) they have settled down in a new home, an old brown* A check of 1968 Shipmate shows the Class of 1960 "input"-Shipmate "output" to be continuous and without a skip with the exception of the May issue. Ed.

stone in Brooklyn without any grass, which calls for a major adjustment for them and their brood of poodles—there's a park nearby, though.

Navy descended upon Texas on 4 Oct. and what a rout they got—sort of glad I didn't attend. I did get involved with the Academy Recruitment Program that weekend since I was asked to contact all the alumni and friends of the Academy from the area and invite them to a meeting at which the Director of the Program would discuss the recruitment efforts, etc., and how we as alumni could help. They have what they call Blue, and Gold Officers scattered all over the country, who are responsible not only for the propaganda end of the program but the interviewing as well (see the article about the program in the Sept-Oct. '69 issue of Shipmate ior more info if interested).

Anyway, we can help out in 2 ways: 1) volunteering to serve as Blue and Gold Officers or Affiliates (write to the Director of Recruitment and Candidate Guidance at Annapolis) ; and 2) submitting the name of any young man who is interested in attending the Academy either to the local Blue and Gold Officer, if known, or directly to the Recruitment Office at Annapolis. By the w'ay, I was assured that, should we decide to provide a scholarship for prep school to some deserving young man, he would be admitted one way or another if he completed the prep school successfully and met the entrance requirements. So how about a response on the Scholarship proposal put forth in the Sept-Oct. '69 issue of Shipmate.

Finally, the Alumni Association is hurting from the adverse effects of the current Military Industrial Complex issue, in that Shipmate isn't attracting as many advertisers as it once did. Of course, since a source of funds for the publication of Shipmate is advertising, the steady decline of this income could affect the content and possibly the publication of the magazine. The Alumni Association is asking us to help out by getting in touch with prospective advertisers— especially those with Academy connections— or by sending in the name, firm, and all data to the editor of Shipmate at the Alumni House—he'll do the rest. (Thanks for the assist, Chico.—Ed.)

Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Kenneth G. Craig, USN 532 Harton Circle Virginia Beach, Va. 23452

Hank H A H N has left the Navy recently to accept a position with IBM in their Chicago office. The Navy has lost one of its most colorful B/Ns (bombardier/navigator) and IBM will, one suspects, be gaining one of the most amusing and interesting salesmen. Mari Lu and Hank welcomed their first bundle of joy, Andrea Patrice, on 15 June. To hear the proud father talk about her with marked enthusiasm, one would think that Mari Lu had taken little part in the blessed event. Hank's duty stations since graduation have included flight training, VAH-10 flying in A3s, and F A E T U Lant, Norfolk, as a nuclear weapons instructor. Included in his qualifications, he lists besides being a B/N, his "outstanding intelligence and looks"—see what your CS means—always the comic I Jim BREECE sends a nice long letter updating his last sitrep. When we last heard from Jim in 1965-66 he was in USS EVANS as ops. officer. From EVANS Jim reported to BuPers in Jan '67 for a two and a half year tour in the Enlisted Personnel Division (Pers B2). He and Mike B I C H E L worked for a year and a half in the same section in BuPers.

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On 25 May '68 Jim married the former Miss Mary Jane Mosher at the U S N A St. Andrew's Chapel. Janie is the daughter of Congressman and Mrs. Charles Adams Mosher of Oberlin, Ohio, and Washington, D. C. Acting as ushers were a contingent of '61ers: Ned Wolfe (BuPers), Mike Bichel (OpNav), and Ben Gerson (stockbroker with W. E. Hutton). On 17 Apr. '69 Erin Lee, a daughter, was born at U S N H Bethesda. Jim is now deployed in the Med. and receives news from Janie that Erin is growing like a weed and is a real charmer, just like her mom.

Presently Jim is enjoying the challenges and hard work associated with being an executive officer of USS LAFFEY. Jim has been the XO since 1 Aug. when he relieved in the Med.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;quite a splendid job for a Lt. In Naples Jim saw Bill N E W M A N who is flying A-4s in yA-83 on board USS JOHN F. KENNEDY. Bill is looking great and loves flying.

The Breeces are presently residing in Norfolk at 5333 Coach Way Dr., near J A N A F shopping center.

Ken W A L D O R F sends a data card with the following information. Ken and Kelo have two sons Keith (9/62) and Kirk (8/63). They live at 9711 Moorberry, Houston, Tx. 77055. Ken after various duties in submarines including tours in USS BAYA and USS NATHAN HALE resigned from the

Navy and earned a MBA at the Univ. of Calif., Berkeley. Ken is presently a financial analyst in the Marine Dept. of Humble Oil Co. Ned K U H N S , after arriving back safe and sound from a tour in Vietnam, is now established in the Office of the Director of Supply Corps personnel. His specific billet is head, Career Development and Training Branch. Ned remarks that the job is a good one with fine associates, but the hours are long ones. Ned and Judy and family are now located at 3709 Larchmont Dr., Annandale, Va. 22003. The Kuhns plan to attend homecoming with Kevin and Pat GROUNEY. Now for some business and other odds and ends.

Lately Shipmate's advertising income has dropped sharply due in part to the antimilitary trends and in part to the fact that advertisers do not relish the thought of placing advertising in just another "alumni magazine." To forestall a cutback of the services which our U S N A Alumni Association provides or an increase in membership dues, the Association's President, Hanson W. Baldwin, urges the membership to do what it can to increase advertising sales in Shipmate. If you believe you know a prospective advertiser please send name, firm, and all data about him to Capt. Dick Derickson, the editor of Shipmate. The CS would like to add that if all the USNA classes had better class membership percentages, then the USNA Alumni Assoc, would probably be in better financial shape. If you know a classmate who isn't subscribing, please pass the word. Shipmate is the best forum that the class of 1961 has. P.S. Wives: remember a membership in the U S N A Alumni Association, which includes a subscription to Shipmate, makes a fine Christmas or birthday gift.

A continued plea for data cards is made again. If you haven't sent yours, please do.

Send a 3x5 card or a post card with the following info: 1. Name 2. Wife's name 3. Children's names and birth dates 4. Address and permanent address 5. List of duty stations and positions held with inclusive 48

dates and billets held 6. Decorations and qualifications 7. Future plans and remarks.

Sec'y, L t . Howard S. Pinskey, ( S O USNR-R c/o W. R. Grace & Co. Clarksville, Md. 21029 Annapolis Corr.

Lt. William H. Levings, USN Executive Dept., USNA Annapolis, Md. 21412

Our good friend and Monterey correspondent, Jan Covey, writes that during July the class of '62 in the area held a champagne brunch at the Presidio of the Monterey Officers' Club.

During the early fall the following officers completed their assigned courses, received their Master's degrees and are now stationed at their new billets. Those completing the operations analysis course include; Jijn BAGBY, assistant carrier air traffic controller aboard USS YORKTOWN; Bob COVEY, attached to an A-6 squadron at Oceana, Va.; Don CRISTY, Vietnam; Jerry CRUMLY, assistant carrier air traffic controller aboard USS ENTERPRISE; John HULING, CO USS AVENGE ; Mike KOBAR, SubPac staff, Pearl Harbor, Hi.; Bob SPANE, attached to an A-7 Squadron out of Cecil Field, Fla.; Bill STOLGITIS, weapons officer aboard a DLG out of Mayport, Fla., and John ARICK, Vietnam.

Classmates completing the aero course include: Bob BATES, assistant carrier air traffic controller aboard USS CONSTELLATION; George BROWN, nuclear weapons officer aboard USS ROOSEVELT; Bob DITCHEY, USS ENTERPRISE; Tom MERCER, attached to an A-7 Squadron out of Lemoore, Calif., and Hank RICHARDS, attached to RASC Squadron out of Albany, Ga. Those completing the oceanography course include: Al CHASE, third officer aboard USS

HARDHEAD;

Del

HUNT,

USS

TIGRONE out of New London; Pete LABYAK, CO Oceanographic Unit 2, Norfolk, Va., and Vern VAN BRACKLE, CO Oceanographic Unit 1, Norfolk, Va. Frank O'DONNELL and Mickey AND R E W S completed the staff communications course and will be stationed aboard USS PocoNO out of Norfolk and at the Pentagon, respectively.

Art VAN SAUN completed the management data processing course and is aboard USS GREENFISH out of Pearl Harbor.

A N N A P O L I S AREA Several classmates have recently * reported to the Academy making the number of '62ers here at 15. Jim JORDAN is now a company officer after a tour of duty as CO USS WHITE RIVER. Dennis McCAHILL is teaching in the Engineering Dept. Dennis came to Annapolis from a construction battalion in Vietnam. Last, but not least, Nick LaDUCA is teaching in the Naval Science Dept. John H A M M E R was detached in September and is now attending Destroyer School. My apologies to Jeff NELSON who earlier was reported to have departed. Jeff will be here until Jan. 1970 at which time he is expecting orders.

He, wife Carol, and their two children presently live on Laurel St. in Concord, Mass.

Marty SEELIG, who is always good about sending along information, wrote to say that he would not be able to attend homecoming.

Marty said that he is busy not earning a living in the real estate business in Seattle because of the presently poor mortgage market. Marty heard from Dale WINDH A M who was recently married and is now flying for T W A and homeported in San Francisco. Dave LENCSES, also flying for T W A , is flying out of New York and lives in Allendale, N. J. Herb S P R A G U E passed through Annapolis on his way to the west coast. Herb recently left the Navy and is hoping to work in California.

Sec'y, Lt. I . H. Sargent, USN Executive Dept., USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402

ANNAPOLIS So far the early fall in Annapolis has been rather quiet, both on the football field and in your long-suffering secretary's mail, box Even the U S A F PAO organization has failed me this time. Anticipating this problem, however, I managed to forget a number of summer occurrences which should have appeared in earlier issues and will now serve admirably to give a little substance to this article. Specifically, both Ray and Judy K U T C H and Steve and Mary F E R E N C I E made additions to their families over the past few months. Carol Aim, Ray and Judy's first girl, was born on 31 May, while the arrival of Steve Jr. in early August marked the start of a family for Steve and Mary. The summer also saw the arrival of at least one additional member of the class in the person of Bill RABIN, fresh from U S N P G S and destined for work in the academic area. My evasiveness in the previous sentence is caused by a rumor of Dan HITZLEBERGER's presence in the area, an allegation which I have yet to confirm.

WASHINGTON Having recently left the Navy and duty at NAS Kingsville, Tim and Sandy COOK have relocated in Alexandria while Tim attends G. W. Law School. The Cooks, now with both a son Matt and a daughter Kyra, seem to have had no lack of contact with classmates in the area and have provided the following information: "Last weekend Dave and Patty Anderson hosted us and the J. J. Calandes from Pax River. Dave is at BuPers (aviation detailer) and is the father of Elizabeth, 5; Laura, 3, and David, 1.

John Calande (and Joy) also have three childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;John's instructing in the P-3 RAG. "Also last week we met with Ralph and Sheila Stowell at Ralph's parents' house in Annandale. They were on leave and had just returned from a vacation in Maine.

Ralph is an instructor in the Training Command at Whiting Field. They have two children, Susie age 3, and Ralph III, 1.

A Navy news release from the River Patrol Force reports Bill BRENNAN took command of River Division 552 on 2 Sept.

RivDiv 552 is located at the Advanced Tactical Support Base at Tra Cu in the Republic of Vietnam, Bill reported to Vietnam from ComASWForPac.

"When we moved in we were surprised to find that our new neighbors were the Harkens, Rowena and Jerry. Jerry is at BuPers as a surface detailer." Tim met John RYAN while in the Reserves, and John is a first year law student at Georgetown. And Al DOUGHERTY is a second year law student at G. W.

Also recently received word that Dale BRANDT has joined the Digital Equipment Corp. of Maynard, Mass. Dale's position is listed as a product administration specialist.

N E W YORK Ken and Sandra M E T V I N E R now are making their home in NYC where Ken SHI PMATE

works for Ruder and Finn, a P R organization. The Metviners, with son, Erik, live at 277 Van Cortlandt Park East in the Bronx and would enjoy hearing from classmates who find themselves in Fun City.

CALIFORNIA The eighth of September marked the arrival of Kirstin Elizabeth Von Sydow on the scene out in Marina, Calif. Kirstin is the first for Vern and Gail. Vern is presently enrolled in the communications management program at Monterey and has provided a partial list of the new arrivals out there for the fall term including: Dave Vetter, Jerry Smith, Bob Wildman, Jim Fontana, Rollie Weidt, and Vance Schufeldt.

MASSACHUSETTS On the other side of the country 8 Sept. was also a big day for another classmate, Paul W O O D S . On that day Paul participated in the commissioning of the U S S WELCH of w-hich he is the CO. This new 235-ton gunboat will be employed in coastal or interior water patrol, blockade, and surveillance duties. Before reporting to the WELCH in the building yard, Paul served in the destroyers PUTNAM and HARWOOD. Paul

and Edith have a son Paul, 4, and a daughter Julia, 3.

ADDENDUM That's it for this time. It seems that this secretary business is either feast or famine.

If you have a chance, please send me a note, tell me who or what you've seen and I'll be able to increase the number of facts and reduce the quantity of somewhat random verbiage which seems to occupy these spaces.

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Sec'y, L t . James S. Baumstark, USN Executive Dept., USNA, Annapolis, M d . 21402

Several members of '64 have reported aboard the Naval Academy in the past three months. Among them a r e : Glenn R I T C H EY has taken up duties in the Executive Dept. as the 26th Company officer. Glenn, a bachelor, came from a three-year tour with VP-4 at Barber's Point; deployments included Iwakuni and Cam Rahn.

Bob ORLOSKY, who is in the P E Dept. as an instructor and first lieutenant, came from a two and half year stint with VS-28 at Quonset, flying the S-2E. Bob and his wife, Betty, have two boys Bobby 3, and Gregory Alan, born on 10 Sept.

Lou ROBINSON, who is a celestial nav instructor in the Naval Science Dept. Lou came to the Academy from a tour as XO, navigator of the PAPAGO out of Little Creek.

Prior to that, he had spent two years aboard the BORDELON and spent a year in Vietnam with Coastal Group 46. Lou and his wife Kathy have three children Lou Jr. 4, Yvette 2, and John 10 months.

Karl KAESER, also teaching nav in the Naval Science Dept. Karl flew P-3's for three years down at Pax River before reporting aboard. He and his wife Jean ha.ve two children Ricky 4, and Ann 5. Karl, one of the standouts of '64 on the soccer field, is also helping coach plebe soccer.

Bruce D E T T M A N , the third newcomer to the Naval Science Dept., spent three years with a P-3 Squadron at Moffett Field, deploying to Thailand, Okinawa, Sangley and Adak. Bruce and his wife Carol have volunteered their services as baby-sitters as they are not as prolific as most of here at the Academy.

Not a lot else for December. On behalf of those of us in the Annapolis area, have, a Merry Christmas and a Jojrful 1970.

Sec'y, L t . Richard P. Genet, USN USS BLUE (DD-744) FPO San Francisco 96601

Not a lot of news in the last 30 days and as we have been pretty busy here in Annapolis getting out the word (via an October Sec'y, L t . (jg) Robert G. Johnson Jr., USN newsletter) on the defunct directory, this PAO Box 3 NSA Saigon FPO San Francisco 96621 month's column will be relatively brief.

Jim K R A F T , out in Monterey, wrote Wedding bells finally rang for Ace after having seen the September-October SARICH when he was married to the Shipmate and the lack of info on '64 Monformer Miss Lynne Howard Dickerson on terey types (of which there are now 86, 4 Oct. at the Avenue United Methodist almost 10 percent of the total Monterey Church in Milford, Del. A reception was population). By now, the November issue held afterwards at the Shawnee Country of Shiprtnate is a month old and all the info Club. No other details were available at that Rich and Peggy B E L S E R sent is old this writing. Ace is stationed with a U D T news; unfortunately those are the breaks of team in Little Creek. deadlines two months in advance of publicaI had a letter from Walt HIGGINS, tion (e.g., the deadline for this issue was 10 Oct.). T o say the least, I am apprecia- who is in the nuclear sub U S S V O N STEUtive of all news received and usually manage BEN out of Groton, Conn. Walt was married to get it in the issue having a deadline last IS March to the former Miss Candy within the month after your letters are re- Consolvo in Richmond, Va. Present at the ceived (hence at most a three-month wedding were John and Sharon Orcutt, Dave and Carole Hartsfield, Jim and Betty delay).

Cowardin, Guy Mendenhall and Andre Rivamonte. While in Charleston after a twoIn his letter, Jim wrote of a '64 Labor Day picnic catered by the collective '64 group week patrol, Walt ran into Al T A T T E R S and hosted by Bob and Pat B U T T R A M and ALL. Al is M P A in U S S NATHANAEL GREENE. Also in Charleston are Rick and Dick and Peggy CURLEY. Jim (formerly Georgeann ROGERS, Dave and Carole chief snipe aboard the H . J. ELLISON) and H A R T S F I E L D and John and Sharyn his wife Karyl (the '64 wives club secretary) ORCUTT. Dave and John are both serving live in Marina, Ca., some six miles from in the U S S LEWIS AND CLARK. Dave and Monterey, and have as neighbors John and Carole announced the arrival of Carol Peggy GARBER (John just got back from Michelle on 9 July.

Vietnam) and Frank and Bev H E I S T A N D (Frank is also just back from Vietnam).

Jack CONSOLVO is flying Phantoms Also living in Marina are the Chuck with the 1st M A W in Vietnam. Carol Ann LASKEYS, Jerry and Sue D U N N E (Jerry and daughter Jennifer are living in Richwas ops aboard the FRANK EVANS at the mond while Jack is deployed. time of her collision), and Jack and Maxine Bob and Jolene McGEHEE are in Groton K R A F T (Jack recently returned from a tour in the Med flying A-4's off the SHANGRI- where Bob is in the U S S J O H N MARSHALL. Tom L E W I S finished his tour in U S S LA).

DECEMBER,

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JAMES

K . POLK and was

ordered

to the

pre-commissioning crew of the U S S FLYING FISH. Also in Groton are Roy and Andrea HITT

( U S S E T H A N A L L E N ) , Tom

ROR-

ICK in USS PARGO, and Jay and Carole GILLARD (USS NARWHAL).

Dan

McGOLIRICK

and Jim MANISCALCO

are serving in the U S S COBBLER.

Many of our classmates are finishing up tours in Vietnam and are returning to CONUS. Recently, in the P B R squadrons, Oke SHANNON, Ed MORGAN, Scott BEACHY and Andy BECK have completed their year with the RivDivs and are now enrolled in Destroyer School at Newport.

Dave BILL, after a year of terrorizing the card games and VC on the Delta rivers, reported to Monterey for Postgraduate School.

Gary GRAY just returned from a sixmonth tour with the Seals in Vietnam. He's now in San Diego and can be found Sunday nights at the Downwinds.

Bo and Judy W I L E Y met on R&R in August at Hong Kong. Bo finished up his tour in November and is planning to go F-4s on the east coast. Bo flew helos for the Corps up at Phu Bai and off the U S S OKINAWA this past year.

Sam and Liz LINCOLN are in Long Beach where Sam is in a supply billet. Sam is quickly becoming the class real estate tycoon with his purchase of some property in southern California. We never hear from Sam, so soon we'll just have to follow him in the Wall Street Journal.

Well, that is it for this time. Keep the letters coming and be sure to notify the Alumni House of your changes of address.

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Sec'y, 1 / L t . Edward H. M i l l s , USMC VIVlCJ-2, MCAS, Cherry Point, l\l. C. 28533

After checking out of VMCJ-2, your sec'y will be leaving CONUS for VMCJ-1 late in November. Marion and Teddy are going to live in Annapolis for the year.

John W I L L I A M S O N finally had his physical evaluation board in August after having been in and out of the hospital for an entire year. John was retired with 40 percent disability and is now attending Duke.

He wishes the best of luck to all of our Marine classmates in their careers and expressed his regret of having to leave the Corps.

Bob H O L I H A N is flying in F-4's for VMFA-513 out of Cherry Pt. Rick F U E R S T , who graduated in the top of his class in Sub School, is now reactor control division officer in U S S THOMAS JEFFERSON.

Bill and Hass RUSSELL welcomed their second child, this time a boy, in September.

Steve H A L U P A and Steve A N D R E S are in ANDREW JACKSON, Blue crew. Steve and Louise Andres were married in February; Steve and Rose Halupa have been married since graduation and now have a girl, Jennifer Ashly, born on 2 Oct. Also living in Charleston are Jerry and Barbara BEAVERS where Jerry is in ANDREW JACKSON Gold crew.

Tom BURNS and Bob H A W T H O R N E are in HENRY CLAY; Denny K R E P S and

John COTTON are in SAM RAYBURN ; Jack ROE and Fred H E B D O N are in LAFAYETTE;

and

Joe

KROL

is in NATHANAEL

GREENEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all out of Charleston.

Charlie DeGRUY, Jim CONWAY, and Wylie H A R R I S are in VC-8 out of Roosevelt Roads, P. R. Chuck BEERS is in SKIPJACK which is in overhaul at Norfolk.

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Bob and Linda McCLEERY are in Jacksonville with two children where Cleo is flying A-4's. Burt CREED and Susan are also in Jacksonville.

Steve WOODALL was relieved as M P A in MCCORMICK and is now X O in ENDURANCE, an MSO out of Long Beach. H e

picked up a 0 - 3 with the billet. Steve and Nancy have been married about a year and a half and he has observed that marriage is infinitely superior to bachelorhood. Steve and Nancy extended an open invitation for any classmate to stop in to his apartment to have a beer and a sandwich.

Thomas C . Leiser a n d son

Tom L E I S E R is com officer

in HIGBEE

out of Long Beach. Your author received a picture of him coaching his son Bill on how to call signals.

Dick K R A P O H L is weapons officer in BRADLEY where he was promoted to full lieutenant in August.

Rob S O L L E N B E R G E R

is in KING an-

ticipating orders to DesTech.

Steve K R A M E R and Bob N A T T E R were in Navigation School in San Diego in September, both heading to in-country LST's as XO's.

The letters were rather sparse this month.

I hope there is more news to report next month.

MERRY C H R I S T M A S A N D H A P P Y N E W YEAR.

burg, W. Va. Sorry to miss it, Burk—I "hit the boat" the next day and it was impossible.

The Burker and Kay were sent off in good style reportedly; now if I only knew where . . .

Kevin had a thought concerning the subject of memorials for classmates, and I pass it to you for comment. H e suggests a bronze plaque on or near our sundial (class gift—remember?). If I could hear from Bob O W E N D O F F , he might shed some light on the proposal, having designed the sundial. While on that train of thought, let me say that I have contacted the Academy librarian concerning a memorial shelf. In essence he advises that a separate shelf would cause fragmentation of the stock, but memorial collections or assorted subjects on related topics could be classified together.

Each would bear the appropriate bookplate, and a master list kept of all contributions and men included in the memorial. Please let me know if you have any good suggestions for collections or other methods by which we could handle the project—just don't buck the system (Library of Congress, not Dewey Decimal). I'd apologize for that last crack, but not until I get some constructive ideas. I'll pursue the matter further; just to prove that our class organization is not totally defunct, only sleeping, or hibernating as the case may be.

I was gleeful the other day to hear from Mr. Gung Ho of 1968, Ollie N O R T H . Ollie's "blast from the pen" reports that he is currently "grounded from the boonies after getting a few too many holes in the ol' fuselage." He's working at Third Marine Division Hq. now and reports seeing Father "Jake" LABOON there as Third Regimental chaplain—doing a great job, just as on the ol' Severn. Ollie reports that Terry MURRAY is over in Nam as a platoon commander now and the Seabees are sending Dave DAILEY to PG School now—not bad.

The old gunny is considering a transition to the air wing; wise thinking there, Ollie.

HC-5 at Imperial Beach, and HC-7 finally in Atsugi, Japan. The birth of Tracey on 31 May beat out the son of his old roomie, Jack COSGROVE, by under two hours.

Jack and Marcia nicknamed John Patrick Cosgrove Jr. "Peanuts" due to his premature arrival, at 2 lb. 5 oz. Jack should have his wings now and be flying P-3's from Hawaii. Terry and Gail ALLEN are in Pensacola now along with their daughter Kim, having completed the Master's program at Monterey. Jack HOGAN's wife Patty went into labor on Labor Day, and they now have a daughter. Shannon. Jack is headed for HAL-3, along with Russ HALL A U E R and Chuck S T E H L E . Recently receiving their wings here at H T - 8 and headed for HAL-3 are Gordy PETERSON, Dave BLACK, Dick KRULIS, Kevin DELANEY, to mention a few. Of interest to the "can drivers," Mike RILEY received his orders as station pilot, Bermuda.

Hover, baby, hover!

Randy BOGLE will report to VC-5 in Okinawa and Jim O'BRIEN is with HC-5 at Imperial Beach. Among the NFO's Ivan W I L L I A M S had orders to VF-121 for RIO to WestPac. Tom SULICK flies A-6's from Cherry Point and Mike MECKFESSEL will report to Okinawa after AMO School at Memphis. Also Kevin LAGRAFF is warming the backseat of A-3's out of Yokosuka.

On the other end of the spectrum, Eric MORGENSON is instructing at VT-1 now, along with Bob E A V E S . Eric's "partner-incrime," Ronnie LEMON, is terrorizing the students of VT-3. I saw Dick SANCHEZ and Jim B A H R I N G E R back as instructorsunder-training at VT-6. Go helos, men, it's the only way to escape the current Pensacola "vacuum."

Well, group, that about wraps up another episode; tune in next month . . . here's wishing you all a cool Yule, and may all your reindeer be housetrained.

Sec'y, Ens. Marshall E. Rachmlel, USN USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DOG-20) FPO San Francisco, Ca. 96601

It looks like Greg and Jackie JONES made it to Pearl. A recent newspaper article stated that the U S S CARPENTER (Greg's ship) had discovered a surfboard floating Co) Sec'y, Lt. (J9) R. M. Brown I I I , USN about 120 miles south of Waikiki. Greg must I n ) (111 B13 Rio Visu Dr. have had the conn at the time or they never \ZJ\y Pensacola, Fl. 32561 would have found it.

As October leaves are now falling, I find Wayne GIRARDET is in the USNA it once again difficult to muster such ChristHospital with a bad knee. H e finished it off mas spirit as you might deem appropriate in a touch football game with some of our upon receiving this issue of our monthly U S N A T A D classmates after graduation. gab and jab column. To date I have received In Wayne's absence, Tom KIRBY has taken no news of expected class homecoming reover the duties of regional vice-president of unions, although I have not yet abandoned the Pensacola area. Most of our classmates hope for some sort of "watch Navy cream who arrived in Pensacola after 30 June are Army" fest in Philadelphia. Yours truly either in T A D positions or in the pool due should be close to receiving his wings by to a big backlog. Of the successful ones to then, and perhaps I'll buzz ol' J F K stadium complete initial training in the T-34 are in my U H - I D to give the troops and the Nile Kraft, Tom Halwachs, Paul Alfieri, F A A some excitement. Right . . .

C h a p l a i n Laboon a n d O l l i e N o r t h a t C-2 C o m b a t Jim Babb, Rick Bulger, Joe Gunter, Mike Base, Con T h i e n , V i e t n a m .

I'm still holding down the fort at HT-8 in Johannsen, Jim Kelley, Rich Moore, John case anyone should feel the urge for compeOhlinger, Jim Reaghard, Bob Riera, Ed tition in the writer's cramp award, which There has been no recent word from any Waitt, Scott Wiggett, Rich Wolf and Tom I plan to institute shortly. I'll let you do the of the floaters, so I can only assume they're Kirby. Public Works Center at NAS, Penguessing about how to qualify—even with the busy scraping rust or bailing, and will write sacola, has acquired the talents of Duane cutback, someone must be doing something me either when their tours are up or they B A T T L E S , Steve McHENRY, J. J. MARsink. Either solution might provide them interesting.

S H A L L and Rick V E L T M A N . Meanwhile, I heard from Kevin REARDON of the with the necessary free time to send along Chuck CARROLL and Jim H U F F are on some word—we all know how busy you are sub-surface fleet, and he and Sue are living T A D in New Orleans, Dave BOGOSIAN, in Ledyard, Conn. Kev says they decom- on cans and such . . .

John BUNKER, Scott GIER, Jeff HELLmissioned BECUNA out from under him, so John K E N N E D Y broke his 15-month RUNG, Bill J A M E S , Ken KOCH, Andy now he'll be aboard DOGFISH. K . J. writes silence with a marathon letter from N A S V A N S A N T and Roger V E H O R N are offerthat he, Mike L E P P E R T , John L A P I - Memphis where he, wife Cathy, and Tracey ing their services at Saufley Field in various COLA, and Bill Kopp '69 rode the horses Lynne, the new addition, are located. John TAD assignments. John BONE was workwhen the marriage ropes drew and quartered is attending Aviation Maintenance Officers' ing on becoming a N F O but was interMike B U R K H A R T on 31 Aug. at Martins- School. John's in transit from H T - 8 to rupted in his training at VT-10 to accept a 50

SHIPMATE

"needed" T A D assignment. Joe MacDOUGAL, Bob M A N S F I E L D and Chuck Q U A N D E L are working in the statistics office of CNABaTra. Other TADers are Jim Lord, Dick Young, Jim Tulley, John Bowen, Rich Brown and Phil Connors.

Kevin C O N N O R S is on T A D in Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; not bad for a Bostonian!

Bob W O O D S , now in Pensacola, sent me this gem about Paul T S A M T S I S . It seems that while Bob and Paul were on their way to Pensacola, Paul's car had a wreck in New Orleans. After they flew to Pensacola, Paul discovered that he'd left his orders, medical records, pay records, etc., in the trunk of his wrecked car in New Orleans. I'd like to hear how this one turns out. . . . Bob WOODS got married to the former Lynn Koch on 30 Aug. at the Academy Chapel.

His swordbearers were Spencer Garrett, Bob Ahrens, Paul Tsamtsis, Eric Bries and Rich Veltman. In case anyone could use some more "USNA-69" decals, they are available by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope and 10 cents each to Ens. Bob WOODS, 901 Massachusetts Ave., Lot #106, Pensacola, Fla. 32505. Make sure that the envelope is long enough to hold the decals! Civilian first class Jack S T E E R E is in training for Stromberg Data Graphics in San Diego.

Once again, Arnie BARDEN comes through with some news. Mac McCLAIN, Si HERSHON, Jim EAGLE, Bob AMUNDSON and Mike S M I T H are in New London going through Sub School.

Jim A Y E R S got married on 9 Aug.; his wife's name is Joan. Steve H A N V E Y will be married on 20 Dec. in Anderson, S. C. Also Mike J O N E S is getting married this Christmas. Ed B R E L S F O R D was married in August at the Whiting Field Chapel and Bob MACIVER will be getting married this December to Frances Counihan of Arlington, Va. Don T A N A K A has arrived at Cal Tech along with Ron C H R I S T I A N S E N to begin work on their M.S. degree. Bob E I K E N BERRY, his wife and their Saint Bernard arrived in Quantico, where Bob has begun training. Other members of the "July-GungHo" class at Quantico are Bob F A W C E T T , Mike L E O N A R D and Dave BUELL. Don T A N A K A has been given the AIAA award for the best undergraduate technical paper on the national level. The paper was part of his old Trident Scholar project. I guess he didn't spend quite as much time in the bag as some of the "scholars" did, right Mike?

Tim O L I V E R stopped in to visit while he was down in the Virginia Beach area with the Second Qass Air Training Group.

He finished his T A D at the Academy and is travelling across country with Brian PERSON to Nuke School on the west coast.

Things with the Missile School group including myself, Tom Kilmer, Ed Bannat, Pete Blackledge, John Blaue, Larry Caviola, Terry Cullen, Jim Dolan, Walt Giraldi, Coe Green, Gregg Gullickson, Mike Honey, Ted Krai, Bill Medford, Mike Michaelis, Tim Mitchell, John Mulderig, Dave Rose, Bob Russell, John Sams, Bill Stieglitz, Mike Watson, Don Wilcox and Larry Yarnell are pretty busy. Nobody bothered to tell the administration of this school that Navy Schools are supposed to be "Fruit."

Oh well, would anybody like to buy some nice block diagrams???

If you haven't received your Lucky Bags yet please let me know and I'll see if I can locate them for you. I hope that everyone really enjoys the holidays and also that there will be more mail.

D E C E M B E R ,

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LAST GALL ADAIR, FRANK ' 3 9 , 2 7 Dec. ' 5 5 , B a l t i m o r e , Md. BEACH, CHANDLER LEWIS ' 4 6 , 2 5 Sept. ' 6 9 , H u r o n , S. D. COLEMAN, DAVID BUNCOMBE (RADM USN RET ' 2 7 ) , 18 Sept. ' 6 9 , LaJolla, Ca. COLT, STOCKTON BEEKMAN ' 2 4 , 2 2 Sept. ' 6 9 , W a r r i n g t o n , Fla. DILWORTH, JAMES PHILIP (LTJG USNR '65), 19 Oct. ' 6 9 , a t sea ofF USS J O H N F. KENNEDY. HALL, FREDERICK SHERMAN (RADM USN RET '22), 11 Oct. ' 6 9 , O r a n g e , V a .

H O L T O N , CHESTER McKINLEY (LCDR USN RET '17), 2 6 July ' 6 9 , M a n h a t t a n , N . Y .

KNETZ, WALLACE JOSEPH, JR. ' 4 9 , 2 7 Oct. ' 6 9 , Silver Spring, M d .

N I X O N , HAROLD A. EUGENE (CAPT USN SC RET ' 3 8 ) , 2 0 Oct. ' 6 9 , San R a f a e l , Calif.

N O L A N , JAMES EUGENE (CDR USN RET ' 2 0 ) , 15 Oct. ' 6 9 , Jacksonville, Fla. N O R T O N , KENNETH DEAN (LTJG USN ' 6 7 ) , 7 Oct. ' 6 9 , South V i e t n a m .

O'NEIL, CHARLES HENRY (CAPT USNR RET '25), 17 A u g . ' 6 9 , L a k e v / o o d , N.J. PURPLE, W I L L I A M CHARLES (COL USMC RET ' 2 4 ) , 14 Oct. ' 6 9 , U S N H , Annapolis, M d .

SAUNDERS, WILLARD ARTHUR (RADM USN RET ' 2 7 ) , 3 N o v . ' 6 9 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

SEASE, HUGH ST.CLARE (CAPT USN RET ' 1 7 ) , 2 4 Sept. ' 6 9 , C h e s t e r t o w n , M d .

SMALL, SELDEN CLOBRIDGE (CAPT USN RET '32), 2 8 Oct. ' 6 9 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

WILLIAMS, ROBERT JAY (CAPT USN RET ' 3 6 ) , 2 5 Oct. ' 6 9 , U S N H , Bethesda, M d .

W R I G H T , WILBUR DORRIS (CAPT USAF ' 5 8 ) , 8 Oct. ' 6 9 , Castle AFB, Co.

RAdm. Thomas E. Boyce, U S N ( R e t ) , died 29 Sept. in Miami, Fla., of a heart attack. Services were held in Van Orsdel Coral Gables Chapel, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

RAdm. Boyce, born in Mt. Vernon, Ind., was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1923. Early sea duty included the U S S PILLSBURY patrolling the Yangtze River during the Chinese civil wars and the HAMILTON during the Nicaraguan campaign. During World War II, RAdm. Boyce participated in the evacuation of Singapore and was awarded the Silver Star Medal for services while executive officer of the SANTA F E in the Pacific and the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct during operations with Task Force 58. He also served in the ROCHESTER, LEXINGTON, OVER-

TON and commanded the MADISON and the PRESIDENT POLK.

Thomas Edward Boyce '23

WILBUR J O H N RUBLE ' 1 3

Capt. Wilbur J. Ruble, U S N (Ret.), died 14 Sept. in San Francisco, Calif. Services and interment were held in the Williamette National Cemetery, Portland, Ore. A native of Kansas, Capt. Ruble was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1913 and reported to the

THOMAS EDWARD BOYCE ' 2 3

USS

FLORIDA.

Qualifying to command submarines in 1917, he served as flag lieutenant with the Commander Submarine Forces staff and with Commander Cruiser Division Four staff and Brest District, France. After receiving a Master's degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Harvard University in 1921, Capt. Ruble served as radio and communications officer with the staffs of Commander Scouting Fleet, Commander in Chief, U. S. Battle Fleet and Commander in Chief, U. S. Fleet. From 1926 to 1929 he headed the Radio Research and Design Section, Bureau of Engineering at Washington, D. C. Designated engineering duty officer in 1932, Capt. Ruble was director of the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory and from 1933 to 1938 headed the Radio and Sound Division, Bureau of Ships. He directed the U. S. Naval Electronic Laboratory of San Diego, Calif., and from 1942 to 1945 commanded the U. S. Naval Industrial Base and Navy Yard at San Diego. As Inspector of Naval Material, Twelfth Naval District at San Francisco, Capt. Ruble was retired in Jan. 1947. Capt. Ruble had been awarded a number of patents by the U. S. Patent Office for inventions used in aircraft, submarines and surface ships.

Survivors include his daughter Mrs. R. B. Durfee of Portland, Ore.; a brother Gerald Ruble of Orlando, Fla.; a sister Mrs. Alice Legare of Mariposa, Calif., and two granddaughters.

Shore duty included earning a Master's degree in mechanical engineering at Columbia University in 1930 and tours as instructor at the Naval Postgraduate School, director of a naval laboratory at Philadelphia and inspector of Naval Materiel at Barberton, Ohio; he was retired in Jan. 1948.

Following retirement, RAdm. Boyce was associated with the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana and after studying business administration at the University of Miami was a vice president of Morrill Associates of Florida, and then executive secretary of Coil Laundry Operators Association of Florida.

Survivors include his widow Elizabeth of 3910 Loquat Ave., Coconut Grove, Miami, Fl. 33133; two daughters Betsy J. H i x and Roberta A. Boyce, both of Miami; a son Cdr. Thomas A. Boyce, (SC) U S N '51 with the Navy Surface Missile System Project Office in Washington, D. C.; a brother Harry A. Boyce of Naples, Fla.; three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

STOCKTON BEEKMAN COLT ' 2 4

Mr. Stockton B. Colt died 22 Sept. in Warrington, Fla., where he had resided since 1952. Services were held in Christ Episcopal Church of Warrington, followed by interment in Barrancas National Cemetery, with military honors.

Mr. Colt was born in Cazenovia, N. Y., and was graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1924. He served in Isattleships and destroyers prior to resigning from the service in 1928 and joining the Naval Reserve. Recalled to active duty from 1940 to 1947, he served with Commander Eastern Sea Frontier headquartered at New York City during the latter part of the war, and was separated from the Reserve in 1948 with the rank of commander.

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His civilian career included employment with the Worthington Pump and Machinery Co., real estate management, and he was assistant to the manager of the Santa Rosa Island Authority of Pensacola. Involved in the field of career counseling, Mr. Colt was active in naval career counseling. In 1966 he established the Naval Career Counseling Service under auspices of the Pensacola Council-Navy League, devoting time and energy in selecting and advising young men for entrance to the Naval Academy and the NROTC.

quartered at Ankara and Commander Destroyer Squadron 10 of the Atlantic Fleet.

While deputy chief of staff at the National Security Agency, Washington, D. C , he was retired in July 1956.

RAdm. Agnew was a director and vice president of Capitol Radio Engineering Institute of Washington, D. C , from 1956 to 1958.

Survivors include his widow Thelma of 711 N. Overlook Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22305; a son Cdr. D. M. Agnew Jr., U S N '54 stationed with Naval Ordnance Systems Command, Ord 06, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 20360; two sisters and one brother, and three grandchildren.

DWIGHT MERLE A G N E W ' 2 6

the LEXINGTON. He was stationed at the

RAdm. Dwight M. Agnew, U S N (Ret.), died 4 Oct. in Alexandria, Va. Services were held in Fort Myer Chapel, followed by interment in Arlington National Cemetery, with simple military honors.

Born in Fredericktown, Ohio, RAdm. Agnew was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1926 and reported to the U S S

Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I., and from 1937 to 1941 was attached to the HELM.

Capt. Martin, born in Escanaba, Mich., was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1927 and reported to the U S S WEST VIRGINIA. Following instruction at the Postgraduate School at Annapolis, he earned the degrees of Civil Engineer and Master in civil engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N. Y. Assistant officer in charge of construction at the Academy until 1935, Capt.

Martin had special duty with the Metanuska Valley rural rehabilitation and later served as officer in charge of construction with Aviation Facilities, St. Thomas, Virgin Survivors include his daughters Mrs. Islands and with the Potomac River Naval Catherine Meling of Chula Vista, Calif., Command. and Mrs. Jane Jensen, a son Ens. S. B. Colt During World W a r I I , Capt. Martin was Jr., U S N , who is in flight training at Penin charge of construction of the Naval Supsacola, and four grandchildren.

DAVID BUNCOMBE COLEMAN ' 2 7 ply Depot at Mechanicsburg, Pa., and was RAdm. David B. Coleman, U S N (Ret.), public works officer at the Naval Operating CHARLES HENRY O'NEIL ' 2 5 died 18 Sept. in the Naval Hospital at San Base, Argentia, Newfoundland. H e was Capt. Charles H . O'Neil, U S N R (Ret.), Diego, Calif. Graveside services were held awarded the Commendation Medal with died 17 Aug. in Lakewood, N. J., of a heart in El Camino Memorial Park, with full mili- combat "V" for service as senior civil engineer with Commander Seventh Fleet during attack. tary honors. landings in the Philippine Islands area and Born in Fall River, Mass., Capt. O'Neil a second Commendation Medal for service was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Commander Philippine Sea Fronwith the class of 1925. H e served in the USS tier surveying for postwar naval bases.

UTAH and OVERTON until his resignation in As public works officer, Capt. Martin was 1929 when he joined Consolidated Edison attached to the Marine Corps Base, QuanCompany of New York City for work on tico ; the Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, power plant construction. A member of the and the Charleston Naval Shipyard, before Naval Reserve, he was recalled to active staff duty with the Chief of Naval Air duty in April 1941 for duty in harbor defense Training at Pensacola. H e was district civil work which took him to Argentia in comengineer in the Fourth Naval District at mand of a net tender from 1942 to 1943, and Philadelphia with additional duty as district later out to Noumea as harbor defense officer public works officer and was retired in Augon the staff of VAdm. Calhoun. Later Capt. ust 1957.

O'Neil served as Commander Naval Base Noumea until his release from active duty Following retirement, Capt. Martin was in Dec. 1946. He was retired from the Rean instructor at Pennsylvania State Universerve in Oct. 1954. Among other awards, he sity. held the Bronze Star Medal.

Survivors include his widow Lois of 9909 Stoughton Rd., Fairfax, Va. 22030; a son After the war, Capt. O'Neil returned to Hunt J r . ; a sister Mrs. Jack Mitchell, and Consolidated Edison as assistant manager three grandchildren . of the department charged with the mainteDavid Buncombe Coleman '27 nance of power stations and construction of new ones, including a nuclear plant. He reRAdm. Coleman was born in Union, S. C , ROBERT JOSEPH McGINNESS JR. ' 2 7 tired from Consolidated Edison in 1967 foland was graduated from the Naval Academy Mr. Robert L. McGinness Jr. died 2 lowing a heart attack. in June 1927. Early sea duty included the July in Avon Lake, Ohio. Services were Survivors include his widow Marie of 126 U S S N E W YORK, the PITTSBURGH and the held in the Church of The Holy Spirit, TRENTON. After training at Pensacola, he Avon Lake, followed by interment in CalRutgers Dr., Lakewood, N. J. 08701. became a naval aviator and served with the vary Cemetery of Cleveland.

Anti-Submarine Squadron 3B attached to

During World W a r II, RAdm. Coleman commanded the USS NIAGARA in the Caribbean and Solomon Islands areas, the MOB JACK in the Solomons, and the

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in the Philippines, New Guinea and Okinawa areas. He then commanded the Separation OMAHA. He served in the GAMBLE and the Center at Washington, D. C , until 1946 NEVADA and from 1939 to 1941 was com- when he became Chief of the Convoy and munications officer at the Naval Station, Routing Section, Navy Department; he was Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During World War retired in July 1948. Among other awards, II, RAdm. Agnew was awarded the Navy he held the Bronze Star Medal with comCross for services as commanding officer of bat "V" and the Commendation Medal. the TREVER during operations in the Solomon A Life Member of the USNA Alumni Islands area and the Bronze Star Medal Association, RAdm. Coleman was also a with combat "V" for services as command- past president of the San Diego Chapter of ing officer of the HEERMANN during the Gil- the Association. bert Island and Kwajalein-Majuro operaSurvivors include his widow Williamine of tions. He was also assistant operations officer of Commander Amphibious Forces, 8585 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, Ca. Pacific and participated in the assault and 92037; a daughter Mrs. Evelyn C. Cochrane capture of Saipan, Tinian and Guam and of La Crescenta; a son David Coleman Jr. commanded the HARRY LEE during the as- of San Diego; two sisters, and a brother. sault and capture of Iwo Jima and during the Magic Carpet operations.

HUNT VREELAND MARTIN ' 2 7 Assistant Chief of Naval Communications Capt. Hunt V. Martin, ( C E C ) U S N for Plans and Liaison, Office of Chief of ( R e t ) , died 23 Sept. in Fairfax, Va. Naval Operations until 1949, RAdm. Agnew Services were held in the Everly Wheatley had subsequent duty as the Navy member Funeral Home, Alexandria, followed by on the Joint Planning Staff, Joint American interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Military Mission for Aid to Turkey head- with full military honors.

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Robert Joseph McGinness Jr. '27

Mr. McGinness was born in Cleveland and entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1927. After leaving the Academy in Oct. 1926, he was associated with the Cleveland Press until 1928 when he joined the Commonwealth Loan Company. Mr. McGinness opened an office for the Commonwealth Loan Company in Cleveland and in 1943 as secretary and assistant treasurer of the company he was transfci ed to InS HS P MAT E

dianapolis, Ind. Returning to Cleveland, he assisted in founding the Admiral Loan Company in 1948 which was liquidated 15 years later. Mr. McGinness had been with the Tax Division of the City of Cleveland since 1967.

Survivors include his widow Phyllis of 75 N. Point Dr., Avon Lake, Oh. 44012; a son Robert J. McGinness, and four grandchildren.

CHARLES BATES BROOK ' 3 0

RAdm. Charles B. Brook, U S N ( R e t ) , died 7 Oct. in the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., after a brief illness. Services were held in F t Myer Chapel, followed by interment in Arlington National Cemetery, with simple military honors.

A native of Coraopolis, Pa., RAdm. Brook was graduated from the City College of Baltimore in 1925 and from the Naval Academy in 1930. Following sea duty, he was attached to the Sixteenth Naval District in the Philippines when the United States entered the war; for his actions in the defense of Corregidor, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal and the Purple Heart. Listed as missing in action since May 1942, RAdm. Brook's status was changed to prisoner of war in April 1943; he was liberated in Feb. 1945 upon the recapture of the Philippine Islands. Following a period of hospitalization at Philadelphia, he was assigned to the Bureau of Ships, Washington, D. C , and was involved in the preservation of retired naval craft RAdm. Brook was retired in June 1946 and was associated with the Agency for International Development until 1968.

Survivors include his widow Margaret of 3375 S. Leisure World Blvd., Silver Spring, Md. 20906; two daughters Mrs. David Readyhough of Williamsburg, Va., and Mrs. Robert Lumsden of Bowie, Md.; a sister.

Miss Norma L. Brook of Washington, a brother the Rev. Ronald D. Brook of the Cameroon, and four grandchildren.

RICHARD JONES REID, JR. ' 4 1

Cdr. Richard J. Reid, Jr., U S N ( R e t ) , died 4 Aug. in Chesapeake, Va. Bom in Lynchburg, Va., Cdr. Reid was graduated from the Naval Academy in Feb. 1941 and received a physical discharge in June. As a member of the Naval Reserve, he studied naval architecture at the Postgraduate School at Annapolis and in Feb. 1942 was designated an engineering duty officer. Following a year with Superintendent of Ships at Newport News, Va., he was attached to the Salvage Forces, North African Waters engaged in harbor clearance and then served as ship superintendent and docking officer with the Ship Repair Facility at Palermo, Sicily.

Following the war, Cdr. Reid was transferred to the regular Navy and served as assistant materiel officer with the Philadelphia Group Atlantic Reserve Fleet. He was ship superintendent at the Naval Shipyard Mare Island from 1948 to 1952 and was attached to the Ship Repair Facility at Guam before earning a Master's degree in comptrollership at George Washington University. Duty as military assistant to Comptroller, Bureau of Ships, was followed by tours with Commander Service Pacific, Norfolk Naval Shipyard and as superintendent.

Office of Industrial Management, Fifth Naval District; Cdr. Reid was retired in Nov. 1963.

Survivors include his widow Anne and two sons Richard III and James Reid of 2853 Meadow Wood Dr., East, Chesapeake, Va. 23703.

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CHANDLER LEWIS BEACH ' 4 6

Mr. Chandler L. Beach died 25 Sept. in Huron, S. D. Services were held in the United Church of Christ, with interment in Riverside Cemetery of Huron.

Born in Huron, Mr. Beach attended the University of South Dakota and was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1945, with the class of 1946. Resigning from the naval service in 1948, he was a member of the Naval Reserve and served on active duty from 1951 to 1953 before he was honorably discharged in 1959.

Earning a Doctor of Laws degree from Northwestern University, Mr. Beach was admitted to the Illinois and South Dakota bar associations in 1951 and joined the Huron law firm of Max Royhl and Boyd Benson.

In 1955 the firm became Royhl, Benson and Beach and in 1967, Benson, Beach and Fingerson.

John Joseph Chambers '50

He is survived by his widow Nancy and four children John Jr., Jane, Anne and Susan of 651 Solana Hills Court, Solana Beach, Ca. 94075; his mother Mrs. Agnes C. Chambers of Mountainside, N. J., and a sister Mrs. Dean Hertzog of Allentown, Pa. W I L L I A M BOYD NELSON ' 5 1

Chandler Lewis Beach '46

Active in many civic organizations, Mr. Beach served as a member of the South Dakota Board of Military Affairs from 1955 to 1959; the South Dakota Board of Bar Commissioners from 1961 to 1964; the South Dakota State Cement Commission from 1961 to 1969 of which he was chairman from 1967 to 1969, and was president of the Beadle County Bar Association from 1964 to 1966.

He is survived by his widow Jean Ann of 1737 McClellan Dr., S.W., Huron, S. D. 57350; a daughter Martha and a son Bayard, and a sister Mrs. Robert Wick of Woodacre, Calif.

J O H N JOSEPH CHAMBERS ' 5 0

Cdr. John J. Chambers, USN, died 25 Aug. as the result of an aircraft crash off the coast of San Diego. A requiem mass was held in the Naval Air Station Chapel, Miramar, Calif.

Cdr. Chambers was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and attended Villanova University before he was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1950. He served in the USS MiNDORO before flight training at Milton, Fla., and at Corpus Christi, Tex. Cdr. (Chambers served as executive officer of Fighter Squadron 51 and from 1966 to 1967 he commanded Fighter Squadron 151, based at Miramar. At the time of the accident he was undergoing refresher flight training attached to Commander Readiness Attack Carrier Air Wing 12 at Miramar.

During the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, Cdr. Chambers was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal with two gold stars, the Air Medal with nine gold stars, the Purple Heart Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal with combat "V," and the Navy Unit Commendation.

LCol. William B. Nelson, USAF, died 28 Sept. in the Air Force Hospital at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Stationed at Vandenberg, LCol. Nelson was attached to 4392nd Civil Engineering Squadron.

Born in Sioux Falls, S. D., LCol. Nelson was graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1951 and commissioned into the Air Force. After completing basic pilot training at Hondo Air Force Base, Tex., and advance flying school at Enid Air Force Base, Okla., in 1952, he flew P-51's at Minneapolis, Minn., with the Air Defense Command. LCol. Nelson was assigned to Thule Air Base, Greenland, as a civil engineer, and also served with Headquarters Northeast Air Command at Pepperrell Air Force Base, St. Johns, Newfoundland and with Headquarters Eighth Air Force at Westover Air Force Base, Mass. After combat crew training, he was a pilot on KC-135 jet tankers with the 99th Air Refueling Squadron, Westover Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command unit.

While a staff civil engineer at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

LCol. Nelson was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service while engaged in military operations against Viet Cong forces. LCol. Nelson held a Master's degree from Oklahoma State University.

Survivors include his widow Myrna and children Elizabeth and William Jr. of 1013 Hazelnut, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Ca. 93437, and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Nelson of 710 Wiswall Place, Sioux Falls, S. D. 57105.

HAROLD LESTER M O O N E Y JR. ' 5 7

LCdr. Harold L. Mooney Jr., USN, died on 4 Aug. as a result of the Navy C-47 aircraft crash in the Andes, which also took the life of his wife Shelby P. Mooney.

Born in New York City, LCdr. Mooney enlisted in the Navy and served three years prior to entering the Naval Academy; he was graduated in June 1957. He assisted in the indoctrination of the class of 1961 at the Academy before duty in the USS JARVIS and a tour at the Naval Electronics Laboratory in San Diego. After attending the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey from 1961 to 1964, he received a Master's degree in engineering electronics. During this period he also was selected as an engineering duty officer. LCdr. Mooney served at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in the Production 53

Department and attended the Defense Language Institute. In Sept. 1968 he reported to the U. S. Military Group, Navy Section in Talcahuano, Chile.

Survivors include a daughter Sharon and two sons David and Douglas; his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mooney Sr. and a brother Peter of 38 Hamilton Lane, Darien, Ct. 06820.

ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS In the interest of timely chapter reporting, chapter secretaries are requested to forward their material with as little delay as possible. Copy received after the 15th of the month misses the issue then in preparation and may not reach the reader until two months or more later.

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The chapter met at Alumni House on 8 Oct. with Pres. Capt. Thomas E. Jackson, USN '47, presiding. Approximately 37 memWILLIAM LEE COVINGTON ' 6 5 bers were present at the business meeting Lt. William L. Covington, (CEC) U S N , and 25 wives and guests joined the group first reported as missing as the result of a for the program. helicopter crash near Chu Lai, South VietThe guest speaker for the evening was nam, on 7 Jan. 1969, has since been deter- Capt. Kenneth G. Haynes, USN, the Direcmined dead. Services were held in the Dar- tor of Recruitment and Candidate Guidance lington School Chapel of Rome, followed by of the Naval Academy. Capt. Haynes preinterment in Myrtle Hill Cemetery, with full sented the organization and goals of his remilitary honors. cruiting and candidate guidance office. He explained the regional division of duties of his assistants and how they coordinated the efforts of the Blue and Gold officers across the country. An excellent set of color slides was shown which depicts life at the Academy and explains entrance procedures and a premier showing of a newly produced television commercial aimed at prospective midshipmen was enthusiastically viewed.

The chapter meets on the second Wednesday of every month and an invitation is extended to all alumni, their wives, families and guests to join in the meetings and programs. For additional information, contact secretary Cdr. John J. Branson Jr., USN '50, 215 Winchester Rd., Annapolis, Md. 21401.

William Lee Covington '65

Born in Rome, Lt. Covington was a member of the Ninth Company at the Naval Academy and of the varsity swimming team, president of the Academy Antiphonal Choir, and had a foreign exchange cruise with the Danish Navy before he was graduated in June 1965. A member of the Civil Engineer Corps, he had a tour of duty at the Naval Shipyard at Norfolk, Va., and in 1968 received a Master's degree in civil engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Stationed in Vietnam since Oct. 1968, Lt. Covington served as liaison officer for four Seabee Battalions with the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, based at Da Nang.

Among other awards, Lt. Covington held the Navy Commendation Medal with combat "V" and the Purple Heart.

A registered professional engineer and land surveyor, Lt. Covington was a member of the (Georgia Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

He is survived by his widow Charlotte and daughter Kellie Anne of Bell's Ferry Rd., Rt. #2, Rome, Ga. 30161; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Dean Covington of 230 West Lakeshore Dr., Rome, Ga. 30161, four brothers and a sister.

KENNETH DEAN NORTON '67

Lt.(jg) Kenneth D. Norton, U S N , was killed in action 7 Oct. when the boat he was in was ambushed on the Troung Yang, South Vietnam.

L t ( j g ) Norton was born in Hutchinson, Kan., and attended Columbian Preparatory School before he entered the Naval Academy. A member of the Ninth Company at the Academy, he was graduated in June 1967 and reported to the U S S BROWNSON. Sta-

tioned in Vietnam, Lt. (jg) Norton was attached to Coastal Division 12 at the time of his death.

Survivors include his parents, Cdr. Leroy G. Norton, U S N (Ret.), and Mrs. Norton of Box 306, Lady Lake, Fl. 32659.

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BAtr/MORE A larger membership in the Baltimore chapter would create a stronger and more effective organization. If you are interested in becoming an active member, contact the secretary RAdm. William T. Doyle, U S N (Ret.) '30, 8615 Midi Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21234.

BOSTON The new year opened with the 9 Sept. luncheon at the Officers' Club, Charleston, Naval Shipyard. RAdm. J. C. Wylie, U S N '32, Commandant, First Naval District provided his barge for a harbor cruise.

Following the Boston College-Navy game on 27 Sept, a cocktail party and reception was held at the Officers' Club, Hanscom Field. Among attendees were RAdm. James F. Calvert USN, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and Mrs. Calvert, and the Color Company which represented the Brigade at the game.

At the luncheon held on 14 Oct. in the Officers' Club, Charleston Naval Shipyard, guest speakers Capt. Benjamin M. Perles, USNR, LCdr. Robert A. Benson, USNR, and G. Gilbert Tallau '56 discussed the Blue and Gold Program, scholastic improvements and recent changes at the Academy.

A television get-together with the West Point group was scheduled for 29 Nov. B\d??J\lO The first meeting of the season was held on 18 Sept. at the Williamsville Inn. A great deal of business was conducted and activities for the coming year were planned, including an Army-Navy game party.

A dinner meeting was held at the Williamsville Inn on 16 Oct. LCdr. William Tranchell, USNR, area Blue and Gold officer, presented slides, films, and information about the Naval Academy today.

For information concerning the chapter, contact chapter president Mr. Craig L. Thrasher, 1021 Mill Rd., East Aurora, N. Y. 14052.

CHICAGO The first monthly meeting of the season was held on 3 Oct. at the Naval Armory.

The year's activities were revealed and promise to be lively and interesting. Members attending were: Charles Silsbee '25, Harry Quast '28, Red Morse '29, Jack and Lolly Bailey '44, Orrie and Maggie Crepeau '44, Roy and Sally Sandquist '44, Bob McCarthy '45, Walt and Betty Rose '45, Fran and Irene Scheahen '45, Tom McCook '46, Doug Nankervis '46, Sy and Barbara Grumpier '47, Jack and Joan Oberrieder '48A, Mike and Shirley Berngard '49, Chuck Prieb '53, Jim and Jo Ann Gillman '56, Wayne and Carol Lockwood '59, John Vance '59, and Ken and Mary Lou Lebrun '66.

The chapter was scheduled to host the West Pointers at an Army-Navy luncheon on 29 Nov. at the Armory. The next monthly dinner meeting will be held on 9 Jan. For details contact Walt Rose. 2525 Haltzell St., Evanston, II. 60201.

COLUAdBUS The chapter officers for the 1969-1970 year are: Pres., V. R. Hancock '50; Vice Pres., G. C. Shropshire '45, Sec'y, D. B. Hauser '51, and Treas., L. D. Lang '49. Members of the Board of Directors a r e : N. B. Livingston '42, R. T. McDaniel '24, C. E. McCombs '30 and R. F. Egnor '3^. A luncheon and watch "Navy beat Army" was scheduled for 29 Nov. and the annual party for midshipmen was planned for 28 Dec. The 1969-1970 year was opened with a luncheon meeting on 2 Oct. Guest speaker Jack Spittler, past president of the Columbus Council of the Navy League, discussed the Council which was runner-up for Council of the Year. He covered the Council's activities and its services to the national government, the Navy, the local community and the Armed Forces. He added that all Naval Academy alumni are invited to join the Navy League.

Those attending were: R. Allsman '51, D. Burbick '64, C. Clements '46, W. Dobbs '32, R. Egnor '36, G. Gardes '42, R. Hadden '47, W. Hamilton '60, V. Hancock '50, D. Hauser '51, R. McDaniel '24, C. O'Brien '43, F. Rapp '51, G. Rogers '39, H. Shacklett '49 and G. Shropshire '45.

CORONADO Guest speaker Dr. Dill, an oceanographic scientist, discussed his work with the Navy Undersea Warfare Research and Development Center in San Diego at the chapter meeting held in September.

Attending were Rosania '44, Boileau '26, Clark '39, Robbins '34, Coye '33, Surman '51, Kinert '30, Arnold '44, Smiley '23, Allen '30, Hedding '24, Hurst '24, Newton '30, Hartman '20, Connelly '23, Gillespie '12, Callahan '26, Foster '26, Hill '31, Dowden '25, Kiland '17, Newman '30, Ellis '22, Baughman '07, Haugen '25, Rankin '37, Ramsey '27, Abbett '07, Woods '23, Huffman '22, Long '25, Zimanski '38, Burroughs '24, Acuff '33, Malanaphy '22, Dorsey '22, Foster '31, Col. Fisk, USA, Pastor Gaylor of the Coronado Presbyterian Church, Asserson '26, Isgrig '20, Stroop '26 and his son Pat Stroop '69, Cairnes '69, White '69, Ward '23, Anderson '23, Stan Legro '59, Pray '33, Leeman '34, Heilig '31, Briggs '25, Armstrong '64, Fitzhugh Lee '26 and Ogle '38.

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NEW YORK The 1969-1970 series of luncheons had a resounding kickoff on 16 Sept. at the Williams Club with the Hon. Robert T. Conner '42, borough president of Richmond, as a very delightful guest speaker.

Jack Pennington '44, substituting for a vacationing Dave Martineau '33, announced that the November luncheon (pregame talk

by Rip Miller) would be a joint venture with our friends from the USMA Association of New York being invited.

Bob Conner made it quite clear that we all have a moral and civic obligation to get involved politically. Get to know the issues and how different political figures stand on them, then pursue your beliefs. Channel your requests and appeals to the responsible people. Bob's talk, tempered with excellent humor, was followed by a question period.

If members in the New York area have not been receiving New York chapter correspondence, it could be that you have not been included on our new mailing list. Contact Howard Berkowitz '59 at 201-653-5349.

ORLANDO Chapter president Bob Coleman '51 convened the first luncheon meeting for the new season at the Orlando Naval Training Center Officers' Club on 12 Sept. Most meetings for the coming year are scheduled to be luncheons at the Club on the second Friday of each month. The general pattern will be to alternate between a stag luncheon one month, and a luncheon with the ladies the next month. The chapter also planned to host the local West Pointers at the 1969 Army-Navy game get-together held at the Club.

At the 17 Oct. meeting with ladies in attendance, Capt. Enders Huey '41, Commander Naval Training Center, hosted the group at the Recruit Training Command graduation review and at the cake-cutting ceremony. Luncheon at the Officers' Club followed the graduation festivities.

The Orlando chapter is working with their local member of Congress, Lou Frey, in bringing the Naval Academy story to yoimg men in the area. Congressman Frey, incidentally, is a naval aviator: LCdr. Frey, USNR.

PENINSULA The Los Altos Golf and Country Club was the locale for a well attended and enjoyable dinner-dance on 22 Sept., held in honor of chapter president Joe Robbins '30 and his wife Mary Ann. The Robbinses were leaving California to resume residence in Nashville, Tenn., where Joe plans to hang

his barrister's shingle. The affair was highlighted by the presence of RAdm. Charlie Minter '37 and his lovely wife Mary.

Attendees included: Nick and Gipsy Coulter '21, Cecil and Evelyn Gill '25, Chet and Charley Smith '25, Ted and Mary Frederick '26, Paul and Helen Watson '26, Hugh and Betty Webster '26, Moon and Alyce Mullen '28, Joe and Mary Ann Robbins '30, Doc and Gertrude Strohbehn '30, Mervin and Patsy Halstead '30, Sam and Sylvia Lief '31, Paul and Ruth Schoeni '31, Bob and Mary Denig '32, Dick and Fran Bly '34, Hap and Sonia Deakin '34, Earl and Glenn Logsdon '34, Bob and Marian Paton '34, Jack and (Thiara Parker '34, Nick and Margot Doukas '35, Bud and Sally Gruner '35, Frank and Mary Lou Wheeler '35, Frank and Marguerite Menefee '37, Charlie and Mary Minter '37, John and Marilyn Bowers '38, Dave and Jane Harris '38, Jim and Betty Tinling '38, John and Margaret Blackburn '39, Tex and Maria Harris '39, Chuck and Muriel Jenkins '39, Bob Lawrence '39, Bill and Margaret Wills '39, Ginny Dinsmuir '39, Cliff and Cissy Bundy '40, Harvey and Florence Smith '40, Red and Colette Dreyer '41, Eve and Marian Malcolm '41, Chuck and Mary Merdinger '41, Vic and Dodie Rowney '41, and Martin and Lette Snead '45.

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Col. Walt Flint, USAF, provided the chapter with accounts of Apollo 10 and 11 with slides and movies at the 16 Oct. dinner meeting held at the Philadelphia Navy Base Officers' Club. Members and their ladies enjoyed Col. Flint's fascinating presentation.

The annual West Point Society/USNA alumni dinner-dance was scheduled for 21 Nov. at the Philadelphia Navy Base Officers' Club.

The first husband and wife function scheduled for the new fiscal year took place on 1 Oct. at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz (Zlub (chapter headquarters). The club provided very attractive decorations and an excellent dinner.

The 70 old/young sea dogs and their comely brides attending, all arose to toast the blushing bridal couple, John and Barbara Falge '12, who were celebrating their 51st anniversary. The second salvo was in the name of Al Becker who was celebrating his 71st birthday that evening.

Mr. Dexter D. MacBride, A.S.A., principal right of way agent for the California State Highways, gave an interesting talk on the subject of "Serendipity." The talk was so spellbinding that the punch line came to the accompaniment of the Santa Rosa "rocking-chaired" earthquake.

Chapter president Heinie Armstrong announced that Gordie Ehrman '48 again "volunteered" to head the membership drive, Dave Todd '28 will head the telephone committee, and Bill Walker '40 will again serve as the chapter combined services representative for the annual sponsored cadet-midshipman Christmas dinner-dance.

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PHILADELPHIA

The 6 Oct. luncheon was held at the Bull and Bear Club, Richmond. Those attending were: D. T. Baskett '23, C. E. Bennett '49, J. M. Cabanillas '24, D. Chain '60, H. Ethridge '27, F. Gambke '51, J. Gammon '43, R. O. Oakes '59, W. A. O'Flaherty '49, H. Snively '59, E. J. Taylor '44, W. C. Wickham '09, R. I. Williams '50, H. Dietz '50, and J. Royer '57. The following guests also attended: Adm. H. J. Wuensch '29, U. S. Coast Guard Academy; Mr. J. D. Roberts, head football coach, Richmond Roadrunners; Col. Carson, president, Richard Bland College, and Lynn Chewning 'SO. Of interest is the fact that the entire coaching staff of the Richmond Roadrunners has a connection with the Naval Academy.

Head coach Roberts served under Navy

Richmond Chapter outing at Hickory Hill, 7 September D E C E M B E R ,

coach Hardin; both Harry Dietz and Jim Royer are Academy alumni, and Lynn Chewning was a hero of the '46 Army-Navy classic which was recently written up in Sport magazine. The Roadrunners team is a farm club for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. All alumni in the area are welcome to our meetings which take place on the first Monday of each month. Contact chapter secretary Frederick C. Gambke, 103 Wilkinson Rd., Richmond, Va. 23227, for additional information.

About 100 alumni were present to hear guest speaker Bo Coppedge, Director of Athletics at USNA, at the 15 Oct. meeting held at the Army-Navy Town Club. While the class of '05 was the eldest represented and '62 the youngest, five classes were tied for the most populous class present.

Bo discussed the necessary elements to field a successful football team today. He listed the important ingredients as first, the schedule—made out many years in advance and not easily altered. It was his opinion that Navy should play the top teams in the country, but at the same time he was attempting to schedule both Pennsylvania and Princeton in future years. The importance of large crowds is essential as football receipts finance the entire U S N A athletic program. The second ingredient, coaching—in his opinion, more than adequate at the present time. He expressed his confidence in Rick Forzano both in coaching the team and in working with the team members on and off the field. The third ingredient, talent —in his opinion, the Naval Academy is not getting its fair share in the competitive market of today. He spelled out the minimum physical characteristics of the various positions in both size and speed. He implored every alumnus to take an active part in recruiting candidates to the Academy and mentioned the steps that would be taken by his staff to follow up any recommendations. Bo added he believed there were different factors for various individuals quitting the team this year including the reason that some of them just did not want to play football.

To have a winning football team with a tough schedule, alumni must assist in recruiting good candidates of the proper physical, mental and moral characteristics.

55

THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC. BALANCE SHEET As of June 30, 1969 Current Atteti: Cash—Schedule A-1 Accounts Receivable—SHIPMATE Alumni House Inventories Loans to Employees

Condensed Comparative Balance Sheets As of June 30, 1968 and June 30, 1969

ASSETS $ 61,405.31 3,302.52 9,271.30 20,858.14 170.00

Total Current Assets

Aaaeta: Current Assets Capital Assets—Net Other Assets Total Assets

$ 95,007.27

Capital Asaeta: Buildings Office Furn. & Fixt Clubroom Furn. & Fixt Alumni House Furn. & Fixt Equipment—College Ave. House Land

Coat Book Vdtne Depr. Res. $195,748.44 t 85,255.24 (110,493.20 31,128.43 6,537.42 24,591.01 15,154,58 1,693.74 13,460.84 41,860.05 33,704.25 8,155.80 680.00 680.00 29,030.48 291630.48

Total Capital Assets

$313,601.98

Other Aaaeta: Cash—Endowment Fund: Annapolis Banking & Trust Co Savings Bank of Baltunore Provident Savings Bank

$157,691.34

Liabilitiea: Current Liabilities Deferred Income

Securities—Endowment Fund (Market Value $271,754.82*)...

Prepaid Expenses

Total Liabilities

$520,172,83 $472,690,21

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$12,347.04 86,505.50

$ 7,417,87 89,276,00

Increaae i $ 4,929.17 i $ 2,770,50 ;

$ 98,852,54

$ 96,693,87

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$148,332,67 $144,664.97

1 3,667.70 ?

Endowment Fund Surplus $20,338.92 242,443.94 6,472.06

272,987.62

231,331.37

41,656,25 j

Total Net Worth

$421,320.29

$375,996.34

Total Liabilities and Net Worth

$520,172,83

$472,690.21 $52,621.19

$52,621.19!

269,254.92

Total Assets

$520,172.83

Current LiahHitiea: UABIUTIES AND NET WORTH Accounts Payable Accrued Payroll Taxes—Current Deferred Contributions—Schedule A-1

$

Statement

3,216.65 4,045.29 5,085.10

Total Current Liabilities

For fiscal year

$ 12,347.04

Deferred Income: Prepaid Dues—National Association

$ 36,919.31 46,218.19 3,033.00 335.00

SHIPMATE

Later Years Prepaid Advertising Total Deferred Income

6,505.50

Net Worth: General Fund Surplus-June 30, 1969—Schedule A-1 Endowment Fund Surplus—June 30, 1969—Schedule A-1.

Commission—Advertismg...

Recorda $ 6,110.29

Shipmate $ 3,614.85

Mechanical and Mailing: Printing, Paper, etc Postage,etc

$73,179.86 $15,756.15 7,651.01 1,856.25

$57,423.71 5,794.76

$80,830.87 $17,612.40

$63,218.47

Total

$520,172.83

Food Chinaware

*A11 stocks at market value. Bonds not traded at cost in the amount of $61,603.50. Bonds traded included at fair market value, which was 11.78% below cost.

Total.

For fiscal year ended June 30, 1969

Total Bonds

Coat 5 4 &% 6}^ 5J^ 5 5% 4)^ 1% 6}^ iH 6

CV 92 CV 92 CV 93 92 CV 92 CV 92 CV 03 91 94 87 CV 92 92

$10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00

$11,525.00 10,825.00 10,000.00 10,096.00 5,062.50 10,350.00 10,082.50 5,475,00 5,112.50 10,000.00 5,037.50 9,900,00 $103,466.00

Addressograph-Multigraph American Cyanamid American Electric Power Columbia Pictures Dow Chemical First Pennsylvania Corp General Foods General Motors General Telephone and Electronics Gulf Oil Holiday Inns of America Houston Light & Power Keller Industries Masonite J. C. Penny PPG Industries Quaker Oats Standard ttl of New Jersey Transamerica Corp Xerox Total Common Stocks Total Securities

Alumni Houae

National ] Aaaociation ]

oat of Gooda Sold:

Total Liabilities and Net Worth

Preferred Stoctea: 100 Atlantic Richfield CV 3

ended June 30, 1969

Total $ 9,725.14

421,320.29

Seeurtiea: Quantity: Security Banda: 1 Citizens & Southern National Bank 1 Consolidated Electronics 1 Girard Trust 1 Lone Star Gas 1 Revere Copper & Brass 1 SkilCorp 1 Southwestern Bell 5 Stauffer Chemical 1 SybronCorp 1 Tenneco 1 United Aircraft 2 Wickes Corp

of Expenses

$148,332.67 272,987.62

Total Net Worth

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155,910.64

Total Other Assets

Common Stoeka: 100 200 100 100 200 100 100 100 200 216 200 100 100 100 200 100 100 300 204 75

June SO, June SO, 1969 1968 Increaae Deereaae $ 95,007.27 $ 84,842.94 $10,164.33 155,910.64 158,278.71 $ 2,368.07 269,254.92 229,568.56 39,686.36

Deereaae

Net Worth: General Fund Surplus $ 19,353.41 360.25 625.26

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$

6,720.68 5,931.03 3,699.81 4,277.69 13,248.76 5,575.00 8,872.83 6,994,62 8,454,88 2,390.21 6,532.99 4,516.38 6,157.61 6,120.08 9,473.43 4,189.75 4,466,13 10,305.98 6,985,30 6,993,75

Other Clubroom Coata: Bartenders' Salaries.

Hostess' Salary Supplies Miscellaneous Licenses & Taxes....

Total.

$ 18,152.95 27,140,15 2,293,18 8,005.17 1,474.35 2.079.59

$18,152.95 27,140.15 2,293.18 8,006.17 1,474.35 2,079.59

$59,146.39

$59,146.33

$11,658.50 6,197.00 331,94 2,070,54 2,489,96

$11,658.50 6,197.00 331.94 2,070.54 2,489.96

$22,747.94

$22,747.94

General and Adminittratiw Expenaea: Officer's Salaries: (Fitzgerald, Derickson, Teel) $28,400,16 $9,465,77 $ 9,465,77 $ 4,734.31 $ 4,734.31 OfficeSalaries 52,324,82 19,865.13 19,865.12 1,774.67 10,819.90 Professional Fees 850,00 566.67 283.33 Rent 18,641.74 1,584,55 1,584,55 ' '4,'666!43 10,812.21 Postage & Express 1,769.94 530.98 707.98 530.98 Stationery & Supplies 5,304.60 1,326,15 2,652,30 1,326.15 Telephone & Telegraph 1,966.07 491.52 983.03 491.52 PayroUTaxes 3,774.71 1,132.41 1,132.42 603.95 905.93 Insurance 1,513.33 504.44 504.44 252.22 252.23 Computer Operation 8,787.56 3,515.02 3,515.02 1,757.52 Total

$123,332.93 $38,982.64

National Aaaociation Expenaea: Rental Expense: College Ave King George St Total.

Travel Dues, Subscriptions & Contributions Stationery Postage Miscellaneous Contributions Request: Expense

1,016.27 1,579.77

$40,693.96

$12,025.58

$31,630,75

$ 1,016.27 1,579.77

$ 2,596.04

$2,596.04

$ 1,986.22

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$ 8,091.45 1,394.84 4,619.51 4,891.56

8,091.45 1,394,84 4,619,51 4,891.56 5,981.95

5,981.95

$131,906.91

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$24,979.31

$24,979.31

$242,443.94

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$325,344,84

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