Ray Anthony to Play at Final Ball SMA Host to Nation's Number Onedanceband Ray Anthony's Top Dance Band Will Play at the Graduation Ball on May 28, in the Large Gym
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llM»PHATtONAl Ihe Kablearatn Vol. 37 Staunton Military Academy, Kable Station, Staunton, Virginia, Friday, April 30, 1954 No. 10 Ray Anthony To Play At Final Ball SMA Host To Nation's Number OneDanceBand Ray Anthony's top dance band will play at the graduation ball on May 28, in the large gym. Featured with the band will be vocalist Tommy Mercer, Marcie Miller, the Skyliners, the Anthony Choir, and Brother Lee Roy on the baritone sax. Ray Anthony's band is hailed today as the number one dance band in the nation and is especially popular with the campus crowd. Each year he plays for an average of one hundred major college proms in addition to appearing at theaters and other locations from.coast to coast. He is a top- seller on Capital records and has made a few movies. Several of his best selling records were his own compositions. Among these were "Sky Coach," "Mr. Anthony's Blues," "Mr. Anthony's Boogie," "All Anthony and no Cleopatra," and "Lackawanna -Lo- cal." His most popular interpreta- tions of favorite standards include "Harlem Nocturne," "I'll See You Representatives from LIFE Magazine. From left to right: Leonard McCombe, photographer; Bayard in My Dreams," "Tenderly," and Hooper, reporter; and Col. Dey. "Stardust." Ray's albums, "Cam- pus Rumpus" and "I Remember Glenn Miller," have met with great Bier, Gartner Win popularity among the cadets as they SMA Chosen To Represent Ray Anthony have throughout the nation. Ray Anthony was born 29 years InSpeechAssembly Four Delegates ago in Bentleyville, Pa., near Pitts- American Military Schools burg. His first band job was with Represent SMA At Al Donahue, and he later played On April 14th a cadet speech as- with Jimmy Dorsey and the late sembly was held in which Head- SIP A Conference Glenn Miller. He left the Miller In Life Magazine Article quarters and Staff, and the Band (Continued on Page 4) G. I. week assumed additional participated. Four delegates from Staunton importance to the Academy through Cadet Lt. Colonel Robert Ed- Military Academy are attending the a week's presence of representatives Spring Formal wards of the Staff led the speakers 25th annual convention of the from LIFE Magazine. LIFE's Southern Interscholastic Press As- Helps To Ease with "What is Leadership?" "H- staff was here to gather material sociation at Washington and Lee and background, both pictorial and G. I. Tension Bomb Blues" was given by Cadet University, Va., which is in session factual, for an article on S. M. A. Captain Robert L. Steele. 1st Lt. today and tomorrow. as a typical military school. The The Kablegram, SMA's news- At last the long awaited Gov- Stephan J. Bier's speech was, "Be- article is to be one in a series ap- paper, has been entered in the ernment Inspection was over. An yond Tolerance." Cadet Master- pearing in that magazine depicting S.I.P.A. publications contest to air of relief settled over the Corps Sergeant McLean's speech was, secondary education in the United compete for trophies which will be and the tension built up in the pre- "Indochina, Balance of the World." States. awarded each newspaper, magazine ceding week vanished. Since the Cadet Stephan J. Bier's speech was A preliminary survey last fall by and yearbook judged best in its Spring Formal fell on the same judged the best for the Staff and Miss Helen Fenncll of the Wash- contest group. Contest groups are day as Government Inspection, it Headquarters. ington office, subsequent screening, divided according to enrollment of greatly helped to release this ten- and intermittent follow-ups led to Cadet 1st Lt. Charles Day led schools entering the competitions. Staunton's selection. The visiting sion. the band with, "Opportunity." Representing SMA at the Lex- team was made up of Mr. Leonard From nine until one the "South- "Something for Nothing" was the ington meetings will be: Joseph A. McCombe, photographer, and Mr. ern Colonels", this band making speech given by 2nd Lt. Jones. Campana, editor-in-chief; Hector J. Bayard Hooper, reporter. Colonel its first appearance on the hill, Cadet First Sergeant Youngman's Cases, sports editor; Charles Mil- I Sutton, Commandant, and Captain played. The "Colonels" and their speech was, "Self-Discipline." Cadet ton, features editor, and Wayne Wood, Alumni Secretary, served as varied selection of numbers were Corporal Gartner's winning speech Pittman, reporter. Marcie Miller the Academy's official hosts. Cadets very well received by the Corps. was "Music, Popular Versus Clas- (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) sical." Annual Federal Inspection Is Held Friday, April 23 On Friday of last week after several weeks of preparation and two days of intensive cleaning and practising, SMA held its annual federal inspection. The inspectors were Lt. Col. George H. Sibbald, Infantry, of Kentucky and Lt. Col. Daniel W. Rachal, Infantry, of Louisiana. Wednesday, 21 April, was designated "D-2" and was used as a rehearsal. The G. I. schedule was followed throughout. Thurs- day, 22 April, "D-l" was clean-up day. Finishing touches were put on rooms, uniforms, and equipment. The first activity was the inspection on Kable Field at 8:30. This lasted for about two and a half hours and included not only a formal inspection in the ranks, but a test in drill involving units from squad to company size. At 11:00 the Corps went to its re- spective MS classes where they were observed while under in- struction and then questioned. After second mess, at 2:20, the Corps moved to Kable Field for parade and exercises. Throughout the day the inspection team toured the military dept. offices, the armory, rooms, and other locations on the Acad- emy. After retreat at 5 :30, the Corps relaxed on general leave and later at the Spring formal. Col. Clarke, P.M.S.&T. said there NOT OFFICERS CALL but a formal inspection at Saunton Military Academy Shown from left are Lt Col. Ritchie H. Clarke, Lt. Col. George H. Sibbald, Lt. Col. D. W. Rachal, and Col. Harrison Dey. were no deficiencies or delinquencies noted by either inspector. m THE KABLEGRAM The Kablegram Pass In Review Editorial Staff THE ROGUE'S GALLERY JOSEPH A. CAMPANA Editor-in-Chief William Haskin PETER FRONIZER, News Editor HECTOR CASES, Sports Editor "GEORGE" "DOCTOR" CHARLES MILTOX, Feature Editor MICHAEL GALL, Copy Editor alias - _ George Snyder alias Richard Silverman Cadet Captain William L. Haskin News claim to fame - captain of the claim to fame his — playing of Band Company entered SMA Edwards, Emerson, W. Pittman, Thompson, Watson, swimming team racket in A company six years ago. After an initial two Kork, A. Allen, A. Fisher racket been a captain jinx _ _ _ everything years in the junior school, he jour- for two years sentenced to UCONN neyed up on the hill and was put Features jinx „ Spanish "KEN" W. Bishop, G. Brown, Palaiolgos, Steele, Swoboda sentenced to - the Army alias Ken Chauncey "PATT" claim to fame solid grades Sports alias John Patterson racket spending drill Zwicker, Swagler, Lawrence, McKee, Chidakel claim to fame member of the at the armory color guard jinx Colonels Sutton Business Staff racket living in North and Clarke FRANKLIN CEHRS RAYMOND CULLOM jinx _ Tom Olsen sentenced to Georgia Tech Circulation Manager Advertising Manager Rowe, Murray—Mailing Clerks sentenced to civilian life "BEROLS" "GRESH" alias David Berolzeimer FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954 alias . Gresham Sackett claim to fame four year private claim to fame wearing racket wearing white socks white socks and loafers Griping racket been here five years jinx "Captain, Parimo" jinx Colonel Sutton sentenced to University of One seemingly bothersome element to be found in any or- sentenced to Babson Miami ganization, particularly a military one, is the inevitable griping. "DUTCH" "SHORTY" Since the days of Rome's legions, men have been griping when alias Donald Voorhees alias John Reed claim to fame average in M.S. claim to fame basketball told to do something. They have griped about the food, the racket _ busted toes racket knowing what the shelter, the climate, or any one of a thousand things. Yet j inx Robbie weather will be day's in griping is of use to all of us. It relieves us of pent-up tension sentenced to Camp Gordon, Ga. advance because of his and disturbances, and without it all of us would probably be "GATOR-BAIT" height in bad shape by now. It is sometimes humorous, and often alias . Bill Haskin jinx short people William Haskin claim to fame been here sentenced to Wake Forest serves as a bit of light at an otherwise gloomy time. If things six years "MIGHTY MOUSE" on "D" company rolls. Within a get easy around here for a while, we say the school is going racket „ the band alias Robert Steele few months, however, he was trans- soft. If things get a little bit rigid, we say they are trying to jinx his roommate Kaplan claim to fame on the staff ferred to the band and has since make the Academy a prison. Whatever happens at SMA, sentenced to University racket judging march ins remained in that company. From rat he worked his way up to ser- good or bad, somebody has something to say about it. of Florida jinx Edwin Brown's House "DOUG" sentenced to West Point geant, first sergeant last year, and Therefore I commend the griper — but only the one who alias Doug Hunt "TOM" finally to captain. gripes with some justification and has the sense to know how claim to fame from North alias Tom Maury Not confined to an instrument, far to carry his peeves and what their end result will be.