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WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY RECORDS 1938-1939 LEXINGTON, MISSOURI ROSTER HATTALIOM STAFF Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Cadet Sergeants Pattie, James Q. Sogard, Jefferson D. Hartzell, Connett F. Cadet Major Cadet Warrant Officer Lawrence, Robert L. Rayl, John A. Jackson, William C. ROSTER EOMPAIVY "A" Cadet Captains Parrott, John C. Johnson, Clifford C. McCormick, James W. Kemp, Miles Robinson, Robert H. Stoll, Albert E. Kilpatrick, Paul H. Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Cadet Privates, 1st Class Luby, Joseph M. Owens, Willis T. Cobb, William W. Manley, James T. Cadet 1st Sergeant Jacobson, Arthur J. McFarland, Donald M. Powers, W. Neal, Jr. Sellers, Howard E. Minnich, Arthur G. Cadet Privates Mooney, Robert H. Cadet Sergeants Adair, Sylvester S. Mueller, Walter K. Ford, Ralph F. Bates, William H. McDonald, Claude D. Gist, James L. Bourgeois, Lawrence R. McDonald, John S. Jones, Carlton R. Brewster, John E. Nelson, Robert G. Stier, George W. Carmean, Thomas A. Neubert, Ralph L Winters, Kenneth J. Carthey, Richard S. Noll, Russell S. Cadet Corporals Case, Charles R., Jr. Park, Clare C. Abbey, William A. Dishongh, Evans L. Schwab, Fred G. Anderson, Kenneth R. Dugan, Charles C. Smith, Harvey D. Kilpatrick, William J. Fach, Marion C. Stewart, Thomas G. McCrory, Thomas M. Frazler, Paul W. Trimble, Fred F. Munn, Robert D. Grantham, Vernon VanCleve, Howard D. Orman, Travis A. Harkey, Rosco L., Jr. Vogt, George P. ROSTER EOMPANY R" Cadet Captains Engel, Lawson S. Kinnebrew, Kenneth Timpte, Carroll C. S9 Wilcoxon, Newell T. Frederickson, John C. Rayl, John A. Gill, Hugh W. Cadet Privates, 1st Class Cadet 1st Lieutenants Hamlin, Charles E. Ice, hiarry L. Bailey, Donald M. Heffelfinger, Hugo W. Sherman, Daniel W. Forsythe, Henry K. Hix, Ivan E., Jr. Foster, Charles J. Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Holliday, Mark G. Ruff, Robert M. LaVelle, Harper F. Jackson, Frank Moriey, Bill M. r SSt-,*: slf* -'a"' * *-^' "*»£#'--«,• I' Cadet 1st Sergeants Krieg, Carl F. Payton, Eugene M. Abowitz, Maurice Messmore, Frederick B. Schawb, Maurice J. Meyers, Philip J. l,« .-'% i> Creek, Robert V. Shelby, Richard K. Neff, Richmond C. Cadet Sergeants Taylor, Donald S. Pate, Keith W. Childs, Marvin E. Todd, Jack H. Price, Eldridge S. hHammer, Oliver W. Wortham, Clinton D. Ramsdell, Jack A. hlonig, Robert D. Cadet Privates Randolph, William C. LeMasters, Jack G. Barnett, Emil R. Ruff, Marcel M. Noah, Brooks C. Barbour, Andrew M. Smith, Alonzo W. Cadet Corporals Clark, Robert L. Smith, Henry K. Barnett, Stanley J. Cox, Vance D. Thornton, Joseph R. Ford, Ray Creek, Donald W. Tillotson, Jack Parks, Joseph R. Doty, Paul L. White, Robert O. eterson, Raymond Eads, James R. Winters, Dwight V. ROSTER EOMPAIVY "E" Cadet Captains Cadet Privates, 1st Class Goodenow, Fred I. Strenger, Donald S. Amos, George W. Griffin, Charles L. Lutman, Charles W. Brenneman, Edward G. Halvorson, Earl M. Cadet 2nd Lieutenants f Cowger, John P. Harrell, Hosey M. Allen, Lewis L. Crowson, Robert E. Hockaday, Robert G. Smith, Earle hi. Miller, Jack Marmet, Duane L. Acting 1st Sergeant Nathan, James L. Marshall, Ralph B. Allen, William R. Turner, Robert W. Merillat, Jack J. Cadet Sergeants Price, Alvin A. Cook, James M. Cadet Privates Pultz, Robert J. Greaves, John A. Bishop, Jack B. Saks, Bill W. Gustafson, Donald H. Brenneman, William R. Schnacke, Philip H. Miller, Boyd A. Brent, Stuart Scott, Charles E. Koehler, George R, Chubb, William W. Shroeder, John W. Cooper, Jack L. Cadet Corporals Taffe, Gilbert F. Elson, Harris W. Davison, David A. West, Charles O. Dominick, Robert J. Graham, Ward E. Willhardt, Fred H. Duncan, Steven C. LaRocca, Salvatore J. Wilson, Charles E. Merdinger, Bee J. Dunaway, Thomas E. Wilson, Noah W. Runge, Bill M. Eberts, Winton B. Wilson, Richard W. Sponsler, Lewis B. Euler, Roland A. Wind, William J. Woods, Ernest E. Gibson, Shaw ROSTER RAIVO Cadet 1st Lieutenant Cadet Privates, 1st Class Graff, Joseph H. May, William hi. Beauman, Ben F. Hartman, Marcellus T. Cadet 1st Sergeant Kraft, Warren C. Hyten, Dale B. May, Stanley R. Metcalf, James M. Jenson, Lyie M. Cadet Privates Kruse, Wallace D. Cadet Sergeants Anderson, Philip J. Manning, Dean C. Barnett, Woodson W. Anderson, Robert A. McClelland, James J. Cox, Morris B. Bradbury, George, Jr. Medici, Howard R., Jr. hHallett, Joseph R. Buis, Dale R. Mosher, Hugh R. hHanssen, Henry R. Colquitt, John C, Jr. Perreten, Robert F. Cadet Corporals Condron, Max H. VanDoran, Robert M. Doyle, Harold W. Danley, Dale B. Wagner, Barrett D. McKirahan, Ralph W. Dungan, Charles C. Wilson, Willard B. Rex, Eugene B. Ferrara, Frank V. Winton, Woodrow W. -^^^^i^m^vrm'^.'y-^^'^^f-^ HIGH LIGHTS DF 1938-39 Taken from the diary of John J. Cadei. September 6: I arrived today with the rest of the gang for a week of Our college debate team is having a four round tournament today. I football practice. It is great to see a lot of the old boys again. haven't as yet heard the boys in action but I understand that they are real talkers. September 12: The old muscles are feeling much better now than they did last week. I moved to my permanent room and today the campus is November 24: Are we high today? We trounced Kemper and was it astir with the arrival of the new cadets. Thank goodness, I do not have to sweet revenge for last year? I bet as long as I live I will never forget the take all those physiological tests as I did last year. thrill of those two touchdowns by Bourgeois and Ice. I will be able to dance at the Home Coming party tonight in spite of a couple of bruises. The September 14: The whole corps is here now and Major Reed has ap whole school went crazy today and everybody agrees that this season has pointed only the commanders of the different units. There will be a lot of been a success. competition for the offices. I am going to do my best to get a sergeancy. December 3: Things have been pretty quiet this week and I hardly September 23: Boy! Did Rockhurst give us a trimming tonight in foot know what to do with all my time since football season is over. I finally ball! The high school team did much better at home though, got three chevrons on my sleeve which isn't so bad and my letters from home will in the future be addressed Sergeant. Tonight the Duchess and September 26: Mary McCormic, who gave up such a bang-up concert Henry Hanssen's mother are giving a dinner over at the hospital for the last year and who was made an hlonorary Colonel, arrived for a second football squad and next week we have another party scheduled to be performance, hier kid accompanist almost stole the show. given by N. T. Wilcoxon's folks out at the country club. Delicious as those meals will be, nothing can ever be quite as sweet as the taste of that September 30: We got another trimming by Graceland College up in Kemper victory, though. Iowa. In spite of these set-backs the spirit of the squad is tops and I never I haven't decided yet whether I know enough about basketball to go was with a better bunch. Coach Ungles, in spite of his disappointment out for the squad but maybe I will take a whirl at it anyway. over our showing, still is always ready to give us a break. He is one prince. The high school team seems to be having better luck as I understand they December 15: I warmed the bench tonight while the team was playing won up at Buckner. St. Joe. A pretty good game, too. Last night was our Christmas dinner and we all have the itchy foot so October 7: The military work has been going in high gear and I have much that we can hardly wait for tomorrow to come when we will head had the chance to act as guide and squad leader. Maybe I can yet make home for the holidays. that sergeancy. In football our teams came out on the short end this week. That big Missouri Valley outfit took us and the School for the Deaf down January 3: Back at Wentworth after a real holiday. It sure takes a long at Fulton did the same for our high school team. One of these days we time to recover from a vacation. It will be tough to get up early in the are going to show what we can do though. morning again after the folks let me sleep until noon while I was at home. October 13: At chapel today I was lucky enough to be with the bunch January 13: Well, we have gotten back into the swing of things again. receiving the Honor Society award. Our chaplain, John Lindsay, has shown A basketball game once or twice a week and dancing classes. There is up to be not only a peach of a guy but one who is able to talk in language plenty of variety to our activities. The rifle team is working out every day we can understand. He always has something appropriate for the occasion and the fellow next door who is on the debating team tells me that Cap as he did today. tain Buck is putting them through their paces every spare minute. If I could talk on my feet at all I would certainly like to have an opportunity of October 21: My roommate tells me that the band made quite a hit at working out under him. the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City last Wednesday.