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Vol. 24 Staunton Military Academy, Kables, Virginia, Friday, May 30, 1941

Largest Senior Glass The Kablegram Staff—1940-1941 81st Commencement In Years Represents Exercises Will Begin 21 States, 4 Countries With Senior Banquet One Hundred And Ten Are Judge A. M. Dobie Will Speak Candidates For Diplomas To Graduating Class

The graduating class of 1941 is the The Academy's eighty-first commence- largest that Staunton has had in recent ment, at which one hundred and ten ca- years. The 110 seniors graduating this dets will graduate, will formally open to- year represent 21 states and four foreign morrow night with the Senior Class din- countries—Brazil, Canada, Cuba and ner at seven o'clock, and it will close Puerto Rico. with the final exercises next Tuesday As is the usual case, more seniors are morning in the assembly hall, where natives of Pennsylvania than of any Judge A. M. Dobie, judge of the fourth other state, 24 graduates coming from United States judicial circuit, will ad- this state alone. New York comes second dress the graduating class. with 18, and Ohio and New Jersey rank During the intervening time, both third with 10 each. Virginia is represent- seniors and the rest of the cadet corps ed by 9 seniors, West Virginia by 6, the will not only attend, but also participate District of Columbia by 4, and Connecti- in many events. cut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Michi- The Senior banquet Saturday will be gan by 2 each. Mississippi, Washington, followed by an informal dance at nine Florida, South Carolina, Maryland, o'clock. Georgia, Indiana, New Hampshire, Tex- Sunday morning at the Trinity Episco- as, North Carolina, and Kentucky have pal Church, the Rev. W. Carroll Brooke, each sent one senior. rector, will deliver the Baccalaureate ser- Of the four foreign countries which mon. Beginning at five p. m. the Spon- have contributed to the senior class, sor's Parade will take place. Puerto Rico is represented by two gradu- Monday morning the Alumni will re- ates, and Canada, Cuba, and Brazil one view the Corps, with a fifteen-minute in- apiece. Front (from left): Jewett, Hume, Wells, Pressley, White, F., Larsen. Back: Riley, T., Howard, R., Johnson, terval before the individual Competitive E., Ballentine, Howell, Moody, Steele, Gifune. Tullidge, G., not in picture. Drill. At three o'clock there will be the Band Will Present Class Day program on the Administra- Kablegram Staff Dines Judge Dobie, Finals tion building lawn, followed by a recep- Trophy To Academy Honor School Rating- tion in honor of the graduates and their At Ingleside Hotel; Given Academy Again Speaker, Is Eminent parents, alumni, and friends. Members of the Band and Drum and The final ball will be held in the North The following telegram from Bugle Corps voted to use part of their Keys Are Awarded Teacher And Jurist Barracks "gym" Monday night beginning the War Department was received first place cash prize, recently won at at nine o'clock. Bob Crosby's band will by the Superintendent Wednesday. the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival At the annual KABLEGRAM banquet held Judge Armistead M. Dobie of the furnish the music. Staunton Military Academy se- parade competition to buy a trophy. This a week ago at Ingleside Hotel, Capt. fourth United States Circuit Court of The program for finals will be found lected as an Honor Military School memento of the band's excellent show- R. E. Moody, faculty advisor for the Appeals, who will make the commence- at the bottom of this page. 1941 period. Secretary of War ex- ing at Winchester will be presented to KABLEGRAM awarded keys to members ment address next Tuesday, has had a o tends congratulations. the academy and left in the Mess Hall of the staff. Guests of honor at the ban- long and distinguished career as teacher Signed: Adams, with other S. M. A. trophies. The award quet were Colonel E. R. Warner Mc- and jurist. He holds an M.A., and an Fifteen To Graduate The Adjutant General will be over twenty-four inches in height Cabe, Superintendent, and Major J. W. L.L.B. from the University of Virginia, superimposed with a miniature drum Pence, Headmaster. Also attending were and an S. J. D.—Doctor of Juridical From Junior School major, and engraved on the base. Cadets Riley, T., and Howard, R., who Senior Class Day Orators Science—from Harvard. He practiced law The group also voted to buy individual had not been connected with the KABI.E- for several years in St. Louis and taught Graduating this June are fifteen Junior keys, and will use the remaining money I;RAM for a long enough period to earn Will Discuss The Subject, it at Virginia for twenty-two, the last School cadets'. After having spent a year for some musical need, possibly a new keys. The American Scene Today seven years as dean of its law school. He or more with the S. M. A. Junior Di- pair of cymbals, it was said. Gold keys were awarded to Cadets has taught at the summer schools of vision, they are now prepared to enter the Senior School. Wells and Pressley, co-editors-in-chief With almost three weeks' practice be- Michigan, Chicago, North Carolina, The graduating Junior Division ca- Cotillion Club Presents since September, 1939. hind them, the five Class Day speakers Kansas and Cornell. He is the author of dets are: Final Ball Monday Night Silver keys were awarded to the mem- and the senior class president will deliver a number of law books and has contribut- Baker, Harvey, P., Rye, New York; bers who had worked consistently for the their program on Monday afternoon, ed many articles to Virginia, Yale, and Barton, Norman, H., Youngstown, Ohio; Closing its activities with a flourish KABLEGRAM during the past two years. June 2. Working with them and guid- Harvard Law Reviews. For three years Dennis, Benjamin, III, Richmond, Va.; of fanfare, the Cotillion Club and its Receiving a silver key each were Cadets ing them has been Major M. M. Brice, he was legal adviser of the Conflict of de Vault, Lee, F., Philippine Islands; and faculty advisor, Lieutenant Philip I. Larsen, sports editor; I ewett and Hume, faculty adviser. Laws Section of the American Law In- Epstein, Murry, Brooklyn, New York. Clark, will throw open the doors of the assistant editors; White, F. J., advertis- The general topic of the five speakers stitute. He was on a committee appointed Farr, Everett L., Edgewater Park, N. North Barracks "gym" at nine o'clock ing Manager; Gifune, typist, and Howell, deals with The American Scene of To- by the Supreme Court to make procedure J.; Fiedler, William R., Williamsport, Monday evening and present its June reporter. day. Each orator will occupy the rostrum in Federal district courts uniform Pennsylvania; Kormas, Robert J., Cleve- Final Ball. Reigning over the dance floor To those members who had served but for a period of about eight to ten throughout the country. In 1935 he was land, Ohio; Lubin, Edward R., Dallas, will be Bob Crosby and his "Dixieland one year on the staff, bronze keys were minutes. appointed a special assistant to the At- Texas; Pritzlaff, Kipp, D., Milwaukee, Band;" the steps from the east entrance awarded. Receiving bronze keys were Cadet Pressley, class president, pre- torney General of the United States, and Wis.; and Reagan, Patrick, H., La Paz, will lead to a flower-and-fountain rock- Cadets Tullidge, assistant advertising siding over the proceedings, will deliver in 1939 was appointed judge of the Fed- Bolivia. garden, in which refreshments will be manager; Moody, circulation manager; a short introductory speech. He will then eral District of Virginia. After serving- Also Ruble, Frederick W., Denver served throughout the evening. Even Steele, reporter; Johnson, E., reporter; introduce the succeeding speakers. In only a few months on the district bench Colorado; Tullidge, Thomas H., Staun- S. M. A. cadets will find it difficult to and Ballentine, typist. chronological sequence, the speakers will he was elevated to his present position, ton, Va.; Vandersluis, Howard, J., Fort recognize the gymnasium, so decorated Before awarding the keys, Captain be Cadets Andrews, Larsen, Jewett, that of judge of the fourth United States Monroe, Va.; and Weir, Richard, A., and softly lighted will it be. Moody gave a brief resume of the ac- Moses, and Offermann. Cadet Andrews Circuit Court of Appeals. Hudson, Ohio. As a "pepper-upper" to follow the final complishments of the staff during the will discuss the subject, "One Nation Judge Dobie served as a captain of examinations, art informal dance will be year. Colonel McCabe spoke briefly of Indivisible." Cadet Larsen the topic, infantry in the World War and eventu- given in Memorial Hall on Saturday the opportunities afforded those working "Tradition in the American Way." Cadet ally was promoted to major and appoint- Re-Examinations For Fourth evening. on the school paper, and congratulated Jewett, "The Decline and Fall of Ameri- ed assistant chief of staff, G-2, 80th Di- Quarter To Be Given Tomorrow The Cotillion Club has announced it is them on the results of their efforts. can Democracy." vision. He was recommended for the (Continued on Page Two) not yet too late to purchase tickets for (Continued on Page Two) Re-examinations for the fourth quarter either dance or to procure bids and pro- Parade For Sponsors Takes will be held tomorrow morning at 9:4S. grams for the Formal. Place Sunday Afternoon PROGRAM FOR FINALS Cadets intending to take them are to in- form the officer in charge tonight before Plays At Final Ball MAY THIRTY-FIRST — JUNE THIRD, 1941 The annual Sponsor's Parade will he 7:15 o'clock. They will be required to held on Sunday afternoon, June the first. observe strict C. Q. the remainder of this evening. The following cadets and their spon- SATURDAY, MAY THIRTY-FIRST Cadets desiring more than one re-ex- sors will take part in the parade : 7:00 P. M.—Senior Class Dinner. am will make individual arrangements Cadet Lt. Col. John Sorrells, will be 9:00 P. M.—Informal Dance. with their instructors. Permits for all accompanied by Miss Mary Blakely, of SUNDAY, JUNE FIRST re-examinations must be obtained from Charlotte, N. C. Cadet Major Eugene 11:00 A. M.—Baccalaureate Sermon at the Trinity Episcopal Church by the Headmaster early tomorrow morning. Frost, with Miss Jo Anne Mitzger of The Reverend W. Carroll Brooke, Rector of Trinity o Harrisburg, Pa. Cadet Major Fitzhugh Episcopal Church, Staunton, Virginia. White with Miss Martha Hines, of Shrapnel Should Be Ready 5:00 P. M.—Dress Parade, received by Sponsors. Staunton, Va. Cadet Captain Walter Mc- For Delivery On Tuesday Ghee, with Miss Virginia Hunt of North MONDAY, JUNE SECOND Carolina. Cadet Captain Jackson Press- 10:00 A. M.—Review of Corps by Alumni. Fifteen minute interval Delivery of Shrapnel, the S. M. A. ley, with Miss Barbara Lormis of Ma- followed by Individual Competitive Drill. year-book, is planned for Tuesday, the rion, Ind. Cadet Captain Hamilton Wells, 3:00 P. M.—Class Day Exercises, followed immediately by reception day of commencement. This lateness in with Miss Betty McGrath of Frankfort, in honor of Graduating Class, Alumni and Patrons. issuing the annual, it was announced, is Ky. Cadet Captain Emory Middour, with 9:00 P. M.—Final Ball. due to delays by the engravers and print- Miss Janet Dudiey of Staunton, Va. Ca- ers. TUESDAY, JUNE THIRD det Captain Edward Packard, with Mrs. Opinions expressed by the editors arid 9:45 A. M.—Final Exercises in Gymnasium. Commencement address B. E. Packard of Montreal, Canada. Ca- the faculty adviser, Captain Godshalk, will be delivered by Judge A. M. Dobie, 4th U. S. Circuit det Captain Everett Ferguson, with Miss are that the year-book will come up to Court of Appeals and former Dean, University of Virginia Dorothy Cleveland of Staunton, Va. Ca- its usual standard in photography, print- det Lieut Stephen Early, with Miss Law School. ing, and arrangement, and that its sub- Evelyn Wagner of Washington, D. C. scribers will be well pleased with it. THE KABLEGRAM — ALUMNI EDITION THE KABLEGRAM State Prep-School Championship Baseball Team—Won 12, Lost 0; Tied 2

Published bi-weekly during the school year by the Cadets of Staunton Military Academy.

CAPT. W. H. KABLE... ..1837-1912 COL. W. G. KABLE. .1872-1920 COL. T. H. RUSSELI ..1880-1933

EDITORIAL STAFF CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Wells, W. H„ Pressley'J. Larson, J Sports Editor Jewett Associate Editor Hume Associate Editor

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BUSINESS STAFF White, J. F, and Tullidge, G. Kneeling (from left): Enck, Schmidt, Pyles, Savage, Rhodes (capt.), Jones, E., Harner, Johnson. Standing: Lt. Bair (asst. coach), Jungerheld, Advertising Mgrs. White, Kuhlow, Riker, Tanner, Dodge, Ingrham, Lucas, Jones, A. (mgr.„ Capt. Dey (coach). Moody, J. F Circulation Mgr.

FACULTY ADVISER Savage Establishes Enviable Announcements Received Of Savage Pitches S. M. A. To Capt. R. E. Moody Pitching Record As He Leads The Marriage Of Capt. Boone State Prep Championship AMERICA FIRST Team To State Championship REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY Announcements have been received of "It would help all of us to realize that Bob Savage pitched Staunton Military! National Advertising Service, Inc. All Blue and Gold supporters hail the marriage of Capt. R. R. Boone last America is a creation of people who Academy into undisputed possession of l College Publishers Representative Staunton's 1941 undefeated State base- March 22, to Miss Alice Whanger, of came here from all over the world, that 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. ball champions, and especially salute Bob the state championship last Wednesday CHICAGO - BOSTON - Los ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Hinton, W. Va. The wedding took place in a sense we are all immigrants, and on "The Hill" when the local cadets de- Savage, unparalleled mound ace. No in Greene Memorial Methodist Church, that \vc need to accept one another as Subscription price, $1.50 a year, in feated a strong Massanutten t;am five to Kableite national pastimer within the last Roanoke, Va. integral parts of this country, whether advance. three. The Kableite star was master in all , two decades has attracted the attention Mrs. Boone is active in social affairs our name happens to be Simpson, Diroc- Advertising rates upon application. except the first and eighth innings, when i "our Bob" has commanded. College in Hinton, being a member of the DAR, co, Goldberg, or Zamblaoskas ..." some shoddy play combined with four of Hinton's Woman's Club, and the Junior Entered as second-class matter October the visitors' five hits accounted for all —Louis Adatnic. .. : " Woman's Club. Captain Boone holds a 18, 1924, at the post office at Staunton, the visitors' counters. Virginia, under the Act of March 3, 1879. B.A. degree from the University of West Enrollment At Camp Virginia and an M.A. from Columbia The new undefeated champions sewed Retreat Nears Limit FRIDAY MAY 30, 1941 University. He has taught in the Hinton up the game in the fifth when they pushed across three markers on hits by' high school, Albany Academy, Albany, Enrollments and prospective registra- Jones, Johnson, Harvcll, and Pyles and N. Y.; and for the past three years in tions at Camp Detreat, cadet summer To The Seniors the help of an error. Their first run re- the English department at S. M. A. He school, are hearing the maximum set for sulted from a walk to Schmidt, fielder's holds the rank of Captain in the Officers this term, Captain Godshalk announces. And now it is here—graduation. But choice, and Ed Jones' timely safety. Reserve Corps, U. S. Army, and is in Students have been enrolled from each of a distant memory are the days of that They also scored in the second on line for promotion to Major. the four high school grades. September induction, the first classes, I'yles' walk, Savage's hit, and Harner's Camp Retreat opens on Thursday, June the "finning out," the "makes," the chill long fly to center. Many other opportu- Junior School Test Results 19, a little more than two weeks after of the winter, and even the not-too- nities were missed as the Blue and Gold Are Announced By Maj. Dodge Commencement at S. M. A. The session long-ago Government Inspection. left thirteen stranded on base. runs for six weeks, closing on the last : Some of us have learned much; some The results of the Stanford Achieve- The visitors scored in the first on day of July. Instruction is given in two have learned little. Our -success has all ment Tests given to the cadets of the three hits and two in the eighth on courses, with combined recitation and along, depended upon ourselves, upon Junior School last week have just been Ow:n's home?* and Savage's balk. supervised study for one and one-half our initiative and upon our sense of announced. Seventy-seven per cent of the Owens for the Massanutten cadets left hours daily in each. responsibility. Some of us have developed boys showed more than one year's im- his usual catching position to turn in a For the benefit of students and patrons, both our minds and our bodies; a few provement in their work while forty-two creditable performance on the mound. Captain Godshalk announces that his of us have attempted only that which per cent advanced more than one and Jackie Schmidt turned in several nice address will be Staunton, Va., until June lias been required of us. one-half year. Twenty per cent of the plays at short and his rival, Beahn, con- l.i; thereafter communications should be All of us, however, have benefitted. cadets made an outstanding record by tributed the fielding gem despite three addressed to the camp, at Henderson- Perhaps some of us do not realize it. showing an improvement of two or more errors. ville. Summer school students are re- But we have benefitted in a thousand years in school achievement. Wednesday's win was Savage's eighth minded to take all necessary texts and ways. Each of us, presenting an entirely These tests are used throughout the for the season. He brought his sensa- stationery. They should take also person- different set-up, physically and mentally, country to determine the achievement of tional strikeout record to 158 in 78 in- al athletic equipment, such as tennis has bettered himself. However, at this elementary school pupils. The progress nings by whiffing sixteen Gluntmen. rackets and fiishing tackle. period we are not even subconsciously of the boys was determined by comparing aware of a large portion of that which the results of these tests with those of a Officers of the Glass of 1941 we have gained. similar form of the same examination The real test of what S. M. A. has given last fall. given to us, and of what it has not giv- en to us, will become apparent to us Barbours Have Son and to the world in the next three or Captain and Mrs. Julian Barbour of four years. S. M. A., are receiving congratulations Bob Savage We are each the boss. What we have upon the arrival of a son, Friday, May accomplished, and what we are yet to coaches and major league scouts have 23, at King's Daughters' Hospital. accomplish, still depends solely upon us. haunted this pitching stalwart's every o Let us remember that! appearance. Judge Dobie May God help us to do our best! The cadet star has compiled "Fellerish" o records throughout the season. Final (Continued from Page 1) Literary Society Holds statistics reveal that in 87 innings Bob D.S.O., and was also decorated by the struckout 173, issued passes to 31, per- French government for distinguished Banquet, Presents Keys mitted 35 hits and had a negligible earned service. run average. These figures are reducible Judge Dobie is no stranger at Staunton. The Woodrow Wilson Literary So- to two strikeouts per inning, three bases Many members of the faculty and friends ciety banquet was held last Sunday even- on balls per nine inning game, and less of the academy in the city remember his ing at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel. than four hits per game. address at the graduation exercises here Keys were presented by Major Brice Naturally such performances brought some years ago, when he spoke on the to the following, who attended the ban- many scouts to our games. As a result, subject, "Duck Brains." Intensely inter- quet: Hume, Wells, and Jewett, receiv- S. M. A. audiences have included many esting, spiced with wit, and filled with ing gold keys; Shaw, Andrews, Mc- great names of earlier baseball days. In food for serious thought, his address on Culloh, Lobell, and Offerman receiving face of offers, considerations and ac- that occasion has stood out in the memo- silver keys; and Friedman, who received claim, Bob has remained the same poised, ries of those who heard it as one of the a bronz key. Cadet Howell, who was imperturbable individual. Indications are best commencement speeches ever de- not at the banquet, was awarded a silver that Savage will forego temporarily pro- livered here. key. fessional baseball for a college education Judge Dobie and Colonel McCabe, the Besides those members who received and we all join in wishing him continued Superintendent, were college mates at keys, Cadets Pressley, Packard, Scolio, diamond success. the University; and have been life-long Mettler, Howard, R., Dewing, Casey, o friends. Clarkson, and Donaldson attended the banquet. Senior Class Day senior class, underclassmen, and guests will rise and sing the "Blue and Gold," The society presented to Major Brice (Continued from Page 1) which will be played by the band. a mantle clock as a token of their ap- Following Cadet Jewett's address, the No cash prize is being awarded for preciation of his fine help during the class president will present Colonel Mc- the best speaker this year, as has been past year. Cabe with the senior class gift to the the custom in the past. Each speaker, After the meal was finished every academy. After a response by the Colonel however, including the class president, member was called upon for an extem- the program will continue, Cadet Moses will be awarded a gold medal. poraneous talk. By popular request, Ca- discussing "Opportunity and America," There will be a reception for the guests Sitting: Ed Jones, Sergeant at Arms; John Sorrells, Secretary; Eugene det Andrews gave an admirable rendition and Cadet Offerman, "Counterfeits." on the lawn immediately following the Frost, Vice-President. Standing: Everett Ferguson, Treasurer; Jack of "Amapola." After Cadet Offerman's delivery, the class day exercises. Pressley, President. « » ALUMNI SECTION « » Thos. H. Russell S. M. A. Championship Basketball Team — 1907 Harvey Smith, Class '12 Chapter Reports Is Author Of The Book Fine Meeting "The Gang's All Here"

The following letter from J. J. Gordon, The S. M. A. librarian has recently '23 describes the March meeting of the purchased for the library a new book, Thomas H. Russell C'liapetr of S. M. A. "The Gang's All Here," whose author is Alumni, held in Pasadena, Calif. Harvey Smith, an S. M. A. graduate of Dear Captain Moody: the class of 1912. Last Friday night, March 23, will go In his novel, Mr. Smith creates a down in the history of the Thomas H. mythical university, Nostalgia, and in- Russell Chapter as one of its most out- troduces the readers to the graduates at standing events. I truly wish that I was their twenty-fifth reunion. He chooses gifted to the extent of being able to put as his narrator the class secretary, Tub- into words a description of our get-to- by Rankin, who knows all the gang in- gether that would adequately describe it timately. Rankin, commissioned to write to you. Twenty-two of the boys were the twenty-five-year class book, decides present and with wives, girl friends, and he'll tell the truth about his fellow class- a couple of guests the crowd was swelled mates—and how! You won't have to to forty-one. 1 will enclose a list of read a dozen pages of these vignettes of those present on a separate page. human understanding before you begin Paul's Berkely Manor was a happy to recognize friends and acquaintances in choice for the meeting as the atmosphere this fictional gallery—and perhaps even lent itself to the enjoyment of the even- yoursel f! ing. An excellent dinner put all in a Harvey Smith is a native New Yorker, happy frame of mind and the renewing graduate of Princeton University, and of old acquaintances and the making of now a New York advertising executive. new friends was most pleasant. As a He began his professional career as a matter of business, due to Carl Taylor newspaper reporter on the New Haven moving to Oregon, it was necessary to Register, where he created the job of appoint a new secretary. William Martin dramatic critic, and, before he left, was '38, will be our secretary. As Martin The above picture was furnished by J. C. Thompson, '07, Metropolitan Bank, Lima, Ohio. It is the champion- offered the job of city editor. represented the latest class among those ship 1907 basketball team of S. M. A. Mr. Thompson sent along- several interesting- newspaper clippings of After serving a turn as assistant editor present we "Old Boys" thought it fitting games played by this outfit. Two of the teams defeated by the 1907 S. M. A. aggregation were the varsity of the Tribune Svndicate in New York, that we should put a "Rat" to work for squads of the University of Virginia and Washington and Lee. Those in the picture are (from left): Maloney, us. Several letters of regrets at not being (coach); Apgar, King, Thompson, Treadway, Maxwell, Kimble, (Mgr.) able to be present were read and a tele- gram sent to the Pittsburgh Alumni who Pittsburgh Alumni were meeting the same night. C. H. Two Prominent Major League Baseball Kedd, '08, and his wife had driven down Executives Are Alumni Of Staunton Hold Spring Dinner; from Fresno, some several hundred miles, Capt. Dey Is Guest to be present, as Kerr had to his knowl- edge never met an S. M. A. man since he Warren C. Giles, '15, of the Cincinnati Reds and "Larry' The Pittsburgh Chapter of Staunton had left school. There were quite a num- MacPhail, '03, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Are Outstanding Military Academy Alumni held their ber present for the first time at any of Front-Office Men In the Baseball World spring meeting and dinner March 21 in our gatherings and from their expres- Penn Lincoln hotel, Wilkinsburg, Pa. sions it certainly will not be their last. Two of today's outstanding major league baseball executives are Around thirty "old boys" attended. Guest Barry Goldwater, '24, gave one of the alumni of Staunton Military Academy. They are Warren C. Giles, '15, of honor at the dinner and speaker of finest lectures I have ever been priveleged vice-president and general manager of the Cincinnati Baseball Club Co., the. evening" was Capt. Harry S. Dey, to hear and his movies of his trip down and Leland Stanford (Larry) MacPhail, '03, president and general acting director of athletics at S. M. A. the Colorado river simply cannot be des- manager of the Brooklyn National League P>aseball Club. Lew: Shuker, '34, president of the Pitts- cribed. Should Barry ever get back to The careers of these two men in baseball have been recognized as burgh chapter, w;as toastmaster and pre- S. M. A. on a visit it would certainly be brilliant, not only by officials in the two major leagues, but also by sports sided at the meeting. At the time the worth while if you would have him give writers and commentators throughout the<8> Harvey Smith (CABLEGRAM went to press the names of his lecture to the student bodv. baseball world. Mr. Gibs has been known Eye League. In the fall of 1919, he was the new officers elected and committees as the "best front-office man in baseball," elected president of the Moline, Three- where he edited a sensational weekly, he With kindest person regards and so appointed, had not been received at the and Mr. MacPhail has been called "the became news editor for International happy that 1 can again report a very Eve League team and served in that ca- alumni office. Newsreel and later for Fox News. The successful meeting, I am man with a million ideas," "the most get \ pacity during 1920, 1021, and 1922, win o film business failed to hold Mr. Smith, Signed: John J. Gordon, '20, Pres. there executive in baseball today." ning the pennant in 1921. It was one of who entered into advertising, and in In not a few respects the experiences those "serve without pay" jobs, he still Warren Plans Meeting Present at meeting of Thomas H. Russell 1929 was one of the founders of the new Chapter, March 21, 1941— of these two men have been parallel. Bc- retaining his business association with his Of Puerto Rican Alumni father. The next year he went into the firm of Anderson, Davis & Platte, Wm. Rennyson Beatty, x-'29; Mrs. where he is now vice president and head Beatty; Col. R. A. Bringham; D. R. baseball business more seriously and went Clifford L. Warren, x-'31, U. S. Naval to St. Joseph, Mo., as business manager Air Station, San Juan, 1'. R., is planning of the creative department. Colegrove, x'15, Mrs. Colegrove; Col. o Dallas D. Dennis, '13, Mrs. Dennis; J, J. of that team, which was the start of mak- a get-together of alumni in Puerto Rico Gordon, '20, Mrs. Gordon; Roy Gorm- ing baseball his livelihood. while he is there. He sent lor a list of Names Of 1906 Baseball Team son, x-'23; Leonard Grossman, '24, and After serving as Business Manager for Puerto Rican alumni and when we last Are Furnished By 3 Old Boys guest; Thomas A. Graham, '20, Mrs. one year, 1923, he bought a part interest heard from him he had enlisted Ramirez Names of the players on the 1906 Graham and guests, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. in the team and remained in the same Saltero, '36, to help him locate other S. M. A. baseball team printed in the Boettiger; Barry Goldwater, '24, Mrs. capacity for three years. In the fall alumni. March KABLEGRAM were furnished by Goldwater and guests, Mr. and Mrs. of 1925, he severed his relations with Warren writes that Carlos Luis Fa- J. C. Thomsan, '07, Lima Ohio; David Ralston; J. R. Hill, '24, Mrs. Hill; J. W. the St. Joseph team and took the Presi- jardo, '34, and Alfredo Ramirez de Arel- L. Sales, '12, 615 Pearl St., McKeesport, Herrington, '26, Mrs. Herrington; Chest- dency of the Syracuse team, in the Inter- lono, Jr., '33, both have been killed in Pa.; and W. P. Arnold, x-'07, 12 Hew- er H. Kerr, '08, Mrs. Kerr; D. W. Moss, national League, serving in that capacity airplane accidents. These two boys were lett St., Waterburg, Conn. According to '21, Mrs. Moss; William A. Martin, '38; during 1926 and 1927. In 1927 he moved close friends and lived in Mayaguez, P. R. these men the names of the cadets in the Roger F. Neal, '18, Mrs. Neal ; Raymond to Rochester, New York, as president of photograph are : left to right: Campman, M. Reese, '10; Edwin Sonsire, '26, Mrs. that team, and his team won pennants at Hale, Smith, S., (Capt.), Horton, Smith, Sonsire; Bernard A. Scofield, '27; L. L. Rochester in 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1931, Larche, '26, Plans Meeting D., Treadway, Brooks, Ridlemosser, Shibley, '24; Ivan Thompkins, '2?i. winning the Junior World Championship Of Florida Alumni To Fretwell, Strawn, and Finkelpearl, mas- o two of those years. Honor Frank Summers cott. In November, 1936, he came to Cin- Miss Shafer To Wed Lt. Stark cinnati as vice-president and general man- lames G. Larche, '26, Gainesville, Fla., At Ceremony To Be Held In May plans to have a luncheon next September Schnee, '31, Has Responsible continued on Page Four) for Capt. Frank L. Summers, former Position In State Dept. (Sunday Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus,Ga.) director of athletics at S. M. A., when An announcement of interest is that of he brings his Randolph-Macon College Alexander Schnee, '31, is a divisional the engagement of Miss Emma Ruth Warren C. Giles football team to Gainesville to play the assistant in the Division of Controls, De- Shafner and First Lieutenant Melville University of Florida. Larche hopes to partment of State, Washington, D. C. sides being general managers of major Ira Stark, of Fort Benning, the wedding have a number of Staunton alumni of The Division of Controls acts as adviser league ball clubs in the same (National) to take place early in May. Florida at this luncheon and has already to the Secretary of State in problems league, both were interested in football Miss Shafner is the daughter of Mrs. begun preparations for the event. arising in the international t traffic of before entering baseball, both have been Clyde Rominger, of Orlando, Fla., and o arms and ammunitions, and sees to it xecutives of the Cincinnati National Atlanta. She was educated in the Atlanta that nothing is shipped out of the country League team, both were officers over Mrs. Knight, Mother Of 3 schools, and at the Orlando Senior high that would interfere with its national de- seas in the World War, and both were Alumni, Visits Academy school and received her R.N. degree in fense. This division also passes on ap- S. M. A. caedts. 1937 from Piedmont Training School for plications of manufacturers to export Nurses in Atlanta. In 1938 she Warren C. Giles, '15 Mrs. J. Knight, Willows, Calif., moth- ■certain articles for which they must have received an appointment as second Lieu- After returning from over-seas in er of three sons who are S. M. A. alumni, a license from the State Department. March of 1919, where he served as a After leaving S. M. A. Schnee at- tenant Army Nurse Corps and has been and aunt of another, paid a short visit at Fort Benning since that time. First Lieutenant with the 343rd Infantry, tended Dartmouth and graduated from to the academy with her sister during Lieutenant Stark is the son of Mr. and Warren C. Giles engaged with his father there with an A. B. degree in 193S. Mrs. Lewis R. Stark, of Miami Beach, in the contracting business. A friend of Garden Week in April. Mrs. Knight was According to the Department of State Fla. He was educated at the Staunton the high school football coach, at Moline, a garden club delegate from California registry he attended the London School Military Academy, Staunton, Va., and at TIL, he became interested in the high to Virginia. Her sons who came to SMA of Economics in 1933-34; was in the school football team and through that import-export business in 1937; clerk to the University of Pennsylvania. He is are John R. T. Knight, '27; G. P. Knight, now with the 68th Infantry, Light Tanks, interest became quite accidentally in- commercial attache Department of Com- '27; T. P. Knight, '37; and a nephew, at Fort Benning. Mr. Clark will be trans- volved in the affairs of the professional merce 1937-39; and appointed divisional L. S. MacPhai Claude Purkett, '37. ferred in June to Camp Polk, La. baseball team then operating in the Three assistant in the Dept. of State in 1940. THE KABLEGRAM — ALUMNI EDITION

SMA Alumni Who Are New England Alumni At Annual Spring Banquet New England Alumni In Active Service With Hold Annual Dinner U. S. Protective Forces And Elect Officers

Lieut. Melvin I. Stark, Col. T. G. Russell Was Guest 68th Inf. Light Tanks, Of Honor Fort Benning, Ga. In Hotel Brunswick, Boston, Mass., Lieut. John N. Castner, May 10, at its annual meeting and ban- 213th C. A. (AA) U. S. A. quet, the New England Association of Camp Stewart, Hinesville, Ga. Alumni of Staunton Military Academy elected George F. Law-ley, '20, of Quincy, Maj. Lester C. Predmore, Mass., president; Joseph C. Donald, '31, Headquarters 1st Med. B'n. Georgetown, Mass., vice-president; and 1st Division Field Artillery, reelected Lind L. Weber, '30, also of Ft. Deven, Mass. Boston, secretary and treasurer. Col. T. G. Russell represented the academy at the meeting and was guest Pvt. Philip A. Dietrich, of honor. He wass called upon for a Hdqts. Squadron, 37th Pursuit Group, speech and responded in his usual good Albrook Field, style. He was presented with a number- Panama Canal Zone. ten can of Boston baked beans. Major L. C. Predmore, '17, 1st Medical Batta- Captain William T. Hartman, lion, Fort Deven, Mass., also responded Battery F., 246th Coast Artillery, to a request for a speech. Fort Monroe, Va. George Lawley, the new president of the New England Association, attended Lieut. Col. Perry C. Ragan, U. S. A., Following' are the names of those attending the New England banquet of S. M. A. alumni, but not arranged the University of Michigan where he 71 Broadway, in proper order: Predmore, L. C, '17; Coffin, R. F., '28; Chase, T. M., '28; Dillon, E., '32; Hay, S. M., '24; studied Marine engineering", and was Bangor, Me. Enos, C. W., '40; Emerson, W. P, '28; Delpino, R. A., '37; Trefrey, J. T., '21; Ray, R. M., '31; Ray, J.,' '31; formerly a member of the Lawley Boat Barchus, J. M., '21; Juggins, F. W., '23; Marvin, G. E., 17; Whitman, D. D., '10; Rawlins, J., '22; Bates, B., Co. He now has a position with the '32; Voss, J., '33; MacLean, G., '29; Arnold, W. P., '07; Lawley, G. F., '20 (new president); Donald, J., '31 government. He is married and has one Clifford L. Warren, (new vice-president); Weber, L. L., '30 (re-elected secretary and treasurer, and Col. T. G. Russell. Francis child. His address is 46 Hodgkinson St., U. S. Naval Air Station, Juggins, father of F. J. Juggins, attended banquet as quest of his son Quincy, Mass. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Joseph C. Donald, new vice-president, works in the credit department of Filenes Capt. Thomas D. Howie, Giles And MacPhail reputation as a "go-getter" and is now S. M. A. Alumni Club Department Store, Boston, and as yet is Hq. 116th Inf., 29th Div., president and general manager of the Within Rotary Club (Continued from Page Three) Brooklyn club. Last year in recognition unmarried. He lives at 223 Central St., Fort Meade, Md. Georgetown, Mass. of his "individual performance and con- W. Kenneth Read, '20, writes "we Lind L. Weber, reelected secretary and Col. E. Walton Opie, ager, the position he now occupies. Cin- tributions to the game" of baseball, the treasurer, is assistant manager of Hotel Hd. 116th Inf., 29th Div, cinnati won the pennant in 1939 and 1940 Sporting News selected him as the No. 1 have a Staunton club in our local Rotary Brunswick, Boston. He has done a swell Fort Meade, Md. and were World Champions in 1940. man of the year in the executive positions Club, consisting of Joe Lehmeyer, '13, In 1932 Mr. Giles married Jane Skin- of the Majors. The News cited "his poli- job for the association as secretary and Charles Fackler, x-'ll; Henry Washers, this fact no doubt is the reason they re- Capt. Malcolm R. Weller, ner, of Moline, Illinois, and they have cies that drew more than 1,000,000 spec- '21; Gardner Spring, '23; and myself." elected him. 116th Inf. 29th Div., one son, William Yale Giles, and a step- tators to Ebbets Field, introduction of Read sent in names of four prospective In an adjoining column is a photograph Fort Meade, Md. daughter, Jean Cook, a daughter of Mrs. night ball at Brooklyn, inauguration of Giles. broadcasting in greater New York, ex- cadets. His address is Roosevelt Oil of the group attending the New England dinner. The photo was made by Voss, Lieut. Charles L. Cogswell, U.S.M.C.R.O. Commenting on his years at S. M. A. j tension of farms, astuteness in naming Service, York, Pa. class of 1933. Hq. 2-1, Mr. Giles said: Leo I Hirocher as manager, and in obtain- o Guantanomo Bay, Cuba. "I recall with a lot of pleasure the fun. ing talent for the Dodgers." Among the I had while a cadet, although I must! inovations he has introduced at Brooklyn Lost F. R. Neely, '20, Edits Capt. William H. Smith, admit, during my year as a 'Rat' it was J are motion pictures of the players on the Aviation Column For Coliers; Post Headquarters, not too much fun. Possibly Ted Russell hold and the helmet fur proctection to ! )o you know the address of any of Camp Wheeler, Ga. thinks I had too much tun. 1 hop.- tiiat hatters. Is Authority On Aeronautics my son, Bill, who is now six, will be able His obtaining Joe Medwick from the the following? KABLEGRAMS sent to them have not been delivered Alexander M. Rowell, to go to S. M. A. when he is old enough. St. Louis Cardinals for the Dodgers has Frederick R. Neely, '20, edits the avia- Mr. Richard A. Marcus Chief Pharmacists Mate, U. S. N., I was agreeably surprised to notice three been compared to his attempt, with seven tion column for Colliers' weekly maga- Mr. Irving Fell U. S. S. Louisville, years ago when coming through Staun- other dare-devil soldiers while in Luxem- zine. Neely's real job is special repre- Mr. Paul F. Kafrcrty Pearl Harbor, T. H. ton, on an automobile trip, the improve- burg in 1919, to kidnap the Kaiser from sentative in Washington, D. C, of Bell ments and progress that have been made. Holland. The difference of the two at- Mr. Seymour Coller Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, N. Y. He Mr. R. E. Patterson Sgt. Jack C. Christenson, I hope to get back sometime when school tempts lies in the fact that in his raid is conducting the column for the maga- Mr. Donald H. Johnston 213 C. A. Battery H„ is in session so as to recollect some of on St. Louis he succeeded in getting Med- zine in the absence of Colliers' aviation Mr. Jack Ward Camp Stewart, Ga. the good times 1 had there." wick, whereas in his attempt on the editor, who is on a special assignment Mr. John Leonard Leonardi Leland Stanford (Larry) MacPhail, '03 Kaiser he only succeeded in bringing in Germany. Mr. Theodore Wayne Lt. Glenn A. Irvin, away that famous performer's ash tray. Neely is a recognized authority on the Before Leland S. MacPhail got into Mr. R. E. Hall Ordnance Department, In addition to his attendance at Staun- history and progress of aviation. He baseball he had an assortment of business Mr. Robert Giles Aberdean Proving Grounds, ton Military Academy Mr. Mac Phail at- has made a study and career of aero- experiences. He was captain of the 114th Mr. J. Robert Vaughn Aberdean, Md. Field Artillery, American Expeditionary tended the Ludington (Midi.) high nautics since he was a cadet at S. M. A. school and the George Washington Uni- Mr. Robert W. Metcalfe For years he was aviation editor of the Forces, was a football official in the Big .Mr. Herbert A. Meyer Lt. Col. J. C. Blizzard, versity law school. Washington Evening Star newspaper. He Ten organization, was interested at one Mr. Robert M. Leaver 3rd B.N. 18th Inf., o was for several years editor of National time in the glass industry, at another in Mr. Thomas A. Warden Ft. Deven, Mass. Birth Stones Aeronautics Magazine, going from that real estate, and still at another in an auto- Mr. F. O. Shriim mobile agency. position into service with the United Mr. Elmer Schumacher, Jr. States government as Chief of Informa- Lieut Don Ehrman, His purchase of the Columbus fran- for laudnresses, the soapstone; Mr. J. C. McLaughlin tion, Aeronautics Division Department of Fort Belvoir, Va. chise in 1931 marked Mr. MacPhail's For architects, the cornerstone; Mr. R. (',. Solof Commerce. For several years he was entrance into the baseball world where For soldiers, the bloodstone; Mr. Carl R. Hurt in the aviation department of Gulf Oil Lieut. N. Ferguson Ferree, he has since become known for his vigor- For politicians, the blarneystone; Mr. Wilfred H. Weisberger Company in Pittsburgh, going from there Coast Artillery, ous and aggressive character, for his For borrowers, the touchstone; Mr. I. H. Montgomery to his present position with Bell Aircraft Fort Eustis, Va. novel ideas and "take-a-chance" spirit. For policemen, the pavingstone; Mr. H. I). Church Corporation. He has contributed many He is the father of night baseball, having For stock brokers, the curbstone; Mr. William S. Sims Lieut. J. B. Homan, articles on aviation to various magazines, introduced it when he was with Cin- For shoemakers, the cobblestone; Mr. George Nihiser Medical Corps, cinnati in 1935. It has been said that he For burglars, the keystone; and his study and work in this field has Mr. Thomas Y. Beabrand taken him several times over North and Fort Eustis, Va. brought a boom to Cincinnati with his For tourists, the Yellowstone; Mr. Louis Yakel South America, and once to Europe. night games, "fireworks, trick suits, and For beauties, the peachstone; Mr. A. C. Slade Pvt. Edwin Hubbard, cigarette girls in the stands." For editors, the grindstone; o Battery "B," 165th Field Artillery, Mr. Frederick A. Taylor Mr. MacPhail went to Brooklyn in For motorists, the milestone ; J. L. Hoeflich, '08, 44th Division, 1938 as executive vice-president of the For pedestrians, the tombstone. Mr. Theodore I. Messenger. Fort Dix, N. J. Claimed By Death Dodgers. There he has continued his —Christian Observer. Mr. James Wallace. Pvt. D. J. Griffith, S. M. A. Tennis Squad James Lynn Hoeflich, 51, class of Battery C. 2nd B.N., 1908, died at his home in Ankona, Fla., Fort Eustis, Va. in March. Besides the widow, Marion Stouder Sgt. Lawrence R. Walsh, Hoeflich, the deceased is survived by two Hq. Battery, daughters, Edith and Marion, both at 97th Field Artillery Br. home; a sister, Mrs. Fred Alispaw of Fort Bragg, N. C. this city; a brother Robert and an uncle o Robert Lynn Hoeflich, both of West Mrs. Winfall, a society woman, al- Palm Beach. ways allowed the housekeeper to hire Mr. Hoeflich took an active part in her servants. the Episcopal church, was an ardent One morning, however, the mistress boatman, owning his yacht and being a wished to interview the cook, who had charter member of the Fort Pierce Yacht been engaged only the day before. Club, was a member of the local Masonic "What is your name?" inquired the order and Knights Templar of Mahi lady. Shrine in Miami, and took an active part "Mrs. McCarty," replied the cook. -«y ,~ in the Boy Scout movement. He had "Do you expect to be called Mrs. Mc- Carty?" served on the Fort Pierce Port com- mission for six years and had been "Oh, no, ma'am, not if you have an From left: Lt. Clark (coach); Hewitt, C; Andrews, J.; Ash, R.; Greene, J. (capt.); Forman, L.; Page, S.; re-elected for an additional term of four alarm clock." —Harpar's Magazine Cloud, W. Turnbull, P. and Butner, J. not in picture. years. THE KABLEGRAM — ALUMNI EDITION ALUMNI NOTES Winners of First Prize at Apple Blossom Fete REGENT VISITORS

A card from Charles L. Cogswell, '32, William and Gerald Tomaneck, broth- says he made maneuvers with the fleet ers, both o fthe class of '32, visited the in January on the U. S. S. Harry Lee, academy together in April. William at- on which Ensign Jerry Eubank, '32, was tended N. Y. U. after leaving S. M. A. assistant supply and disbursing officer. He is an aircraft mechanic and lives at Cogswell is a first lieutenant, U. S. M. 8102 Eastern Ave., Dundalk, Md. Gerald C. R. O., attached to 2nd Battalion, 1st attended Columbia U. His present ad- Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Atlantic dress is 243-16 Van Zandt Ave., Douglas- Marine Force. ton, N. Y. At Staunton both were active in cadet affairs, especially athletics. Will- Alexander M. Rowell, '18, is a chief iam was a track man and "Gerry" a pharmacist's mate, U. S. Navy, on the boxer. Both won varsity letters in their U. S. S. Louisville. A recent cruise of sports. his ship took Rowell to the Canal Zone, Brazil, Uruguary, Argentina, So. Africa, Elmer F. Schumacher, '38, a student and finally to Hawaii where his letter at the University of Delaware, was at to us was dated. S.M.A. for a weekend in April. Schu- macher is a member of Theta Chi fra- Mr. and Mrs. Birchall Hammer, of ternity. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, have an- nounced the marriage of their daughter, W. J. Mundhenk, '23, came to see us Miss Olive Wamsley, to Mr. Horace in March. For some reason or another Ellis Jones, on Saturday, March 15, 1941. we failed to get Mundhenk's address. If Horace Jones attended the Staunton Mili- anyone can furnish us his address please tary Academy and graduated in 1934. do so, for his mail from the old address is returning to us. Robert G. Miller, '28, of 2017 Edge- wood Street, Baltimore, Md., graduated I. L. H. Thomson, Ir., '29, and Mrs. from the University of Maryland in 1939 Members of the Band are: Turner, (2nd Lieut, in Command); Barker, 1st Sgt.; Threlkeld, Drum Major; Pyles, Thomson on their honeymoon were and is now practicing dentistry at the A., Welch, Miller, H., DeVos, Aichley, Ashbaugh, Bruce, Colgate, Flum, Fulmer, Hendershaw, Kelly, W., visitors ^ the academy in April He is above address. Minear, McCreary, Morris, Johnson, R., Thompson, Samblanet, Bogue, Windle, Hill, J., Clawson, Salchli, I irl the insurance business Mr and Mrs Wareham, Favret, Friedman, R. S., Graef, Fallon, Holcomb, Riley, T., White, E., Ill, Houston, Hazlett, j Thomson's address is 162 Park Ave.! Mr. F. Hay wood Peterman, '32, 133 Lieutenant Harold Tharp, Instructor. £ast Orange N T N. Oakley Road, Upper Darby, Pennsyl- vania, is being considered for a position N. Ferguson Ferree, '32, is a first Miss Cynthia Hill, on April 5, in New Charles Wadsworth, x-'36, 93 Cole- with the Salada Tea Company of New lieutenant, Coast Artillery, and stationed WARNING York City. brook St., Hartford, Conn., came through York City. He.was voted the best drilled at Fort Eustis, Ya. He graduated from Staunton a few weeks ago on his honey- cadet at the Academy in 1932. Pitt in 1936. Don't cash checks for a man who Word has been received that Raymond moon. He was married to Miss Ruth represents himself as having been a Cavauna, '40, has been admitted to the Fitzgerald March 27th, in Old South Mr. Bob Burstein, class of '38, of 2006 J. B. Haman, '28, graduated in Medi- cadet at S. M. A. in 1926-27. This United States Military Academy. Church, Boston. Wadsworth was a three- Washtenaw, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been cine at Delaware U. and is now a 1st man recently skipped out on a hotel letter man at S. M. A., and attended chosen to be Orientation Chairman at the lieutenant, Medical Corps, stationed at bill after an alumnus had introduced Invitations have been received of the Holy Cross College after leaving Staun- University of Michigan for next year. Fort Eustis, Ya. him to the manager of the hostelry. approaching weddings of E. R. Habber- ton. This also makes him a member of the He is a nervous talker. Tall. Thin. sett, '36, and R. C. Swanstrom, x-.'39. Dark. Pale. Last seen wearing a Executive Council of the University. Lawrence S. Churchill, '39, and Gage Habbersett will marry Miss Ruth Lo- David T. Zacharias, '18, 2611 Tender, brown suit, possibly with a carava- H. Crocker, '39, are on the Dean's first relle Barton of Durham, N. C, and Alliance, Ohio, visited the academy last nctte topcoat, he also stole from the Capt. William H. Smith, class of 1924, term list for 1940-41 at M. I. T. Swanstrom will wed Miss Katherine month for the first time since his gradu- is now on duty as a Captain of Infantry alumnus. Hoge Moffett, of Staunton, Ya. ation. Zacharias is secretary and assist- at Post Headquarters, Camp Wheeler, William Bevan, Jr., '39, sophomore at ant treasurer of Taylorcraft Aviation Mr. and Mrs. Reed Harris, 700 River- Georgia. Franklin and Marshall College, lias been Corporation. His mother, Mrs. E. K. side Drive, New York City, announce the awarded a place on the Dean's List for Among alumni who have written the Zacharias, was with him on the visit birth of a son, Robert Reed, on May 9. Robert C. Bowman, '38, student at scholarship. He is the son of Mr. and academy recently for records of their here. Harris graduated at S. M. A. in 1928. Oberlin College ran into Nat Hill, '37, Mrs. William Bsvan, 102 South Alain military training here are: o on the streets in Oberlin one night last Street, Plains. Sidney M. Hay, '24, 24 Kimball Rd., Homer C. Gross, x-'30, 324 South March and immediately went into a "ses- Arlington, Mass.; Philip Levin, x-'25, Student Group To Visit Market St., Selinsgrove, Pa., was a re- sion" over their cadet days. They found Alan R. Yogelcr, x-'30, is engaged in 332 Hawthorne Terrace, Mt. Vernon, South American Schools cent visitor on the "Hill." that both are to be inducted into military graduate work in the University of N. Y.; Charles B. Connolly, '28, 667 East service on July 1st when they expect to 34th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Stuart Phillips E. L. Crothers, x-'38, and Mrs. Croth- Michigan Law School. He graduated at Chapel Hill, N. C.—A group of pro- have another "session." the University of Kentucky witli an A.B. Frost, x-'30, Box 844, Greenwich, Conn.; ers were Easter visitors. Their address is Robert Alan Cowdery, '29, Co. 5. Tent fessional men and women and students 1310 Edison Highway, Baltimore, Md. degree in 1938. and. teachers of this country are going Lloyd W. Hoagland, Jr., '33, 235 Area, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; Robert to return the goodwill visit paid the Grove St., Somerville, N. J., is in the C. Bowman, '3S, The Embassy, 210 N. Charles E. Minihan who had to with- Wm. W. Lowry, '26, Lorena, Siqujor, United States by South Americans who automobile business. After leaving SMA Prof. St., Oberlin, Ohio; Charles B. draw from the academy this year on Negros Oriental, Philippine Islands, is a attended the winter "summer school" at Hoagland attended Washington and Lee Connally, 667 E. 34th St. Brooklyn, N.Y.; account of the death of his father, is mining engineer with the Luzon Steve- the University of North Carolina a few University. He was married in 1938, and E. G. Koch, '27, 143 Prospect Ave., working in Washington, D. C. His ad- doring Co. months ago. has one child. He expects to visit the Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Terrance C. Webb, dress is 1850 Ingleside Terrace, Wash- The group is being organized by I )r. ington, D. C. academv in the near future. A recent letter from Terrence C. Coconut Grove, Fla.; Townsend Miller, I. Coriden Lyons, executive secretary of Webb, '39, says he is attempting to get '32, 104 N. Union Ave., Los Angeles, the inter-American Institute and the Donald E. Meads, '38, a junior at into the army air corps. His address is Calif. L. D. Flood, x-'22, 443 Hillside Ave., South American "summer school" held Dartmouth, has qualified for the second Route 2, Box 34, Coconut Grove, Fla. N. J., was on the "Hill" a short while here at the University of North Carolina. course of the Civilian Pilot Training John J. Gordon, "20, 7162 Sunset Blvd., recently for the first time since he was The project is sponsored by the Institute a cadet. His wife was with him. He had service. Major L. C. Predmore, '17, Hq. First Hollywood, Calif., has recently been ap- of International Education of New York been on an extended trip through the Medical Battalion, Fort Deven, Mass., pointed sales manager of Unacol Pro- and the division of Pan-American Union South and West where he had seen a Clyde Rosenberger, x-'28, is employed writes Major Wonson that an old SMA ducts, Inc., a subsidiary of Union Oil at Washington. number of "old boys." He also saw C. C. with the Virginia Public Service Co., friend of his, Lieut. Col. J. C. Blizzard, Co. of California. His new position will Steed who was formerly an instructor Arlington, Va. '16, is also at Deven. Col. Blizzard take Gordon all over the Pacific coast in the Junior School. Steed owns a busi- commands the 3rd Battalion of the 18th states where be hopes to contact a lot Tragedy In A Nutshell ness school in Elizabethton, Tenn. A. S. Stanford, Jr., x-'13, has made Infantry. of old Staunton boys. application for reinstatement in the U. S. Mule in a barnyard, lazy and sick. Albert S. Warta, x-'34, 150 South Naval Reserves. Stanford's address is Don Mason, '29, former editor of the Townsend T. Miller, '32, plans to en- Boy with a pin on the end of a stick. Wellwood Ave., Lindenbush, N. Y., is The Hampton Inn, West Hampton KABLEGRAM is now living in Gainesville, list in the Royal Canadian Air Force Boy jabbed the mule—mule gave a lurch engaged in the business of air condi- Beach, Long Island, N. Y. Fla., where he is credit manager for a and has sent for his credits earned at — (service Monday at the M. E. Church). tioning. He visited the academy in April. building supply house. He is married and S. M. A. He is with the Automatic Can- —Bowling Green Exponent. o Raymond Mills, '40, has entered Wash- has one child. teen Company of Southern California, Luther S. Stevens, '30, 26 Oxford ington Square College of the New York Los Angeles, where he has been for the "Hello! Hello! This is Smith, Smith Road, Ben Avon Heights, Pa., is man- Universitv. Don Ehrman, '30, a professor at the past three years. and Smith." ager of Pittsburgh Stainless Steel Fit- University of Florida is now at Fort "Oh, yes! Good morning, good morn- tings Co. On a recent visit to S. M. A. George D. Shultz, '27, is in active Belvoir, Ya., where he is a first Lieuten- Announcement has been received of the ing, good morning." he brought along Mrs. Stevens and their service with the 63rd Coast Artillery. ant of Engineers. marriage of Frank C. Lepore, '32, to —Exchange. young son, J. Howe Stevens II. Stevens His home address is 237 Breckenridge St. is an alumnus of Colgate, where he grad- Buffalo, N. Y. Staunton Golf Squad uated in 1935. Laird Shull, graduate of 1939, has been J. G. Felber, x-'30, Major Infantry chosen to become a member of the Stu- U. S. A., spent a few hours on the "Hill" dent-faculty committee on the honor code last month. After leaving Staunton Fel- at Raridolph-Macon College. ber attended the U. S. M. A. and New York University. He received his com-. W. H. Dunklin, '39, a sophomore at mission in the army before graduating Princeton, has been elected to Charter from college and has been in service Club there. ever since. He is stationed now at Fort Benning, Ga., is married, and has two Finley Tynes, '21, business manager of sons and a daughter. the Staunton and Augusta chamber of commerce, has been elected state vice J. D. Kessler, '40, is working with president of the Southern Commercial Union Spring Co., Pittsburgh. His home Secretaries' association at its meeting in address is 6038 Jackson St., Pittsburgh. Biloxi, Miss. Theodore Laux, x-'37, 221 Burrwood David Ayres, '39, and Robert Burrill, Ave., Collingwood, N. J., visited us in '39, students at Syracuse university, have Standing (from left): Capt. Boone (coach), Zarfos, Roderick, Phelps, Frost, Manier, Hoge, Aichele, Meyer, April with his wife. Laux was a member been initiated into Scabbard and Blade, Abelson, Laney. Kneeling: Perkins, Corbett, Reader, T.; Presbrey, Reich, Tullidge, Rothwell, Shaw. (Continued on Page Six) national military honorary fraternity. THE KABLEGRAM — ALUMNI EDITION ALUMNI DIRECTORY OF Championship Rifle Team Is Honored Recent Visitors Cartin Receives ACTIVE CHAPTERS (Continued from Page Five) Naval Commission of the S. M. A. championship football New England Association team in 1936. He attended St. Joseph's (From Johnstown Tribune, March 21) (Hotel Brunswick, Boston, Mass.) College atfer leaving S. M. A. George F. Lawley, '20, President Ensign Henry James Cartin, S. M. A. 46 Hodgkinson St. '34, of this city became the first Johns- Another spring visitor was Jerome town boy to receive a commission in the Quincy, Mass. Klorfein, '27, who brought along Mrs. Naval Air Corps on March 4, when he Klorfein. Their address is 152 E. 94th completed the naval air corps course at Joseph C. Donald, 31, Vice-President St., New York City. Klorfein's business Pensacola, Fla. 223 Central St. is cigar manufacturing. Ensign Cartin received his preliminary Georgetown, Mass. training at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Glenn A. Irvin, 'ii, passed through and entered the naval air corps school Staunton two weeks ago on his way Lind L. Weber, x-'30, Secy-Treas. at Pensacola on June 24 of last year. to Aberdean Proving Grounds, Aberdean, Asst. Mgr. Brunswick Hotel While at Pensacola, he had 16 weeks of Md., where he has been assigned to duty. 520 Boylston Street ground study before advancing to courses Boston, Massachusetts Irvin originally had a commission in the Field Artillery but has been transferred to the Ordnance Department. He wishes New York, N. Y. to have any of his "old boy" friends get J. Hill Youngson, '06, Vice. Pres. in touch with him at Aberdean. 1358 E. Twenty-fourth Street Brooklyn, New York. J. Cooper French, '27, spent a weekend in Staunton in May. French is athletic James G. Baldwin, Jr., '34, Sec.-Treas. coach at Germantown Academy, and his 202 Mayor Avenue, Arroshar address is 418 Wellsley Rd., Philadelphia, Staten Island, New York. Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa. Jack Christesen, x-'25, passed through v v Herbert J. Egmore, '32, Pres. Staunton a couple of weeks ago. Christe- 1628 Walnut Street sen is a sergeant in the 213 Coast Artil- Philadelphia, Pa. ery, Battery H., stationed at Camp Stewart, Ga.

Robert J. Walker, '28, Vice-Pres. Lt. Col. Clifford H. Tate, '08, and Ill E. Sedgwick Street Mrs. Tate were visitors at the academy Philadelphia, Pa. for a few hours recently. Col. Tate is instructor of the National Guard of New Thos. W. Ruggie, '29, Sec.-Treas. York. Swarthmore Apartments Ensign H. J. Cartin Swarthmore, Pa. Robert L. Randecker, '38, Erie, Pa., in primary and advanced flying of sea- recently spent a night on the "Hill." planes. Washington, D. C. Son of the late Dr. Henry J. Cartin Organization Committee Howard Wedebrook, '35, with his bride and Mrs. Cartin, who resides at 840 passed through Staunton early this month Charles H. Ruth, Jr., '30 Franklin Street, he attended the Universi- on their honeymoon. Their address is 4521 Garfield Street, N. W. ty of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State 1564 Jackson Ave., Portsmouth, Ohio. Washington, D. C. College, receiving a B. A. degree. Ensign Cartin is now home on fur- Charles L. Cogswell, '32 Capt. H. B. Dierdorf, '26, with Mrs. lough and will leave here for Pensacola 4815 Fourteenth Street Dierdorf and their two sons, H. Beecher, March 24 to enter the instructors' school. Washington, D. C. Jr., and Edwin P., stopped in Staunton On completion of the course, he will be over night recently on their way to Mac- detailed as instructor at the naval train- Joseph H. Gawler, '32 Dill Field, Fla., where Captain Dierdorff ing bases at Corpus Christi, Tex., or 4416 Brandywine Street has recently been assigned to duty. They Jacksonville, Fla. Views at a recent dress parade when the Superintendent decorated Washington, D. C. have been living for the past several members of the rifle team who won the championship for junior units in o years in Hawaii. Dierdorff is in the the Third Corps Area. Top: Colonel McCabe reads names of those to Elmira, N. Y., was commissioned a 2nd Cleveland, Ohio dental corps, U. S. Army. receive medals: Rush, Early, Ganz, Spangler, Meyer, Randoll, Di Giocomo, Lieutenant Army Air Corps Reserves, (Organization Committee) at Maxwell Field Ala., May 29. He was Pyles, Corbett. Colonel Tuttle and Sergeant Slattery, team coach, look on. Jay L. Ward, '31 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wedebrook a visitor at the academy a few days ago. Middle: Colonel McCabe decorates Steve Early, Jr. Bottom: The Colonel passed through Staunton on their honey- 1145 Union Commerce Building As a cadet Light was sports editor of congratulates the team. This team also won both the third corps area moon in April. How:ard graduated from Cleveland, Ohio the KABI.EC.RAM, Associate Editor of and the national championships in the William Randolph Hearst trophy S. M. A. in '35. Mrs. Wedebrook was compotition. Shrapnel, and manager of the football Richard D. McAninch, '31 Miss Doris Cook before their marriage. team. 3533 East 163rd St. Their address is 1564 Jackson Ave., Shaker Heights, Ohio Modern Burbank It was plain she had no idea of how Portsmouth, Ohio. Stephen H. Smith, '40, will enter the o— tablecloths came into being, so the farmer U. S. Military Academy in July. Smith Pittsburgh, Pa. Out of curiosity a farmer had grown lowered his voice mysteriously as he re- Jerry DelPrete, x-'33, and his wife was a visitor on the Hill last Sunday. D. Lewis Shuker, '34, President a crop of flax and had a tablecloth made plied : were on the Hill for a short time re- cently. Their home is 8701 Ridge Blvd., 416 Eleventh Street out of linen. Some time later he re- "If you promise not to give the secret Brooklyn, N. Y. Oakmont, Pennsylvania marked to a visitor at dinner : away, I'll tell you." James K. Grannis, '05, Fleminsburg, "I grew tliis tablecloth myself." The guest promised. Ky., with Mrs. Grannis, were visitors R. Gilbert Dorrance, '32, Vice-President W. P. Moller, Jr., x-'lS, 473 N. Po- at the academy recently. He is Chief "Did you, really?" she exclaimed. "Well," proceeded the farmer, "I 1930 Wightman Street tomac St., Hagerstown, Md., was in Fngineer Naval Amunition Depot at "How did you ever manage it?" planted a napkin !" Christian Observer. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Staunton for a short time some weeks Burns, Indiana. ago. Moller is an alumnus of Susque- Summary of Spring Sports Schedule—1941 hanna University. He is president of Jack M. Wiley, '34, Secretary Bill Andrews, '19, Cincinnati, Ohio, 6231 Wellesley Avenue Hagerstown Trust Co., and a manufac- BASEBALL passed through Staunton a few weeks Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania turer of pipe organs. S. M. A. Opt. ago and renewed acquaintances on the Apr. 3—Harvard Freshmen 10 2 Hill. Sid Dickler, x-'22, Chin. Activities Com. Another visitor of recent weeks was Apr. 10—Virginia Fresh 15 15 Ritz Hotel, Beatty Street Joseph H. Gowler, '32, 4416 Brandywine, Apr. 16—Adelphi Academy 15 2 Article By Pancake East Liberty, Pittsburgh, Pa. Washington, D. C. Joe was cadet major Apr. 19—U. S. Navy Plebes 2 2 his senior year. He is a funeral director, Apr. 23—Fork Union M. A ,...5 1 Popular Aviation for April carries an California is married, and has two sons. Apr. 25—Augusta M. A 7 2 article written by Lieut. Frank Robbins ("Col. Thos. H. Russell Chapter") Apr. 28—Fishburne M. A 18 2 Pancake, '34, United States army aviation John J. Gordon, '20, President Oscar W. Growers, '20, married Miss May 9—Greenbrier M. S 3 0 corps, who is stationed in Puerto Rico. 7162 Sunset Boulevard Sally Roberts of Winchester, Mass., on May 9—William and Mary Freshmen 2 0 He is a son of William C. Pancake, x-'06, Hollywood, California April 28. Theyspent a day in Staunton re- May 15—Massanutten M. A 7 3 cently while on a Southern trip. Their and Mrs. Pancake, of Staunton, Va. May 17—Augusta M. A 12 8 Leonard Grossman, '24, Vice-Pres. home is 20 Lawson Rd., Winchester, May 21—Massanutten M. A 5 3 12032 Ventura Boulevard Mass. ATTENTION! May 24—Mercersburg Academy 8 6 North Hollywood, California Old Annuals Wanted TRACK Joe Shapiro, x-'36, 3300 Bateman Ave. Apr. 16—University of Richmond 48 68 William A. Martin, '38, Secretary Baltimore, Md., spent a weekend ir The file of annuals which the Apr. 21—University of Virginia Fresh 16 101 7006 Hawthorne Ave. Staunton in May. Superintendent keeps in his office Hollywood, Calif. Apr. 26—Virginia Episcopal 43 74 contains books from the year 1906 May 3—State Prep Meet 3rd relay o Charles Rose, '29, 498 7th Ave., New to the present, with the exception of May 9—Massanutten M. A 61 56 Help . . . Help York City, was in Staunton a few days the "Blue and Gold" for 1907 and May 14—Triangular Meet—SMA, AMA, Randolph Macon „ Third last week. Rose is a manufacturer of 1916. If any alumnus has one of May 17—Block "C" Club Meet No points dresses. He gave us news of his brother these books and would be willing to Hear about the absent-minded infantry TENNIS Bert, '29, who runs the Darien Farm donate it to the permanent collection school instructor who fell in the river Apr. 19—Woodberry Forest 1 6 Rotisserie, Darien, Conn., and also of in the Superintendent's office, it and sank twice before he could remember Apr. 26—Massanutten „ „ 9 0 Jerry Silverman, '26, who has recently he cotdd sw7im ? would be sincerely appreciated. These May 3—U of Virginia Freshmen _ 2 5 been calld into service. annuals are very valuable in helping Well, then, what about the prof, who May 8-9—State Prep Meet No points John N. Briggs, x-'29, 168 W. Green with alumni work and other matters poured catsup on his shoe and tied his May 17—Fork Union M. A 6 1 Hill Rd., Broomwall, Pa., with his father of reference. spaghetti? How about the one who May 24—Mercersburg Academy g 3 and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. A copy of the 1908 "Blue and poured syrup down his back and scratched GOLF Briggs, were visitors last weekend. Gold" was presented to the academy his pancakes? 'Keinf'cr News' Apr. 19—Woodberry Forest 6 12 Briggs is in the mechanical rubber busi- by E. A. Miller, '08, 676 N. 57th o Apr. 26—Jefferson High 7% 10% ness with his father and brother. He has Ave., Omaha, Neb. Stanley Wilson, Add to the hall of conceited men the May 3—News-Leader Tournament Second Prep" seen service in the U. S. Marine corps. '10, 320-324 W. Sloan St., Harris- student who refused to take an eraser to May 10—Woodberry Forest State Tournament „ Fourth a Physics exam. —Ranger. burg, 111., also has offered to donatt May 17—Greenbrier M. S _ ...._ SV2 9V2 Charles F. Light, '36, 456 Mable Ave.: his annual. THE KABLEGRAM — ALUMNI EDITION Staunton Military Academy Track Squad DIXIEWARMf R BROS Shows 1:15, 3:15, 7 & 9 P. M.

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Friday— Fred MacMurray, Madeline Carroll Front row, left to right: Birch, Hawkins, Wilkins, Keister, Read, T., Capt., Seigle, A., Sutherland, Schambs, Patterson, Tilley. 2nd row: Skinner, "V I R G I N I A" Brown, Blouin, Pennie, Cox, Segal, F., Etters, Van Slyck, Cumming, Donaldson, 3rd row: Riley, T., Pisner, Cowie, Threlkeld, Satriale, Bruni, in Technicolor Fallon, Williams, T., Milestone. Back row: Howard, R. (ragr.), Bowman, Lt. Parker (asst. coach), Lt. Onesty (coach), Lt. Bast (asst. coach), Loewitt, Kinney. —■ with —■ Sterling Hayden, Carolyn Lee

Monogram Winners In Roy M. Haley, swimming. Baseball Statistics—1941 Baseball Team And Shrapnel Saturday— All Sports For This Year Alan B. Beloff, swimming. Hold Banquets This Evening Charles Starrett in Jackson B. Pressley, swimming. Capt. Rhodes leading" hitter closely "OUTLAWS OF THE Robert Clochecy, swimming, Mgr. Three-Sport Men This evening two banquets, one by the PANHANDLE" Lawrence Rush, rifle, Capt. followed by Johnson and Harner. Other Harry Lee Harner, football, co-capt.; baseball squad and one by the Shrapnel Stephen T. Early, rifle. individual leaders were Schmidt, 10 stolen Monday and Tuesday— basketball, capt.; baseball. staff, will be held. The baseball team, John H. Spangler, rifle. Bill (Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd Edward B. Jones, football, co-capt.; bases, 22 bases on balls, 22 runs. Jones, completing an undefeated season, now George W. Meyer, rifle. —-in — basketball, baseball. homeruns, runs batted in and total bases. holds the State championship. The team "BORDER VIGILANTES" Donald C. McMullen, rifle. Ted J. Tanner, football, basketball, PITCHER'S RECORDS itself is sponsoring the banquet and will Thomas F. Blake, rifle. baseball. G W L T present to Coach Dey a handsome gift. Jerry R. McEldowney,. rifle, Mgr. Thomas W. Enck, football, basketball, Savage 13 9 0 1 Others invited are Lt. Bair, assistant baseball. Franklin G. Cowie, rifle. baseball coach, and the following ardent Edward C. Ganz, rifle. Tanner 6 3 0 — William M. Hawkins, football, basket- fans: Colonel McCabe, Capt. Moody, Jackie Schmidt, Jr., baseball. Jones 2 0 0 1 ball, track. Capt. Joe Taylor, Lt. Onesty, Lt. Bast, VJWLWiE Lawrence Riker, baseball. Team strong defensively, both infield Andrew T. Jones, football, boxing, Sgt. Slattery, and Frank Carelli, the Richard S. Birch, track. and outfield. Team batting average a most tCHtt>I»73:i:»i:i=fAM:l baseball, mgr. tailor. Team members attending include N. Nevil Tilley, track. t creditible .294. John C. Butner, football, swimming, Rhodes, Capt..; Schmidt, Harner, Jones, James R. Etters, track. i G AB R H Ave tennis. E., Johnson, R., Harvell, Enck, Pyles, A., Mon., Tues., Wed.— Johnny Garcia, track. Tanner 6 13 '3 .384 Two-Sport Men Savage, Tanner, Riker, Jones, A., Ingr- Joan Crawford, Dick Powell Philip Emerson, track. Rhodes 14 63 11 23 .365 Albert Pyles, football, baseball. ham, Kuhlow, Jungerheld, Dodge, Lucas, Warren E. Field, track. Johnson 14 64 9 23 .359 —in — Richard E. Keister, football, track. and White, R. Neal E. Hefrernan, track. Harner 14 65 16 23 .354 Rudolph T. Frey, football, boxing. This will be the second annual ban "MODEL WIFE" John J. Bowman, track, Mgr. I ones 14 61 18 21 .344 James M. Rhodes, football, baseball, quet tendered by the Shrapnel staff. Last John W. Greene, tennis, Capt. Dodge ... 3 3 0 1 3ii with Charlie Ruggles, Lee capt. year a precedent was set by co-editor Leon Forman, tennis. Fuck ..14 32 12 15 .290 Bowman, Billy Gilbert Theodore A. Read, football, track. Moore, and this year's staff intends to John Andrews, tennis. Savage ..13 34 8 8 .236 lames H. Wilkins, football, track. follow this example. Last week the keys Louis B. Reich, golf. Harvell ..13 48 6 11 .230 Thursday Only— Harold A. Read, football, mgr., boxing. were received by staff members who had Joseph T. Reader, golf. Schmidt 14 49 22 10 .204 William A. Corbett, rifle, golf. done a sufficient amount of work. Tn ad- Richard Arlen, Andy Devine Richard B. Presbrey, golf. Riker 4 2 1 .200 Richard H. Ash, basketball, tennis. dition to Capt. Godshalk, advisor, the —-in —■ Jack Ingrham, baseball. Pyles 14 12 9 .173 Robert Savage, basketball, baseball. following cadets will attend: Wells, "DANGEROUS GAME" Robert Kuhlow, baseball. Lucas 1 0 0 .000 Rivers Johnson, basketball, baseball. Hume, Pressley, Shaw, Shields, Ballen- Warren Jungerheld, baseball. White 1 0 0 .000 Friday and Saturday— Kenneth W. Van Slyck, boxing, track. tine, Offerman, Sanford, Jewett, and Robert Lucas, baseball. Jungerheld 1 0 0 .000 Charles B. Hewitt, boxing, tennis. Howell. THE RANGE BUSTERS o Inghram 0 0 0 .000 Charles McK. Harvell, boxing, base- Kuhlow 0 0 0 .000 'TUMBLEDOWN RANCH IN ball. SMA Golfers Lose Last The world's greatest optimist is the old ARIZONA" Frank Segal, swimming, track. Match By Close Scort maid who pulls down the folding bed and News —■ Our Gang Alan F. Seigle, swimming, track, capt. 510 120 150 .294 looks under it. —The Pointer. Captain Marvel Edward Dodge, baseball, swimming. The S. M. A. linksmen lost their last Reese White, baseball, basketball. match of the current campaign to Green- One-Sport Men brier Military School by a close score of 9y, to %y\. Huger-Davidson Charles Pinand, football. Chris' Restaurant CUT RATE DRUGS Presbrey, number one man on the team, Ralph H. Hamilton, football. Sales Co., Inc. HOME OF SANDWICHES defeated his opponent to garner three Charles Brown, football. Distributors of PLATE LUNCHES points for the Kableites. Presbrey and FRIENDLY SERVICE AND Donald J. Gallagher, football. PLEE-ZING QUALITY FOOD GOOD FOOD Reader combined to win three points for PRODUCTS Thos Hogshead, Inc. Fred O. Sink, football. S. M. A. Headquarters Claude J. Ryan, football. best ball. Reader took a half point for Staunton, Virginia The Corner Drug Store Charles Minihan, football. the Blue and Gold and Corbett and Reich Donald W. Bermont, football. captured S. M. A.'s remaining two points. William E. Cloud, football. James Van Hise, football. WE GO EVERYWHERE FOR GOOD FOOD AND A RESTFUL NIGHT Harry H. Staples, basketball. Telephone 730 to the Irving Bussell, basketball. ARCADIA HOTEL John F. Larsen, basketball, Mgr. Jones Taxi Service Henry R. Shipplett, boxing, Capt. J. EARL JONES, Proprietor 'Best Value In The Shenandoah Valley" Thomas P. Wilson, boxing. Five and Seven-Passenger Closed SODAS, SANDWICHES, AND MEALS James S. Simmons, boxing. Cars—Service Day and Night ATTRACTIVE ROOMS WITH POPULAR RATES M. William Bendure, boxing. 14 N. New Street Staunton, Va. Newton Locke, boxing. y John Lobell, boxing. Gene E. Kennelley, boxing, Mgr. George Tullidge, swimming, Capt. Shenandoah Tailoring Company, Inc. s nyder Electric C o m p a n y Curt Seifart, swimming. MAKERS OF EXPERTS ON REPAIRING RADIOS Robert L. Steele, swimming. Edwin H. Eager, swimming. ARMY AND MILITARY SCHOOL UNIFORMS RADIO AND RADIO TUBES George V. Offerman, swimming. Outfitters of Staunton Military Academy All Accessories Charles L. Berman, swimming. Everything Electrical Phone 236 G. Gregory Robinson, swimming. MT. SIDNEY, VIRGINIA Harry E. H. Cox, swimming. Shipplett's Cleaning and Dye Works

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winner of the Colonial Daughter's Essay- S. M. A. Hash competition in this school will be deco- CHANDLER STUDIO rated, the medal of the Kable Legion of A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING of Honor will be given, and every class- day speaker, including the president of PHOTOGRAPHY the Senior Class, will be given medals. SPECIAL DISCOUNT Prizes to consist of books of all types Pickles And Cream to are to be given to those cadets highest Dear People: in separate subjects. For example, the CADETS and FACULTY Don't look now, but here we are amid cadet ranking highest in all English will PHONE 1969 all the gaeities that end another year. be given a medal, but the cadets highest 22 E. Beverley Street Looking back we find, in most respects, in English I, II, III, IV will be given that it has not been an ordinary year we books. In this way, no one man receives Staunton, Virginia have weathered, ft has seen the rise of both a medal and a prize for any one ,GIRL AT HOME "Hey, you" and the Vulture Club. It has subject. seen Co. "A" win many parades, -"B" No prizes will be given in any subject Company receive the Softball champion- that has but a very few students taking it. A. M. ARNOLD'S ship, and "C" Company acquire "The T A X I Chicken Coop." This year has seen more Buy Your Films Here 5 and 7 Passenger Closed Cars new organizations,-military" and other- and have them developed. P H O N E 13 8 wise, formed, only to be disbanded after 18 N. New St. Staunton Va. a week of training, than any other three CIGARETTES and TOBACCO years put together. AT CUT RATES Also seen this year was a Shrapnel Kennedy Gut Rate staff that found new secrets of flag-pole S. M. A. BOYS hill and a {CABLEGRAM staff that hit a Drug Store Are Always Welcome new low in production, not only of copy, \H S.N.A. CADET but also ideas. The retiring W.W.L.S. at found diversment in discussions of topics STUDIES ? FOR FINAL EXAMS HOTEL STONEWALL S. M. A. Stationery concerning women's relation to the down- JACKSON fall of mankind, and the pain incurred and Jewelry SL in the flogging of a pig. Prizes And Decorations To Be physics, biology, Latin, modern langu- Greeting Cards BEAR.* Awarded At Commencement ages, basic military science, and advanced BOOR j Looking forward, however, I can see Pennants — Gifts CO J j military science. The best drilled cadet, many singular changes taking place in At the final commencement exercises' the best drilled recruit, the cadet having 18 E. Main St. some of our most prominent "characters" Staunton Sport Shop this year, as in previous years, variousj the highest conduct record, and the cap- on the Hill. "Most Handsome" Jasbo will prizes and decorations will be awarded tain of the Honor Company will also be SPORTING GOODS be found early one morning with his to cadets for outstanding accomplish-' decorated, hair a flame-grain tint, a cross between FOUNTAIN SERVICE ments while at the academy. Medals will also be given to the cadets a vermillion and deep purple. I shouldn't John D. Rask Medals will be given to those cadets I who have the highest academic standing doubt but wdiat the near future holds at FLORIST Opp. Y. M. C. A. making" the highest grades in mathe- in the Junior School, in the Senior least a sprained ankle in store for Sor- Corsages and Cut Flower Work matics, English, history, chemistry, | School, and in the Graduating Class. The of Every Description. rells. He's been trying to walk down the Flowers Telegraphed Anywhere MBC steps backwards in the dark for so FOOTBALL SCHEDULE—1941 long now that he's due for a fall (and Phone 1700 — N. Central Ave. great will be the fall thereof). Sep. 27—Washington and Lee Freshmen „ Lexington And then there's McGhee, the self- Oct. 4—Blackston Military Academy Home THE PALACE made lover. We'll probably see him either Oct. 11—The Bullis School Home All the Latest Popular in the funny sheets or the brow:n section Oct. 18—Massanutten Military Academy Home Dance Records Billiards and Bowling of the Sunday newspapers one of these Oct. 25—Greenbrier Military School _ Home on days. No doubt he'll be the lad who will Nov. 1—Bordentown Military Institute „ Trenton, N. J. NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE put BB shots in the tapioca at some class Nov. 8—Augusta Military Academy Ft. Defiance, Va. Victor, Bluebird, reunion. Fitz White, if given enough en- Nov. 20—(Thanksgiving)—Fork Union Military Academy Home Columbia, O. K., couragement, might get his brickyard job back before the next depression. I don't Decca like to hazzard a guess at the future of at an}- one of the other lads, as these next BLACKBURN'S few days will. probably reap a heavy v*^ HOLT'S Tobacco - Cigars - Cigarettes toll among, their midst. Comoy and Kaywoodie Pipes 16 E. Beverley In the event that any expectant seniors —MAGAZINES— for '42 glance over these lines, let me RIGHT AFTER Martha Washington Candies donate a few words of pearly wisdom— Beverley at New wisdom gleaned only through mistakes PHONE 915 and experience. If possible, keep out of any and all. organizations. This year's RANDOL TAXI seniors will be financially recuperating and from donations, dinners, etc. for the next HAMRIGK'S ten years. When the treasurer of the Transfer Service senior class begins to canvas your bar- FLOWER SHOP racks, either buy some bear traps and Special Prices on School Trade, set them up along the gallery, or head for Long Trips, Picnics, Parties, etc. CORSAGES the, hills and be a refugee. If you are in C. & O. and B. & O. BOUQUETS a company, try to be made captain, thus TRANSFER SERVICE avoiding all collections. If you are al- Flowers Telegraphed Around ready a captain and thus sponsor vulner- 21 N. New St. Staunton, Va. The World able, avoid all women like the plague. In the eventuallity, however, that either Telephone 710 Staunton, Va. your conscious or a shotgun forces a girl on you, be firm and unrelenting. Outfit Yourself In Summer Make it plain that you prefer doing the Wear at sponsoring in the old way, where the sponsor pays all the bills, and the person BLACKBURN being sponsored does the work. In closing COMMENCE GOING HABERDASHERY let me caution one and all not to be Lovett SUGGESTED ARE: frightened by exams. Remember that Sport Coats, Sport Slacks, Van Staunton supplies everything, even cita- Heusen Shirts, Van Heusen Sport tion cords to hang vourself with if vou GREYHOUND Shirts, Terry Cloth Sport Shirts Bros. flunk. (two way), Botany, Wembly & • There's one thing 'most everybody Londondary Ties, Straw and Felt Mercifully yours, learns in college—you can go more Hats, by Knox and by Lee, Officer McGoof. places for less money by Grey- Sample One-Way Fares Jantzen Swim Suits, Key Chains, o hound! And the time to put that Cuff Links, Stud Sets, Matched Andrews And Dewing To learnin' into practice is the day you Winchester 1.55 Leather Jewelry in Cuff Links, leave college—whether you're head- Washington 2.35 Key Chains, Collar and Tie Hold- Take College Board Exams ed for home, away somewhere on a Baltimore 2.95 ers, Imported English Leather summer vacation, or off to a new New York 5.35 Billfolds, Hickory Belts, West- Cadets Andrews and Dewing will be job in far parts. Don't walk, run- Charleston 3.90 minster Hose, Vest Pocket Razors. to the nearest Super-Coach to start the only two seniors remaining at school Lexington 60 We have a large variety of Gifts saving money every mile you travel. Roanoke 1.55 for the Graduate. to take College Board examinations this In other words, graduate to Grey- Bristol 3.90 Each are gift-wrapped, also year. hound 1 Winston-Salem 2.60 wrapped for mailing. Faculty remaining for the purpose of Columbia 4.80 tutoring the cadets are Majors Brice, GREYHOUND TERMINAL Harrisburg 3.80 BLACKBURN Shoes and Hosiery Pitcher, Wonson, and James; Captain Philadelphia 4.10 Taylor, and Lieuts. King and Parker. New & Johnson Sts. Phone 1524 HABERDASHERY Pittsburgh _ 5.75 X-Ray Shoe Fitters Examinations will be given in English, 132 E. Beverley St. Cincinnati 6.70 history, physics, German, French, and Opposite Dixie Theatre STAUNTON, VIRGINIA

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