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To help VERN and Dottle SCHENKEL celebrate their silver anniversary last, Feb. 29Elllyou were represenEed in a cable to these folks vltrich wenE: ilTtre 24th Assoclatlon_gladlysalutes any-couple who can make it for 25 years. Happy congratulations. But felicita-Eions too, Vern, on becoming our latest Life Member, thanks of course to your gooqlayd. A11 sincere warm wishes from all of us to both_of you. Ken Ross - for the 24th".ThL Schenkels have moved. It,rs now Spanish-style 3215 Leisure Wood Court, Florissant,Mlssouri. Dottie reports: "See you iir August.- Healthwise, everything 0.K." llonderfulne\us, Dot, - on both

Kunts. Good wishes on Ehe new house. q$_

@@June l4th hras a red letEer day for - AL MILLER reports EhaL 22OS bike ridersMaj.Gen. ROSCOE B. WOODRUFF; iE marked61 yeSrs from the day he.w?:..cormissioned - starEed the 210 mile t'rip f,rom columbus"and have never regrecceo rc", he added. Eo Portsmouth' ohio and reEurrl last May

Ilp':::1is,,T?gf."ti ttrat he cin't-cl.-=q-o- iSIB;,'|i: :t"li:"far[?'r:H:.:$"t;:3uaryit, said: "I'lI be. there. in spi-rit-anyway, sig""i. ft" aia -ir-i"-ie-iir"rJ'wirh

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Hiitr};H"'1,:ti:'*i;n':i:*,13;o.?':il: 'n" ""fi ro "peea

uit". @crew".- And we'I1 all drink a graEeful _#;HtoasE Eo you, General "!,loody".- @ ffi\,

ffi Rough news from Fr. wrLLrAM J. wALTER.\Y He's aE Xavier Halr, u. of 'Frisco,

__ le_rqy.or days for B.G. cEoRGE w. If;::I;tt:f"::fl*J:ffi;,".TH"llinfil"5ooo.DICKERSON, now retired from his last reUuriling^ "Eo *y peoii6', (Ulithi, Y"p,sEation, Europe,-to Dickerwood, Poquoson, c"anrrl-$i;oce-ttrir Eooh-r"ttr"il-iiy6ur ir6t"V3.. George.and. Lois will be relovating of encouragement ind offer oi prayerstheir colonial home. Chuckles George, brought cotfort and hope when i flced a"Sh-ould be complet,ed next, sumler".- D9t'E blea[ future. Now lrm'Iearning to speakrush itr.Geor-ge; you'.ve got lots of time. all o.,rer again. Dr. says no rEason iI'Iish you'd make our "clam bake" nexE shouldn't ieturn Eo the Islands aft.ermonth.

Ron Ranke, Food and Beverage I'l,anagerof the Alladin's Lamp Restaurant in EheFlying Carpet. MoEor Inn calls Eo EeIl usthaE he's looking forward Eo serving allof our group in Xugust. Adds Ron, 'we'11do our utmost to make your convenEion asuccessful one". Wetre depending on youRon.

JulY". can You imagine such

;@Good friend RUSS ARNOLD, (24th MP144-'47), of Urbana, Ohio, is on his way

to a Life Membership, sending in $20.00,with the happy report that, Zelpha and the3 boys are in fine fettle. They have anew home and are planning t,o go to Japanin 1973. Besides working for the DefenseSupply Agency, Russ sells real estate andalso builds houses.

Chicago is expecting you!

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REUNION PROGRAI.,I

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9Lh

The early birds will be around listening to the OrHare planes come and go.

THURSDAY AUGUST lOIh

Registration - all day.

Early Bird Party, courEesy Convent,ion Chairman TOM and Elise COMPERE.

Try sunning at poolside while you await the arrival of him who youwant especially Eo see.

FRIDAY AUGUST llLhReveille - Roll over and go baok to sIeep. Lu:<urLate.

Registrat,ion - all day.

Cash bar never closes.Coffee Hour - courtesy of Chicago's Orrn - Spike O'Donne1l.

Luncheon - Yout re on your own.

Poolside Chit Chat. Unit CPr s may well be set up.

Windy CiEy Cocktails - Part of the Package Deal.

Hospitality Night - l"tusic and buffet. by the motel managemenE.Part. of the Package Deal. Cash bar.

Suggest.ion: Hit. the sack in good Eime. Tomorrow is a busy onelTaps.

SATURDAY AUGUST 12Th

ReveiI 1e.Breakfast - Youtre on your own.

Registration - all day.Cash bar open 23 hours per day.

Nat.ional Executive ConrniEtee MeeEing.

Nat,ional Business Meeting.(Program for the ladies to be announced. )

Brunch - Part of the Package Deal.

An afEernoon aE poolside, under the umbrellas.Cocktail Hour - Part of the Package Deal.

Memorial Service; Grand Banquetl Awards, and Brig.Gen. LESTER WHEELER.Part of the Package Deal.

Dancing Under the Stars. Cash bar.Taps;

SUNDAY AUGUST 13Ih

Iast brunch; lasE call for drinks. Part, of the Package Deal.Farewells, AlohasSee you nexE year!Drive carefutlyl

Cash bar.

- Schedule subjecE Eo change -

JIM OWENS, (3atn '46-'47), of Lake CiEy'Iowa, reports illness in the family sohe'11 noE be with us in Chicago.

JIM McGAFFIGAN says he's happy he's suillon our list and sends a twenty. CatchJirmny at. 22 Emerson, Needham, Mass., andleE him regale you with the story abouEwhen he landed on Wahoo. Anxious noE tooffend the natives, he said to one,"Excuse me, sir, buE I wonder if you couldLelI me if it's pronounced Hawaii orHavaii?" "Havaii", responded the man."Thank you very mrch", said grateful Jim."Youtre- velgomel" retorEed the man.

Army is trying to put roadblocks in thepath of major headquart,ers which hold ontomessages announcing policy changes. Suchcomnands someEimes also alrer the policyand then send it out in a fashion DA neverintended. Sound familiar? So now' Armyis including this sentence in messagesannouncing Significant changes : "Coitentsof Ehis policy change will be passed Lothe lowebt practicable echelon within72 hours of receipE. IE vrill not bedelayed for local-interpretation". There'slikeiy not a reader lilro- doesnrt catch thesignificance of all of this.

Joined: GILBERT and Shirley BERNARD,(ZA*t Recn. '42-'45), of. 20565 Nisqually,Aoole Vallev. Calif. Parents of 5. thevaib oeuuie 7zz), Gil Jr. (19), orei, (t6),Connie (14) and John (7). Sounds great.

Chick JACK FINAN, now at U.S. DepE. ofAgriculture, 1718 PeachEree, Atlanta, Ga.Son, Tim, is in the Air Force ROTC gettinghis surnmer training at Wright-Patterson.Jack and Mary will be with us in Chieago,Three weeks laLer Ehey celebrate their30th. Jack is happy that. Gen. I.SEIIELLMORRIS is in; says he was Co. H CapEainback on Wahoo and Pineapple Jack adds:"Morrls had a great Top Kick - JOE IIHITE.Another great Top Kick was JOHN WETTERAUwtrom you-wroEe about".

A fiver for the kit.Ey from goodCARL WAGENFUEHRER, (3rd nng. '42'' 45),of 531 EasEern, BalEimore, Md.

Rev. HERB EGGLESTON, is in HonoluluHospital after 2 surgerigs i! 14 months'Genlvieve wrote usr sending in a fiverwhich we promptly returned, you can bet.More on Herb's condit,ion as we hearfrom Gen.

25Eh Inf. Div. Assoc. also meets inChicago (Sheraton) two weeks ahead of us.That'5 the news from DON and Lola LUEDTKE,(34th '48-'50), of Arcadia, Nebr. Lolamessages that. 15 yr. oId Alan, who helpsoperate their dairy fatm, sEilI findst-ime for leEEers in HS sporLs (footbaIl,basketball and track), and swirmning, andhunting, and fishing, and boating, a9dthe HS-pIay, and American LegioII P9),'qSEat.e. -Alan is undecided what he'11 doafter graduaEion. Maybe he should take aresE.

tJtren you're having more than_one, _Ehinkof BILL HUGGINS, 1105 Park, Dillon, S.C.,who is a Schafer distributor. We lovethe Schafer jingle, Billy, but the beertastes like Love in a conoe. Bill, youlast were wiEh us at Myrtle Beach in '58.How about Chicago in'72?

Idail returned from MIKE GAI*{BALE. Thiso1d 724 Ord. man was at, 6807 Woodland,Philadelphia. No more says the little manin erev. [,le remember the lasE time wesaw"ltiice; it was Myrt,le Beach. Thesubiect was love. Someone had said,"Th6re's as rmrch love in the world t.odayas Ehere was years back." -Piped in Mike,"Yeah, maybe

-so, but therets another bunchdoing it."

Current on his dues is JIM McGINTY'attorrley aL law, in MyrEle Creek, Ore.Bless your heart, {im, and all the oLhervltal brgans. Jim's in the U.S. NationalBank Bldg. Lhere in case you need a lawyerfast, anii even if you don'E.

Retiring after 28\ years is SGM JOHNBAGLAI.'IA. He'11 then be aE 1857 Riverbank'Lincoln Park, Mich., he reporEs, as hesends along 15. Johnny was in N.H. on arecruj-ting mission last winEer nhen heran into JoHN A. cRoNIN with wtrom heserved in the 24th Med.Bn. ln Kokura(remember the Jono area?). Croninr s aretired major. Baglama also foundHARRY TREVENA in Philadelphia v*ro alsoserved with him in Kokura, adding, "Harrylooks great. He reminds us of the story ofthe olil Irish mi-ner vdro had died on theannual outing Lo Galway. They brought himhome to his village and laid him ouE forthe neiehbors to pay their last respecEs.'Doesn'E he look ireif t' said one. 'Yesr'said another, 'that last Erip-9o the sea-side did him-a world of good. "' Preclousstory, Johnny. Hope Harry Lakes iE asyou mean iE.

Talent is like good granurar - you'veeither goE it or you ain't.

Five graEefully received from RAh'IONDSophia FIES; they're aE 3714 Romig,and SophIa FIES; they're aE-3714 Romig,

Reifft6n, Pa. By paying voluntarily asing voluntarily asReiffton, Pa. By paying voluntariry as-you wondirful pebpie do' Iou sPare.us. theirork of sendin! oirt reminhers.- And thatgoes for you too, Col. CARL--W. SqHAAD,-71tS Warbier Lane, Mclean, Va. Love thaEnamer "Warbler Lane".

Ten from VARIAI{ HOOVER within anunhappy memo' "Not up Eo par for severalmonEhs; back on job again now. Warmreeard6 to everv6ne".- Postcard thisloial member at. HustonEown' Pa. L7229.VH,a grocer himself, tells us that Zsazsi ktows how Eo ehirge: she gets $4000for supermarket openings.

At the Longboat Key geE-together lasEAprill our Veep AUBREY S. NEI'II'IAN, is seena-s reidy to carve. BILL t*:H:liii

uyin Red'ikit.ehen.Women's libgot Eakenover thecoals aEthis clam-bake, youcan beE.Some of theboys preacheda philosophyEhaE, if itgot ouE,would be aspopular witht.he BeEEyFriedan types

as was CusEer with the Sioux Indians.6c-Ylil":,{;]l'\ > -/ /qV-

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Here comes de Judge. Here comes deJudge. Effort. is being made to insurethaE ALVA "Judge" CARPENTER, (Div. JAG

'42-'45), of Box 19L67, WashingtonrD.C...will be with us at our August "Pow Wow".Judge has to sEay close by Walter Reedwheie he's an outpatient undergoing-treaLmenE but we have hopes t'hat he'llbe able to steal away for this one. Andshould Judge favor us with his presenge'

-be su::e to-sEep right. up to him and mix itup with him. In facE try qo make iE apoint. Eo spend at least a few momentsi^rith each ind every one present. By mixingit up, you'11 enjoy yourself best. Bethe ieeiessor on this one; don't siE backand wiit for Charley to m6ve first.

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Brinsine new members to Chicago withthem wiTI 6e LLOYD and Mary McCAIiIDLISH,(Ztst '50-'52), of 8420 Marietta, Bremen,Ot io. Lloyd ai'ra Uary discovered thenicieno E.'KLINKLER familv (r or 5th Rcri50-'52) of 520 w.Main, iancaster, oh19,ioined the* up. and now are bringing themio o,r. Windy City bash on Fri.- Aug' 1Iand Sat. Aug. L2. You folks deserve a

The propaedeutics with respect to thehow and'vrhit. of preparing for the litt1eeei-tosether at our caravansary "5 minutesErom oYHare" are few and simPle:

1. Dress informally as you would dressfor anY August daY or evenin-g- atpoolside --Ehat is, comfortablY.

2. Throw a brightly colored Hawaiianshirt. into your valise, as they seembest to identifY us as one time"Pineapple KidsI' - and gals, besure to bring along a lfuu l'fuu;you'11 get away wiEh it beautifullyat, this PartY.

3. None of us will likely wear a neck-tie unt.il time for the SaEurdaYevening Cockt,ail Hour and Banquetwhich is our one and onlY semi-formal affair. It's nothing fancy -typical surtrner evening "dress up"birt not rePeat not formal.

4. Bring swim suiLs andregalia if you're an

WhatfII it cosE? Good question. Roomsare $18.00 per night for a double.$14.00 per night for a single, if you doit. the hard way.

The package deal - called the "Had3i"by the house, whatever that. means -iircludes a room for 3 days (rriday,Saturday and Sunday) ".rd 2 nighEs (Friday/Saturday and SaLurday/Sunday). And italso includes Ehe Windy City Buffet onFriday evening, a Brunch SaLurday ayemwhen youtre on your own and the CockLailHour bnd Banquet on SaLurday Peeyem, andthe Last Breakfast. on Sunday morn.

Now the "Had5i" deal is that somethingall-inclusive we've been hearing about.IE goes for $40.75 per person on a LwoEo a room basis, $50.00 per person on aone to a room basis.

The package deal i-s an arrangement, setup by your Conunittee but reaches fnritionon a personal basis beEween you and thehouse..You pay the house (The FlyingCarpet) and not. the Association for thepackage deal.

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Going bY freighEer Ehroug! theMediterian-ean duiing JuIy and.Augusg ?reCol. KERMIT and Irene BLAI{EY (21sE '42-'45t, of 4L26 Olympic, Columbus., Ga'--youi ir-be missed'at our "circus", folks-;or"ifi ali envy you. Kermit, the son of agun, senas us $i5.00 to-keep "your goodie*iy issues coming"-. .rtt*E:. See youand irene in New York in '73?

Once upon a t,ime ouL of Lawrence, Mass.(aZ seiteley St..) comes the message,"$10.00 for the dues and exEra for thet,ime I've been in arrears". Nice going,SAI''I BARKER. The last 8 weeks have beenfull of pleasant surprises just like this.I^le haven'E seen anything like iE sincethe r57 Red Sox.

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Our wanderers, B0B and Mavis PERE,are on the prowl again, From NYC to Wahooto Lauderdale and now to 5808 N. 18,Phoenix, Ariz. Add they, "If we don'Llike it., w€'11 head back to 'the - - Rock"'.Poor Bob; he's about as frustrated as akleptomaniac in a piano sEore.

Good one liner: by Johnny Carson onhgaring that Clay and Frazier each received2| milion for their till - "For 2h milliondollars Ird wrestle Vireinia Graham nakedin Macyts window".

A Een spot from BILL and FlorenceWILLMOT, (Ztst '44-t45), of 1630 Venus,Merritt Island, Fla., wiEh the clue, "Thiswill cover dues and a litt,le extra rvhichItm sure you can find good use fortt. Asthe guy says: "lle were as mad as a bee ona paper flower". No, hardly that, Bill;we were and are grateful for the likes ofyou.

A fiver in from HERBERT and EthelKINGSBURY, of 1368 Evergreen, Schenectady,N.Y. Remember, Herbie, if you wanna getalong in this world, never foggeE the lst 1lesson in the art of self defense - keepyour glasses on.

JOE and Mrs. Joe BERNA, of L7L2 Andover,Oklahoma City, Okla., have their dues infor which our eEernal thanks.

Eleanor HERRING fills us in on JIMalons with 15 for dues. An old bean-counEer (s/tro Eo 8/45), Pickres and Elliewere hoping Eo Chi it. Maybe they willyeL. He's mgr. of the Peekskill, N.Y."Monkey" Ward st,ore and Ellie supervisesobstetrics at CormruniEy Hosp. Ehere.These two meE at Tiltoir G.Hosp. (Dix, N.J.)when Pickles was goldbricking in Ehe malariaward and Ellie was his nurse. Their eldesL,Cliff, is married; has 2. Pamela is ouEof the Waves and is doubling betweenbank telling and going Eo college. Bruceis sophmoring at College of che FingerLakes. Ellie gives us a definition ofbragging: it's the patter of little feats.

From BILL LOIJDENrs file:Maj.Gen. ROSCOE B. WOODRUFF at the "Jock"CLIFFORD memorial service in Davao,Mindanao. Thanks Bill.

down along the shoreline.tips us Lo a new member -of 33 Circle, Port Orange,

Out of sunnycomes this oneMotor Pool, in

California -of the Co. A,Shikoku Dec.

N.Hollywood -3rd Eng.

'45. rEwas sent inby ED VASQUEZof 4949 DennyAve. ThaLwould havebeenMatsuyama,wouldn't, Lt,,Ed? No, aswe recall it,Ehe 3rd Eng.were at Eheairfield atMitsuhama,

Right? EdLLOYD MERRILL,FIa. Thanks Ed.

PAY YOUR DUES

NOW!

BILL BYRD and his gorgeous ladY,MargareL. down Ehere in Ft.Smith, Ark.,sisial that. thev'll be with us aE ourwiildv Citv "Cariri-val". A thousand cheers.And too, they'lI "try to ge! MIKE CULLENand JOHNM WILLIAI'{S to coie". /12 daughuerof Bill and Margaret just married (Theyhave 3). Bill writes with a touch ofverisimilitude that rnakes the fanEasEicreal. See you Bill - and MargareE tootof course.

HENRY and June Lee BURGER, (Ztst'42-'45), of Home, Kans., say theY'11make Chicago. Henry says that. apparenElywhat happens Eo little girls who don'teaL their cereal is that. they grow up tobe fashion models.

$Issues ago, we plugged for the Hotel

Thayer - by West Point's South Gate - asour '73 ConvenEion siEe. It broughtforth several - 23 Eo be precise -favorable commenEs. We dropped by therethe other day and plcked up some literaturewhich, happily, we here reproduce:

Famous Thaysr hospitality begins the momont you ent6r thehiatoric lobby from tho curving front drive. Hcro you'rc aptto se€ diplomata, governmont di8nitarict or prominrnt militarylsado16. Enjoy !ll tho traditional hotel s.rvlcc you may choose,or tho do-it-youi3olf frrcdom tnd convgnianca of atino motor lod8e.

HotelThayer. . .in t{re heart ofthe scenic Hudson Highlands

Just 45 miles from New York City viaNew York State Thruway and Falisadeslnterstate Parkway.

GEoiGE f,AsHrieror BRt06t

NE:w YORK(4s MrtEs r0 wEsr Po|ND

HAtilrAI EXIT

JOHNNY KERNODLE on the stationery ofKernodle Clinie, Burlington, N.C., sendsEen wiEh a memo about something that greaLphilosopher, Maxie Rosenbloom, once said:t'lnlhen uhings look blackesE - send themto the Iaundry."

BERKELEY CLARKE, of L627 E, Lakeland,Fla., sent in a fiver for a coPY ofBOBBY DEWSr "The Successful Failure"and received it. pronto. Orrr best Eo youand Ruth, Berk.

Dues in from EDWARD and Mary POMEROY,of 72 Cook, Lawrenceburg, Ind. To themwe say "Thank you" and ask Ed, "Do youremember the days when barbershops werecrowded?"

Change address on WILLIAM S. BROIIN;now at Qtrs. 7425A Winter, El Paso, Tex.Bill was in HunEersville, N.C. He tellsus Ehat Ehey used to say..a fool and hismonev are soon parted. - "Now it happensto everybody", he adds .

20 in from Life Member FRANK and LauraMOYER, of RD 1, Reinholds,- Pa. Frankdrily'reminds us: "t'ftrd packs may be O.K.,but, 'they've never done inuch for'pigs".

DICK LUM' of 209 hruhue, Honollllu,can' E make C., is vacationing on I'laui thisyear. We'11 miss you, Oigk.- That was$IO.OO you senL us, not $5, but Yourwonderfirl p.s. proves that you know it.Thanks. Siy Dick, hear about Ehe -guywho went to see a psychiatrist with a

"t,tip of bacon ovei Lach ear, an 8' snakearouird his neck and a TV antenna strappedto his back? He said: "Doc, I wanna Lalkto you about mY brother".

ED FITZGERALD, (gZtst. and 21st MP

'46-'51), of 52 Osceola, DeeI -Parkr N.Y. ,a Detective Serseant with Suffolk CountyDA, remembers RUSS ARNOLD (spott,ed namein-a recent issue) and his impressiveone arm push ups in the Recon. day-roomin Kokura.

Letrs hear it. for EDWARD and Helen V0S0,(o Ztst '39-'42), of 543 Springdale,New Windsor, Md. Did you get that date -| 39? He's not only our newesE memberl hemay be our oldesE. We're happy Eo haveyou wiEh us, Ed and Helen.

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DON'T FORGETYOUR DUESARE NEEDED

SweaEers are forgirls who knit 'e*,

kinds of girls:girls who fiE 'em.

"Irm just a busy farmer, so -can't makeC." wriLes MORRIS-H. BERGAN, (34th), ofRt. 2, Ridgeway, Iowa. BuL Mo did sendus a $10.00 bill to help keep us going.Watta guyl

SAI"I UMPHREY. Ehe ooor man's RicardoMontabalEan, (Oiv. Chem O. 3/46-LL/47), of24 Callfornia, San Francisco, CaIif.,wriEes. We're pleased as Sam is one ofour besE friends. He and ElspeEh arerunning Vistapac Corp., expgrEing andimporting. "Tough sledding" reporEs Sam,with difficult.ies sEeming from lousyeconomic conditions and striking long-shoremen making it tough to oPerate.But Sam's chin is up, as alwaYs.

BrLL LTVTNGSTON, (34r.h '44-'46), of11 KenE, Brookline, Mass., sends us $15for "a labor of love and we appreciateiE." We're happy for the nice wordscoming from the Veep of the CambridgeportSavings Bank.

Out of SE. Ann's MonasEery, Scranton,Pa., comes 5 for dues "plus a fiver forthe kitty" from Fr. CHRISToPHER J. BERLO.See you next month, Father Chris.

Like Ehe midgets moonshiner r'fio fellinLo Ehe mash, *e got a Iitt.le behind inour work. We're trying to geE caught upwith our paper-work; your checks havebeen arriving fast and furious from alldirecEions. -BuE some of you are still inarrears.

Here's how ever faithful PasE Preryand Life Member DON WILLIAMS got thetragic message out Lo his Detroit TaroLeafers last-May 24th. We'11 set it. upjusE as Don messaged it.:- "This is a sequel to the Chapter letterwritEen lasE month. You will remember,iE was planned that we would meet lastThursday evening, May 18th....and so it,was.

"Those of us fortunate enough Eo aEtendsoent a haoov four hours with JOHN HORVATHwho died o.f'l heart attack alone in hishome Ehe following morning, FridaY,Mav 19th.r'Johrr, 'The Jolly Grocert, was a friendto all and bore no i11-wi11 toward anyfellow man. His enthusiasm was inspira-tional; his inEeresE in 24th People wasinfinite.

"Appearing Eo be in his usual goodhealth and humor, he was very interestedThursday night ln Eelling that Ehe latestTaro LeLf mEnrioned the iame 'Willard F.(nua) Poe'. with that lead, John calledBud aE his home in Bannock, Ohio' Eorenew a friendship of some 30 years ago.This was so typical of the John we knew.

"We say Goodby, John - your friendqhipwas a privilege to enjoy......we willmiss youl Words are inadequaEe......llhat more can one say? SincerelY,Don Williams".

Change of address for BERT LOWRY,(Cn. 19Eh '42-'45). rE's simply Lomax,I11. Change too for "Spike" 0TDONNELL.It.'s 800 WashingLon B1vd., Oak Park, I1I.They move fast in Illinois.

For Maj.Gen. CHESTER A. DAHLEN, It'ssElll San-Antonio, but now iE's xrx322 Fenwick. Hi Ghet. ^fp-o!.:

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{-sP\tr-Chick FRED OLSEN labels hlmself a

t'laLecomerttl was with us in t51-t54.Says "The cloest I came to you in I^lW IIwai as a member of the 108th Rcr, 40EhDiv., when we made conEact with Ehe 3lstOiv.'at Malaybalay along Ehq Sayfg Hry.'-'-tJtrat a memory you have, Fre{r - A11 recallMalavbalav: wa's always a delight uopronounce- iu. The town was a flaE bust,is we recall; salne for its worl€D.Will we have'the pleasure of your andWilma's company at Chicago? Latecomersare certaLnly welcome, Fred.

Hooe to see I^I.G. and Annarnae HOFFER ofthe 52nd Field aE our festival next month.it.Chartes, I11. is close by. -Incider-rtally'it's a new-address for these fine folks.Try Rt. 3, Box 479.

Hail to our newesL member, GILBERT A.BERNARD, (24Eh Recn. L2/42 - -12/45 r - - -Gil - aira'snirtey - post us from 20555Nlsqually, Apple- Valley, C"!i!. and-rePortthat, they'hav! Debbie,--22,- Gil Jr. 19,Drew 16r- Connie 14, and

=Ighn 7. t'Ielcome

"bo"=ar'foIks. WeiIl tell you, 9i1, thaE

every member of the family is welcome atour 'Fiesta; iL's not for Taro Leafers only.

Additional to the Flying Carpet PackageDeal, anEicipat.e a $5.00 registraEion fee(for the AssociaEion member only and NOTfor each member of his family). This 5115money is used to help defray the 101 }E=*:XffiH:i.incidental

to a successfu,

@WLots of construcEion for Life Member

B0B DUFF who, with Ann, natch, has movedfrom Danville, I11. to 940 E. old WillowRd., Prospect Hts., l,trtreeling. You folksare jusE nexE door Eo our ChicagoClambake. See you Ehere.

Coming to our Chicago t'Fiesta": R0SSand Ruth-PENNER, from 1075 McKindey,Johnstown, Pa. -Sez Ross, "! lrope qo see..some of c[e boys I served- wich in Korea."w;-[.G y"u ao, Ross, a!!h9ugh we'11 warnvou iir a'dvance that Wt{ II boys seem toLrooort us betEer than do the Korean boys.Coirl anyway, Ross and Ruthigi-you're goiltgto be m6st-welcome. t'Iarried 11 years, t'heyhave no children, but, theY do have aparakeet, ttGharleyt'. We welcome parakeeEsLt our get-togethers.

Check in time for the FlYing CarPetPackage Deal is anytime on from 10:00 A.M.Friday.

If youadditionalFri. /Sat.

$r8 .00$r4.00$ 4.00

plan Eo stay at the Flying CarPetnights (that. is, oEher Ehan

and-SaE./Sun., Ehe raEes will be:for a double 61for a single Xfufor each idditional coE. .Ww

To Chicago will come Life Member CLEI'IENTL. and Jean-HARRIS, (r stn RcT & 24 sig.4/5L-L0/51) with daughters Belinda andCarol. Clem advises that "advance conEacEhas been made at Ehe grass rooEs levelaround 0'Hare; tast, surnmer I was- pickedup there for driving a truck wichout. sEateplrmit,s and with veir old Oregon licenseilaEes". Adds Cl-em, "The cops Ehere surehade good coffee". Clem, your drivinghabit5 are susPect, buE-your sense ofhumor is tops.- See Yal

If you don't like the FIYing CarPetPackagL Deal (ttrat is $40.75-per Personon a i Eo a room basis; $60.00 per Personon a I to a room basis), and if You wanEto come only for certain of our evenEsthen it'11 te according to this schedule.

For Ehe Friday evening cockEail hour -$2.50 Per Person + L5% A

For the'Friday evlning buffet - kS$5.50 ier Person + 15%

For the SaturdaY noon bruneh '\72$3.50 Per Person + 15%

For the Saturday evening banquet -$6.50 pe'r Person + 15%

For Ehe SundaY morning brunch -$3.50 per Person + 15%

Fresh from the pen of Life MemberLEO CREAMER, (C 21-st.) , of 2LI4 Fairhaven,Jennings, Mo., along with a ten sPot,is this bit of doggerel:

Now's the t,ime to sallY forrh -Theret s no better Year than this

To ral1y tround the Twenty-Fourth -This is ry we shouldn't missl

Take advanEage of Ehe chance -Let them know we reallY care

WlLh reservat.ions in advance -And just five minutes from O'Hare.

You can go 'by way ofr jec -0r drive alons the finesE road

Perhaps a 'rlyiig Carpet' yeL?Wtratever route - let.'s share Ehe load.

Chicago - and the Augusq sun -Things hle never will forget

Happy hearts and healthy furl -Leave us little Eo regreEl

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Dues in f rom TIALT SAS. Heand Elaine now call 6780 E.Cedar, Denver, Colo., home. Wa1t,says he made his first triP _toPaiis recently. He told a friendhe wished he'd seen it, fortyvears aqo. "You mean when Parisilras reaily Paris ?" , queried hisfriend. "illor" said WalE, "whenSas was really Sas."

A tenner in from LOUIS andLirlian PETTEY, (Div.ttq. 7 /42-9/45), of I111 S.Washington,Alexandria, Va.

Elsewhere we provided you with a mail-in reservation card for the Flying Carpet.If you want to call direcL, telephone3L2-297-2L00. To TWX, go 910-233-459L.For addresses on the place, we'vealready seen 3. Take your pick:

Flying Carpet, Motor InnO'Hare AirportChicago, I11.

Flying Carpet, Motor Inn64-65 N.Mannheim Rd. (us L2-45)

at Higgins Rd. (I11. 72)RosemonL, 111.

Flying Carpet Motor Inn6465 North Mannheim Rd.Des Plaines, I11. 60018

We rve just read the 1969 book, rrPhilippineDiary 1939-1945r' by Brig. Gen. SteveMellnik (Van Nostrand Reinhold). It startswith his MacArthur-staff days as aCaptain, the invasion, the CorregidorStand, imprisonment, escape from theDavao penal colony, wandering overMindanao, rendezous with a submarine offZamboanga, Australia and then back toLeyte, Luzon and Corregidor. The book isjumpy, sketchy, bouncyl and it appearsthat the author remembers only what he,wants to recall. Sadly missing is asatisfactory version of what he or anyoneelse was doing on Luzon after the Nipshit Pear1. That story stiIl begs for areasonable analysis of who didnrt do whatto whom. He learns that Pearl has beenhit and takes off on a 75 mile ride southof Manila to watch some cement pouring.While there, he learns that Clark Fieldis under heavy attack. He drives back tolllani Ia and goes to his quarters f ordrinks. As we said, itts a disjointedreport of what one man didl hardly worth$0. ss. Miss i t i f you can .

In t.rying Eo get thewe've been flip floppedbotEle of Irish whiskey

address sEraight.,around like aat a wake.

BEN I^IALLACE, (r Ztst '42-'45), of1204 S. 21st, Yakima, Wash. canrt Chicagoit buE he's good for 5 for "The SuccessfulFailure" and-15 for the kitty. Ben asksif we heard about the young man who movedto Greenwich Village and turned prematurelygaY. 6rr-r

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AH KEE LEONG sends $10.00 from hisHonolulu Flower Shop, probably for thelast time; selling out after 2l years.Says work hras too rmrch and adds, "Hap achLckup at, Scuggs CIinic (California)and thiy found-Eoo mrch". We dontE knowwhat thbt means; dort't. like the sound ofit. We'11 foIlow up on this wonderfulguy and reporE. Or wriEe him yourselfat 430 Kaiolu Ave., Apt. 306, Honolu1u.Herd be grateful.

Especially proud are we to report theeleva'tion of-.lbn NEn, (oiv.Hq. '44-'46),to the presidency of The Nat,ional Founda-tion, the March 6f nimes organizaLion.Joe and Marion married off lovely Leslieto Sarmrel R. MaEhes, Jr. last May 13th^in Westport, Conn. Young folks are ^nEsettling down in Fla. q*--.€m>\W-

ERNIE STANOVIL, of 511 Nan Linn,Willoughby, Ohio, memos us as: "Will beattending my first reunion afEer manyyears anii hope Eo see some of my oldfriends agaiir". We're looking ?orwardto it Ernie. Reservations are notessential but they are desirable forplanning purposes. As to program' wetrecovering iE in this issue.

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ifl *'lijfl''"'iii.-y:' sENr A;rER "'o"'U4tiT'"l NF. W.ADDRESS

(ENr!R NAMEs oF &cupaNTs oF oNE FooM) Arrival Dilo A.M. P.M.

Deparlure Oato A.M. P.MSTATE

Travoling By

GROUP RATE PLANALL BOOMSAIB CONDITIONAD WITH TV ANO RADIO INCLUO:O

FIRIA ORORGANIZATION

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6455 N. Mannheim Bd.

Des Plaines, Ill. 60018

Teleptooe: 299-4422

TWX 3r2-296-2I33

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opply onl, lor lhc daler de3;9n.l.d by lh! rponror. Rcro.va-aasiqnmonl by Rercrvalion D6p.rlmonr.Eat thar plannad origin.lly. .ccomhod.lion becomo! avaitrble'nf priorily. A.rangem.nlt w;tl b. otle.ad lo !tiitl anyonar arlended.r BE HELO AFIER 6 P.M, UNTESS ARRIVAT IS GUARANTEED

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RESERVATION DEPARTTNENT

THE FLYING CARPET MOTOR INN

6465 NORTH MANNHETM ROAD

DES PTAINES, ILLINOIS 60018

Maj.Gen. AUBREY and DoroEhy NEI{I,IANhad callers in laEe April at theirSarasota, FIa. pad. Those who visiEedthis precious family included ED HENRY,BILL 'SANDERSoN, James "SPIKE" Of DONNELi,TOM COMPERE, DON WILLIAI'{S, MIKE RAFTER,CLIFFORD HANLIN, GERRY STEVENSON andPAUL "Junior" HARRIS. And if you don'tthink thatts a roomful, t,ry it.- someEime.Of the experienee, we happen to knowthat, after it was all over, Red wrotea memo, wiEh copy Eo each of Eheoffenders, which said in part, "....To each and every one of you leE meexpress my deep appreciat,ion for yourvisit. It will always be the high pointin my retiremenE, a memory Eo cherish,shared wiEh the best friends I have inEhe world. I have many acquaj-ntancesfrom acEive duty days, including myWest PoinE classmaEes, buE Ehere has beena special rapporE for me with members ofour- Taro Lea-f- Divifibn - cemenEed atreunions and personAl visits inEo closepersonal friendships like no other. AsI once heard a veteran of l.Iorld War Iexpress_ iE:..tWe fought., bled and goE ffiscared together. 6cr*-.Affi\'IrW9'

SAI"I l,lAY, (13th F t42-'45), president ofChina Grove Cot,ton Mills Co., China Grove,N.C., asks for a copy of "Children ofYesterday". Wetre iil out, Sam, but wer11Xerox ours for you. Say the word. Wetvebeen out. of copies for '3everal years;each time we geE another order for one,we feel abouE as triumphant as a one-leggedmidget in Ehe Bost,on *rt:;(D

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Our usufnrcE sojourn at the FlyingCarpet promises Eo be excit.ing, nostalgic,and we t:rrst resEful in the sense thatyou'11 have a chance to relax with oldfriends.

Goins to make our Fl"Fest,ivil" is GENE HoRo

Caroet', (3rd Bn.34Eh), of 5155 W.Diversey, Chicago, I11..Asks Gene: "Gan the whole famity aEtend?"And we answer: ttBy all means, Y€s". 5'ilW

If you live in Peoria, you "can almostwalk to the F1ying CarpeE", so saysJACK HALLENGREN, (724 Ord. '42-'45).So we fully expecE that Jack and Normawill make it. Jack paid his dues witha promise to try Lo be Ehere.6-:r

^SEtr@Now that we're back to that once-every-

four-years time, lre are reminded of thechap wtro said of the occasion 8 years ago!"Thev told me that if I voEed for Gold-watei, theretd be half a million troops 'fin VieEnam within a year. I voted forhim. And, by God, they were right".--..r

exoEic-motor inn with theThey call the Flylng Garpet "Thetic motor inn with the minareE.reE, opposlteg.^uLIg ltl(,L(,l l-ltll W.LLrr LllE ulllalsL, vyyveruE

Chicago t s Ot Hare Ai-rpor-t". "I-3L2-299-4422will Eet them on Ehe- other end of the linefor ydu", advises Old Faithful ERNIE SPAKEdorm Ehere at 210 Sixth, Conover, N.C.By the way, Ehanks for the dues, Ernie.And say, didja hear about. the chap wholost his false teeEh in Burma, and hasbeen looking for his bridge on Ehe RiverKwai? Lookl They can'E all be gems.