Testimonial Dinner To Honor Blumberg

Testimonial Dinner To Honor Blumberg

TO BE HELD ON MARCH 31

AT MARRIOTT MOTOR HOTEL

T he students and friends of Dr. leo Blumberg, popular chairman of the engineering division, will ten

der him a testimonial dinner at the Morriott Motor Hotel, City line and Monument Road, Philadelphia, Saturday evening March 31 beginning at 6 :30.

Dr. Blumberg, who is 67, is leaving the engineering chairmanship at the close of the current academic term.

Herbert Frank, '54, an official of the Frank Beverage Company, Philadelphia, is chairman of the testimonial dinner commiHee. Others on the committee are Mr. Raymond J. McCaffrey, financial

DR. BLUMBERG vice president; George Kassab, '40; William F. Bell Jr., '42; Robert Willis, of the Slater Food Corporation; E:d Woods· of the Woolson-Woods Company; John Riley, .engineering student and assistant to' Mr. McCaffrey, and all members of the engineering faculty.

Mr. Clarence C. Franck, Sr., na.tional and internationally kno.wn engineer and consultant with the

Westinghouse Electric Corporation, whose connections with the honor guest dote back many years before he joined the PMC faculty in 1947, will be toastmaster.

Their association began at the University of Deloware, where Dr. Blumberg had established an outstanding engineering reputation, and carried into Tau Beta Pi, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Phi Kappa Phi and other university activities.

At the behest of Col. Fronk K. Hyatt, president of the college, Dr. Blumberg come to PMC in January of 1947 as chairman of the engineering division and professor of electrical and mechanical engineering. Dr. Blumberg recalls that he immediately set up a placement program, a field where nothing had previously been done to aid the graduates. He continued in this role for a period of 10 years, during which many leading industrial concerns come to the PMC campus for recruitment purposes. These same concerns, he pointed out, are still coming to the PMC campus due to the cal rbre of graduates supplied them.

In addition, Dr. Blumberg says a goodly' number of the engineering graduates have been accepted at graduate schools and have made a most enviable reputation for themselves and the college .

At the dinner, graduates in engineering during the 15 years that Dr. Blumberg has been at PMC are expected to be in the large attendance, together with captains of industry; members of the state and federal judiciary and other longtime friends and

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associates of the man being honored for meritorius service rendered in engineering education. As a nationally registered professional engineer, Dr. Blumberg has brought much engineering prestige to th~ College.

The dinner committee has set a price of $10 per person for the dinner and program. Orders for tickets should be directed to Mr. Karl Bickel, in care of the engineering faculty at the College.

GRAD ESCAPES FRO~l CUBA,

HAS REUNION IN SAN JUAN

A fraternal spirit evoked when they aHended PMC, double-dating, arguing over girls and cramming for exams together, ha'S brought together a PMC alumnus fleeing Fidel Castro's Cuba and a classmate living in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They had not seen each other for over a decade.

Their story has brought to light, too, many similar escape stories of PMC graduates whose names are withheld to safe.guard their families and friends still living behind the Sugar Cane Curtain.

This particular story begins with a telephone call received in Son Juan by the first alumnus from his Cuban friend announcing he was one of the 20 stowalwa'Ys who had made their way there aboard a freighter from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Minutes after their ensuing reunion the San Juan resident found a temporary home for his friend and started plans for a mammoth reunion celebration of all their PMC classmates in the area.

Working together, the group started the machinery rolling to unite the Cuban with his wife and children, whom he had been able to send on to Florida.

The Cuban refugee said his _ decision to attempt escape was triggered by oppression, midnight arrests and constant spying which worsened even as food shortages, especially in milk and meat, became so severe he feared for his family's health .

Describing his escape, the PMC grad smiled in recalling the intense surprise he and five co-conspirators felt when they emerged from hiding to discover 14 other would-be exiles had joined them.

Don Poggi Dies 01 Leukemia

Donald louis Poggi, '55, son of Mr. and Mrs. louis J. Poggi of 105 73rd St., Brooklyn, N.Y., died Dec. 22 of acute leukemia.

During his four }'Iears at PMC louis played intermura,1 football, basketball and, sohball . Nicknamed "Chopper", Poggi w~s a chemistry major.

His affiliations inc;luded American Chemical Society, Skull and Bones, ROA,AOA; Society for- the Advancement of Management; Future Teachers of America; Theatregoers; Society' of American Military Engineen and German and Business Administra1ion clubs.

John M. Poggi, also '55, his cousin, Jives at 293 Smith St., Brooklyn.

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Lodge Box Produces T hat metal box found in the, cornerstone when the

Alumni Lodge was being demolished produced wondrous relics more than a half-century old. Some papers in the moldy copper container were too badl)l deteriora'ted to identify. Fairly intact, however, was a 58-year-old copy of the Chester Times with a delightful story of the cadets annual "sport and stag" Hallowe'en dance.

Of even greater interest to Alumni is the discovery that a Pennsylvania Military Academy Alumni Associ ation was incorporated in 1891. Frederick S. Gill, executive secretary of the Association, transcribed in less than an hour the faded and torn three page document that preceded by a y/e'ar the institution's change in name from Academy to College.

Other mementoes include: a small PMC flag in faded red and gold; three corroded nickles, t1wo of the " liberty Head" sort minted in 1892 and in 1898. Such coins in good condition are worth $15.

A once-gold belt buckle of the same design worn by today's cadets in an envelope also containin,g the signatures of nine of the 11 members of the Class of '04.

Ten of the graduates are dead. The ,other was E. o. Van Houten, whose address six years ago was in South America.

That the Hallowe/en d~nce really was "stag" is borne out by Burt Mustin, Hollywood star, who com-mented recently:

"Believe it or not, ,once or twice a year we had an

CHICK HUMMER (left), Alumni Association president, and President Clarence R. Moll examine contents of cornerstone box.

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Wondrous Relics orchestra play while we cadets danced with each other resulting in bitter arguments over who was to lead and who was to be the lady! Our Class of 1903 was largely responsi1ble for letting down the taboo on mixed dancing!"

The r,eporter had written of the dance: 'l it superceded all of the same kind ever g iven by

the students of this famous old institution . . .... The antics of the men, who were attired in all sorts of ,grotesque and cavillier-like (sic) costumes, were sidesplitting in the extreme.

"And yet, some of them were extremely handsome, indicating that much money was spent on this phase ... of the event."

Returned from the Philadelphia Historical Society where it was sent for study, the box will be placed in the Alumni Auditorium.

FLORIDA ALUMNI ORGANIZE Florida Alumni met to organize their chapte'r of

the Association in the home of Sidney D. Ross, 139, at 4205 Meridian Ave., Miami Beach, and elected their host president. Guy A. Loomis Jr., '26, of 915 Cordova Rd., Ft. lauderda,le, is vice president.

Other officers are Harry Barstow, treasurer, and Robert S. Abf'"amson, 158, secretary. Clarence Wolf Jr., is chairman, and Sidney Lurio, '57, a member of the board of directors.

MARRIAGES Miss Rampa Singhsumalec an,d> Uthayan Uthay

anoka, '61 , June 10, 1961. Miss Denille Revillon and Rafael Nadal, 161, July 8,

1961 , in New York City. Miss Barbara Rossick and William M. Ridgeway,

152 , Octdber, 1961. Miss Susan Lee Gamarel a1nd Joel Isaac Cohen,

Oct. 16, 1961. Miss Barbara Louise lepone and Diedrich William

Boeshe, '59, Oct. 14, 1961 in Moorestown, N.J. Miss Mary Jo Rudolph and James Charles Petrucelli,

161, Nov. 30, 1961, in Lansdowne, Po. Miss Nancy Ellen Moor and William Scott Pickard,

a civilian sophomore student who has served in the u .S. Army, in Lima, Po., Dec. 26,196l.

Miss Bonnie Marie Wood and ,Richard Alan Smith, ' 58, Dec. 30, 1961 in Chester, Po .

BIRTHS To Capt. Richard lynch/61 and Mrs. lynch , a son.

The captain is assistant to the Post Surgeon at Fort Hood, Tex.

To Joan and Barry McDermott, '54, twin daughters, Donna Michele and Denys Marie, born Nov. 7.

To Florence and Donald C. Whitney, 159, a sori, Christopher James, born Oct. 31.

To Jane a,nd Art Littman, '60, a son, Arthur William Littman III, born Oct. 20.

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Bellinger Wins Bronze Cross

HE'S OUTSTANDING CADET

IN 21ST U. S. ARMY CORPS

C adet Col. Robert A. Bellinger, battle group commander of the corps of cadets at PMC this year,

brought outstanding recognition to his school in Nove mber when he was honored as the outstanding junior class cadet in the entire 21st Corps, U.S. Army, for the 1960-61 school year.

Competitors from 32 colleges and un iversities in the states of Pennsylv-a nia, Maryland , Delaware,Virginia and the District of Columbia had sought the honor- the Bronze Cross for Achievement ,given by the Army and Navy leg ion of Valor of the United States Army.

UNUSUAL REVIEW

PMC held what may have been the first review of the corps of cadets for a fellow cadet to honor Col. Bellinger and a hero of World War I made a trip to Chester just to present him the award personally.

Mr. J . Whiting Friel of Jenkintown, Pa ., who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I, presented the Bronze Cross for the leg ion of Valor. He won the DSC for swimming the Scheidt River in Belgium with two other men "While in full view of the emeny and under heavy artillery and machine gun fire" and assisting in the construction of a footbridge which materially aided in the successful operation 'of American troops in the vicinity. His two comrades were killed during the operation.

OTHER DECORATIONS

Among his other decorations are the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, the French Croix de Guerre with two Palms and the Silver Star and the Belgian Croix de Guerre.

President Clarence R. Moll praised Col. Bellinger in a PMC staff memorandum asking all those who could to attend the review, declaring :

"Cadet Col. Bellinger's achievement not only bf" ings well-merited recognition of his outstanding record as a student and cadet, but also reflects most favorably on our institution and its ROTC program."

FORMED LONG AGO

One of the oldest veterans' organizations in the USA, the legion of Valor was, formed by men who had won the Medal of Honor in the Civil War or Indian ca;"paigns I'to perpetuate the ideals of patriotism and loyalty." In 1918 recipients of the Army's Distinguished Service Cross and in 1933 those who had received the Navy's Service Cross were admitted to


WORLD WAR I HERO J . Whiting Friel pins legion of Valor award on Cadet Col. Robert A. Bellinger. Officer with back to camera is Lt. Col. James G. Bennett, Commandant of Cadets.

membership. During the summer Bellinger was selected the out

standing cadet among 943 milftary science students from 26 colleges and universities who participated in the annual ROTC camp at Fort George Meade, Md . This, too, was an outstanding achievement.

PMC had 112 cadets at the camp and all gave good accounts of themselves. Fifty-one placed in the upper third and only 18 in the last.

For his brilliant over-all performance Col. Bellinger, whose home is in Ridgewood, N.J., was awarded the Association of the U.S. Army ROTC Medal. He had been a superior cadet both his sophomore and junior years at PMC:

Dr. Rinclifle Named Chairman Dr. Roy G. Rincliffe of Swarthmore, Pa., president

of the Philadelphia Electric Company who received an honprary degree from PMC in 1956, is chairman of the dinner committee for the 11th annual " Report to the People" of the Crime Commission of Philadelphia.

Considered one of the busiest civic leaders in Philadelphia, Dr. Rincliflie is a director of 20-some organizations and has received many awards for his service to the public.

The dinner will be March 1.

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My Personal Views

By Fred Gill

Alumni Secretary

A IlOther year, a great ye,ar at PMC, a year of much steady forward motion is now past us and is now

recorded in the annals of time. At the beginning of this new year we should remin,isce and take account of what has been accomplished at the College in 1961 and look ahead! to what must be accomplished in the future .

It was a , great year; it ,was a year of challenge, of exuberance, of achievement. It marked the end of the first year of office of our eighth President, Dr. Clarence R. Moll-a year of many trials and tribulations for him , but also a year of great accomplishment. It marked the year of completion of dormitory No.3 , alnd the beginning of dormitory! No.4. And, fo'r the Alumni , it was the year of a dream come true, for the new Alumni AudHorium become a reality. The academic program at PMC was intensified and, with the addition of new faculty members, the a<adem.ic spirit of the students improved; and the military program improved also, with the aid of high esprit de corps and a new regulation book. All in all the changes and improvements which took pla:ce in 1961 point to a bright future for PMC.

But let us not look back any longer; instead of 100.ldng at the bright yesterday, let us look ahead at the brighter tomorrow, the challenge of the future, the challenge of future development.

The developmen,t program at PMC is div'ided into four phases. We won't go into the various phases at this time although we all know that over a ten-year period a classroom building, a student union, scienceengineering building and other physioa,l growth is projected.

It is my personal view that the PMC Alum.ni are a key factor in pushing PMC ahead. We have given much support to our Alma Mater in the past, but as she fa,ces each new and greater challenge we must give her greater aid . Now she is caHing on us. We must answer! We must unite behind PMC to give her the backing for which she calls.

A BOlD CHALLENGE FO,R PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY COLLEGE will be ,outlined in a special Alumni Bulletin

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to be placed in the moils ,within the next four weeks. Be sure and read that issue.

At a critical stage in America's history, at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock sat in a cha,ir ,which had a sun carved on its back. When Benjam in Franklin was asked whether he thought that the sun was a rising or setting sun he stated, " It is a rising sun", referring to the birth of a new nation. At this critical stage in PMC history, -it is my personal view that we are witnessing our rising sun, and the birth of a new PMC. Now it is up to you and to me to see that ,our sun continues to rise and that PMC is successful in its development endeavors.

DR. fl. L. RICHARDS LAUDED

The Evergreen Park (Illinois) Courier recently lauded Dr. Harold l. Richards, ' 20, superintendent of Illinois high school district 218 for his foresight in organizing

e of the most automated langge teaching arrangements in

e United States. In a long article ising Dr. Richards, the news

per states that because of his -,,,,,' .. c'ght the mor'e than 4,000

upils in the Blue Island Comnity High School will be among

ri co 's best-trlained in foreign anguages.

The school system boasts two Rheem Califone foreign language

a. portable audio,Inlhnrni'nrv plus tape r,ecorders and

DR. RICHARDS sound booths.The first laboratory to be completed consists of 30

sound booths with contour chairs and electronic audio equipment arranged in V-shape.

"This unusual setup," Dr. Richards says,_ "allows teacher and student to see one another more clearly and permits closer work with each by allowing the teacher . to move the oontrol panel closer to the student. At her discretion the teacher can tune in on one or more students at a time, and they all can tune in together to conduct complete conversation. This then becomes a fascinating challenge flo the, stludents, and maintains their interest during the entire class period."

Dr. Richards recently was cited by the Alumni Bulletin as one of the "outstanding PMC Men ."

KEPPLE A WINNER Paul (Bud) Kepple, who attended PMC, received a

cosh award for being one of the most courteous salespersons in a l contest sponsored by the Merchants divi sion of the Greater Greensburg, Pa., Chamber of Commerce. A salesman for more than three years in Royer's Men's departm,ent, Bud lives with his wife, Marceda and their three children at 727 Welty st. Previously he was employed for nine years by the Manordale Gas and Oil Co.

In Italy the industrial force is concentrated in the Milan-Genoa-Turin triangle.


FACULTY EXCELLENCE:/V

D r. Franz B. Gross, Harvard-educated specialist in pol itical science, has been a membe·" of the PMC faculty since 1959 and is head of the political science department. A widely-known lecturer on world affairs, Dr.

Gross also is a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania ,where he currently is teaching a course dbout Soviet Russia. Courses he previously' taught there were: The U.S. in World Affairs and International law and Organization .

A former editor-writer for the official United Nations Bulletin and the Sunday New York Times, Dr. Gross is an authority ,on the Soviet Union and many of the trouble spots in the world today, including Berlin.

Dr. Gross came to PMC from Bradford Junior College, where he was acting chairman of its Department of Social Sciences. He obtained his master' s degree at Harvard in 1943 and his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1952. He also is a graduate of the Institute of International Relations, Geneva (1950), the Babs,on Institute of Business Administration (1942), and has studiedl at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and in Vienna, Austria, and Rome, Italy. He has more than one year's residence study in ea ch of these countries: England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy; and has interviewed key personaolities in England, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Italy, ~weden, Switzerland and Iceland .

Dr. Gross visited Porand, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in 1958, and the Soviet Union in 1959. Dr. Gross was a research fellow at the Russian Resea rch Center, Harvard, and The Academy of International

law, The Hague, Holland. His military experience includes U.S. Army! Intelligence, in which he compiled strategic reports on conditions

in Nazi Germany and did research on captured archives while on combat duty with the U.S. Army. He also was U.S. Military Government Press Officer in Germany, instituting and supervising four newspapers.

As an educator, his special fields include Internation al la,w and Relations, Comparative Government and the Soviet Union , American Government, and Public Opinio n and Freedom of the Press. He has been a lecturer for the Foreign Policy Association (New York) and the World Affairs Council (Boston). Dr. Gross' fine hand shows in the model political science department which now exists on the PMC campus.

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Cadets Win Boardwalk Bowl Game COACH GEORGE HANSELL'S TEAM SCORES ONE OF GREATEST

VICTORIES IN YEARS BY DRUBBING KINGS POINT, 35 TO i 4

C oach George A. Hansell's Cadets applied a glorious finish to their 1961 football season by shellacking

a highly-favored Merchant Morine Academy team 35 to 14 in the first "little Army-Navy game" played indoors at Atlantic City's Convention Hall Saturday Dec. 2 . It gav·e the Cadets a record of six victories and three defeats.

Two great goal line stands in which the Mariners were stopped twice on the one-yard line, and a sensational all-oround performance by Walt (Duke) Crate sparked the Cadets to one of the greatest triumphs in the history of PMC football. Crate, who must rate as one of PMC's all-time great halfbacks, scored once on a pass, twice on brilliant 47-yard runs, and all but punted the Mariners out of Convention Hall. He did everything else perfectly, too, including a block that enabled Albie Filoreto to sprint over for another touchdown.

"Crate put on the greatest off·ensive display in PMC history," declared a jubilant Coach Hansell. "He was simply marvelous."

But all the Cadets were superb, including such stout members of the line as John Dishaw, Joe Klimkowski, big Tom Nolan, Jim Jones, Warner Alexander, George Burke, George Shaffer, Bob Barlow and an end who was unheard of in eight previous contests, Tony Closkey. Held back all year by injuries, Tony was perhaps the line hero of this game with his brilliant all-around play. Filoreto, Allen Brewster, Joe Finegan and Doug Covert were backfield standouts.

The jubilant Cadets carried Coach Hansell off the field on their shoulders and President Clarence R. Moll brought cheers fnom the corps when he announced there would be on extra da¥ of Christmas furlough to celebrate the victory.

"Our boys were really inspired," said the happy president as he visited the dressing room to congratulate the Cadet coaches and players. "I don't think any team of comparable ability could have beaten us in the second half."

The Cadet season must go down as Hansell's finest. The Cadets didn't win the conference championship but they came so close it wasn't even funny. In fact, it was a season that with a .wink from lady luck might have been an undefeated one. The Cadets were pounding away at the goal line in both losing games with Moravian and Drexe" and had only to run out three minutes to beat lebanon Valley but a pass attempt proved disastrous.

Following is a rundown on the last three games ~

SWARTHMORE GAME

Battling through a scoreless first half, the Cadets seemed to come to life after Swarthmore's Bernie Bietman ran back a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown against them. Albie Filoreto took the next kickoff on his 7 and almost duplicated Bietman's feat, speeding 40

20

yards before bein,g brought down. He circled end for 20 more and the drive carried to the 4 where John Hamilton passed to Walt Crate for the TO. The Cadets then drove 75 yards for another touchdown, with Allen Brewster rolling around end from the 6 for the TO. I ate in the game John Dishaw intercepted a Swarthmore pass and rambled 32 yards to score.

LEBANON VALLEY GAME This was a heart-breaker. leading 14-7 with a little

more than three minutes remaining the Cadets' Allen Brewster attempted a pass on second down. lebanon Valley intercepted on its 40 and had enough timeto strike for the touchdown and the two extra points thalt won the game. Wes MacMillan actually foiled to carry the ball over for the two extra points but he fumbled and Harrison Woodruff recovered in the end zone. lebanon Valley scored first in the game with MacMillan going over from. the 3 after recovery of a PMC fumble on the Cadet 38. PMC went ahead as John Dishaw blocked a MCICMillan punt and Bob Gardill recovered in the end zone, and Walt Crate rushed for two extra points. The Cadets went 78 yards for their second TO with Crate pitching to Joe Finegan from 6 yards out. Terrific throughout the game, Crate had a 19-yard run and a 17-yard gain on a pass in this scoring drive. Dishaw, Tom Nolan and Bob Barlow were sensational in PMC line play.

MERCHANT MARINE GAME

Two tremendous goal line stands, in which the Cadets held on the one-yard stripe, broke the back of the highly-favored Merchant Marine Academy team in the Boardwalk Bowl game before 10,000 at Atlantic City's Convention Hall. With the score only 6-2 against them, the Cadets then went 47 yards for one touchdown, Albie Filoreto passing to Walt Crate for the last 11 yards; Crate uncorked two spectacular 47-yard scoring jaunts, and Joe Finegan and Albie Filoreto ran 5 and 8 yards for TDs to climax two other drives. "There's no doubt about it/' said Coach George Hansell. "Those two goal line stands broke their heart. After that, we kept hitting and Kings Point just folded./I Crate simply was magnificent in what undoubtedly was the greatest game of his four-year career as a Cadet regular. He gave a terrific all-around performance. He tallied three times and threw a block that enabled Filoreto to hit pay dirt. His kicking kept the Mariners in hot water throughout, one punt traveling 61 yards from the line of scrimmage.

The PMC football team led three categories in southern division play in the Middle Atlantic Conference, according to final statistics. They were rushing offense, total ,offense, and rushing defense. The Cadets averaged 199.7 yards per game rushing. In total offense the Cadets averaged 265 yards per game. They limited the opposition to 105 yards per game.


Walt Crate Ends

Brilliant Career THE DUKE TO RANK WITH POLLOCK

AND OTHER CADET GRID IMMORTALS

T he Great Duke has hung up his cleats at PMC, but he won't be forgotten -ever! He stands with Reds

Pollock and other Cadet grid immortals. The Duke, of course, is Walt Crate, who in the

"little Army-Navy game" was as great a halfback os you'd want to see anywhere in America. Almost single-handedly, he put to rout a United States Merchant Marine Academy team that had been picked to win anywhere from two to four touchdowns.

In what Coach George A. Hansell termed the greatest offensive display in PMC history, the Great Duke reeled off two thrilling 47-yard touchdown runs, scored another touchdown on a pass, set up other touchdowns threw important blocks for his mates, and all but ra~ the Mariners out of Convention Hall with his long, booming punts.

This shifty youngster, who was only a third -string back when he b!egan his Cadet career, set a career rushing record of 2 ,031 yards as a result of his great closing performance. He set other marks that may be PMC records. He easily captured the Capt. Fronk Spang Memorial Award, given to the most valuable play"'r for PMC in Atlantic City's first annual Boardwalk Bowl Game.

The popular Duke lugged the pigskin 21 times to pick up 162 yards for an impressive 7.7 per try overage.

He had a hand in all of PMC's scoring. He sprinted 47 yards twice for TDs, and caught an 11 yard aerial from Albie Filoreto for another score. In the first period his booming punt soared into the end zone, giving Cadet end Tony Closkey time to nail the Kings Point receiver for a safety.

The Duke's circus catch of a Filoreto aerial set up PMC's fourth touchdown, a five-yi(Jf'd plunge by Joe Finegan, and his resounding block took out the last defender as Filoreto scored the final touchdown on an eight-yard rollout.

In the first period, Crate got his mates out of a tight spot with 'Q punt that trove led 61 yards from the line of scrimmage.

The 19 points Crate scored against the Mariners gave him a career total of 128 points, probably 0

PMC record. He also caught all three passes completed by PMC

for 58 yards. Added to his rushing totol, that galVe him a hand in 220 of the Cadets' total offense ofl 277 yards. His passing and rushing career total is 2,846.

During his four years at PMC, the Duke established one record that likely will never be equalled. He was named to the all-conference first team four straight years. Freshmen no longer are eligible to play varsity ball and PMC would have to revert to its former status (enrollment under 750) for any Cadet to get a crack


WALT (THE DUKE) CRATE

Writes Great Finish to Career

at the Crate achievement. Judging by the PMC growth, this seems highly unlikel,y.

In the Boardwalk Bowl game, it was fitting that the Spang Award should go to the Pride of Pennsauken, N.J. Capt Spang, who was killed in adion with the United States Marines in GuadOilcanal, also hailed from New Jersey. Glen Brewin, who conceiv·ed the idea of the "little Army-Navy Game," made the presentation. He was a classmate of Spang's at PMC in 1939.

The Duke-the kid with the burning competitive spirit-will be missed in future football campaigns at PMC.

Pro Clubs Draft Crate, Nolan

Two members of the PMC football team were drafted by clubs in the American Football League~giant tackle Tom Nolan by the New York Titans and halfback Walt Crate by Boston.

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Cagers Big Winter Sports Surprise HALL'S SMOOTH-CLICKING TEAM WINS 9 OF FIRST

11 GAMES, PACES CONFERENCE; ZUECCA TOP SHOT

The big surprise of the winter sports season has been Coach Chuck Hall's basketball team . The Cadet floor passers scored a stunning upset in their very first game, edging a talented and sharpshooting Wagner five, 73 to 72, on the Wagner court in Staten Island.

The Cadets seemed to catch fire after that. They drubbed Elizabethtown 71 - 51, and then, after losing to Delaware, they won four straight baH games, including a thrilling uphill 64- 63 victory over Drexel. Geno Zuecca won the Drexel game with a long jump shot in the last 48 seconds of play.

After their second loss of the season-to West Chester, 84 to 72- the Cadets drubbed Ursinus and Swarthmore and .won a thriller from Dickinson. As the Bulletin went to press, they showed a record of nine vic~ories and two defeats and seemed headed for their best record in yea.rs. And they were at the top of the stand'ings in the conference race.

No member of the Hall five is what you might call the star of the team . The five starters- Zuecca, Bob Csaszar, Bob Adelmann, Jack Karkosky and lou Palkovics- are all a !b)out average but they' click as a team. Ani'{ one of the five might be the game's high scorer.

Zuecca, however, has been the scoring leader to date . He was the leading scorer of the conference with a 19-point avera.ge going into the Johns Hopkins game, and then he popped in 24 more.

Karkosky is a crowd favorite with his all-around performance. On de~ense, he makes' life miserable for 1he PMC opponents.

The' Cadets haye had hot streak.s which have withered the opposition. Against 5,warthmore, for example, they hit on 11 of 13 shots at one point in the game. You can't beat tha,t kind of shooting.

The PMC wrestling team this winter is an inexperienced one, and lost its first four matches. However, good' performances have been turned in by light heavyweight Kirk Dubie and 157 -pounder Bob Parry.

Standout performances by s:ophomore Carl Sandvik of New York Gity ,alnd Frank Andrew of Swarthmore have enabled Coach lee Royer' s Cadet swimming team to ,win three meets.

Against laSalle, Sandvick broke his PMC student's record for the 440-yard freestyle with a 5: 17.4 clocking .

Dick Egg·ers was a two-event ,winner for the Cadets against l aSalle, winning ·the 200 individual medley relay and the 200-yard backstroke.

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PMC FlASHBACKS

CAN ANY GRADUATES identify the PMC men in these two pictures? On a " Boardwalk," where and when?

George Washington wore breeches of nankeen - a yellowish cloth made in Nanking, China.


PMC SPORTS RESULTS

PMC ' 14 PMC 18 PMC 7 PMC 6 PMC 2 PMC 50 PMC 18 PMC 14 PMC 35

PMC 0 PMC 0 PMC 12 PMC 6

VARSITY FOOTBALL

Wagner 0 Western Maryland 8 Wilkes 0 Moravian 14 Drexel 9 Haverford 6 Swarthmore 7 Lebanon Valley 15 Merchant Marine 14

FRESHMAN FOOTBALL

Franklin & Marshall 0 Johns Hopkins 14 Ursinus 0 Drexel 14

VARSITY SOCCER

PMC 1 Franklin & Marshall 4 PMC 3 Ursinus 2 PMC 2 Drexel 2 PMC 3 Eastern Baptist 2 PMC 2 Swarthmore 1

PMC 25 PMC 27 PMC 23 PMC 49 PMC 36 PMC 44 PMC 44 PMC 43 PMC 31 PMC 31 PMC 24

PMC 73 PMC 71 PMC 58 PMC 65 PMC 76 PMC 86 PMC 64 PMC 72 PMC 92 PMC 88 PMC 69 PMC 81

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

(Low Score Wins) Haverford 40 Moravian 30 Dickinson 32 ' Swarthmore 15 Temple 23 Washington 33 Delaware Valley 43 Delaware 17 Johns Hopkins 46 Elizabethtown 43 Albright 31

VARSITY BASKETBALL

Wagner 72 Elizabethtown 51 Delaware 79 Haverford 56 Rutgers (South Jersey) 64 Delaware Valley 62 Drexel 63 West Chester 84 Ursinus 80 Swarthmore 68 Dickinson 67 Johns Hopkins 67

FRESHMAN BASKETBALL

PMC 67 Wagn.er 90 PMC 51 Elizabethtown 50 PMC 42 Delaware 54 PMC 56 Delaware Valley 44 PMC 61 Rutgers (South Jersey) 50 PMC 38 Drexel 71 PMC 69 West Chester 94 PMC 46 Ursinus 43 (overtime) PMC 52 Swarthmore 46'


PMC 62 Dickinson 60 PMC 45 Johns Hopkins 48

VARSITY SWIMMING

PMC 52 Brooklyn Poly 42 PMC 34 Franklin & Marshall 54 PMC 51 Haverford 41 PMC 43 Millersville 51 PMC 39 Swarthmore 62 PMC 50 Haverford 43 PMC 32 LaSalle 32

VARSITY WRESTLING

PMC 8 Albright 31 PMC 6 Lebanon Valley 26 PMC 11 E~izabethtown 21 PMC ' 10 Delaware Valley 19 PMC 5 Swarthmore 33 PMC 3 Drexel 31

FACULTY (Continued From Page 11)

Dean B. Armold, head of PMC's Evenin,g Division, served as recorder for a ' problem clinic on accreditation and certification during the 23rd annual meeting of the Association of University Evening colleges in Cleveland, Ohio.

Prof.. George N. Batish attended the American Institute of Steel Constructi.on "Specifications Announcement" Conference at New York in mid-January'.

Among the unsung activities of the student body during ' Christmas tide, both supervised by Dr. James A. Dash, were a cadet party at Fair Acres, the home for the ag'ed in Lima, Pa., and a Glee Club concert at the DuPo'nt High School in Wilmington. Students had a large Christmas tree 0'; campus again. It was erected on the walk leading to Howell Hall.

Jerome G. Smith Dies a.t 80 Mr. Jerome Ga.,.field Smith, who attended PMC

in the early 1900s, died Jan. 3 at the age of 80 in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to moving to New Orleans, La., in 1933 with Knox Glass Co., Smith operated stores in southwestern New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.

STEINMANN NAMED Conrad C. Steinmann, who ma~ored in electrical

engineering at PMC, is the ne,w assistant finance chairman for the Republican party in Upper Bucks Co., Pa. An Army veteran, Steinmann has served as Commander and . vice-commander of the American Legion Post and been active in other civic affairs in his area.

The French Academy was created by Cardinal Richelieu ih 1635 to preserve and perfect the French language.

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Finest in 1961-62 Corps of Cadets

FRONT ROW (left to right) --Ja'ck Christopher Kehoe III , lawrence Bruce Krumanocker, Robert Ames Bellinger, Daniel True Madish, Robert John Adelmann, Bruce Martin Hanley, Joseph Michael Spadafina, William Nathaniel Simpson III, Stephen Prescott Rising, and Patrick leno. CENTER ROW - Joseph Salvador Berarducci, Anthony Au gustine Prezioso, Daniel Francis Monahan, louis Richard Palkovic~, lawrence Paul Gioielli, Robert leslie Dainton, and William Ernest Muehsam. BACK ROW - Frank William liVolsi, Jr., Ross Anthony Cambareri, Jacques Bertrand Gerard, Joseph Albert DiEduardo, William Alfl'ed Kester, Jr. , leonard Baryl Edelstein, Barry lynn Ernst, Frank James Kovach, Jr.,Frank : William Odiotti , and Edward Albert Steinmetz.

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27 ourST ANDING CADETS GET DISTINGUISHED RATINGS

T wenty-seven' outstanding cadets at the College have been designated Distinguished Military

Students for the 1961-62 school year. The honor places them in position to receive Regular U. S. Army Commissions upon graduation.

The requirements for this outstanding designation include high qualities of leadership, moral character and aptitude for military service. The selectees also had to be in the upper third of their Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) classes, in the upper half of their classes academically, in addition to participation in campus activities.

All the designated cadets were closely observed at summer ROTC camp at Fort George Meade, Maryland.

The Distinguished Military Students are: Robert John Adelmann, Robert Ames Bellinger,

Joseph Salvador Berarducci, Ross Anthony Cambareri, Robert leslie Dainton, Joseph Albert DiEduardo,

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leonard Beryl Edelstein, Barry lynn Ernst, Jacques Bertrand Gerard, lawrence Paul Gioielli, Bruce Martin Hanley, Jack Christopher Kehoe III, William Alfred Kester, Jr., Frank James Kovach Jr.

lawrence Bruce Krumanocker, Patrick leno, Frank William liVolsi, Jr., Daniel True Madish, Daniel Francis Monahan, William Ernest Muehsam, Frank William Odiotti, louis Richard Palkovics, Anthony Augustine Prezioso, Stephen Prescott Rising, William Nathaniel Simpson III , Joseph Michael Spadafina, and Edward Albert Steinmetz.

DR. DASH JOINS FACULTY President Clarence R. Moll announces the appoint

ment of Dr. James Allen Dash, the noted choral di rector, as a I"eplacement for Professor Donald Bermender of the English Department. Professor Bermender has been incapacitated by a protracted illness. Dr. Dash also directs the PMC Glee Club.

President Moll also disclosed the appointment of Mr. Fred Ulmer, former star wrestler at Drexel Institute of Technology, as a part-time assistant to PMC wrestling coach Harald Sv.einbjornsson. Mr. Ulmer is an instructor and a football coach at Upper Darby High School.


Jim Whitehurst, Polo Star, Dies at 56 Alumni were saddened Nov. 21 with the news of

the death of Mr. James T. Whitehurst, Jr. , '27, in Tnoy', N.Y. ' at the age of 56.

One of PMC's great polo stars, Mr. Whitehurst had been at the college only last June for a happy occasion - the graduation of his son J. Thomas Whitehurst III with a bachelor of science degree in business administration and his commissioning in the Regular U.S. Army. He had been ill for some time, however.

President Clarence R. Moll said he was shocked to learn of Mr. Whitehurst's passing.

Mr. Whitehurst was prominently known in the Troy, N.Y., area, where he was President of the Whitehurst Printing and Binding Co.

At PMC, Mr. Whitehurst was a classmate of Charles D. (Chick) Hummer, current president of the PMC Alumni Association; Weston C. Overholt, and other prominent alumni of the College.

Death came in Samaritan Hosp ital in Troy. Mr. Whitehurst succeeded his father, the· late James

T. Whitehurst, Sr., as president of the 75-year old printing firm at 197 River St., Troy, which employs

HAPPY OCCASION-Mr. Whitehurst is shown with son Tom during commencement exercises at the College last June. Young Tom was commissioned in the Regular U.S. Army.

JIM WHITEHURST, who was one of PMC's outstanding polo players, is shown astride his polo pony during his undergraduate days.

appr.oximately 30 persons . A lifelong resident of Troy, Mr. Whitehurst was a

past president of the Troy lions Club, director of the Troy Cemetery Association, and past president of the Printing Industry of America . .

He was a memlber of St. John's Episcopal Church, Troy Country Club, Troy Club, Mount Zion Lodge, F&AM, and the greater Troy Chamber of Commerce.

Survivors include his wife, the former Anne Simms; t,wo sons, Lt. J. Thomas Whitehurst III, serving with the U.S. Army in Germany, and Nor-man W. Whitehurst of Troy; two dau.ghters, Mrs. l. R. Campbell Jr., of Allentown, Po ., and Mrs. C. M. A. Rogers III of Mobile, Ala., and three grandchildren.

DR. KENNETH ALDERFER HEADS NEW HOSPITAL SECTION

A PMC graduate in the Closs of 1953 whose father is a member of the College faculty, Dr. Kenneth

Alderfer is head of a new section for the diagnosis and treatment of chron ic lung diseases at Chester Hospital.

Outpatients as well as inpatients-ward and private - will have access to the lung clinic which is equipped with a Colvin Pespirometer costing $1,000. The machine. when breathed into by the patient, makes a graph of his lung condition.

Dr. Alde.f"fer will perform spirometic ventilation tests to determine the functional state of the lungs of the patients with emphysema, fibrosis, scarring of the lungs and chronic asthma. There will be tests to.o for pre -surg·ical evaluation of lung-cancer patients and for silicosis.

The s·on of Mr. and Mrs. A. Groff Alderfer of Ridley Park, whose father is associate professor of chemistry and science at PMC, Dr. Alderfer was graduated from Jefferson Medical college. He served his internship


in Chester Hospital and his three years' residency in internal medicine at Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, concentrating during one year on pulmonary disease.

The 30-~,ear-old doctor lives in Swarthmore.

Tri-Captains to Lead Grid Team Quarterback star Albie Filoreto and linemen John

Dishaw and Joe Klimkowski ,will be tri-captains of the 1962 PMC f,ootball team. They were elected by their teammates at a buffet dinner tendered the Boardwalk Bowl champs Jan. 17 by President and Mrs. Clarence R. Moll.

All three players were standouts in their junior season of play. Dishaw is the team center, and Klimkowski one of the regular tackles. Calptains of the B.oardwalk Bowl champs were halfback ace Walt Crate and end Gary Piff.

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Communism Is Our Principal Danger NEW COMMANDANT OF CADETS AT PMC STRESSES THREAT

IN TALK TO FATHERS AND SONS AT ANNUAL BANQUET

T~e princip~1 danger which faces America today IS communism.

That's what Major General William Shepard Biddle, newly-appointed Commandant ·at the College, told fathers and their sons Saturday Oct. 28 at the annual Father and Son Banquet in Charles E. Hyatt Armory.

"Communism," the General decla red, " threatens' America from both within and without. Within, the forces of communism are trying to undermine our na tional fiber and to destroy our way of life. Outside of the United States, those forces are carrying out similar campaigns in other countries, and successfully too- look at Cuba, for instance, only a very short distance from our shores. At the same time, in their own vast h:>melands across the seas, the forces of communism are clearly with the aim of gaining military victory and forging ahead in the race of superior armamentsachieving world domination."

"These are real, live alnd mortal dangers, not yet fully recognized by the great mass of our people," he stressed. " They call not only for the greatest watch-

COL. BURK, LT. MA,RTIN BOTH

T wo PMC al,umni are serving with the 28th Infantry in Munich, Germany-one at the start of his military

career, the other in his 21st year of service. They are Col. Frank P. Burk, '38, and Second Lt. Stanley J . Martin, '60.

Col. Burk took command of the 28th last July. Lt. Martin joined it the previous fall and is Weapons Platroon leade'r in Co. E.

At PMC the Colonel earned letters in football, basketball and baseball, winning the first Outstanding Athletic award from the Alumni Association for baseball.

Col. Burk served in the 12th Infantry regiment from 1940 to 1946, advancing durin,g those years to battalion commander. Before the Korean conflict he served in the PhilipP'ines and the Artillery school, Fort Sill , Okla ., as G-3 and tactical instructor, respectively"

He moved to Korea as Chief of the research and analysis branch of the 8th Army's G-2 section. Other assignments incuded PMS at Louisiana State University G-3, XI Corps at St. Louis alnd with the G-3 Section, Seventh Army. A graduate of the Infantry school and the Command and General Staff college, he holds the Silver Star and Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf clusters.

Lt. Martin will enter the Military Police after serving two years in inforntry. At PMC he won the Sophomore Alumni Association Medal for Scholarship; the Superior Cadet R ~bbon his junior and senior years and the Silver Bowl for maintainin.g the highest morale in the corps.

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fuln ess on the part of all of us but also for conti nuou s and positive action, to educate the American public as to the threat our country faces, and to support our leaders and legislators in their effort to give us adequate defense, while the time to do this sti ll remains."

General Biddle strongly recommended participation in a military program such as that offered by PMC, declaring "it will be most helpful to you, a s w ell as to our country, if a na~ional emergency occurs and our able-bodied" men are mobilized ."

In addition, he said " this experie nce- helping to teach, as it does, the significance of patriotism, courage, leadership and respect for law and order- makes the young man a more responsible, thoughtful and val uabl·e citizen." He added :

"1 can't too strongly stress the importance of such citizenship. It's so easy for us to go along in our normal ways pursuing our own interest, enjoying our own pleasures and comforts, but giving little if any thought to where our country is heading and how it's getting there."

WITH 28TH IN GERMANY

COL. BURK AND LT. MARTIN

The Seminole Indians have built a large arts and crafts center and an office building for tribal officials on a reservation near Fort Lauderdale, Fla .


Why Your College T he letter addresses you by a nickname you have

never used and is signed similarly by someone you have never known. But you can tell af a glance what it's about. For your alma mater, like all alma maters, needs help-and, judging by the frequency of its solicitations, appears to be staking everything on you.

All this interest in you may strike you as pretty mercenary, to say the least, especially if you have never taken the matter of being an "alumnus" seriously and don't have a flaJttering opinion of people who do. Indeed you may have declined more than one invitation to work with the Local alumni group on the grounds that you're busy-but really because you'd just as soon leave the glad-hand stuff to the professional joiners.

As for money, what good could your tiny contribution do in view of the huge sums needed? Wouldn't the schools do better to concentrate where there are some real pickings?

Perhaps you even resent being asked for money in the first place. You paid your way through college and it was a pretty heavy burden. Why should you be expected to go on paying? After all, you might argue, the need for educated manpower is a national need; college fina1ncing is, accord'ingly, a national, not an individual problem.

Well, there may be plenty of logic behind your attitude, the colleges would reply. But the simple fact is that they are desperately in need of help, and the best place for them to seek it is among their graduates. Certainly there has been far too much buffoonery associated with alumni activities, but that's pretty much a thing of the past. The modern alumnus is a seriousminded citizelll who roots for his alma mater in many ways besides shouting himself hoarse in the stadium.

Here are your college's comments on what it wants from you.

Yes, your school will tell you right off, it does want your money, however small the contribution. Sure, it's after the big prospects. But small donors are,n't to be sneezed at by any means, especially if they give regularly. And once they start, most alumni do continue to give. In 1958-59 alumni donations to colleges amounted to about $45,500,000 on an annual gift basis. To realize that much income on investments, the institutions would have required about 1.3 billion dollars more in endowments than they actually had.

About one 'in five alumni contributes. If all others tossed in even $1 a year, that would add $5,250,000 annually to the resources of higher education, At some colleges it might mean the difference between holding a good instruc1lor or losing him to a higher-paying job in industry or another institution.

Experience shows that even the smallest alumni donation tends to increase over the years and may result in a major bequest. Besides, alumni who give also help 10 solicit, and your alma mater hopes that if you become actively involved with her financial welfare, you'll keep a weather eye out for potential donors. Many a corporation has been persuaded by an employe to give money that might otherwise not


Needs Your Help, have gone to education at all.

Your donation is only a small part of what your college needs from you in the way of help. It wants your political support, too. As a college graduate you have a'n important influence on national as well as local affairs. The more you know about your college and its many problems-e.g., the difficulty of getting teachers, the shortage of loan funds, the need fOf' science facilities-the more you will know about the problems of all colleges and the more influence you can 'have, either through discussion or by political action.

If your college is a public institution, you can be especially flelpful. For it is dependent on an annual or biennial appropriation by the state legislature, and alumni who understand its needs can do a lot to see that legislators are made aware of them, too. A few years ago the graduates of a group of colleges in a midwest state drummed up enough support to win passage of a $150,000,000 bond issue' that required an amendment of the state constitution.

Your moral support is important to your college, too. Controversy often centers on a college, for it is a place for ideas, and ideas, by their nature, breed discussion and argument. If they don't, they're pretty tame ideas. Disturbed by controversy, outside groups sometimes attack a college in on effort to remove the "source of trouble"-a professor, a new policy, a provoca,tive book, an invitation to a nonconformist speaker. D,edicated and well-informed alumni, whether they a.gree or not with the particular idea in question, con help preserve the institution's integrity against these pressures. For t,o do its educational job, the college must be free.

You may be able to help your alma mater by ad vising the president on specific problems. Alumni often serve as trustees or on special advisory committees. At I,east one large state university has an advisory board of a ,lumni who study course offerings and standards and report in confidence directly to the president. They don't actually make policy, but they have an important consulting role.

Simply thy working with your institution, whether it's large or small, public or private, you become involved in basic policy and through intelligent discussion can help mold the educaHonal a,ims of the country. For ,example, H you help your college search out co'pable students or if you sit on a scholarship committee, you may find yourself involved with such national questions as these: Who should ,go to college? How will they pay for it? What happens to those who don't go? What is an institution's obligation toward those who want to go? Thus, through an enlightened approach to alumni activities, you can develop a national point of view rather than remain simply a member of the cheering section of one college.

Finally, your alma mater looks on you as its best public relations medium, for you, are its product. In a message to alumni, Chancellor Samuel Gould of the

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PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY COLLEGE

Alufllni Bulletin 0 VOLUME 7 JANUARY, 1962 NUMBER 2

HELP (Continued From Page 27)

University of California at So'"ta Barbaro put it this way:

"You are the distilled essenc.e of the university .... If anything lasting is to be achieved by us as a community of scholars, it must .. . be reflected in you. If we are to win intellectual victories or make cultural advances, it must be through your good offices and your belief in our mission ."

As on alumnus, your relal1ion with your college is reciprocal. Through it you can maintain direct contact with the world of learning. Through you it can maintain a lively connection with the world beyond college, the world which it is meant to serve. Reprinted from Changing Times The Kiplinger Magazine

The seated figure of lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington is 19 feet high. It was carved from Georgia marble by the late Daniel Chester French. The statue is comprised of 28 blocks, fitted so perfectly they seem to be a single piece of stone.

A variety of perching birds rub their feathers with live ants. So do the wryneck, green woodpecker and species of parrots.

THE COVER THIS IS The Lieutenant William F. Callahan Jr. Tunnel in Boston named for the PMC Cadet who gave his life to his country in World War II. The tunnel runs a mile underneath Boston Harbor, connecting East Boston and Boston.

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ALL IDENTIFIED-The College recently received this photograph from the firm of Vodrey and Shay in East liverpool, Ohio, with all members identified. The Col lege often receives old photographs but in most cases the names are unknown. The above picture is the closs of 1891. Captions ,which accompanied the photo were as follows: Seated, left to right, Frederick B. Simpson (" Bug"), Cuba, New York. Harry Hole Fletcher, No. 303, Jackson St., St. Paul Minn. Albert F. Hunt, ("General") Richmond , Virginia . Joseph W. Shirley ("Shorty"), 100 So. Paul St. , Baltimore, Md . Stand ing , left to right: Jose F. Turner. Joseph I. Kelly, Chicago, III. Thomas Kelly, Chicago, III. John Charles Kelly ("Mike") East Liverpool, Ohio. Lewis T. Bryant ("Pud"), Atlantic City, N.J . The captions listed only Hunt, Turner, Joseph Kelly, and Bryant as decea sed.

In 1890 a St. Louis doctor concocted a food for inV'alids and infants . It was peanut butter.


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