28th National Convention Muehlebach Hotel Kansas CitJ, Missouri

Volume 27
PITTSBURGH , PA . SEPT., 1972
NUMBER 2
28th National Convention Muehlebach Hotel
Kansas CitJ, Missouri MaJ 9 - 10 - 11 - 12, 1973
"Chit Chat"
mlBUTETORAY M.O'DAY
Mr. Sparkman , Mr. President, I wish to
pay tribute to a gentleman who has
rendered outstanding service to his COWltrY and to his fellow man as a soldier and
as a humanitarian. Ray M. O'Day was
commissioned a second lieutenant in the
U.S. Army in April 1917. Following 24
years of continuous service as an Army
officer, Colonel O'Day found himself in the
Philippine Islands when World War II
started there in December 1941. As the
senior U.S. military advisor to the 21st In·
fantry Division, Philippine Army, Colonel
O'Day rendered brave and outstanding
service in the defense of the Philippines
until the surrender of Balaan on April 9,
1942. He made the infamous Death March,
Tentative Program
Wednesday, May 9
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Convention Committee Meeting - Lido .
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Thursday. May 10
Registration - Trianon Foyer .
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Tour or other group activity .
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Executive Bd. Meeting - Lido ..... .
Genera l Business Meeting - Trianon C & D
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Tour or other Group Activity
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9 P.M.·l0 P.M.
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10 AM.·12 Noon
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Friday, May 11
Registration - Trianon Foyer . ...
9 A.M.·4 P.M.
9 A.M.·12 Noon
Genjral Business Meeting - Trianon C & D .
Tour or other group ot:tivity . . . . . . .
10 AM.·12 Noon
Veterans Seminar - Trianon C & D
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1 P.M.·3 P.M.
Cocktail Party - Colonial Room . .
5 :30 P.M.·6 :30 P.M.
Banquet & Dance - Imperial Room ..... . . .. . . ....... . . . 6 :30 P.M.·12 Mid.
Saturday, May 12
Registration - Trianon Foyer ..
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Tour or other group activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . ..... .
Executive Board Meeting - Lido .
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Memorial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Gold Star Mothers Luncheon . . . .. .. .. . .... .... • .
Past Commanders Dance - Grand Ballroom .. . . .. .•. . • .
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being clubbed by a Jap rifle butt on the
way. He endured that hell-hole of a PW
camp called O'Donnell in central Luzon.
Following the surrender of Corregidor,
along with General Wainwright and the
other senior omcers - generals and full
colonels - O'Oay was incarcerated in PW
camps at Karenlto and Shirakawa on the
island of Taiwan, and finally at Cheng·
chiatun, Manchuria, where he was even·
tually liberated ,in September 1945.
It was at Ka,renko that the mettle of the
man el1lerged for a ll to see. Exercising
considerable' ingenuity and taking great
personal risks, O'Oay compiled a list of all
the senior omcers, along with some details
such as date of birth~ military outfit, and
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Important
The convention site committee requests
all interested members who wish to host
the 1917 Converitioa
., to submit Hotel Pro10 A.M.:12 Noon posals to AI Senna, 850 Hamilton St., Sam·
9 A.M .· 11 A.M. serl, N.J. before January I, 1973.
10 A.M.·11 A.M.
The Convention Committee will review
12 Noon all bids and submit its recommendation to
1 P.M.·2 P.M. the Executive Board at its February 1973
8 P.M.· I2 P.M. meeting.
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1112 CoInIlllioa Roster
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Akullian - Alblny. New York
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Arslania·n · Rom&, New York
Mr. Jim Atwell · Winler Park, Flot"ida
Mr. Howard W. Ayres · Mt Carma(, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Warren C. Baaaett - Allanta, Ga.
Mr. Joseph S. Bak -. Chicopee, Ma.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L Baltzer· Dayton. Ohio
Mr. & Mrs. Hartley Barrlball· New Bedford, Mass.
Mrs. Adeline Baptista · East Boston. Mass.
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Mr. & Mrs. Elias G. Batavick - Philadelphia, Pa.
Jean Bates· E. Weymouth. Mass.
Andrew F. Baumgartner - Carteret, New Jeney
Richard P. Beck • Rantoul. Illinois
Ale~ l. Benishak · Hurley, New York 12443, 15 Russell Rd.
Mr. & Mrs. Allred Bennett & Daughter - ledyard, Conn.
Mr. & Mrs. John Bennetl , Bethpage, New York
Ann A. Bernatitus - Exeter, Pa.
Hyman Bernstein· New Rochelle, New York
Frank Bischoff - Pomona, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Blank - Monticello, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bloskis - Pittsburgh. Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Bocksel · Malba, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Bosko - Ledyard, Conn.
Mrs. Mary Boucher · Pawtucket. Rhode Island
Mrs. lura Brazeau - Marlboro. Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. Blackie Brennan - Brigantine, New Jersey
Arthur A. Bressi . Mechanicsbur" Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Woodruff Buckles · Charles Town. W. Va.
Mr. & Mrs. John Bullen · Staten Island, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Burgess· Somerville, Mass.
Rose Burgher · Hurley, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Cantwell - Treasure Island, Fla.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Carabine - Camden, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Cardinale · Brooklyn, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Carr . Chardon, Ohio
Prudence Casco . Hamden, Conn.
Mr. & Mrs. James Cavanaugh· Orexel Hill, Pa.
Charles Charles · Riverside, Rhode Island
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Christensen · Sun City, Arimna
Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Chovan - Navarre, Ohio
Albert I. Cimini , Binghamton, New York
Mrs. Elizabeth Clogston . E. Bridgewater, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Conlon - Providence, Rhode Island
Mr. James C. Cox • Stockbridge, Conn.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Curley· Pittsburah, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Loois N. Curtis - Woodbury, Conn.
Mr. loo Cusano - Miami, Florida
Helen Cusano · Miami, Florida
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Davenport & Dauanter - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Davis · New e.dford. Mass.
Jesse B. Davis - Finleyville, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Den&eHtii· South R.....,., New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Dan DeNobIle · Floral Park, New York
Mrs.. Rose C. De Rosa . North Haven, Conn.
Frank DiPasquale· IlrootItm N.- York
Mr. & Mrs. Andres OUrmis · tofest Hflls, Pah~ Pa.
Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott · Somerville, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Elliott & Daughter · Monroe, Michigan
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Emerick - Flnleyvitle, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs.. frankG. ErtHI & OaU8hters- Newton Center, MaSs.
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Feiner· Hampton, Va .
Mr. & Mrs.. Bernard Fields& Dau,lhters - Jeffersontown, Ky.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R Flood - Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Ma;. Adele F. Foreman , San Antonio, Tellas
Mr. & Mrs. Bertram freedman - Washington, D.C.
Eugenia Fryciak . Peabody, Mass.
Nicholas Fryziuk - Chicago, Illinois
Francis A. Galli.-n . Chicopee, Mass.
Mr. Dominick Glilntonio & Children· Avon, Conn.
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Goldovich· Peckville. Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Gombos · Carteret, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Goodman - philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. John Goodrow & Son - Waltham, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Gooter· Stony Point. New York
Mr. & Mrs. Enos C. Goold· Woonsacket, Rhode Island
Lily Grattage . Riverside, Rhode Island
Mr. & Mrs. William Grayson· Denville, New Jersey
Evelyn W. Greenfield · los Angeles., Calif.
Barney Grill · Rantool, Illinois
Joseph H. Gutierrez · Middletown, Pa.
Thomas A. Hackett - Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Harmon· Hampton. Va.
Mr. & M\-s. John Hassler · Reading, Pa.
Bill Hauser - Hinsdale, Illinois
Mr. & Mrs. Herman W. Hausman · Weymouth, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. Don Henderson - Flusnina. N8w York
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Herbst · Canton, Ohio
Mr. & Mrs. Hubert D. HOUIh . Oskaio9sa, Iowa
W. K. Hughes · Belinglon. W. Va.
Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Jenkins · Portsmouth, N.H.
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. JesoeIe· Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. leo Johnson - West Edmesron, New Yortl
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Joscelyn - Tilton, N.H,
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Kaplan · Natick, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. Georae Kasarda - Throop, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Konik & Children - Woodland Park. Colo.
(Col. (Ret.) Walter A. Kostecki· Halifax. Ma5s.
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Krempecki· South Ri".-, New.Jtney
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Roster cont.
Mr.& Mrs. Franklin La Coste • Athol. Ma.
Mrs. Arthur Le Clair· Pawtucket, R.I.
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Le Clair & Children · Pawtucket, R.I.
Lest We Forget 1912
Mr. & Mrs. Reginald B. leighton · Winsted, Conn.
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lemanski · Old Bridge, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert M. Linton· leespOrt, Pa.
Milton H. Linton · Reading, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Liskowsky · Malden, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar l.look · Addison, Maine
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Macey & Children · New Bedford, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. George MacRae · E. Boston, Mass.
Frank J . Margiotta · Boston, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. laurent L. Martel · Jobstown, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Malson · Flushing, New York
John Matulewicz & Son · Slaten Island, New Vorl<
Angeline Maury - Marlboro, Mass.
Mrs. Al ice McAlevey . Brooklyn, New York
Lt. Col. & Mrs. Jerome A. McDavitt· San Antonio, Texas
caPt. Adolpha Meyer - Hardy, Arkansas
Rosanna Miller - Northampton, Mass.
Sam Moody · Augsburg, Germany
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Morin· Hyde Park, Mass.
Lucille Moyer - Bloomsburg, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. LouisG. Mueller - oakhurst, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. George Mullen · Pomona, New York
Mr. & Mrs. G. V. Munson - Portsmouth, R.I.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Neil· Charleroi, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Austin Patrizio · Leonia, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Domenic A. Pellqrino . Glastonbury. Conn.
Mr. & Mrs. William PeterSOfl - Newburgh, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Pfeifer· FOfked River, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Warren C. Phillips - North Kingston, RI.
George Piccirillo - W. Newton, Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. John Pickett· Pawtucket, R.I.
Mr. & Mrs. Simme Pickman - Marblehead, Mass,
Mr. & Mrs. John Pietropolo · New Hambur" New York
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Piper - Sugar Grove, OhIO
Frances Piper - Columbus. Ohio
Mr. & Mrs, Joseph T. Poster · Allentown, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. John Potris . Pawtucket, RI.
Mr. & Mrs. Felix O. Powell· Macon, Ga.
Mr. & Mrs. John Rabbitt· Pawtucket, R.I.
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Racino - Newburgh, New YOfk
Larry Raines · Elkins, W. Va.
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Ray · Arlington. Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. John E, Rowland· Westerville, Ohio
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Saccone· Salinas, Calif.
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sachwald • Pikesville, Md.
Mr. & Mrs. John Sandor - Youngstown, Ohio
Lena Santo· Seaford, New York
Samuel Schulman - East Orange, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Sheehan· Dracut. Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. AI Senna · Somerset, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Gitbert B. Soifer · Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Spooner· New Bedford, Ma.
Joseph Sterner· Leonia, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Stevens · Parkerford, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Stickney - Manchester, N.H.
Daniel N. Stoudt · Bethel, Pa.
Irving Strobing - Kingston. New YeJrtI
Leona Gastinger Sutphin - Sylacauga, Alabama
Mr. & Mrs. Roman Szarwinski - West Wareham. Mass.
Ruth Taylor· East Oranee. New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Francis E. Thompson · Litchfield, Conn.
Theresa Tighe - Randolph, Mass.
Madeline M. Ullom - Tucson, Arizona
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley E. Urban - Camp Hill, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Vater · McKees Rocks, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. ThomasE. Watson · Binghamton, NewYOfk
Mr. & Mrs. B. Walter Wecal . Vernon, Conn.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Weiss · Erie, Pa.
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Weitzner - Leominster. Mass.
Mr. & Mrs. Don Wight· Enon, Ohio
Mr. & Mrs. Hank Wilayto • Belmont. Mass.
Earl M. Williams - Charlotte, N.C.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Wohlfetd - Flushing, New York
Arthur WaH • Milford, Conn.
C. lipeto - Blackwood. New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph lito & Son · Eatontown, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. 8 . G. loq:anello - Niantic, Conn.
DEATHS
George G, Eastudge - Oct. 4, 1i71 Heart attack, Lt, D, H, Watsod U.S.N. -
May 13, 1972 - Heart attack,
USN A Alumni
PrIsoners of War -
MInIng In ActIon
Jeremiah Andrew Denton, Jr.
James Bond Stockdale
Richard Danner Hartman
Leo Gregory Hyatt
John Arlington Peace III
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Herbert Bradford Lehood
Roger Morton Netherland
Robert Norman Smith
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Homer Leroy Smith
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Allen Colby Brady
Robert Byron Fuller
Charles Rogers Gillespie, Jr.
WiUiam Porter Lawrence
James Patrick Mehl
Peter Woodbury Shennan
Richard Ambrose Walsh III
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Dooald Eliot Westbrook
John Cooley Ellison
John (rancis O'Grady
OIarles Harold W. Read, Jr.
Wendell Burke Rivers
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Oscar Moise Dardeau
George Robert Hall
George Edward Tyler
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James Franklin Bell
Edward Holmes Marlin
Charles Stoddard Rowley
Peter Van Ruyter Schoeffel
Edwin Arthur Shuman III
'5O
James Uoyd Griffin
Henry Muir Serex
John Wayne Held
John Sidney McCain III
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Glen Raymond Morrison, Jr.
Winfield Wade Sisson
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Dennis Anthony Moore
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Phillip Neal BuUer
James Joseph Connell
Charles David Stackhouse
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Bradley Gene Cuthbert
Edward Anthony Davis
Paul Edward Galanti
Lucius Lamar MeislteU
Olarles Richard Lee
John Michael McGrath
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Terry Lee Boyer
Michael Paul Cronin
Wilson Denver Key
Charles Weldon Marik
Alexander John Palenscar III
James Kelly Pattersoo
Edwin BeDal'd Templin, Jr.
John Bowers Worcester
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Virgil King Cameron
David Jay Carey
Jerry Franks Hogan
Read Blain Mecleary
Charles Carroll Parish
Joseph Charles Plumb, Jr.
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John Headly Fellows
Charles Allen Levis
Ernest Arthur Olds
Robert Harper Shumaker
George ·Henry Willtins
Brian Dunstan Woods
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John Douglass Bums
Herbert Doby
MARVlNJ.LVON
M I Sgt, Marvin J, Lyon died Marcb 1,
1972 of Cancer, Rettired (rom USAF Jan,
uno with 100 per cent disability, Spent
time in Davao, Cabanatuan and Mukden,
• Survived by his wife Evelyn, 2 8008 and 1
da~ter.
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Edward James Broms
John Angelo Sununa
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Nicholas George Brooks
Bruce Carlton Fryar
Joseph Scott Mobley
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Richard Carl Outer
LT. COL. T. F.BllRKHART
U. Col. 'Ibomas F . Burkhart U.S.A. Ret,
passed away March 29, 1972 at Andrews
Air Foree Base Hoepital cl cancer. Col.
Burkhart is survived by his wife, 3 children and 3 stepchildren. Was In the 45th Inf.
)p.s.) and received Silver Star on Bataan.
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1972 ConYention
The meeting was called to order by
SENIOR VICE COMMANDER BARNEY
GRILL in the absence of NATIONAL
COMMANDER TOM HACKETT who was
out with the GOLD STAR MOTHERS,
meeting begiMing at 1:00 P .M . with the
opening prayer and the pledge of Allegi·
ance to the FLAG .
Motion was made and seconded to
accept the minutes of the last GENERAL
MEETING as published in the QUAN as
minutes for this meeting . . . Motion made
and seconded to accept . . . Motion
carried unanimously ... ,
Treasurer's report was given by A . M .
PATRIZIO. Motion was made and seconded to accept the report as given unanimously . . . MOTION CARRIED.
Convention Site Committee report was
given by AL SENNA. AI reported that two
cities had bid for the 1976 National Convention . Sacramento, California, by ERO
SACCONE and HAROLD FEINER, possibly RICHMOND, VIRGINIA . . . AI advised that the committee would have to be
furnished proposals from each bidding city
before a recommendation could be presented to the general meeting and since
this had not been done. no decision could
be made on a 1976 site ... AI reported
that a contract had already been signed to
have the 1973 National Convention in KAN·
SAS CITY at the HOTEL MUELBACH and
details are now being planned for the next
convention.
Joe P06lel; gave the report ol the Fl·
NANCE COMMITTEE and motion was
made and seconded to accept the report
and approve the report as given. Motion
carried.
Jerome A. McDavitt, Secretary gave the
membership report as follows:
In 1!l71 there were 359 LIFE MEMBERS
as of January 15, urn and 1075 ANNUAL
PAID UP members that same date for a
total of 1t24 members.
As of MAY 6, 1972, 380 were LIFE MEM·
BERS and as of that same date 363 had
paid their dues for 1972·73 for a total of 743
members to date.
As soon as the Secretary returns to
TEXAS all the Ur7t members who have not
paid by then will be sent a 19"12 DUES
NOTICE advising of their unpaid dues.
... It is felt that this wiU again tring the
paid up membership up to about 1400
members more or less by JUNE 1972. Motion was made and seconded to accept the
report as given. Motion approved ... .
Report of the QUAN was Joe Vater, who
advised that aU receiving the QUAN
should let the EDITOR know when they
change add.ress as it saves on returned
QUANS at tOe each . Last issue there were
75 returns for that dime each . . . or $7.50
. . . Please let the EDITOR know where . . . LE'M'ER of THANKS, by the SECRE·
you move to . . . Motion made and second· TARY . . . .
ed to accept the report and give JOE
SECRETARY to send BI.RTHDAY
VATER a VOTE of THANKS on the FINE GREETINGS to Col. RAY M. O'DAY to
JOB DONE IN GETTING OlIT THE HAVE a HAPPY 80th NEXT SEPTEMQUAN. MOTION CARRIED . . . .
BER 8, 1972 .. . from the AOB&C in NA·
Report of the Ways & Means Committee TIONAL CONVENTION.
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was given by A. M. PATRIZIO. Motion MISSED YOU COL. RAY. INA. TOO . . . .
was made and seconded to approve and
Convention Site Committee Report was
accept the report as given. Motion carried. made by A1 Senna , who reported that
CHICAGO, ILL., SACRAMEN'I'O, CALIF.,
Report on the Welfare Committee was and FT. MONROE, VA. had all bid for the
given by A. M. Patrizio. Motion was made 1976 National Convention and their bids
and seconded to accept the report as given . will be checked out and will be voted on in
Motion carried . . . .
National Convention in 1!l74 ••..
Report of the Resolutions Committee
John Ray gave the report of the Nomi·
was begun by John Bennett . . . . National nating Committee for the coming National
Commander TOM HACKE'IT, returned Officers and conducted the election as fol ·
from his hosting the GOLD STAR lows :
MOTHER and took over the CHAIR ....
To be National Commander ; Tom
RESOLUTION NO. I
Hackett. <Commander Hackett, withdrew
Relative to response to DONALD E . his name from nominations. Nominations
JOHNSON's letter- directed to the White were then called from the Door and Barney
House . . . Motion was made and seconded Grill was nominated for National Comto put into effect and send letter to proper mander. After three calls for further
nominations from the Door . . . nomina·
party .. . . Motion approved.
lions ceased and Motion was made and
RESOLUTION NO . 2
seconded to elect Barney Grill as the new
Relative to POW's in the Viet Nam War National Commander by acclamation .. .
to the MIA's . . . Motion was made and W18nimously ... Motion carried . .. .
seconded to take any necessary action
The Door was called for NOMINATIONS
necessary in the power- of this country to
for SENIOR VICE COMMANDER. . ..
gel those BOYS BACK . . . Motion
NOMINATED WERE : JOE STERNER,
carried .
LOUIS SACHWALD, BUCKJE BREN·
RESOLUTION NO.3
NAN, W. BAGGETr. . . . VOTE ON THE
Relative to VIRGINIA STATE &: CHAP· NOMINATED WAS CALLED FOR BY
TER FLAGS . . . Motion withdrawn and HAND VOTE. . . . LOUIS SACHW ALD
referred to committee for consideration. WAS ELECI'EO BY MAJORITY VOTE.
RESOLUTION NO."
THE FLOOR WAS THEN CAlLED TO
Relative to $1 .50 refund to the chapter of
the National Dues presented by California NOMINATE A JUNIOR VICE COM·
Olapter , . , Motion made and seconded to MANDER after the committee recom·
mended Jerome A. McDavitt, our present
approve . . . MOTION was defeated.
Secretary. . . ' Floor nominations
RESOLUTION NO.5
included JIM ATWELL and BLACKIE
Resolution to amend the California Chap- BRENNAN . ..
BY RAND VOTE
ter to include the adjoining states of Wash· JEROME A. McDAVITT was elected to be
ington, Oregon, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada , the new JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER.
California, etc. as the CHAPTER AREA of
JIM ATWEU. was the nominating comthe present California Chapter'. . ..
Motion was made and seconded to approve mittee's recommendation for replacement
to the investment BOARD. AFTER three
the resolution . . . . Motion CARRIED.
calls for further nominations with no
RESOLUTION NO. Ii
nominations being made there W88 a
Motion to limit the National Com· motion made and seconded to elect JIM
mander's term of office to one year from ATWELL, unanimously . . . . Motion
now on, with the exceptioo ol this election carried.
year . . . . Motion made and secoo.ded to
Motion was made to elect General
approve . . . . Motion carried.
Harold K. JohnIon, 88 our HONORARY
RESOLUTION NO.7
NATIONAL VICE COMMANDER, if be
CaU£ornia Chapter made a Motion to ap- win accept this office. . .. MotIon wu
prove PROXY VOTE BY CHAPTER seconded and approved. .
DELEGATE at the NATIONAL CONVEN·
The following recommendations of the
T10N .. .. MarrON MADE AND SEC- nominating committee:
ONDED ·TO ACCEPI'. MOTION was DE- NATJ.ONALSECRETARY .............. .
FEATED. . . .
~ ................ ALEX BENISHAKE
Under- new business the Secretary was TREASURER ........... A.M . PATRIZIO
directed to acknowledge as a GIFT the SERVICE OFFICER ... JOHN EMERICK
remnants of the GOLD STAR MOTHER's HISTORIAN ........ COL. RAY M. O'DAY
(Continued on PfIKe 5)
FUND, when the LAST ONE EXPIRES.
Minutes tontinued
CONVENTION SITE COMMITTEE ..... .
.. ... . ALSENNA &A.M. PATRI ZIO
ADJUTANT ...... . .. . . . ... JIM ATWELL
SURGEON ...... . DR . MARK G. HERBST
CHAPLAIN ......... REV. F .A. BAUMAN
SGT. at ARMS ..... CWOJOSEPH MORIN
After three calls for further nominations
for the above of£i~, there being none , a
molion was made and seconded to accept
the committee's recommendations and
elect the above officers unanimously . ...
MOTION CARRIED . . . .
Office of the Judge Advocate being
vacated ; the Chair asked for nominations
from the noor to fill this office .. .. The
{ollowing were nominated for the office :
Enos Gould, Joe Sterner, and S. Shulman.
. . By hand vote ENOS GOULD was
elected by a major ity vote ..
There being no further business before
the GENERAL MEETING . . . Motion
was made and seconded to ADJOURN.
. . . MOTION CARRIED. . at 4:00 P .M.
RespecUully submitted,
Jerome A. McDavitt, Secretary
WHEEL CHaiR HOlES
A boost of $5,000 in grants for the purchase of "wheel~hair homes" by eligible
disabled veterans is the second hike in this
program in three years, the Veterans Ad·
ministration repor ted today.
Effective JuJy 10, when it was signed by
the President, Public Law 92-341 authorized VA to pay fifty percent of the cost up to a limit of $17,500 - toward the purchase of homes for veterans whose service
connected disabilities cause them to need
whee1chair ramps, hand rails or other
special features especially adapted to
their needs.
The grants were limited to $10,000 when
the program was started in 1948, and were
raised to $12,500 in June 1969.
More than 12,000 veterans have received
grants under the program during Its 24
year history, for a total or $121 million.
During fiscal year urn, 564 grants were
made for a total of $6.9 million .
Veterans Administration officials explained that the grants are provided to pay
part of the costs of construction, purchase
or remodeling of homes for these veterans.
Not all disabled veterans are eligible for
thegrants,VA explaine<t.One example of a
qualifying disability would be the loss or or the loss of use of - legs, making it difficult for the veteran to move around
without braces, crutches, canes or a
wheelchair .
VA noted the disability must be total and
permanent and must be connected with
military service.
Addillonal information on the "wheelchair home" grants is available at all VA
offices and from veterans service organizations.
Tri-State Picnic Abie Abraham's Farm
Tri-8tate Chapter
The Tri-8tate Olapter will meet In Somerset, Penna . on Oct. 21, 19'12. The group
will stay at the Highlander Motel just off
the Penna. Turnpike. The meeting and
dinner danCe will be held at the American
Legion Hall in Center City, Sommerset.
Otapter Commander Bob Neil invites
everyone to attend for an evening of enjoyment. Send Motel Reservations to Highlander. 799 N. Center Somerset, Pa. Write
John Emerick, 6074 Pleasant St., Finleyville, Pa. 15332 and tell him how many will
be in your party for the dinner.
SIALL BITS
Mrs. John B. Howell Route 3 - Box 120,
Muskogee, Okla. 74401 - Widow of John
Howell E. Bat - 59 CAR. Has books available written by John. Send 3.25 to her for
copy.
Mrs. Dwight E . Gard - 8604 SW 41st
Ave., Portland, oregon 97219 - would like
to contact Major Frank J . Kriwanek who
lived at one time in East St. Louis, Ill. Regarding some notebooks her husband kept
while in Po.w. camps.
Thanks to the members who sent donations to the ADBC. Needless to say they
are appreciated and will be used in the
operations of the ADBC. When sendin~ if
you have no objections to publishing
acknowledgement in the Quan please note.
Major Ward Waltonspiellast known with
U.S. Army at Santa Ana, Manila early
1946. Request Major Waltonspiel or anyone
with information concerning him to contact the following : M / Sgt. James G.
Bovaird, 10055 New Anlipold St., Tondo
Manilla, Philippine Republic. Requested
by Edmund Forsythe.
Ralph Levenberg, is OLief of Police at
Otina Lake Navy Weapons Test Base.
Fontana
There were 109 Balaan & Corregidor
Veterans and all told 283 people in attendance at the reunion . .. A special
appreciation plaque was also presented to
Col. Ray M. O'Oay .
The plaque read: "The Fontana Reunion
Group of the Survivors of Balaan &
Corregidor salutes Col. Ray M . O'Oay on
the anniversary of his 80th birthday, September 8, 1972: Who has for the past thirty
years given of his time, talents, and
energy through the media of the Olit-Chat
to the benefit of his prisoners of war. No
one man has done more to maintain the
sense of communication which is so essential to surviving POWs ; and our gratitude
to Col. O'Oay is boundless and manifested
by this token of our esteem and apprecialion."
Col. O'Oay accepted these honors most
graciously and remarked that he was looking forward to the tenth a!IDual reunion ~t
Fontana : next August 28thru 31 , 1973. This
next reunion will be the best ever and
many have already made 1973 reservalions so if you want to be with us make
your reservations now : with Fontana Village Resort, Fontana, N.C. 28733 - ATTN :
MR. ROBERT SLOAN .
IEITUClla ..
CHAPTER
Weare sorry this Quan will be too late to
help the pUblicity for the Kentuckiana
OIapters Meeting. 1lleir secretary reports
they still have license plates available for
$2.00 or 2 for $3.50. Write to J . A. Mihok 240 Burnley Road , Louisville, Ky . 40243.
5
"Chit Chat" cant.
next of kin . O'Day took upon hirnseU the
responsibility of cheering up those who
were downcast - and conditions were
such as to promote downcasting. One of
the interesting things O'Day did for his
fellow PW's was to remember them on
their birthday. He searched for scraps of
paper aild birthday greetings thereon. Sometimes he would add a cigarette or
some article like a tin cup made from a
discarded can. Frequently. the honoree
was surprised to learn it was his birthday,
and wondered how D'Day knew.
FollOWing liberation from the rigors of
Jap PW life, O'Day remained on active
duty as a bird colonel for 8 years. But dW'·
ing these years and continuing to the
present time. O ' Day remembers each SW'viving member of the senior officers with a
birlhday card . It has naturally fell his lot
to become chief correspondent for reunions of the senior orficer group called
" Wainwright's Travelers." Some 26 of
those aMua) reunions have been held, in
various places from Frisco to San Antonio
to San Juan.
As chief correspondent for Wainwright's
Travelers through the years, O'Day
receives many letters, cards, and telephone caUs, not only from senior officers
but from members of their families and
from other ex·PW's and civilian internees,
not only throughout the United States but
from England, Australia , Holland, and
other countries whose territories were
overrun by the Japs. In order to distribute
his vast correspondence among those concerned, O'Day started a small mimeographed newsletter in 1948 which he sent to
senior officers or anyone else who might
be interested . To date he has distributed
102 issues of his newsletter, which he
merely calls "Chit-Chat ."
" Olit-Chat" usually consists of about 20
pages. It is probably the most authoritative publication regarding ex·PW matters.
Issue No. 102 was distributed to 9,900
people. For more than 2 decades, O'Day
has given WlSelfishJy of his time to publish
four or five issues of "Chit-Olat" annually.
Each hearl-warming issue carries the love
of God to his fellow man.
In addition to Wainwright's Travelers,
O' Day attends a half dozen other ex·PW
reunions from Seattle to Miami to Rhode
Island to Fontana, N.C. He Is a walking en·
cyclopedia of PW interests, and be will discuss the subject with anyone or make a
formal talk to hundreds of people. He tells
it like it was. Although he will give his own
opinion if questioned, he usually answers
by giving some message be has received
from another ex-PW. Once, upon being
asked how bad conditions were at camp
O' Donnell in the Philippines, be answered
by handling a ropy of "Sunset at ~p
O'Donnell" written by Dr. David Brown
and published in the June 'ZI, 1968,
Congressional Record.
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PACEllItERS
The 60,000 Americans who wear cardiac
pacemakers to offset the effects of heart
blockage, are in line for still another med·
lcal assist from the Veterans Administra·
tion scientists who developed the first
implantable pacemaker .
A nuclear powered pacemaker with an
expected life of 10 years was implanted
last week at the Buffalo, N. Y., Veterans
Administration hospital where the first
device of this type was developed and implanted 12 years ago. One of the two
patients to receive the long-life pacemaker
is a 48·year-old World War 11 veteran who
also received the original pacemaker in
1960.
Tbe neuropacemaker's receiver is
implanted above the patient's breast, and
the electrode is placed over the swface of
the spina! cord. The wearer can use It at
will to stop pain by pressing a transmlitter
carried in a pocket or on his belt. Instead
of pain. the patient feels a buzzing or ting·
ling sensation in the affected area.
The respiratory pacemaker made it possible for a quadriplegic patient at the West
Roxbury. Mass., VA hospital to leave the
respirator in which he had been forced to
live. Though he is paralyzed from the neck
down, he is now able to live at home,
speak, move about in a wheelchair, and
attend to business aUairs. nus first
successfu1 use of the respiratcry pacemaker was reported in the New England
Journal of Medicine (Mar. 9, 1972) by Dr.
Albert J. McLaughlin and Or. James M.
O'Hare of the spinal cord injury center at
the West Roxbury VA hospital. They
reported that two radio receivers were
surgically implanted below the skin overlying the fifth and sixth ribs; these were
connected to the left and right phrenic
nerves in the neck by platinum electrodes
inclosed in a protective cuff. Through an
antenna placed 00 the skin above the receiver, a radio transmitter stimu1ates the
Ray O'Day rubs shoulders with the high
and mighty as well as with the meed and
lowly. A Philippine Army third lieutenant
who was in O'Day's division on Bataan,
Ferdinand Marcos, insisted that Ray
O'Day stand by his side when he was
Inaugurated President of the Philippines
in 1965. Although O'Day accepts contributions from friends to reimburse his ex·
penses in publishing "Chit.Qat," be sends
it free to anyone Interested in PW's.
This aU started in a miserable Jap PW
camp in Taiwan by an officer who had
enough compassion on his feUO'W man to
remember that his birthday may be im·
portant to him. I make tribute in the
Congressional Record as a birthday
greeting card to Ray M. Q'Day, who
celebrated his 80th birthday on September
8, 1972.
two nerves alternately to produce efficient
normal breathing.
These later applications of the pacemaker are closely related to the original
design developed by Chardack and Greatbatch . Before their transistorized Implant·
able design was developed, pacemakers
were worn outside the body and connected
to the heart by a wire that ran through the
chest wall. The chest opening made the
wearer susceptible to infection, and the
wearer was extremely vulnerable to an
accidental blow to the externally worn
instrument. Still another danger was
posed by scar tissue forming around the
elctrode in the heart. The scar tissue acted
as an insuJaUon that required an everhigher flow or current. nus problem was
solved in ths Chardack-Greatbatch design
by using a new bipolar electrode with two
single wires buried in the heart. Electrodes were supplied by Medtronic, Inc .• or
MinneapoliS, Minn., supplier of the nuclear pacemaker implanted last week in
Buffalo.
The new pacemaker uses electronic cir·
cuitry virtually identical to the original
design. The unique component in the new
pacemaker is a thermoelectric power
supply fueled by a minute quantity of
plutonium 238. It is expected to last for ten
years in contrast to the two or three year
life for the conventional mercury batteries
in the original design.
The nuclear powered model was first
used in France, on April ZI , 1970, Since
then, more than 50 have been used in
heartblock victims in France, West Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands .
On July 3, 1972, the Atomic Energy Commission announcro that permission had
been granted to the Buffalo VA bospitalto
implant the new model.
The relatively minor operation was performed by a medical team that Included
Dr. William Chardack, who helped develop
the first implantable pacemaker with VA
electronics engineer Wilson Greatbatch.
Olardack assisted Dr. Andrew Gage who
was his assistant on the 1960 operation. Dr.
Olardack is now semi-retired, and Dr.
Gage is chief of surgical services at the
Buffalo VA hospital.
At other VA hospitals, pacemakers are
being used also to relieve pain and to aid
respiraUon.
Neuropacemak.en, for example, have
been found particularly useful at Washington, D. C. VA hospital for relieving pain
from nerve injury, from neuralgia in
amputations, and in aomeeancer patients.
Dr. John L. Fox reported In Medical
Aaaab of tile DI.trkt of Colambla (Sept.
1971 ) that the neuropacemaker. unlike
painkilllilo! _
....... DO danger
01_
addiction and causes no dulling 01 the patIent's sensibilities.
Return to P.I.
A small band of men who held the line
against Japaneseassaults during the early
days of the Pacific war set out on a quiet
pilgrimage to the Philippine Islands from
San Francisco International Airport
yesterday,
There were 51 fonner servicemen who
make upone or the nation 's more exclusive
clubs : the American Defenders of Balaan
and Corregid"'_
Led by 1bomas Hackett, a 61 -year-old
tiUe insurance executive (rom Atlanta,
Ga., they boarded a Pan American jet that
will take them back to two once-embattled
outposts that fell in April and May of 1942.
A second lieutenant in the Army at the
time he was captured on the besieged fortress of CorregldOr I Hackett spent three
years "doing roadwork and harvesting
rice" arter he was captured.
Head of a group that once numbered
thousands, Hackett said that he and members of his old outfit - the 60th Coast
Artillery - went down fighting .
" We did not sWTender," he said. "Our
command surrendered us. We knew we
were fighting a hopeless cause because we
were outnumbered."
Lithographist Ray Peoples of San Jose,
one of 7 survivors of the 125 - member
194th Tank Battalion of Salinas, recalls
how Japanese war camp imprisonment
turned his hair ghostly white.
"He dosed himself with Vitamin B to get
the blond back," laughingly interposes his
wife, Helen.
Ophthalmologist Velma Ritter of San
Francisco, who went to work in 1938 at
Manila {or Carlos Romulo as a radio disc
jockey and newscaster, remembers the
slow starvation du r ing 37 months
imprisoned at Santo Tomas.
'JuslRice'
" Just rice and never enough of it," she
said.
Sc hool teacher George Moor e of
Grove, m., skinned down from a normal
150 to 70 pounds in a prison in Japan where
three times he was moved into the dying
room and given the last rites of the church.
Ecstatic ReuniOft
1bree women - Ruth Straub ol Cascade, Colo., Mary Moullrieof Atlanta, Ga .,
and Leona Gaslinger Sulphin of
Montgomery, Ala . - had an eestatic airport reunion.
"We were among 13 Army nurses on
Corregidor who slipped away aboard the
submarine Spearfish for AustraJia the
night before the surrender," said Ruth
Straub.
"We were the [irst women ever to go
under the equator instead of across it. But
still we got inducted into the realm of
Neptune. They stood us with our feet in a
Snap-shot taken at FremanUe, Western Australia , arrival of "SPEARFISH ". 1942
Left to right :
Beth Veley - San Francisco, Calif.
Lucy Wilson - (Mrs . Don Jopling) Big Sandy, Texas , Hortense McKay, Lake Hubert,
Minn. (side view between Lucy and Grace Hallman , Thomaston , Ga . (eating apple) now
Mrs. F . W. Matassarin , Wichita, Kansas. Mollie Peterson , Hot Springs, Arkansas looking
over shoulder of Grace HaUman.
Mary Moultrie, Woodbury, Ga . (looking over shoulder of Nancy Gillihan ).
Nancy Gillihan , Clarksville, Tenn . (deceased)
Mabel Stevens, Q-eighton. Nebraska (standing behind and between Nancy Gilihan &
Leona Gastinger ).
Leona Gaslinger, Montgomery, Ala . (Mrs. Herman Sutphin ), Helen Summers,
Brooklyn, N.Y. (Mrs. Norman Campbell , deceased ).
Resolution
Since a preacher annOl.UlCi!d that there
are 726 sins, he has been beseiged for cop.
ies of the list - by people who think they
are missing out on something.
bucket of water and gave us an electric
shock."
Dr. Ritter, who was interned in Manila
and released from Santo Tomas after Gen.
Douglas MacArthur 's return , retired
recently from the University of Calirornia
Medical Center. Before that she was at
Stanford. She's an expert on eye muscle
movement.
All 51 will renew friendships in the
Philippines with veterans of that Republic
with whom they fought side by side. They
will go to cemetery sites in memory of
some friends who didn't make it back.
" And we'll retrace those seven days and
60 miles of the Bataan death march from
Marivale to San Fernando Pampanga,"
said Hackett, the national commander of
the American Defenders of Balaan and
Kenneth Thompson
Kenneth (Kenny ) Thompson , 56, 2722
Sand Road , died May 31 , 197 in Margruder
Hospital. Buried - June 3, 1972.
Surviving are his wife, Lucille Snider
Thompson ; two brothers, five sisters .
A veteran of World War II, Mr. Thomp-
son was a prisoner of war in Japan for
42
months and was a survivor of the Bataan
Death March. The remaining survivors of
the March (here) who served as pallbearers are John Minier, John Short,
Virgil Janes and Joseph Htupcho. Other
pallbearers : John Sandor - Youngstown,
Albert Allen - Mansfield, John Rowland
- Westerville.
Mr. Thompson was a retired vice president and cashier of Port Clinton National
Bank, where he had worked for 14 years.
Before going to the bank, he worked at
Lake Erie Sports.
CoOTegi~_
"Only this time we'll ride - in trucks."
The group is making its second
pilgrimage to the Philippines since 1945
and will be welcomed in Manila by Presl·
dent Ferdinand Marcos when it arrives for
a two-week stay.
Please notify the Quan when you move.
The Post Office is doing a poor job so lets
not depend on them. Give us your change.
Thanks.
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FLORIDA STATE CHAPl'ER
AMER. DEFENDERS OF BATAAN &r:
CORREGIDOR FROM COMMANDER
JOHN T. NICHOLSON - IT'S OFFICIAL
- FLORIDA STATE CONVENTION .
OCTOBER 27th, to 29th, 1972
PLACE - The Happy Dolphin Inn - St.
Petersburg, Fla.
RATES - $12.00 SingJe; $16.00 Double ;
$3.00 a day extra for Kitchenette.
ENTERTAINMENT - The famous Lenny
Dee plays the organ direcUy across the
street at a Night Club. Dancing and e ntertainment in Hotel's cocktail lounge.
COMMANDER'S COCKTAIL PARTY (in his room) on Friday night from 9:00 till
? ?? DRINKS ARE ON THE COMMANDER.
SHORT BUSINESS MEETING ON
SATURDAY about lOAM.
GOLF AT PASADENA GOLF AND
COUNTRY CLUB if desired .
Starting time arranged by motel. Fee
$5.00.
SPECIAL RATES for those wishing to go
to the AQUATARIUM OR WAX MUSEUM
being arranged.
FISHING PARTY PLANS ARE NOW
BEING INVESTIGATED.
BANQUET - At Motel $5.SO WHOLE
BAKED CORNISH GAME HEN stuffed
with wild RICE. Price includes tax and
gratuity.
COMMANDER JOHN T. NICHOLSON will
get out the Brochures and Reservations
with his personal le tter to you. So take
time now - put Oct. 27th to 29th on your
CALENDAR. DO IT NOW, PLEASE.
Remember when HIPPIE meant big in the
hips?
And a TRIP involved travel in cars, planes
and ships?
When POT was a vessel for cooking things
in
And HOOKED was what grandmother's
rug may have been?
When NEAT meant weU-organized, tidy
and clean
And GRASS was a ground cover, normally
green?
When FUZZ was a substance, real nuffy
like lint
And BREAD came from bakeries -
not
from a mint.
When ROLL meant a bun, and a ROCK
was a stooe
And HANG-UP was something you did
with the phone?
It's GROOVY, MAN . GROOVY, but English It's not,
Me Thinks that our language is going to
POT!
8
Amenc-olD Ddenilen .)1
Bataan &: Col'1"Cgidor, luc.
18 Warbler Dr.
McKees R.ocks, Pa. 15136
Address Correction Requested
(Please Print)
Non·Profit Org.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
Pittsburgh , Pa.
Permit No . 2648
DUES
ARE
PAYABLE
NOW
$4.00
Please Send Correct Address Wh
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.0Tl~E TO EAST COAST IEIIERS
The Convention Committee is planning aChartered Flight from Newark or Philadelphia to Kansas City foe the convention in May. We plan to charter a 7Zl with a seating
capacity of 100 passengers. U we can flll the plane, the cost per person wouJd he $108.00
round trip "':: a savings of $58.00 per person.
The plane would leave from one of the above cities about 5:00 P .M. on Wednesday.
Return flight from Kansas City would be 1:00 P.M. on Sunday.
H you are interested, please fill out the form and return to A. M. PatriziO, 414 Richmond Place, leonia, N.J . 07605.
Arrangements for the plane will be determined by the response to this survey.
Name ____-C~~~~=c~------------------------~=--"~
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Cily, _______________________
_______________________
Stata-'' _ _ _ __ Zi,p..p_ ___
-----yes, I am interested in the Charter flight.
No. 0/ s.a ..,- - I prefer leaving fromn-====;Newark
Philadelphia
J£ the majority prefer leaving from the city other than your choice, will you leave
from the preferred city?
Yes
No
Returnto : Austin M. Patrizio
414 Richmond Place
Leonia, N.J. 07605
PLEASE RETURN IMMEDIATELY
Man 01 Year
200 local citizens aDd guests from
Rantoul, m . borKJred National Commander Barney Grill as Man of the Year.
The dinnet was held July 3, 1972. Tbe
V.F.W., American Legion and Amvets
sponsored the dinner.
Also honoied were Nick Fryzuik; Charles Sclmidt; Archie Stever; Richard
Damm ; Wm. Hauser; Richard Beet,
Lelann Chandler and William Wright.
Congratulations Barney.
The Executive Board will meet
Oct. 7, urn at Valley Forge, Pa, A
organlzaUonal Fla& will be presented to Gen. Harold K. JoImIon.
For p!rDWH!Ilt diIplay at Ibe Freedoms FOUDdation. U this notice 11m
time members are inviled to aueod.