News/Events

Any Classmates who did not attend the 50th who would like a copy of Voyage 50 , please let Fred Victor know by email, phone, or snail mail and he will send you a copy. Same applies if you inadvertently did not get a copy of Voyage 50 at the reunion,

email: avictor@erols.com
Phone: 301 866 0898
Address: PO Box 993, St Mary's City, MD, 20686

San Francisco Bay Area Gatherings

'58 gathers quarterly on the 4th Saturday every 3rd month for a "--whenever two or three shall gather--" brouhaha. We have been known to change the date so call/email to confirm if you happen to be in the area and can attend. Kurtz Gilligan (24th) coordinates it and John Potter (19th) does
the secretarial stuff.

Kurtz 707/422-7500 Only a phone, no fax, no email, maybe an answering
machine.
John 707/745-4914 Calls are screened. Email:
John.Potter@1958.usna.com

I am in my eighth and final year of a volunteer prostate cancer study, which involved eighteen thousand men in all parts of the U.S. Half of the group takes a drug pill every day, and the other half takes a placebo. It is a double blind test, with the purpose of determining if the drug prevents prostate cancer. The program includes a screening by phone every six months, plus an annual physical, and check up in the oncology department.

A new study has just been announced and the coordinator has asked me to spread the word. Male volunteers are needed in the age group 60 to 70, which fits our class.
There is no cost and no payment involved, but hopefully, we are making a small contribution to medical science, while benefiting from annual checkups. The new program is called SELECT Cancer Prevention Trial. The coordinator is Judi Travis at 202-782-3897, email: judith.travis@na.amedd.army.mil . I would encourage any of our classmates in the area to sign up.

The Class Luncheons are held at the Army Navy Country Club on the last Thursday of every month unless otherwise advised. They start at 1130 and arrangements are made for a speaker to present talks on subjects of interest to the Class. Your class caller should contact you about a week before each event to get a head count. If you do not hear from your caller, contact in the following order:

If you plan to attend, accurate head counts are important to preclude unnecessary cost. In addition to charging us the full rate for "no-shows", the club also charge us a surcharge for each unannounced attendee. We have no choice but to pass these costs on to the classmates concerned. Please make your reservations as early as possible but no later than the Tuesday before the luncheon. The cost of the luncheon is $25. Honor bar prices will be posted at the event.

SHIPMATE DEADLINES

SHIPMATE will accept digital photos for publication in class columns. The only requirements are that the electronic file must be sent as either a JPEG or TIFF file, the original photo (if scanned) must be larger than 2.5" wide, and the resolution of the photo must be at least 300 dpi. Hard copy photos are still perfectly acceptable. Digital photos that don't get used for the class column will probably be displayed for all to enjoy on the Class of 1958 web site.

Have you written your classmates lately??? Submit your items as they occur to relieve Poj Walters of the monthly crunch. Adventures, life events, meetings with classmates, travels, weddings, grandchildren, retirements, Olympic medals, hospitalizations, and all that are grist for the column. Pictures are appreciated, particularly with the class flag in them.

As of the Sep '04 issue, class column length has been cut by SHIPMATE from 4,000 words per column to 2,000 words per column. A photo of three or less persons equals 100 words, said words to be subtracted from the column length. And this after the survey showed the class columns to be the most popular feature! Go figure!

The address for e-mail to Poj: wwalters58@verizon.net, and send the photos to him at 5664 Ravenel Lane, Springfield, VA 22151.

USNA Vehicle Pass

There is now a USNA Alumni Assoc. form that alumni, who are not eligible to obtain DoD stickers for their cars, can submit to get a pass which enables them to drive in the Yard. Knowledge of this may be useful to some classmates, especially for those who want to participate in the "Link In The Chain" program with the entering class of 2008. To download the form, click on the following hyperlink.

Friends of the Naval Academy (FONA) Program