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- THE MILITARY CHAPLAIN
Volume XXXVIII JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1965 No. 1
U. S. Army Photograph
tain Henry F. Hagler (left), Commander of Troops at the Honor Ceremonies for Chaplain (Major General) hles E. Brown, Jr. (middle), and Major General Tom V. Stayton, Commanding General of Fort Bliss, Texas, are shown trooping the line.
FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION; A SIGNAL EVENT
The year 1965 marks the Fortieth Birthday of The Military Chaplains Association. The high-light of the year will be the National Convention at The Somerset Hotel, 26-29 April, in Boston, Massachusetts. On behalf of the national Officers, and the New England Chapter's Convention Committee, a cordial invitation is extended to all MCA mernbers, as well as to all military chaplains who wish to join, to attend. To miss this Anniversary Conventi will be to miss a significant conference, not to mention the camaraderie of current and former associates. e issue of The Military Chaplain contains all information at hand as we go to press. All final information, and reservations cards, will be your duty"and we'll see you in s will mailed from Boston in March. Upon receipt of it, "do your duty"-and we'll see you
The Executive Director
"Life Begins at Forty"
By Chapter News
Karl B. Justus
Executive Director, MCA
My subject, phrased in the A Final Reminder oft-quoted familiar saying of
uncertain vintage, is more Prior to the 1965 Convention, this is our third than a jocularly-spoken reminder TO CHAPTER PRESIDENTS, aa. than a jocularly-spoken..
cliche. Indeed, the voices are interested individual members, that a 1I myriad that could loudly ex- action called for any suggested resolutions, to myriad that could loudly exclaim-"We have found it by the Resolutions Committee for possible recomme so And why not? For, all for floor action, are to be sent in writing to the Director at National Headquarters NOT LESS things being equal, at forty
igs being equal, at forty 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONVENTIO A a person is on the threshold
of unfolding vistas when ex- ter, or member, having such suggestions should sed of unfolding vistas when experience, learning, the will any time from this point on. PLEASE SEND THE peine earning, the will
to achieve, unswerving pur GESTED RESOLUTION IN DUPLICATE COP : to achieve, unswerving purpose, and a lack of fear of
Dr. Karl B. Justus plain hard work, may usher Alabama Chapter one into the prime of life Alabama Chapter where desired goals may be accomplished. Assuming this On 19 January, with President Glenn Massengale preside may be accepted as a reasonable, average premise, then may ing, the Alabama Chapter met at luncheon in the O cers we not also presume the truth may be equally applied Club at Maxwell Air Force Base. The following Ac to an organization? were elected for the ensuing year:
Forty years ago, in 1925, The Military Chaplains Associ- President, Ch (Lt Col) Erwin L. Shirey, USA ation was founded in Washington, D. C. Its first meeting 1st Vice President, Ch (Capt) Joe Feeley, USA was held on 25 April 1925 (just one clay earlier than ourt -2nd-Vice President, Ch (Maj)- Harry B. AnstediAF Fortieth Anniversary Convention begins this year). The Secretary, Ch (Capt) Edwin H. Braly, USAF founders, men of vision, dedication and high purpose, set a Treasurer, Chaplain George W. Gilbert, USNR course which worthy successors have followed steadfastly. Deep appreciation was expressed to the officers who hl Four decades have witnessed a record of distinguished serv- carried the activities during the Chapter's first year, ah ice entered in the ledger of history, inscribed there by the carried the activities during the Chapter's first ya new president pledged continued progress. military chaplains of all Services who have chosen to Chaplain Charles H. Marley was appointed to check i formalize, in a practical way, their daily ecumenical experi- s ecu in a rlso rt to knto fences known in war and in peace, through this unique securing air transportation to the 1965 convention. If this ences known in war and in peace, through this unique accomplished, the Executive Committee of the Chapter il Association which, by its very existence and purpose, cannot notify members and secure the necessary conmmitmensto fail to make a moral impact on the Nation. assure the flight.
assure the flight.
But The Military Chaplains Association dare not leisurely, Chaplain William Travers, who announced he was being comfortably warm itself by the glowing embers of past transferred from Maxwell, stated he thought the Cha firesides. It must be energetic, dynamic, up and doing, should do all possible to work with National in the ratt pushing back the horizons for a new and greater future that of possible attacks against the chaplaincy. will slowly dim the past--"gone, but not forgotten."
The administration of the late President John F. Kennedy,
with youthful and pioneering vision, set imagination aflame Chicago Chapter and hearts stirring as he set a course for "The New The Chicago Chapter keeps on rolling alongwi Frontier." active program. Reports are that, under the leadersiP
President Lyndon B. Johnson has further fanned the its President, Chaplain Charles J. Murphy, the ChaPt flames of hope as he has challenged 190 million Americans having one of its best years. to press toward the goal of "The Great Society"--the fulfill- On 11 January, the speaker for the luncheon me ment of what America can and ought to be. Dr. Franklin Littel of the Chicago Theological
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From the President of MCA THE MILITARY CHAPLAIN
As our Director, Karl Jus- National Headquarters: 1710 16th St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20009 tus, has stated in his column, Telephone ADams 21667 Telephone: ADams 2-1667
a Fortieth Anniversary is a
notable milestone and I
t tisone an I Vol. XXXVIII January-February, 1965 No. 1 trust this one for MCA will
be the first marker on the
be the first marker on the Articles in this publication express the point of view of the authors highway to a brighter future. only and not necessarily those of the Association or of the Services. As I reflect on the past years, Published 6 times a year by the Military Chaplains Association and I am proud and happy to issued by-monthly. Editorial and Executive offices, 1710 Sixteenth St., say I have been actively in- N.W., Washington 9, D. C. Second Class Postage paid at Washington, D. C. This publication is mailed to all members of the Chaplains Assovolved in MCA almost from ciation. Subscriptions to all others not eligible for membership are $5.00 its inception, per calendar year. Foreign subscriptions (non-members) are $6.00 per calendar year. Special Library Rate, 3 years for $12.00.
And now, the Fortieth AnKarl Bennet Justus, Editor
niversary Convention is just Karl Bennet Justus, Editor Chaplain(MajGen) USA before us in historic Old (Ret) New England. I hope every
rember of MCA will put forth an extra effort to attend Meir Engel Dies in Viet Nam his convention.
Convention. Ch (Lt Col) Meir Engel, U. S. Army Chaplain on duty The past twelve months have seen continued progress for in Viet Nam, died suddenly of a heart attack on 16 Decemour Association. Our advance has been steady for the past ber 1964. Sent to Viet Nam on 26 August of last year, to tiree years to a degree that is unequaled by any previous [r in a's fine ht il eaepn th ay shopu minister to the needs of personnel of Jewish faith, both lriod in MCA's fine history. While keeping the daily shop, Karl Justus and I have regularly pursued the desired major military and civilian, Chaplain Engel had plunged into his objective of stabilizing MCA's future for all time. This duties with zest, dedication and alacrity. Over a vast area organization must not die; affirmatively we work for its he traveled by helicopter to minister where his people were, vibrant continuity. and, as in the case of many chaplains, he undertook key
My annual report to you at the convention will reveal responsibilities that ranged beyond the professional minisiome of the things we have been doing to achieve our trations of a man of God serving in the chaplaincy. objectives. I will, also, report on what we have done, with In a letter dated 16 December, General W. C. Westmorethe concurrence of the Executive Committee, to implement land, Commanding, United States Army, Viet Nam, wrote certain actions taken at the 1964 convention in Chicago. to Ch (Maj Gen) Charles E. Brown, Jr., in part:
All in all, a great convention confronts us. Let us join "This command suffered a great loss in the untimely withour Executive Director to launch MCA's "Life Begins death of Ch (Lt Col) Meir Engel....His death came it Forty" campaign. I'll be looking forward to seeing you det ofC (tCl)M.irEg...Hs eahcm iBostn i ampaipril. I'll be looking forward to seeing you almost without warning, since he had been in apparent inc Boto in excellent health. Chaplain Engel performed his duties in an PATRICK J. RYAN outstanding manner in every respect.... He has rendered
invaluable service in some special assignments relative to Visiting Washington? the Buddhist situation here in Viet Nam ....Prior to his
REMINDER! On your next trip to Washington death he was serving on a committee whose purpose was to
REMINDER! On your next trip to Washington examine the Buddhist position in politics and matters of stay at national headquarters. For paid-up members government in Viet Nam.... The entire command joins me (and you can pay on the spot if you aren't), MCA has in sending condolences to you and the members of the excellent room facilities for overnight or longer, at the Chaplain Branch of the United States Army in the loss of 10w rate of $4.00 per night per person. This is a service this exceptionally fine chaplain and military officer." "our members. If you plan to use the facilities, write ahead of time, or phone in on arrival, to make Chaplain Engel was a faithful member of this Associreservations. Courteous attention and comfortable ation. On behalf of The Military Chaplains Association, rooms make MCA headquarters your "home away the Executive Director extends profound sympathy to his from home." wife, Myra S. Engel, and his sons, David S., 20, and Raphael
J., 9, residing in the city of San Francisco.
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NATIONAL CONVENTION, 26-29 APRIL
Fortieth Anniversary Convention Program, 1965
Fortieth Anniversary Convention Address Tuesday, 27 April 1965 MCA Convention Chairman 0900 Hours: Call to order, President Ryan The Somerset Hotel
400 Commonwealth Avenue Invocation-Chaplain Edward M. Mize
Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Report of Rules Committee
Below is the program as arranged by the Convention President's Report-Chaplain Patrick J. Ryan Committee for the Fortieth Anniversary Convention, 26-29 Executive Director's Report-Dr. Karl B. Justus April in Boston. This constitutes only the framework, em- 1000 Hours: Memorial Address bracing known information which is firm as we go to press. The Committee is continuing its work. The places shown in His Eminence Richard Cardinal Cushing the program as "National Responsibility" are being arranged Special Music by President Ryan and Headquarters and, hopefully, will Benediction-Chaplain Israel Kasis be finalized in the next few weeks. We can only assure the Taps members that an excellent program is being planned. 1030 Hours: Symposium
Due to the fact that the Convention is nearly one month "Freedom of the Press"
earlier than last year, the March-April issue of The Military Presiding-Rabbi Joseph Shubow Chaplain will be prepared and mailed in early April. Even Newspaper-(speaker to be secured) then, second class mail may not reach some members prior Radio and Television-Julian Goodman, Vice Presidnt to the convention. Thus, this current issue is important from National Broadcasting Company and National Neo the standpoint of general information. Editor The Law-(speaker to be secured)
The official letter of invitation, embracing final informaReligion-(speaker to be secured)
tion and hotel reservation cards, will be sent from Boston in March by the Convention Chairman, Ch (Col) Harold 1300 Hours: Luncheon O. Prudell. THEN will be the time to act according to Presiding-Chaplain Edgar F. Redfern information and instructions given. Invocation-Chaplain Charles J. Murphy KARL B. JUSTUS Greetings from His Honor, the Mayor of Boston Introduction of Speaker-Chaplain A. B. Minyard Monday, 26 April Address-Honorable Edward Brooke, Attorncy-Genel 1200-1730 Hours: Registration of Massachusetts
ALL chaplains will register at the appointed MCA regis- Benediction-Chaplain Thomas Clayton tration desk in the lobby of The Somerset Hotel, where Afternoon: "The Freedom Trail" any necessary information packets will be given out. 1965 Boson sightseeing trip. (Free time, possible tn Boston sightseeing trip. (Free time, possible mece upgso DUES MUST BE PAID to participate in the Convention.
some Convention Committees)
BRING YOUR 1965 CARD with you, or, dues may be paid at that time. Payment of dues prior to the convention 1900 Hours: (evening) Dinner will save time and confusion. Music-Boston University Glee Club 1730-1900 Hours: The Governor's Reception Presiding-Chaplain Harold O. Prudell
His Excellency, Governor John Volpe, tenders a reception Invocation-Chaplain Lee A. Cousin to delegates and their wives. Greetings from the Chiefs of Chaplains Introduction of speaker-Chaplain Philip Lipis
1730 Hours: Buffet Supper Address-(National Responsibility)
Music-Bowdoin College Strollers Music-Glee Club
(No speeches) Benediction-Chaplain Walter R. Anderson
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Wednesday, 28 April 1965 Convention Package Plans
o Hours: Presiding-Chaplain William Austill Package Plan No. 1 ................ Member's Cost $33.00
Invocation Chaplain Martinus Silseth 3 nights, double room* $22.50 Iv cti e2 lunches, Tuesday, Wednesday 9.50 "Chapter Activities 1 buffet, Monday night 6.60 1030 Hours: Symposium 2 banquets 15.00
Freedom from Want" Convention registration 3.00 "Freedom from Want"
Presiding-Chaplain Will Thomas Guided tour of Boston's Freedom Trail 3.25 The Individual: John Cort, Administrator, Massachusetts Peace Corps Separately would cost $59.85
The Community: Monsigner Francis Lally, Chairman, Subsidy, $26.85 Boston Redevelopment Board
Business: (speaker to be secured) Package Plan No. 2...............Member's Cost $27.00**
Busiess (seakr tobe ecued)(Deduct $2.00 if bus tour is not desired) The University: John Munro, Dean, Harvard College (Deduct $2.00 if bus tour is not desired) .2 nights, double room* $15.00 Religion: Most Reverend Frederick Lawrence, Suffragan 2 nhs, ue Wdea Bishop, Diocese of Massachusetts 2 lunches, Tuesday, Wednesday 9.50
Bishop, Diocese of Massachusetts
Benediction-Chaplain Robert M. Schwyhart 2 banquets 15.00 Convention registration 3.00 1300 Hours: Luncheon Bus tour (option) 2.00** Presiding-Chaplain Robert J. White
Invocation-Chaplain Harold F. Donovan Separately would cost $44.50 Address: "The U. S. Constitution and the Military Subsidy, $1750
Chaplaincy" SINGLE ROOM ADD $2.50 per night.
Professor Arthur Sutherland, Harvard Law School
. SPECIAL RATES apply as follows: Benediction-Chaplain Sherry Bell
a. Attending one day only (Wednesday)--Cost... $12.00 Afternoon: Sightseeing (Lexington and Concord) 1 luncheon $4.80 1 banquet 8.10
1900 Hours: (evening) National Award Dinner Convention registration 3.00 Convention registration 3.00
Presiding-President Patrick J. Ryan
Music-Harvard University Glee Club Separately would cost $15.90 Award to VFW-Chaplain John J. Sheehan Subsidy, $3.90 National Award-(National Responsibility) b. Rates for Chaplains wives: Benediction-Chaplain David Max Eichhorn Room (per night) $750 1 buffet, Monday 6.00
Thursday, 29 April 2 luncheons 8.00 2 banquets 15.00 0900 Hours: Presiding-Chaplain Ryan c. Individual tickets may be purchased at prices Invocation-(to be secured) listed above in (b). Reports of Convention Committees
1030 Hours: (Business temporarily suspended) Important Announcement Introduction of speaker-Chaplain C. Pardee Erdman Address: Mr ak rapis CPrd The Committee advises there are no large motor pools Adrs:M. Sacka, Brandeis University
"The Future-Th Serviceman, The Chaplain, and or major military commands in the immediate Boston area.
the Citizen" They will do what they can on arrangements.
Business resumed PLEASE, when one responsible for arranging military air Election of Officers for 1965-66 transport KNOWS THE TOA, and the number aboard, Benedction-Chaplain Henry C. Murdock send this information to: ADJOURNMENT Ch, Lt Col, Henry C. Murdoch Wing Chaplain
VOTE: Contact MCA Chapter in your area about possible L. G. Hanscom Field transport to convention. HDQS doesn't arrange this. Bedford, Massachusetts
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War-Time Chief Dies NECROLOGY
Since the November-December 1964 issue of The Mi Chaplain, we have been notified of the deaths ofthe ing members of this Association. Added to the rolls oi honored dead, are:
Ch (Maj Gen) William R. Arnold, USA, Retired New York, New York
Captain William W. Elder, CHC, USN, Retired Concord, Georgia
Ch (Lt Col) Meir Engel, USA
San Francisco, California
Ch (Lt Col) William H. Rossell, USA, Retired Fort Worth, Texas
We hold these colleagues in sacred memory and to their families our sincere prayers and sympathy. Again we ask that Headquarters be notified prompt the passing of members of this Association.
Chaplains' Funds Gifts
Since our report of 4 December, in the previous issue The Military Chaplain, we have received gifts at M The Rt. Reverend William R. Arnold Headquarters totaling $3,028.42 from twenty-seven C
Chaplain (Major General), USA, Ret.
Chaplain (Major General), USA, Ret. lains' Funds. This includes all gifts on hand as of 8 Bishop William R. Arnold, 83, auxiliary bishop of New ary 1965. As is the regular custom, each gift has York and World War II Chief of Army chaplains, died in acknowledged with deep appreciation by the Exec New York City on 8 January 1965. The much-beloved Director and, periodically, summary reports are sent tot former Chief was a Perpetual member of The Military appropriate Chiefs of Chaplains. Shown here is the Chaplains Association and, as such, was an active, interested appropriate Chiefs of Chaplains. Shown here is e participant in its affairs. report. A requiem mass was celebrated on 11 January at St. Protestant, Fitzsimons General Hospital Patrick's Cathedral, for which many of his MCA friends Chaplains Fund, 102nd ACR, New Jersey ARNG and former associates from Washington, D. C., traveled to New York. The funeral, according Bishop Arnold full Catholic, Protestant, USA Humphreys District Comma military honors, was held at 1430 Hours in Arlington Ceme- Protestant, Fort Monmouth tery on Tuesday, 12 January. Protestant, USA Air Defense Center, Fort Bliss
Bishop Arnold, who was the first Army chaplain to
receive the rank of major general, as well as being the first Catholic, Protestant, 3d Bde, 3d Inf. Div., APO NY Catholic Chief of Army Chaplains, was also the first Protestant, 508th USASA Gp., APO SF Catholic chaplain to be buried in the chaplain's section at Arlington Cemetery. Protestant, Military District Washington
All who knew and worked with Chaplain Arnold, Protestant, Fort Amador, Canal Zone
especially during the difficult years of World War II, will Catholic, 3d Inf. Div., Schweinfurt Area, APO NY always remember this distinguished churchman's spirit and dedicated leadership for God and country. Protestant, Jewish, Walter Reed Medical Center
Bishop Anorld, we bid you "Farewell." (Continued on Page 11)
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Shown at Fort Hawkins Chapter Charter dinner, (I to r) Dr. Karl B. Justus, Executive Director of MCA; Mayor B. F. Merritt, Jr., of Macon, Commanding General of Georgia National Guard; Ch (Col) 0. H. Tietjen, Third Army Chaplain; Ch (Lt Col) J. E. Tucker, Chapter President.
(Mai J.Gen) Charles E. Brown, Jr., delivers keynote address at Religious Training Day, Fort Carson, Colorado. .4n o e Platform (I to r) are: Rabbi Bernard Frankel, Ch (Col) Harold F. Donovan, Major General A. J.
,ommanding General, Fifth Infantry Division, Ch (Lt Col) James R. Barnett, and former Chief of ChPlais James O'N eill.
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CONVENTIONERS TAKE NOTICE
"NOW HEAR THIS"
"NOW HEAR THIS" Retirement Point Credit Dues, 1965!
As a result of our reminder in the last newsletter, National Headquarters expresses deep appreciation to
and the Executive Director's letter of 14 January, 1965 Ch (Col) John Rhea, Executive Director of the Armd dues have continued to come in at a steady, though Forces Chaplains Board, for official information perti not spectacular, pace. On behalf of our National to retirement point credit for attendance at the 1965 Co
Officers, we express appreciation for the fine response vention. The following applies:
to date. In any event, there are still over 600 members
who have not yet paid 1965 dues. "Under the provisions of Paragraph IV, Deprtma
The Director is indebted to Ch (Col) Charles J. Defense Instruction No. 1215.7 dated 6 April 1961, tl
Murphy for the following, which is apropos: Armed Forces Chaplains Board will sponsor military
"Some pay their dues when due, symposia in connection with the Annual Training Con.
Some when overdue, ference of The Military Chaplains Association to be held
Some never do--- 26-29 April 1965 at the Hotel Somerset, Boston, Mass,
How o Y U d?"
How do YOU do? "The symposia will be conducted by active duty military
Come now, let's go over the top for MCA's Fortieth chaplains under the supervision of the Chiefs of Chaplains
Anniversary Year. Send in your own dues! And have of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Subject to the provisiois you enlisted that NEW member as an Anniversary of Department of Defense Directive No. 1215.6 dated 16 gift? January 1965, retirement point credit is authorized fo
Remember a "Contributing Membership" of $10
helps MCA. So far, 210 have sent these this year. participating reserve chaplains." Norman S. Paul This year, further clarification of the above statement i
Group Insurance required. Please read carefully.
Slowly we continue to receive a few more applica- The Department of Defense has issued a new directed
tons for our Group Insurance plan. Inquiries continue
to be received at Headquarters. If you are interested which affects the authorizing of retirement point credit fior
to be received at Headquarters. If you are interested calis nkeigwt h urn rga orai
in taking $10,000 coverage, in addition to your other chaplains. In keeping with the current program to reali insurances, please write to the National Office for the reserve forces and to provide a better combat readiness information. The insurance is available to all MCA posture, chaplains in the Standby Reserve will be authborid dues-paying members. to earn retirement point credits ONLY IF they have coimn pleted eighteeen years service for retirement purposes ad
Zip Codes-Address Changes NOT MORE than twenty years. Chaplains in the Ready
Some members write to complain about not receiv- Reserve may be authorized retirement point credits fr
ing their newsletters. In almost every case it is because attendance at the convention.
they have moved, but never sent us an address change.
Because of the nature and composition of MCA, In the next issue of The Military Chaplain, the name members move often. It costs the Association several of the Army, Navy and Air Force chaplains designed hundred dollars each year changing addressograph to sign for retirement point credit will be announced, an plates. A member' can, at least, help if he will send similar announcement will be made at the conventica
an address change promptly when moving.
ALSO, we are having to put Zip Codes on all plates.
Please include your Zip Code when sending your
dues, or otherwise giving us your address. "It's No Joke, Son"
We have already changed APO plates (300 of them) In the midst of today's problems with some teei
to the new Zip Code number, and will soon change youth, involving vandalism, lack of respect for authbon
Your cooperation in these matters will cause you immorality, etc., the former Brooklyn dsch i
but little trouble, but it will save Headquarters from comedian Sam Levenson, says, "Today many aa a lot of the same! And thank you very much! become pals because they don't have the guts to be Paret No explanation is required.
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CHAPTER NEWS New England Chapter
(Continued from Page 2) We are not carrying an extensive report from the New
As we go to press, there has not been time to receive a England Chapter because it is obvious the big news from port from the February meeting, but we know that there is the Chapter's ambitious work on the 1965 ConFather Lawrence Kelly, Chaplain of CFM, was slated to vention, as reported elsewhere in this issue. Thirty-one address the members on the 8th. members attended the 13 January meeting at the Fort We were sorry to learn that Chaplain Luther Seibert Devens Officers' Open Mess, and heard the various comdsuffered a heart attack last fall, but the late word was mittee chairmen give a full-scale report of progress to that Siseatly improved and back in harness.
eis grey date. We appreciate all this fine Convention Committee and
Chapter is doing, and all members can show this by
Fort Hawkins Chapter attending the Fortieth Anniversary Convention in April.
On the evening of 8 December 1964 at the Pinebrook Inn, a Macon, Georgia, "where Old South charm meets New South progress," the Fort Hawkins Chapter of MCA was Palmetto Chapter fcially chartered at a special pre-Christmas dinner pro- President Maxwell B. Courage reports that the Palmetto gaim. Presiding was Chapter President J. Ellsworth Tucker. Chapter met on 7 December, the 23rd anniversary of the Ch (Col) 0. H. Tietjen, Third Army Chaplain, journeyed Pearl Harbor attack, at a dinner held at the Lutheran from Fort McPherson to attend the meeting attended by Theological Seminary in Columbia, S. C. twetyive persons. The Chapter is named for historic old enty-five persons. The Chapter is named for historic old An excellent program of music, speeches, films, and busiFort Hawkins.
Fness made for a full evening. Chaplain Frank Waldorf, the The main speaker of the evening was the Honorable Post Jewish Chaplain at Fort Jackson, gave an interesting B. F. Merritt, Jr., Mayor of Macon, who is also the Comn- address on "Archeology and the Bible." minding General of the Georgia National Guard.
GWe congratulate the Palmetto Chapter on this very fine Dr. Karl B. Justus, representing President Patrick J. meeting, and wish it success in 1965. Ryan, presented the charter and spoke briefly of MCA's progress and hopes for the future. (Photo, page 7.) The meeting was covered by press and TV news. Rocky Mountain Chapter
~Rocky Mountain Chapter
As we go to press no report has been received from the Golden Gate Chapter 12 January meeting, scheduled to be held at Lowry Air
Chapter in the San Francisco Bay Area Force Base. However, a report is at hand from the fine Thes to move forward wi th fine program meetingsancisco Bay Area meeting the Chapter held on 10 November, attended by ntinues to move forward with fine program meetings. 49 chaplains, the largest attendance of the year. Twenty-nine members attended the December meeting, held at The Salesian Boys Club, where outgoing president A considerable portion of the time was given to MCA Ed Mize was presented with a gavel by the new president, business affairs. The Chapter President, H. F. Donovan, Caplain Charles Swift. Archbishop McGucken, who had who had attended the meeting of the National Executive Just returned from the Vatican Council meeting, gave an Committee in Washington last October, gave a comprei teresting insight session and said that the inspiring hensive review of vital subjects discussed at that meeting, example of ecumenism set by military chaplains could well as well as preliminary information on the 1965 Convention. me odels to the Council Fathers. Col. Carlton S. Johnson, Fort Carson, addressed the TwentY-five members attended the 4 January meeting at group on "Trends Toward Disarmament." Alameda Naval Air Station. Chaplain Barrett Benson was host chaplain, and arranged for a conducted tour of the uge aircraft overhaul and repair facility at Alameda. The New Perpetual Members "e'ement from active duty of Chaplain James S. Griffes Is oherved with a spontaneous farewell speech by Philip J. Kearney Chaplain Mize. Edward M. Mize NO report yet from the 1 February meeting, which was to Who's next? Keep the roster growing! ed at Hamilton Air Force Base, Marin County.
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U. S. Army Pholo
Ch (Col) W. M. Hale was awarded a Second U.S. Army Certificate of Achievement for meritorious service as Second Army Chaplain since 1961. The award was presented by Lt. Gen. W. F. Train, Army Commander, in the Commanded office at Fort Meade. Chaplain Hale has been appointed to serve as President of the Army Chaplain Board hd, quartered at Fort Meade.
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Sheppard AFB, Texas-Unity in Diversity-Catholic Chaplain R. J. Schaefer, center, prays for ChristianitY5 faiths with eight other USAF chaplains, representing five creeds, at ecumenical services held in Chapel II. Chaplains Brenner, Stroyen, McGowan, Hall, Madden, Huebner and Acerra. The creeds represented: Baptistor dox, Methodist, Catholic and Lutheran. This may represent the first multi-faith service in U.S. military
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A Mission of Mercy; "Operation Warmth"
ig blankets for Korean orphans after Milwaukee campaign are (1 to r): Stephen Kovacik, head of Adelman & Dry Cleaners, James Devitt of Devitt Trucking, Chaplain Martinus Silseth of MCA's Milwaukee Chapter,
g.Samuel Phillips ~of Non-Comnmissioned Officers Advisory Council.
Smiles Tell the Story CHAPLAINS' FUNDS GIFTS i ....... .(Continued from Page 6) For the second successive year, "Operation Warmth," a (Continued from Page 6) rive to collect warm woolen blankets for Korean orphans Catholic, Protestant, USA ASCOM, APO SF went over the top. Spearheaded by Milwaukee's Chapter Protestant, USA Taegu Command, APO SF of MCA and the Milwaukee Non-Commissioned Officers Catholic, Eighth Army Spt. Command, APO SF dsory Council, and with the help of a committee of Protestant, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. inguished religious, business, labor and civic leaders, a All Chapels, 1st Cavalry Division, APO SF
ou-eek drive built around the Thanksgiving period Catholic, Protestant, White Sands Missile Range
inated successfully. On 2 December, Father Kenneth Protestant, 304th Signal Battalion, APO SF chell, S.C.J., chairman of the coordinating committee, Protestant, Verona Military Post, APONY tched a Minnesota Air National Guard plane, loaded Protestant, 2d Bde, 3d Inf. Division, APO NY h 4 tons of blankets, take off for Korea. There the Chaplains Fund, Wurzburg Post, Germany, APO NY
Infantry Division distributed the blankets to orphanages Protestant, 7030th Cmbt. Spt. Wg., (USAFE) APO NY
d hospitals the Division maintains. Christmas was made Protestant, 2d Bde, 5th Inf. Div. (M), Ft. Devens
hir for many children. Catholic, 8th Logistical Command, APO NY plai Silseth, having served in Korea, conceived the Chaplains Fund, 2nd Inf. Div., Fort Benning
in 1962 after corresponding with some 50 chap- Catholic, 7th Infantry Division, APO SF
bout Korean needs. He explained about the drive,
SWarmth is symbolic with this time of year, Financial support secured from Chaplains' Funds, through another child was born 2,000 years ago without a designated offerings, which are a venture in corporate et. It also shows our concern for these children." churchmanship, are of vital assistance to The Military Or hats are off, again, to the Milwaukee Chapter and to Chaplains Association. They not only afford help for curhe leaders and citizens of that great city who made rent operations, but are a means for strengthening and
ssion of mercy a resounding success, stabilizing the future of MCA.
"LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY"
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No matter what programs are established, "New Frontiers" and "The Great Society" can only be attained as we build on the moral and spiritual foundations which have made America unique and great from its birth. On such a firm foundation, and with faith, courage, and the will to achieve, the dream will be fulfilled in the lifetime of some of us.
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it." As America reaches for its greater future, so let The Military Chaplains Association reach out for its own as part of the ever-widening horizons. Let us bring MCA's purposes to bear on "The Great Society." As God's Battalion, with an experience in ecumenicity unparalleled, and as "The Voice of the Military Chaplaincy," let us bring our knowledge Methodist Bishop W. Angie Smith visits aboard the to bear on the problems of this day. Oklahoma City, Seventh Fleet flagship, in Japan on
And so, let "Life Begin at Forty" for MCA, but it will East trip. Shown with him is Ch. G. L. Canes. not happen by itself. Let the members of this Association, phrase on plaque, presented by Oklahoma City Cham individually and together, work to assure it will come to of Commerce, reads, "Ready Power for Peace," the pass so that the future may be secure and more significant purpose of the great vessel. than the past. Will you?
"Let us begin!"
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