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VOLUME Il-ISSUE 8
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STAFF
I Acting Editors -
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H. Allen Morris II
I Column Editor -
Rev. James Solari
Alumni News Editor -
Mrs. Mary Cook
Editorial Advisor -
Dr. George Hemdl
PHI KAPPA
THETA
Elects Officers
Phi Kappa Tlieta Fraternity,
Alpha Rho Chapter, a social
fraternity on the campus,
recently dected officers for 1974-
75.
They are: President, Michael
Holland, a junior from Peter
sburg, Va.; Vice-President,
Donald Hatchett, a sophomore
from Newport News, Va.;
Treasurer, Bernard Scibienski,
Jr., a junior from Fords, N.J.;
Parliamentarian, Christopher
McDonald, a junior from
Kearny, N.J.; I.F.C.
Representative, Kenneth
Heretick, a junior from
Hopewell, Va.; and Secretary
Gerand Sheepan, a sophomore
from Wildwo^, N.J.
Phi Kappa Theta is a national
social fraternity located on
many American Cdlege and
University Campuses. Brother
Greogory Corcoran, O.S.B. is
Chapter Advisor and Moderator.
’15 - Cmgratulations to‘Henry
Ginther, who was 78 years old on
February 13. He would like to
hear from some of the Class of
1915.
’48 “ Congratulations to Barbara
and Bob Asbury on the arrival of
George Page Asbury II on March
20. Page joins his two brothers,
Mark (13) and Scott (9) amd sister
Melinda (4).Nicholas Gettino is
project engineer - phase arrat
ra^r - with General Electric Co.
in Syracuse, N.Y.
’53 - George Younginer is a
partner in resort marketing of
South Cardina, promoting the
recreational resorts of
Pinehurst, N.C., Carolina Shores
at Calabash, and Lake
Arrowhead above Atlanta. He
also has a manufacturers’
representative agency covering
the southeast, now in its tenth
year.
’57 - Marine Lt. Col. Jim Mead
is with the Marine Fighter At-
tadc Squadr(»i 232 for training
exercises in Naha, Okinawa.
’59 ~ Charles Field has been
named head basebaU coach at
Towson State College in
Maryland, where he has been for
dght years now. He has had
thirty-five articles on basd)all or
baskdball {H-inted in the last two
years, one bode in 1974.
(Congratulations, Charlie!
’60 - Congratulatims to Stan
Dudko, head soccer coach at the
Abbey, who was chosen for the
seventh consecutive year by
NAIA District 26 as the out
standing coach of the year. His
team also won its seventh
district championshq) at the
dose of the 1973 season. It was
interesting to read in the paper
that P^ and Don Conroy’s son
Pat’s book, “The Water is
Wide,” is bdng made into a
movie starring Jon Voight. The
movie is titled “(Conrack.” How
about a letter. Peg; I still
remember fondly the Wives’
Auxiliary and the Abbey wives
get-togethers.
’61 - Thanks for your note and
good wishes, Marjorie Drake,
and for the news of Henry (see
Qass of ’66). Marjorie teaches
at the N.C. Orthopaedic Hospital
in Gastonia. Enjoyed the long
letter from Bill Ouchark which
Mr. Hanahan let me read - the
first communication in fourteen
years! After leaving the Abbey,
Bill received the B.S. and M.A.
degrees in Geology from V.P.I.
and is a Geophysicist with
Phillips Petroleum in Bar-
tlesvUle, Oklahoma. He married
Anne Kyle in 1963 and they have
two boys, Billy Joe, nine, and
Bobby, three. Hope you discover
that major oil or gas field. Bill!
News
BY MARY COOK
’62 ~ FaAer Paschal Morlino
is associate pastor at St. Vincent
Basilica and director of Addphi
House, a home for homeless boys
in Latrobe, Penna. He also
works with teenage boys with no
home or coming from deprived
homes. Fr. Paschal is attached
to St. Vincent Archabbey in
Latrobe. Joe Mendel is vice
president of Booz-Allen &
Hamilton, management con
sultants in New York, and
presently handling their merger
and acquisition group.
’63 - It was good to talk to Mike
Maloney on the telephone and
reminisce about the days of the
“Singing Jamaicans” when
Mike, Jim Caltagirone and
Robbie Lighthart were the hit of
the campus. Mike and Yvonne
and their three children live in
Bel Air, Maryland.
’64 - John Fahey, Jr. is owner
of Fahey 'Travel ^rvice, Inc.,
and Fahey Associates, realtors
based in Torrington, Conn. Bob
Kelleher will enter private
practice of Dermatol(^y in June
in Marietta, Georgia, upon
completion of military obligation
in Augusta, Ga. George Lund is
employed in a civilian capacity
for the U.S. Army Reserve and
lives in Charlotte.
’65 - Congratulations to Carrie
and Glenn Boone pn the arrival
of Kyle Jennifer on September
24. They have one other child -
Dereck, two and a half - and
Glenn is with the Corps of
Engineers in Norfolk. Tom
Schlunz received his Ph.D. in
medieval history from the
University of Illinois last June
and is now on the history faculty
of the New Orleans campus of
Louisiana State University.
’66 - Congratulations to Wilma
and Henry Drake on the arrival
of Ashley Turner on December
18. ThQ? have another son,
David, who was bom when
Henry was a senior here at the
Abbey. Henry is an attorney in
Wadesboro, N.C. Joseph Daniel
O’Connell is with the Foreign
Service in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It
was good to hear from Eileen
Clarke and have news of the
children, and also to see Bill,
former head basketball coach at
the Abbey, when he brought his
team from Walsh College (Ohio)
to play in our Christmas tour
nament. Eileen enclosed a Yale
football brochure featuring
Brian, who is a senior there and
Yale’s kicking ace. Eileen
teaches in Shaker Heights, Ohio,
where they live. Richard Zittel
sells advertising for “Chemical
Purchasing Magazine” and he
and Kathy live in Prinecton, New
Jersey. Allan Willis has been
named editor of the Winston-
Salem Sentinel editorial page.
He and his wife and three
children live in Winston-Salem.
’67 - Gregory Wessell is ad-
niiiustrator - comptroller of San
Sierra (California) Business
Systems, Inc. in Sacramento and
is taking courses toward the
MBA. Joe King is systems
programmer for Fairfax County
Government and lives in
Sterling, Va, Pan TaUey visited
the Abbey ip March. He is
general manager of Talley
Hosiery Co. in Gastonia.
’68 - Capt. John Kelleher has
been a helicopter pilot in the
Marine Corps since August of
1969. He currently lives in
Meridian, Miss., and is tran
sitioning to jet aircraft. He was
married in November 1970 to
Kathleen Marie Connelly and
they have one child, Shannon,
aged two. Beraie Lange is with
Reynold’s Metals Co, in Rich-
mcxid, Va., in their production
control department. He and
Carolyn live in Richmond’s West
End. Frederick Walz was ad
mitted to the New Jersey Bar in
December. Congratulations!
Felipe Villalon is conversion
manager for Wachovia Services,
Inc. in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Tommy Hirsch graduated fi'om
Seton Hall Law School in
January. He is now wo-king in
Trenton in the Federal clerkship
with Federal District Judge
Qarkson S. Fisher. Russell
Bayne has been elected president
of the Mt. Holly Rotary Club and
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
’69 - Paul Maisano received
the MBA in December from Iona
College. He is still working with
Equitable Life in New York City
as account manager for their
pension department, and at
tending National Guard on
weekends as a Second
Lieutenant. Congratulations to
Nita and Bill Daley on the
arrival of their first child,
William Christopher (Chris), on
September 25.
(cont. on pg. 5)