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Big plans are undcnvay for a jct trip down
to New York City for tlic XD-x\ rmy football game
Proceeds in excess of expenses will be added to
the CIub*s scholarship fund.
Central Florida
The ND Club of Central Florida elected new
officers for the coming Club vcar. They arc: BOB
PLEUS '57, president; G. RUSSELL PIERSOX '&4,
vice-president; J. R. "BOB" SM^TH '55, secretary-;
and JOHN S. "JACK" BOWEX JR. *45,
treasurer.
—BOB SMYTH '55, secretary
Central Illinois
Xcw officers have been named for the XD Clnb of
Central Illinois. Tlicy are ALBERT O. ECK JR.
'58, president; DR. ROBERT A. XACHTWEY '34,
\-icc-president; JIM MORRIS '58, secrctar\-; and
GEORGE \\\ DAILEY *5G, treasurer.
Central New Jersey
Ah PERRIXE '41 has left us recently. He's
now Xalional Campaign Director Jor the Mental
Health Assn. All XD men in thb area join mc
in wishing Al the best in his new work. His devoted
ser\*icc to Xotrc Dame Is well recognized
from Fr. Hcsburgli on down and much of our
fund-raising success Is due to the .AL PERRIXES
who gave so unstintingly of their time.
HARRY DURKIX is now a married man after
7 sucli a long bachelorhood. His mom and dad
honored him at an open house in their Belmar
home June 5 . . . his lovely \Wfc is from out
Tucson way.
ART ARMENTO '61 of Alpine has the luckiest
brother at XD . . . young ED ARMEXTO '65
was picked as official chaperone for the school to
accompany other seniors to Bermuda during semester
break . . . how* times have changed.
VIN'CE COMMISA *43 is Asst US Attorney in
Xe^vark.
Xew Jersey boasts a number of coaches and
teachers In this area: FRAXK PLATT '42 is one
of Xew Jersey's most successful basketball coaches
after a vcr>' fine start in Western Pennsylvania.
Frank coaches Tcnafly High School which is perennially
a power in county circles . . . he's also
an outstanding teacher there. FRAXK GARGIULO
'61 is also coaching and teaching in St. Joseph's
High School in West Xew York. . . . Frank will
soon be a head coach in one of the local schools.
TOM LIGGIO '62 just finished his two-year Army
stint and is now working locally. CHUCK SCRI-
VAXICH '61 from Rutherford, one of the finest
baseball players ever to come out of Xew Jersey,
is now coaching and teaching in Mont\'aIe, X.J.
The school is St. Joseph's DJoccsan Scliool,
ROBERT ST.ACK '41 is leaving us for Toledo,
Ohio. Bob, originally from Cleveland, will be assuming
a new position with his firm there. BILL
SCULLY '43 is from Tenafly and we sec each
other often, what with our daughters being In the
same class, scout troop, etc. JIM McGOLDRICK
'39 u*as having dinner with his lovely wife at the
Clinton Inn In Tenafly recently when I ran into
him. . . . Jim looks as trim and fit as he did
when he turned over chc shillelagh to JOHXXY
KELLY '40. . . . It is now almost 27 years
since Ed SuIIi\*an wrote that now-famous article
in the XY Daily Xews about Jim and his teammates
when they went out to Southern California
and lost to the Trojans ... he told about what
a fine group of men they were who, even though
they lost a hcartbreakcr, were still gentlemen in
every sense. The same can be said, no doubt, of
another group of boys who more recently lost a
hcartbreakcr.
PETE LUSARDI '48 had JOHX HUARTE '65
and PAUL HORXUXG '57 at the Schaefer Pavilion
in the XY World's Fair recently as part of a promotional
campaign.
JOE BYRXE III and BILL WALDRO.V are
stalwarts of the First Friday Luncheon Club of
Essex County in Xewark. . . . I manage to see
them monthly.
BOB TAXZOLA '64 is now with General Motors
Overseas Corp. and working toward his master's
degree . . . living right nearby in Tcnafly is our
oldest living alumnus and Monogram winner, SIMOX
O'BRIEN '08. Simon was a lineman then and is
nou- retired after a long successful tenure as a
teacher in Xew York.
Two other outstanding young graduates arc from
this well-knowii town of Tcnafly. . . . JACK
EXGLER '60 and BOB EXGLER '63. Jack is
studying for the priesthood as an Orator>- father
and Bob is giving a year of his life as a lay apostolate
in Colorado.
DALLAS—Man of the Year Phil North *39 (front row, center) ats with club officers and
main speaker Rev. Theodore AL Hesburgh CSC, University president, after the Universal
Notre Dame Night dinner at the Dallas Club. Left to right arc: (front row) Jim Simmons
'32; Fr. Hesburgh; Phil North; Walt Fleming '40; Ed Haggar *38; (back row) Sam Wmg
'44; Gene Kcrvin ^58, new vice-president; Fred Fichom '44, new president; Ed Fleming
'63, new secretary; Bob Williams '59, new treasurer; John Rogers '55, new vice-president;
and Warren Higgins '52, past president. Haggar, Higgins, Simmons, Wing and Fleming
were named to the board of directors.
The Club's Universal Xotrc Dame Xight dinner
was held in West Orange April 27. Bill Elias, Xa\-y
football coach was guest speaker along with Rev.
John E. Walsh CSC.
— .-VNGE AMATO '42, secretary
Chicago
Xotrc Dame's golfing football coacli, ARA PAR-
SEGHIAX, w*3S honored guest at the August 2 golf
outing of the XD Club of Chicago.
Ara showed the Chicago duffers around the course
and then gave them some comments on what to
look for in football this fall at the prize-aw*arding
dinner that evening.
Games and other entertainment—including a showing
of "The 1964 Highlights"—were on hand for
the non-golfers.
Cincinnati
The cool and elegant en\-ironment of the Wiedemann
Penthouse Garden provided the scene for the
X'otrc Dame Club of Cincinnati annual elections in
June. The fottouing officers WCTC elected: President
CHUCK LIMA; Vice-President BOB FROLICHER;
Secretary BILL BURKE; and Treasurer JACK
MULVIHILL. Following the elections a rousing
applause was given outgoing president PAUL KEL-
LEY for his successful administration of the Club
over the past year.
Also at this meeting a special X'otrc Dame plaque
was presented to .ALBERT CASTELLIXI, recently
retired member of the University Board of Trustees.
He has loyally served the University in many capacities
for a number of years and his award wasrichly
dcser\'cd.
The annual golf outing was held this year on
July 21 at Hyde Park Country Club. REES LABAR
chairmanncd the event. Twenty-seven alumni played
golf while 41 were in attendance for dinner. BOB
McCAFFERT^' xx-as low gn^ and JACK "PIVOT'*
MULVIHILL was high. Many prizes were awarded
on the Blind Bogey System. BOB BURKE gave his
usual spiritual address while guest speaker for the
evening, assistant basketball coach LARRY STAV-
ERMAX, gave us a rundown on the upcoming football
and basketball seasons.
The picnic which the alumnt gives each year for
the incoming freshmen and their fathers was held
on September 7 at Maple Ridge Lodge. Fifteen newfreshmen
and their fathers were our guests for tbc'
afternoon softball game followed by a steak dinner
and the showing of the highlights of the 1964 foot^
ball season in the evening.
Plans are now being formulated by chainnan
JOHX COTTIXGHAM for the Christmas dance
which will be held again this year at the Lookout
DENVER—At the Denver Club's Universal Notre Dame Night Denver Mayor Tmn Gnrrigan
'41 (second from left) congratulates ND Coach Ttnn P^gna, who was pnncipal
speaker for the evening. Looking on are Club President Jim Hii^er '56 and M^r. Gem^
R. Evans '44, assistant chancellor for the Denver diocese and Club «-liapl»m
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