22 GA "Kid" Ashe - Archives - University of Notre Dame

Second Annual Freshman Send-Off Dinner meeting.
Wc invited the wives to this one as well as the
.new Irish entering Notre Dame for the first time
'J|his year. The parents of the new freshmen were
also our guesu. Among the new men in attendance
were RAY NOVACCO '68. JEFF KEYES '68 and
BERNARD CASTELLANI '68. In addition we had
a good turnout of our membership, including TOM
NOLAN *44, PRESTON McMURDO, BILL MAUS
'53, CHARLIE QUINN '34, WILLARD MOSS,
JOHN McGINN 'M, TOM SULLIVAN '48 and
ROY GORE. Wc were very fortunate to have
FR. JACK LINDSAY TOTTY L*52 speak lo us
on some of the new developments in the Church
liturgy and wc enjoyed very much hearing of some
of his experiences as a street preacher in various
cities throughout the amntry.
On Wednesday, Sept. l6. Plantation Country Club
^vas the site of our second annual stag golf tournament.
Another good turnout of the membership
enjoyed the day of golf, prizes and a bufTct dinner.
A ftcc cocktail party was thrown in just to make
things interesting and improve the golf scores.
Three more big events were scheduled to wind
up our year. On October 22 wc held our drawing
for the annual sweepstakes event with the proceeds
going to the University. November 14 was the
date of our Club TV Party held at the Governor's
Club Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, .^t this writing
I am sure that the entire club will be there to
sec the Irish trounce Michigan State. December is
the month for our annual Club Communion Breakfast.
Tlicn our year w-iU be over and wc will turn
•the reins over to a new group of officers for next
year.
As you can see, our sunimt-r montlis have not
been spent idly. Tlte club has continued to grow
with new members joining every month. In recent
weeks we have welcomed BILL DAILY '28, RICH­
ARD W. BROWN '57 and KEVIN QUINN '68.
Since there is little more of interest left to be
said by us, Til close this with our standing invitation
to you and to all of our fellow alumni to
visit our club when you are in Fort Lauderdale.
—GEORGE PATTERSON L'58, Sec>-.
Fort Wayne
The Fort Wayne Club held its Back-io-Scliool
Stag Outing on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the K of C
^4048 Clubhouse, featuring sandwiches, refreshments.
V:ards and athletic endeavors with varying degrees of
strcnuousness.
On Sept. 22, Tuesday morning at 9:15 A.NL, at
the eastern end o! the Batr Field Terminal,
WILLL\M MILLER '35, Republican nominee for
vice-president of the United States, held a brief
rally attended by many Notre Dame men and friends.
Fort \Vayne's Office Systems sponsored a showing
of the ND-Purdue hinWights after the game on
W.\NE-TV.
Green Bay
Congratulations to RAYMOND N- SAU\'EY CLU,
named general agent in Green Bay by The Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Co. Ray, who has 5uper\iscd
• the company^s district office since I960, has twice
written over one million dollars of life insurance
annually, earning him qualifying and repeating
membership in the industry's Million Dollar Round
Table.
In 1962, Ray was awarded the Chartered Life
^
Undcnvriter (CLU) designation of the American
College of Life Underwriters. .-\t present, he is a
state director and past president of the Northeastern
Wisconsin .-Vssociation of Life Undcnvritcrs and ser\cs
on the Legislative Advisory Committee of the Wisconsin
Insurance Department.
Holding a BA degree from St. Norberl College,
he earned his M.-\ in 1956 at Notre Dame. In a
recent poll of the Green Bay Club, he was voted
"ND Man of the Year."
Ray, whose column appears regularly in the Green
Bay Register, is immediate president of the Green
Bay Montessori Society. He and his wife Joan have
six children and live at 816 Ridgrway Bnutevard in
Dc Pere.
Idaho
The Notre Dame Club of Idaho held its annual
summer picnic this year at the Snake River Trout
Ranch in Buhl, Idaho. This is the largest trout ranch
in the world, located six miles north of Buhl, Idaho.
Surrounded by beautiful scenic splendor at the base
of a lava wall in the famous Snake River Canyon,
its "1,000 Springs'* Rainbow Trout are shipped
throughout North .America. This facility uses over
60 thousand gallons of spring water per minute.
.Attending this ycar*s outing were alumni and
friends from throughout Southern Idaho. A delicious
barbecue of these famous trout was provided by our
gracious hosu, Mr. & Mrs. BOB ERKINS *47. A
full day of golfing, swimming and fishing was enjoyed
by all.
The new* officers for tliis coming year are as
follows: President & Trcas,, FRANCIS H. HICKS
LLB'49; Vice-Prcs. & Secy., GERALD M. JONES
BSC'57.
—PAUL M. KOHOUT '59, Past Prcs.
Indianapolis
Since our last writing our Club has enjoyed many
actirities which have provided us with outstanding
recreation and fun.
A late June evening at McNamara Farm provided
the setting for the largest Annual Beer Bust crowd
tfver to assemble in our fair city. Chairman DICK
McNAMARA made the arrangements and is still
wondering where all the hamburgers went. Rumor
has it that the two chefs, BILL S.AHM '51 and
JOE BILL '56, demolished onC'third of the supplies.
On July 9, 1964, another record crowd attended
the Annual GoH Outing held at Highland Counlrv
Club. FRANCIS QUINN '42 and LEO BARN-
HORST '49 were commended for their efforts in
making this the success it was. Our master of ceremonies
was MIKE .AHERN '60, and wc had an array
"f interesting speakers, among them FR. TOM
BRENNAN and Basketball Coach JOHN DEE.
On Sept. 22 "MOOSE" KRAUSE was the featured
speaker at a dinner meeting designed to give us
information on the new Athletic and Convocation
Center and to emphasize the importance of that
structure in Challenge II. A "hard core" group
chairmanntd by BOB WELCH '50 pledged 5127,000
that night.
The same week, on Sept. 25, our annual Scholarship
Ball was held at the Athletic Club from 9:30
to 12:30?? JOE FITZGERALD '44 and ED FIL-
LENWARTH JR. '61 did a magnificent job.
NEWS FLASHES: THOMAS P. CARNEY '37 had
to resign as president of our Club to take a position
at G. D. Searlc Co. Chicago's gain; our loss.
To honor the memory of a great Notre Dame man,
WILLIAM F. FOX JR., The Indianapolis News has
arranged and set up four, four-year scholarships per
year at ND.
Nfore anon.
—JOSEPH G. BILL, JR. '56, Secy.
Jersey Shore
Election of officers and a freshman send-off were
combined at a meeting held in .Asbury Park, Sept. 9.
The new officers are: RAYMOND M. TIERNEY JR.
'54, president; EDWIN L. VOLL JR. '48, vicepresident;
PETER N. BELMONT '44, secretary; and
CHARLES J. KELLER *34, treasurer.
Also at the meeting, GEORGE J. BARISCILLO
JR. '44, president of the Oub since it was chartered
two years ago, and RICHARD J. BYRNE '52 were
elected to three-year terms as trustees. Dr.JAMES
F. DOUGHERTY '46 and JOHN B. WHITE '45
were elected for two years. These join WILLIAM
BRUNO '37 and Dr. GEORGE J. McDONNELL
'29, whose terms have one year remaining.
First major event of the club's program was
*^MOOSE" KRAUSE Night Oct. 29 in Red Bank,
"Moose" told club members about the University's
plans for the new Athletic and Convocation Center.
Kansas City
The events of the last three months have been
many and varied.
On Oct. 7 a dinner was held honoring ED
"MOOSE" KRAUSE, who spoke on the Athletic
and Convocation Center, a part of Challenge D.
In addition the dinner, co-arranged fay BILL
UNGASHICK '43 and ED REARDON '37, feattired
JIM SCHAAF '59, publicity director of the Kansas
City Athletics; HANK STRAM, head coach oE the
Kansas City Chiefs; and BILL WALSH '49, line
coach of the Chiefs.
Oct, 9 was the departure date set for a trip to
the Notie Dame-Air Force Academy football ^xmc
—a trip planned by JIM HIGGINS '53 on which
nearly 120 persons from Kansas City were joined
by 160 more in Salina, Kan., and taken to the
game in Colorado Springs. The trip included a visit
to t^vo exceptional events hosted by the Denver
Club, a pregame cocktail party and a postgame
dance.
November was a month for the Auxiliary. On the
10th the ladies held a luncheon featuring the 1964
Mrs. Missouri, Mrs. JAlhfES ANDERSON, as speaker.
Universal Notre Dome Communioa Stmday,
planned by LARRY UROY '50 and held Dec. 6,
was expected to be very well attended and Included
a small breakfast after Mass.
—MICHAEL J. HOGAN '56, Secy.
Kentucky
The Club's summer social season got into ful)
swing with the annual June Dinner Meeting, July
18 at Hasenour's. Co-chairmen BOB HUETZ '58^
and BOB ECKLAND '58 provided an entertaining
evening for 55 alumni and students. The eight new
freshmen from the Loiusinlte area and their dads
were the special guests of the Club. Father Jeremiah
Smith, O.F.M., head of the history department at
Bcllarminc College spoke to the gathering on *'Thc
HOUSTON —Club President Bob Dillon '48 (center) and Head Coach Ara Puscghian
(left) presented the ND Man-of-the