The Skirmisher
BORDENTOWN MILITARY INSTITUTE
"Rather Be Than Seem"
BMI
Alumni Association,
Web
site: www.bmicadets.org
E-Mail: bmicadets@hotmail.com
Tersina
DiPietro, Editor
July
2008
President's
Message
October is quickly
approaching. I hope everyone has set aside
It is an honor that the BMI reunions draw so many cadets back to Bordentown. This show of support keeps BMI alive. The townspeople enjoy the memories that are sparked by the reunion's presence. It is important that we keep the BMI Alumni Association going strong. While attending the reunion, please walk around the town and take time to reminisce of a simpler time in your life. Perhaps you'll find that special place that once gave you solitude. Bordentown Military Institute was your home for some of the best years of your life.
I'd like to thank you for allowing me the privilege to serve as your president these past two years. I hope I served you well. I'd like to thank Tersina for all her help and support, for all her e-mails and phone calls. She is a great asset to the BMI Alumni Association.
If you have any questions or comments (good or bad!), please e-mail me at jcplatt54@aol.com.
Anchors Aweigh,
Joseph C. Platt
Joseph C. Platt, '74
President
BMI Alumni Association
CLASS NOTES
'43 JOHN DOREMUS sent an e-mail stating that he attended
BMI in 1942-43, after which he entered the Navy. He served until 1946 in the Southwest Pacific
on Destroyer Escort USS Day, DE 225.
John now resides in
On
'44 Through the kindness of his next-door neighbor who
researched BMI for him, LARRY MORRISON was able to make contact with us.
Larry is in good health and resides in
ARNOLD WOLFE enclosed a note along with his dues. He wrote, "Looking forward to the October reunion and meeting some of the alumni once again."
'50 ED NARATIL sent an e-mail stating, "Afraid I'll
be missing the reunion again this year.
It falls again on our scheduled trip to
We received a letter from HOWARD SHERMAN telling us of his latest medical emergency. He wrote, "I went into congestive heart failure and if it were not for my wife, Sally, I would not be here. I've had two valves replaced in my heart and I am well on the mend and will be going back to work. See you in October."
'53 We received an e-mail from GREG BOVA
stating, "I sure do miss the great times I had at BMI and really miss some
of my fellow cadets. I spent such
wonderful times with guys like Anthony Vita, Howard Stoneback, Edgar Peppler,
John Flurer, Jack Labausch, and of course the great teachers, Doc Hoehn, Al
Verdel, Marvin Borst, Dean Smith, and I could go on and on during the 1951 to
1953 years and Jimmy Barrett and Art Berry from the Junior School. Since retiring I have moved to
'54 JOHN TAUCH told us he will be unable to attend Reunion 2008 because one of his grandsons is to be married on that day. He added, "Will see you in two years."
'57 While vacationing in Florida, BOB
PEPPLER played golf with a good friend of BOB DALLAS, Bob's roommate
in the Adams house. Bob P. wrote,
"I phoned Bob and enjoyed catching up with the past. He plans to attend homecoming this year to
celebrate our 50th." Bob
Dallas resides in East Earl, PA.
'58 TOM
KNIGHT found us by accident. He
wrote, "I won't make my 50th reunion. Sorry."
Tom is with ReMax Ocean Surf Realty in Tamarindo,
DANA MURPHY wrote, "Hope to see you on October 18th (my birthday!)."
'59 JIM QUIRK wrote, "Still don't know if I'll be able to make the reunion...depends upon my NFL games."
'62 We heard from JAMES BRENDLE who
lives in Virginia Beach, VA, with his wife, Sally. He wrote, "I retired in January 2008 after
forty years of work in the field of human resources. The journey began in 1967 with the City of
TONY TONTI would like to see a big Class of 1962 turnout at Reunion 2008!
'65 DONALD BURELL found us on the Web. He has already communicated with several of
his BMI classmates. Donald and his wife
of 32 years live in
TOMMY
LEE sent an update..."I'll be inducted into
'66 BRUCE ROY assures us that he will be at Reunion 2008
all the way from
'68 We received an e-mail from ANDREW MICHAELIAN who
wrote, "I attended BMI as a postgraduate in 1968 and played on two great
football teams coached by Coach Luisi, Coach Libro and Coach
Stroble." Andrew lives in
JAY
PINTO and SAM DOWNES '67 have been in touch with BRUCE BENDER who
lives happily in
'71 TONY SINKOSKY told about how he came to have in his possession a section of the top of the brick columns that were part of the gate in front of Old Main. He wrote, "If you have access to a picture of the main gate in front of Old Main, check out the flourishes at the ends of the tops of the brick columns. If you were facing Old Main, this would have been at the far left on the top of the column closest to the street. Many years ago, while returning from business, I swung by Bordentown and was greeted at the site of the former campus by the razed remains of what had been Old Main and her gates. Sadly, I watched as a piece of tracked demolition equipment loaded huge mouthfuls of history into waiting dump trucks. That is when the familiar curled shape caught my eye from amongst the sprawling pile of masonry. I climbed over the pile to get a closer look and, to my delight, confirmed my suspicion. I literally had to dig it out from amongst bricks, chunks of mortar, and stone. I happily lugged it and its eighty or so pounds to my car. To be able to rescue this piece of BMI history has given me great pleasure ever since. Every cadet to pass through BMI walked by it on his way to class and probably sprinted past it after being granted leave. I know I did."
'72 As reported in the last issue of THE
SKIRMISHER, JOHN HORTON planned to move back to New Jersey. He now resides in
BE THERE......PLEASE!
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED
The Bordentown Military Institute Alumni Association
Scholarship of $1,000 was awarded this year to Kara Lynch, a graduating senior
at
COMPANY STORE
Maroon
Sweatshirt w/embroidered BMI logo (Sizes Large, X-Large, XX-Large)
$20
for Sizes Large/ X-Large; $15 for Size XX-L
Baseball
Caps w/BMI letters - $10 Old
Main Lithograph - $5
BMI
Decals (2) - $1 Medallion
w/stand - $5 reduced from $10
Note
Paper - $8 Cross
Pen w/BMI - $20 reduced from $40
The above prices
include postage. To order, send check or
money order (payable to BMI Alumni
Association) to: BMI Alumni
Association,
YEARBOOKS
AVAILABLE
The daughters
of the late LTC John and Susan Bradman have donated a few BMI yearbooks to our
Association. They are available on a
first-come, first-serve basis. Alumni
will be given priority. In fairness to
everyone, please request only one yearbook per person. The years available are: 1938, 1939, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966,
1967, 1968, 1970, 1971. You may e-mail
us at bmicadets@hotmail.com or write to us at BMI Alumni Association,
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The officers and members of the Executive Board join
with the entire membership of the BMI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION in extending sincerest
sympathy to the families of:
Frankenfield,
Edward H.
Lee, Rotan
E. '67
Lehr, Larry
'61
McGuire,
William J. '42
Parker,
Walter E. '49
Rowe,
Donald M. '37
(In a previous issue of The Skirmisher,
we reported that William D. MacDougall was killed in
Please note:
BORDENTOWN MILITARY INSTITUTE
Alumni Association
Alumni Day Agenda
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Parade – Starts at St. Mary’s
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Ceremony at the BMI Memorial |
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Elks -Bar is Open Sign in at the Elks |
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Call to Order |
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Invocation |
Rev.
Harry Putnam, Faculty |
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Moment of Silence |
Rev. Harry Putnam, Faculty |
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Post the Colors |
BMI Color Guard |
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Announcements |
Joseph C. Platt '74 |
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Dinner |
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Welcome |
Joseph C. Platt '74 |
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Introduction |
Joseph C. Platt '74 |
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Treasurer's Report |
Robert Frisbie '61 |
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Officers & Directors Nominations: 2008-2010 |
Joseph Porter '66 |
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Old Boys March |
Joseph C. Platt '74 |
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Alma Mater |
B.M.I. Alumni Association |
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Retire the Colors |
B.M.I. Color Guard |
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Benediction |
Rev. Harry Putnam, Faculty |