THE
Skirmisher

Bordentown Military Institute

"RATHER BE THAN SEEM"

P.O. Box 91 Bordentown, New Jersey 08505


PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE                                                                                                                              April 2000

In just a few short months, Reunion 2000 will be upon us…50 years for my Class of 1950!

BMI has had a motto since its birth…"Rather Be Than Seem"…and the story I relate is both blissful and wistful. It chronicles what our Motto means. Larry and Fred Cohen were twins, Class of 1951. Never were twins so closely bonded by word and deed. They had outstanding years at BMI and then Penn State. For almost four decades thereafter, they owned and managed a diner near Providence, R.I. In the many times I saw them after BMI, they were always together as one. In early October, Larry and Fred were honored by Penn State for having endowed an athletic scholarship. During the Penn State/Indiana game the next day, Larry took ill. He was stabilized at a local hospital but in an Air Taxi back to Providence, he suffered a fatal heart attack and passed away on October 5th.

Very recently, Fred underwent double bypass and valve replacement surgery. He's doing well and hopes to attend Reunion 2000. This story was told to me by Paul Martinek, a '51 classmate who was at Penn State with Larry and Fred. RATHER BE THAN SEEM??????

We received word that Henry "Mitch" Meloney '14 passed away in August of 1999 at the age of 105 years. We honored "Mitch" as our Senior Cadet at the last Reunion, and I'm here to tell you that he walked my shoes off all over Bordentown with tales attached to just about every old house. His total recall was uncanny. He passed away just after putting the 18th green in Sedona, Arizona.

RATHER BE THAN SEEM?????? IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY??????

NEXT MUSTER – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 2000!



                                                                                                                Most cordially,

                                                    "General"
                                                                                                                Howard Sherman ’50

                                                                                                                E-mail: hsbmi50@aol.com

1939

H. AUSTIN MITSCHER resides at Apt. J-2, Chatham Hill Apartments, 25 Hickory Place, Chatham, NJ 07928.

1945

ARNOLD WOLFE was found by Herb Garten in Baltimore. After BMI, Arnold went straight into the Navy, then to Ohio University. He retired in 1996.

1947

CHARLES "SOUP" CAMPBELL was married on August 16, 1999, to Helen Mercantini Lynch. His stepson, JIM LYNCH '72, Bordentown City Commissioner and Deputy Mayor, served as an intermediary between the City and the BMI Alumni Association in preparing the site to receive the BMI Cadet Statue that is located at the entrance to what once was "Old Main."

ELDRIDGE "PETE" MacEWANwas married on February 5, 1999, to a lovely lady named Mary Trapp. Yes, she does sing. (Congratulations, Pete!)

HORACE TERSTAPPEN sent an e-mail stating that he would like to hear from alumni from 1945-1947 living in the south Florida area. His phone number is: 941-394-8962.

1948

HENRY GRACEY lives at 1405 Carroll Brown Way, West Chester, PA 19381.

1949

EVERETT "DICK" VREELAND'scorrect address is: 56 Lake Shore Drive, Montville, NJ 07045

1951

DICK KENYON has "pulled the plug" and retired to Old Stagecoach Road, Gilbert, PA 18331. (Way to go, Pard.)

1953

JIM McHale just found us. He resides at 5 Cunningham Lane, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. E-mail: JMcHale879@aol.com.

1955

KEN MATTLIN sent an e-mail. "I guess by now I'm certainly one of the oldest graduates from BMI." He would like to hear from anyone from that era. E-mail: kmattlin@worldnet.att.net.

1959

ROBERT WILLIAMS sent e-mail telling us that he recently heard about the Association. He would like to hear from alumni from the 1957-1960 graduation era. His address is: 8826 W. Port au Prince Lane, Peoria, AZ 85381.

1961

BILL MIRANDA recently visited the BMI site. He can be reached at 20315 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91364.

1962

NICK GIORDANO has retired from the Trenton Police Department after 26 years of service. His new address is:

70-B Hudson Parkway, Whiting, NJ 08799.

COL. W. A. FAVOR, JR., USMC Ret., says "BMI opened my world." His current address is: PO Box 1664, Solomons, MD 20688.

1965

JACK DZIADUL who wore Mark Singer's uniform last Reunion ran two biggies: the New York Marathon and the Athens Marathon. (Keep it up, Jack; you might still fit into Mark's uniform this year.)

1966

SKIP BONHAM, our Keynote Speaker of last Reunion, remembers Marv Borst, Paul Hartpence, Howard Husker and Seņor Colby as being unique, but sharing a common philosophy: education was far more than something you learned in a classroom or textbook—it was the intangibles you learned from men of honor. . . things like honor, patriotism, responsibility, initiative and integrity. . . things that set BMI cadets apart from the norm of our times. (Amen, Skip.)

1969

JOHN KELLY found his classmate, PAUL BOUDREAU, through THE SKIRMISHER. After BMI, they played football together at BC. He notes that JIM KELLY '63 lives in Middletown, NJ; MARK STEINBERGERlives in Ramsey, NJ; and JOHN GEARREN lives at 87 Allen Street, Groveville, NJ 08620.

IN MEMORIAM

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

Larry Cohen '51

Henry "Mitch" Meloney '14

William stephenson, jr. '51
 

COMPANY STORE

Sweatshirts $30.     BMI Patches $20.

BMI Glee Club Tapes $5.     Baseball Caps $10.

                                    Old Main Prints $5.     BMI Coffee Mugs $20.     Old Main Note Paper $8.

To order, send check or money order payable to BMI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION to: BMI Alumni Association, P. O. Box 91, Bordentown, NJ 08505.

We goofed!!!

Our apologies to GEORGE FOX LANG. The last issue of THE SKIRMISHER not only listed his class year incorrectly (should be 1961) but we also messed up his e-mail address (should be docfox@voicenet.com). Sorry, George!

REUNION 2000

OCTOBER 21, 2000

WATCH FOR DETAILS IN

JULY SKIRMISHER
 
 

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