Junior School 1962-1964?

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Fri, 06/08/2007 - 2:51pm

CharlieEng

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Anybody here from Junior School 1962-1964, I attended 2 years, was in Band Co. and bugler trained by Schuman.

Maj. Hardy was the commandant, Pendergast was the new Headmaster. I remember Cpt. Jones, Engel, Feathers, Clark, Smith, Duke, Mears-Band teacher?

I hear that one of Feathers' son is at FUMA Junior school now.

My roomates 62-63 on B-3 I think Dorm room B-28:
Casey, Frank, Brady

63-64 B-1
Kolb, Baumgarner
Moved to A-3 floor to room with Gary Venatoe, and Chadwick?

I remember classmaates: the Shaw twins, fellow Cornet player Brittingham, Brady on bass drum, Post - clarinet, Lingumfelter- trombone, Ramos - trumpet, Kolb - snare drums. Houghtaling was always on report and in detention writting demerits off, Donald Boomall and his roomate Avery was in B-29?

Charlie

Just Do it!

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 2:11am

Lavarock7

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I was there 1962-1969

Charles, I have to admit I'm glad that you didn't attend the same Alumni weekend as I did. You would have beaten me by a couple hundred miles as coming the furthest to Alumni Weekend. What with me being from Kona and all :-)

I think Kermit Baumgartner was a roommate of mine.

I was on report a number of times myself, however was able to bring my grades up considerably, so it didn't matter.

Chuck Lewis and I played chemists and almost died when we created a deadly gas.

Many of the people posting here speak of teachers with rank of Lt, and higher and we knew them when they were fresh out of teachers college.

Years later Mr. Lewis, Dale Cross and myself were involved in an unfortunate incident in upper school. We were members of the Radio Club and would slip into the chapel tower mid morning for a smoke. Two of us left and Dale was up there last and it appears that he tossed what he thought was an extinguished butt out over the chapel ceiling. I got called to the office later in the day and was asked if I knew if Dale had a smoking permit. I suspected he did not, but in any event, I was busted from Supply Sgt and rejoined the ranks. I seem to remember that I was offered my rank back for graduation, but by then I had sold all my rank and saber and so on. Major Hoffman was disappointed in me.

Captain Morris was a farmer and used to bring us sorghum. Imagine teenagers being fed almost pure sugar! No wonder we tried to gas the school or burn down the chapel! he also was new tha tyear and didn't quite catch on to military lingo. He once told us "Get your set, before I give you dome PT's to write off in ED this afternoon!"

Many times the Junior (Lower) School would go on field trips to Richmond to see plays. We always gave the cast a standing ovation.

One year in Upper School E-Company, my roommate and I got dry ice and Coke syrup from the Coca Cola driver and made iced cold Coke in our rooms (and made it strong like it should be). Downtown they had a kit whereby you could make root beer. I bought it and starting up the potion in a bottle behind the steam radiators. It fermented too much and was alcoholic.

After being busted I didn't want to march in the lowly platoon position I was delegated to, so I became Guard 4 during parades. I took food to the Infirmary and got to sit and read comics. I also manned the guardroom at Hatcher Hall during parades.

I still talk with a couple people from FUMA and once a cadet came here to visit. We chatted for a while and all of a sudden we realized we had been roommates for a while :-)

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 6:20pm

kolbwe01

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Junior School 62-64

I remember you too, Charlie. I started out 7th Grade (1963) in that room on B-1 with Calvin Basta as my roommate. As I recall, we both had study hall in our room (though normally that would not have been allowed, so maybe it wasn't during study hall that this happened.) We got in some sort of argument, and we scuffing each other's shoes under the table, and I think I said something that could have been interpreted as "bastard" instead of his correct last name. The faculty guy in charge was new that year, I think, and didn't want me to get kicked out of the Academy (or some such penalty) for cussing, so I don't remember even getting put on report. But one thing that did happen was that they moved him out of that room and moved you in, and that is something that I was very greatful for at the time and have remembered with gratitude over the years.

I don't know if there is something about boarding schools in general or if it was just me, but one thing that I have regretted over the years is not keeping in touch with friends I knew at FUMA. Reading some of the alumni posts and comments, one theme I see is the time-honored one that, for better or worse, FUMA made me in many ways what I am today. And I remember most of the boys you mention. Bud Baumgarter's mother and mine corresponded for years after I left FUMA. The Shaw twins, TV and PV. I think one time someone asked TV what the TV stood for. He said Top Value. So someone asked him what PV stood for. He said Punk Value. (I don't really remember who said what, but I do remember the part about Top Value and Punk Value.) Lee Scott Lingamfelter, traitor the band. (He quit just so he could be First Sergeant of A Company in 8th Grade.) How about Pete Jernigan, B-1 Floor Commander? Another one whose mother my mother wrote to for a long time. I seem to remember he had a Southern accent, and called Brittingham "Britten-ham" and Houghtaling "Haught-tallin'". And the faculty. Capt Jones, who would go to every room in the barracks after taps, shine his flashlight on the ceiling, and say "Goodnight, boys." Capt. Duke, who kept B-2 up one night when I was in the 6th grade tearing up our beds and lockers, getting them ready for inspection, then tearing them up again, time after time, because we were too loud.

Well, this is long reply, but if you do check back again, we can swap more stories. I kept my 4 annuals and my battle jacket and a couple of garrison caps (white and grey). So you see I have held on to a lot of memories (many of which I probably should have jettisoned years ago). One last thing: thank you for being a good guy and good friend at FUMA.

Bill Kolb

PS-I have a son who is a programmer at Hawaii Volcano Observatory on the Big Island. He surfs (naturally) and plays guitar in several bands.

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 2:19am

Lavarock7

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Volcano

I was over near the current lava flow a couple weeks ago when the first house burned up. I bypassed the Observatory on this trip, however there is a webcam pointing into the crater.

Danger... making a crack about Hardy and having him sprinkle "paper dots" on the floor where you have to pick them up one at a time OR living in the shade of an active volcano? Hmmm, let me get back to you on that one :-)