NWSA CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER

CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER
Monterey, CA

Source: Aerograph, February, 2010

President Harry Nicholson
Sec/Treas Glenn Handlers

This being the quiet time of year for news will start with Carl Thormeyer’s assessment of the weather at his home weather station in Marina , CA just a few miles north of Monterey . Carl writes the average temperature was about a half degree below normal and three times above normal in precipitation with a total for Oct. of 1.79 inches. This was below the highest Oct. total of 2.84 inches in Oct. 2004. Carl’s climate report for Nov. shows it was the 4th driest month for the past 23 years. High temperatures were slightly above normal with lows 1.6 degrees below normal. Carl’s Climatology report shows all parameters were normal for the last month of the year 2009.

For several weeks in Sep. & Oct. as I waited in my car while Gloria attended mass at the Naval Post Graduate chapel I failed to see Tony Klapp. Sun. 8 Nov. Tony stopped by for a brief chat after mass which he attends. He and his Mrs. have bought a home in Las Vegas NV where they spend most of the winter months. A few of you know Tony as he worked as a Ship Router in Alameda and came to this area when OTSR moved to Monterey . Tony said they may not show up in Dec. for the WWW Christmas party and if not, they would be in Las Vegas .

30 Nov. Don Cruse ’s Egram informed us Deacon Holden passed away 20 Nov. 2009 . Am sure Deacon’s SoCal Chapter will have an article about this fine gentleman whom I had the honor of working for when I was AGAN and Deacon was AG2 at Sangley Point in 1951.

When walking out of the Navy Exchange at the Post Graduate school 9 Dec. 2009 a fellow walked up to me and started talking. He thought he recognized me but I don’t recall ever seeing him. This fellow named Kaminski, retired US Army 1965, rents a studio to Julius Steuckert in Carmel Valley who I do know and Stu is still painting for those who may have served with him.

14 Dec. Elmer Erdei, another old Sangley Point shipmate sent his greetings and informed me Bill Myers walked the wind 6 Nov. 2009 . Bill Myers was leading Chief at Sangley Point when I checked aboard there in March 1951.

The Well Weathered Wives Christmas Party was sponsored this year by Ralph Wrenn and Mary Lou Ward. Pat Nicholson helped Mary Lou with the check in details and Bill Schramm once again was the MC for the dinner at the Navy School quarterdeck area. There is always a huge Christmas tree in the quarterdeck area at this time each year that towers about 20 feet.

The WWW Christmas Dinner was held several years in a row at the Rancho Canada Club in Carmel valley till Jean Houston in 2005 arranged to have it at the Navy Post Graduate School . So this is the 5th year aboard the Navy School .

Those attending this year were Tom & Mary Callaham who brought Tom’s 99 year old mother as a guest; Michael & Ann Cumming were expected but was a no show. Michael is a RN CDR Retired and they were here last year. Don Edgren and his lady Marge Purcell; Ron & Peggy Englebretson ; James & Joy Etro, then Bob W. Fett; Bill & Dottie Groscup. Earl Gustafson from Arroyo Seco (Big Ditch, CA) had planned in Sep. to make the party but canceled in early Dec.

Glenn Hamilton from San Jose was expected but a last minute problem popped up so they could not make it. Glenn’s wife Dolores had to make a trip to Mission Viejo where her lifelong friend had to move into an assisted living facility. Michael and Ann Cumming made it as far as San Jose to see Glenn on the 16th but never made it here for the dinner. Herb & Barbara Hansen; Sam Houston; Zane & Gloria Jacobs; Jack & Valerie Jenson; Mary F. Kalinyak; Barbara Lewit. John Maloney wrote they had plans to attend a granddaughters wedding in Florida in late Nov. and would return after Christmas via a cruise from Fort Lauderdale FL to Valparaiso Chile . Don & Carolyn Mautner; Dean Morford; Harry & Patsy Nicholson.

Since Pete Petit designated me at the June 2003 picnic to write up a bit of the happenings with our chapter, his wife Marjorie has only heard me called Jake so last night when she seen my name Zane and others calling me that, Marjorie was curious. All my brothers who are no longer among the living were called Jake by respective friends as have I. Family calls us by Mother Jacobs names and mother called me Zane. There may be a few who read this article who have only known me by the name Jake. Then listed are Peggy Reins, Bob & Dorothy Renard, Ralph & Dorothea Sallee; Bill & Mary Ann Schramm; Bobby & Freida Sparks; Warren Thompson; Carl Thormeyer who since his 3 Sep. 2006 retirement has taken on the job of being one of our local TV stations weather forecasters as well as keeping climate records from his back yard thermoscreen & weather station. Winds are not recorded by Carl; Ace Trask and Beverly Morford; Dick & Mary Lou Ward from Roseville . Forest & Madge Williams and Ralph Wrenn and lady Marilyn Cole. Bill Schramm acted as Master of Ceremonies again this year. As there were no volunteers for sponsoring the WWW in 2010 from the floor the next years meeting is iffy.

Like all organizations keeping track of members and encouraging their participation is needed to keep it alive. There were 78 flyers sent out this past fall by Ralph Wrenn. 28 were received back by Ralph so with the 3 whose flyers never reached them taking the tally down to 75 there were 47 who deigned not to even reply to the flyer. 78 flyers of which 3 were returned as undeliverable were sent out. Those folks who seem to have been lost by the Postal Service for one reason or another were CDR Cliff Samples, Mel Jasper & CDR Frank Buck. If anyone knows the whereabouts of these 3 who used to live in this area please let Harry Nicholson know as he is the semi-permanent President of the Monterey Chapter.

As we all know Frank Ivie died the summer of 2009. A contact with his son Robert at the time before Frank was shipped to Nampa Idaho for burial was made and I asked Robert when he got around to cleaning out his fathers home in Monterey CA to keep an eye out for 3 NWSA boxes of material Frank should have somewhere in his home and to call me if he found those boxes. 21 Nov. 2009 Robert Ivie called me from his father’s home in Monterey and he had found the 3 boxes. I drove over and retrieved them. A lot of the clutter in these old boxes that has been kicked around for many years has been discarded. In the clutter was an inventory master list dated 18 Mar. 1995 which showed the content of the 3 boxes at that time. I have salvaged old Meteorology books that may be of interest to someone who is interested in stocking an AG office aboard a museum ship. If any of these can be used please let me know or get in touch with Don Cruse or whoever is the NWSA Historian. The list is combined from the index of all 3 boxes into this cleanup list. Original numbers pasted on the books will be used as others may have a master list to double check. ZEJ 110110

Box 1 .

28 Aerology Series number 1 thru 7

31 Cuttlefish Five “The Aleutian Invasion” World War Two in the Aleutian Islands . 1981

34. Soft Cover Book: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau Circular N 6th Ed., Jan. 1938, Instructions to Marine Observers.

35 Soft Cover Book: U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau no 1445 Issued 1 Aug. 1946 . WEATHER GLOSSARY

Box 2

8 1945 Handbook of Meteorology, “NavAer 50-110R-42”

9. 1940 Book. Weather Analysis and Forecasting by Petterssen

10. Book. Meteorological Instruments by Middleton

11. 1942 Book. Basic Principles of Weather Forecasting by Victor Starr

12. 1931 Book. Aerology by Maguire

1. 1941 Book. Meteorological Instruments by Middleton

14 1941 Book. Introduction To Meteorology by Petersen

15. 1937 Book. Synoptic And Aeronautical Meteorology by Horace Robert Byers.

Box 3

2. 1943 Hard Back Book “Hurricanes” by Tannehill. Donated by Robert D. Case

3. H.O. No. 604, Techniques for Forecasting Wind Waves and Swell. Donated by R.D. Case

24. Microseisms and Pacific Typhoons Gilmore & Hubert. Articles of Aug. 1946 & Feb. 1947 by Gilmore inside pamphlet

26. Glossary of Meteorological Terms, Reprint of Part VIII of W.B. Circular M, Sixth Edition Jan. 1938. Small Pamphlet.

34. Home on the Bering, Cuttlefish Three. Printed 1978-1979

35. Unalaska Today. Cuttlefish Four. Printed 1980.

Submitted by AGC Zane Jacobs USN RET

Source: Aerograph, November 2009

President Harry Nicholson
Sec/Treas Glenn Handlers

This quarterly of the Aerograph which is always a slow one for news from the Central Coast area starts out early with two deaths close to each other.

Harry Nicholson forwarded the word on 27 July that jean Houston had died in her sleep Saturday night 25 July. Jean’s obituary was forwarded to Charlie Jordan for his necrology list.

Following up on information passed on during our Summer Picnic last June and being notified by Don Cruse , the address for Frank Ivie in the Aug. Aerograph was non-responsive. A call to the Sunrise Bonita home in Chula Vista revealed Frank had crossed the bar 29 July 2009 in Chula Vista . His body was sent to Caldwell Idaho where the Flahiff Funeral Chapel had a brief synopsis of Franks life with a picture of Frank that appears to have been made when Frank was a one hash mark Chief. Fred Stewart forwarded Franks obituary composed by his son Robert which I am copying here as it is fairly comprehensive about his fathers life. There was no picture of Frank on this bio but the Idaho Press Tribune shown below ran a short article with Franks frontal picture.

LCDR Francis M. Ivie a retired Naval Officer died Wednesday the 29th of July 2009 at the age of 92, in San Diego , California . He was born May 28th 1917 in Stahl Mo. and lived in Monterey CA for 42 years. He enlisted in the Navy on 19 Dec. 1940 as a seaman recruit and advanced up the ranks to Chief Aerographer’s mate; he was commissioned a Lieutenant junior grade on 3 May 1961 and retired from the Navy on 1 Mar. 1971 as officer in charge of the Naval Weather Service Environmental Detachment at the Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Monterey after 30 years service.

Shipmate Ivie served in VP-13 COMAIRSCOFOR North Island, San Diego CA and flew VW-1 typhoon reconnaissance flights out of Guam; served on the ships: USS BALLARD (DD-10)., COAST GUARD CUTTER AKLAK, USS FLOYDS BAY ( AVP -40), USS NORTON SOUND ( AVM -1), USS VALLEY FORGE (LPH-8) and commissioned the JEEP CARRIERS USS BOUGAINVILLE (CVE-100) and USS POINT CRUZ (CVE-119). His other duty stations were state side and overseas bases. He participated in WWII , KOREA and VIETNAM wars; his record depicts the usual campaign ribbons, medals, commendations and citations for this duty. Frank was a life member of the Naval Weather Services Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Military Officers Association of America, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Francis (Frank) Ivie was a multi-sport athlete who competed or coached sports during most of his Naval Career. He fully enjoyed Navy life, his hobbies being sports, dancing, cards (an avid bridge player) and actively taking part in military organizations. He was fully engaged in his neighborhood and served on the Monterey Neighborhood Improvement Program Committee. He was preceded in death by his parents, three veteran brothers, his former wife Francesca, his son Michael his daughter Sharon and sister Elaine Capps. He is survived by his three sons Patrick, Charles and Robert, two grandchildren, Danielle and Gabrielle and his sister Catherine Eaton.

No memorial service will be held in Monterey as requested; hopefully his association with shipmates and friends brought as much pleasure and satisfaction to them as it did to him. A graveside full military funeral will take place at the Kohler Lawn Cemetery , 6th Street North EXT, Nampa , Idaho on Monday the 10th of August under the direction of Flahiff Funeral Chapels, 624 Cleveland Boulevard , Caldwell , Idaho 83605 .

Carl Thormeyer’s weather station in Marina shows the month of July was cooler than normal. Then on the morning of 6 Aug., a heavy shower increased the rainfall for the first week of Aug. as .27 of an inch which is a new record for the previous 26 years of records. This breaks the .17 inch for 1991. Only .01 inch of precipitation fell the rest of Aug. A 3 day heat wave crossed the area in late Aug which set some record temperatures and raised what up to then was lower than normal temperatures to just a little above normal.

Carl’s Sept. readings show the temperature was just a tad below normal, with precipitation a little above normal. As normal for Sep. is 14 one hundredths of an inch and Marina had .23 in or less than a quarter of an inch the difference was hardly noticeable. However a record of 14 days of heavy fog was interesting as visibility of 1.4 of a mile or less changes the traffic flow on the coast highway through Marina .

The first few days of Oct. are still dry. Texas and other Gulf Coast states seem to have broken the back of the drought and folks are sending messages about the flooding conditions after a number of very dry years.

Sunday 11 Oct., I ran into Charlie Workman in the commissary who asked me about a storm in 1962. That particular storm started out as a Typhoon in WestPac and Charlie was flying Typhoon weather eye fixes out of Guam at that time. One night about midnight I got a call at our quarters on Midway Island and an old Friend Elmer Erdei was calling from Midway Ops Dept. He with Charlie Workman and crew had flown far north to make a final fix on the Typhoon which though had recurved and was accelerating around 45 degrees north when it headed east across the 180th meridian still had its eye characteristics. Guam dropped the storm and Pearl never picked it up being so far north. That storm hit the Oregon and Washington Coast with a slam that ripped up trees and caused a lot of damage the fall of 1962.

Charlie told me a similar storm was headed for the CA coastal area. The Weather Bureau had issued a warning on Friday 9 Oct. for central CA and Oregon coasts. Our local paper never ran the warning till Monday 12 Oct. and I woke up Tue. 13 Oct. with rain happening. By Tuesday evening around 5 PM , we had a power outage that lasted about 5 hours. Wed. 14 Oct., paper ran an article by Bob Renard, the unofficial weather records keeper for Monterey , which shows this storm dumped a record breaking single day dose of rain of 2.7 inches. The previous record was 1.8 inches on 26 Oct. 1907 . This drought in the Golden state seems to have gotten off to a good start at being broke.

An old friend Frank Baillie from Port Orchard WA who has been writing the news for the Pacific Northwest had heart surgery and as far as I know is still recuperating.

Am sure whoever sends in that chapters news will update us on Franks condition.

Cordially AGC Zane E. Jacobs USN RET

Source: Aerograph, August 2009

President Harry Nicholson
Sec/Treas Glenn Handlers

The Quiet time of the year in late spring is always a good time for a picnic which our local chapter honors in June but prior to getting into that a couple of topics have taken place since the last report.

I believe Carl Thormeyer’s April climatology showed temperatures a little below normal while May was exactly normal.

A couple of years ago Bob & Jinx Fett returned to our area and though they are not members of the NWSA was known and welcomed by several local Naval Weather Service friends. The 6 May 2009 Monterey County Herald obituary section caught my eye with a picture of Minnie L. (Jinx) Fett and her obituary. Bob lost the love of his life & mother of his children 2 May when Jinx passed on.

While shopping in the Fort Ord Commissary 4 June a familiar face stopped me and we chatted a bit. I discovered it was Harry Hamilton who remembered me from the 1980’s at Fleet Numbers in Ship Routing. Harry is not a member of the NWSA nor does he attend the local chapter social activities. I commented to Harry that Glenn Hamilton of the San Jose area attends some of our picnics and Christmas parties but Harry is a no show on those functions.

My last issue of the Aerograph had an article about a good friend George Russoy walking the wind and George had written a very comprehensive history of his Navy career. When George went through the Aviation Fundamental school that was located at NAS Memphis TN in 1948 he headed for the AG “A” school at Lakehurst , NJ . I will copy his description of the quarters there for students when he arrived.

“Lakehurst was all that the instructor at Air Fun School said it would be. Compared to Camp Downs and NAS Memphis, this place was beautiful. Pine trees all over the place, a lot of permanent brick buildings, gigantic hangers and of course hanger 1. This, the largest hanger in the world, was built for airships (blimps). Even the wood buildings were nice, well painted and with neat lawns and shrubs.

The barracks that I lived in was more like a hotel than a barracks. Two stories high. Inside the main front entrance was a lounge area with chairs, sofas and lamps. A large and very wide staircase went up to the second floor to another lounge. This lounge had more sofas, chairs, desks and lamps, and even a piano. This was 1948 and before television. From the lounges you could go into any of the three wings. Semi-private

rooms were located on both sides of the corridor. These rooms were for us students and were a joy to behold with only two men to a room. The Room inventory consisted of a wash basin and mirrored medicine cabinet immediately to the left of the left of the entrance door. Two windows opposite. Two single bunk beds against the port and starboard side bulkheads. Two clothes closets with doors. Two desks, chairs and gooseneck lamps and a waste paper basket were in the center of the room. These rooms were conducive for study and nobody there wanted to flunk out of this school. We knew when we had it good.

The Master at Arms (MAA) would walk down all the corridors each evening after taps. He would enforce the barracks rules and insure that quiet was observed.

The rules of Barracks A required that after taps all doors to the rooms had to be left ajar with the waste paper basket turned upside down and placed between the door jamb and door, thus keeping the door ajar. This procedure had two things going for it. The MAA was responsible for the appearance, cleanness and safety of the barracks. Barracks A was a wood frame building and fire was a major concern for him and everyone else. An empty waste paper basket turned upside down insured that there wasn‘t a smoldering cigarette butt in there that could burn down the barracks. The door left ajar also allowed the MAA to see inside the dark room. Anyone caught smoking in bed was sure to be court marshaled. If at anytime, anyone was caught snuffing out a cigarette inside a waste paper basket, he would really catch hell from the MAA. The MAA frequently inspected the inside surfaces of the waste paper baskets for evidence that someone had used it to extinguish a cigarette. We all learned that this valuable piece of room furniture was something you kept sparkling clean, and we never put anything into it. We just kept it upside down and placed it in the doorway at taps as required. Sailors would never reach down, pick up the waste paper basket at the desk and reposition it at the door jamb. The more realistic procedure was to just slide it over with your foot. Perry and I once placed a few water filled condoms under waste paper baskets in the rooms when the residents were in the lounge. A lot of cussing was heard when the victims had to do some quick in a hurry swabbing.

A favored bit of deviltry was to sabotage the medicine cabinets. One of us using both hands placed a water filled condom inside the victim’s medicine cabinet while the other partner gently closed the door. Not only was swabbing to be done but someone also got dowsed. Of course the nastiest was to just stretch condoms over the gooseneck lamplight bulbs on the desks. “

The preceding is a brief abstract from George Russoy’s Navy biography as promised in my last issue. There are still quite a few of us around who recall the A & B school days at NAS Lakehurst who I think will enjoy reading of the long ago times there.

In early May, I saw Tony Klapp coming out of the Sunday Mass while I was waiting for my better half to finish her after mass visiting. Tony brought me up to date about his plumbing problems and mentioned he was going to have repairs made near the end of May.

The morning of 14 June while waiting in the car I saw Tony drive by in his wife’s car so knew he was up and about.

Sat. 13 June I went out to pick up the paper and saw it had rained enough within just the past hour to wet the driveway and the paper. I thought it unusual at this time of year for rain and hoped it would not linger through tomorrow.

Sunday 14 June turned out to be a mild day and quite warm for this part of CA. To be on the safe side I carry a jacket in the car and a sweater for Gloria. A very light cool sea breeze kicked in about 1:15 PM and I walked to the car and got the jacket and sweater. After perhaps 15 or 20 minutes the breeze stopped and it became shirtsleeve weather again.

Don Mautner and the Handlers cranked up the picnic fire and put out hot dogs and hamburgers for the crew that met at our annual picnic at Archer Park in New Monterey at noon on 14 June. As Gloria had to change from her church clothes we came home so it was about 30 minutes past noon when we arrived at the picnic. I first talked to Mary Haltner who told me she had seen Tony Klapp at church and reminded him of the picnic. Tony had paid for him and his Mrs., but had forgotten it was today so it was a surprise when he arrived about 1 PM and just said hello for a few minutes before he left. His Mrs. was driving him home. Tony told me his plumbing problems were fine but he has to recuperate from the laser surgery that opened his pipes.

Those attending the picnic were Tom Ballard, Tom & Mary Callaham, Don & Marjorie Edgren, Ron & Peggy Englebretson, Jim & Joy Etro, Bob Fett, Earl & Floy Gustafson from Arroyo Grande, CA and Earl tells me things are Okay in the Big Ditch country where he lives. Then George & Mary Haltner, Glenn & Keiko Handlers, Herbert & Barbara Hansen, Sam & Jean Houston, Jack & Valerie Jensen. As mentioned previously Tony Klapp was driven to the shindig by his Mrs. and they only stayed a few minutes and headed home. Tony is still recuperating and not really in a party mood.

Barbara Lewitt was a show and seems to be holding her own since Howard walked the wind last spring.

Don Mautner who organized this year’s picnic had his Carolyn there. Dean Morford, Harry & Pat Nicholson, Marge Petit, Charley Roberts, Ralph and Dotte Sallee, Forest & Marge Williams and last but not least Ralph Wrenn with friend Marilyn Cole.

Those who RSVP’d but could not make it for one reason or another were Frank Buck, Don Chinn, Glenn & Delores Hamilton from up near San Jose , Jack Pingel from Palm Desert area and Dick and Mary Lou Ward of Roseville .

I asked Don if he had any word about Frank Ivie. Don saw Frank recently on one of Don’s walks as they live near each other or within walking distance. Frank was being assisted into his home by a couple of nurses so had some home care.

There may have been a couple missed in this list as I believe Glenn Handlers daughter was there with her boyfriend and I don’t know everyone by sight. If you were at the picnic and don’t appear in my account blame it to aging.

I called Frank Ivie’s number a couple of times only to get a recording and left my name. I also stopped by the 3^rd week of June and his home looks forlorn and deserted.

From the Navy Chapel mass the last Sunday in June I drove Gloria to the old Fort Ord base where we had a lunch at Burger King. Fred Stewart with his two sons stopped by to say hello. Fred is a life member of NWSA who has not gotten into the social swing of the local NWSA since he retired from his Civil Service job in Yokosuka Japan several years ago. For the shipmates who know Fred his oldest son has worked for Hyatt Regency Monterey for 30 years now and worked with Gloria there before she retired in 1992. Fred’s younger son lives in the San Joaquin Valley where his daughter also lives. It is serendipity at who a person can run into at the Commissary or the Burger King on old Fort Ord.

I am sure Jerry Struck’s chapter will submit information about Jerry and Ann’s motor home trip to the west coast this summer. I am fortunate to be on Jerry’s travel updates and 28 June he was in the Mt. Rainier WA area where he sent pictures of the Mt. and the Lake near it which is still mostly frozen with just a few patches of water in the middle of the lake. A lot of snow is still below as well as above the tree line of Mt. Rainier WA and it is almost July. For the folks in middle and south Texas , some of that cool weather would be welcome as I understand the end of June is bringing on temperatures in the high 90’s to low 100’s. None of these weather phenomena are harbingers of any global condition, just routine climate. Jerry & Ann motored east a few days later and by the middle of July had headed for the Lake Louise area of the Canadian Rockies.

Carl Thormeyer’s June climatology for Marina CA shows June’s temperatures a little above normal for the month while precipitation records that started 1 July 2008 shows almost 3 inches below normal rainfall.

The Fox news reports that the Chicago IL area for the month of June was way below normal with temperatures near the end of the month seldom over 70F and Climatology shows June was the coldest month since the 1880’s when records started being kept. So much for Global warming in that locale at least.

Puzzled over Frank Ivie’s situation I sent an Egram to Harry Nicholson who replied they knew nothing about Frank but Fred Stewart might. As I had just seen Fred at old Fort Ord Burger King I gave Fred a call 1 July and Fred told me that Franks son Robert who lives in Chula Vista had moved Frank to A home near Roberts place so he could keep track of his Dad. Fred also told me Frank’s daughter who lived in San Francisco area had died last Nov. of cancer. This is the lady with Frank I met in the Commissary in May of last year. She had a local delayed memoriam service the last week of June this year.

Fred Stewart sent Franks Street address 9 July & a public records search by a cousin who lives in Texas on 12 July reveals this: (See Aerograph)

I am sure there are some of Frank’s friends living in the San Diego area he would be glad to see or hear from via Maw Bell son Alexander’s invention.

Submitted by AGC Zane E. Jacobs USN RET

Northwest Chapter Puget Sound, WA	*Home of the "Weather Guesser's"* Back to Home Page CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER Monterey, CA Source: Aerograph, February, 2010 President Harry Nicholson Sec/Treas Glenn Handlers This being the quiet time of year for news will start with Carl Thormeyer’s assessment of the weather at his home weather station in Marina , CA just a few miles north of Monterey . Carl writes the average temperature was about a half degree below normal and three times above normal in precipitation with a total for Oct. of 1.79 inches. This was below the highest Oct. total of 2.84 inches in Oct. 2004. Carl’s climate report for Nov. shows it was the 4th driest month for the past 23 years. High temperatures were slightly above normal with lows 1.6 degrees below normal. Carl’s Climatology report shows all parameters were normal for the last month of the year 2009. For several weeks in Sep. & Oct. as I waited in my car while Gloria attended mass at the Naval Post Graduate chapel I failed to see Tony Klapp. Sun. 8 Nov. Tony stopped by for a brief chat after mass which he attends. He and his Mrs. have bought a home in Las Vegas NV where they spend most of the winter months. A few of you know Tony as he worked as a Ship Router in Alameda and came to this area when OTSR moved to Monterey . Tony said they may not show up in Dec. for the WWW Christmas party and if not, they would be in Las Vegas . 30 Nov. Don Cruse ’s Egram informed us Deacon Holden passed away 20 Nov. 2009 . Am sure Deacon’s SoCal Chapter will have an article about this fine gentleman whom I had the honor of working for when I was AGAN and Deacon was AG2 at Sangley Point in 1951. When walking out of the Navy Exchange at the Post Graduate school 9 Dec. 2009 a fellow walked up to me and started talking. He thought he recognized me but I don’t recall ever seeing him. This fellow named Kaminski, retired US Army 1965, rents a studio to Julius Steuckert in Carmel Valley who I do know and Stu is still painting for those who may have served with him. 14 Dec. Elmer Erdei, another old Sangley Point shipmate sent his greetings and informed me Bill Myers walked the wind 6 Nov. 2009 . Bill Myers was leading Chief at Sangley Point when I checked aboard there in March 1951. The Well Weathered Wives Christmas Party was sponsored this year by Ralph Wrenn and Mary Lou Ward. Pat Nicholson helped Mary Lou with the check in details and Bill Schramm once again was the MC for the dinner at the Navy School quarterdeck area. There is always a huge Christmas tree in the quarterdeck area at this time each year that towers about 20 feet. The WWW Christmas Dinner was held several years in a row at the Rancho Canada Club in Carmel valley till Jean Houston in 2005 arranged to have it at the Navy Post Graduate School . So this is the 5th year aboard the Navy School . Those attending this year were Tom & Mary Callaham who brought Tom’s 99 year old mother as a guest; Michael & Ann Cumming were expected but was a no show. Michael is a RN CDR Retired and they were here last year. Don Edgren and his lady Marge Purcell; Ron & Peggy Englebretson ; James & Joy Etro, then Bob W. Fett; Bill & Dottie Groscup. Earl Gustafson from Arroyo Seco (Big Ditch, CA) had planned in Sep. to make the party but canceled in early Dec. Glenn Hamilton from San Jose was expected but a last minute problem popped up so they could not make it. Glenn’s wife Dolores had to make a trip to Mission Viejo where her lifelong friend had to move into an assisted living facility. Michael and Ann Cumming made it as far as San Jose to see Glenn on the 16th but never made it here for the dinner. Herb & Barbara Hansen; Sam Houston; Zane & Gloria Jacobs; Jack & Valerie Jenson; Mary F. Kalinyak; Barbara Lewit. John Maloney wrote they had plans to attend a granddaughters wedding in Florida in late Nov. and would return after Christmas via a cruise from Fort Lauderdale FL to Valparaiso Chile . Don & Carolyn Mautner; Dean Morford; Harry & Patsy Nicholson. Since Pete Petit designated me at the June 2003 picnic to write up a bit of the happenings with our chapter, his wife Marjorie has only heard me called Jake so last night when she seen my name Zane and others calling me that, Marjorie was curious. All my brothers who are no longer among the living were called Jake by respective friends as have I. Family calls us by Mother Jacobs names and mother called me Zane. There may be a few who read this article who have only known me by the name Jake. Then listed are Peggy Reins, Bob & Dorothy Renard, Ralph & Dorothea Sallee; Bill & Mary Ann Schramm; Bobby & Freida Sparks; Warren Thompson; Carl Thormeyer who since his 3 Sep. 2006 retirement has taken on the job of being one of our local TV stations weather forecasters as well as keeping climate records from his back yard thermoscreen & weather station. Winds are not recorded by Carl; Ace Trask and Beverly Morford; Dick & Mary Lou Ward from Roseville . Forest & Madge Williams and Ralph Wrenn and lady Marilyn Cole. Bill Schramm acted as Master of Ceremonies again this year. As there were no volunteers for sponsoring the WWW in 2010 from the floor the next years meeting is iffy. Like all organizations keeping track of members and encouraging their participation is needed to keep it alive. There were 78 flyers sent out this past fall by Ralph Wrenn. 28 were received back by Ralph so with the 3 whose flyers never reached them taking the tally down to 75 there were 47 who deigned not to even reply to the flyer. 78 flyers of which 3 were returned as undeliverable were sent out. Those folks who seem to have been lost by the Postal Service for one reason or another were CDR Cliff Samples, Mel Jasper & CDR Frank Buck. If anyone knows the whereabouts of these 3 who used to live in this area please let Harry Nicholson know as he is the semi-permanent President of the Monterey Chapter. As we all know Frank Ivie died the summer of 2009. A contact with his son Robert at the time before Frank was shipped to Nampa Idaho for burial was made and I asked Robert when he got around to cleaning out his fathers home in Monterey CA to keep an eye out for 3 NWSA boxes of material Frank should have somewhere in his home and to call me if he found those boxes. 21 Nov. 2009 Robert Ivie called me from his father’s home in Monterey and he had found the 3 boxes. I drove over and retrieved them. A lot of the clutter in these old boxes that has been kicked around for many years has been discarded. In the clutter was an inventory master list dated 18 Mar. 1995 which showed the content of the 3 boxes at that time. I have salvaged old Meteorology books that may be of interest to someone who is interested in stocking an AG office aboard a museum ship. If any of these can be used please let me know or get in touch with Don Cruse or whoever is the NWSA Historian. The list is combined from the index of all 3 boxes into this cleanup list. Original numbers pasted on the books will be used as others may have a master list to double check. ZEJ 110110 Box 1 . 28 Aerology Series number 1 thru 7 31 Cuttlefish Five “The Aleutian Invasion” World War Two in the Aleutian Islands . 1981 34. Soft Cover Book: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau Circular N 6th Ed., Jan. 1938, Instructions to Marine Observers. 35 Soft Cover Book: U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau no 1445 Issued 1 Aug. 1946 . WEATHER GLOSSARY Box 2 8 1945 Handbook of Meteorology, “NavAer 50-110R-42” 9. 1940 Book. Weather Analysis and Forecasting by Petterssen 10. Book. Meteorological Instruments by Middleton 11. 1942 Book. Basic Principles of Weather Forecasting by Victor Starr 12. 1931 Book. Aerology by Maguire 1. 1941 Book. Meteorological Instruments by Middleton 14 1941 Book. Introduction To Meteorology by Petersen 15. 1937 Book. Synoptic And Aeronautical Meteorology by Horace Robert Byers. Box 3 2. 1943 Hard Back Book “Hurricanes” by Tannehill. Donated by Robert D. Case 3. H.O. No. 604, Techniques for Forecasting Wind Waves and Swell. Donated by R.D. Case 24. Microseisms and Pacific Typhoons Gilmore & Hubert. Articles of Aug. 1946 & Feb. 1947 by Gilmore inside pamphlet 26. Glossary of Meteorological Terms, Reprint of Part VIII of W.B. Circular M, Sixth Edition Jan. 1938. Small Pamphlet. 34. Home on the Bering, Cuttlefish Three. Printed 1978-1979 35. Unalaska Today. Cuttlefish Four. Printed 1980. Submitted by AGC Zane Jacobs USN RET Source: Aerograph, November 2009 President Harry Nicholson Sec/Treas Glenn Handlers This quarterly of the Aerograph which is always a slow one for news from the Central Coast area starts out early with two deaths close to each other. Harry Nicholson forwarded the word on 27 July that jean Houston had died in her sleep Saturday night 25 July. Jean’s obituary was forwarded to Charlie Jordan for his necrology list. Following up on information passed on during our Summer Picnic last June and being notified by Don Cruse , the address for Frank Ivie in the Aug. Aerograph was non-responsive. A call to the Sunrise Bonita home in Chula Vista revealed Frank had crossed the bar 29 July 2009 in Chula Vista . His body was sent to Caldwell Idaho where the Flahiff Funeral Chapel had a brief synopsis of Franks life with a picture of Frank that appears to have been made when Frank was a one hash mark Chief. Fred Stewart forwarded Franks obituary composed by his son Robert which I am copying here as it is fairly comprehensive about his fathers life. There was no picture of Frank on this bio but the Idaho Press Tribune shown below ran a short article with Franks frontal picture. LCDR Francis M. Ivie a retired Naval Officer died Wednesday the 29th of July 2009 at the age of 92, in San Diego , California . He was born May 28th 1917 in Stahl Mo. and lived in Monterey CA for 42 years. He enlisted in the Navy on 19 Dec. 1940 as a seaman recruit and advanced up the ranks to Chief Aerographer’s mate; he was commissioned a Lieutenant junior grade on 3 May 1961 and retired from the Navy on 1 Mar. 1971 as officer in charge of the Naval Weather Service Environmental Detachment at the Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Monterey after 30 years service. Shipmate Ivie served in VP-13 COMAIRSCOFOR North Island, San Diego CA and flew VW-1 typhoon reconnaissance flights out of Guam; served on the ships: USS BALLARD (DD-10)., COAST GUARD CUTTER AKLAK, USS FLOYDS BAY ( AVP -40), USS NORTON SOUND ( AVM -1), USS VALLEY FORGE (LPH-8) and commissioned the JEEP CARRIERS USS BOUGAINVILLE (CVE-100) and USS POINT CRUZ (CVE-119). His other duty stations were state side and overseas bases. He participated in WWII , KOREA and VIETNAM wars; his record depicts the usual campaign ribbons, medals, commendations and citations for this duty. Frank was a life member of the Naval Weather Services Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Military Officers Association of America, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Francis (Frank) Ivie was a multi-sport athlete who competed or coached sports during most of his Naval Career. He fully enjoyed Navy life, his hobbies being sports, dancing, cards (an avid bridge player) and actively taking part in military organizations. He was fully engaged in his neighborhood and served on the Monterey Neighborhood Improvement Program Committee. He was preceded in death by his parents, three veteran brothers, his former wife Francesca, his son Michael his daughter Sharon and sister Elaine Capps. He is survived by his three sons Patrick, Charles and Robert, two grandchildren, Danielle and Gabrielle and his sister Catherine Eaton. No memorial service will be held in Monterey as requested; hopefully his association with shipmates and friends brought as much pleasure and satisfaction to them as it did to him. A graveside full military funeral will take place at the Kohler Lawn Cemetery , 6th Street North EXT, Nampa , Idaho on Monday the 10th of August under the direction of Flahiff Funeral Chapels, 624 Cleveland Boulevard , Caldwell , Idaho 83605 . Carl Thormeyer’s weather station in Marina shows the month of July was cooler than normal. Then on the morning of 6 Aug., a heavy shower increased the rainfall for the first week of Aug. as .27 of an inch which is a new record for the previous 26 years of records. This breaks the .17 inch for 1991. Only .01 inch of precipitation fell the rest of Aug. A 3 day heat wave crossed the area in late Aug which set some record temperatures and raised what up to then was lower than normal temperatures to just a little above normal. Carl’s Sept. readings show the temperature was just a tad below normal, with precipitation a little above normal. As normal for Sep. is 14 one hundredths of an inch and Marina had .23 in or less than a quarter of an inch the difference was hardly noticeable. However a record of 14 days of heavy fog was interesting as visibility of 1.4 of a mile or less changes the traffic flow on the coast highway through Marina . The first few days of Oct. are still dry. Texas and other Gulf Coast states seem to have broken the back of the drought and folks are sending messages about the flooding conditions after a number of very dry years. Sunday 11 Oct., I ran into Charlie Workman in the commissary who asked me about a storm in 1962. That particular storm started out as a Typhoon in WestPac and Charlie was flying Typhoon weather eye fixes out of Guam at that time. One night about midnight I got a call at our quarters on Midway Island and an old Friend Elmer Erdei was calling from Midway Ops Dept. He with Charlie Workman and crew had flown far north to make a final fix on the Typhoon which though had recurved and was accelerating around 45 degrees north when it headed east across the 180th meridian still had its eye characteristics. Guam dropped the storm and Pearl never picked it up being so far north. That storm hit the Oregon and Washington Coast with a slam that ripped up trees and caused a lot of damage the fall of 1962. Charlie told me a similar storm was headed for the CA coastal area. The Weather Bureau had issued a warning on Friday 9 Oct. for central CA and Oregon coasts. Our local paper never ran the warning till Monday 12 Oct. and I woke up Tue. 13 Oct. with rain happening. By Tuesday evening around 5 PM , we had a power outage that lasted about 5 hours. Wed. 14 Oct., paper ran an article by Bob Renard, the unofficial weather records keeper for Monterey , which shows this storm dumped a record breaking single day dose of rain of 2.7 inches. The previous record was 1.8 inches on 26 Oct. 1907 . This drought in the Golden state seems to have gotten off to a good start at being broke. An old friend Frank Baillie from Port Orchard WA who has been writing the news for the Pacific Northwest had heart surgery and as far as I know is still recuperating. Am sure whoever sends in that chapters news will update us on Franks condition. Cordially AGC Zane E. Jacobs USN RET Source: Aerograph, August 2009 President Harry Nicholson Sec/Treas Glenn Handlers The Quiet time of the year in late spring is always a good time for a picnic which our local chapter honors in June but prior to getting into that a couple of topics have taken place since the last report. I believe Carl Thormeyer’s April climatology showed temperatures a little below normal while May was exactly normal. A couple of years ago Bob & Jinx Fett returned to our area and though they are not members of the NWSA was known and welcomed by several local Naval Weather Service friends. The 6 May 2009 Monterey County Herald obituary section caught my eye with a picture of Minnie L. (Jinx) Fett and her obituary. Bob lost the love of his life & mother of his children 2 May when Jinx passed on. While shopping in the Fort Ord Commissary 4 June a familiar face stopped me and we chatted a bit. I discovered it was Harry Hamilton who remembered me from the 1980’s at Fleet Numbers in Ship Routing. Harry is not a member of the NWSA nor does he attend the local chapter social activities. I commented to Harry that Glenn Hamilton of the San Jose area attends some of our picnics and Christmas parties but Harry is a no show on those functions. My last issue of the Aerograph had an article about a good friend George Russoy walking the wind and George had written a very comprehensive history of his Navy career. When George went through the Aviation Fundamental school that was located at NAS Memphis TN in 1948 he headed for the AG “A” school at Lakehurst , NJ . I will copy his description of the quarters there for students when he arrived. “Lakehurst was all that the instructor at Air Fun School said it would be. Compared to Camp Downs and NAS Memphis, this place was beautiful. Pine trees all over the place, a lot of permanent brick buildings, gigantic hangers and of course hanger 1. This, the largest hanger in the world, was built for airships (blimps). Even the wood buildings were nice, well painted and with neat lawns and shrubs. The barracks that I lived in was more like a hotel than a barracks. Two stories high. Inside the main front entrance was a lounge area with chairs, sofas and lamps. A large and very wide staircase went up to the second floor to another lounge. This lounge had more sofas, chairs, desks and lamps, and even a piano. This was 1948 and before television. From the lounges you could go into any of the three wings. Semi-private rooms were located on both sides of the corridor. These rooms were for us students and were a joy to behold with only two men to a room. The Room inventory consisted of a wash basin and mirrored medicine cabinet immediately to the left of the left of the entrance door. Two windows opposite. Two single bunk beds against the port and starboard side bulkheads. Two clothes closets with doors. Two desks, chairs and gooseneck lamps and a waste paper basket were in the center of the room. These rooms were conducive for study and nobody there wanted to flunk out of this school. We knew when we had it good. The Master at Arms (MAA) would walk down all the corridors each evening after taps. He would enforce the barracks rules and insure that quiet was observed. The rules of Barracks A required that after taps all doors to the rooms had to be left ajar with the waste paper basket turned upside down and placed between the door jamb and door, thus keeping the door ajar. This procedure had two things going for it. The MAA was responsible for the appearance, cleanness and safety of the barracks. Barracks A was a wood frame building and fire was a major concern for him and everyone else. An empty waste paper basket turned upside down insured that there wasn‘t a smoldering cigarette butt in there that could burn down the barracks. The door left ajar also allowed the MAA to see inside the dark room. Anyone caught smoking in bed was sure to be court marshaled. If at anytime, anyone was caught snuffing out a cigarette inside a waste paper basket, he would really catch hell from the MAA. The MAA frequently inspected the inside surfaces of the waste paper baskets for evidence that someone had used it to extinguish a cigarette. We all learned that this valuable piece of room furniture was something you kept sparkling clean, and we never put anything into it. We just kept it upside down and placed it in the doorway at taps as required. Sailors would never reach down, pick up the waste paper basket at the desk and reposition it at the door jamb. The more realistic procedure was to just slide it over with your foot. Perry and I once placed a few water filled condoms under waste paper baskets in the rooms when the residents were in the lounge. A lot of cussing was heard when the victims had to do some quick in a hurry swabbing. A favored bit of deviltry was to sabotage the medicine cabinets. One of us using both hands placed a water filled condom inside the victim’s medicine cabinet while the other partner gently closed the door. Not only was swabbing to be done but someone also got dowsed. Of course the nastiest was to just stretch condoms over the gooseneck lamplight bulbs on the desks. “ The preceding is a brief abstract from George Russoy’s Navy biography as promised in my last issue. There are still quite a few of us around who recall the A & B school days at NAS Lakehurst who I think will enjoy reading of the long ago times there. In early May, I saw Tony Klapp coming out of the Sunday Mass while I was waiting for my better half to finish her after mass visiting. Tony brought me up to date about his plumbing problems and mentioned he was going to have repairs made near the end of May. The morning of 14 June while waiting in the car I saw Tony drive by in his wife’s car so knew he was up and about. Sat. 13 June I went out to pick up the paper and saw it had rained enough within just the past hour to wet the driveway and the paper. I thought it unusual at this time of year for rain and hoped it would not linger through tomorrow. Sunday 14 June turned out to be a mild day and quite warm for this part of CA. To be on the safe side I carry a jacket in the car and a sweater for Gloria. A very light cool sea breeze kicked in about 1:15 PM and I walked to the car and got the jacket and sweater. After perhaps 15 or 20 minutes the breeze stopped and it became shirtsleeve weather again. Don Mautner and the Handlers cranked up the picnic fire and put out hot dogs and hamburgers for the crew that met at our annual picnic at Archer Park in New Monterey at noon on 14 June. As Gloria had to change from her church clothes we came home so it was about 30 minutes past noon when we arrived at the picnic. I first talked to Mary Haltner who told me she had seen Tony Klapp at church and reminded him of the picnic. Tony had paid for him and his Mrs., but had forgotten it was today so it was a surprise when he arrived about 1 PM and just said hello for a few minutes before he left. His Mrs. was driving him home. Tony told me his plumbing problems were fine but he has to recuperate from the laser surgery that opened his pipes. Those attending the picnic were Tom Ballard, Tom & Mary Callaham, Don & Marjorie Edgren, Ron & Peggy Englebretson, Jim & Joy Etro, Bob Fett, Earl & Floy Gustafson from Arroyo Grande, CA and Earl tells me things are Okay in the Big Ditch country where he lives. Then George & Mary Haltner, Glenn & Keiko Handlers, Herbert & Barbara Hansen, Sam & Jean Houston, Jack & Valerie Jensen. As mentioned previously Tony Klapp was driven to the shindig by his Mrs. and they only stayed a few minutes and headed home. Tony is still recuperating and not really in a party mood. Barbara Lewitt was a show and seems to be holding her own since Howard walked the wind last spring. Don Mautner who organized this year’s picnic had his Carolyn there. Dean Morford, Harry & Pat Nicholson, Marge Petit, Charley Roberts, Ralph and Dotte Sallee, Forest & Marge Williams and last but not least Ralph Wrenn with friend Marilyn Cole. Those who RSVP’d but could not make it for one reason or another were Frank Buck, Don Chinn, Glenn & Delores Hamilton from up near San Jose , Jack Pingel from Palm Desert area and Dick and Mary Lou Ward of Roseville . I asked Don if he had any word about Frank Ivie. Don saw Frank recently on one of Don’s walks as they live near each other or within walking distance. Frank was being assisted into his home by a couple of nurses so had some home care. There may have been a couple missed in this list as I believe Glenn Handlers daughter was there with her boyfriend and I don’t know everyone by sight. If you were at the picnic and don’t appear in my account blame it to aging. I called Frank Ivie’s number a couple of times only to get a recording and left my name. I also stopped by the 3^rd week of June and his home looks forlorn and deserted. From the Navy Chapel mass the last Sunday in June I drove Gloria to the old Fort Ord base where we had a lunch at Burger King. Fred Stewart with his two sons stopped by to say hello. Fred is a life member of NWSA who has not gotten into the social swing of the local NWSA since he retired from his Civil Service job in Yokosuka Japan several years ago. For the shipmates who know Fred his oldest son has worked for Hyatt Regency Monterey for 30 years now and worked with Gloria there before she retired in 1992. Fred’s younger son lives in the San Joaquin Valley where his daughter also lives. It is serendipity at who a person can run into at the Commissary or the Burger King on old Fort Ord. I am sure Jerry Struck’s chapter will submit information about Jerry and Ann’s motor home trip to the west coast this summer. I am fortunate to be on Jerry’s travel updates and 28 June he was in the Mt. Rainier WA area where he sent pictures of the Mt. and the Lake near it which is still mostly frozen with just a few patches of water in the middle of the lake. A lot of snow is still below as well as above the tree line of Mt. Rainier WA and it is almost July. For the folks in middle and south Texas , some of that cool weather would be welcome as I understand the end of June is bringing on temperatures in the high 90’s to low 100’s. None of these weather phenomena are harbingers of any global condition, just routine climate. Jerry & Ann motored east a few days later and by the middle of July had headed for the Lake Louise area of the Canadian Rockies. Carl Thormeyer’s June climatology for Marina CA shows June’s temperatures a little above normal for the month while precipitation records that started 1 July 2008 shows almost 3 inches below normal rainfall. The Fox news reports that the Chicago IL area for the month of June was way below normal with temperatures near the end of the month seldom over 70F and Climatology shows June was the coldest month since the 1880’s when records started being kept. So much for Global warming in that locale at least. Puzzled over Frank Ivie’s situation I sent an Egram to Harry Nicholson who replied they knew nothing about Frank but Fred Stewart might. As I had just seen Fred at old Fort Ord Burger King I gave Fred a call 1 July and Fred told me that Franks son Robert who lives in Chula Vista had moved Frank to A home near Roberts place so he could keep track of his Dad. Fred also told me Frank’s daughter who lived in San Francisco area had died last Nov. of cancer. This is the lady with Frank I met in the Commissary in May of last year. She had a local delayed memoriam service the last week of June this year. Fred Stewart sent Franks Street address 9 July & a public records search by a cousin who lives in Texas on 12 July reveals this: (See Aerograph) I am sure there are some of Frank’s friends living in the San Diego area he would be glad to see or hear from via Maw Bell son Alexander’s invention. Submitted by AGC Zane E. Jacobs USN RET					Down East Chapter Yarmouth, ME

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