Evening star., 1951-05-31
Color Girl toGet
Ovation Today
AT Annapolis
Entire Midshipmun
Brigade to Take Part
In June Week Event
BY the Asseeioisd Press

ANNAPOLIS. May 31.-Brown-
eyed Fredda Coupland. with an
admiral at her side, will walk be-
fore the entire midshipman bril-
gade this afternoon as the Nays
18th color girl.
At $50 pm. she will transfer
the colors from the old color
guard to the new, and reward the
young man who picked her for
the honor with a kiss.
Vice Admiral Harry w. Hill,
superintendent of the Naval
Academy, will stand a respectful
distance away as James (Sandy)
Winnefeld, almost an ensign.
kisses his girl. y
The Kansas City naval man met
his girl friend when spending a
leave at Daytona Beach, Fla.
Miss Coupland attends Stetson
University in Florida.
18th Company Judged Best.
AS commander of the 18th
Company. judged the best in the
Academy brigade, Midshipman
Winnefeld had the right to pick
the academy's color girl.
Ten of the graduating midship-
men will be welcomed throughout
the feet with a Difference and
graciousness usually accorded
admirals.
They'll only be ensigns. But
they are members Of the football
team that brought off the upset
victory over Army last December.
/ The are Kit Carson, Roger Drew,
Let Etchison, Fred Gambke. Jim
Hunt, John Leahy, Bill Powers.
Art Snndry, Larry Treadwell end
Bin Wilson.
| They can be recognized by q
little white pamphlet they'll be
carrying. It contains seven pages
of congratulations from top Navy
men from all over the world.
j Services Honor Dead.
The academy took time out yes
terday to honor its dead in Memo
trial Day services.
| During the morning, the acad~
emy flag stood at half mast. Then
shore batteries opened up with
Ia 21-gun salute, and Navy YP
boat steamed out into Chesapeake
Bay for the traditional dropping
; of poppy anchor.
The huge floral ornament, made
up of 10000 poppies, was put to-
gether by disabled veterans in
Georgia. Women from the
American Legion Auxiliary Of
Georgia brought the wreath here
and were on board the Navy boat.
Chaplain Ernest A. Ham of the
academy offered a prayer. and
!, two rnidshipmen tossed the poppy
I anchor into the bay about a mile
: of shore.
Dress Parade Is Highlight.
q Today's dress parade. at which
Miss Coupland accepts the colors.
lis a highlight in a busy whirl
of June Week activities.
y The graduating class. more than
TOO in number, standing in razor
= sharp lines. was to cut loose at
the traditional suggestion: Lets
give three cheers fop the color
; girl"
White hats were to be raised
high three times as the middies
split the air with a "fip, hip hur-
Irah."
v There was a rehearsal of gradu-
/ alton exercises this morning, fol-
E lowed by a hand concert at the
), band stand.
S The dress parade was to be on
e Worden Field this afternoon.
1872 Sailing for Europe.
:. Tonight, the first and second
: classes hold their colorful fare
: well ball at Dahlgren Hall, and
! the third and fourth classes hold
r theirs at MacDonough Hall.
Meanwhile, a squadron Of Is
: ships cruised up Chesapeake Bay
to embark 1872 midshipmen for
! a two-month training cruise to
Europe.
The group of ships included the
battleships Missouri and Wiscon-
sin, the heavy cruiser Albany, and
several destroyers, destroyer mine
: layers and fast destroyer-typs
transports.
Midshipmen will begin boarding
, the ships Saturday and the vessels
will return here Sunday to take
J aboard GAL Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps midshipmen from
: IL colleges and universities.
!. Commander Of the squadron is
Rear Adm. James L. Holloway, jr,.
commander Of the cruiser force.
Atlantic Fleet, and former super
Iintendent Of the Naval Academy.