Augusta Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Fort Defiance, VA)

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MIXING IT UP, Major Charles Dillow receives advice from Corey Koenig and Bob Missman. Later in the year when new beds arrived, the volunteers wondered — ‘‘Was it worth it?” oe tag Ses Se ae a bi, MAKING A GAME OF IT, Bill Sturgis lugs more of the magic green paint up to second stoop for acomplete overhaul of all beds and lockers. Round the clock work was fun. NEVER TOO YOUNG TO LEARN. Picking up ideas from Sue Ellis, Chuck Knapp, Bill Creekmore, and Steven Gruhn are Mr. John Hudnall and Ms. Nancy Green during the Ball State workshop. Summer—9 O

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GREEN MAN — a tinge of green coats Bob Mallett’s face during summer “ fun’. Brain- child of Major Charles Dillow, a whole platoon of ten, returned for painting chores. Work? In summer? That seemed to be the story for most of the cadets. Dish- washing gave Chuck Knapp’s hands a roughness that not even Palmolive could restore to sunny pink. YMCA work, with a tough camp life, and a bit of the Jesus movement turned Herb Maher on. Glamour work seemed to have been Joe Garry’s lot — a job in the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion — conjured up visions of a desk, top secret work. Close questioning brought the answer. The job was in the print shop. Pleasure on the golf links enveloped Carl Kellogg, even though he was a cad- dy. Filling in with work at a hardware store helped increase his bank account. Night club work may sound glamor- ous, but for Dave Saslaw, his job in his father’s club entailed washing glasses. It was not all fun for him. Flying home to Spain with Carlos Per- ez, Mike Sisak talked Mr. Perez into a O 8s8—Summer job for him. Carlos managed to avoid any labor. His kicks came in showing Mike the tough spots in Madrid. Shortorder cooks Paul Terko and Lar- ty Nicholson detested the smell of food by the end of summer. Potato picking delighted Bob Mallett, since he was working for his girl friend’s father. Dave Zook also ended up as a farmer, supplying his family with nearly all of the food on their table. Truck driving served to fatten Tom Del Valle’s financial structure. He worked for a catering service serving Miami's International Airport. Spencer Griffin added more chrome to his car with his loot from Burlington Industries. Happiest man in the corps was Steve Gruhn. First came a trip out West where he fell in love with Montana and Wyo- ming. Then came a summer journalism workshop at Ball State University and that was capped by a true love affair with an editor from Crown Point, Indiana. Five summer workshop men at Ball State stored up information and each found a chick. All paid for their work- shop out of their own funds. Dwight Nitz even added a Minolta SRT to his possessions. Workshop fever also spread out. Hot Richmond and VCU offered Joe Kennedy the newspaper courses he wanted. Preparing to come back to AMA, one happy cadet sped along the highways on his new bike. A mysterious accident led to a coma for Ron Shobe — one which lasted for almost three months. Trips by Col. Paul Hoover, Carl Kellogg, Andy Bell, and Major and Mrs. Charles Dillow seemed to help pull him back into a fight for his return to normalcy. Just as summer was ending, Herb Maher, Bob Mallett, Bruce Crum, Bill Sturgis, Carlos Perez, Andy Bell, Corey Koenig, Lee Ramsey, Bob Missman, and Lowell Galumbeck returned for a paint session.

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MILITARY BEARING APPARENT, Bruce Crum receives his company guidon for later pre- sentation to Andy Wilks. Herb Maher moves on to present the next guidon to Lee Ramsey. Fired up for a new season, football players returned to find beds and lockers gleaming with fresh green paint. Indus- trious officers, and a few lesser souls (but just as hard working) had finished the job in every room just prior to open- ing of school. News that a catering service had taken over surprised the old cadets, and the ini- tial reaction was favorable. Some com- plained about quantity (preferring huge gobs of ‘‘tire patches’ of former years to better food in smaller quantities), but quality was not questioned. Gone was the apathy of ‘72. Almost single-handed Herb Maher, battalion commander, leader of the Jesus move- ment, infused the corps with a new spir- it. Posters proclaimed the feeling — one way, anti-litter, join in. A food commit- tee, a bi-weekly meeting with the admin- istration, real give-and-take lent an air of ease to the opening. O 10 — September COOK-OUT SPECIALIST Col. John Dekle flips hot dogs on one of the hibachis he loaned for the first picnic. This treat was reserved for new men and officers. The corps’ mood just seemed to have shifted. World events, pollution, debate over the end of Viet Nam involvement, the Presidential campaign, nothing seemed to stir interest or to motivate ac- tion. ‘We're just eager to be a group” was what one student stated. Week by week a piece of wood gener- ated the action — the Spirit Stick. Never having appeared before, it created a wealth of nighttime action. Sheets, deco- rated with all manner of slogans — ‘‘F salutes the losers; C claims it’s best, but A knows it is” — deprived some of sleep in the name of fun. An all AMA team on the football field generated enthusiasm. Yells were so loud that spectators believed AMA was winning.