It was another grand Class of 1956 Annual Christmas/Holiday Diner Dance
at the brand new and elegant Army-Navy Country Club. The team members
putting this successful gala together were: Kay Sullivan,
the Bill Codys, the Griffins, and the
Quackenbushes. Special additions to the usual crowd
from the District of Columbia area were long distance classmates from
Florida, Alabama, New York, and South Carolina, along with others from
near-by Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Attendance
totaled 93 and included four classmates’ children and their spouses.
Responding to suggestions from prior year attendees, the event began and
ended an hour earlier than in previous years, which accommodated
everyone. The Club served an excellent meal. Wonderful music was
provided by the orchestra that has been accompanying the event since its
inception and to which most of the Class’s generation could still dance,
concluding with a beautiful rendition of “Army Blue”Photo
Left: Christmas dinner Dance in full “swing.”
Photo Right: Obviously enjoying themselves, the three classmates who
entered West Point from South Carolina: John Wall,
Dave Moore, and Charlie Bagnal.