Ten regularly enlisted Navy V5 men Board at the Wold-Chamberlain
Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There are five organizations participating
in the program; the Navy, the Civil Aeronautics Association, the University
of Wisconsin Extension Division, the Menomonie Flying School at the Dunn
county airport, and The Stout Institute.
The men will be here for a period of eight weeks during which each cadet
is required to put in 240 hours of ground work and 35 hours of flight training.
The ground work consists of courses in physics, mathematics, navigation,
civil air regulations, meteorology, general servicing of aircraft, code
work, aircraft identification, military science, discipline and athletics.
The men live at the Lynwood Annex which was bought by Stout Institute about
fifteen years ago. The building has been completely redecorated and furnished
with new double-decker beds, rugs and other equipment by The Stout Institute.
The first floor of the building is devoted to lounge, code room and supervisor.
At the present the cadets are eating at the Stout cafeteria.
The staff members working on this program are Dean Bowman, co-ordinator;
Dean Price, assistant co-ordinator; Dick Klatt, ground instructor; Melvin
Lifto, chief flight instructor; Dominic Zappia, flight instructor; Mr. Good
and Mr. Price of The Stout Institute faculty; Dr. Jud of Eau Claire, radio
and code work; and C.M. Russell, military.
The men who are in training are present comprise the second group at The
Stout Institute. There will be a new group every eight weeks until June
30, 1943. The men in the present group are Ralph Wm. Brodin, Minneapolis;
Lloyd E. Docken, Minneapolis; Edward James Halcin, St. Paul; John S. Hub,
Milwaukee; Eugene Virgil Johnson, St. Paul; Lawrence A. Nelson, Granite
Falls, Minnesota; Robert Shean, Minneapolis; and Samuel S. Severson, Minneapolis;
James Wesley Smith, Minneapolis.
The men who were in the first group to train at The Stout Institute are
Howard Aiken, La Crosse; Arland Boettcher, Eau Claire, Lowell Conrow, Eau
Claire; Byron Costello, Minneapolis; Orris Deuel, Holcum, Wisconsin; Ray
Hedelson, Yankton, South Dakota; Ray Huber, St. Paul; Everett Kruschke,
Eau Claire; Don Martindell, St. Paul; and Clifford Oas, Elk Mound.
Source: Stoutonia, Friday, October
2, 1942
