CHARLES H. CALLAWAY, LT, USN

Charles Callaway '24

Date of birth: November 9, 1904

Date of death: April 4, 1933

Age: 28

Lucky Bag

From the 1924 Lucky Bag:

CHARLES HOWARD CALLAWAY

Clarksville, Georgia

"Cal"

THE cynosure of the hour, he sits on the edge of a table and pours forth his usual entertaining and laughter-inspiring line to his audience of classmates.

"Compare Kuzooka! Was I embarrassed?—Does a rose ever blush ?

"Why, when they called for couple number three to step forward and receive the prize, I just assumed that look-me-over-reporter posture, gave my girl my arm and up we went to receive the bouquet of cabbage leaves.

"Did they give a yell for me?—Nine rahs, Ash can."

"In the next 'Paul Jones' dance I got an awful brick and when the music stopped she gave me that who-shot-Sally look and said, 'You certainly dance divinely, Mr. Ash Can.'"

"Charlie" is not only our Touchstone, however; he is one of those who has his serious thoughts but does not burden his friends with them.

In short he is a typical Southerner, quite unassuming, seemingly unambitious, truly sportsmanlike and "a man for a' that".

Inter-Collegiate Duelling Sword Champion (3); Fencing Squad (4, 3, 2, 1); N (3), FNT (2); Class Baseball (4, 3, 2), Numerals (2); Class Football (1).

Loss

Charles was lost when the airship USS Akron (ZRS 4) crashed off the coast of New Jersey on April 4, 1933.

He was survived by his wife, son, mother, and sister.

Akron's executive officer, LCDR Herbert V. Wiley '15, one of only three survivors, was filmed shortly after the crash:

William Moffett '90, Fred Berry '08, Henry Cecil '10, Frank McCord '11, Harold Maclellan '18, Joseph Severyns '20, George Calnan '20, Richard Cross, Jr. '21, Herbert Wescoat '23, Robert Sayre '24, Hammond Dugan '24, Charles Miller '25, Morgan Redfield '26, Wilfred Bushnell '26, and Cyrus Clendening '27 were also lost aboard Akron.

Class of 1924

Charles is one of 41 members of the Class of 1924 in Memorial Hall.