1943
Passing through Houston around Christmas I phoned Ed Tuffly, whom I confused by calling Louis. His reunion plans are vague, but I asked him to consider seriously Ed's son is doing fine as a Dartmouth undergraduate, though coming home to Texas on the holidays makes him wonder whether the long trek and cold winter are worth it (must be the coeds at Rice). . . . Couldn't reach Bill Thaxton. His Houston newspaper ad says, "Call the Man With the Big T Plan," features smiling Bill m a photo, fingers crossed in T-fashion. "We will insure anyone," says the Thaxton copy, ard remembering a few hairy moments in my travels, I wonder if I should put our friendship to the test.
Met Jerry Blanchet briefly in wasmngton to learn that Jerry has returned to the State Department after his leave of absence on a Rockefeller grant. Jerry saw Sam Bullock recently. always
Grace and George Van Petten always send an attractive Christmas card. This year's spelled out The Van Pettens with the first letter of each rhyming line. The lambic Pentameter was worthy of Sanborn House. Van is chief of surgery, Chelsea Naval Hospital, Boston, where he enjoys the association with Boston surgery and a fine group of residents and staff. Children Karl, Robert, and Brud attend Brookline schools. Van's various tours of duty worldwide reminds me he must be approaching twenty years of Naval service. How many years would you have had now if you had stayed in?
Most of the wedding bells for this group have rung out. Latest were for Myra Ellen Moss of San Marino, Calif., and John Millburn, Palo Alto, married October 20, 1963. Myra is completing her Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins while John is an M.D., who left Dartmouth early, graduated from Colorado College, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, and after military duty practices in the Palo Alto area, where they will live.
Very thoughtful letter from Barbara Von Wedel reporting that she and the children have settled down in their home in Puerto Rico and that one day she hopes son Randy will attend Dartmouth. Barbara has established at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine the Jerrold Von Wedel Cardiovascular Fund, which will be used by the Department of Surgery for research activities in memory of Jerry. This is a fine cause, and I hope classmates supporting Jerry's ideals will send funds c/o General Manager, Medical School, San Juan 22, Puerto Rico.
Words, words, words . . . piled up in five piles, each covering a year since I started this column. . . . Really don't think classmates closely read the column . . . perhaps skim through looking for a familiar name or their own. . . . These people have been mentioned at one time or another in the past five years. See how many you can get. If you get all ten, you're a candidate for secretary. (Answers below) ... 1. Member of a surgical team which operated on President Eisenhower in 1956. 2. Account executive with a Texas branch of We the People. 3. Works for a radiator company in Florida. 4. An Irish politician among the Hoosiers. 5. You can give your John Hancock to him anytime. 6. Produces some of TV's best dramas. 7. Naval aviator and outstanding composer. 8. Settled a long-standing debt with the British. 9. Every day he speaks his piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. 10. Actuarially he hopes his figures will be mutually beneficial.
Art Brown is the interim pastor, Norwich Congregational Church, Norwich, Vt., while he completes his dissertation for a doctoral degree at Union Seminary, Columbia University. Art was professor of religion and philosophy in Cairo, later taught at Converse College, Tryon, N. C., and has served as pastor, Bethany Church, Montpelier. Betty and Art have three children, Nancy, Timothy, and Stephen.
Dave MacLane, headmaster The Country School, Madison, Conn., becomes a member of Madison's planning and zoning commission. Dave has been in Madison since 1956, previously taught at The Fenn School, Concord, Mass.
How did you make out on the quiz? 1. Art Cohen. 2. Chuck Arnstein (Merrill Lynch, etc.). 3. Norm Askey. 4. Dan O'Connor. 5. M. A. (Bunny) McCormick. 6. BobCostello. 7. Relly Raffman. 8. Joe Koci (he made them pay for his church fence). 9. Herb Harrigan - editorial writer nonpareil. 10. Bob McQueen.
Are you ready to roll to Hanover in June? Plan for it now!
Secretary, 414 Rosedale Dr. Pottstown, Pa.
Treasurer, 159 Willom St., Brooklyn 1, N. Y.
