1935*
Those of you who have wondered about the mechanics of getting out this column would be amused by the half dozen little piles of penny postals, interspersed with letters of varying length, spread across the surface of the desk and two card-tables which comprise our monthly workshop. To lend coherency and brevity to our coverage of news items, we endeavor to catalogue and then to pigeon-hole each epistle; hence, after considerable shuffling of cards and letters, we have everything grouped under proper headings. In preparing the October news we managed to make these headings rime, viz., ROMANTIC, PEDANTIC, GIGANTIC (that Charlie Gow item in Fortune), TRANS-ATLANTIC, and REMNANTIC; and you'll recall that in the November issue our feeble efforts along these lines resulted in FIREMEN, SIREMEN, FLIERMEN, and CHOIRMEN.
In answer to the challenge presented by the aforementioned piles of postals the only euphonies we've been able to muster for this issue are the following:
ALTAR-ATIONS: George Colton, our most considerate correspondent, sends us a clipping to apprise us of the marriage of Peggy O'Neill Bruen to Al Siegener out in Coronado, California Jerry Wertz advises us of the fact that following their wedding on September a 1 he and the former Anna Guill came East to Hanover on their honeymoon Walt Holmes and Lucy Griffin joined hands in Bridgeport on October 22 where Walt is still auditing and accounting for the Mutual System Syd Krivitsky omits the name of the one who since last May has been sharing his roof at Winthrop By-the-Sea. .... Sandy Brown and Lois Wright, daughter of Professor William K. Wright of the Department of Philosophy at Dartmouth, were married in the White Church at Hanover on June 31 last. Sandy, incidentally, is to our knowledge the only member of the class who has a "Dartmouth Succession" all his own with his father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather each being Dartmouth graduates. The last of these, Francis Brown, 1805, was President of Dartmouth from 1815 until his death in 1820. A brief biographical sketch of President Brown will be found elsewhere in this issue.
Bud McClarin writes that news is scarce in Philadelphia but he does mention his marriage in Baltimore on July 37 to Doris I). Heisler, and his change from the brokerage business to a position with Petrol Corporation. Which last brings us to: TRANSFER-MATIONS: Phil Hemphill has moved from Dayton and the Huffman Mfg. Co. to Detroit where he works for Cadillac Motors and plays bridge with Bud and Ginny Steinle Don Waggaman has moved from White Plains, N. Y., to Oklahoma City where he is a special agent for the Commercial Union Group of fire insurance companies Gordon Spencer reports that "after a year of repatriation on 6 different jobs since leaving Puerto Rico, have settled down to a Merit System appointment in the Connecticut Highway Dept." .... and adds "P.S. To clear my name for come what may, I didn't bring back a dusky senorita." .... Dean Couper is still with the Farm. Security Administration with Washington as his headquarters, but is now a travelling auditor—being at last writing located in Weldon, South Carolina Pug Atherton writes from Honolulu to advise us of the following:
"Business—good. Recently transferredfrom Passenger Dept. to Operating Dept.in Castle & Cooke Ltd., Honolulu agentsfor Matson Navigation Co.—Considered agood promotion.
"Love—l'm still a pushover for anyonewho wants me—but see no takers in thenear future.—Haven't given up hopethough.
"Strongest desire— To get back to Hanover."
Arnold Sammis is now with the pathology department in the New York Post- Graduate Hospital where the "unexpected pleasure of every other week-end off" gives him an opportunity to get his share of sea sports out on Long Island Sound Following his doctorate in biochemistry from M. I. T. last June, Tom Kroner landed a teaching berth at Colorado State College where he is also a member of the Agricultural Experiment Station Reg Bankart has transferred his vocational allegiance from Hood Rubber to the Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co.
MOBILIZATIONS: So far we have heard of no one who has been drafted and, at this date, our own order number (No.7095) hasn't jarred us out of our usual complacency about such matters. Nonetheless it behooves us to report that Fritz Hormel has aligned himself with the 101 st Cavalry of the N. Y. National Guard which if memory serves, is known as Squadron A in the more polite circles of cafe society Bunny Deutsch leaves on a 30 day cruise from New Orleans on November 25 as an Apprentice Seaman, U. S. Naval Reserve, having decided "to chuck the practice of law for the time being to do my bit." .... Jim Averill, Lieut., Army Air Corps, is still piloting out at McChord Field in Tacoma, Washington.
QUOTATIONS: Rudy Pacht says "the local papers today described me as 'theflower of Los Angeles Manhood—I registered!" Of course we have long had our own opinions about flowers and manhood and the particular phase each represents of the other; we won't go on at any great lengths here, but we just wonder how "flowery" they would think this one of their "manhood" if they could see him, as we see him now, playing radiator cap on that old Ford that Yank Price drove around Hanover on Old Timers' Day. Flower? .... if he's a flower, you and I have long since gone to seed!
Dick Lauterbach seems to be "glad tosay that our first born will never sufferwhen having lunch with an F if M alumnus or have to stand in line for threehours to register for the draft. Her nameis Jennifer Wardwell Lauterbach
Mother is thriving, but father is still losingsleep." He reports that Milburn McCarty IV is breaking in two attractive female assistants in his work for Steve Hanagan and is getting a reputation as king of the matchgame at Blake's. We don't understand all this, but it sounds like niceworkifyoucangetit, and evidently Mac's got it.
A lengthy and hilarious epistola from Friar Naramore, down Bridgeport way, must be denied the full quotation which would do it justice; but under
ANTICIPATIONS we must list his comment that "My wife is checking intothe local Stork Club here in about tendays; so I may have a boy to send to Hanover after all." A further anticipation for the good Friar at the time of writing is revealed in this: "Usually see Howie Frostand Emmy McMullen in the MEN shed atthe Bowl, and hope they have to go whenI do this year." That's another reunion we hope to get to next fall.
Arnold Washton says the rumor that he's married is only half true—he is engaged to Miss Helene Sternberg Major anticipation for Sid and Estelle Simons is the expected arrival this month of "a member ofthe class of 1962—1 hope it's Dartmouthbut Smith will do." Sid prefaces the above item with the revealement of his new position as manager of the Providence, R. I. store of the Low Supply Co. selling plumbing and heating. Which brings us to other matters touching on various
ELEVATIONS: Al Clark has been promoted to the managership of the Park Ridge branch of the Edward Hines Lumber Co. out in Des Plaines, Illinois Bucks Weil finds no news in Memphis, nor in Montgomery, but does say that Al Schnee was seen in Washington where he's with the Department of State and is "doing very well—Has a desk all to himself." .... Bob Lull now carries the dignified title of Assistant Principal of the Poultney (Vt.) High School, and now has two daughters, Helen-Mary born in Hanover in '35, and Joanna, a more recent arrival as of last April.
RUMINATIONS: Ben Harriman attends meetings of the American ChemistrySociety several times a year, and invariably sees Bo Fleming and Lyn Whitehill there. .... Will Ogg, that fine golfer now turned machine tool builder, is kept busy in Worcester by the armament boom Ha Klein is here at Mt. Sinai Hospital interning Jack Irish is still with Swift & Co. down in Montgomery We have long heard of Cleveland, Mississippi, but it has remained for Jack Crane to put us in active touch with our southern namesake; after four years studying in Italy and France he is now working the "glamorous carnival racket in the cotton and sugar cane hinterland, and looking forward to trailer life in Florida plus some deep sea fishing." .... Dr. Phelps Luria is wearing black instead of green since the Yale game.
The class suffers a deep loss in the passing of "Admiral" Homer Dewey; to his family, to his bride, and to his many friends, we extend our heartfelt sympathies. Ed Brunner has prepared an obituary notice which will be found in the Necrology section.
TERMINATIONS: Bobb Chaney tells us that over 100 had paid their dues up to the middle of October. Let's finish thatjob. Give your Party Leaders a vote of confidence .... it's your plebiscite.
Wherever you are, however you are, and to whoever you're with, we send the usual seasonal greetings.... to you and yours.... God Jul, Buon Natale, FelicesPascuas, Frohliche Wehnachten, JoyeuxNoel, Vesele Vanoce, Urn felig natal,Hauskaa joulua, Een prettig Kerstmis, or as they say in Esperanto, Gojan Kristnaskon. Say what you will: we are getting our digs in early. May Santa and Allah be kind to you .... here's hoping your stocking contains whatever you ask for: a Petty girl, a deferment in the draft, a fix for that parking ticket, a new job, a daughter with curls, or a son without. Your wish is our wish .... just don't ask for too much.
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