1929*
Talk about Southern hospitality, you don't have to go any further than Wilmington, Delaware, to find it; exact location: the new Gunther residence out in Wauwinit Park, a long but cheap taxi ride out of town; time: any hour, even as late as ten-thirty P.M. There you'll probably find Jack scattering drafts of defense contracts all over the library floor, but Jerry will manage to switch the conversation from munitions to pleasanter things, and if urged, will introduce you to delightfully sleepy curly headed Nancy who looks like Jack must have before he lost his youthful beauty. They're all very keen about their new situation.
A great deal further South we hear from: Jack Dearth, from Santiago, Chile: "My copy of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE arrived. I can't remember when I have enjoyed reading a number so much. It reminded me that I wanted to write to you. I teach history to about 100 girls at Santiago College which is a private school for girls of high school or junior college age. It was started by Americans and is now largely self-supporting. Most of the 500 students are Chilean, but about 20 other nationalities are represented. My wife, Millicent Bush, is the school librarian. We do not know how long we shall be here, but we like it. Chile is a fascinating country with a climate similar to California. Santiago is located at a sort of continental crossroads so that we often meet friends, acquaintances, and many North Americans who are passing through. I have not seen any '29ers here yet. Chile would appeal to any Dartmouth man who likes skiing because there are some very good snow fields nearby in the Andes. One reaction after living here for some months is the realization that we "gringoes" know so little of South America as a rule. I was pleased to read in the class column of other Dartmouth men already in South America or coming. The latest is Bill Coles, I see."
As for Christmas presents, the Goldsmiths and the Spetnagels both got boys: Henry Goldsmith arrived on December seventh and Jan Venn Spetnagel on the sixteenth. Charlie is already boasting that his lad's fine pair of legs will solve Harry Hillman's problems come 1962.
Bud Purdy has been Secretary to the Mayor of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., since a year ago when his boss was elected in a reform movement for a business administration. Bud also continues in the general insurance business and is a charter member of the Dartmouth Poker Club of Westchester (meetings every other Thursday everning).
Herb McCreery sends word from Hanover that he enjoyed a visit from EddieDeans and family recently, and that the latest news from Joe Piazza is that he is leaving the American School at Rio de Janeiro to return home after four years of hard and successful work establishing and developing the school.
Bill Irwin of the Ohio Pipe Supply Co. of Cleveland:
"Lew Clark, Bud Spang, class of '32 and I (and wives) were cruising Canadian waters a few days before the war started. Being at Chatham, Ontario, we made a hurried trip home, and it seems as though things have been popping ever since. ElmerFricek is living in Bay Village, near us and is with the Federal Reserve Bank. BillStrangward is an up and coming attorney, although I see very little of him. About all I can say for myself is my hobbies are composed of boating in the summer; a little deer hunting in the fall and amateur photography all the year around. Two daughters, Jane 7, and Judy 4, always present an opportunity for taking pictures. We built a home about four years ago which was designed by Don MacComack, my former roommate. Although I very seldom see Don, I understand he is going right ahead in architecture. I lost my father almost a year ago this month and the business of producing gas and oil; distributing pipe valves and fittings has fallen largely on my shoulders. Business is quite good and promises to continue for some time."
Duke Barto is thanking Mother Bell (a public utility known as the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.) for a recent promotion which involved among other things transferring his office to another part of the city.
Art Clow has finally gotten around to report his third son, Richard Chidester, born May 25, 1940.
Harry Baehr is an editorial writer for the Herald Tribune—a job satisfying, absorbing but of uncertain hours, he says.
Wat Spangler is an accountant with McKinney Mfg. Co., Pittsburg, lives in Perrysville.
Johnny Sanders has recently become a member of the staff of Kula Sanatorium, Maui, Hawaii.
Jack Wieler is a tutor at Hunter College, New York.
John Irving is with the Wage and Hour Division of the U. S. Department of Labor, Syracuse.
Brownie Waite is in the credit department of Shell Oil Co., Baltimore.
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