1927*
Due to the obvious need for economy and conservation, this column will be limited during the coming year to two thirds of a page in each issue. For this reason we will try to be brief and to the point. We will try to give you as much news as possible of the contributions being made to the war effort by the many members of our class in the services, in industry, and in government. By publishing the latest addresses of men in the service, and particularly those of men stationed outside the country, we hope to encourage you to write them frequent letters. Such letters will mean a lot to them. I urge all men in all branches of the service to keep me in formed of their latest addresses. I also urge all classmates to send me addresses of any men in the class they know of in service, and copies of any letters they may receive from them.
You who read the last issue of the MAGAZINE carefully will not be surprised to hear that we recently received a letter from Kroggie Krogstad written from na Topliff Hall in Hanover. Lt. Krogstad, USNR, is about to complete his training at the Navy school in Hanover. Kroggie says:
"I assure you it was quite a surprise to receive my orders and learn that I was destined for Hanover.
"Since leaving Houston, Texas, in November 1940, I have been in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the International Harvester Cos. The same company, same job, but in a different locality. There were a few '27 boys in Tulsa whom I used to see frequently. Fred Fellingham, who has an excellent job with Stanolind Oil and Gas Cos. He is in their land department and can tell you without ever seeing a place if there is oil there.
"Dick Simpson was a successful independent oil operator but left for Miami in April as a Lieut. U.S.N.R. Dick had just completed a beautiful new home and we had good intentions of a few '27 barbecues there which we will have to postpone until after the duration.
"K. O. Herwig is the permanent secretary of the Tulsa Dartmouth Alumni. He is also secretary of the Norbla Drilling and Oil Cos. and spends his spare time studying for a C.P.A. to outfigure Uncle Sam, or rather keep up with him on the tax situation.
"Chilly Jamieson, who was with us our freshman year and hailed from Pittsburgh was also in Tulsa with the Jones and Laughlin Steel Cos. We had lots of golf games together and worked the oil business from a peddler's angle.
"On my way from Minnesota to Chicago, I stopped in Janesville, Wisconsin long enough to call on Bob Bliss and to meet his charming wife and three children. Bob still continues to keep the local population currently informed through his newspaper and radio station and is among the Civic leaders of the community.
"While in Chicago, I had lunch with Hank Orth and Curt Wright. Hank continues in the role of dutiful father and family man and on the side works for the Gugler Lithograph Cos. Hank and I will probably run a race to see who can work for one company the longest. Curt Wright spends part of his time in a competitive lithograph company and the most of his time as an inspector in Buick's large airplane engine factory on the west side of Chicago.
"Had a drink with Si Morand and Marsh McGough. Si is working in a shell loading plant in Indiana and is able to get into Chicago for weekends. He is waiting for word from Uncle Sam as to where and when he is to join the service. Marsh is in the electrical equipment business and looked his usual self. Marsh reports that Phil Thompson is in Kansas City taking a radio course of instructions for the Army.
"A letter from Jerry Covert today indicates that he is still in Billings and 'chafing at the bit' trying to get into the Navy. Jerry gets to see the world in the automobile finance business and came down to Houston for several days two years ago to pick up some cars.
"This seems to be about all the news that I can dig up on '27 men I have run across recently except Bob Funkhouser and Bill North, who are in Hanover and make the town seem a bit more familiar. Bill Hoge is also at the Navy school with me.''
Many thanks for a swell letter, Kroggie, and best of luck in getting the assignment you want. If you get to Boston be sure to call us up.
From a newspaper clipping we learn that Reg Horton, Vice President and General Manager of the Smith-Murray Cos., has been elected chairman of the Retail Trade Division of the Chamber of Commerce in Bridgeport, Conn.
The Littleton Courier informs us that Lester R. Eaton, formerly senior registrar in the Dover office, has been made manager of the United States Employment Service Office in Littleton, N. H.
On June 9 last, the Gloversville, N. Y., Leader-Republicaji announced that Attorney John D. Wood was appointed Director of the Fulton County National Bank & Trust Company to succeed his father. John has also been appointed recently to the board of directors at the Gloversville Free Library.
A much appreciated card from his father informs us that Pvt. Elbert A. Gruver Jr., entered the service at Camp Upton, New York, on March 19th. He was transferred to Keesler Field, Mississippi, six days later. On April 10 he was assigned to Lowry Field, Colorado, for training as an Armorer. Bert is now stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Flight 3—Co. X, Sq. 27.
A swell letter from Bob Birch who is working at the Powers store in Minneapolis, and who hopes that any '27ers who get to that city will call him at the store or at the Curtis Hotel where he lives. Bob tells us of the surprise he had this spring upon receiving a letter from Paul Hannah telling him that he would be unable to attend reunion, and signed, Paul Hannah, Major, Signal Corps, War Department, Washington. Like Kroggie, Bob, made a trip through Janesville, Wisconsin this summer and tried to look up Bob Bliss. Although unsuccessful in finding him, Bob (Birch) got good reports of the fine job "Young Bob" is doing as publisher of the "Gazette" which is now in its 97th year. Bob also bumped into Bill Fryberger the night before the Fourth of July surrounded by some beautiful Minnesota blondes at a country club in Duluth. Bob says: "He's lost as much hair as I have but he had the blondes, which I have not!"
A note fom the Hanover Inn encloses a clipping from the New York Times of August 27, carrying a picture of Mrs. Reginald Palmer Vincent. Reg didn't let us in on the approaching nuptials at reunion, but it seems that on the 26th, he was married to Miss Anna Blair Macwithey of East Orange, N. J. Besides working for the National City Bank in New York, Reg is a member of the East Orange City Council. Reg and his bride spent their honeymoon in Hanover.
A long and interesting letter from Pvt. Thomas G. Kennedy informs us that he has been in the Army since late in February having been assigned to the air corps shortly after induction. After basic training and classification at Jefferson Barracks he went to Chanute Field for the parachute riggers course in May. Upon graduation in July, he was sent to Morrison Field in West Palm Beach, Florida, a beautiful spot which is the Headquarters of the Caribbean Wing of the Air Transport Command. He is now working in the Operations and Status department of Head- quarters and apparently enjoying it tremendously.. Address: Hq. Sq. Caribbean Wing, Morrison Field, W. Palm Beach, Fla.
Let's keep the letters going to the guys in service!
Secretary, 152 Waban Ave., Waban, Mass. Treasurer, Box 1412, Pittsburgh, Pa.
