1923
Each time a notice comes through announcing the entrance into the armed services of another of our grand crowd, I am impressed anew with their magnanimous spirit of loyalty, their allegiance to all things right, and their willingness to accept heavy sacrifice to place themselves in the position where they can make their weight felt most in the struggle we are all engaged in. It is not my intent to eulogize the war contribution of these men to the exclusion of those who have vitally impor- tant jobs to do at home. I speak with feel- ing when I say that the toughest job this group will have to do is to stay put and do the job they are best suited for. But cer- tainly the spotlight belongs on the boys iri uniform, and we've got quite a few to add to the list published in the August issue of this chronicle of Dartmouth doings Loosh Ruder is now Captain Ruder of the Army Air Corps stationed at Miami Beach for training Nonny Fay is also a Cap- tain in the USAAC and started his training at Miami Beach about October ist Len Marshall sent his class dues in an envelope marked Lt. A. L. Marshall, U. S. Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, R. I Quonset Point is also where Larry Eager, ex-poly-sci prof in Hanover and more recently Boston insurance man, will report on Oct. 16th with a Lieutenancy in the personnel division of the USNR Air Force. .. .by the time you read this Hen Perkins will be Pvt. Perkins of the 87th Infantry Mountain Division (ski troops) and will be in training at Panda, Colorado. Hen has been getting into condition by mountaineering in the White Mts. all summer, even packing as hut man at the A.M.C. Lake of Clouds Hut on Mt. Washington Major Frank Doten is stationed in Boston at the head- quarters of the Ist Service Command
Frank Damon was inducted into the U. S. Coast Guard Sept. 17th and is learning the ropes at the Catalina Island Station a
brief note from Nick Bernard that he's in the army.... also Molly Meier.... and we're getting our share of promotions, too: Major Walt Kurtz now being Lt. Colonel. .... From Army Air Corps station at Wright Field, Dayton, comes word that Metz is now Major Metzel. .. .and the boys move around, too; Lt. Sammie Sammis, af- ter a sojourn at Boston headquarters, was transferred to Northwestern U. where he's receiving further specialized schooling. .. .
and Lt. Com. Charlie Zimmerman, after post in N.Y. and Boston, is stationed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard—is getting mar- ried very shortly, too. .. .after completing his training at the USAAC Combat Intelli- gence School at Harrisburg, Captain Bob McMillan is stationed at the air base in Walla Walla, Wash.
Most of this information is all too sketchy and knowing how keenly inter- ested we all are in you fellows I do hope you'll try to find time now and then to drop me a letter or card so we can keep up to date on you.
The picture at the head of this column was taken at the height of a very serious discussion between Mayor Red Carbaugh and his campaign managers Mike May, Eddie Lynch and Ted Caswell. Rumor has it that Red will run for reelection this Spring, but insists that no proxies will be counted—you've got to be there to vote—so you'd better be on hand!! Ted Caswell is up to his neck in plans, pro- gram and committees, and next month will have a tentative program lined up for your comment and approval. One thing that will have to be fitted in is a class meeting for the election of a new slate of officers. Mindful of the rumblings of royal family reign which Irish mentioned in his last Skiddoo, I have appointed Art Little to chairman the nominat- ing committee. Art's address is 190 Exchange St., Pawtucket, R. 1., and he and his committee (the complete make-up of which will be announced soon) will be glad to get suggestions on who you fellows feel should hold the class reins from 1943 to 1948. Starting this early there will be plenty of time for them to carefully weigh the qualifications of the men you suggest for each office, and we can all be sure that the slate they present will not only be the strongest one possible but one which every- one in the class will have had the opportunity to assist in selecting.
Bob Buckley writes that after leaving Shell Oil three years ago he hooked up with Warren Telechron Cos. of Ashland, Mass. Before Pearl Harbor he was district manager with headquarters in Philadel- phia, but with the change-over from elec- tric clocks to bomb fuses and airplane in- struments, Bob was called back to the plant to assist in the production of these vital war supplies. Bob came up to Worces- ter for a Dartmouth Club meeting this summer and made a welcome addition to the regular '23 delegation of Burke, Duffy, Mason and Baldwin.
Time to catch up on Shine Beggs who writes from N. Y. that he is assistant manager of the Alexander Publishing Cos., publishers of tax serv- ices to keep the tax experts expert. From once-a- year contact with the headache of taxes I can im- agine this is a whale of a field to cover, and Shine claims it's way ahead of insurance or office equip- ment, his previous bread winners.
A fine letter from Luke Callan on the stationery of the Clerk of Courts of Plymouth, Mass., reports that he received his law degree from Boston U. in 1927 and has been practicing in his native Middle- boro ever since. For the past few years he's been associated with the Superior Court of Plymouth County, hence the envelope.
Dr. Curtis Crump also crashes through with a nice letter. After his M.D. from Harvard in 1926, plus interning, he spent two years as physician on the staff at Mt. McGrega (Metropolitan Life Ins. Cos.). In 1933 he hung out his shingle in Ashe- ville, N. C., and has been there practicing general medicine ever since. Curt was married in 1933 and now has two daughters 6 and 4 with another ar- rival scheduled for about the time you are reading this. Let us know, Curt?
A recent note from Cap Palmer that he suggests boiling down to "Cap has com- mitted another book (Twenty ModernAmericans) but expects no more than a suspended sentence." I insist on mention- ing, however, that this is No. 6 for Cap with No. 7 on the ways, that he has also done several "selected short subjects" for the films, a screen original craftily localed in N. H., so if it clicks Cap will rate a free trip back to reunion to collect atmosphere, and in his odd moments is associated with George Palmer Putnam in a variety of ven- tures ranging from rubber substitutes to Basic Housing Cos., manufacturers of pre- fabricated demountable dwellings Cap also reports that Dud and Jinny Pope spent a week with the Palmers last June while Dud was working the coast doing a poll on the marketing of food products for his firm's (A. C. Neilson Cos., Chicago) big advertiser clients.
And don't forget DUES are DUEI
'23 POLITICOS IN 1938 Red Carbaugh, Mike May, Eddie Lynch,and Ted Caswell.
Secretary and Treasurer, 8 Fenimore Rd., Worcester, Mass.
