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Two more of our doctors are in the Army: Capt. Howard G. Nichols and Major Frank P. Foster. Nick leaves his Haver- hill (Massachusetts) practice for Fort Devens while Frank gives up his post at the Lahey Clinic for the wings of the Air Corps, his first stop, Miami Beach. The home front's getting thin. So is Lt. Born, back home for a few days leave after six months flying out of Maxwell Field, Mont- gomery, Alabama, laying out airports and training fields for the Army Air Corps. When he returns to his post he'll take his family with him, including the dog.
Squeek Redding reports that "Bart" Stoodley was in Boston last week on a short furlough. He is a Lieutenant (jg) in the Navy and has recently com- pleted a course of training which took him to New York, Washington and Chicago. His mind is so full of cosines and tangents that he has forgotten that he used to be a lawyer. He left Sunday for his assignment with the Pacific battle fleet and he looked eager and ready to go. Tom Phelps recently received a commission as a Lieutenant (jg) in the Navy and he left last Wednesday for Connecticut where he is to be trained for service as a communi- cations officer. He expects to land in the crow's nest about November first for a stretch of sea duty. When I last saw him, he was trying to re- member all the dots and dashes that he learned as a Boy Scout. He was ordered to accumulate eighteen pounds of proteins and fats. He did it and now, by the looks of him, he ought to make a good target for the Japs. Ray White is now a rough, tough Sergeant in the Army. He was drafted last Spring, and the Army recognized a good man when they saw him. He is now in Rhode Island connected with the supply end of the business, I believe. My wife and*l hiked 125 miles in the Green Moun- tains last month and I am now ready for anything, even as an Air Raid Warden.
And this from Jake Jaquith: "I moved my office last June and am now practicing law in association with Joseph E. Casey, our local Congressman and future junior Senator, we hope. Congressman Casey is a good lawyer and while most of his time must of necessity be devoted to campaigning and his Congressional duties, the office is also busy on the law side as well. You may recall that he married Charley Dudley's sister Constance and, while not a Dartmouth son, might be described as a Dart- mouth brother-in-law, if there is such a classifica- tion in the Record Office. A 1 Miller is now a Cap- tain in the Judge Advocate's Division stationed in Washington; John Dickey, Chief of the State De- partment's Division of World Trade Intelligence, will be in Boston, October 7 and 9, to attend the Foreign Trade Convention. Tried to see Arch Crow- ley in Lawrence last week but the Rector was offi- ciating at a funeral. I understand he is doing an excellent job in Lawrence and is highly regarded by all the residents. My family is growing in size but not in numbers. Mary, aged 8, is in the 4th grade, Peter, 6, is in the first grade, and Susan, 3 is in trouble most of the time. Our airdale dog, Cinderella, is a constant source of discord and anxiety in the community and we have offered her to the United States Army to see if she will have the same effect on our enemies."
Wen Barney and Greer Garson sold $200,000 War Bonds in Winchester, Va., where the former is resident manager of the accounting firm of Leach, Rindfleisch 8c Scott. And that's not all Wen is famous for: he's one of those pitiful victims of the newest popular form of theft—all five wheels, tires and tubes.
Up in Berlin, New Hampshire, Art Ber- geron's fortunes keep up their steady pace, with the County Solicitorship (District At- torney) in immediate prospect, Art having won both the Republican and Democratic nominations. He is also Chairman of the local Chapter of the Red Cross and a mem- ber of the Selective Service Board.
His Honor, Jim Hodson, Judge of the Municipal Court, Seattle, has just been re- elected for another four-year term. And that's not all fun, what with the Judge handling all of the general Police Calen- dar and the Traffic Calendar in a city which, in one year, has grown from a pop- ulation of 350,000 to well over half a mil- lion.
Bob Leigh, who works for National Car- bon and lives at 2308 Yale Avenue, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, sends along a clipping from the Herald Tribune of a very beauti- ful bride, Mrs. Clifford Benjamin Purse, the former Alice Pendleton Stevens, of New York and Ilseboro, Maine. The wed- ding took place at Pensacola, Florida, Sep- tember 12, where Lt. (jg) Purse is appar- ently stationed. The Leighs say that they're within hailing distance of Indiantown Gap, Middletown Air Depot, Carlisle Medical Centre and Mechanicsburg Naval Depot and will welcome any '29ers who may be located at those stations.
Bill Hood has some good stories to tell but he can't tell them until the next reunion; a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, he has been in active serv- ice for almost a year and a half, five months on foreign duty. Ed Coggswell is also seeing foreign service. Thanks to his mother who passed the information along, we learn that Ed is a Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, stationed in New Caledonia where he is acting as secretary of the Officers Train- ing School. Art Rose is methods supervisor of the Miralume Division of Sylvania Corporation, lives in Rowley, Mass.
Forest Brown is on the faculty of Bellows Falls High School, teaching general science, consumer economics and modern history. He taught for four years at Derby Academy, Derby, Vermont, and for the past several years was educational advisor in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Bill Alexander is a lieutenant in the Marine Air Corps, stationed at Santa Barbara after a trick at Quantico. And its Captain Ben Leavitt and Lieut. Don Simpson, both U.S.A.A.C. Ben trained at the Commanding Officers School, Miami Beach, and Don is on duty somewhere in Pennsylvania. Before they went off to war, Ben was head of the Science Department at Trinity School, New York City, and Don was professor of Law at Northeastern Uni- versity.
Corporal (as of last June) John Parkhurst mar- ried Miss Margaret Brewster of Carmel, California, June 29th.
Ken Robinson's engagement to Margaret Schramm of New York has been announced. Ken is stationed at Washington in the Signal. Corps.
Bill Norton is engaged to Ruth Catherine Hett of Hawthorne, New York. Bill is stationed at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
Johnny Calver is with the Department of Justice for the duration Gene Davis is busy in Man- chester, Conn., with his practice and the Red Cross. He is also doing eye examinations for Air Corps aspirants Dwight Allen is top man again in his Springfield life and accident insurance agency of the Connecticut General Life Millard Tucker has built a new home in Marblehead, prin- cipally furnished by David, 5, and Alan, 2 Beedie Bribin has been coinciding business trips with football games, but expects to settle down in Montpelier this winter as secretary of the Vermont Senate Larry Shirley is still in the retail lum- ber business—with nothing to sell; but has a farm, a new son James, born in May, and the two girls, Mary and Constance.
AT TAMPA AIR BASE Capt. "Don" Shaskan '3O, USA MedicalCorps, pictured with his wife, Frances, andhis children, Isabel, 5, and Edward, 2.
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