1928*
President Al Fusonie has appointed a '28 Council of seven members: Chuck Bruder, Bill Heep, Paul Kruming, Roy Milliken, Bill Morton, Craw Pollock and Rupe Thompson. They will assist the officers in deciding what to do about reunion, elections and other matters. At the present time the question of our 15th Reunion is very much in the air inasmuch as the Dartmouth Alumni Council, at its recent meeting, voted that all formal class reunions under the 50th be suspended for the duration.
An increasing number of our classmates are seeing action in this war. Hoyt Thompson and probably others are on carriers. Keith, McKee and Rendell were in Britain a short while ago. Bennet, Cuddeback and Heston are on merchant vessels at sea. They hold commissions as lieutenants (j.g.) in the Armed Guard service of the USNR.
Herb Heston '34 gives these notes credit for getting his brother into the Armed Guard: "Jack was commissioned in August. Thereby, I might add, hangs an interesting anecdote. He had tried all branches of the Army and Navy to no avail and was about to give up when he read in the '28 news letter about a classmate in the Armed Guard Service. He promptly applied for same and received a commission. (In the two weeks that followed he was offered commissions in the Army Air Force, QM, Navy Air Force, and Army Ordnance.) His preliminary training was at South Boston, and then he took gunnery and trained his crew at Little Creek, Va. He is now at sea. We hope he had a chance to be with this first AEF unit to open the Second Front."
Ken Cuddeback's mother, Mrs. Wilfred Cuddeback, 110-30 69th Ave., Forest Hills, N. Y., received a letter from him postmarked June 28 and sent from somewhere in Africa. Ken, who was commissioned last April and was at sea less than a month later, said he had at last learned to eat his meals while the ship was rolling.
Coxwain Maring writes, "I am stationed at the Midshipmen's School on the old U.S.S. Prairie State in New York City. I am one of the Masters at Arms—policeman to you I now get home 4 nights a week. Doc Simonds is a lieutenant on board. He and I have a gab fest on the quarterdeck every once in a while, much to the amazement of the ship's crew, which probably thinks I'm just a wiseacre who knows how to buffalo the officers."
Lt. Bob Nespor has been transferred to the Navy Recruiting Station, 185 Church St., New Haven, Conn.
Lt. George Boughton is assistant to the Commissary at the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville. He is in training to be the commissary officer at some smaller station.
Lt. Charlie Gearhart got some sea duty on a destroyer and a P.C. boat recently, but is back at Headquarters of the Eastern Sea Frontier in New York City.
ARMY NEWS
Three new soldiers, Burleigh, Nova and Russell, bring the number of '28ers in uniform to 90! Wonder if we'll hit the 100 mark this year as several have predicted?
Write Fred Burleigh at this address: 43rd Hq. Co., APO 9193, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco.
Barney Nova just received a commission as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Dept. and reported November 21st at the University of Michigan for indoctrination.
Dave Russell is a lieutenant in the Air Corps and is now receiving his mail addressed c/o J. L. Schaer, Arkansas Carpet & Furniture Co., Little Rock, Ark.
Pvt. Jack Phelan has almost completed his rigorous six months' training as a V.O.C. (Volunteer Officer Candidate). He writes from Keesler Field, Miss., "Will be here until December 15. Have moved out of tent city into barracks. Our present advanced basic training is heavy—much rifle drill and obstacle course, with packs at times. We have lectures 5 nights a week."
Shortly before the invasion of North Africa, I received a letter from Northern Ireland written by Capt. Rocky Keith: "Have just received the August '2B Campaigner and enjoy it more than ever over here where mail is one of those things you look forward to with more than an eager zest.
"There is little we are allowed to write We are comfortably settled in Nissen huts which on the inside look like the Hudson Tubes. Food is good. Can buy all cigarettes and candy we need; beer in limited amount from the Army Post Exchange. Irish whiskey comes high ($5-$6 a quart).
"Had very little excitement on the trip over. Have been through one bombing raid while in England In addition to other duties I am now fire chief of this setup and have a snappy fire engine all of my own to play with—it is more fun than I have had since Wet Down." (Rocky managed to keep busy—an operating table he built for his hospital unit is to be written up for the Military Surgery Journal.)
"The local people are friendly and very seldom throw Irish potatoes as long as you wear a steel helmet. The workers here (local talent) are wonderful to watch, they could out-WPA our laborers any day."
Dick Rendell graduated from the Quartermaster School at Camp Lee September 25 as a 2nd lieutenant. Capt. George Davis had lunch with him in Washington in October just as Dick was on his way abroad.
George Lee has been promoted to Lt. Col. and is Chief of the Procurement Division of the Kansas City QM Depot.
Lt. Dick Clark graduated a month ago from the Coast Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Munroe, Va., and has been temporarily assigned to work there on training publications.
Roy Myers and Wendell Phillips didn't know they were neighbors at the Officer Candidate School at Camp Davis, N. C., until I wrote them. They are learning to be anti-aircraft artillerymen and will graduate Dec. 1.
Capt. Bob Clark is chief of the award section of the War Department Bureau of Public Relations which handles the Army end of the Army-Navy Production "E" Awards.
Tom Carroll is vice president of the Vulcan Copper & Supply Co., Cincinnati. .... Dr. Fred Dugdale is now at the U. S. Veterans Facility, Dayton, Ohio Ed Zey is a partner in the Mission Fruit & Vegetable Co., Mission, Texas.
Two more join the Big Family Group: Red Pelton announces the birth of Douglas on October 14 at Olean, N. Y., making a family of one girl and two boys. Lt. Jim Gillard, already the father of two boys, reports the arrival of Margaret Ann on October 24. Jim is attached to the Office of Naval Officer Procurement, Board of Trade Building Chicago.
Washington has become the third largest '28 center, next to New York and Boston- 19 of our Class are in the over-crowded capital. Newest arrival is Bill Harris, who joins Paul Kruming in the radio division of the Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Had Cantril works for the same office as investigator of Latin-American newspapers. It's time you fellows got regular Class dinners started.
Bob Richardson is teaching at the Friends School, Baltimore Don Lowe, Swampscott, Mass., teacher, is working for Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California Wes Patience, who worked for Arnold Print Works in North Adams, Mass., previously is working for the Keystone Ordnance Works, Meadville, Pa.
Bruce Lewis says—Mail that check for the MAGAZINE TODAY!
TANK SCHOOL INSTRUCTORSLt. Clint Goodwin '2B, left, and Lt. BillMonaco '2B, both at Fort Knox.
PVT. JACK PHELAN '28Doing his laundry as an early part of hisofficer training.
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