1936*
Although the news of Charlie Stern's death in Hawaii while in the service of the Navy did not arrive in time to be included in the Class notes of last month's ALUMNI MAGAZINE, I assume that all members of the Class read the sad notice on page 19 of that issue. His wife, Joan, according to a letter from Charlie's sister, Louise, is carrying on in true American fashion by working in the hospital at Honolulu until such time as she may be able to return home. I have written a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Stern in behalf of the Class trying to express what I knew to be the feelings of all who knew Charlie, but for those who wish to write on their own account, the address is 121 S. Lake Avenue, Albany, New York.
Bob Shertz is somewhere on the Pacific, and his wife, formerly Ann Longhurst, presented him with a baby girl in Honolulu about the time the Japs unleashed their attack on that city. Details are unavailable, but informal news has it that mother and daughter are doing well. The other '36ers whom we know are in the danger zone with the fighting forces are Blake Hughes, who was also on the U.S.S.Oklahoma, but about whom we have no news, and Stoney Jackson, who was recently sent on a mission in that area, but which is so secretive that his father and mother do not know where he is going.
There is no need, in fact it is impossible, to put into words the emotions which we feel about the whole thing. We know that the Honor Roll of '36 will be long, and that the men whose names will be enrolled thereon will have conducted themselves valiantly in their duty and in their faith. We cannot know which of our friends will next answer The Call, and it may be you or I, but we can know, and do know, if the thoughts of the few with whom I have talked are indications of the thoughts of all, that upon our generation will fall the herculean, and heretofore unsolved, problem of seeing that this thing shall not again descend upon us. I wonder, therefore, if it isn't one of the obligations due to democracy from each and everyone of us to vow that after we have knocked to "hell and gone" the militaristic forces which oppose us, we shall spend a little time and give a little service in effort to rectify the economic, social and political inadequacies of the world which sired the present conflict. I further wonder if those who may face the supreme sacrifice might not face it with less futility in their hearts if they could but know that Their Classmates, if not the whole College, would not revert to old ways and selfish individualism when peace comes back again, but would be actively working for the reforms and ideals which those who won't have survived had hoped would be the fruits of their efforts. I don't know if we as a Class can do anything practical along these lines, but if any of you want to say anything, this space belongs to the Class.
Despite the war, life goes on. Guys and gals get engaged, married, and have babies, which seems to be the nucleus of all '36 news. Doc Harry Lowd maintained before a preacher that he would, and did, with Nathalie Varley. Nat might like to know that Hanover has never been the same since she left it. Don Ballantyne will have married Lucia Virginia Best in Brooklyn on January 10. Dan Barker, now M.D. at the Baltimore City Hospital claims to have been married last May 23, but to whom, he did not mention. Roy Coppedge, now in the Army, married Nina Van Vechten of New York last December sth. Charlie Hoffman put the ring on the third finger left hand of Mary Humphries of Orange, N. J. Portly Gil Balkam, ex-Commons dignity, was hitched to Frances Bromley of Middletown, (R. I.?). Winifred Strohmann of N. Y. City and Johnny Dean ambled down the primrose path in November. Doctor Stu Barden and Betty Page of Little Neck, L. 1., vowed to have and to hold also in November.
Rog Morse and Marion Paine of Salem, Mass., announced their engagement on December 6, and this notice sums up the dope from the Clipping Service. Previous marriages seem to have born fruit, because there have been several additions to the Dartmouth and Smith Classes of 1956, of which notice has sometimes been given to this column. Dick Dorrance, whose first name is Sturges had with the help of his wife, Marjorie, a real New Year Baby, a 111, who wants to get on the Quiz Kids. Dick also writes that he has been successfully selling stories to Colliers and ThisWeek. Ralph Martin and Mrs. beat Dick out on December 5 with a Willie Edward. While I'm at it, I might as well thank the boys who sent me Christmas Cards, and say that the reason I sent none is that I clean forgot to order them in the excitement of joining the ranks of fatherhood when in the latter part of November my wife added a squirmy, squawling young lady, whose name is Pamela, to the family.
Since the first paragraph or two was written, news has come that Gordy Turner has been assigned to the Atlantic Patrol with the Navy, and that Gage Aborn is now a Commissioned Army Meteorologist at Hickam Field, Hawaii.
Bob Warren breezed into Hanover awhile back to rest up from the rigors of double candle burning to light the way for more song successes, and he claims to like the grueling business, but feels the pace he's keeping threatens a much shorter life.
The rest of the news comes from Jocko's correspondence, usually re payment of Class dues. Jocko says he doesn't mind the insults, as long as they are accompanied by the proper dose of green stuff. Don Sutherland was particularly insulting, calling Jock a "Hound" in announcing the birth of Donald Rolph (or is it Ralph? Four years at Hanover did Don's writing no good). Doc. Harry Hughes wrote he expects Knoxy will be after him shortly. Tommy Parker said his address had been changed, but didn't give the new one, and announced that we had never published the birth of his son last January. Apologies to you and little Tom Edward, Tom. Russ Capell expects to be in the Army, and wants to say hello to everybody. Bill Curtis is at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Dave Sanderson wants to hear from Dick Brierly. Bob Ervin managed to wangle leave to attend the Georgia game while on Maneuvers down South because his "old man" was a Dartmouth Man, '25. Afterwards, they tried to forget they had gone to the game by the process of moistening their disappointment. Harry Eisberg, M.D. has been hopping around from place to place at orders of the U. S. Navy and also at the orders of a new wife.
There follow the address changes in the past month, and if you really want to be energetic, you can keep up to date as well as the Alumni Records office who sends these changes to me. If anyone thinks we should drop the whole thing, let me know, because editing the names to make the damned copy is not a pleasant way to spend an evening. Cheerio, until that old income tax man comes around!
Recent address changes: G Balkam Jr 20 Clinton St Newark NJ. Ens W T Boekel 3920 W St NW Washington DC. L R Brig- ham 88 Strathmore Rd Brookline Mass.
R B Capell Marshfield Mass. R G Chaffee 4105 Baltimore Ave Philadelphia Pa. A D Chisholm Jr Ens USNR State Pier New London Conn. G T Conklin Jr Deer Pk Ave RFD 1 Huntington NY. E P Copp Box 5236 Duke Station Durham NC. R F Coppedge Jr 26 E 93 St NY City.
Lt E Doyle 1014 Drexell Ave San Antonio Tex. G A Gordon Box 323 Woods Hole Mass. Dr J F Hardham c/o C Butterworth Sunset Farm W Hartford Conn. R B Holt 59 Athelstone Rd Newton Center Mass. Dr R E Ingersoll 71 Bow Rd Belmont Mass.
S Johnston 347 E 50 St NY City. R B Keegan 200 Main St Farmington Conn. F E Kneip 23 E 37th St Savannah Ga. W W Macurda 20 Albion PI Newton Center Mass. W May 430 E 86th St NY City. R G Pumphrey American Smelting & Ref Cos 4420 Marble Hall Rd Baltimore Md.
E S Redington c/o Hughes Hubbard & Ewing 1 Wall St NY City. Lt S W Smith JTr 318 Tappan St Brookline Mass. B G Southwick Jr RFD 153 Railway NJ. S S Stotzer Ens USNR 21 Fairfield St Boston Mass. W G Watson Jr 1064 State St Lima O. J B Whipple 12 Elm St Concord Mass. D A Williams Oldbrook Lane Grosse Point Farms Mich. W M Balfour Strong Memorial Hosp Rochester NY. C P Dickenson 524 No La Brea Los Angeles Cal.
Secretary} Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H.
