1915*
Perhaps the best late news that I have had is a letter from Larry Durgin '4O, saying that he has had a cable from the Swiss Legation in Tokyo and sent through Switzerland reading "Durgins together free well." Where, isn't known, but Mrs. Durgin had started home December a, and for weeks no one knew where she was. Apparently Russ is with her, however, and I know all of us rejoice in the news. Larry's sister is at Colby Junior College, and Russ Jr. is at Mt. Hermon and will probably be a freshman at Dartmouth in the fall.
Al Miller writes from Andover, Mass. that everything is fine with him, working every day as Finance Officer for the Federal Government. His son, Dartmouth '42, is an Ensign in the Naval Reserve on active duty. Al recently spent two weeks with Queech French in Springfield.
Doc O'Connor is so much in the papers these days that it is difficult to get it all into this column. To appreciate fully the scope of his activities one should read the third annual report of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which came out on December 15th over Doc's name. His "President's Address" delivered at the 2nd annual medical meeting of the National Foundation on December 4th has been published in a brochure of eighteen pages. On January 10th he spoke before the official opening of the Massachusetts campaign at the Algonquin Club in Boston. On January 6th, the Finlay Institute of the Americas was organized by Cuban and United States physicians, to foster research and scientific development in the Caribbean area. Doc was named president of the Executive Council, and President O'Sulgencio Batista granted a decoration to Doc as Commander of the Order of Finlay.
Kell Rose rates two headlines this month. First, on January 15, he was made a vice president of the Chase National Bank of New York, and the Newark News on February 2 gave an extended account of the marriage of Kell's daughter Dorothy Kellogg Rose to Robert Gordon Murphy of Passaic, N. J. on Saturday, January 31.
I had a note from Kell in which he told me that it has been learned that Jiggs Donahue is in a concentration camp probably somewhere in occupied France, and can be reached by air-mail letter in care of Mr. J. de Lanauze, 25 Cours Pieere Puget, Marseilles, France. I'm trying to get a letter through to him, and why don't some more try it! It would be worth lots to Jiggs if even one of these letters could reach him.
The Cape Cod Standard Times of January 19 tells of a test air raid warning held the day before in which Russell C. (Johnny to us) Johnson, chairman of the Public Safety Committee reports it a great success. A statement from Johnny covering about 12 inches of type accompanies the story, and it looks as- if the civilians of those cape towns are in good spirits come Hitler, hell or high water.
A recent Daniel Webster day held on the cape was featured by the election of Howie Fuller (Colonel, of course) to the presidency of the Dartmouth Club of Camp Edwards, Cape Cod. There are lots of Dartmouth men there, and Howie is a swell choice to head them up. (Ed. note: See Club Notes.)
Another clipping tells me that George Simpson has been named on the Melrose committee of the Greater Boston Community Fund, nearing its close as I write these notes, so George has been plenty busy and that probably accounts for his absence at the Boston Alumni dinner February 4.
So to that dinner—eleven of the Boston lgers were there, and the long distance championship goes to Jack Mason, who although now living in Millville, N. J., hopped up to Boston to be with us for a few hours, and was warmly greeted by the rest of us. Included in the group who listened to President Hopkins' outline of the new program which the College will follow for the duration, were Chan Foster, Kike Richardson, Russ Rice, Johnny Johnson, Eben Clough, Bill Huntress, Ned Shea, Pete Winship and Leon Tuck, together with your Secretary. 'Twas a good evening well spent, and even though the total of isers was below normal, we all had a good time of it.
A dinner in Philadelphia recently was graced by Tack Mason, Thornt Pray and Hal Budd.
Sons of 1915 in the Freshman class this year include sons of Sid Bull, Earl Carpenter, Ed Dewing, George Eftinger, Chan Harwood, Art Nichols, Arthur Portman, Paul Sargeant, Buster Sawyer and Ted Wilson, according to a list sent me by President Bill Huntress.
On Christmas night Ev and Mrs. Lamson announced the engagement of their daughter Shirley Lorraine to Richard Wyman Hodgdon of Portsmouth, N. H.
Jack Healy writes me a good long letter in which he tells me that there was no class dinner in January in New York because the big Tri-Annual Dinner of the N. Y. Alumni Association is due on Feb. 19 at which President Hopkins will be present. But the Tuesday luncheons go on apace with Charlie Griffith, Carl Gish, Phil Murdock, Kell Rose, Russ Livermore, Bob Frothingham and others in regular attendance. Jack says that Charlie Griffith has completed a three weeks' tour of duty guarding bridges with the N. J. State Guard. Jack also gave me the same address for Jiggs Donahue that Kell sent me.
From Eben Clough I learn that Augie Atwood is now Second Assistant Commissioner of Mental Health of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, having succeeded a retiring official of many years service. Good luck, Augie in your new work.
Had a card of greeting from Wallie Shambow who is at the U. S. Veterans' Hospital, Ward 104, Bay Pines, Florida, No. 2 Barracks, and this will be his address.
"Right in Step" is another new march written by Casey Jones and sent to Eben, and it looks so good that it is expected to get a lot of publicity.
Some intrepid news hound on the MAGAZINE hopped on the story of my fire and surprised me with it in the February issue. Well, it was a hot one, Fannie was slightly burned and we both got out 15 seconds ahead of a hot-air explosion—but we're alive, the house is being renovated and we are living outside while repairs go on. But mail gets me at the same address, and the class records were in a steel cabinet and are intact.
Changes in address for the month as furnished by the College are: Walter Wanger, 515 So. Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles; Clarence L. Wanamaker, Munitions Div., U. S. Rubber Cos., Des Moines, la.; Joseph P. Pitman, 1306 Alexander Ave., Chamersburg, bersburg, Pa.; Lee R. Mac Hale, General Motors India, Box 39, Bombay, India and an address for Russ Durgin which seems to be changed by the letter from Larry Durgin in this column, so I won't quote it until we know further.
Keep 'em Flying!
Secretary, Box 697, Lawrence, Mass.
