1930*

As the newly-elected president of the Dartmouth Club of Northern New Jersey, Bill Blanchard had arranged a regular meeting for January 29 at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club. For the speaker of the evening, Bill had engaged one Pat Weaver, director of radio in the communications division of the Rockefeller Committee. But said Weaver had other duties that night, having just returned to New York from a whirlwind honeymoon at North Conway, N. H., and, with his bride, was settling down to a little domestic housekeeping.

The details of Sylvester's escapade have had to be pieced together, for the wedding seems to have been clouded in something of a mystery. It took place, from information received via what we consider a reliable source, at 5:30 on the afternoon of January 23, at Great Neck, Long Island. The bride was Miss Elizabeth Inglise, an English actress who has appeared on the stage and in the movies in this country. After the ceremony the Weavers proceeded to the 21 Club in New York, from where they attempted to call their friends and get them to gather in a fitting celebration. Thwarted because no one could be located at home, Pat and Elizabeth promptly decided to honeymoon on skis in New Hampshire, and caught the first train north. The following Wednesday they were back, looking for a penthouse to live in, as Pat has sold his yacht to Uncle Sam.

"Thirty" weddings have not been so numerous lately, so it is something to be able to record two in the same month. The second was the marriage of Miss Willodeen Frazer Colson to Edwin R. Frost on January 14, at Wightman Chapel, Nashville, Tenn. Ed's bride was graduated from Glynn Academy, Brunswick, Georgia, her former home, and attended the college department of Ward-Belmont. Ed, as most of you know, is associated with the BairdWard Printing Company in Nashville.

Although the attack on Pearl Harbor will have occurred approximately three months ago by the time you read this, we are happy to report word has been received that Frank McLaughlin and his family were unharmed in that attack. Frank, who is judge of the Fourth Circuit Court, Hawaii, presided at court in Honolulu during the week preceding the attack, and left there the day before the bombers arrived, flying by plane to his home at Hilo, 285 miles away. It is reported that Frank has been mentioned in Washington circles for appointment to the Hawaiian Supreme Court.

Kel Clow also escaped the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He had received orders to go there on December third, but before he could get fairly started, somebody decided that he had better remain in this country a while longer. According to present plans, Captain Clow was to go somewhere in the south, to help organize a new armored division.

Bob Rix is back at 795 Elm Street, Manchester, N. H. where he practiced medicine before he became a lieutenant, stationed at the U. S. Naval Hospital in Philadelphia. According to Bob he was discharged for a physical disability.

David and Kathleen Latham announce the arrival of David Ainsworth Latham 2nd on December 35, 1941. With blue eyes, blonde hair and weighing 71/2 pounds, he must look like his daddy and uncle Ernie, and we'll bet his parents are willing to believe in Santa Claus all over again.

Amos Garrett seems to be taking after his daddy, too. Heinie sent in the news of the birth of his first child, born November 26, 1941, weighing eight pounds, four ounces and twenty-three inches in length. Heinie says the youngster grows so fast they can't hold a yardstick on him.

This month the news seems to run in pairs. Two weddings, two sons, two references to Honolulu and now come two items from Chicago. Could it have anything to do with the fact that there are more PEARS in the country than there were at this time last year? Well, George Geiger was seen in Chicago last month, working for Price, Waterhouse as a "systems" man, the length of his stay undetermined. And Dick Bacon was suddenly transferred by Metropolitan Life to their Chicago Group Office, after ten years in New York. His new address is Room 1560, 135 South LaSalle Street. Dick assiduously avoided the class tax collector by trying to telephone him shortly after arriving!

Getting back to where we left off for a moment in talking about pears, don't neglect to tell your wives that with sugar rationing near at hand, all pears, apples, grapes, oranges, grapefruit, etc., contain lots of sugar.

In the interests of economy, but with a view to maintaining the quality and standards of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, the editors have rationed our space allotment a bit, so we shall wind up with a pair of items concerning aviation. Julien Ryan is in the operations office of the Naval Air Station at Squantum, Mass., with an undisclosed advancement in the offing. Milt Patterson is traffic representative for Pan American Airways at Coral Gables, Florida.

All good things come in pairs.

Secretary, Simons & French Co., Inc. '99 Hudson St., New York, N. Y