1941*
Mine erstwhile roommate has become my competitor upon three pages of green paper, mimeographed. You have undoubtedly already received volume one, number one of the Alumni Fund newsletter edited by Frank W. Hall, nee The Mouse.
It's all very well, though, and in a good cause. You'll hear more about the Alumni Fund as the spring waxes, and give it your attention. It's a vital matter this year. But, like the Mouse says, more later.
As a direct result, undoubtedly, of the birth of "The Fifth Down," Mouse's last letter from the Hanover hills contained practically nothing in the way of news. About all that could be squeezed out is that 1) Frank Walters is burning up Temple Med School, and 2) Spider Paul has resigned from Harvard Law and is contemplating the military.
Space-rationing hits the MAGAZINE this month. Henceforward 1941 must be encompassed in 1000 words, instead of 1500, so herewith a plunge into bald shivering fact. Cleaning out last month's drawer first:
Stu May is making eyeglasses for his father in New York in the capacity of vicepresident, but hastens to add that he is really working. Also in New York are the Willises, Buzz in the radio department of McCann-Erickson, advertising.
Felix Lilienthal went into the Navy on Jan. 6 as—believe it or not—an ordinary sailor and expected to be on coast guard duty along the East coast.
Dick Paul is in training at Mather Field, Cal., as an Army Air Corps navigator. He reports Ken Cobb in the steel industry at Chicago and engaged to Miss Lilias Reid, of Boston. Also in the great and gruesome steel industry are Lou Young, Dick Fisher and Bill Hotaling—all with Bethlehem.
And to wind up the holdovers, Hank Fisk is teaching school in White River Junction, Bob Krieger is back in Minneapolis after winding up the Eagles' season, and Les Davis—back from New -Mexico ranching—is waiting to claim a second looey's commission which he is reputed to hold with the Army. He may be already in, as a matter of fact, because he was doing his waiting as far back as the Christmas holidays.
This month's correspondence originates with Winsor Watson, Wally Schultze and George Thompson.
W. W. is working as "rewrite man, reporter, copy boy, feature writer for the Sunday Post, and other windfalls of experience" with the Bridgeport, Conn., Telegram. He passes on the news that Wes Hadden is a Coast Guard carpenter, stationed at Sandy Hook.
Wally Schultze, Bob Rock, Bob Baker and Willie Wyckoff are in Naval Reserve training at Annapolis, working hard to keep up with a course calculated "to train a group of 600 men to be capable and efficient engineers.
Wally reports, Lindy Graham and Larry Dwyer both flying for the Army, Lindy somewhere in the South and Larry somewhere in the West. He also says that "Bob Flouton, whom I last saw selling skis to a Brooklyn subway conductor at Macy's, is now in the Marines."
Incidental intelligence: Ralph Ches- brought reports in as a military attache's secretary, doing work in Bagdad. . . .Cort Drake and George Tamlyn are in the Army Air Corps, Cort at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and George at Ocala, Fla.
George Thompson was drafted shortly after New Year's and was sent to Fort Dix where he discovered J. Watson Taylor. The two of them have since been shipped South, and are both assigned to specialists' outfits when their basic training is completed. They found Larry Tennant, who is alleged to be still operating at top speed in the matter of week-ends.
The '41 contingent here in Washington grows apace. At a recent Dartmouth Club spring dinner, the Navy came in in the persons of Ensigns Dave Chamberlain, Don Stillman and Dick Wheeler. Dick is stationed at the Navy Department, while Dave and Don—recent arrivals—are with the Navy at Anacostia Air Base.
Also in Washington is George Flather, clerking for the law firm of Covington, Burling, Rublee, Acheson and Shorbwhose reputation is as sizable as its nameby day, and attending law school by night. And the latest address change sheet from the Alumni Records office lists Pete Scott as also here with the Navy, but this hasn't been investigated as yet.
In the way of weddings and such, St. Valentine's Day was the nuptial date for Clayt Gray and Geraldine Swan, and Johnny Kelley and Marge Wheeler. The Grays are now at Perrin Field, Tex., where Clayt is an Air Corps instructor. Johnny is back at Quantico Marine Base and Marge is making her commuting headquarters here in Washington. On the same date, there took place the wedding of Walter Buck, to Marcia Steinbuchel, of Wichita, Kan., while on Feb. 3, George Sexton, Lt. USMC, exchanged vows with Miss Ethel Birtwistle, of New Bedford, Mass.
And lastly a hurried recounting of the engaged: Zeke Billings to Margaret Lightner, of Ridgewood, N. J.; Dana Chase to Allethaire Medlicott, of Longmeadow, Mass.; Holden Higbee to Mary Jeanne Berardi, of Cleveland Heights, O.; and Bill Anderson to Ruth Neuhausser, of Farmington, Conn.
PHILIP R. SLEADD JR. '41 Ready for advanced training after com-pleting the aviation cadet course at Ran-dolph Field, Texas.
Secretary, City Room, Washington Post Washington, D. C.
