1909

"Tubby" Bird is now chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cincinnati Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, in addition to his work in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. "Tubby" was in Hanover in June to see his son graduate in the class of '43, although he was normally in the class of '44. I guess the son is following in the old man's footsteps.

A very welcomed letter was received from Lt. Col. MacNaughton who is somewhere in the Pacific. Mac states that he has been in the active field for the past four months—nights, Sundays, and holidays. They lose track of the days, and can remember only whether it's May or June. He has been sent back for a little rest and expects to be in shape again within a week or two. He also says, "I have lived with our Air Force, and our pilots and planes are the best. We just want more of them. The stories in the magazines of individual exploits of pilots I feel are misleading, in that they may leave an impression that they are unusual —whereas they are not, for there are hundreds of pilots doing the same stunts, but not receiving the publicity about it. The Marine and Navy pilots have been given a great deal of credit and they deserve it, but they are only doing their job, like all the other Air Forces. One of our pilots got five Zeros in one mission the other day and that makes him really the 'Ace' officially, and yet he is unknown outside of the area. The night fighters are the ones that really give you the thrill. I have been in on the Command Post radio frequently, and it is better than any sports event you can imagine. The thing that we wonder about here is the strikes. It does seem that there should be some way of stopping that sort of thing now. We could give them something really worth worrying about out here and no fooling. We are getting plenty to eat and the folks at home haven't anything to worry about regarding the fighting qualities of the American soldiers. They do hope, however, that they'll be permitted to finish the job this time and it cannot be finished outside of Tokyo."

A letter from Wilbur Bull states that Anne Richardson, sole daughter of Ralph Richardson, died this last winter just as she had finished her training and was ready to start on her life work. She spent some of her early months in Hanover while Ralph was secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association. He also states that his son, Wilbur Jr., is now with the Navy at Newport.

A letter from Phil Rose says that he is doing a somewhat unusual type of war work. He took time out this summer from his parish work to direct the strawberry pickers for the Farm Bureau, some 40 to 65 junior high boys released from Connecticut city schools to harvest the strawberry crop which otherwise would have been lost. Phil had the job of keeping them in line. Phil's daughter Carol graduated from Mt. Holyoke last year and has had a post graduate this year at the Hartford School of Religious Education, and Union Seminary and Teachers' College at Columbia, and has just completed her work for an M. A. degree. She has now gone to the Churchin-the Gardens, Forest Hills, L. 1., as director of young people's work.

Harold Wheat has written me that he is now connected with Dickson Ives in Orlando, Fla. This is the first department store job Harold has had since he sold his place in Springfield some years ago. He says it seems good to be back in the harness again, and that business in Orlando is flourishing because of the military group stationed there.

I received a most interesting letter from Elbert Moffat in India, which only took about two months to arrive, whereas the last letter took a considerably longer length of time. He has been especially busy running a travel bureau for his mission, inasmuch as all of the missionaries who have tried to leave from the Far East are coming through Bombay. He reports that Mrs. Moffat's health is very much improved. Her high blood pressure has decreased considerably. His daughter Peggy succeeded in leaving India after a great deal of difficulty, and is entering the University of Washington at Seattle for a course in physical education and nursing. His son, Marston, who is connected with Pratt and Whitney, was married in April to Kay Threewit, and they are how living at 185 Williams St., Glastonbury, Conn. His daughter Nancy has just been made a supervisor of county welfare work at Tacoma, Washington. He says that, on the whole, the people are back of the war in India. Recruits have come faster than they could be equipped and trained. They are all looking forward to the campaign for restoring Burma. The next ten years in India, he feels, will be tense interesting years, and perhaps the most interesting scene in any part of the world.

Secretary Wm. Filene's Sons Co. 426 Washington St., Boston Treasurer, 16 Wall St., New York, N. Y.