1916

Ed Kiley died on August 26, after an operation at the Nassau Hospital, L. I. The class sent flowers for the, funeral, held at Fairchild Chapel in Garden City, on Sunday, August 29. An obituary notice is to be found elsewhere in this issue. Nineteen-Sixteen here records its keen sorrow at the passing of a faithful friend, and extends to the surviving members of Ed's family its most sincere sympathies.

Summer visitors to Hanover have not been numerous for obvious reasons, but it was a great pleasure to welcome Polly Shedd, wife of Karl and mother of Donald '47. Karl is professor of Romance Languages at Mary Baldwin College, as well as a substantial citizen of Staunton, Va. where his institution is situated. Your correspondent has also been delighted of late by visits, though brief ones, from Parker Hayden and son, and Jim Shanahan and son. This is not enough, however; we want more igi6'ers to visit our quaint hamlet; we feel that you would have the good taste to like it here.

1916 MAIL BAG

That red line on the large gra.ph over my desk, which records how 1916 letters are coming in, has been a bit jumpy—only thirteen letters in the period covered by this report. However, the usual quality is there and your Acting-Secretary does not feel that our production-record is perilously threatened, although it is to be admitted that we might do better without half trying. He further begs to suggest that somewhere in the long list of things which you are pledged to keep flying there be included in prominent type a reminder of your own personal report to your class on yourself, a matter in which 1916 is interested.

Dick Parkhurst writes of his interesting work in Washington where he is responsibly employed in the office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

Gran Fuller's recent letter shows that he is attached to the Smaller War Plants Corporation, an organization formerly associated with the War Production Board, but which now operates separately in an effort to assist plants which might otherwise experience difficulties in converting to war industry. Gran's duty as chief of the Boston district is concerned with ships, ordnance, and other industrial enterprises. He says that he has recently seen Gladys and Johnnie Pelletier on the way to a visit with Cliff and Peg Bean, whose daughter Judy, by the way, is reported to be a very smart WAAC sergeant. Gran has also seen John Monahan, now employed in the adjustment of insurance claims. John reports that his family consists of two representatives of the younger generation, a daughter of 18 and a son of 15, both much interested in war activities.

John Ames, Lt. Col. GSC writes with interest of the thirteen weeks of training which he is undergoing at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. From this and other accounts it appears that this is an excellent Service school. John also includes a recent clipping from the NewYork Times which gives a picture of Stew Paul, Maj. Gen. in command of the 75th Division.

Stew Paul has written me a fine letter. He has very recently been transferred from the command of the 75th Division to the 26th Division. He encloses word of the promotion of Dan Dinsmoor to serve as General Manager of the Merrimac division of the Monsanto Chemical Co. and vice president of this firm. This same item of news is also printed in a recent issue of the Chemical and Engineering News.

Howard Renfrew has just written from his place of business, as jeweler in Boston, to ask for the address of a classmate and to give his best to the class.

Recently Shorty Hitchcock has penned an account of his work as Navy personnel embarkation officer at San Diego. He has met some Dartmouth men of late, but no 1916'ers.

1916 CLIPPING BUREAU

Ross Magill is reported to be a trustee of Vassar. Jack McEndy, Lt. Comdr. USNR, has been appointed senior member of the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board at Philadelphia. Bill Hale and his family will in all probability be passengers on the return voyage of the Gripsholm which recently left our shores again to return home with Japanese nationals and to repatriate Americans.

Recent changes of address received at this post include: Lt. Col. Louis H. Bell, Hq. nth. Replacement Depot, Camp Cooke, Calif.: Max E. Bernkopf, 1125 Tremont Bldg., Boston; Fred W. Davis, 46 Parker St., Carlisle, Pa.; Maj. Paul H. Davis, c/o Mrs. V. Bush, 4901 Hillbrook Lane, N. W., Washington; Burton H. Hoar, 110 Hillside Rd., Watertown, Mass.; Herbert Lord, 14 Buswell St., Boston.

LT. C. C. HITCHCOCK '16 USNR, stationed at San Diego at the present time.

Secretary, 2542 Stratford Rd., Cleveland Hgts., Ohio Acting Secretary 3 Downing Rd., Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, 34 White Oak Road Wellesley Hills, Mass.