1913
Last March when the secretary mailed a class letter to everyone, one went to S. Pinkney Tuck, care of Consular Bureau, Department of State, in Washington. It went evidently to Vichy, and is now back marked: "Addressee is in detention with American official group at BadenBaden, Germany"; so that is where Kippy Tuck is now.
Through the Sunday Star, Washington, D. C., of September 19, 1943, we learn that Col. Harry H. Semmes had added luster to his World War fame (we knew that) and an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Cross and Cluster he had won in that conflict. Commanding six American tanks—all that could be landed in time in the heavy surf—he led in his own tank, against a flank attack by eighteen \French tanks imperiling the newlylanded and exposed American troops, in French Morocco. Although his own tank was hit eight times, Chip himself was credited with knocking out several of the enemy tank force, which was completely smashed. The Sunday Star says that "perhaps age and a World-War wound, for which he received the Purple Heart, explain why Col. Semmes had to apply twice for return to Army service." We had letters from him from Africa and Sicily and now look for word from Italy, where he must be by this time!
We regret to report the sudden death of Ralph K. Stone in New York on September 13. A full notice will be found in the In Memoriam section this month.
"T. D." and Marian Jewett again become grandpappy and grandma, for Penelope Ann Wright arrived in California on September 23, at the home of Betty (Jewett) and John Wright. Steve Jewett arrived home on leave from New Caledonia at about the same time. He has had service on several British and American carriers, but cannot tell where. He returned after the middle of October.
William B. Gumbart was elected chairman of the New Haven Chapter, American Red Cross, at a recent meeting of the executive board. Bill has been acting chairman for the past year.
Hap Atwood's youngest son Roger is now at Dartmouth as a civilian freshman. Hap has one more reason, or excuse, to take him to Hanover besides the chairmanship of the Alumni Fund Committee. You all know now of his marvelous results last June. Let's get behind him again for 1944.
The sympathy of the class goes to Fred Libby, in Wellesley, in his illness, and more particularly to his devoted wife, Ruth, who has given him such careful nursing for such a long time.
Miss Madlin Farnsworth Gulick is one of the debutantes of the 194.3-44 season in Boston who is combining college with her coming-out year, and is at Wellesley. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Leeds Gulick—you guessed it. They live in Brookline, and Madlin attended the Beacon Country Day School and was graduated from Northfield Seminary.
Stephen K. Perry transferred from the U. S. Employment Service in Springfield, Mass., where he went from Burlington, Vt., back to the new office at Windsor, Vt., and then to the Veterans' Bureau at White River Junction, as Vocational Counselor. Mrs. Perry is doing Warning Center and Red Cross work, and they have two sons in service.
Just as we mail these notes, a letter comes from Chip Semmes from Sicily, with a message that should be included here, as it comes direct from the front, just before Italy: "With one foot on the Continental mainland, we start the long march to Berlin. Don't let the folks at home get the idea that this is to be an easy war and over soon. From now on, easy victories are a thing of the past. We have our hands on the Nazi throat and can expect a bitter struggle. Nazi soldiers' morale is high, and they are desperate, for they have murdered so many innocent people in so many places that if they fail, they know their lot will be hard.
"Please give my best to all, and tell them that I often return to Hanover in my thoughts, particularly when the flies and heat of Africa and Sicily are at their worst. I would give a lot for a couple of lungfulls of New Hampshire air, without flies."
Secretary, Box 2057, Boston 6, Mass. Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
