1935
There isn't a great deal on the docket this month, but we'll bite right into what we have and hope for an avalanche before very long.
Several months ago, in answering one of McCarty's letters from the South Seas, we footnoted a request for a "sarongish picture." With the cooperation of this journal request, appearing on or near this page (we never know just where these things will be fitted in), and a word or two of explanation in the following letter:
You asked for a "sarongish picture." Here it is. Shot shows a native chief teaching me how to spear octupus. We speared some all right, and after each catch the chief would hold the octupus (fairly small ones) while the tenacles sucked around his arms, and bend the octupus' body so that its eye popped out in front. Then he would bite the live eye right out, and munch it happily. These natives consider octupus eyes great delicacies, and were a little disappointed when I refused to partake with them. But that was one place where I drew the line at going native. My friend on the right is Sgt. Ronald Johnson, who lives at Waco and is an ex-Baylor University man. The pic was taken during a weekend he and I spent with the Chief's family on an isolated island inhabited only by natives. Have seen an old school friend of yours out this way—a lad from Cleveland, who's been taking bombing trips with me up over Jap airfields.
For those who would be similarly advised of Polynesian customs, use of a new address may facilitate contact along those lines: S/Sgt. Milburn McCarty Jr., Combat Correspondent, USMC, HQ Co., 3rd Marine Division, Fleet P. 0., San Francisco, Calif.
SMALL FRY DEPARTMENT
Probably there are others doing it but the only one of recent record is Sidney Katherine Colton to the Chauncey HallColton's on August 27, 1943, one of our favorite dates to take Navy physical exams. Hall and Kay moved out to Duluth back several months ago, where they are living at 2121 Third Street, Duluth 5, Minn., leaving Baltimore after about eight years of residence here.
NAVY REPORTING
A summary from Lowell Haas, under date of September 18th: "Here are a couple of items for you— (1) Dud Russell, Ensign USNR, at NAS, Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri. (2) Bill Bury, '35er who graduated with '36, is an ensign at Mechanicsburg, Penna. (3) Yours truly, after having enlisted in the Navy as an Aviation Specialist in June, 1942, is now an ensign USNR at NAS, Atlantic City, N. J., enjoying life in the States after a seven months' sojourn in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Will advise if I see any more '35ers around Atlantic City; they probably have all gone home now that the Beauty Contest has been concluded."
AND THE LATEST FROM BOSTON
Bob Bonner, cleaning house in Waterbury and coming upon an old card, uses it to report his commission as Asst. Surgeon, U. S. Public Health Service, now stationed at the U. S. Marine Hospital in Boston.
FROM THE WEST COAST
The following interesting letter has been received from Bill Gahogan:
"As a matter of coincidence and for the information of the class, I thought you might be interested in this bit of personal news. I have been appointed as an assistant to Owen Lattimore, Director of the OWI Pacific Bureau, with headquarters in San Francisco.
"Mr. Lattimore, as you may assume, has a tremendous interest in Dartmouth, and I can report that he knows 'Eleazar Wheelock' complete.
"It was my good fortune in this new capacity to assist Edward Stettinius, then Lend-Lease Administrator in his inspection trip around this Bay area, and to work closely with him regarding ceremonies staged for the transfer of the Liberty ship "Chung San" to the Chinese. He too has a real interest in Dartmouth College, having worked with President Hopkins in Washington."
'35 GOES NATIVE—a South Pacific chief shows his week-end guests, S/Sgt. Milburn McCarty Jr. '35, Marine combat correspondent, and friend, how to spear octopus.
CAPT. JOHN F. JEWETT '35 MC USA.
Secretary-Chairman, Gates Mills, Ohio Treasurer, 5036 Juanita Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn.
