1911
Many thanks to all you good guys who sent in interesting letters so that the rest of us will have a column to read. If the rest of us like these samples, may we do likewise.
The class of 1911 had a record attendance at the annual Dartmouth Night banquet in the Nation's Capital. In addition to the old settled inhabitants, namely, George Morris, who as ex-president of the club and ex-president of the American Bar Association sat at the head of the table as a honored guest; and Ted Stafford, present member of the Alumni Council, there were also the following no less distinguished members of the class: Ken Clark, Les Waldron, A 1 Hormel, and Nat Burleigh, making a grand total of six.
At a recent luncheon of the club in Washington, Ted Stafford's older son Ted who is a lieutenant in the Navy and has been in command of a sub chaser in the Mediterranean gave a most interesting talk about some of his experiences in the vicinity of Sicily and Salerno. Young Ted is a fine upstanding chap who is doing a grand job.
Gabe Farrell was in Washington recently in his capacity as chairman of the joint committee on national legislation for the blind. Young Gay, after a year at Middlebury College, entered the Air Corps last March and is now training at Maxwell Field, Ala., to be a pilot. Son Bill will graduate from Browne and Nichol School in Cambridge in January, and meanwhile will have taken examinations for the Navy V-12.
Gabe had the following dope on the Carroll Jones family. Carroll, as you know, is superintendent of the New Jersey State Colony in Lisbon. Son Perry, a captain in the Field Artillery, is somewhere in the Pacific. John, a major in the Marines, returned from Guadalcanal last February to Quantico and New River, but is now at San Diego. Both boys are married. Perry has a boy nine months old. Daughter Anne was graduated from Stephens College last June and is expecting to enter the employ of Eastern Aircraft shortly.
Because of general interest in a number of topics mentioned, I quote rather fully from Slim Eaton:
"With two sons in the service, old man Eaton was growing pretty restless on the side lines. Finally got back into the service as a temporary major and am presently stationed at Camp McCoy (Wisconsin) where I have the interesting job of Post Inspector. We rented our home at Hinsdale, and Sibyl is up here with me, living, or rather rooming, off post in the nearby town of Tomah, a very pleasant arrangement from my viewpoint. Son Edward, class of '37, is now overseas as a first lieutenant AAF. Son Fred, class of '4l, is still with Sears Roe- buck in Chicago. Each of them now have two children—a total of three granddaughters and one grandson for the old man. My youngest son, Stan Jr., has finished his artillery course at Ft. Bragg and has been sent back to Purdue to await an opening ing OCS. Little grandma Eaton, therefore, has three stars on her service pin to date—each representing one of the three branches of the Army.
"Up here I get very little Dartmouth news. I had a visit the other day from Cpl. Dixon Hedges, Cap's son, who is stationed here with the 654 th Topo. Engr. Bn. He said his family had an anxious time when his brother Dave's ship was sunk off Salerno. Dave was finally listed among the survivors I arrived at Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida the day after George Morris departed."
The Backus family seems to be fairly well scattered. Dick is assigned to the 39th Bomb Group, 2nd Air Force, HBC, Tucson, Ariz., where he is to complete his training as a navigator. He received the rank of second lieutenant after completing the Navigation School course at Selman Field, Monroe, La. Priscilla is a Sophomore at Wellesley, where she is secretary of her class. Anne, the younger daughter, is in the Webster Public School. Sid and Ruth, meaning mostly Ruth, made the most of their vegetable garden, and Sid says he bursts with pride when he takes guests to his cellar to show them seven hundred and thirty items of canned goods.
The following from Marguerite Eaton about son Fred is of interest. First of all, Fred Jr. now a major, has been sent to the Staff War College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, for their stiff nine-week course and is still sticking, although some other majors and colonels have dropped out. Fred went to Europe last spring, led twenty Flying Fortresses to Africa, and then on to England. He himself went on two major bombing raids, one over France and one over Germany. These both were volunteer missions. His brother John is an Air Cadet and has been chosen for pilot training at Santa Ana, Calif. Austin, age 18, is also in the first few weeks of the Army Air Corps training at Miami Beach, Fla. This would seem to leave the Fred Eaton family well up in the air.
A very pleasant surprise was a letter from Paul Briggs telling about his son Dick, of whom he may well feel justly proud. Dick joined the Navy three months before he was 18, got his boot training at the Naval Station at Newport, R. 1., and is now at one of the United States Naval Air Technical Training Centers near Jacksonville, Fla. Dick graduated from Winchester High only last spring, where he was captain of the cross country team in 1942 and captain of the track team in 1943. His final athletic event was the winning of the Massachusetts interscholastic half-mile championship last May. Just imagine old man "Forty" doing this!
Word has just been received that Chuck and Emma Emerson have received for Roger the Purple Heart medal. No more details are known except that the award indicates that Roger died gallantly on the field of battle. Bob, who is a lieutenant in the Air Force, was married September 28 at the Army Chapel at Barksdale Field, La. He is pilot of a bomber and has been an instructor at Barksdale since he graduated last December. Chet Jr. and Hugh are now both married and living beside each other in Des Moines, where they are working in the U. S. Rubber Cos. Ordnance Plant. The Emerson home address is Lake Shore Drive, Route a, Thiensville, Wise.
A gala social event in Washington was the wedding on October 30 of Patricia Morris to Kenneth Todd Young Jr. whose engagement was announced in the last issue of the MAGAZINE. The wedding ceremony took place in the choir of the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and the wedding reception was held at The Lindens, the Morris's beautiful home on Kalorama Road. George's new son is a delightful chap. Of course, Miriam and Hillis were charming mother, and maid-of-honor, respectively, and George and Bud as giverawayer and usher did their parts manfully.
As we go to press, the announcement has been received of the sudden death of Cupe Adams in Boston on November 4. Cupe was at all times an active member of the class, being for a number of years one of the class officers. He was admired and loved by all of us and will be greatly missed.
Secretary, Harvard Hall, Apt. 705 1650 Harvard St., N.W., Washington, I). C Treasurer, 631 Walden Road, Winnetka, 111
