1935
Our friend the printer of this journal, whose acquaintance we've never made, but who has the dubious pleasure of deciphering our footnotes and side-aisle comments each month, was unable to squeeze all of our copy into our allocated space last month, returning to us several items on our coverage of Navy personnel involving Brothers Stein, Roundey, Whytlaw, and Colton, same being as follows: From Sanford Stein, Cox., USNR, writing in San Diego:
"Haven't seen a Dartmouth man in what seems like years and can only report this one still in the running. Our mutual uncle lives up to his promise to show one a bit of the world. Now on West coast with no idea where next. So far have seen only 3 of the 7 seas but more are in prospect. Regards."
From a Navy. .. .Depot near San Fran- cisco, comes word of the activities of BobRoundey, viz.
"Last July I was commissioned an ensign and sent to Chicago for 2 months' indoctrination training. Sept. 26 I was detached and sent to the * * *. Do not know how long I'll be here. Really, a work shop here—working part of Navy. My business experience (wire rope, chain & cable) probably threw me into this."
'935 IN HANOVER
Lou Whytlaw, recently commissioned ensign, is fortunate enough in having been sent back to Hanover for his training. George Colton writes that he doesn't know which makes Lou more proud: the Hanover assignment or the birth of a daughter at about the same time, October 28. Incidentally, George's second son, Richard Hayward, was born on November 19.
Since then we have received, via the Bronxville, N. Y., Rev-Press and Charlie Widmayer's alert clipping shears, a very nice picture of Ensign Whytlaw, but as this is not suited for reprinting here we'll substitute the more informal shot of JackDodge, who was with us in Hanover for two years and is now J. H. Dodge, SM3/C (7A-183), 495 Summer St., Boston.
MORE UP-THE-LADDERS ....Bob Maida has been promoted from private first class to corporal in his Coast Artillery unit at Fort Hancock. Before entering the army on March 16, 1942, he was a lawyer with the firm of Parsons, Labrecque & Borden in Red Bank, N. J.
Gordon York has been commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry at Fort Benning, Ga., having been with the 34th Infantry as a corporal before officer training.
Rudy Pacht has several months of O.C.S. behind him now, and will probably be commissioned by the time this reaches print. He writes:
"A shavetail is now delivering a lecture on how to write a letter. Very stimulating! Last night bumped into W. Wales ('37 or '3B), Just starting here after returning from London where he was in a Sig. Co. Photographic—& Jerry Danzig's kid brother, Frank, who is finishing in about 2 weeks. Also found a guy named Tibbals '3B reading the MAG. in the guest house one night."
BRIDEGROOMS IN UNIFORM .... On Saturday evening, December 26, in the Rutland Congregational Church, Miss Mary Louise Spaulding, of Rutland, became the bride of Lieut. Ralph Hunt Seeley Jr., of Fort Banks, Mass., with DickHube on hand to usher. Following a N. Y. honeymoon, the couple are residing in Boston.
Out at Chanute Field, Illinois, JoeParachini, there in his capacity as a member of the Army Air Corps, was married to Miss Susan Laura Gondelli on Saturday, October 24.
WASHINGTON WHIRLIGIG .... Jerry Spingarn spingarns this: "Met Morion Blum in a hotel lobby here yesterday (Nov. 4). He is now an Army Air Corps lieutenant—came up the "hard way and was commissioned just a week ago."
Bob Morris: "I am down here in the Container Branch of the W.P.8., been here since May; ran into Bob Ferry one day but haven't seen him since, he is working on the scrap campaign or something." A card from Ferry, cryptic as ever, reads (we quote in toto): "War Production Board (I think)."
Lew Cole, from 2223 No. Sycamore, Arlington, Va.:
"Still in Washington working for OPA, and after having been here since January, feel like a real old timer, believe it or not."
Your Uncle Reg Bankart, ensigning in Washington, writes that through the kind efforts of brother Bibs '37 he has actually become an honest-to-goodness uncle so that that title, heretofore honorary, now becomes factual.
ODDS AND ENDS .... Jack Petrequin entered the Army about a month ago and, to quote a relative, is now somewheres in Louisiana. Lew Weitz, another of the Cleveland contingent, celebrated Armistice Day by enlisting in the same Army; this was shortly after some outstanding civic service as a chairman in the Metropolitan Division of the Cleveland Community Fund. Dan Close may be on the way soon. Dud Russell has found that partial color-blind- ness and the fact that he once broke his neck playing football tends to discourage certain of our armed services in accepting him, but he's trying something new and will probably make it before long. Referring to our item about Lowell Haas playing in the station orchestra at the Naval Air Station, San Juan, P.R., in his spare time, Dud quotes the maestro: "It's good, but no Barbary Coast!"
Captain Dick Potter, School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas: "Am at present following the footsteps of TomSwift, Mills, Butts, and Ross here. Jim Higgins is here in the class. It's a. tough course but can be licked. Graduation spells Across, but the quicker we get it done, the better." Johnny Gilbert, Montreal: "Waiting for my acceptance, I hope, in the USN.
"My engagement to Miss Barbara Brooks, of Montreal, was announced here Nov. 3; we graduate, we trust, from medical school this January and then marriage, making more middle-aisle stuff for the column."
Cliff Mills: "Leaving for tropical service tomorrow. Bobb has my A.P.O. address, and I'll enjoy hearing from any of you wherever you are, as I suspect many of us will meet before we take over Tokyo and Berlin. Best of luck when you get in. Guess you've had tough luck. A few of the medicos would fix you!!" Maybe so, Cliff, but about half of your medicos who have worked on our back since last March have entered the service long ahead of us. However, inasmuch as they've now fixed us so we are able to carry on our law work as usual during the day and teach aircraft drilling and riveting to future bomber builders six nights a week, we imagine Uncle Sam will shortly give us the "All Clear."
Till then, we'll see you here next month.
JOHN H. DODGE '35, SEAMAN 3RD CLASS, USN "When this war is over I am going back tocollege to get a diploma so that in thenext war I can become a go-day wonderand command a bigger ship!"
ENSIGN DAVID L. JOHNSON JR. '35 USNR
Secretary, 1843 Cadwell Ave. Cleveland Heights, Ohio
