1925*
Lin White is one chap who knows that old Job of Biblical days had no monopoly on trouble. The Coast Guard ran into some difficulty in navigating one night and piled up his staysl ketch, Oceana, which Whitey had loaned to them. She has been pulled out for repairs. The Navy has put some 300 men into his school for technical training. He is acting father for his nine year old nephew while the actual parent is in foreign service. Mrs. Whitey is just back from the hospital with their second little income tax exemption. Rats have invaded the White hen house.
And speaking of trouble, Charley Moore's three exemptions all had the measles at the same time this winter.
The big-wigs in the Army Medical Corps are soon due for an important nation-wide conference. Two guesses as to who was ordered to make the arrangements, expedite the speaking schedule, etc., etc., etc. The same man that got his training skidding up '25 reunions. Frank B. Wallis.
Bill Sleigh gave his knee a nasty twist playing handball and spent a few weeks hobbling around with a distinguished looking cane.
Nort Canfield, with his rating as Lieutenant-Colonel, is now heading up much of the Army's eye, ear, nose and throat work.
When the 1925 war effort is totalled up, it will be no small score. Here's another for the book: Tom Carpenter is the Chairman of an important Washington commite with the title "Consultant of the Joint Committee of the Army and Navy W M C." Address: Training Division, Bureau of Navigation, Washington, D. C.
In spite of the difficult of travel, about 500 turned out for the annual Dartmouth banquet in Boston. A dozen of our crowd were on hand: Eddie Pease, Lane Goss, Jock Brace, Bob Rhoades, Chet Eaton, Bill Sleigh, Lin White, Lang Spring, Ken Hill, Don Hunt, Bunny Levison, and Line Davis.
Bunny Rogers had an unpleasant January. No gas for skiing and sick for a week or so. Not much fun.
Phil O'Connel and Brad Kingman are members of the Mass. State Guard.
Russ Fox is back in Worcester and is associated with Harrington and Richardson Arms. Those folks make the famous Reising sub-machine gun, a neat little job that is punching a lot of holes in a lot of people these days.
More on Brad Foss. His exact title is Assistant Superintendent of the Ship Building Division of Bethlehem Steel at Baltimore. He has a small matter of 6500 men under him.
Rog Wyckoff has now been made vice president of the Liberty National and Trust Cos. at Louisville. Rog feels quite pleased, and has good right to do so.
Lt.-Commander Bill Chism saw four ships go to Hell in a handbasket within hailing distance of his ship at the time of the Casablanca landing. Bill has been in active service since October 28, 1940 and is gunnery officer on an armed transport.
Bill Pugh now has a freshman daughter at Mt. Holyoke and two sons at the Episcopal Academy at Overbrook, Pa. Dick 13, and Bill io, are headed for Dartmouth. Dick has won his letters in football, basketball and baseball in the 105 lb. division.
Frank Osgood is busy coaching tennis and teaching at Penn Charter.
They aint much happened sence the last riting. The High Sheriff called me up and says "Be you on the Hon Ration Board?" I cleared my throat real important and replies "I be."
"That being the case" says he "I want that you should snap the gas coupons be- longing to so-and-so. He just got back frum a week-end with his wife's brother's sisterin-law's husband's sister. That's what I cawl pleasure driving."
Our Hon Board has tooken the matter under advisement, for that aint a matter yew kin decide in the twinkling of an eye, as the Good Book says. Any of you local Solomons got any ideas tew help us out?
HONOR MAN Thomas K. Gedge '25 recently graduatedhonor man of his company from GreatLakes Naval Training Station. After 15years as a successful advertising man, heenlisted in the Navy .as a coxswain, and hasnow been chosen from 130 me?i to attenda Navy Service School.
Secretary, Center Ossipee, N. H.
