1928*
Any thought of holding our 15th Reunion in Hanover is out of the question due to travel restrictions and the fact that 25% of the class, is in the Army and Navy. However, the class officers and the '28 Council have decided to sponsor informal 15th reunions in major cities of the U. S. and in any country where there are two '28ers. They will be held early in June on a set date to be announced well in advance so that as many as possible can arrange to attend.
Due to the postponement of formal reunions for the duration, it is necessary for the present class officers to make plans in regard to the election of officers. A nominating committee has been appointed, consisting of Rupe Thompson, chairman, Mai Halliday and Hank Walker. You are invited to send them your suggestions. The chairman's address is: R. C. Thompson Jr., Providence National Bank, Providence, R. I. The "nominations open" period extends for the next few weeks.
in IN ARMED FORCES
Our Service Roster has lengthened considerably and we now have Ill names on it. Latest additions are listed below.
Pvt. Paul Kruming was inducted in January but was given a 60-day furlough to wind up his work with the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in Washington.
Amby McLaughlin of Littleton, N. H., reported for active duty in the Marine Corps on November 4 as a lieutenant, and graduates March a from the Communications School at the Marine Corps Air Station in Quantico, Va.
Lou Pelletier is a private in the Bureau of Recruiting Publicity, Governors Island, New York City. He enlisted December 1 and was sent directly to his present post.
Lew Hutcheson of New York City has been a lieutenant in the USNR since last September. He is staying at the Hotel Washington, Washington, D. C Don Solis of Cambridge, Mass., was commissioned a lieutenant three months ago and is at Quonset Point, R. I.
Fred Dugdale is a lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps Bob Morrison is a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. ... . Lt. Bob Reed of the Army Air Corps was commissioned last August, and has just gone overseas.
PROMOTIONS
Major Curley Prosser reported February 6 at the Service of Supply Course in the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Nine weeks there, and then a long journey!
Bill Evans has been made a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Troop Carrier Command. His recent arrival overseas brings to 22 the number of '28ers serving outside this country. Capt. Jerry Sass, of the Air Transport Command, has also been sent across.
Major Jerry Pitts was promoted to Chief of the Purchasing Division of the Army Exchange Service. A few months ago his division had three officers—now it has hundreds.
Quite by accident Bob Rockhill heard a recent broadcast carried by Mutual on Saturday evenings from the Red Cross American Eagle Club in London and was pleasantly surprised to find that Lt. Dick Rendell was presiding as master of ceremonies. He did a bang-up job, enlivened by the wit and flippancy which we associate with him.
Budd Maring has received the very salty rank of Boatswain's Mate." .... Lt. (j.g.) Parker Noyes is in Alaska Lt. John Scott is teaching Naval law at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station Roy Dickerson is just starting Officers Training School (Adjutant General) at Ft. Washington, Md Lt. Cal Billings is assistant commandant of students at the Air Corps School at Harlingen, Texas.
Jack Phelan was elected chairman of the Honor Committee of the entire Army Air Corps O.C.S. at Miami Beach. It is a signal honor as it is the only elective office in the school, which has 3619 men in the present class. Jack graduates early in March.
The promotion of the year is that of Rupe Thompson from ist Vice-President to President of the Providence National Bank, the second oldest bank in the country and which has a neat little $30,000,000 in total resources. A native of Newton, Mass., Rupe was assistant treasurer of the Newton Trust Cos. in 1937 when he went to the Providence National Bank as assistant cashier. Since then his rise has been phenomenal.
Frank Tindle was elected a vice-president of Schoellkopf, Hutton & Pomeroy Inc. on February 1. Frank has been in the sales department of this Buffalo investment concern since 1930.
Eighteen turned out for the class dinner at the Dartmouth Club of New York on January 26. Present were Lt. (j.g.) Ken Cuddeback, just returned from a voyage to India in command of a gun crew on a merchant vessel; 2nd Lt. Roy Myers, fresh from O.C.S. and now in an anti-aircraft outfit near Paterson, N. J.; Chuck Bruder, Bill Cogswell, Ted Granville-Smith, Art Hassell, Ed Heyn, Bill Hobson, Chet Kellogg, Art Kneerim, John McGrath, Roy Milliken, Phil Orsi, Craw Pollock (up from Wilmington), Bob Rockhill, Os Skinner, Joe Smith, Roger Sundean, Fred Titus, Bill Treanor, John Wallace. Art Kneerim has his application in for a commission Bill Cogswell says his draft board has deferred him until July 1. .... Bob Rockhill's board has warned him to be ready the middle of March.... and these are all married men! Who's next?
It is my sad duty to report the death of Ernestina Lewis, Bruce's wife, at Palm Springs, California, on January 18. She leaves two children, Virginia, aged 13, and Ralph, aged 11.
THREE '2B NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS Left to right, Ensign Chuck Bennett, in command of a gun crew on a merchant ship inthe Pacific; Lt. Jack and Lois McLaughlin, before Jack ivas sent to the British WestIndies; and Lt. Willis Mitchell, Medical Corps, on duty at Lakehurst, N. J.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Cos., Inc., Troy, Pa
