1929*

It's reassuring to have Ellie Cavanagh come back from a weekend visit to Hanover and report that all's well, with a fresh fall of snow to make the Sunday skiing excellent and hockey and basketball victories Saturday evening to satisfy the spirit. Captain Cavanagh has been attending a six weeks' special course at the Massachusetts General Hospital on special assign ment from his base at the Army Air Field, Tallahassee, Florida. The other night Ellie, Johnny Quebman, Johnny Bryant and I ate together at the Boston Alumni Dinner. Chick Shea, Lieutenant Commander, U. S. Coast Guard, sat at the head table. Johnny Bryant is a lieutenant (j.g.) at the Communications School at Harvard.

The other day Ray Hedger walked into the office looking no different than he did fifteen years ago. He has since written that the Navy doesn't think his physical condition is as good as his appearance and that his application has been rejected. However, he looks forward to going into the Army in February as a high private in a rear rank.

From away down south in Venezuela comes a letter from that entrepreneur hotel keeper, Bill Coles, with the news that he's off for a month or so in the jungles of Colombia to get, among other things, material for a news letter for the class.

Hank Marshall is a sergeant in the Finance Detachment attached to the Army Air Force Technical Training Command at Miami Beach. He considers himself most fortunate in his post which has excellent quarters, large hotel rooms and beds, the best mess hall on the beach (The Bakers and Cooks School) and oh what a climate! Hank says that Major Frank Foster is in the Medical Corps and that the echoes of Dick Rogers' journey through the Officers' Training School last summer are still reverberating.

Ted Arliss is now a private in the 34th Bomb Group Army Air Base, Blythe, California or as he puts it, "I'm in the middle of the Mojave Desert, glorious climate and the most relaxing absence of fuss and trappings out here. A fellow finds a curious peace inside while learning to make war in dun colored sand with a roofing of freshly washed blue and purple hills for walls. Wouldn't miss it for a wagonload of messages from Lord Coke."

A letter just in from George McLachlan from the Gulfport Air Corps Technical School, Gulfport, Mississippi reports: "I am stationed at Gulfport Field here and have by now become quite versed in the ways of the Air Corps. I finished my six weeks' course at O.T.S. in Miami Beach September 22 and have been stationed here ever since. I am in Personnel and like the work very much. It is most interesting and quite different from civilian work. In fact since August 8 when I received my commission things have been quite different. My family moved down in October so we are well settled for the time being. How long no one knows. Was in New York in December on leave and had dinner with Tom Stokes of our class and also A 1 Chabot and Hugh McGrath of the class of '27. Needless to say, fun was had by all."

Stan Johnson sends greetings from Washington where he is serving as a captain in the A.U.S. on leave from the Union Pacific Railroad.

Joe Murphy is now a captain in the 79th General Hospital in training in Camp White, Oregon. His family consists of two baby girls, Patricia Jane, 18 months, and Judith Milburn, three months.

Lt. James G. Kempton has been at Camp Croft, Spartanburg, S. C., and is slated for transfer to Benning, Georgia, shortly.

A cheerful note from First Lt. John Roemer, U. S. Marine Corps, expresses the anticipation that he'll be on the go shortly. John had been with General Electric Company in charge of publicity and promotion for the flying suits produced by G.E. John has two brothers who are also in the service, one Colonel Louis Roemer was at Corregidor when it fell and is now a prisoner of war in the hands of the Japanese. His other brother is Major Francis Roemer stationed at Camp Stewart, Georgia.

An article in a banker's publication reveals that Mike Sherman has recently been appointed a second vice president for the Guaranty Trust Company. Although Mike's office is at the bank's headquarters, he is most closely identified with the Company's banking relations in the Middle West District comprising the states of Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and lowa where he has a wide acquaintance in banking and business circles. Mike's extra-curricular activities have included service as Assistant Treasurer of Traveler's Aid Society in New York.

Corp. Ken Robinson married Margaret Schramm, daughter of Mrs. Florence Schramm of Marlborough, Long Island, September 12. Mrs. Robinson is a graduate of Cornell University and is employed at the F.H.A. in Washington. Ken is with the Army Signal Corps and is stationed as one of the guards at the White House.

Lt. Ev Hannan, USNR, married Carol Griffith Bagby, daughter of Mrs. George P. Bagby of Baltimore, December 21. Mrs. Hannan graduated from Mt. Vernon Seminary, Washington, and made her debut at the Bachelors' Cotillion several years ago. Ev is now stationed at the Naval Air Station, Quonset, Rhode Island.

Formal announcements of two other marriages have been received recently: Dick Exton, Staff Sergeant, U.S.A., was married to Lillian Singer on January 17 at Atlanta, Georgia. Bob Fairchild was married to Ellen Irene Peterson on February 8 at Amherst, Mass. Charlie Schaeffer has recently been transferred to the Bridgeport plant of G. E. where he is in charge of the Commercial Service in Ship Fittings Section delivering wiring devices and lighting fixtures to the U. S. Navy.

Proctor Martin is now Senior Master at the DeVeaux School, Niagara Falls, N. Y., with an enrollment 20% increased over year. Proc visited with the Bill Wheatons in Barre, Vermont, last summer.

Irv Levitas is a lieutenant in the Medical Corps assigned to the 62nd Station Hospital, New Orleans, a good place to spend the winter, he allows.

Phil Rising says he's still just another civilian currently traveling through New England for the Curtis Publishing Company with whom he has been for the past eleven years. The Risings have two children; Donald, (best reader in his class), and David, 2 1/2 (best prospective halfback since Red Grange). They have a home in Needham which enjoyed a successful vegetable garden and super homemade outdoor fireplace last summer. Phil's extra-curricular activities at the present are performing the duties of an A.R.P. Post Warden.

Larry Worth was married to Miss Camila Fonseca of Honduras at Monterey, Mexico, November 9. Larry spent five years with gold mining companies in Alaska and prior to the war was employed as overseer on a banana plantation in Honduras. He is now in business in New Orleans.

REUNION IN FRISCO Lieut. Keyes '29 and Capt. Cavanagh '29in San Francisco when Bill was stationedat Mare Island and Ellie was visiting onofficial army medical business.

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