1923
For the first month in almost two years we have no additions to our "In Service" list to announce. The Alumni Records Office got ahead of us last month in reporting that Bud Freeman, the Racine, Wis., real estate and insurance agent, had been commissioned a It. in the Naval Reserve, and in checking our records we find several other instances where formal announcement is still due in this column. Some of them are quite old, but in order to bring you right up to date here they are:
Nick Bernard, N. Y., importing agent, went into the Army some months back, was recommended for officer training, and is now Lt. Bernard Lt. Frank Bunting, territory manager for General Motors Corp. headquartered in Providence, was one of the first of our gang to join the Navy. . . .ditto for Phil Derring, Lt. USNR, but in Phil's case it's the desk of the Treasurer of the McDonald Lumber Cos. of Portland which remains unoccupied for the duration Ira Dixson's choice was the USAAC Medical Corps, in which he ranks a major. Hooper Dooper had been M.D.ing in Stockbridge, Mass., with more than noteworthy success Bill Gratz, erstwhile v.p. of the First National Bank of St. Paul, is a lt. USNR Ted Hellwig is a Naval lt. also. In Ted's case, the previous combat area had been Wall St., and the rank a partner in Sweetser & Cos., brokers.
Artie Herz, former Sec. and Ass't Treas. of Herz Mfg. Corp. (paper specialties), is now Artie of the Army Bob Maxwell was given a leave of absence by Greyhound Corp., of which he was Sec. and Treas., and served for some time as bus transportation expert with ODT in Washington until the Army urge got the better of him One of the stars in the Copley Square (Boston) Hotel's service flag is for Paul Hutchins now in the Army. Hutch had been on the staff for many years Molly Meier, Glen Ridge, N. J., lawyer, is another Army-er. Molly received a Ph.B. from Brown in 1924, his LL.B. from Columbia in 1927, and reports have it that he leaves a fine practise.
Lou Van Orden, the big feed and grain man and branch manager of Winthrop Mitchell & Cos., stock brokers, is a captain of ordnance AUS.... and what could be more of a natural than a Naval commission for Bill Taylor, former New Bedford sailor and yachting editor of the N. Y. Herald-Tribune? That's what he is, Lt. (s.g.) USNR.
Certainly little removed from service in the forces of the United States, equally as necessary, as worthy, and as patriotic is service in the American Red Cross Field Service. A short note from Charlie Rice, the Hartford realtor, reached me just too late to announce in last month's column that on March 8 he started a three weeks' training period in Washington, preparatory to overseas field work with the Red Cross. Congratulations, Charlie, and don't forget your promise to keep us posted on your whereabouts.
Lou Wilcox writes that he has been tied in very closely with Army Signal Corps work at Camp Kilmer and the two supply depots of the Quartermaster Corps at Bellemeade and Somerville. Lou is plant supervisor of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Cos., and his office designed and supervised the installation of the telephone plants at these posts.
Roy Height reports that he's still the Texaco man for New Brunswick, N. J., and environs. In Roy's case, as I find to be quite generally so, decreased volume of business has meant increased amount of work, and add to that two or three nights a week devoted to Service Club and OCD projects and Adeline and Bobby (now 13) have become firm believers in General Sherman's appraisal of war.
Jim Broe, Boston correspondent deluxe, crashes through with the note that Frankie Downey, after an M.D. from Tufts Medical in 1926, has established himself as an outstandingly successful physician in Cambridge, Mass.—539 Huron Ave., the address. It's a matter of record that the local authorities ran short of ink before they had filled out the eight (count 'em) ration books for the Downey family. Mr., Mrs., five sons—Frank, Bill, Paul, Dick, and John—and one daughter, Stephanie. Is that an record or is it just a record ?
A bit of Green Mountain news sent us by our ex-Vermont scooper, Lew Putnam, just prior to leaving Barre for his new position with the Boston & Maine as assistant to the v. p. in charge of finance and accounting:
Les Richwagen is doing a fine job as head of the WPB in Vermont. That job, plus a grand family of four, will keep Les busy for a while, but he was already well known throughout the station via his newspaper work and the fine way he is handling this new assignment is gaining him the confidence of the entire state to the extent that almost no development would be surprising.
Ralph Noble is thriving in his job as Commissioner of Education for the State Bum Jones has reaped a number of well merited honors, fuel director for the state, director of Central Vermont R.R., but his big job is keeping his own Barre Granite on the beam not only as the preeminent memorial stone but, believe it or not, in crushed form to make the chickens of the country "give" for the war effort.
John Molla guides the politicians of Barre as their counsel in addition to carrying on a growing private practise Wendell Drown, in spite of the difficulties that all automobile dealers (even Chevrolet) are up against, still clings to his reputation as one of the most reliable and successful.
.... George McKee, erstwhile niblicker of national repute, has forsaken the sport in favor of a camp in the country where he and Lorraine and the kids can really enjoy themselves, and George can get some much needed rest from his duties as legislative draftsman and capital lawyer.
An item or two from the Windy Cityers Rumor has it that John J. Meloy Jr. has ever 50 slightly outgrown his Hanover nickname of ""Skinny," but it is a known fact that despite leaving us after freshman year and graduating from Yale in 1924 he has not outgrown his affection for Dartmouth. Skinny's one and only business connection is with the Chicago Title & Trust Cos. of which he is now trust officer Bill Ryan, another transfer and solid Dartmouth man, received his LL.B. from Northwestern in 1926 since which time he has been practicing law in Chicago with the firm of Ryan Condon & Livingston. In 1931 Bill led Miss Helen Hurley to the altar and there are now a son and daughter under the Ryan roof in suburban Wheaton.
Ted Swartzbaugh is mid-west representative of the Swartzbaugh Mfg. Cos. of Toledo. Ted's offices .are in the Merchandise Mart, but to get away from it all he has chosen a small farm in Northbrook where he is having fun as a country gentleman, the gentleman being particularly appropriate as, among other outside activities, Ted is a trustee of the Northbrook church.
The heartfelt sympathy of the entire class goes to Colin Stewart in the sudden death of his wife late in March in Hanover.
From Detroit comes the news that Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., of which Al Hovey is director of research, received the Navy "E." On the same day they received the award, they also dedicated their new laboratory and office building so that Al could work in more comfort and have more pep for his OCD work, gas identification and decontamination.
From Buffalo we hear the squeals of lan Robert McPherson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll W. (Sandy) McPherson, born March 6. Our informant, secret agent H.F.T., informs us that lan has inherited papa's red hair and looks simply fetching in his McPherson clan kilt.
Secretary, 8 Fenimore Rd., Worcester, Mass. Class Agent, Monroe Calculating Machine Co ii Park Place, New York City
