1924
Your secretary is at home from May first ready for business.
From West Hartford, Cleve Poole writes, "I am still busy investigating trust funds and making continued progress in throwing off my arthritis. For the past six months I have been able to work full days and enjoy more freedom. We spent our vacation last year at Squam. Those N. H. hills looked good. My oldest boy is a sophomore at Loomis and plays a good game of football, something his father cannot boast of «ver doing. The war has put a real crimp in my revolver shooting as the shells now go to Uncle Sam. Work takes up most of my time and the family rates the rest. Have gray hair and weigh 50 lbs. more than at graduation. Nice to hear from you, Cleve." Congratulations to Arthur Watson, elected president of the Hartford Board of Fire Underwriters. Art has his own firm in Hartford, Arthur A. Watson and Cos., in association with his brother, Lt. Col. E. S. Watson, now on active duty in the Far East. Art is married and has seven children, is chairman of the Republican Town Committee of Wethersfield and a member of the Hartford Rotary and the Wethersfield Country Club.
Dr. Tom Carroll is a lieut. commander in the Navy at Norfolk. Tom has been school physician in Clifford Park, police surgeon of Englewood Cliffs, and examining physician for Selective Service Board 4, Edgewater, since its inception. Tom finished his postgraduate work at Yale University Medical School. Two years of interneship followed at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, and a year at Providence City Hospital. Tom is attending obstetrician at Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, a member of the Englewood Hospital Medical Board, and a past president of the Fort Lee Rotary Club. Nice going, Tom, and the best of luck.
Shirley Austin writes from San Francisco enclosing a check for the Fund. He is a lieut. in the USNR.
March 22, 1943.
Dear Jeff:—
Long time no see and just about as long a time no hear. How are you and the gang around Boston. I saw Ted Learnard for just long enough to say hello when he came down to Quonset Point near the end of my indoctrination class, in August and then, when I returned for another two months in the Air Combat Intelligence School, found that my nose was definitely on the grindstone and no chance to accept his kind invitation to visit the Learnard family. Gus Caldwell bunked in the same compartment as I did in that first school and Hal Andres was only a few bunks away from me. Jack Ackley and Lor Alford were also in Platoon One which took in the "A"s—to half way through the "B"s. Ackley, Henry Siegbert and I seemed to hold down the Dartmouth end of things in the School. As you probably know during that time, ending the middle of last October, Jim Franciscus was stationed at the Naval Air Station at Quonset, having had I believe fifteen months of service with the Canadian Air Force. I had a mighty pleasant week at Pittsburgh before knocking its soot from my ears and the fun of having Jim home from Culver for two days' visit, all six feet three of him done up in the Culver cavalry uniform that causes you to wonder if it's Free French or what, if you are not in on the know. He is sixteen and I hope can finish out this year and the two more before him at prep school before he gets into the show. His mother and twelve-year-old sister seem to be doing a good job at home and my father is keeping the flag flying at Parrish & Co.'s Pittsburgh office. From what I hear from home of rationing and all it means the more I wonder if I wasn't yellow to join the Navy. I drink coffee by the bucketful and iced tea at noon in the wardroom (have been on shipboard for some little time now), with tubes of toothpaste, shaving cream, etc. to be had at the cigar mess. There is a recently opened officers' club which I hope to visit one of these days, although lately I haven't found much time for it. The liquid that cheers can be found on searching, song is taken care of by a jazz band and the movies, but women just "ain't". . . .someone started a rumor the other day that he had seen one but I'm sure he was just seeing things.... possibly had seen Rita Hayworth the night before at the movie and was having "afterimages." No fooling, I really love it all and only hope that I can help a little.
Thanks for your check and letter, Shirl.
Come on, Gang, get that Alumni Fund check in the mail today and make it easy for Bob and his helpers. They're pretty busy these days. Do all you can to help them.
Pete Wheatly sent me a fine letter saying he'd seen Tim Lyons representing a client before the Grand Jury of Plymouth County, talked with Ray Hopkins at a Civilian Defense meeting and tried to get in the Navy but his eyes weren't as good as they used to be.
From Red Castle, lieut. in USNR, Otay Mesa, Calif.: "Have been in the Navy since last November and am now Commissary Officer at this new air station. It is located one mile from the Mexican border south of San Diego. How long I will remain here I do not know, but so far any Navy experience has been fine and I have been able to visit home occasionally. Sorry I will not be able to assist with the Fund this year but have already mailed in my check." Thanks for your letter, Red. Good to hear from you.
Secretary-Chairman, 45 Chestnut St., Wellesley Hills, Mass Class Agent, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H.
