1930
Two visits to New York within three weeks qualifies Al Dickerson as some kind of a traveler, but they turn out to be in the nature of side trips, for during that period A 1 was also in Lebanon, Pa., Chicago and Minneapolis. The New York delegation, however, was glad to see him when he accompanied President Hopkins to the annual meeting of the local alumni association. Twelve Thirtymen were at that gathering, including Dave Rubin and Bob Booth, who had been missed for some time. Dave is still as busy as ever in his social welfare activities, while Bob is back on Long Island, growing lots of potatoes and beans with his brother to help alleviate the food situation.
Another Thirtyman who had not been seen for some time came out for a small luncheon in Al's honor the next day, one Frank Gulden, president of the well known mustard firm, and former hockey star.
In Minneapolis Al saw Stu Seidl, the grain magnate, but missed Walt Rosenberry, who was out of town. He described Sam Adams, whom he saw in Chicago, as a bit more on the florid side, and Dud Faust as unchanged in appearance. Hank Embree was also there, and Clark Denney, now a captain, who had just returned from the Pacific area.
We thank Harry Casler, who received his commission as a second lieutenant last month, for the following items of interest:
"Your note reached me in Miami Beach during the hectic, crowded hours of O.C.S. and promptly got lost. I expect to graduate from here the first week in May. Tom Patterson '31, and I were in the same O.C.S. squadron and are living together here. Dud Ferguson is on the faculty, having graduated in the class ahead of ours. He brought back a most attractive bride about a week ago; she would make a honey of a cover girl. Dud seems very pleased with himself and life in general. Pat Weaver left Miami in a rush and is now executive officer on a P.C. (sub-chaser), fooling around the ocean somewhere. Bud Fisher is riding the waves on the Pacific—a rather hazardous spot at the moment. Rusty Morrill is in Rochester now, with a handsome new stripe on his sleeve."
That Ferguson item was so intriguing we went direct to the feedbox and Dud wrote:
"I was married on March 11 to Mary Louise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William George Metzger of Scranton. The suddenness of the affair of course prevented any advance notice. Being in the Air Force, I have to travel at a fast clip, and I naturally am a pretty good picker. Harry Casler will confirm that fact. Had anyone told me a month ago that I would be a married man today, I would have said, 'You're a bit ticked in the head.' But now I'll have to admit it's great stuff and whereas a few weeks ago I was screaming for foreign service, I am now content to fight the battle here for at least a little while. I finished this course a few weeks ago and am now on the staff. The work is very interesting and the experience gained here should be invaluable when I finally do get into the field."
Pete Callaway, who came to New York about a year ago to be the assistant to the advertising manager of Time, is now the advertising manager of Time's International Edition, the bantamweight issue which is flown each week to South America.
Dick Parker and Don Shaskan are still authoring. From the Baker Library we learn that Dick is the author of "Babylonian Chronology, 626 8.C.-A.D. 45," Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, No. 24" of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Don, with Dr. Helen Yarnell and Karen Alper, wrote the alliterative "Physical, psychiatric and psychometric studies of post-encaphalitic Parkinsonism," reprinted from the December issue of The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Dick Temple's father advised us of the birth of Richard Winfield Temple at the Marlborough Hospital, January 23, 1943. Dick's wife, Suzanne, is a graduate of Portia Law School and is admitted to the practice of law in Massachusetts. Dick is associated in the practice of law with his father, Winfield Temple, Dartmouth '97, and his brother, Leroy Temple '23. "The young son is getting along fine and we are most happy about his coming. We are not sure that he will be another lawyer, but we are very sure that he will be another Dartmouth man," writes Grandfather Temple.
Sara Eugenie Magenau was born in Concord, March 26. The announcement, in proper architectural style on blueprint paper, states that Sally is doing fine, Gene is delighted and brother Roger is very proud.
It's a pretty safe bet which tickled Charlie Rauch more, his promotion to rank of captain in January, or the arrival of his daughter, Bertina, on March 15. Charlie is commanding officer at Keesler Field, Miss., and lives with his family in Biloxi, a couple of miles away and not far from the beach. He is actually a group commander with six lieutenants under him and 2500 to 3000 men taking their basic training for the Air Corps mechanics school. When the C.O. left for further schooling, Captain Charlie took over. Other service promotions for Thirtymen include Major George Sarles, with an address in care of the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, and Captain Arthur L. Hayes, with the signal corps in Washington, D. C. Any time you classmates want the addresses of any Thirtymen in the service, drop us a line and we'll be glad to give you the latest addresses we have.
It was a surprise to us when the picture of the Johnson twins did not appear in the April issue, having been assured by the MAGAZINE office that it would, but we confidently expect to see it in this issue, since it is the last of the series, and the editors graciously made an exception in our case.
Thirtytwins Last, but not least, in the series are HughJr. and Stuart Robert Johnson, sons ofHiugh and Alvee Johnson, born August24, 1940.
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