1935

We had ourselves a bit of a time up in New York a little over a week ago while in the process of attending the annual meeting of the Secretaries' Association. Now that we think of it, we didn't really come away with any real news to speak of, or to set out here, but we did have the pleasure of seeing not a few classmates and a lot of familiar faces. At table with us for the din- ner on Saturday evening, in addition to His Honor Mayor Monagan of Waterbury, late Class Custodian for 1933, were EnsigBill Fitzhugh, resplendent and fit in that uniform, Father George Colton, benignly paternal with two children but still active and a welcome sight, Bouncing Bill Scherman, of whom we say the same, and, our faithful friend Friar Naramore, a frivolous fillip he, and the welcome bearer to our ears of one new limerick. The Friar and your scribe have been comparing notes in that fertile field for years, until now by dint of our joint efforts and effusions our respective (sic) collections number in excess of 150; we'll probably peddle copies at our Tenth and start a Class Frolic Fund with the proceeds. One day, when news hits a low ebb again, we'll give you a bit of a preview. Wheel

SOMEWHERE IN NORTH AFRICA

Dear Gilly—

Just a few lines for the record. I got the itch last spring and was commissioned in May '42. Went through V.D.S. (Boston), Fleet Sound School (Key West) and Sub Chaser Training Center (Miami). Finished all this in time to get in on a very interesting little trip.

Please say hello to anyone concernedwould like to find out if any of the lads are over here.

Has anybody located Halvorsen yet? Kindest regards,

Jim West

SPRINGBOARD TO ENGLAND

Our former Class Agent brings a bit of color into the war news with the following via V-Mail:

Dear Jack—

I don't know whether the news has reached you yet, but I'm now one of the "V-Mail boys"—a group which gets free stationery and free postage but thinks all letters addressed to them are being censored by Davy Jones.

Back in January I got orders detaching me from Charleston and ordering me to report to N. Y. for further assignment which turned out to be a stretch of duty here in London—a really great assignment, Jack. Doing practically the same kind of work I had been doing—but getting a chance to see a few things.

I flew over—which was in itself enough excitement to make the arrival here an anti-climax! We stayed overnight in Bermuda and then had to spend 24 hours in Lisbon and 48 in Limerick, Ireland, awaiting some better weather. The flight was perfect to Lisbon—smoother than any kind of traveling I've done—but we really got the bumps the rest of the way.

Do we have any '35ers over here? Ran into Jack Fogarty '34 a while back. Best regards to the class and yourself, Gilly. Let's hear from you—

Bob Hage

And from Lt. Hugh Wolff, Army Air Forces, a summary of his "Cook's tour"—

Just a note to let you know that your Dec. 10 number of The Bulletin followed me over here. In fact, I think I got it just as quickly as I frequently would get the football issues two years ago back in Chicago! They always seemed to require a month to reach me.

To relate briefly what has gone before: I "sweated out" OCS in the 124th Observation Sq. from September 1941 to March 1942, when I was sent to the Air Forces Admin. School at Miami Beach. Got out (never so glad to leave a school in my life!) in June and found myself assigned to a "hot" outfit. Foreign service isn't half as trying as the getting-ready is! We went to England, arriving early in September; and after an interesting stay there, punctuated by two or three visits to London, we took a cruise down here, where it is only slightly more primitive! The lack of housing means many troops have to bivouac .... but at least the climate is pleasant. We endured a muddy rainy season when a bath was a cause for celebration and any food other than emergency rations out of a can seemed like Sunday dinner at the Sun! Now we are dry. We play soft ball and volley ball daily and are getting sunburned gradually., Nights are still as cold as the correspondents say they are.

THE TIME IS SHORT SAID AXEL SNORT

ENS. ROBERT G. YOUNG '35 USNR

Secretary, Gates Mills, Ohio Class Agent, 176 Northwood Road, Riverside, Ill.