1942

Lucky Leo, my number one bookie onthe stem, told, me the other night that thesurest bet he had on his market these dayswas the Dartmouth Alumni Fund. Gentlemen, I vouch for Lucky Leo's reliabilityand most heartily recommend his suggestion to you.

This has been a Dartmouth month through and through for yours truly. There was President Hopkins' visit to the Dartmouth Club in the middle of the month, the basketball team's appearance in the middle of the month, the Secretary's meeting on the first weekend in April, and finally a couple of good blasts with Ensign Black Jack Corwith, enroute to Miami, on the same weekend. Popping up during the month were Dick Remsen, who just was commissioned at Columbia V-7; DickBaldwin, waiting for a ship here in Gotham; Joe Wilder, down from Columbia Med for the basketball game with DePaul; Ensign Lowell (Pete) Peterson and ChickEmslie, likewise waiting for ships; Jim Farley, now at V-7 Columbia; and Stan Wyatt, Ensign, in town for the weekend.

Gordy McKernan was down from Hanover for the basketball, and Jim Ingersoll, also an ensign, was around the same weekend, although I didn't see him. Peterson told me that Stub Pearson, now commissioned in the Navy Flying Forces, was visiting Johnny Teal in Greenwich, but I had a previous engagement in Brooklyn that evening and didn't connect with either Stub or John.

Also dropped in on Jim O'Shea and his lovely wife in Brooklyn one Sunday—you'll find Jim now at 128 Columbia Heights in that borough—and had a lot of fun talking over Dartmouth, especially the freshman year and more especially a freshman baseball trip to Boston in which Bleary BobMacNeary and Bill Parmer played prominent parts. Both Jim and I were wondering what has happened to Salty Bill Peters who has been swallowed up since graduation. Incidentally, in my best Ed Sullivan style I pass out the tip that Jim is expecting a shortstop for the class of '62 or '63 before very long. Which about cleans up my personal contacts during the past month. If I've forgotten anyone, please write me and tell me where to get off.

The Mail Bag this month was good as usual, although apparently much of my material is now reaching the Black Market hands of Shorty Arico who certainly has done himself- proud with two great news letters. Well, Jim Crotty, his Dad writes from Worcester, Mass., is now a Ist lieutenant with Wally Sigier of the same rank in the Marine Air Corps somewhere in the South Pacific. Ensign Bud McKinlay is in Hawaii in command of "censor." And Chet Ray, now a Ist looey, pens a swell letter in from far off Australia, telling of seeing Dartmouth all along the way. He likes the Army, but says that he could use a little more Dartmouth out that way.

The above-mentioned Dick Baldwin adds a letter to his personal showing, and in the process includes this news: Ray Wattles and Chuck Drennen in Naval Ordnance, Washington; Dan Seacord and wife at Norfolk; ditto Bob Dewey; Bert Englert in Naval Supply just off good old Sands St., Brooklyn; ditto Al (Red) Hooker; Ensign DaveWarren at Fort Schuyler and Dick himself set to be an assistant gunnery officer aboard a certain member of Uncle Sam's Fleet.

Incidentally, I've been thinking howqueer a short little guy like Arico wouldlook with a long face. I would suggest thatto prevent this we all get behind him andship our contributions to the AlumniFund to him pronto and quickly, but especially right away.

Back to the Mail Bag—l have received notice that the following men who didn't get out at the same time as we did have expressed preference for 1942. So welcome to seven new fellows, officially in 1942 now: Henri Bohle, Bob Cook, Ed Doty,Bill Koester, Hank Kramer, Dex Richards, and Jack Stinson. If my memory serves me right, we've picked up some colorful characters, and I do mean color.

Bruce Stephens writes that the Army has taken him, but I do not have his station. Bruce says that Bill Miller is about out of QMC-OCS at Camp Lee, that Ed (McGinty) McLaughlin is Supply Officer in a PT Squadron in foreign waters, and that Bert Anger is with the ski troops at Camp Hale, Colorado. Dutch Schaefer, the handsome flyer once removed from a tough looking Russian in last month's Alumni Mag, has been transferred to Muskogee, Okla., for primary training.

And then Ensign Johnny Storrs, while staying with med students Andy Morgan, Bill Enos, JohnGleesman, and Ralph Raclin in their E. 80th street layout, writes that he roomed with BobStrasenburgh at Northwestern with Bob Sherman,Ned Skinner, Frank White, Carroll Woods, BobDewey, and Joe Logan on deck. Joe disappeared via Norfolk. Then in Miami Johnny ran into Lindy DiFabio, Jim Ingersoll, and Bob Grimm. In Manhattan John had a meal with Hugh Halsey and Dick Maxwell and saw Pete Bixby across the street, coatless on a 10-below day. (Does that sound familiar to anyone?) And finally the good Ensign says that Jim O'Mara, Reid Griffith, and Farley are at Columbia V-7 and Al Dingwall was organizing a Glee Club at Tower Hall in Chicago.

And then Phil Moon sends announce- ment of the commissioning of his ship aboard which he will be supply officer. Phil adds that Lt. Frank Garran is also aboard, and that Pete Hoes has left for foreign waters as a Naval ensign. And in a little envelope, about the size of a good quarter comes announcement 6f the birth of Linda Carol Harlow to Cpl. Hal Harlow and his wife on March 20. Congratulations are in order, but the Class Baby issue is still unsettled.

From fashionable Boca Raton Club, Fla. A/C Bob Pitman sends the greetings of fellow students, Bob Emerson and Jack Harriman. Bob also tells that John Dela Montague and Phoebe Corthell were married in Laramie, Wyoming, on December 23 last. I hinted at that last month on advice from Bud Dutton who writes again this month from Ft. Belvoir where he is in Engineers OCS. Bud says that Bob White, Lt. USMC, got the mumps just before scheduled to push off for foreign service, and so is now training new Marines in California. And Lt. Dave Allen of the Coast Artillery writes from Colorado that Joe Logan and Dick Nehring are in Navy School in Washington, D. C. now; that Bill Stockdale is on his way overseas with the Army but before going got himself married and is about to join the ranks of our fathers; that Sam Adkins has been drafted into the Army and is kicking about a "limited service" classification; and that KenLesure is in Africa with the AFS and the Bth Army.

Mulligan forwards news that Ben Page has been commissioned in the Navy and is now at another school in San Diego; that Bob Smith has got himself a motorcycle to carry him back and forth to work in New Britain, Conn.; and that Chick Camp, ArtStukey, Wattles, and George (Soldier)Brickelmaier were on hand at the Washington appearance of President Hopkins. And finally a long letter from Pete Link now with the Air Corps at Napier Field, Ala. Pete throws along the news that Wally Meckes is on the West Coast and is able to have his wife with him.

QUICKIES: Gerard Riley's engagement to Betty Wiggins of Newport, N. H DonMeads at Pensacola for Naval Aviation Training. .... Hal Eckardt and wings at Jax in February. .... Ollie Barr in OCS out of the Mountain Infantry at Fort Benning. (He was with Dela Montagne I think) John Robinson at Maxwell Field for Army Air School. .... Ralph Tyson on to Penn Med to complete the course he finished at Dartmouth. Ralph an ensign JohnnyWorcester on to NYU to finish up his medicine. Also an ensign Dick Lawton picked Cornell to finish his. And still the ensigns parade Lt. Dick Bolton, the Assistant Public Relations officer at Michell Field. .... Marilyn Cook's engagement to Art Sale, USNAC. Marilyn's from New Rochelle. .... and the marriage of Rollie Tremble, A/C, and Mary Jane Roberts on February 4th in New York City.

Before signing off, I want to suggestagain that each and everyone of us, I particularly mean all of us, pitch in and giveTed Arico a big send off. A little can meana lot to Dartmouth. Send him a check today.

Thanks for reading this far.

LT. BRADLEY C. BOWMAN '42 Recently commissioned in the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve after training at theMinnesota Naval Air Station and theCorpus Christi Naval Air Training Center.

Secretary, 100 DeForest Rd., Burlington, Vt. Class Agent, 105 Maple Street, Belmont, Mass.