1919
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In normal times, the June issue completes the yearly cycle. It is a time for review and summing up. We would like to do a little of that now. First, I would acknowledge with gratitude and thanks the encouragement you have given me through the year, your patience and sympathetic understanding. Second, I wish to commend the service rendered our Class by John Chipman in Washington. He has written me repeatedly, giving important and interesting news about men located there and assumed the leadership of the Class to the great satisfaction and pleasure of other '19ers in Washington. In the words of Spider Martin, "He grabbed the ball and ran with it." Third, I would summarize about our men and their sons in service. Later in the year, we intend to mail each member of the Class a complete record of everyone in military or other governmental service. If you know of any man not already on our roster, will you send me the name, rank and branch of service. I am listing the names of the men we have now with a star to indicate sons:
Francis Allen, H. M. Allison, J. W. Aylsworth,* Jack Berry Jr.,* Kenneth Berry,* Leland Bixby, Curtis Bixby,* Earl Blaik, Fred Blanpied, R. C. Brummer, Geo. M. Brummer,* S. G. Burnett,* C. Buttenwieser, J. L. Cannell Jr.,* P. W. Carrigan, H. M. Chadwell, John Chipman, Donald Cole, Paul Deßoer, Spencer Dodd Jr.,* Larry Eastman, Wm. A. Eddy, Wm. A. Eddy Jr.,* John Emerson, D. F. Featherston, Norman Godbe, Wm. Goldberg, Wm. C. Grant Jr.,* Paul Halloran, Thomas Hapgood, Harold Harris, Ralph Hayes, Caryl Hinds,* E. M. Howard, E. C. Ingraham, W. N. Jeavons, Wm. E. Jeavons,* R. W. Jeavons,* Hubert Johnson, K. B. Johnson, M. C. Jones, John Keating, Thayer Kingsbury, Thayer Kingsbury Jr.,* Ken Knowlton, Harold and Everett Lanyon,* R. R. Larmon, Will I. Levy, Byron Long, George Ludlow, Nelson McCraw, Wm. G. McMahon Jr.,* Ralph Meader, C. D. Merrill, Lawrence Milligan, Harold Morse, H. G. Mullen, Louis Munro, John Murray, Eugene Neely, Stanley Neely,* Bob Newcomb, Bob Paisley, Lawrence Patton, R. H. Potter Jr., R. H. Potter lII,* Wm. Prendergast,* Greif Raible, George Rand, Nick Sandoe Jr.,* Chas. Sears, Sam Sheldon, Henry Siegbert, W. M. Smith, A. N. Stackpole, A. R. Stewart, John Stokes, D. E. Sullivan Jr., Alfred Taylor, Warren Thompson,* Milton Tucker, F. B. Valentine, Edw. Warnke Jr.,* Richard Wilder, Thornton Wood, Alfred Worthen, J. R. Wylie Jr.
In April I received my first V-Mail letter. It came from Larry Patton, and here it is in full: "Your letter of Feb. 18 has just caught up with me after having been forwarded no less than 5 times. Thanks for the roster of the Class in Service. I am a Ist It. in the Army Air Corps and have been here in the British Isles since last summer. Had a funny experience the first night I reported to this station. Another officer and myself strolled into the Officers' Mess for a beer before dinner and were invited to join a group of six sitting together. We were introduced all around and the subject of colleges was brought up and we were asked what college we had attended. My companion mentioned Southern California and a polite "Oh Yes" was the best he could raise. When I mentioned Dartmouth they cried, "Another guy from the Ivy League, thank God." It turned out there was one man from Yale, one from Pennsylvania, one from Syracuse, one from Ohio State and two from Cornell. So you see, once again the College did me a good turn in getting me off to a good start. Take care of yourself and if you run into any of the Class, give them my regards."
Others who have written are:
]im Stone: "For the past 3 years (seems longer) I've been tied into knots trying to get out more and better nails for the government (Independent Nail & Packing Co., Bridgewater, Mass.). You may recall that work never agreed with me, and finally I picked up a slight case of pneumonia the first of this year that flattened me for ten weeks. Nothing permanent. It's heartening to see so many of ours in the service—gives you the feeling we're still kids. I have a youngster who will soon join up,"
San Treat: President of Dr. Swett's Root Beer Co., NYC. Try a bottle this summer and think of San. _ .
Fred Alden: Minister First Congregational Church, Natick, Mass. "We are having our expected interesting and challenging year, during which we have added to our responsibilities the care of the little congregation in South Natick and are thus trying to do our bit with the home front while keeping in active touch with some 85 men from the churches in service."
Bill Grant: "I think you'll be interested in knowing that my boy, Bill, who entered Dartmouth last fall, finished the first semester and then returned home, as it was perfectly evident he was not going to be able to complete a second term before being called into service. He was inducted March 25th and is stationed at Camp McQuaide, Watsonville, Calif., and is well along in his basic training. My only contribution to the war effort to date consists of handling publicity for Civilian Defense in Baltimore County. Have found this extremely interesting, altho now that the job of organization is completed and everything functioning smoothly, it is not always easy to find material for a news release. Our Dartmouth Club of Baltimore is still managing to do business at the old stand, altho our numbers have been greatly depleted by the war. We have dinner meetings once a month during 9 months of the year and where we could usually count on 20 to 30 being present, there are now only 10 or 12. 1 am the only '19er at present.
Rock Hayes—Howie Cole—Louis Munro—JimHitchcock—Hal Parsons—Stew Russell—ThayerKingsbury: "Was sorry it was impossible for me to get around for the Class Reunion. Saw San Treat and Walt Cooper since. Having lunch with Walt tomorrow. For a hayseed to get shipped to this town (and in the Navy), I still can't catch my breath. Guess I'll never learn but I can't find time to turn around down here—and tired! Holy Mackerel—there just aren't enough hours in one day."
Phil Watson: Gas rationing permitting, Phil and his family will be quartered again this summer at No. Sandwich, N. H. His investment securities business brought him to New York in Feb. and he expects to be East again in June.
Larry Milligan: Scribbled between Indoctrination classes at the desert ship "Bear Down" NTS, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Greif Raible: "Here is one for the book. Bob Newcomb is my 1st. Lieut, aboard my ship. Can you beat that? The funny part of it was that we had been working together for two weeks before Dartmouth was mentioned and had not recognized each other. You can imagine the ensuing conversation. He's splendid and full of pep, raring to get into the scrap with the rest of us. I have a splendid ship and the officers and crew are not one bit less so."
Stan Mauk was in New York in April for the lumber meetings and had lunch at the Dartmouth Club. Capt. Byron Long, who was in New York for several months, has left for overseas duty—address: APO 4166, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
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Secretary, 2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. Class Agent, Graybar Electric Company 180 Varick St, New York, N. Y.
