1933
This isn't much like the Reunion years we used to know. It's a hell of a way from June, 1933. Not so much in time spent. It isn't so long ago in years. But we've sure been on some roller coaster ride since then.
The War has hit us just like everyone else. This month, however, its fiery breath comes very close indeed. In the necrology section you will find an account of the death of Denny Fowler in action in North Africa.
This June finds us scattered all over the world instead of sitting on the Senior Fence or singing behind Topliff. CupeFarmer is on an island in the Pacific; EdFoley is at Pearl Harbor; Whit Kimball is on active duty in the Atlantic; CharlieClark is in New Guinea—and you have all read about the terrific shuttle that GerryKrosnik was on from Alexandria to Tunisia.
We must keep our eyes on the problem immediately before us, but let us, at least, keep Balch Hill and Dartmouth Hall and the campus elms in the back of our minds and let us make sure that Reunion ranks No. 1 on our personal list of essential post-war projects.
FATHER, DEAR FATHER
From Captain Ford Sayre comes a note delivered by his charming sister-in-law: "For the records, I am in Spokane, Wash., the c.o. of 250 colored gentlemen, waiting to get shipped to God knows where. Working hard and having fun, but I wish I could get home to stay. At present I'm home on leave prior to getting shipped." Ford had to do with the billeting problem and was living at the University Club the last we knew (which would seem to indicate that billeting was going O.K. so far as he was concerned).
Bob Fox writes this from Woodland Way, Haverhill, Mass.:
"I keep in close contact with my former roommates, Roger Smith and harry Durgin. The former was recently stationed in Brooklyn and the latter in Miami. Roger has come up through the ranks to a commission and Larry is a It. (jg)." "My children-are both girls and will have to see Hanover from the sidelines. They are Suzanne, who is three years old, and Roberta, three days old. My business is still Colonial Beacon Oil Cos., but I am now working in Boston, the War having disrupted my activities in the real estate department in southern New Hampshire."
This happy announcement comes from Gordon Ferrie HullBl Washington Ave., Morristown, N. J.: "I should like to make up for past neglect in the duty of reporting the births of Class babies—Gordon Ferrie Hull 111 was born July 4, 1941, and on May 30, 1943, little Mona Jerusha was sent us. I should like to add the happy, but customary remark that my wife, the former Mona Jerusha Cutler and the wee babe are doing nicely."
Hal Mackey reported on May 25 th that JackSmart had become a father two weeks previous. It was a girl, but Jack had not yet heard of it since he was in foreign service. Mac also reported that he recently ran into Lt. Bobby Burns, the former jive impressario, and that the smiling officer had a winsome and wide-eyed doll on his arm. Probably some trusting country girl carried away by the glamour.
Lee Sanborn will be assistant director of Camp Weona, the Buffalo Y.M.C.A. camp, for the summer. Lee is the principal of the Frewsburg High School and holds a master's degree from Syracuse. Jim Doherty has been promoted to the rank of major. He is serving as executive officer of a battalion at Camp Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Winston of Herkimer, N. Y., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Ellen, to Corporal Brett Osborne USA. Corporal Osborne is now attending an Officer Candidate School. Miss Winston is a graduate of Syracuse Extension.
Ned Hird, who, up to June 9th, had been manager of the Clifton, N. J., plant of Samuel Hird and Sons, worsted manufacturers, left on that day for the Naval Training Station at Newport, R. I.
Ken Jacques was in Los Angeles when he wrote this:
"Having just received and enjoyed the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and the 1935 Newsletter, I am forwarding my new permanent address for the duration— 104 Heywood Ave., Melrose, Mass., so I hope to enjoy them as much in the Army. I enter on May 15th as Ist Lieut, in the Medical Corps. I report to March Field first, then I go to Carlisle Barracks for six weeks, and then to Key Field, Meridian, Miss.
"I have enjoyed a good year here as resident orthopaedic surgeon at the Orthopaedic Hospital. I've had good swimming all winter, including diving for abalones, a couple of weeks skiing at Yosemite, and a month as plant physician at Lockheed while waiting for orders.
"Dave Cook is back here for a few days after nearly a year of dodging submarines with the Merchant Marine—-first in the Pacific and then in the Atlantic. The last I heard from Ralph Keyes, he was with the Air Corps at Kearns, Utah. Clarence Al-baugh is ineligible for the Army for medical rea sons and is blossoming out as the hardworkingest and most prominent young opthalmologist and bachelor still able to breathe in Los Angeles. I heard a few months ago from Cupe Farmer who was then holding down an island in the South Pacific.
"Did you know about the native Californian that Bettie and I have? She is also named Bettie and was born November 28, 1942."
THEY'VE GONE OUT DEPT. Warren Braley, RFD 1, Box 149, Charleston, W. Va Hank Carruth, Union Bag and Paper Co., Woolworth Bldg., N. Y Bob Cocroft, 1812 Juneway Terr., Chicago, 26, 111 Bob Critchell, 231 S. La Salle St., Chicago Capt. B. P. Cunningham AUS, 106 Center St., Bridgeport Bob Ellis, 823 Greenwood Ave., Willmette, Ill. . .. .Joe Ely, Box 1146, Westwood, Cal Ens. E. J. Foley Jr., BOQ, Section Base, Bishops Point, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Hank Haw good, Apt. 309, 2700 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C Ted Holmes, c/o E. P. Turner, Mc Kinl ey, Maine Lt. John B. Huriley, 819 Michigan Ave., Evanston, 111 Ed Hatchings, 155 E. 22nd St., N. Y. C. 10 Fred Jackson, 613 Angell St., Providence, R. I Ken Jacques, 104 Heywood Ave., Melrose, Mass Lt. DunhamKirkham, 118 Park Hill, Hot Springs, Ark Capt. Wm. B. Lewis, RFD, Sushan, N. Y William B. Lochmiller, Box 591, Joplin, Mo Burton E. Martin, 1330 Columbine St., Denver. ....Ted Monahan, 9418 Hilspach, Philadelphia. ....£. Donald Phinney, 19 Cold Spring St., E. Providence, R. I Dr. Eber Resnick, 153 Bolton St., Portland, Maine Lt. Roland Stevens, White River Jc'n, Vt Sid Stoneman, 112 Monadnock Rd., Chestnut Hill, Mass Bob Verbs', 2128 Pacific Ave., Alameda, Cal John Bowman, 481 Gurdon St., Bridgeport John Brooke, 6 Bolton Gardens, Bronxville Dave Cook, 85381/2 Burton Way, Los Angeles Ed Drake, 8416 Byrd Ave., Inglewood, Cal Lt. MiltonNeaman, 2500 Q St., N.W., Washington..... Lt. Marshall T. Newman, 48a Buckingham St., Cambridge, Mass Lt. Robert Thornton, 6941 Gaston Ave., Dallas, Texas. Jim Woods and Cliff Johnson have done a swell job in editing and producing REUNION NEWS, a bring-to-date for the 1933 members of Theta Delta Chi.
With this offering we bow out as your correspondent. Bro. George Theriault will take over, as you have already been warned. You will thrill to his distinctive and spirited literary style—a style born of many, many sociological bull sessions. We hope that he'll enjoy his tenure of office as much as we have ours. To him, good luck. To you, thanks for listening.
LIEUT, (jg) PETER GRACE '33, now on active duty somewhere in the Pacific area.
CPL. ARTHUR D. O'CONNELL '33
Secretary, 111 West Main St., Waterbury, Conn.
