1919
Dartmouth night, November 10, will find many of us meeting together to enjoy that bond o£ friendship made possible through absorbing some of the granite of New Hampshire twenty-five and more years ago. The University Club of Boston, the Dartmouth Club of New York and other well known Big Green hangouts welcome us.
Spider has again earned his "D,"but was awarded a silver service instead by his classmates who could be found within signature distance of Jim Davis, under whose careful direction this token of appreciation was secured.
When you have information about a member of 1919 please send a note to the secretary. He wants news.
Tom Bresnahan while in Chicago during July saw Bill Eads at a convention there. Bill heads the Eades Furniture Co. of Little Rock, Ark. He also visited Tracy Kohl, proprietor of Oak Park Inn in Chicago, and Red Washburn. Tom has been appointed special service representative on home building and home furnishing activities of the McCall Corp., publishers of McCalls, Red Book, etc. Mr. Bresnahan is also president of the National Floor Covering Association and has been" serving as national advertising representative of the Ivy League Alumni Magazine. Incidentally, Red Washburn is an old timer with McCall Corporation, himself.
Lt. Louie Munro USNR reports meeting Lt. Comdr. Greif Raible who has returned from the Normandy invasion where he had command of some thirty-six LCl's as well as some salty nautical English. To quote Munro, "Greif formerly commanded a DE and then was ordered to England to train and handle a squadron of invasion craft. Greif was in the thick of the Normandy invasion. He was in command of a headquarter's ship "LCH" which moved in on one of our two beach- heads. He had leave coming up and after D plus nine Admiral Moon gave it to him. He was aboard a transport coming back on which Larry Eastman was Exec."
He too saw Larry Eastman, commander USN and executive officer of a transport with an enviable record of safe crossings and experiences that we should like to have put in the Class Records. Quoting Munro again—
"Larry has had a most interesting experience. Going aboard this ship in 1941, he was navigating officer. He took his entire naval reserve battalion from Portland, aboard with him. He has gone hundreds of thousands of miles and his ship can truly be considered a lucky ship. They have yet to come in serious contact with the enemy either in the Pacific or Atlantic. Larry now a full commander and as I say, is second in command of one of our transports."
Maulsby Forrest is now lieutenant colonel; Mose Jones a major, and Chug Sears, a lieutenant colonel.
We salute you all three!
Those who saw Notre Dame demonstrate their football system in Boston October 14, will remember the home of Bird's Bath (for swallows only) and their host and hostess, Phil and Helen. Boston has advanced since the time of the famous Tea Party.
During our summer reading, we ran across several news articles that mentioned William Picken, one of Bay Shore's famous yachtsmen, as winner in his class over many competitors. Bill's Fo-Fo is still in there setting the pace for other "stars."
Don Leigh of Webster, Mass., wrote some time ago about his three sons—who as of August, were Lt. Don Jr., bombardier-navigator of a B-26 based in England; Cpl. Tom of the 8th Air Force in England since October 1943; and Pfc. Charlie, U. S. Marines, veteran of Bougainville, in November 1943 and now somewhere in the South Pacific. Mary, the only daughter, 17, is home with Don and Mrs. Leigh. Don's firm, The Clapp Instrument Co., has the Army and Navy "E" for war work. That sounds like a real war record for all of us to shoot at. Bill McMahon with two sons and a daughter in service comes pretty close, at that.
It is with deep regret that we'record here the passing of Doctor Jack Ward Gray of St. Louis, Mo., a resident physician of St. Louis City Hospital. Jack leaves one son, Charles, and his widow.
A letter from Jim Bear, with Fruehauf in Detroit reports James Bear Jr. in Navy V-12 at Alma College in Michigan. Alma graduated Frank Knox. Jim's daughter Barbara is still in high school.
Letters from Walt Cooper now of 18 Sutherland Road, Montclair, N. J., and Hal Parsons still of Brooklyn, admit good health and praise Class Agent Martin for reaching that worthy goal set for the 25 th Class Gift.
Seen in New York during September, were Nick Sandoe, Bill McMahon, Batch Batchelder, Spiderv Martin and Tom Bresnahan; while in Westchester appeared Vaughn Little, Hall Davidson, Bri Greeley and Red Colwell. Red has just returned from Indian Lake in the Adirondacks where he found rest for a short time from the severe strain of selling more and more real estate.
Bill McMahon reports his paratrooper son Dick is now a sergeant and stationed somewhere in England. Dick attended Dartmouth in 1941 and 1942.
No very recent word of Geo. Rand, Clarence Buttenwieser, Clarke Ingraham, or other good correspondents whose military service has taken them far into the Continent or to the South Pacific.
Lt. Comdr.Henry Siegbert walked into the Dartmouth Club last week to announce that he was home for a short leave and would visit his daughter in Boston and take in the Notre Dame-Dartmouth football game. Henry has a record of service in the Navy that rates a story in future class notes.
Secretary, 234 Huguenot Street, New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
