Eastern Pennsylvania

IT -is WITH PARDONABLE pride that your secretary announces the birth of Bradley Proesser . Shultz on August 10, last. At the ripe old age of three months he can give a lusty Wah-hoo-Wah for Dartmouth.

Captain Bill Breitinger '37 has been transferred to Orlando, Fla., in the capacity of instructor in the Army Air Corps. Bill s wife, Jean, and their small son have returned to Reading for a prolonged visit with Jean's mother and dad, pending more definite information on the permanancy of Bill's new location.

Our president, Ensign Bud Erdman 37 has also been transferred; Bud has migrated to Los Angeles from Bar Harbor, Me. Your scribe was unable to learn whether or not his family returned to Reading or is with him in sunny California.

The most difficult news to write is to inform you of the death of Lieutenant Johnny Mullen '38. Johnny is the only one of our gang to have paid the supreme sacrifice so that we at home might continue our relatively easy existence. He was first reported missing by the War Department on July 24, only four days after his arrival in Normandy, but a telegram several weeks ago notified members of his family of his death.

The more important highlights of Johnny's life will be found in the Necrology section. However, it is certainly in order to state in this column that all of us loved Johnny for the zest he put into living, and we will miss deeply, his straightforward manner and his contagious enthusiasm for every job he tackled.