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Gardner Chamberlain '44 son of Bill and Mrs. Chamberlain of Lexington, Mass., enlisted in the AERC in May, 1942, was called to active duty on May 11, 1943, had basic training at Camp Eustis, Va., and was transferred to Camp Davis, N. C., where he is now attending the Anti-Air Craft Artillery School in radio communication. Lucy Chamberlain is in her second year at the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, and is now a junior. Bill has been a very active and useful member of the Lexington Draft Board.
Dr. Frank McCabe reports an excellent recovery from his illness of four years ago and takes great care of himself, retiring at ten o'clock nights. Mrs. McCabe is in very good health. Their son James is a pilot in the Air Transport Command and has recently gone overseas. Their son John is married and works in the personnel department of the Owens-Corning Fibre Glass Co. Daughter Marjorie, now Mrs. Louis Werst, lives in Washington, D. C., where her husband is a teacher. Daughter Elizabeth is a secretary in the Probation and Parole Department of the State of Rhode Island and lives at home.
William R. McFeeters, who is a lawyer in St. Albans, Vt., resigned on January 1, 1944, as chairman of the Vermont Public Service Commission. He has been chairman of the commission since February, 1941. He has been executive secretary to two Vermont governors, chairman of the Vermont Appeal Draft Board, states attorney for Franklin County from January, 1917, to 1920, and member of the state Senate in 1939.
We regret to hear that William has been confined to the Heaton Hospital in Montpelier for two weeks following an automobile accident. His condition is reported as satisfactory. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.
On January 9, 1944, Mr. and Mrs. John L. MacNeil of Newton and "The Farm," Washington, N. H., announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Margery Joan MacNeil, to Mr. James Corcoran Donnelly Jr., Ensign USNR, son of Justice James C. Donnelly of the Massachusetts Superior Court, and Mrs. Donnelly of Worcester.
Miss MacNeil is majoring in art at Smith College, where she is an accelerated senior in the class of 1945. Mr. Donnelly was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1940, and from Dartmouth College and the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx Society at Dartmouth, was editor of the 1946 Green Book, and advertising manager of the 1943 Aegis. Mr. Donnelly was graduated from Midshipman School at Northwestern University in December and will report to New Orleans for duty this month. The best wishes of the class are extended to Margery and James.
On Thursday, December 30, about fifty Dartmouth men and guests met for lunch at the Eagle Hotel in Concord for the annual meeting of the Merrimack County Dartmouth Alumni Association.
Herbert Rainie 'O6 presided and introduced a pleasant innovation in introducing the fathers of young alumni. Honorable Robert O. Blood '13, Governor of New Hampshire, and his son Horace '42, who is in the Navy, were welcome guests.
Harry Preston, Dr. Andy MacMillan, and your scribe represented '05. We missed John Smith, who frequently is with us for these annual meetings.
Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23, Dean of the College, gave an excellent address on changes in the college since the war began. He reported that careful study is being given to problems of Dartmouth after the war. James B. Godfrey '31, a Concord lawyer, was elected president of the association for 1944 and Lawrence I. Duncan '27, was reelected as secretary. He has served with marked success in this position for several years. With this legal talent in key positions, the association is assured of avoiding legal pitfalls.
Secretary and Treasurer, 14 Holt St., Concord, N. H.
