1912

The kind of dramatic incidents of the war that constitutes a first class newspaper story was a meeting in the South Pacific of Unc Bellows' two sons. Unc furnishes the story as follows:

"Mrs. Bellows and I were delighted to receive a telephone call about a month ago from the wife of a lieutenant commander in the Navy who lives in northern New jersey, to tell us of some news she had just received in a letter from her husband. It developed that her husband had charge of one of the landing craft squadrons and selected as his flag ship, so to speak, the boat on which my youngest son Larry, Dartmouth '45, serves as quartermaster g/c. Larry knew that his older brother, Charles, who enlisted in the Seabees in August, 1942, was somewhere in the South Pacific, and as he traveled about he had been constantly on the watch for some trace of his brother's battalion.

"As the lieutenant commander came from northern Jersey, he took quite an interest in Larry and made it possible for him to vi'sit many of the out-of-the-way bases scattered through the South Pacific, in the line of duty, in connection with necessary trips.

"Eventually Larry located his brother's battalion in one of the most out-of-the-way, inaccessible spots in the South Pacific, obtained shore leave and took with him some dozen buddies who wanted to see the fun. He finally located his brother's headquarters, but he was away from camp at the moment, so they all waited for his return. After a few hours, Charles came back to camp and walked by his brother twice without even recognizing him, apparently never dreaming that there was anyone he might know within hundreds of miles. Finally Larry gave him a friendly 'boot' as he walked by again, whereupon his brother turned around and was about to reciprocate when he recognized the young sailor who was so presumptive. Suffice to say he was so overcome he could hardly speak and this meeting ten thousand miles away from home was an incident that neither will forget during their lifetimes. Their respective commanders extended leaves so that they had a real visit together and could inspect each others' living conditions.

"Since that date they have been able to see each other several times and have made the most of their opportunities. This happy meeting has helped their morale materially and we certainly appreciate the attitude taken by the commanding officers who have cooperated in making these meetings possible."

The most successful gathering of the class in New York that has been had in many a day was the occasion of a class dinner on the evening of January 10 at the Dartmouth College Club. Through the efforts of Dick Remsen, twenty-one members of the class were gathered, including the unexpected presence of Bishop Brown from Pittsburgh and Dick Foote, formerly of Little Compton, R. I. Other classmates present were Doc O'Connor, Wallie Jones, Les Snow, Unc Bellows, Al Garcia, Jim Steen, Nelson Doe, Ed Mitchell, Irv Goss, Randy Burns, Hugh Eaton, Charlie Gately, Carle Rollins, Morris Knight, Honey Brooks, Andy Phelps, Ernie Stowell, Dick Remsen and Heinie Urion.

After the dinner each one was called on by Doc to give an account of himself, from which your acting secretary gleaned the following items: Bishop Brown was seeing most of his classmates for the first time since graduation, inasmuch as he has never been able to attend the reunions because commencement exercises at the University or Pittsburgh, with which he is connected, have combat the same time. He is director of the Research Bureau for Retail Training, a graduate school of the University of Pittsburgh, a position that he has held for many years, and is a recognized authority in that field. He was in New York attending the meeting of the National Retail Dry Goods Association.

Dick Foote reported that the textile mill with which he had been connected in Rhode Island had been sold and that he now was with the Cannon Mills and temporarily in the office of that company in New York, prior to leaving for Charlotte, S. C., where he will be located. .

Nelson Doe is building a sintering plant—whatever that is—at a one-hundred-year-old iron mine in the Adirondacks, the most valuable product of which is titanium.

Ed Mitchell is with the Fairchild Aircraft Division making cargo planes.

Charlie Gately is establishing some kind of a record, flying 35,000 to 40,000 miles a year between New York and Louisiana and Texas. Since the fall of 1941, with a group of engineers, chemists and other technicians, he has been engaged on behalf of one of the large refining companies in a program of building facilities for the production of high octane gasoline and synthetic rubber.

Ernie Stowell recently assumed charge of industrial relations of the Worthington Pump Company, of which Unc Bellows is treasurer. Inasmuch as his duties will require considerable traveling, Ernie is retaining his home in New Haven.

Dick Remsen, Al Garcia and Wallie Jones could not get together on the story of their fishing trip to Maine last Fall. According to Dick he had no tackle or fishing "uniform" and knew nothing about the sport. According to Al, Dick won all of the fishing bets and Wallie said that in addition, Dick took all the money at bridge. When Doc O'Connor was recently in Pittsburgh he had lunch with Jack Fox. Bishop Brown and Fordham Russell both were laid up with the flu and hence missed a lunch on Doc.

Sons and Daughters .... Bill Butler's son, David, has been with the Marines for eighteen months and expects to go to the front very soon. He is a radio man and gunner on a bomber Bush Mensel's daughter, Patricia, was recently married at East Hampton, Mass., to Pvt. J. A. Perkins. The bride just graduated from Smith College in a premed course and plans to attend Rochester Medical School where her husband is a student Charles William Morrill Jr. died October 12, 1943, in Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D. C., while in active service.

SONS OF UNC BELLOWS '12 meet in South Pacific. Charles C. Bellows, SeaBee, and Lawrence W. Bellows '45 USNR.

Acting Secretary, 120 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Acting Treasurer, Court House, Dedham, Mass.