1919
This second World War has created many changes as well as shortage of manpower and many vital materials for civilian use. Witness the fact that war has ruined our chances to meet in Hanover on the occasion of our 25th Reunion, come June 10, or so. The change in class secretary is only incidental to the War. One thing war will not change, and that is the regard and affection in our hearts for Dartmouth College. Proof of this unchanging devotion will appear in Spider's report to us on our 25th Year Class Gift to the College and on the Alumni Fund later. Jim Davis writes a letter to Batch Batchelder that will be read by him for the first time when he scans these class notes:
"Dear Batch: For obvious reasons I address you through the columns you have made so full of interest for all 19ers for so long.
"We cannot let you relinquish your duties as secretary without some expression of appreciation for the outstanding job you have done, and on behalf of the class officers and all members of the class, as well as personally, I want to say 'thanks.'
"You have been more than a good secretary, carrying out well a difficult and tiring piece of work. You have gone beyond the responsibilities of the office, have sought out no matter how great the difficulty for you, additional ways of serving your class. You have furthered our progress toward class unity to a degree which can only be a genuine satisfaction to the class and to the college.
"Our sense of loss occasioned by your resignation is somewhat tempered by our good fortune in securing Ken Huntington to succeed you, and by the knowledge that in spite of your other Dartmouth and civic activities you will still be working with us behind the scenes. James C. Davis, President 1919."
Si Stein sends word of Jim Pelletier's illness since last spring. Jim's home is at 3 MacDonald Rd., Albany, New York.
We quote from Mrs. Mose Jones: "Mose left August 6, 1942, for Officers Training School in Miami as a captain in the Army Air Corps. He was first stationed in Florence, S. C., and later in Maxton, N. C. He went overseas last May and spent the hottest summer in his life in North Africa and now has been in Sicily for several months freezing to death. He is with a Troop Carrier Command and is executive officer of his Squadron. He has had many interesting experiences which would be too many to enumerate." His address cannot be published because of censorship.
Dr. William A. White Jr., 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., better known to us as Bill has recently had published a learned treatise entitled "Umbilical Hernia in the Bad Risk Patient." It appeared in the November issue of Surgery, Gynecology, and Obstetrics.
A brief letter from Bill Eddy, Colonel in the USMC, states that he saw Commander John Chipman in Algiers last fall and saw Major Chuck Sears AUS in Washington, D. C., on Christmas Day. Bill will not tell us where he has been, but he admits Washington and Eastern Mediterranean as two places touched in his travels.
A letter from Commander John Chipman USNR deserves reprint in part:—
"This is Christmas Eve here. It is dark at 5:30 P.M., but it is only 10:45 A.M. where you are. Although we are far from the front, it seems as if hostilities must cease for the Christmas hiatus. Nearly all are gone from the office here and I am standing by making the most of the time before closing up my own office and thinking and writing to you all at home. Needless to say I miss my own little family more than I can say and on this occasion there is no demarkation between family and those friends with whom you have come along the years. I do believe such a sentiment is an earnest of the Christmas spirit and which I must confess has been with me many evenings before this Christmas Eve. But this war must soon end and we shall again be able to say 'How are you' in person. You can guess how I look forward to stopping off at the Inn and after getting set, to stroll out on the campus again. How nice it will be if you are there, too. To you best wishes for a happy, happy New Year and to all of yours."
Our senior Naval Officer in 1919, Capt. Paul Halloran, met John Emerson, Chief of the Salvage Division, on the train outside of Washington. Paul has covered no less than 55,000 miles since traveling over the Atlantic, Pacific, and every state in the Union except South Dakota, keeping up with the requirements of a Navy that has bases in a thousand different spots. He admits that most of the mileage was covered through air.
Knip De Boer is now with Butler Bros., 860 Broadway, New York City. Dan Featherston writes that Lt. Col. "Jock" John M. Murray is Chief of Neuropsychology, Army Air Force, Washington, D. C. George Bingham's son is Navy V-12 at Dartmouth College.
Members of the class whose paths recently crossed ours in New Rochelle are Tom Bresnahan, Bill McMahon, Mai Drane, Harry Colwell, Spider and Batch.
Twenty-fifth Reunion Fund Chairman E. E. Martin sends the following. We quote: "The other night I tuned in the radio to listen to Fulton Lewis Jr. The announcer said Fulton Lewis would not be on the air that night, and his substitute would be Bill Cunningham. Bill gave a very fine talk."
John O. Emerson writes from his new connection in New Haven, assistant to the President in the Marlin Firearms Cos. Jack has resigned from the WPB, as of last September. He was deputy chief of the Industrial Salvage Division and helped set up the Government's salvage program for the Nation's industrial establishments. Jack was slated as a major in the Army Specialist Corps which folded up before his transfer. He reports running into "King Cole" and Capt. Paul J. Halloran USN in Washington.
Dartmouth in Boston is always active, and Rock Hayes reports: "There isn't much news hereabouts that I can supply for your notes. The Annual Dartmouth Dinner is being held tonight at the Copley Plaza and there may be something of interest that will materialize from this. I have just learned, however, that Charles W. Eaton, New England manager for the stock exchange house of Shields and Cos., and commonly known as Chuck, was. operated upon at the Newton Hospital, for gallstones on Tuesday, February 1. No complications have developed and he is getting along nicely."
Recently made partner of Smith Barney and Cos., Lefty Farrar writes from 105 West Adams St., Chicago, to "Batch," in part, "The class of 1919 is certainly fortunate to find itself a secretary as conscientious as you have been," and, "I have a little Junior who's in the class of 1945 in Navy V-12 Unit. He entered Medical School at Hanover last November, 1943. I have two more headed for Dartmouth, Louis, 16, and one 13."
Don Eldredge, well known and highly regarded by many of his friends in Dartmouth and elsewhere, died suddenly while in New York on business January 17. Donald H. Eldredge Jr. is private first class AUS, and Joseph L., another son, is an apprentice seaman in the Ul S. Navy. For brief details of Don's passing and his history see "In Memo- riam."
Rowland P. Pollard, Newton Center 59, Mass., recently home from Delhi, India, is enjoying a three-month holiday with his family.
Norm Godbe, in the Office of Naval Procurement, 703 Market St., San Francisco, reports seeing Mike Godman, Major, U. S. Army. Bunny Burnett, now in Pratt Clinic, in Boston, is not too well. His oldest son is a major, the pride of four sisters. Add Capt. R. C. Pierce (Ray to you 19ers) to that list of classmates and their sons in Service. His address: 709 M. P. Box, Fort Devens, Mass.
Jim Wilson, with the Salem Tool Cos., Salem, Ohio, reports hearing from R. B. Johnson of Austin, Texas, and Jack McCrillis of Newport, N. H. Also states that Lew Cody's daughter is about to be married.
Later from Rock Hayes: "Since time is so short, I think it best to write immediately as to 1919's attendance at the Dartmouth Dinner last evening—George Bingham, Russ Whitney, Lt. Louie Munro, Jack Shelburne, Nockie Wallis, Ray Hinds, Phil Bird, Bill White, A 1 Crosby, Jim Davis, Elmer Pilsbury, Lt. Col. Dan Featherston, Bill Cunningham, Rock Hayes. Bill represented the class at the head table and during the evening played a medley of Dartmouth songs on an organ brought in for the occasion. Many of the audience had of course heard Bill speak but did not have any conception of his musical talents. He went over big."
Bud Potter became National Promotion Director of American Airlines, 100 E. 42nd St., NYC, on Jan. 1, 1944.
Secretary, 234 Huguenot St., New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
