1939
HERE AND THERE: Jack Goldman was promoted in November to first lieutenant and is now located somewhere in England. From Perry Thomas's father comes news that Perry Jr. has been in the Service since early 1942 and is now a fighter pilot in the Navy. Hank Conkle reports from Sub-chaser training center, Miami, that he has run into Fred Upton, Dick Brooks, Dusty Rohde, Warner Kiefaber, Bob Catharine, Hank Bagg, and Lou Highmark. He has now been detailed to destroyer escort duty as a communications officer and hopes to cross wires with other Dartmouth men.
Coby Howe's father informs us that Coby has been promoted to major, and participated in the Gilbert affair. Wolf Naylor has been based in Miami for over a year, flying for Eastern Air Lines, both on their domestic commercial runs and overseas operations for the Air Transport Command. Major Bill Stevenson, veteran of eighteen months' campaigning, participated in four major battles Tulegi, Quadalcanal, Enogai Inlet, and Bairoko Harbor. His solitary injury could be determined only by X-ray three broken ribs as a result of diving into a shellhole on New Georgia. He estimates that he has traveled about 31,000 miles since leaving Quantico in April, 1942. Second Lt. Lawrence Gotfredson Jr. recently arrived at the Colombus Army Service Depot to assume his duties in the Storage Division of the Engineer Section. He received his commission in September (last) at Ft. Belvoir, Va. in the Corps of Engineers.
In August, Earl Stevenson entered the Navy, whereas prior to that he was working for Commonwealth Edison in Chicago. At the time of writing he was training at Cornell in steam engineering and expected to be through by this past Christmas.
Another fine letter was received from Pat Patterson, who spent a lengthy seige in Africa doing plenty of duty with the Aviation Engineers, building and defending air fields, and also considerable land mine removal work, learned from English officers. Before the Sicilian Campaign was getting underway, he was ordered back to the States to teach mine removal, and is now located at Orlando, Florida. From Lt. Funke comes another letter, this stating his three years in the Navy have incorporated light cruiser duty, armed guard, and lighter-than-air. The lighter-than-air training was at Lakehurst for the past year, where he leceived his wings. Since then he has been piloting blimps over the Atlantic.
From Ann Davidson comes news of her doctor husband's surgical interning at Duke. He received his doctor's degree December 19, cum laude. The best news of all was the arrival of Andrew on the same day. Lou Bradley became the father for the second time on February '4. This time he evened the count with a girl. Speaking of arrivals, your secretary became the father of Barbara on January 1, 1944. Nothing like starting the New Year off with a bang.
Eddy Palmer received his Doctor's degree from the University of Rochester, School, of Medicine and Dentistry. He was sworn in just betore Christmas as a second lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. Army, oil inactive duty, until he completes his internship at the Rochester General Hospital.
Johnnie Litchfield was recently promoted to first lieutenant in the ski troops. Ensign Johnnie Page is serving with the fleet in Atlantic and European waters. Lt. Charlie Stack, Ordnance Department, has reported to the Springfield Ordnance District for duty. Before entering the Army he graduated from Tuck School and worked as an accountant with Raskins and Sells. His duties with the Springfield Ordnance District will be along accounting lines.
Service promotions this month are reported to the following grades: First Lt. Frederick R. Mcßrien; Major Henry P. Welton; Capt. S. Frederick Nixon; Ensign Walter E. Martinson; Capt. Eugene L. Weeks; Lt. John H. Sullivan; Lt. John M. Bowie; Ens. John F. Page; Lt. (jg) Frank Cline Jr.; Lt. Thomas T. Brooks Jr.
Engagements are announced as follows: Miss Jean Berkeley Peyton, of Crozet, Va., who attended University of Virginia, to Lt. Earl Buckingham Seeley, USNR who is now on active duty. Miss Elizabeth Marie Mason of New Haven, Conn., who attended Albertus Magnus and Yale Graduate School, to David Foster Long, who did graduate work at Columbia and Boston University. Miss Irene Marjorie Haskell of Great Neck, who attended Virginia University and was graduated from the Katharine Gibbs School, to Sgt. Stanley J. Besking, U. S. Army Air Forces. Miss Joan Worrall o£ Yorkshire, England, and port Said, Egypt, now connected with the British Consular service, to Lt. Jack Bowie, USNR, who before entering the Navy was a member of the Washington, D. C., EveningStar staff.
Now that the year 1944 has just started and the Fund is well under way, how about, "Every 'sjger a class agent and Every Thirtv Niner a contributor?" For those of you who are over seas and have requested early notification, of the Fund's drive, kindly take this as official notification in case you have failed to receive correspondence from others. The four dollars for class dues should be sent to Jim Mathes, care of Hanover. This year how about winning our Green Derby? In the years since graduation we have failed to win as yet. Come on fellows— any amount—but EVERYBODY—This has got to be our year. No class has been as good as ours—let's prove it.
JOHN McLANE 111 lives up to the skiing tradition of his father (1938) and his grandfather (1907) by getting early instruction at the Inn Children's Ski School.
SQUADRON COMMANDERS at Bryan, Texas, Capt. Frank M. Curtis '36 and Capt. Young P. Dawkins '38 both flew the same plane—"Wah-Hoo-Wah." Since this picture was taken, Curtis has been hospitalized after suffering serious injuries in an automobile accident, and Dawkins has been moved to Maxwell Field, Ala.
Secretary, Bethany Woods, Bethany, Conn. Treasurer, c/o j. M. Mathes, Inc. 123 East 42nd St., New York, N. Y.
