1912

At the expiration -of his term of office on December 11 Doc O'Connor was reappointed chairman of the American Red Cross by his former law partner, President Roosevelt. Space will not permit reporting all of Doc's activities and travels as Red Cross chairman and as president of The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. You will have increasing opportunities to hear him over the radio, and on his journeys he sees as many classmates as possible. For instance, at an Infantile Paralysis Foundation dinner at Montpelier, Vt., on December 4, he saw John Holden and his wife, who attended the dinner, and at Burlington, Vt., he met Johnny Booth and his wife. In Washington recently he had a visit with Harold Mosier, who was in the Capital on business with his boss, Glen Martin.

On November 9, Doc was the guest of honor at a testimonial dinner given for him by the civic organizations of his native city, Taunton, Mass. Rollie and Lily Linscott attended the dinner, and Rollie reports: "It really was a splendid testimonial and Doc rose to the occasion as usual in wonderful shape, making the best speech that I have ever heard him give outside of our last Reunion in Hanover. It was an enthusiastic gathering and I would not have missed it for anything. I only wish the rest of the class might have been there."

On December 2 Doc was the guest of honor at the 62nd Annual Dinner of the Clover Club of Boston. As a part of the program, and in Doc's honor, the members of the club presented a Red Cross pageant entitled "Blessed are the Merciful." Lyme Armes was a guest at the dinner and wrote Doc: "I thought the Red Cross pageant was simply beautiful and beautifully simple in its presentation—indirectly, a splendid tribute to you."

And speaking of traveling, hats off to Charlie Gately, who is one of the men responsible for making possible a sufficient supply of aviation gasoline for our air forces to dominate the skies on both the Pacific and European battle fronts. I recently telephoned Charlie asking him to have lunch with Boss Geller and a group of other classmates to discuss plans for next year's Alumni Fund campaign. Charlie had just spent a weekend at home after an absence of nineteen weeks and was leaving within a few -minutes after I telephoned him, for another absence of anywhere from three weeks to three months. At that postwar reunion at Hanover "when it can be told," Charlie will be one of the class who can then relate an interesting and thrilling story of major contribution to the war effort.

Syd Clark reports that at the Dartmouth Night meeting at the Willard Hotel in Washington on November 10, the Signal Corps civilians of 1912 were represented 100% in the presence of Syd, Bob Belknap and Billy Baxter. "Our two colonels would have been there, too, had not unavoidable matters prevented it."

Our peripatetic Red Whitney wrote Pett Pettingell on November 4 that he "landed in Boston last week expecting to stay a month, and drove by Dedham Court House three times en route to North Attleboro. Will be back again next week and stop off to say hello. Nothing new except trying to be in four .places at once instead o£ three as normally."

Notice to Classmates in Neui York City andvicinity .... A Class Dinner is planned to be held at the Dartmouth Club on the evening of January 24.

On November 30, while in New York City on a business trip, Boss Geller met for lunch with a group of classmates who could be gathered on short notice to discuss plans for 1912's Alumni Fund contributions for 1945. Boss reported that the prospective decrease of the Navy V-12 program at Hanover and the consequent outlook for diminished income to the College will make necessary the greatest of efforts to increase contributions of the class to the 1945 fund. Those who got together with Boss were Wally Jones, Alvie Garcia, Dick Remsen, Les Snow, Jim Steen and Heinie Urion. One of the suggestions made, that might appeal to you, was to commence sending Boss monthly contributions, thereby making it easier to increase previous individual amounts by paying six monthly installments from January to June. Why not write out a check to Boss now, just for instance?

Quechee French is unusually brief but, as usual, to the point in writing Pett: "Now living at 51 Westford Ave., Springfield, Mass. My wife has adopted an alley canine, which is the only increase in the family. Am rounding out thirty years service with the Consolidated Rendering Cos., and at present am manager of the Springfield plant. Check enclosed for dues."

Marian Belcher sent Harold's check to Pett with a note saying: "Have been waiting for Harold to do this but he is a busy man looking after many missionaries here and abroad and trying to keep different money exchanges straight. He is doing the same work at the Boston office, only more of it, and also has to travel about the States a lot. We know we are getting old for we have our fourth grandchild, a girl after three boys, so we feel very thrilled, even though Dartmouth would not benefit The latest grandchild is the daughter of C. Francis Belcher, Dartmouth '38."

Andy Phelps is the author of an interesting brochure on the history of the church which he attends, the Crescent Place Reformed Church of Yonkers, N. Y.

The next two or three months are "dog days" for news. How many of you will write me about yourselves and your families, particularly of those sons and daughters in service, of whom we are all so proud?

Fund Contributors for 1944 Contributors: 185 (95% of graduates). Total gifts: $5888.13 (123% of objective). ROSCOE G. GELLER, Class Agent.

1912

Adams, Benjamin F. Ahlswede, Roland B. Albree, G. Norman Allen, Horace E. Allen, Mark E. Anderson, Edgar W. Armes, H. Lyman Baker, Harold T. Baker, Merton H. Baker, Ralph E. Barnett, Harry C. Baxter, J. Welles Belcher, Harold B. Belknap, Robert B. Bellows, Harold A. Biery, Walter L.1 Brewster, John D. Brown, Bishop Brown, Harry M. Brown, Robert E. Bruner, Warren D. Buell, Arthur C. Bugbee, Lloyd H. Bullard, Gardner P. Burnham, Arthur W. Burns, Randall G. Butler, William P. Cabot, Charles R. Campbell, Vance C. Card, Walton G. Chapman, Elmer D. Chase, Lyle D. Childs, Walter H. Clark, Arthur H. Clark, Fletcher, Jr. Clark, Sydney A. Cole, Harry W. Cooke, Lewis C. Coolidge, Paul W.2 Cottrell, James T. Crocker, Walton G. Cutting, Earl M. DeMerritt, Dean R. Doe, Nelson L. Dorward, David L. Doyle, Joseph D. Ekstrom, Louis F. Elcock, Walter B. English, James H. Erwin, James R.3 Farnum, Ralph E. Farrington, George H. Ferguson, Arthur C. Fisher, Charles E. Fletcher, Robert D. Flint, William W., Jr. Fox, John L. French, Arthur E. French, Walter M. Freund, Harold H. Frothingham, Roy S. Fuller, Harold S. Gale, Ashley H. Gammons, Everett W. Garcia, Alvaro M. Garrison, W. Lawrence Gately, Charles E. Geiser, George W., Jr. Geller, Roscoe G. Gibbs, Ruel S. Goss, Irvin J. Goss, Kenneth H. Gould, Wallace I. Greene, Vernon L. Griffin, James B. Hartshorn, Elden B. Haskell, Royal J. Haycock, Chester P. Hitchcock, Charles Y.4 Hoban, Bernard A. Hobbs, Samuel Hunt, Benjamin H. Ickes, Sydney F. Jepson, William R. Johnson, Truman E. Jones, Dana W.5 Jones, Paul P. Jones, Wallace T. Kimball, Kenneth C. Kinne, Arthur L. Kirkpatrick, Robert H.6 Kyle, Morton Lena, Hugh F. Lewis, Roy E. Lines, Howard B.7 Linscott, Rolliston W. Locke, William H. Lohmann, Hermann Lovell, Lathrop B. Lovell, Stanley P. Lowd, Harry S. Luitwieler, Edward B. Lyons, Barrow B. McCarthy, Charles E. McCarthy, John J. McCoy, Jackson McElwain, Henry E., Jr. Mensel, Ernst E. Middlebrook, William T. Miller, Alfred R. Miner, Edward C. Mitchell, Edmund I. Morrill, Clyde G. Morrill, C. William Morris, Robert S. Newcomb, Chester G. Newton, Ray L. O'Connor, Basil Oneal, James L. O'Neill, Charles I. Orr, Caleb W. Park, John R. Parmenter, Vernon E. Pettingell, Ralph D. Phelps, Andrew J., 3rd Plumer, Richard C. Pond, Carl F. Putnam, Irving H. Quint, Walter S. Reed, Mark W. Remsen, Richard Richmond, Edward A. Roberts, Perley J. Robie, Brian W. Rogers, Scott A. Rollins, Carle E. Russell, Fordham C. Russell, Joseph W. Sawyer, Edmund R. Sawyer, Harry E. Schwartz, Clarence T_. Shapleigh, William P. Shrigley, Wilfred R. Smith, Alfred L. Snow, Conrad E. Snow, Leslie W. Snow, Mark G. Sfearns, Harold G. Steen, James A. Stevens, Henry B. Stowell, Ernest A. Stratford, Charles H. Sturtevant, Rollin H. Sugatt, Clifton H. Swenson, Guy A. Taber, Elwyn L. Tackaberry, Ralph W. Tanger, Charles Y. Taylor, Clifton C. Thomas, Walter F. Tirrell, Marshall Tl Tobey, Ray W. Trapp, Harry E. Twitchell, Ralph D. Tyler, Clarence G. Urion, Henry K. Van Dyne, Henry B. Viets, Henry R. Wallburg, George F. Wanner, Harry C. Waterbury, Lewis C. Watson, Homer G. Webber, Norton P. Weil, F. Taylor Weld, Stanley B. Wells, Carl S. Wheeler, G. Warren White, W. Lee Whitney, Ralph E. Whitney, Ralph H. Whittemore, Manvel Wiggin, Forrest L. Wobbecke, William K. Worcester, George F. Worton, James Wylde, Russell A. Young, Maurice MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM:1 his widow, Mrs. LilyLinscott.2 William P. Shapleigh'l2.3 Richard Remsen 'l2and Randall G. Burns'l2.4 Mrs. Hitchock and sonCharles YJr. '3B.5 Edward B. Luitwieler'l2.6 Mrs. Kirkpatrick.7 H. Lyman Armes 'l2.

SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN FRANCE, by Lt. Gen. George Patton's "three star" jeep, Basil O'Connor '12 talks with the general.

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