1937

Both Loring Stinson and Dana Prescott have been promoted to major and together with tred Bunce, that once lowly doughfoot, who has risen to the rank of captain, they feel that their present rank represents the top achievement of their military career and the hext promotion will be out not up Capt. John Doukas of Keene, N. H., was presented a ronze Star at the Ninth Air Force Service °mmand, Luxembourg. John has been overseas since January 1943. His wife, Mary, redoes at 12 South Main St., Penacook, N. H. .... Stuart McWhood is now recreation supervisor of the city of Concord, Calif. He can be reached at Box 1044, Route 3, Concord, Calif. ... .Pat Patterson, former ticket collector for American Airlines who participated in that stirring battle of the Beer Cans with GailCompton, is at latest reports a lieutenant commander .. . . Jim Wallace is now an Engineer and for further details call, write, or see him at 1949 Princeton Ave., St. Paul, 5, Minn. .... Warren Crumbine is a lieutenant aboard the U.S.S. Jenks, which captured a German U-boat off the coast of Africa, a spectacular achievement in itself, and then towed the boat to the United States. You may have seen the whole episode written up in a recent SaturdayEvening Post article Ad Parker, JasonPerkins, and Les Bratton have all been promoted to the rank of lieutenant (jg). They all hope to soon emulate Whitey Fuller who sported real rank in the Navy. Former Lt. Comdr. Fuller took up his duties in Hanover as publicity director for the Athletic Council the day he received his discharge. The Boston Traveler reports that Whitey is mighty convincing on the subject of how much better a team Dartmouth has, than the defeats by Holy Cross and Penn would indicate .... BobPancake, the same Pancake that was flattened in thai Freshman Rush in the fall of '33, is now petroleum geologist for the Texas Cos. He can be reached at 80 2 1/2 Elmwood St., Shreveport, La.. .. Sumner Farwell and Joe De May as well as Norm Pratt have reached the rank of major, while Jack Foley and Bill Newburger were captains the last time we inquired .... Dr. George Stock is now a physician for the city Health Department of Houston, Texas, and can be reached at either City Hall or 2320 Austin, Houston, Texas At last reports Briggs Austin has moved from Washington and is now on carrier duty somewhere in the Pacific. Brian Armstrong Austin has not yet received the once-over from his father. Briggs has been both fairly close to both Tokyo and Iwo Jima when the going was pretty hot.

More and more discharges are coming through and addresses are becoming more settled. It is time to think of renewing class friendships and of having a few get-togethers where there are two or more fellows from '37 located. Who can serve as a clearing point for Class news in his locality? We know Latta McCray will help out in New York, Fran Fenn will help out in Hartford, Monk Amon in Boston, and we hope there are others who will write of their willingness to get the ball rolling. We have a Reunion in June of 1947 and a committee is needed to handle arrangements. Russ Stearns has indicated a willingness to make the necessary arrangements in Hanover, but there are other matters that require manpower. How about writing in with suggestions for the Tenth Reunion? Fred Laughton's sister, Mrs. D. G. Hopkins of New Egypt, N. J., writes that Fred has left Camp Gruber for overseas duty in the Army of Occupation. Fred was married in '44 to the former Rachel Anderson of Arlington, Mass., now in the WAVES.

Bill Breitinger at last reports was located at the Great Bend, Kansas, Army Air Field where the Captain is a navigator of a combat crew .. . .Dr. Roy Abbott, Chemist at the General Electric Company's Works' Laboratory at Pittsfield, Mass., is literally "designing molecules." He is constantly searching for new raw materials whose chemical composition can be altered or more fully developed to serve efficiently as a component of the electronic devices used by the Armed Forces. Roy has tested and synthesized hundreds of different materials in getting the best for war equipment .... Fred Klein of Yonkers, N. Y., has returned to the Marine Corps Aid Depot, Mir- samar, Calif., for leave and re-assignment after completing 63 combat missions, including six night "heckling" raids with the First Marine Wing Squadron in the Pacific. The First Lieutenant logged 175 combat flying hours while operating from the Solomon Islands against airfields and shore installations on Rabaul and Kavieng.

Loring Stinson, engineering officer already mentioned in these Notes, is credited with doing an outstanding job as Executive Officer of one of the largest military establishments of its kind in the War Theater of Operations where he is located in Staffordshire, England. .... Gus Farwell, already mentioned, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in combat aerial flight. Held a nine plane formation in an attack upon enemy gun positions defending a railroad bridge at Rovereto, Italy, and upon approach to the target intense anti-aircraft fire enveloped the formation, damaging many of the B-25's. "Displaying superior leadership and determination in the face of this anti-aircraft fire, Major Farwell maintained his crippled plane for a perfect run over the objective." He wears the Distinguished Cross Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters Capt. Halsey Bullen was Squadron surgeon with the 376 th Bombardment Group at the Grand Island Army Air Field, Nebraska .... Dave Camerer was Public Relations Officer with the 464 th Bomb Group. The Captain completed a course in coaching at the Central Sports School in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Classes were held in gymnasiums and stadiums once used by Mussolini to train Fascist troops. Dave will now be an instructor or coach. He has been overseas 14 months and sports the Mediterranean ribbon with three battle stars Frank Pickell's unit, an all negro Quartermaster Corps outfit, was recently awarded the meritorious service placque Remember Class Dues. Sending the slug to Rug is more important than ever with the "Tenth Reunion" coming up. Keep Fran Fenn's spirits up with an early return of the three dollar class dues. We've shown, great unity and strength in class dues returns, so let's keep up the pace.

BIARRITZ IS THE BACKGROUND in this sunny photo of Capt. Ed Sterns (left) and Major Dana Prescott, both '37 and often mentioned in the class notes, who were relaxing at the beautiful French resort from their duties in the army.

Secretary, c/o Cutler Farm 503 Concord Ave., Lexington, Mass.