1910
The class of 1910 lost two real men last month Joe Bartlett, professor of English at Antioch College for many years, and Ernest Small, our Rear Admiral who has carved an enviable record in Naval history. .... "Dutch" Irwin kindly sent us news of Joe's passing but in lack of details and date we can offer no obituary in this issue .... that of "Shorty" Small is in the In Memoriam section.
There is so much to be said about Ernest Small that wartime space just does not permit it all.... which will be left safe in the College archives.... he returned from the Pacific in October, sent his class dues and new address to Fletch Burton, wrote us a letter about his war duties and regret at being sent home to the hospital Clarke Tobin called on him and carried in person the greetings of the College and Class and had a thoroughly enjoyable visit, little realizing that the end might be so near "Shorty" enjoyed Hanover reminiscences, sent his best to Walter Norton and others.... his death on December 26 was a shock for to those of us who had followed his wartime career. He was a hard-fighting Navy leader who had gone through action after action with much success, and who, somehow, we had sort of come to accept as going on forever. He was ever after the enemy .... yet he was a modest, soft-spoken, gray-haired individual whose record will live long.
Shorty Stern is president of American National Bank and Trust Co., Chicago, lives at 1301 "No. State St Harry Mudgett's home address is 232 Colony St., Meriden, Conn. .... Allen Doggett is with Farm Security Administration, Ft. Edward, N. Y Bucky Allen has the son of Barbara Hutton enrolled as a student at his Rivers School Ken Phillips says duck hunting in fall is only reason folks work in Nebraska summer heat Hoitt Charlton lives at 123 Pine St., Wollaston Micky Holmes, Newark Fuel Baron, has plenty of coal but too many customers Tommy Leonard, Nashua barrister, expert golfer, politician has been seated by a nose and nose victory on N. H. Governor's Council.
Reunion Plans are going forward .... after consulting Class Exec. Committee, we appointed Charlie Fay and "Else" Jenness to head up the affair with power to select such other members as they desire .... details will be released from time to time .... there will be very little of the formal.... a lot of men are tired and will welcome the opportunity to sit in bull sessions under Hanover's elms.
Sympathy goes to Art Gow in the loss of his wife, Frances, who died suddenly on November 27.
Cpl. Bill Dussault Jr. who has been in the South Pacific, is home on twenty-one day rotation plan at Franklin, N. H Lt. Tom Kerley piloted a B-26 all through the European invasion..... Bennie Benjamin, in Air Force map-making, was married in October. .... Lt. (jg) Jud Lyon skippered aPT boat through Italian and southern France invasions, is now at home base on temporary assignment His brother Clarke, Air Force sergeant, has been in Italy and France for a year Wid Washburn, son of Harold, our French Prof, and Wartime Physics Lab Ass't, is smarter than his Old Man, took six courses each V-12 term, got twelve straight A's, won a D in shotput, another in football, played considerable sixty-minute guard assignment, got shipped to Parris Island for intensive Marine training..... Jack (Otto) Taylor is Dartmouth freshman Judy (Inky) Taylor is continuing her splendid portraiture and ecclesiastical painting at Boston's School of Museum of Fine Arts
Ken Phelps, Easty and Bill Taylor lunched together with the Minneapolis Dartmouth Group on December 30 All three stand high in their life work, and Ken is recognized as outstanding in his profession..... Charlie Noone, prominent Chattanooga lawyer, sent us his annual Christmas message, something very fine in thought.... it would be great to have Charlie at Reunion next June.
Congratulations to Ernest Stephens recently elected Superintendent of Lynn schools Ernest, twenty-eight years with Lynn schools, started in 1916 to teach history, left following year to enter Army, returned in 1919 and has been there continuously. He studied two summers at Columbia, received his Masters Degree from Harvard, attended graduate school at Boston University, taught at Newton High His oldest son, Robert Nelson Stephens was killed in France in November, which was a hard blow to Ernest and his wife. .... Their younger son, Ernest Jr., is in Eastern Junior High.
Lt. Cotndr. Atkins Nickerson wrote a letter in Spanish to Fletch Burton.... neither Fletch nor we knowing that language. Harold Washburn was persuaded to translate for us, which he did, a bit too literally for reprinting here. However, to believe Harold in part, Nick is now stationed in Cuba after service since July 1941, was fifty-six October 1, is still capable of working twenty-six hours per day, seven days per week, and compete with anyone. In Cuba natives are agreeable and even very hospitable.... living costs cheap orchids grow wild and insects reach great sizes and multiply without pity. In 1942 he predicted German War would end in 1945 and the Japan affair in 1949. You can thank Prof. Washburn for this much.
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