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. Seventeen members of the class got together for a dinner at the Dartmouth Club of New York on the evening of January 24, including Click Morrill, who we would like to believe came from Boston to attend the dinner, but, in fact, was in New York on business. Boss Geller did arrange a business trip so that he could be at the dinner. Others who were present were Alvie Garcia, Dick Remsen, Charlie Gately, Les Snow, Jim Steen, Andy Phelps, Irv Goss, Honey Brooks, Doc O'Connor, Randy Burns, Ed Mitchell, Morris Knight, Lee White, Garry Garrison and Heinie Urion. Doc O'Connor gave an interesting account of his trip to England, France and Italy last fall as chairman of the American Red Cross, and Boss Geller discussed his plans for the Alumni Fund campaign. In response to the announcement of the dinner that Windy Gale received, he wrote from Wilson, N. Y., that the "O.D.T. won't let me be there but say hello to the gang."
Boston classmates were shocked by the sudden death of Ralph Buck on January 16. He died in his sleep from a heart attack at his home in Belmont, Mass. Classmates at the funeral services were Ken Kimball, Hal Fuller and Lyme Armes.
High honors and a big job came to Hal Fuller with his appointment as head of the 1945-46 National War Fund campaign for the State of Massachusetts. He was vice chairman of the recent campaign and has been closely identified with the Massachusetts Council of the National War £und since its organization two years ago. Hal is president and general manager of the Bicknell and Fuller Paper Box Go., Boston, and is a past president of his industry's national trade association.
A voice from old Mexico City comes in the form of a letter from Bud Hoban saying:
Barbara and I are again enjoying what is probably the most normal country in the world today. Mexico has become almost a second home for us now and we really do enjoy our annual visits here. Football is gaining more and more interest here, especially among the young people. The University of Mexico again won the championship but the opposition is getting stronger each year. The other coaches, all Mexicans, are my good friends and we get together often to exchange ideas. It is interesting work and I think it is bearing fruit. We stepped out of our class on New Year's when we played in the Sun Bowl Game at El Paso, Texas, against Southwestern, of Georgetown, Texas. My team averaged 165 pounds against 190 for our opponents. My boys did well and made lots of friends, but we cannot stand up to U. S. colleges for a time yet.
Writing from Camp Pickett, Virginia, Lt, Col. John Brewster says:
As one of the elder members of the Reserve, in which I have been interested for a long time, my service since April 1942 has been at Camp Pickett, Va., fifty-five miles southwest of Richmond. It is one of the larger cantonments but not well known to the general public as much of the military training and troop movements here have been unusual and restricted. My assignments have been various, principally as operations and training officer, and for the past year as assistant to the Post Commander. My concern has been chiefly with the ground force troops readying for overseas. One of these units was a World War I New York Infantry Division lately on Leyte. Jake Orr of the Signal Corps has been here twice and brought news of Connie Snow and his Washington office.
After serving two terms as president of Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Council of the Boy Scouts, Sam Hobbs has passed the gavel, although he is still a member of the Board of Trustees of that Council. He was the recipient of the Silver Beaver award, one of the highest honors of the Boy Scouts, thereby joining Boss Geller as a holder of that award.
Among the classmates that Doc O'Connor has seen recently in the course of his journeys were Henry Allen in Milwaukee and Lyle Chase and Eddie Daley in Detroit. Jack Fox missed Doc's dinner at Pittsburgh because, as secretary of the Taxpayer's Association of Allegheny County, he was required to be attending budget meetings of townships and school districts.
Alvie Garcia joined the ranks of us grandfathers with the birth on January 11 of Dagma Edith Carlson to his daughter Amelia at Camp Lee, Va., where Alvie's sonin-law, Lt. Carl J. Carlson, is stationed.
Art French is president of the Holyoke, Mass., Rotary Club, and occasionally meets up with Elwyn Taber and Doc Kinne.
Sons and Daughters in Service .... Honey Brook's daughter, Ann Chittendon, is a WAVE stationed at the Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. After graduating from Packer Collegiate Institute she enlisted in the service last July and recently took her examination for Petty Officer rating Sam Hobbs has his daughter and grandson at home in Arcadia, Calif., with the receipt of overseas orders by his son-in-law, Lt. Malcolm Moore. ....Arthur E. French Jr. is on the Western front, stationed in Holland. Art French's other son, Charles D., is at Foster Field, Texas, and his son-in-law, John Lally, Amherst '43, is in China Boss Geller received a V-mail letter from son Fred from Holland, dated December 27, saying "Sleeping in hay mow. Better than on the ground but not much warmer—just more comfortable." .... Stan Weld's son Dave, who was in V-12 at Hanover, received his commission on December 14 at the Midshipman School at Columbia University and is now studying Communications at Harvard. Son Bob is at Boca Raton, Fla., working on B-17's and B-24's. Daughter Barbara is with her husband at Bremerton, Wash., while his carrier is being repaired following a Pacific engagement.
When Art Gray 'n and his wife were re- cently visiting Boston from their home in Oakland, Calif., Clyde Cooke, Carl Pond, Ralph Pettingell and Carl Bowker '11, together with their wives, had dinner with the Grays' at the Statler Hotel, seeing them for the first time in fifteen years.
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