1920
The Boston '20 Club had their annual dinner the early part of March and the following were present: Bung Roland, Ray Hutchinson, Geo. Macomber, Fred Calhoun. Phib Bennett, Rock Elliott, Art Pfieffer, Bing Whittaken, Ken Spaulding, Rog Pope, Bun Harney and his Marine son Bob, Lee Hodgkins and Sam Stratton.
One subject of discussion was, of course, what plans are being made for our 25th Reunion? Obviously under ODT rulings there will be none in Hanover. However, sectional reunions seem to be the next best thing. I have asked the Boston and New York '20 clubs to take on their areas, and have communicated with others in Washington, Philadelphia and Chicago to organize some kind of a 25th Reunion even if it is only in somebody's cellar. Groups in other areas will also want to get together and I hope someone will take it upon himself to be the organizer. It might be fitting if we all met at about the same time. Some months ago the weekend of June 9 was set as a tentative Hanover reunion date. Let's keep this in mind as a possible one for sectional get-togethers.
Sons-In-Service Department: Irv Blaine's son Jim, Yale '48, is in the Army—probably in Europe. Assigned to overseas duty 15 weeks after his 18th birthday. In 14 weeks he was trained in about 9 weapons and finally ended up as a flame thrower, which he is now, from all Irv knows Ray Moody's son Bill is in the Marines and when last heard from was in Guam. He has been in the Pacific area some 15 months as a radio man and has seen plenty of action Ken Spaulding has two boys in the Navy, one in the V-12 program while the other has just finished his boot training at Sampson Bung Roland has two youngsters in the Army, one in Germany with the First Division Roc Elliott's son Richard is a pharmacist's mate on a battleship in the Pacific. He is the laboratory technician of the ship. He served under our classmate Lt. Comdr. Tom Van Orden on a previous assignment.
Alexander G. Richter, Dartmouth 1964, arrived on the scene of action on February 20. Papa Paul is justly proud and has made the extreme sacrifice of passing out a cigarette to each of his business associates. Incidentally Alexander was brought in the world by Dr. Leede, whose son Ed was the freshman star of the Green basketball team.
Sam Stratton's daughter Nancy was married in Florida last October Ray Moody, after a sixmonths' illness including a couple of operations is feeling fit again and expects to leave his dad's home in Plainfield, N. J., soon and return to his Railway Express work somewhere in upstate New York.
Elsewhere in this issue is an announcement that the Trustees have authorized President Hop- kins to issue Dartmouth's Certificate of Merit to non-graduate Alumni who withdrew from Dartmouth to serve in the armed forces (or ambulance service) in World War I. The Certificate of Merit, or so-called War Certificate was described and reproduced in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE for February 1943. The College records for 1914-1919 do not clearly distinguish between men who left College for war service, and those who left for other reasons, and the records of men who saw military service in World War I are not dependable. Therefore, the College must depend upon men who wish this certificate and are eligible for it to take the initiative in applying for it.
Anyone who is interested should address a brief note to Dean "Pudge" Neidlinger requesting a certificate, confirming the fact that he withdrew from Dartmouth for military service and giving his full name as you wish it to appear on the certificate.
I wish it were possible to reproduce a V-mail letter Stan Newcomer received from Lt. Col. Mayer from somewhere in France. Jack says, "I've just spent the enormous sum of 1834 francs (wish I could have made it $) for $37 to be sent you by Personal Transfer Account for a $50 War Bond for the '20 Memorial Fund. While they push the sales of War Bonds among the troops in the ETO, when I asked for a Series F bond, it seemed to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery and things got very complicated so I just told the finance to send you the money and you'd buy the bond. Hope that's OK. The money should reach you some time in March. Hope you hit the Twenty Grand mark without too much trouble."
Stan says the response from our classmates in service has been practically 100%. Let's see that we stay-at-homes do at least as well although we should probably do much better.
Phil Bennett who is vice president of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston is also on the board of investment of the Home Savings Bank of Boston, a very large bank Al Steinbricker has submitted a new address where he may be reached, namely, Maple Road, Tucson, Ariz Ted Weis' report on his children shows one daughter a junior at Northwestern, the other a freshman at Wellesley and his boy at prep school, but ready for the Navy come June Representative Sherm Adams is apparently installed in Congress, an address change came through showing House Office Bldg., Washington, D. C.
At the New York Annual Alumni Dinner to be held April 26 at 6:30 P.M. at the Hotel Pennsylvania, our class representative is Richard Charlock, and William Fuguet is on the Arrangements Committee.
Twenty Grand FOR TWENTY'S GRAND TWENTY-FIFTH!
Secretary,212 Glen St., Glens Falls, N.. Y.
Treasurer, 1 Windmill Lane, Arlington, Mass.
