1939
Your new secretary hesitates to start the fall Alumni Notes with an apology, but on the other hand, one is definitely in order. It any of the following morsels of news seem to your practiced eye to be a bit historical, please try to understand that (1) there has been an exchange of class files from the old secretary to the new, (2) there have been no ALUMNI MAGAZINE Notes since June, other than the brief Reunion report, (3) there have been very few letters mailed into our office.
It is with great regret that we must preface our first attempt at the class notes with the sad news that Ted Bourn was killed in an automobile accident in his home town, Hudson, N. H., May 27th.
HERE & THERE:—Jim Corner reports the birth of a son, Roger Phillips, on June 24, which, incidently, kept Jim near the home fires along about reunion time. He is currently working in the labs of Du Pont Co Al Hatcher received a three-year fellowship at Mayo Clinic in obstetrics and gynecology, and can be reached at 1425 Ist St., N.W., Rochester, Minn Jack Field is in charge of a new plastics plant in Mexico, and sports the fancy address, Monte Athos, 408, Lomas de Chapultepee, Mexico, D.F Bill Russell was awarded the Bronze Star Medal by the Commander Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, apparently before entering civilian life with his old employers, the Norton Co..... Bud Little was awarded the Air Medal for his expert parachuting over Western mountains with his Doctor's satchel tucked under his arm. Bud, when recently confronted at Reunion, appears to be well out of the Army with no noticeable appetite for further aerial exploits, and a desire to settle down to a normal Doctor's career somewhere in Montana. .... Herb Hirschland, your erstwhile secretary, has just reported a successful trip on the Dartmouth Airways from New York (Teterboro, N. J., hard by the George Washington Bridge, to be exact) to West Lebanon. Apparently a guy can now fly this scheduled route in a four-passenger plane in approximately one and a half hours, which will solve the problem for some, of getting to the ski country in a hurry this winter Harry Gates, whose whereabouts have never been officially cleared up in this column to the writer's knowledge, appeared briefly in print, in the Philadelphia Record (American Weekly Supplement) of July 14th. The article had something to do with an unfortunate murder at Shiloh, the headquarters of the "Holy Ghost and Us Society of Durham, Maine," which was reputed to be the haven to which Harry hustled after leaving college. It is interesting to note that the article is overpowered by a huge picture of a grimacing Dartmouth footballer, bearing the captioned name of Harrington "Heavenly" Gates. But to the practiced eyes of your secretary the picture portrays none other than Bill Hutchinson in his prime Seen in Hanover some months ago were, Doctor Bill and Mrs. Fairweather, John and Mrs. Hopkinson, Paul O'Brien, Al Hazen & wife, and George Adams.
WORD PICTURES:—Lawyer Keith Anderson in N.Y.C. with Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, Law Firm Gus Zitrides coaching the burly line at Brown University John Gauntlett with Socony Vacuum Oil Co. in Egypt (62 Sharia Ibrahim Pasha, Cairo) Dr. Joe Pyrtek at the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Md Johnny Park instructing English at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn Duncan Scott at the Sparton School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, Okla Ken Langmuir with Pan American Airways, New York Branch Whitey Isbrandtsen sitting at 10 Grace Alley, Brooklyn, "putting in time to make him eligible to sit for his master mariner's exam." .... Key Blatchford selling advertising for MacFadden Publishers in Northfield, Ill., and vicinity Pete Cardozo editing Warner Brothers national magazine in Burbank, Calif Harry Edmondson with Nosco Plastics, 1617 Cascade St., Erie, Pa Ken Hugo with Eastern Iron & Metal Co., Salt Lake City, Utah Freddie Kurr sweltering in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Box 1747) with C. O. Mason Inc Bob MacLeod with Town and Country Magazine, N.Y.C.... . Herb Mattlage teaching at Belmont Hills School, Belmont, Mass Royce Randlett in Wakefield, Mass., probably mixing cement with Wakefield Ready-Mixed Concrete Co Wyman Vaughan concocting a few formulas in the research end of the Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Mich Bob Warner with the U.S. Employment Service in Cleveland, Ohio Ollie Babcock general managing Ruhm Phosphate & Chemical Co., Chicago, Ill Your secretary wondering where news for the November issue is coming from.
DOWN THE AISLE:—Mr. Charles Ventura, one of those guys who makes a handsome living writing about the elite in the New York World-Telegram, featured our boy Gordon "Googah" McGoun with a fetching photograph complete with pipe and very pretty financee. At the time they were engaged, but the wedding was scheduled for September first, so it is assumed that Mac and his pretty girl are man and wife. This all took place in Santiago, Chile, where Mac is pushing the big planes over the Andes for Pan American-Grace Lines. His bride is the former Estela C. Bush. .... Lt. Dick Marton took for his bride, Miss Natalie Blaser of Dallas, Texas, on May 10 in N. Y. C. He was expected to head overseas a week after the wedding, as an Army Doctor. .... Moose Dudis married Miss Priscilla Laflamme of Manchester, N. H., on April 27 in Manchester. They are located in Worcester where Moose is doing a bit of doctoring Another big moose, Vernon F. Taylor Jr., took for his wife Miss Ann Cooke of Greenwich, Conn., on May 21, in the bride's home town. It is reported that Bill Risley, Les McMillan and Hank Mills were on hand for the ceremony In Chatham, Mass., Archie Mallon became the husband of Miss Catherine Propst, on May 26. Archie is teaching mathematics at Riverside Military Academy, Gainsville, Ga Bill Coleman married Virginia Latimer at Chestnut Hill, Pa., June 29. Jim Donovan was one of the ushers
Horton Wainwright became engaged to Miss Dorothy Ann Dowd, Rosindale, Mass., April 28. They expect to be married this fall.
THE CLEARING HOUSE:—Treasurer Dusty Rohde is busy with his fall campaign to collect the class dues of $4 for 1946. It would be a great help to him, and to the class, if you fellows could get your checks in as early as possible. As you all know, the dues go to cover the following expenses (1) subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE (2) Memorial Fund (3) Flowers to the family of any deceased classmate (4) traveling expenses for two class officers to attend Association meetings in Hanover (5) Expenses incurred by secretary and treasurer in running the class affairs.
It might be well to explain that the ALUMNIMAGAZINE subscription is run on a 100% basis. If the class contributes dues in its entirety, we can, through our treasurer, avail ourselves of the opportunity of a reduced subscription rate. If not, it leaves the burden on the individuals to contact Hanover for a personal subscription at a much higher rate.
Secretary, P. O. Box 953, Round Hill Rd., Greenwich, Conn. Treasurer, P. O. Box 897, New Canaan, Conn,
