1923
Lt. Comdr. Johnnie Allen, whom we haven't heard from in a long time, recently wrote Treasurer Bill Whipple a note in transmittal of his class dues. Johnnie's letter is on the letterhead of the Office of Research and Inventions, Navy Department, and he says, "Have been selected as one of 35 officers to serve on a U. S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan. Am shoving off—by air—in the next day or two, returning April or May 1946. Please change my permanent address to 4366 Edgewood Ave., Oakland 2, Calif." If you'd like to drop Johnnie a line at this address it will probably be forwarded, and he'd certainly be glad to hear from you.
It was only in December that Stan Ungar got out of the service and had a chance to bring us up to date on his military record, so this word from him will supplement the brief sketch which appeared in the Service Issue of Skidoo. Stan writes, "I was a lieutenant colonel, flight surgeon with the 9th Air Force; was in both the African and European campaigns; had 29 missions over Germany, Belgium and France before D-Day; went over on D-Day to Normandy and went on through, until I was wounded at the 'Bulge' in Bastogne, and finished up my Army career as surgeon for the Air Forces in the rehabilitation center which was located in the South of France. I have just gotten out, and am back in private practise.
"One of the amusing incidents that happened while I was in the South of France: Major Bob McCollum '24, Major Bob McMillan '23 and Major Bob Lowe '26 met with me and started the Dartmouth Club in Cannes. As an inaugural celebration, we swiped a jeep and headed for Monte Carlo, which was off limits to American officers. On the way, we stripped ourselves of most of our military apparel, and drove in pretending we were civilians. We were doing all right both in the Casino and later over cocktails, when the M.P. spotted our jeep. We just made the border between Monaco and France in time. We did have a grand time during the majors' stay in the South of France."
The way Stan tells the story it sounds like a strawberry festival, but don't let that deceive you. In the course of his military career Stan was awarded the Purple Heart and the Air Medal by Col. Salisbury and Major General Quesada, and you don't collect that kind of jewelry just horsing around.
Saw Brooks Palmer the other day and he reports that he ran into A. D. "Al" Albee in New York recently. Al is now Sales Director of Customer Research at 480 Lexington Avenue. Brooks also passed along the news that Pinky Bixby has been elected to the School Com- mission of Haverhill, Mass.
Brooks himself is in line for congratulations on his election as secretary-treasurer of the Life Supervisors Association of New York, at a meeting which received wide publicity in insurance circles.
Frank Sawyer, formerly with Remington Rand in Hartford, is now located in New York where he is associated with Eclipse-Pioneer Division, Bendix Aviation Corporation. Frank's address is 248 West 17th St., New York 11.
Bill Weaver has moved from East Liverpool, Ohio, to 426 Florida Avenue, Chester, W. Va. How about a little more information, Bill?
Sending along a check for our 25th Year Memorial Fund, Go Bliss writes, "This goes to you because I haven't Irish Flanigan's address and I understand from Clarence Goss that the Irishman again is tempting funds. I don't see why we always put temptation in the minds of our politicians. Will you send this or hand it to the Irishman and tell him it's a start? Last evening a Princeton man gave a Dartmouth cocktail party to Babe Miner who has settled in Longmeadow (Mass.). Babe's wife is the sister of the wife of the local Tiger. Babe is a neighbor of ours and I think that Liberty and I will have a family physician for the first time in our lives. George Weston was the only other local '23er at the party and I assume it was because of bad liaison work that the other five or six '23ers didn't show up. George W. and I both have boys at Vermont Academy, where Larry Leavitt is doing his best to prepare them for Dartmouth. My Skip is doing all right, having missed max. honors by one point, and, as Larry says, he seems happy due to the fact he has his mother's disposition. I would strongly advise any class member who wants to find a good school for his boy to look Vermont over."
As seemed likely a month ago, Go has sold the Worthy Paper Co., of West Springfield, Mass. He says, "They elected a union to represent them and it's kind of a long story, but the situation was such that I feel the people will do better with someone else at the helm." With the unions generally acting up as they are, we are inclined to admire Go's independent spirit, especially since the company under his management always enjoyed one of the best reputations in the paper field.
A short and understandably exuberant note from Sherm Baldwin, dated December 27, says "Big thrill today—we are interviewing the Dartmouth applicants for the class of 1950 and Baldy is among them—also George Duffy, Ralph and Emily's boy. Have been waiting for this day for eighteen years." We'll have to promote a debate between Sherm and Go Bliss on the comparative virtues of Kimball Union Academy and Vermont Academy; but both schools seem to have done a top job for their boys, and the boys have certainly done a swell job in their schools. To the new generation of Baldwins and Blisses and Duffys we can wish nothing finer than that they be as good Dartmouth men as their Dads.
You'll all be glad to know that, as of January 5, the 1923 Memorial Gift Fund stood at something over $26,000. Jule Rippel and his hard-working committee are encouraged, but say there aren't enough leaves on the laurel to rest on yet.
Secretary, 84 Hillside Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer 32 Ridgeland Terrace, Rye, N. Y.
