1941

Confusion has been the order of the day since I left the "Washington Merry-Go-Round" for the cold and chilly clime of Minnesota. Unfortunately confusion still reigns, and to attempt to get out a column on this cold wintry night is like pulling teeth from a toothless babe. None of my mail—I presume that I might have some mail coming to me from you men—has found its way to this abode, so I sent out a frantic SOS to Hanover and Lew Johnstone; and so I will have something to talk about. Even their larders were far from overflowing. Perhaps we should all forgive you for not being of greater help to the cause, but we sometimes find it difficult. Incidentally, I also have written our wandering secretary-elect, Mr. Robert Harvey, intimating that I felt my job was completed, that is, of filling in while he was out of the country and unable to handle it, and asking that he again assume his role as secretary to the Class of 1941. I haven't heard from him as yet on the subject, but I presume he will be willing and able to get back in the swing of it now that he is back in the country and able to spend the time. He will want to get into the arrangements for the coming Reunion which has now been definitely scheduled tor the lath and 13th of July 1946. I hope that every one of us will set aside this time for our Fifth Reunion and make every effort to arrange his affairs so that he will be able to attend. Don't be surprised then, fellows, if I take a powder next issue. If I don't have another opportunity in this column to thank all of you who have seen fit to send me dope on yourselves and classmates, I want to do that now. And to Bob I wish to express the relief of the class that you are going to take over the writing duties, a subject which always had me baffled while in school. Good luck, Bob. There's an awful lot of work that I have postponed which I'm sure you will do in no time at all.

Some of our class have wended their ways back to Hanover and they had to take along their trailers, too, because all of them are married. Dick Blanchard and his wife, MaryHarry W. Patterson and his wife, Else; and George E. Thompson with his wife, Mildred, are all living in Middle Fayerweather, which has been converted into a light housekeeping apartment unit. Bill Aylward and his wife Adele and their year-old daughter Lynn have a college apartment at 3 South Park Street. The Aylwards appeared in January 6 issue of ThisWeek (New York version) as part of a picture feature on married vets at Dartmouth. Else Patterson who works in the Alumni Records Office also appeared in This Week chatting with Dean Neidlinger on the campus. George Thompson is serving as temporary chairman on the Ledyard Canoe Club during its reorganization period.

Roy Rowan (formerly Rosenthal) has been promoted from captain to major it was announced from Army Forces Western Pacific Headquarters at Manila recently.

Captain Donald H. O'Rourke Jr. is at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Glenwood Springs, Colo.

News, from the Hanover Inn indicates the fact that Dick Hill is back in the country and has made a visit to Hanover around January 4. Dr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Blumberg were also in Hanover only a little earlier, over the Christmas Holidays.

Sandy Courter, a Lt. (jg) in the U. S. Navy Medical Corps is stationed at a discharge center at Toledo, Ohio, having been transferred there from the West Coast. Stace Hill arrived back in Cincinnati recently after his tour of duty in Germany.

Lt. (jg) Bud Curran Jr. who is also in the Medical Corps writes that he is stationed on the AK 121, USS Sahik, and was expecting to sail for points East at that time. He heard from George Middendorf while stationed at Norfolk, but didn't get to see him personally. Bud has been around quite a bit but hasn't run into any Dartmouth men. He is hoping that he will be able to make the Reunion in July but he fears the Navy will not be so disposed to let him as we would like. Bud's address is FPO San Francisco.

Walt Winchester, is spending his time on Okinawa and says that either all the Dartmouth men around there have had low discharge points, or good string pulling techniques, or something, because he hasn't run into anyone from school tor over a year.

Well, that's all the material I have for you this month so I will end this little sojourn with a big Thanks For Listening.

Secretary,so Hazel Lane, Route 1, Hopkins, Minn. Treasurer, Interpron 2, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Cal.