1939

As foreshadowed in last month's notes, Ed Daley got married on the 12th of January and, as you might remember, the notes included some speculation concerning the possibility of a bit of a party and reunion. We were not disappointed. Among the many who helped the Lieutenant Colonel celebrate the great day were Hank Britton and wife, Earl Seeley and wife, Red Jensen and wife and yours truly and wife. Headquarters for the short reunion was an area of about twenty-five square feet—two feet away from the table where the champagne never stopped flowing. The only interruption was the occasional removal of empty bottles which Hank, Earl and Red collaborated on. Red's wife, incidentally, is Scotty Taylor's sister. From her we learned that Scotty was in the East looking for a place to settle, preferably in Vermont or New Hampshire.

A note from the College reveals the fact that Bob Gibson is back in business as the assistant sales manager of the Toro Manufacturing Cos., of Minneapolis, makers of grass cutting machinery. Incidentally, in the same firm, Dave Lilly '4O is vice president and treasurer and Whit Miller '4O is assistant production manager. Sort of a loaded management, I'd say.

A letter from Clem Burnap arrived from Pearl Harbor. Clem seems to need a few more points before leaving the Navy and returning to his civilian shipbuilding activities. Since the repair and conversion work for the Navy has slacked off Clem has been delving into industrial relations as a labor relations officer. Things which helped persuade Clem that he wasn't doing too badly staying in the Navy a few extra months were: (a) a spot promotion to lieutenant commander, (b) he was given permission to bring his wife out to Pearl Harbor, which he did, and (c) he has received Naval housing facilities.

A note from Mary Richardson relates that Capt. Ed Richardson is shuttling around from camp to camp in the States, his present location being Louisiana.

Newsbriefs:—

We ran into Jim Anderson on a skiing weekend recently. Jim complained of being slightly rusty on the boards. Confidentially, we couldn't see it. The Dick Monahans are settling in or near Huntington, L. 1., where they have just bought a home. Dick is working in Long Island City. Howie Rowe was presented the Bronze Star in December in Manila where he has been stationed with the Far East Air Forces. Recent visitors to Hanover:— Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Don Gray, Bill Russell, Dr. and Mrs. Max Goldstein, Gardner Ferguson and Mr. and Mrs. Haven Falconer. The Irwin Naitoves are the proud parents of a second daughter, Kathleen.

We're going to digress from the usual Class Notes a bit this month because there's much that should be said about the Reunion which is coming up this summer. Everything seems to be set as far as the date is concerned but there are many details which must be arranged, and most of these details are strictly up to all of you. We need your opinions, so you'll probably be deluged with mail and questionnaires. However, in order to get you thinking here are some of the problems. (If you have any ideas, drop me a line right soon. You don't have to wait for the mail.)

The date:—Weekend of July 12, 13 and 14.

We are reunioning with the classes of '3B, '4O, '4l, 'l3, 'l4, 'l5 and 'l6, so Hanover will be crowded, adding to the difficulties of carrying out the usual programs.

Among the things we have to decide are:

1) When do we want our banquet, Friday at the Inn or Saturday or Sunday, at either the Inn or Thayer? Furthermore, we have to make reservations, as you probably know.

2) Do we want to have a memorial service in Rollins Chapel or one of the Hanover Churches?

3) Do we want a picnic? .

4) We have to arrive at a figure for the tax. Tlys will be mainly handled by the committee.

5) If there are any class functions such as meetings which will require an auditorium, we have to know about it in advance.

6) Uniforms will not be worn but some simple form of identification will probably be desirable.

There you see some of the problems. Let's get busy and do some thinking. You'll also notice that I mentioned "committee" in No. 4 above. There is no committee yet. I'm anxiously awaiting volunteers, because unless we have a good group working on the thing we won't be able to put it over.

HOME IS THE AIRMAN: Lt. Gene G. King '39 is back from overseas duty as aerial artillery observer. He received the Silver Star for gallantry, and the Purple Heart. He is now at Harvard Law School.

OFF FOR A DAY'S SKIING, Vernon "Moose" Taylor '39, Jack McMillin '4l, and his brother Les McMillin '39, get an early morning start. When Dartmouth last heard of this trio, Taylor was on duty with the Navy Air Corps, Jack McMillin on a minesweeper in the Pacific, and Les was serving with the Air Transport Command in India.

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