1941

Last time around before the beer tent con venes. Have you sent back your room reservation card yet?

The word has already been passed by DDFTD, but just in case you missed it- Pidge Hughes is now listed by the Navy Department as killed in action. He'd been carried as missing since July 1943, when his torpedo bomber failed to return from a shipping strike in the Kahili area. There's a sentence from Secretary Forrestal's letter of notification to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes that we quote here because it says what all of us would like to tell them: "I know what little solace the formal and written word can be to help meet the burden of your loss, but in spite of that knowledge, I cannot refrain from saying very simply that I am sorry."

A wandering letter has arrived from Johnny Bowers via Vinnie Else. It's two months old by now, so can't be guaranteed; but as of that time, John was gunnery officer aboard the New York. He was riding her from Philadelphia to Hawaii, on the first leg of her last mile to Bikini, but going ashore at Pearl for stateside and discharge.

A 1 Stern has checked in: discharged from the Army in January, a winter trip to Hanover, and currently job hunting in New York. He passes on word that George Herman is now free-lancing, after a tour of duty as night news editor for CBS, the high point of which was holding down the studio singlehanded on VJ night.

Bob Leske has stepped out of the AAF and onto the board of directors, no less, of Dartmouth Airways a new outfit dedicated among other things to flying twin-engine transports on charter service, chiefly between New York City and-hang on to your hats-West Leb. Bob, who flew fighters and transports for the Army, will be in charge of aircraft and accessory sales plus a flying school program.

Jupe Lewis and Fred Begole held a small alcoholic soiree the other evening to housewarm a newly acquired apartment in Greenwich Village. Jupe is working for the United Nations; Biggy's just out of the Navy and available. The affair also marked the debut in '41 social life of Dick Krolik's newly acquired wife, Janice.

Which backs us into love stuff, of which there was little this month. The newspapers bring an announcement of the engagement of Lt. Tom Littlefield to Nancy Henry, of Wallingford, Pa Andy Waring was married in March to Penelope Gillespie, of Manhasset, L. I. He's with the United States Rubber Co., in Providence, and they'll live in South Swansea, Mass..... Jim Eckels, fresh from being a captain with the Army' Signal Corps in Europe, was married to Ellen Lea Chidsey, of Easton, Pa., in April. They'll be at home in Chicago.

A collection of short shots: Paul Badger is principal of a high school in Andover, Mass. ....Dave McKinney is in Providence with Livermore and Knight, lithographers Hank Frechette claims to be learning the foundry business in Cleveland Grant Hesser is working for Chas. V. Maescher & Co., building contractors John Larigan is living in Great Neck, L. 1., and doing sales promotion for St. Regis Paper in New York Dave Norris teaches at the Texas Country Day School in Da11a5..... Bill Lee holds down No. 4 Fayerweather in Hanover Dusty Rodes is a teaching assistant at the Yale Graduate School, Department of Education Dan Provost, a cost accountant for General Electric in Orange, N. J Alex Tarumianz is assistant business manager for the Delaware State Hospital John Tate's at Stanford and Bob Thorne at Cornell; Clif Stratton and Chet Williams at Yale, Stew Wallace in Hanover Doug Wheale in Fairfield, Conn., with Singer Sewing Machine .... and Tom Dunlevy with United Airlines and living in Plymouth, Mass.

And since this copy was supposed to be in Hanover yesterday, we'll let it go at that.

THREE DARTMOUTH MEN are among the veterans who have successfully launched Dartmouth Airways as a non-scheduled passenger and freight service, with its home airport in Lebanon, N. H. Left to right: Clayton Gray '41, former AAC Major and B-29 pilot; Paul Leske; Richard Putnam of Hanover; Robert Leske '41, former AAC pilot, who heads the operations of the new line; Charles Walker of Lebanon; and Swift Barnes '42, former Commander in the Naval Reserve, administrative officer.

Secretary, 14 E. 77th St., New York, N. Y. Treasurer, 17 E. Wheelock St., Hanover, N. H