1938
Your correspondent this month is BobArchibald, a rather dubious selection for reporting news of West Coast '38ers, let alone that of other classmates. But here goes on a few random shots of what news has been garnered.
Dr. Peter Talbot, in residency at a San Francisco hospital for the prime purpose of delivering babies, last fall was elected president of the Dartmouth Outing Club of Northern California. Pete did much in the erection of a lodge on Donner Summit where excellent skiing will be enjoyed by Dartmouth alumni and friends. John Hanan, also in San Francisco, assisted in the project. John is with a brokerage firm, is still handsome and healthy.
Tom Macey passed out so many cigars in celebration of family additions that he's become a cigar smoker himself. Reason for his last celebration was twin sons, bringing the total to four offspring (we think). Tom' is manufacturing mining equipment and living in Marin County which, to you foreigners, is the north side of San Francisco Bay
Ferrien Davis, at last report, was going into the retail furniture business. He and his family are residing in San Mateo, Calif Elmer"Whitey" Leyrer arrived last fall in San Francisco, engaged to a belle of that city. Rumor has it that he and wife are now in Idaho, he representing the textbook department of Macmillan Publishers in that state..... Reported on a ranch in a valley of northern California, the exact valley not currently known, is Bob Kelley. The grapevine has it that Bob and wife are nicely settled and very happy in their outdoor life. Number of children not known.
Frank Newman, after upbraiding the correspondent for a thirteenth hour request for news, writes that Bill Bartlett is representing a soap company in the vicinity south of San Francisco, also that some time ago the Newmans were visited by Asher Lans, lawyer now in New York, John Coleman, minister in Washington, D. C., and during Christmas by Hal Berman, who is finishing his work at Yale Law School. Although modesty would prevent his telling it, Newman is one of the more popular members of the faculty at University of California's School ef Law. He's nicely married and the proud pappy of a boy and a girl.
Passing through California a few months ago, Lt. Comdr. Vining Sherman picked up his wife, a licensed pilot and former teacher of would-be transport flyers, on his way to Annapolis. Vining, now a regular in the Navy, is continuing his good work in the fields of writing and painting. This work is perhaps currently interrupted by his attending line school for Naval officers at Annapolis. ... .Don Simmons, just out of the Navy, was present in Los Angeles for the recent dinner in honor of President Dickey. Don appeared happy about the prospects of settling again into civilian life but divulged no specific plans concerning his future whereabouts. Dave Balmer and wife, Betty, are, as he puts it, infanticipating. The new arrival, expected in May, will be number two in the Balmer household. Dave is a personnel technician for San Diego County, commuting from nearby La Joila.
From across the Pacific comes word from King Van Denburg, news correspondent for the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. He writes, "My wife and 51/2-year-old son are with me. Just now, after five months of working out of Bombay, I am in the process of loading them and about a ton of personal and business luggage into" a station wagon and starting on a 10,000-mile tour of India." King's address is c/o National City Bank of New York, 293 Hornby Rd., Bombay, India While we're still on the Pacific, what has happened to Warren King.? When last seen, at about the time of V-J Day, he was coaching a Navy football team in New Caledonia, waiting for equipment to arrive, being fully cognizant that his Chief of Staff definitely expected some wins over the Army.
Getting back to the States we learn that Dr. and Mrs. John Smillie in Marietta, Ga., recently announced the arrival of a daughter, Frances Drury. Congratulations to them Also newly arrived is Duncan A. Dobie IV, born in Flushing, N. Y. Dune III, the proud father, is with Frederick Stearns Cos. and located in Augusta, Georgia. He's looking for a house and the company of other 'gBers in that vicinity. From him we learn that Art and Shirley Koeppel are expecting in May..... Dick Woodman is now associated with the Stouffer Corporation and located in New York. To offer any semblance of continuity in this paragraph, we'll simply say that, so far as is known, Woody is not expecting.
Down Dallas way a visit was recently made at the Beck residence. Henry was found without abundant hair. Nevertheless he's prospering and palpitating with a very gorgeous wife, and constructing lots of buildings for his father's contracting company. Dallas cordiality was as warm as ever, and the visit was far too short.
Last minute items include Bob Reno recently running into George Kingsbury and wife while skiing at Woodstock. Lucky people! Tom and Peggy McGrath had been there a couple of weeks before, making the jaunt from their abode near New York City. Tom is traveling much of the U. S. for a cosmetics company Cy and Wig MacKinnon are, at this writing, reported vacationing in Nassau, anticipating a return via New York City. Hope you didn't get your scalp sun-burned, Cyrus..... Dave Hosmer and wife Anne recently visited the Dunlaps in Lancaster, Pa. Walt, the host, reports that Hos hasn't changed a bit except that he has more hair.
Bud Devlin, married as of last May, is back in Detroit with Gulf Refining Company Ev Wood just returned from six months in Europe. No details known regarding the object of his journey Al Boerker is teaching biology in Lebanon, N. H Art Soule is running the Boston office of an oil transport company.
So much for news, but we're still wondering the whereabouts of many of you men, so drop Reno a line. Where is Kingsley Birge? No word from him in years, seems like. What's happened to Sandy MacCleod? When last observed, he was sliding a plane into a small field in Lawrence, Kansas. That was in '43Sandy made a beautiful landing in a Navy trainer, but he forgot to lower his wheels. What is the latest on Red Heath? Prior to his long tour on the U.S.S. Hornet, Red is remembered at the Copley in Boston for requesting a waiter to return his partially eaten chicken so he could finish chewing the neck, this being subsequent to receipt of a large check for a table of six, including the gal who is now his wife.
Getting personal, my wife and Susie, the latter with nine months in the world, and I, would be delighted to see any of you who may arrive in southern California. Happy Easter to you all.
CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA EYE AT THE ANNUAL BOSTON ALUMNI DINNER late in February were the above '3Bers Left to right, Dick Tisdale, Dick Francis, Jim Leighton, Fud Mather and Dan Marshall.
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