1938
As you all know, the Alumni Fund Campaign is on, and at this writing we as a class are lagging pretty far behind. It's a waste of time and space to go into all the reasons for our contributing to the Fund—you know them as well as I, and how important they are to the College. Bob Carson's absence from the country (he is in England right now, I understand) may have retarded our responses—but it's no excuse. Send in your check and get it off your chest you're going to do it sooner or later anyway.
As the time for Reunions approaches, it brings to mind that 1948 will bring with it our Tenth. Art Soule and Earl Ward, who are an already operating nucleus of the Reunion Committee, have some great plans for it; so put it on your calendar. We will have no Reunion of any kind this year. Incidentally, I canvassed all the members of the class Executive Committee, and they are all in favor of the Robinson Reunion Plan as announced in the April issue of the MAGAZINE. SO the vote of the Class of '38 will be cast for the new system (which will have us reuning with our contemporary classes occasionally).
The Executive Committee has also unanimously voted to make the fathers of men of our class who were killed while in military or naval service during the past emergency period and war, honorary members of the class. I am sure that we all feel it an honor to have the fathers of Fred Blees, Leon Canfield, Ernie Foss, Mouse Hallett, Bob Holdom, Larry King, Ralph Merigold, Mouse Rowland, Walt Sherwood, Bill Sullivan, El Tabor, Roger Warfield and Jim Whitcomb with us. Ev Dearman's father is deceased.
Ed Grace, as he says, recognizing that there is an endless void of information from the St. Louis sector, has come through with a goodly letter:
Be it known.to you yankees (Ed. note: I consider his failure to capitalize Yankees a daminsult) that some 20 odd railroads and a dozen or so airlanes intersect here so lets have a phone call from you .gents on your way through this neighborhood and it will be good for a little chow at the family manse or at the local eatery, depending on the time allotted.
Jimmy Jones and myself are the only '39ers in St. Louis and occasionally we get together and ask each ■other where is Fred Hollingworth, Charlie Erivin and others of the St. Louis clan. About the closest I've come to seeing or hearing from anyone of late was a phone call a few weeks ago from George Neiley ('39) at Deere & Co. in Moline. So for now the best I can do is to give you a report on myself: in business with my brother Pete ('33); we call ourselves the Grace Sign & Mfg. Co., and we make metal advertising signs for national users. (Ed. note: no charge for commercials). Still a bachelor but will admit I'm interested in this marriage business.
Ed also remarked on the recent picture' of Mather, Francis & Co. in Boston, but my respect for the libel law prevents me from repeating it.
Just by way of proof that more than one Deke learned to write, either during or after college, Larry Hull has also come through with a letter:
As for news—l finally got out of the Army after five years and then went back to W. R. Grace and Co. in New York, but I found that a desk was no place for General Patton's pride and joy, so I looked around and got a swell break with Shell Oil. Am in the sales end.
With that break things began to fall fast. I was lucky to find an apartment in time to carry my son and heir over the threshold. The latter is the best in Brooklyn and will be Dartmouth '7O if all plans work out. My wife, formerly Lucille Cote of Auburndale, Mass., is trying to put a broad A in his chatter but I think the local (Brooklyn) influence will undermine her plans. (Ed. note: My money is on the local boys, too.)
The Dartmouth Alumni dinner was a big success Keyes, Boyle, Sherwin, Wilson, Mays, Duckworth, Tom Chapman, etc. etc. all in good health and looking most prosperous.
Don Boyle has just gotten out of the Marine Corps after months of medical checks on his back which was smashed by a Jap with a baseball bat while Don was a POW. He is now in the printing business in New York City.
Wilson is a lawyer at 63 Wall Street—Bob Kelley coming East June 7th for his brother's, wedding, leaving the cattle and the ranch to less experienced hands. Tom Duffey is heading his own export business in New York and raising a big family—one girl and three boys so far. He lives in Garden City, to which Hank Molloy has just moved. Don Boyle has two children a boy and a girl—Wilson has a daughter." These are the standings at the moment, but anything can change and probably will.
Where is Ed White these days ?
As far as I know Ed is still cranking an ice cream freezer for H. P. Hood down in Maine.
WHO'S WHERE: Ray Berquist is seen in the RKO Building in New York Tom Boyan is living in Dublin, Va Bill Chamberlin is back in Chicago Lou. Fortuna is in Atlanta, Ga., and you'd never believe it, but he's living on Peachtree Street Bob Frese is out on Long Island at Mineola EdKorn is at the Army Information School at Carlisle, Pa Lloyd Krurn is living in Wyomissing, Pa Bob Ross is teaching English at Ohio Wesleyan University Ben Lane is in Ossining, N. Y., but I understand that his residence there is a voluntary one Bill Sherman is with Park Sherman Co., in Springfield, Ill John Laing is hanging out in Portland, Oregon JohnNassikas is living in Belmont and attending Harvard Law School George Nichols is living in Yonkers Fred Sibley in West Hartford Johnny Stephens in Morton, Ill. .... Dr. Clinton Pickering is practicing in Lynn, Mass Gus Hennessey is also in Lynn and is the Home Service Director for the Red Cross.
Even if Ed Grace can't make the grade, some people can. Bob Jones is engaged to Ruth M. Grover, of Athol, Mass. The wedding will be some time this summer. Ruth is a graduate of LaSalle. And Bill Olmstead will soon join the Benedicts. His engagement to Edith Sands Crawford, of Haverford, Pa., was announced in April; Edith is a graduate of Agnes Irwin School and has been with the Red Cross in Philly. Bill is engineering around Philadelphia; he did five years with the Seabees.
That's all for this time. I hope you all have a good summer.
AND REMEMBER THE ALUMNI FUND.
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