1945
We are struck, as we go about this very pleasant job of ours, by the changes in the faces of our fellow '4ss from the old Green Book pictures to photos from present publications. The former were boyish, even neophytish in most cases, with expressions that seem half-wondering and half-afraid; while the faces of the present show fuller character, greater confidence, more varied experiencefaces which look as if they will make a useful place in the world, if the world will last. There are some faces, however, that remain only in memory: the faces of classmates who through sickness or accident or the fighting of a war will not be with us, materially, any longer. Their faces, as they appear in the Green Book, also seem inexperienced, but at the time they left this world they too were full of confidence and they held great promise. For anyone who may be interested, there follows what we believe to be a fairly complete list of the '45s who died in the second World War: John Ball, who died Dec. 18, 1944, in the Philippines; Bill Brick, July, 1943 in the Army Air Corps; Don Bruce, (really one swell guy), April 1944 in the Army Air Corps; Pete Brundage, May 3, 1945, on Okinawa; Dan Buckingham, June 25, 1945, also on Okinawa; Fletch Burton, on June 6, 1944, (D-Day) during the Normandy Invasion; Phil Dermody, August 28, 1944, in an air crash near Miami; George Fix, November 20, 1944, during a commando raid in Europe; Pete Geiger, July 28, 1945 in Hawaii; OttoGriesar, December 2, 1944, over Germany; Jim Kelly, September 1, 1944, in France; PhilLillie, July 1944., in an air crash in North Carolina; Bill Nate, June 1945 in Germany; Bob Phillips, September 12, 1943, with the AAF in Africa; Harry Ritter, December 1944 shot down over Italy; John Ryan, June 12, 1944, by an airplane crash near Jacksonville; Dick Schultze, June 1, 1943, in a Navy crash in Indiana; Ralph Sherrick, September 1944 in the AAF over the Adriatic Sea; Bob Taylor, February 17, 1945, shot down over Germany; Roland Vaughn, February 16, 1945, over Tokyo; Tom Ward, May 19, 1943, while on air maneuvers; Roger Washburn, April 8, 1945, in Germany; and Steve Weatherby, on April 5, 1945, who was killed somewhere in France. To these are added Chuck Barnard who died of pneumonia in Dick's House on April 1, 1942; Tom Conolly, who died in a auto crash near Hanover on June 27, 1942; and Vic Liota, who died in Brooklyn on July 19, 1945, while undergoing an operation. These are the faces which are to be seen only by the mind's eye, but which are not so easily forgotten.
However, this is June; so sooner or later we must turn to diamonds, marquisette, and diaper pins: On March 1, Elliot Goodman was married to Norma Bromberg of Brookline and Sarah Lawrence. On June 7, George Pierce will be married to Miss Allon Holloway of Newton, Mass., Bradford Junior, and Katherine Gibbs. Another June marriage will be that of Ed Thomas and Jacqueline Bates of Braintree, Mass. Ed is now completing his senior year at N.Y.U. Med School. Bill Woods is also to be married sometime soon (to Betty Louise Richardson of Dedham and Katie Gibbs), but just when or where we cannot say. There is also a clipping here about the Nichols-Gould nuptials from the North Adams Transcript; how the word does get around!
And while some of these newlyweds have been starting out, don't think the old married ones have just been sittin' back and watchin'; no ma'am! Kurt Konigsbacher writes to take very positive exception to a crack of ours that expressed that feeling; says he: "On August 13, 1946 I became the proud father of a bouncing baby girl. (His pictorial proof substantiates that and the fact that Susan-Evelyn looks like Papa.) Too bad it was not a boy; so that he could have gone to Dartmouth, class of 1964." Kurt is now "working hard" at Zurich, Switzerland at the Federal Institute of Technology for the equivalent of a Ph.D. Bob Nel'b joined the diaper parade on April 24, 1947 (with perhaps a little help from wife, Ginny) with the birth of a daughter, Joyanne (quite different!). Bob's laconic note says only, "Baby weighed 61/2 lbs. Mother, baby, and father doing nicely." The family residence is in Rochester now. Helen and Dick Murray came through as Rod Walser .said they would with not quite a 6-pound baby boy: Richard Young Jr. All this at the U. of Arizona; ah! these extra-curricular activities! Junior arrived on April 1, 1947, by the way.
The old roommate Sawyer writes as follows, not to be outdone by nobody: "My family recently increased with the arrival on April 8 at 1: 19 A.M. (these medicos are even worse than we engineers when it comes to pertinent facts) of Stephen Vernon Sawyer. He weighed 61/2 lbs. and is ready to go home from the hospital this P.M. He's got red hair like his old man and I haven't heard him cry since immediately after he was born; so I'm hoping I won't have to spend too many nights pacing the floor. When we move to Hanover in January, I'll register him for the class of 1970." Howie also says he saw Vic Smith and Charlie Cleveland in Philly recently. Many congratulations to all you Dartmouth-family builders!
Having just spoken of one member of the Dartmouth medics, we can make a very neat transition by chatting next about old JohnVan Buren. A fine and chuckleful letter has been received from John from which we are pleased to quote: "Really envy you in your settled state of affairs, but Shirl and I plan to join forces in early June. For that month I have a vacation; so we have a canoe trip planned on Champlain, and if the brawn and elbow grease hold out may even get up into Canada. At my present state of physical fitness, I can't even run for a bus without being stiff the next day; so three guesses where the brawn will come from. But then someone has to fish to provide food." After July ist, John and Shirl will be in Hanover while Jawn internes at Mary Hitchcock.
When we opened yet another letter we received recently, a leettle card fell out which bore the inscription "Edward B. Crane, M.D." Ed says, "The family is doing fine with Ed David having had a big and birthday on April 11. He's been a little reluctant about skiing, but can sure cover ground (and well up the sides of the room) on his feet." Both Ed and Pete Beck will stay on in Burlington at the Mary Fletcher Hospital. Ed goes on to say that Bob Sluyter, "that energetic blond waiter par excellence we had in Commons," is engaged to Ed's sister-in-law, Norm Jean Guild, of Burlington. Bob spent 28 months in the Pacific during the war, but is now at Syracuse University with his fiancee; and the couple's picture recently graced the cover of Spire Magazine. Our excellent news reporter continues by saying that Phil Hildreth is now teaching Math at Hebron Academy, and Thayer Smith has his M.D. and is loitering about until he starts his interneship this July. Now if we could get everyone to write newsy letters like that this job would be a delightful snap (about the way Socy 1 was supposed to be), but no doubt all you gentlemen will sit right down to write us long letters about your families, classmates, or what have you. By the way, next month's MAGAZINE will include Notes only from classes having reunions, and the following month there is no issue, but by fall we'll be back with the same sort of bushwa. Drop us a line, huh?
CLASS SECRETARY TAKES A BRIDE: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur N. Nichols '45 leaving St. Andrews Church, Longmeadow, Mass., after their recent wedding.
YOUNGEST LEGISLATOR IN THE VERMONT GENERAL ASSEMBLY is Wynn T. Underwood '44. The 24-year-old antique dealer was elected from his home town of Sudbury and is shown at his desk during a session of the Assembly.
Acting Secretary, 39 Mulberry Street, Springfield, Mass. Treasurer, Steele Chemistry Bldg., Hanover, N. H.
