1940
Services tor Hank Ingersoll were held September 25 in the Old South Methodist Church, Reading, Mass., the town where he had made an outstanding record in teaching and coaching just before the war. Captain Copeland, USN, a close friend of Henry's since 1929, gave the address. In it he reviewed Hank's accomplishments, including his record at Melrose High, Worcester Academy and Dartmouth, and his war service. Henry died in a crash in Alaskan waters of exposure and exhaustion after saving his gunner by swimming in the icy water to retrieve a life raft which had been thrown clear in the crash. 1940 was represented by Red Herman and Doc O'Brien, both brother Dekes, with the latter serving also as one of the pallbearers.
The Holy Cross game (a happy time, Dartmouth won) found the secretary's family in attendance. Between us we spotted Bill Hayes,Jack Fitzgerald and-Don Rainie as the rest of '4O present and apparent. Bill says he supports the Hayes tribe on sales of Old Spice in eastern New York. Jack is a heavy campaigner for his father, Democratic nominee for United States Senator from Massachusetts. Don continues in the practice of law in Concord, although on September 16 that became something of a sideline to being father of one James Cooke Rainie, named for our classmate and Don's roommmate who died in Japan during the war.
Gordon Wentworth, at the moment of writing, was heading up a movement to get out a respectable '40 group for the Boston Association affair at the Copley following the Harvard game. We sent out cards to the ticket list. It certainly looks in advance like a grand chance for a good party 1
D. J. McMahon (we copped this from the Treasurer) writes: "I am still investigating the disposal of surplus property here in the Rocky Mountain region (Denver), although the activity is all but kaput. We like the country extremely well and would like to remain. The water is not very deep on employment, but, hope springs eternal. We have managed to make ourselves responsible for five small Irishers (two girls, three boys) during the course of the past seven years, and you may well imagine that there is not much idle time at the McMahon menage. We do see quite a bit of Bob Welborn, however, and occasionally Phil Alexander and Chap Cranmer. Charlie Power arrived in town last week for a few days of convention and we tipped a few with him. Remember me to any of the boys you might see."
Incidental intelligence: Howie Stockwell,Copper Nye and Gordon Wentworth were the '4O bunch at a recent Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale smoker in Beantown. Keith Benson is in the legal end of things at Pickand, Mather & Cos., Cleveland. Dave Dance is sales promotion manager for an appliance company in Miami. Ray Helm is assistant purchasing agent for the Rust Engineering Cos., Pittsburgh. John Manley is busily selling Westchester real estate from his White Plains office. Don Shippam has been transferred as store manager of Gamble Stores to Escanaba, Michigan. Ed Smith is now in Boston with the advertising department of Time, Inc. Fred Eaton is assistant to the personnel manager, Sear, Roebuck, Chicago. Chuck Warner is sales manager for Russell Hosiery in New York. Chuck Haskell has been appointed special engineering representative for the Nelson Stud Welding Division of Morton-Gregory Corporation at Wright Field in charge of sales to the Air Force. He will work entirely in development of cost-reducing application of stud welding in the production of aircraft. Creight Holden is co-owner (and co-host) at the St. Clair Inn, St. Clair, Michigan.
Hanover visitors of the month were TkursPerry, Howie Zagor, Kel Doyle, Harry Hoyt and their wives, and Dave Gibson. Bob andBarbara Kinsman left in September for Los Angeles and Bob's new position as instructor at USC. He completed his Ph.D. at Yale this summer. It seems difficult to really understand, but the paper says Beezie Smalluiood has made a large following for himself out of the Karloff part in "Arsenic and Old Lace", produced recently by the Baldwinsville Theater Guild.
So far as we know Julie Hartwell, PercRideout, Nat Sample, Ted Gates, 800 Hayden, Tom George, Garry Allen, Chet Garrison, and Jack O'Shea have retired from all activity, have not had children, married, engaged, graduated, or otherwise done anything to get their names in print, cause an address change notice to be sent to Hanover, or inspire them to write the class secretary. We think they're still alive, but we can't prove it.
Secretary, _ 16 Elm St., Montpelier, Vt.
Treasurer, _ 42 Congress St., St. Albans, Vt.
