D. N. A. A.
Perhaps there should be a small apology for the absence of this column from the October issue of the MAGAZINE, though this time there is a good excuse. At the time that the October column was due the affairs of the DNAA were in a great state of flux and yours truly was on his way to Hanover in the hopes of helping to get the matter straightened out. The last issue of Soundings which you got a couple of weeks ago has covered those problems thoroughly. I won't trouble you here with needless repetition except to urge you to send back those questionnaires —answered of course.
I am just a little sorry that I didn't make my trip to Hanover just a couple of weeks later. While I was in town only a few members of the upper classes were on campus so I didn't see many familiar faces and didn't gather much news to pass on to you. However, I did run into Al Southey in front of the Hanover Inn one noon. Al was in a hurry at the moment and we had time only for a few words. Southey looked just as sharp in civilian clothes as he used to in Greens. I didn't see Southey again but the next afternoon PeteCostich almost cut me down with his jeep on the corner of the Green.
When it came to the question of what happened to the former staff of the unit, I was surprised at the number of them still remaining in the old town. Chief McAfee, the white-haired larnyx of Russell Sage, Hitchcock and Butterfield looks hale and hearty as the physical education director of Clark School. Chief Fabyan, "Abe Lincoln reincarnated", liked the place so well that he's back with the physical education department of the College along with Chief Wittich. They both seem to be enjoying themselves immensely. Doc Stoddard, the Navy dentist during the first year or so of the Unit's existence, has had his shingle dangling above the ticket office since the summer of 1946. Also, one of the M.D.s of the Unit, Dr. Small is back in town plying his trade. It seems like a lot of people who come to visit Hanover make the visit last quite a while.
The present illustrious treasurer of the DNAA, Fred Pfau was with me part of the time I was in Hanover. A lot of his news is worth passing on. Pfau is teaching in a junior high school near Hartford, Conn. Besides teaching, which includes History and Civics, Fred is doing quite a bit of work as a Counselor, which is right up his alley. BobPorter, of Pre-theology fame, now has an Episcopalian parish up near Woodsville, N. H. The Sunday that I was in town Bob delivered the sermon at the Hanover church. At the other end of Freddie's string of friends, is Art Wilson, the Ipana lad of the Dartmouth Marine Corps. Art has been working for the past year or so for the Grace Lines in New York City and, according to Fred, leading the life of dissipation. Maybe Wilson will drop us a nasty line refuting that statement but at least we'll get some correspondence.
Sometime in the latter part of August one of the local sportscasters mentioned that a Jerry Kirchner of Sandusky, Ohio had won the twelve mile marathon swim at Lake George, N. Y. Since the Jerry Kirchner we knew came from that general region and was a strong swimmer we feel safe in offering him our congratulations.
We were surprised to read that Bob Morison (Robt. F.) is part of the USN. A recent note concerning him says that Bob completed his training at the Naval Supply Corps School, Bayonne, N. J. and now has the title Ensign, USN. Another note to us concerned Tom Finucane. Tom has entered the St. Stanislaus seminary in Florissant, Mo., to study for the priesthood in the Jesuit order.
As usual, the matrimonial department has been working overtime this summer so we have some glad tidings to pass on.
The engagement of Miss Charlotte Goodman of Brookline to Charlie Ford was announced in the middle of July. No date was set for the wedding and we haven't had any later word. Early in September the engagement of Miss Marillis Bittinger to ScottLamoreaux was announced in the Boston papers. The accompanying note added that Scott finished his studies at Harvard.
September 10 was the happy day for Paul Eddy when Miss Joan Kruger and he were married in Garden City, Long Island. According to the latest word, Paul is attending the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Miss Carol Reed and Art Wade were the participants in a June wedding in Montclair, N. J. Art has finished his training at RPI and is now out in the cruel commercial world. Another June wedding took place in Georgetown, D. C., with Miss Winn Kern and Francis Merritt as the lucky couple. Fran comes from Des Moines, lowa but is now attending the Yale School of Medicine. The last wedding that we have record of took place in Rutland on September 5 and was concerned with Miss Mildred Rogers and Art Cheney. Art is now attending the University of Vermont.
To follow the complete and logical sequence of events, I would like to announce that the Copenhavers had another red-headed addition to their budding family, this one being a girl, Margaret Use.
That seems to be about all there is to this column except a bended-knee plea for some news from YOU.
DARTMOUTH-NAVY SPARKPLUGS: Back in Hanover for a conference on DNAA affairs and for a look around were Fred Pfau (left), treasurer, and Red Copenhaver, news editor and secretary pro tem.
Class Notes Editor, Dept. of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wise.
Treasurer, P. O. Box 1113, Hartford, Conn.
