1945
Last month I told you that some 30 members of DNAA had joined our class. This month I want to give you a list of their names so you will know your new classmates when you meet at Dartmouth gatherings. Here they are: James J. Baker, Daniel Breslin, William J. Burrus, Lt. William S. ButlerUSN, Leonard A. Cataldo, John Dartnell,Daniel Drummer, Lt. William Hardenstine,Thomas Harkness, R. O. Herreman, RichardP. Herzig, Talbot Hood, Richard H. Hoster,Harland Huston, Fred Kahn, George Kelley,George Kennedy, Morris Lazarus, KnowltonLevenick, Richard Lewin, Lt. George MerrillUSMC, A. L. Nicolais, Rubin Miller, JohnNicholson, Desmond O'Neill, Peter Taylor,Donn C. Try on, Marshal Wilcox.
We already have personal notes from two of these classmates. George Kelley is a partner in the Robert M. Kelley Insurance Agency in Hyannis, Mass. George was married last November, but he didn't send along any of the details. He mentions serving on the LST 833 in the invasion of Okinawa. Donn Try on writes:
"Just a note to express my thanks on being received into the class of '45. Because of my DNAA status I feel somewhat of an intruder, however I hope to be able to lend my whole-hearted support to the class in the hope that I may be able to overcome this difference. As to your questions, my marital status is at this writing single. As to my job, I am assistant manager at The Tryon Press (Springfield, Mass.), my father's business which is commercial printing.
"After the service, instead of returning to Dartmouth, I attended Babson Institute of Business Administration, where I received my B.S. in June of '49. I feel it was a great mistake in not returning to Dartmouth for my degree, but that is all past history. I still feel a closer association with Dartmouth, even in the short time I was there, than with the school in which I received my degree. This was due possibly to the friends I had made and the fact that the 'atmosphere' of Hanover is infectious, even for those there only a short time."
There was also a long letter from JohnLeggat which very ably brings us up to dateon him:
"I was very sorry not to see you when I was studying out at Ann Arbor and you were in Detroit, but I found legal studies very confining.
"After leaving Michigan I had to rush back here (Lowell, Mass.) for the bar exams and for some reason—probably the fine training at Michigan—l got by and embarked on the practice of law. Things were very slow and still are but they are improving. When I first started I had time to read every line of the Boston morning paper and then I'd wait eagerly for the afternoon mail with the New York Times. Now I just have time to get through the important elements of the Boston paper. I also have a wide window with an interesting view, and I can watch the general passing parade in Lowell. I'm enjoying the work immensely and the firm has given me a lot of extra items so that things are interesting and becoming more so. One of the more amusing elements of my brief career came last fall when I was named as a trustee of Rogers Hall, a private girls' school in Lowell. Anyway, one person who heard about it looked at me in surprise and said, Aren't you still prom trotting there?'
"I haven't seen too many '45s around these parts recently but I gather that there are lots around and they'll all show up at once sometime. Saw Jim Broderick and Nick Sandae last fall, and spent a night with Edie, Ripper and Geoff Maclay in Milwaukee last spring. In a Christmas card note Bud Morris reported eagerness to be away from Virginia Law School and into the practicing side of the law. Occasionally see Dick Southwick and I'm hoping to run into other '45s before too long. Not having had a chance to get back to Hanover for any school work since the war makes it a little difficult to recognize faces that should be familiar; therefore I'm really looking forward to our first real reunion in '51."
Also had a letter from one of our ophthalmologists (I love that word) Jim Andrew,
"We're pretty happy out here, for we know we are on the downhill side of our Detroit residence. However, things are so much better since we got this house that even Detroit looks better to us. We have a small two-bedroom home just off of 7 Mile Road about a mile east of Woodward. It really is wonderful compared to that apartment we had. It's furnished, but we have added such things as a desk, automatic washer and new deepfreeze. The latter is wonderful to cool beer and renew the ice tray in a jiffy.
"Peggy is seven months today and from all indications will be somewhat of a character, a pretty one at that. She's not a bit shy, and seems to delight in getting everybody's attention when Elaine takes her shopping down at the supermarket.
"Mary and Jack Carroll are coming up some weekend this month, haven't seen them since Christmas. We see Pat and Jim Rodney frequently, and Sue and Blair McClenachan are fairly close by. When Jim, Blair, and I went down to hear Tuss one night, the girls had an auxiliary meeting out at Sue's."
It seems that our capable Barney Oldfield is the editor of a newsletter for graduates of Thayer School. Barney sent along an issue in which he describes his marriage to Molly Scott of Beaver, Pa. I am going to use the old magazine ruse and tell you that the whole amusing story will be told next month. Barney is with Johnson Bronze Company in New Castle, Pa. Following are excerpts from the letter which accompanied his newsletter:
"High class stationery, wot? Just wanted you to know that I wasn't frittering away all my time, that some of it went to constructive effort, and figured the enclosed news might be of interest for the '45s involved, and to bring you up to date on my nuptials. Have meant to write of this ever since we became engaged last Fall, but naturally, I thought the young lady would come to her senses in time to realize the error of her ways. Alas, she did not—how sad.
"I might add to the social notes that HarryFiggie, my frosh roomie, was my best man—very nice arm to lean on, I must say. ]im Field, my European sidekick and the man who is responsible for my fate—having introduced we two—was one of the ushers. A good Dartmouth and '45 gathering.
"While in the Beantown, natch we had a small round up—Shorty Pierce, who had just become the father of his second daughter, Sam Cutler, who is now teaching at Middlesex School and Bones Broderick gathered to have a round and smoke the Short one's cigars.
"Peggy Bones (Jim Broderick's mother and College Hostess) was on hand to add to the Dartmouth welcome and we nostalgically recounted old times, trips to the "Rivah," and the scattered group in general. Saw Rog Brown, Chad Ramsdell —hack at Tuck School—and a smattering of the Fabulous Forty-fives who are still holding forth. Ed Pirie, the granite king of Barre, Vt., I might add, has tumbled, too. The gala bells are due to ring in the not too distant future, according to my usually reliable source. Also have had a few lines from Bob Haffenreffer—takes quite a while for the dog sleds to get all the way down from the Maine wilds (Millinocket to be exact)—and he reports all is well with him and the Great Northern Paper Co. In fact the atmosphere is so salubrious that Mrs. R. H. is expecting in the coming year."
That is all I have room for this month. Don't miss next month's issue for more from the scintillating Barney.
A DARTMOUTH TOAST FOR THE GROOM: At his marriage, Jan. 28, to Catherine Johnston of Akron, Ohio, Bill McKenzie '45 (center) had the official support of (I to r) Hunt Bennett '45, Fred Covalt '45, brother Jim McKenzie '51, and Ralph Tyler '45. Jim was best man and the others ushers. In addition to a bride Bill has recently acquired the job of Alumni Fund newsletter editor for 1945.
Secretary,720 Loew Bldg., Syracuse 2, N. Y. Treasurer, 457 W. Hansberry St., Philadelphia 44, Pa. Class Agent,7736 82nd St., Glendale, L. 1., N. Y.
