1949

This month I'm in the enviable position of having so much news that I can't possibly get it all in without overcutting it, if I can at all. However in my job that's certainly nothing to grumble at, and I can only say that I wish it would occur more often. I might also add at this time that I have been very pleased with your response to my cards and letters. It helps me beyond words, and I hope those whom I didn't get to answer will forgive me. In the future, I promise to answer all letters, so make that an incentive to keep in touch—which reminds me. In our research letter with en- closed-card we found the amazing figure of 60% of you were NOT at the given address. For that reason we really need your cooperation. We can't afford to keep chasing you via postcards. The class treasury can't take it. So why not do your part—let me or the College records office know when you move. It would make life so much easier for me. And I'll even offer to pay for that penny postcard you have to use, if you get ornery about it.

Another point—although I'm not in the collecting position Johnny Stockwell and his capable agents are, I'd like to put in a helping word for him. Despite his ability, he needs help—not mine, but yours. Most of you will receive his correspondence and temporarily put it off until you forget it. Why not just reflect a little on the importance of your cooperation— just think how little effort on your part it is to write out a check, but how very vital it is to Dartmouth's future. Don't you sincerely believe that you owe the College a small donation annually? Most of us give to annual Red Cross and Polio drives which are run nationally. Yet as worthy as these and other such organizations are, they probably will never have the opportunity to give you as much as Dartmouth has. All such fund drives mean the same—they need your help to do as well and better in the future. Think it over .. . won't you help Dartmouth stay on top????

Now into the news ... because of the many returns on my cards, I've been able to locate so many of you geographically that I can now plan future activities. Because of this we have planned for three '49 get-togethers in the next few months ... the first will fall in Hanover (where we still have 25 grad-students) on Saturday, May ig, at noon . . . the place to be designated later. Each guy up that way will be contacted by Tom Swartz, my Hanover chairman. John Stockwell and I will be up there that weekend for our annual class officers weekend, so we'll "officiate." The following weekend, Saturday, May 26, in Boston we'll try to get all nearby classmates into a luncheon. In this case, because there are over 100 to be contacted, I'll again use postcards with return cards attached. These will be sent out only to those guys whose address I know is nearby Boston, so if any of you do not receive them and want to join in, get in touch with me. (That goes for the Hanover meeting too.) The place and time of the Boston affair will be on the cards. So plan ahead ... bring the wife into town to shop while you spend two or three hours with old buddies. That's SATURDAY, May 26. The third affair will catch the New York, Long Island, and New Jersey area where there are again over 100 classmates, and this will fall sometime in June. Here we haven't set the date, as we'll await some help. So this is a plea to all you guys in that area ... won't one of you help me dig up a spot and a date? Please write and volunteer. I can't get down there (except for the meeting itself) to do all the work, so unless I can get some help, it'll fall through. So come on, New York ... don't be left out of class activity ... just cooperate a little!!!

With these three areas working, we'll cover about half the class in some offer of activity. Since there are also about 100 in the service now, that leaves only 200 of you spread out over the country. Naturally I can't be everywhere planning get-togethers, so for the most part it'll be up to you. I am presently working on plans to set up a regional director in each major area (Cleveland, Chicago, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Washington, etc.) who will try to unify you in his area. By the time you read this, they should be "appointed." So far MikeMcGean in Cleveland and Rank Lashmet in Chicago have accepted the responsibility. Get in touch with them with your ideas. I'm sure they'll do far more than their share to help get something going. Also don't forget the value of your local Dartmouth clubs. Get out to one meeting and meet the guys there. See if I'm not right in recommending them. McGean's address is 19200 Southwoodland Rd., Shaker Hts. 22, Ohio. Rank's address is 887 Sheridan Rd., Glencoe, Ill. "Write them ideas.

Now into the individual dope ...

In today's Boston paper I see the engagement of Bob "Rocket" Reed of Boston to Miss Barbara Jane Bee of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Another engagement is that of Rank Lashmet of Glencoe, Ill., to Miss Julie Loeffell of Chicago announced yesterday (April Fool's Day, no less). The wedding's scheduled for June 29. Others are: Dave Vogels, our class treasurer of Providence, to Miss Mary Stetson Prescott of North Dartmouth, Mass. . . . Edward C.Erickson of Montclair, N. J., to Miss Catherine McGowan Woods of Chicago. ... Louis A. Gluek Jr. of Lake Minnetonka, Minn., (boy . . . that's some address!!) to Miss Caroline Hubbard Kleinstuck of Kalamazoo, Mich. .. . Stanley E. McKinley of Washington to Miss Nancy Moss Steptoe of Charlestown, W. Va. . .. Claude V. Off ray of Summit, N. J., to Miss Gloria A. Moler of West Orange, N. J. . . . Harry Van Benschoten of New York to Miss Mary Louise Bradley of Drexel Park, Pa. . .. Thomas J. Mullen of Rockville Centre, N. Y., to Miss Marylou Morgan of the same town.. . . Roy F. Lovell, one of my lifelong Providence buddies, to Miss Marilyn Marshia of Milton, Vt. (The wedding is set for May 20) Lynne L. WhiteJr. of Glencoe, 111., to Miss Ann Duvall also of Glencoe.

Marriages of the month: Bill Kaas of Roseland, N. J., and Mary F. Grover of Toms River, N. J. . . . Robert D. Williams of Needham, Mass., and Elizabeth Ingram Hall of Bryn Mawr, Pa. ... Dave Strasenburgh of Rochester and Kathryn Ann Gianniny also of Rochester, as reported last month by me. . . . Don Kingsbury of Walpole, N. H., and Eva Georgiana Robbins of Keene. . .. Russ Hemenway of Leominster, Mass. and Catherine MacKay Casey of Norman, Okla. . . . Ed Feaster of Ludlow, Mass., and Barbara J. Cruickshank of Springfield, Mass. . . . John N. Brewer of Euclid, Ohio and Elisabeth Curtis Morehouse of Bridgeport, Conn. . . . Bob DeForest of Burlington, Vt., and Lorraine Knight of Medfield, Mass., with BobRooney as the best man.

Jep Ellingwood and wife are the proud parents of a son, Foster 111, born February 4. Punchy Thomas reports that Johnny Gallup is to be married June 16 to Miss Paula Burgee. Johnny is working for Mercantile Stores, Inc. of N.Y.C. Ken Wheeler and fiancee Marilyn Blackall were at a party Pat and I threw last weekend. They're to be married June 23, and will live in Cumberland Hill, R. I. Ken had hoped to have Johnny as one of his ushers, but John will be "away" at the time, naturally.

Bob Barnaby was in town the night of February 16 and called. He says Johnny McGrath was working three or four months with the J. C. Penny Chain Store Outfit in Lancaster, Pa., but in March was to work in Mexico City for Sears-Roebuck. Roy Lovell called March 17 while home from Milford, Mass., newspaper job (advertising) for weekend. He's to be married as reported above on May 20. SummyArneson called me from Boston the night before and expected to be in town that weekend, but at the last minute his plans fell through. Incidentally, Summy is working on that Boston May 26 get-together for me, so he'll deserve much credit when it comes off. Herb Gramstorff, now a 2nd Lt. in the Army, was in town that same weekend and dropped in (even bought some insurance from me while here). Herb's heading for Army Finance School for three months out at Fort Ben Harrison, Ind. He was up at Carnival and saw Jack Ransom,Jay Urstadt, Tom Swartz, Paul Barnico, JimBraunworth, and Punchy Thomas there. He also saw Bob Parsons down in New Haven at the Yale-Dartmouth hockey tilt—(one they both should have missed).

Clarke Church, in returning his card, asked for a list of all '49's in his (Scranton, Pa.) area. I was very pleased to look for him, and, although there were only three or four, I sent them off. If any of you guys would like similar lists, or would like to know where some certain guy is, drop me a card. It will be off by return mail.

Now into my letters of the month ... as space will permit.

Bob Kendall writes of the carefree life of the army at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. He says Francis Squibb was with him awhile, and then I got a recent letter from Francis out at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He was drafted November 21. At present he gives lectures to troops, being in the Information & Education Branch, but also doing some more interesting Court Martials' section work. He reports that Emmanuel Metz is Harvard Law, second year, John Waugh is at Cal. Tech in Physical Chemistry and teaching a few elementary courses to undergraduates, and that Mike Ireland was last heard to be working for Yale-Townsend. ... WinTaylor writes on Mohawk-Carpet Stationery in N.Y.C. and has been there for 13 in sales supervision. . . . Bob Wins hip writes of his recent engagement to Rusty Murray ("my favorite feminine friend," in his words). He's in the University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy. Bob made Carnival with Don Streich and respective gals (Rusty, of course), . . . Jack Madigan writes that his efforts to form a "D" club in Memphis continue to bring encouraging results. He works for an architectural firm. He used to live in bachelor quarters with Walker "Frosty" Williams until November when the latter got nailed by U.S. Jack, incidentally, is engaged to Miss Mary Jane Gittings of Anniston, Ala., and to be married April 7. Frosty is now at Camp Polk, Ky. . . . Bob Scbmitz is another who writes of the carefree army life, only he's at Fort Dix in Jersey. He's applied for a June O.C.S. class, meaning a three-year Army enlistment. At Dix he's run into Lee Fancher, Ray Truncellito, Stu Vers felt,and Harv Chandler, all now wearing khaki. He also reports that Dave Vanderhoof (army) is permanently assigned to New Cumberland, Pa., duty, that Ray Drake expected to be recalled in Air Forces by May 1, and that Bob Parsons threw a party for Ken Soule in Northfield, Conn., for the latter's departure into army.

Mrs. Ozzie Cowles (wife of ex-basketball coach at Dart.) and mother of David, says that David and wife sailed Jan. 20 on Queen Mary for Europe for nine months. . . 4 Lou Mulkern writes from Tokyo, of all places, where he works for the Bank of America. He celebrated the arrival of a daughter, Elizabeth, born January 10, 1951. . . . Bobby Alden writes from Pusan, Korea (even worse place to be than Tokyo) where he's in the army, naturally, as a quartermaster, and says Bob Muenzberg is up north somewhere. Alden has had a beer or two with John Fallon '5O over there. Bobby was with Pittsburgh Plate Glass on Long Island before he was nailed . . . letter from Jane Nolan reports that Harv is over there too. . . . Letter from Bob Grey from San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he's the manager of that office of the Colonial Life Insurance Co. . . .

Letter from Bruce Benner out in Chicago where he now works for the Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Cos. . . . Letter from Dave Bergamini over in Oxford, England, who'll return home for summer months after taking "schools" (exams) at Oxford in June. Dave is to be married to Miss Penelope Baker of South Londonderry, Vt., during the summer. He'll return to England, hoping to make a Reynolds Scholarship (awarded by Dartmouth) for the Old Vic Drama School. Dave re- ports that Marv Durning is at Balliol (another English college), and that Roger Sheldon, is reportedly still at Oxford, although Dave has not personally run across him for some time.

A letter from Clayt Morey announces he's a strong contender for the '49er who's had the most jobs since graduation ... five of them with an expected number six coming in June from Uncle Sam (Naval Air). He's tried his hand at Industrial Design, Advertising, selling men's clothing in a Dept. Store, Art work in Adv. etc.... He announces that BobSchmitz is at O.C.S. at Fort Dix as is Stu Versfelt. Both will soon go out to Fort Riley, Kan. He also says Bob Parsons expects to be a Daddy in June.

Guess I'll have to turn it off there this time. My space is used up, and I hadn't even gotten into the news on the two or three hundred postcards returned this month. But be patient, and I'll get it into the next issue. Please don't forget the Alumni Fund and the '49 plans for future meetings. Also don't forget the local Dartmouth Clubs in your area. Get in touch with them and find out what you've been missing. Most important, don't forget to drop me a line whenever you've something hot. Till next month, then, so long.

1949 Aegis: A limited number of copies of the class yearbook remain in Hanover. They are priced at $6.50 and may be ordered through C. E. Widmayer, 101 Crosby Hall.

CLASS AGENT John F. Stockwell '49 shown on his honeymoon with his wife, the former Nancy Wellington. They were married last June.

Secretary, 54 Irving Ave., Providence 6, R. I.

Treasurer, c/o Morgan Wing Jr., Millbrook, N. Y.

Class Agent, 53 Plimpton St., Walpole, Mass.