1950
Anybody know of a witty and unemployed Muse willing to work non-union hours for a chance to make virtually nothing and drop from relative renown to utter oblivion? We gotta job for him: thinking up snappy intros to our monthly meanderings through the class activities. As long as we don t have such a jeu de mots to commence operations right now, you'll just have to start right in at the same old conjugal column.
The Hitching Post
Kingsland Oakes and Carol Lynn Peterson were wed in her Plainfield, N. J., home December 23 and took off for a skiing honeymoon in New England. Carol is a senior at New Jersey College for Women, but King will have to help with the homework only occasionally as the Army is keeping him more or less occupied in Baltimore these days.
Another scholastic-service man duo tied a nuptial knot about the same time. Lt. JackCoffman, instructing at the basic school for Marines in Quantico, Va., married Ruth Eleanor Spear in Brockton, Mass., December 26. Seems Ruth is a phys ed teacher at Smith and will be around Hamp the rest of the year. Guess she has to pay back the faculty for the M.S. she got there after she'd graduated from Sargent College. Norm Olesky got away from his pajama selling stints long enough to give Jack moral encouragement at the altar. Social notes from all over included whimsical words from Don Brown who's auditing Air Force records these days:
"I managed to take in a wedding over Christmas . . . my own. Mona (Williams) and I finally decided we'd waited long enough so hastily made December 29 the date. Dave Bull was one usher and JohnKelly John MacDonald, John Krick and JackMeehan (Ed note: thank heavens there's ONE individualist in the crowd!), recently back from Japan for Army OCS, were in the audience "wru:t_ .. i - _
While at home over Christmas saw Jack Lockyer, who's at Pensacola, Bud Bray, thin as a rail but happy at OCS, . . . Dick Frey, off to the NROC school at Newport, and his Northwestern Law roomie Swede Swenson."
Don mentioned a dozen other names that have been cluttering up these paragraphs recently, the usual playboys and so forth, so we'll just add that he and spouse have set up house in an abandoned oil well on a runway at Tinker AFB near Oklahoma City. Said something about Wes Carr and Duke Doolittle and Chollie Solberg all being engaged, too, but a B-29 must have flown over and blown away his notes on these deals since we have no elaborations.
From the alert scribe of '21 via the helpful hand of the same dignitary in 1920 comes this item of welcome tidings: Miss Nancy Hunt and Carroll Middleton Swezey Jr. were espoused on December 29 in Wellesley Hills, Mass. Kim had Peirce Udall as best man, then took Nancy on a two-weeks' honeymoon to St. Thomas, V. I.
Ens. Roger W. Tillson Jr., USN, led Joy Chessman to the altar January 3 in Middleboro, Mass. The Salem, 0., bride will finish her studies at Goucher College this June while Rog, who graduated from the Naval Academy last year is stationed at Pensacola.
Got some details on the Dick HollandsElizabeth Robinson nuptials in Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. Bob Kilmarx was the groom's chief aide and Pete Shaffer was also in the wedding party. The festivities took place five days after the new year started.
"Pesky" Bob Terrace's post card was forwarded to us and contained some vital statistics on said Robert. "I am married, am a salesman by trade, have a baby girl and am living about 45 miles north of San Francisco." A glance at the class roster reveals the exact locale as Eldridge, Calif.
Walking the Last Mile
Philip W. Brown Jr. plans an August affirmation of intentions announced in Philly by the parents of Virginia Mauger, a Mount Holyoke grad. Red's around town for the inlaws to keep tabs on, too, taking his medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Louise Widen finally made Dave Pittenger see the light December 23. Lee is from Williamstown, Mass., via Colby J. C. and the University of Colorado. Pitt's been sorta sheepish lately, probably the result of big deals in the wool biz.
Upper Montclair, N. J., learned that Sgt.G. Park Taylor and Marie Pickering Lecour will hear wedding chimes this spring. Park is going to find his MP duties useful, no doubt, for Marie is another Colby grad . .. and you know what they know about Dartmouth men.
In the past few years CJC and that school up street from Rahar's have waged mortal conflict over the right to claim a plurality of representatives at the larger Indian war dances in Hanover. John Hintermeister has cast his ballot for the Smithies by wooing Frances Baker of Washington, although he will have to bide his time till she finishes up in June.
Also awaiting the choruses of "No more teachers..is Jack Avery who has a sparkler on the petite digit of Betty Lou Wise, a senior at Wheaton. The prospective bridlives up to her name as prexy of the College Government Association. J. T. is business researching and evaluating for the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company.
First for '52 goes to Gordon Pinkham and Elizabeth Gilbert of Longmeadow, Mass. Bet the loud noise of bursting bubbles in the champagne glasses hurt a few heads NewYear's Day. Elizabeth is a graduate of Penn Hall Junior College and Weston College for Women. Mr. P currently signs his checks with nothing but Carter's Ink, whose producers in turn keep him out of trouble in New York.
Don Waite was overflowing with good news last time he got a pen between himself and a piece of paper.
"I got out of the Army October 85 ... really great. Seems I had an ER serial number and that made me eligible for release to the inactive (double underline!) reserves. Now with McGraw-Hill Publishing Cos. as a trainee in advertising sales. And my engagement has been announced! It's still Jan Miller of Harrisburg... I hope by June to have the Mrs. added to Mr. Waite's name."
Final betrothal at this time concerns BenShaver and Justine M. Davey of Newark, N. J. The couple has a mutual interest in the Rock of Gibraltar being fellow employees of Prudential Life.
Sidelights on the Service
Lt. Pete Bucklin records with sorrow the loss of his trusty Hercules, the valiant horseless carriage of last fall. Says Uncle Jack Wetenhall "proceeded to get himself pinned to a date of mine from Larchmont." Looks as if Pierre is improving: all the other gals he dated married as a matter of self-protection. Let us know how you fare in Nippon, Lucky.
Cpl. Joe Stehlin is at the Memphis Air Force Base in Tennessee and Ken Sutherland may bump into fellow looie Bucklin across seas as Ken's outfit is the 7th Marines, First Marine Division. And last but not least, Pfc.Bill Stone's dad was informative about that lad's latest capers. Bill has been serving in the 43rd Infantry Division of the Army as a photog and now is stationed at Augsburg, Germany, near Munich. That's great schussing territory, so natcherly Bill has been on the boards as often as possible.
Boston Tea Party
"Another round of Jake Wirth's special dark!" was the cry the night of February 5 in Beantown when about a dozen and a half '50s and two squaws raided the famous beer parlor. Largest contingent was that from Harvard Med with Pete Irving, Paul Lena, BillCollins, Ken Anderson and Bud Nagle. Missed 100% attendance from there because WarrenFranz and Aaron Stevens were cutting up elsewhere in town. The legal eagles in the crowd were Bill Tarlow and Bob Waterman. Those intrepid entrepreneurs from the B School showed up, of course, Jack Harned and FrankHarrington, and we got some inside dope on the market from the future tycoons. As if that weren't enough from the Crimson campus, Larry Starlight put in an appearance from the grad school as did Steve and AnnFlemer. There were woiking pipples on hand, too. For example, those mad hatters, Georgeand Sal Carter elucidated on life as Jordan Marsh-mallows, and Larry Batty had some interesting comparisons between his mallinckrodt chemicals and the malts being served, proud papa of the entourage was Frank Dickinson who left new girl-san Joy Ellen at home (vital stat: 8 lbs, 6 oz on November 15) although she's "just as good looking as her old man-" Sylvania's Bob (Knuckles) Wilson has been giving Sherm Clough a boost at G. E. by phoning the latter at work. Creates a great impression there when the word gets around that "Mr. Clough had another call from Mr. Wilson." George Duffy showed towards the tail end of the blast with a '49er in uniform, so we presume the Duke has lost his scruples and freedom all at once. Someone told us Steve Mahoney was back from France, also, but who or what else floated away on the seventh round. For those of you who missed it, 'twas an outstanding shindig.
Grapevine Reports
Our competitor in Hartford beat us to the draw with the news that Glenn Fitkin had returned to the fold to associate with the Alumni Fund, but he neglected to note that despite the January thaw Glenn was enjoying tolerable skiing conditions. Commercially, our fund boss said, "The business Hal and I are in together is still making progress. We got a contract about a month ago with the help of Dick Catron who is now working in Detroit for Cadillac. He has just become engaged to a member of the 1950 Carnival Queen's Court, first name Betty, but X don't know the last." That was the night we had a few W's on tap at the G.A. .. . Walt, Warner, Whit and Will, the other two being Messrs. Lindenthal and Williams. Whit has gone to work with the Compton Advertising Agency who also employ Alex Hoffman, a lad stricken by the horrors of facing marriage when met at the Dartmouth Club but solaced with the knowledge that he was headed for two weeks at Aspen.
Although Tommie Warner's fountain pen wasn't operating at the 10,000 foot altitude his stratocruiser was flying when he wrote, he got off many words about his jaunt to Japan with an amateur hockey team from New York. En route to the Orient he spent New Year's in San Francisco, on Nob Hill of course, and a day and a half on the beach at Waikiki. Of the lucky 13 games they played, the squad notched nine wins, a pair of ties and dropped two, which is a fine record considering they played with 12 men or less on the whole trip against naturally numerically larger opponents. He's back at Empire Trust analyzing securities in New York now where we saw him and his cocoa counter roomie Bill Cross.
Bill Pulley brought us up to date on several folks in the Cincy area. Besides selling plywood and staying out of the Army, Bill has run into Tom and Jeanne Sours who moved back to Ohio and had received a card from Dick Howden, now selling lumber wholesale in Philadelphia.
Before we drop anchor on this operation, we'd better try to recall a fexv people seen in Hanover over Carnival. Johnny Norton was in town from his hospital administration interning, looking for patients no doubt. DickGriffith and Dave "Stretch" Pendleton made it back for the weekend, and so did Rick Miller. A week later Rick and Eileen were in Bronxville proudly displaying their new addition to the family, one Duffer Hogan, a beguiling cocker named for the old man and a famous golfer. You figure which part of his cognomen came from where.
Like the farmer said to the new hand at his first milking time, "This is the end."
AMONG THOSE PRESENT at a cocktail party given at the University Club this fall by the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago were Bill Embree '50 (left), his wife Rae, and John Louis T'49.
IN PEARL HARBOR: Ens. Donald C. Hall '50 USN, who saw action while serving on the USS Essex and wears the Korean service and U.N. ribbons, recently reported for duty in Pearl Harbor.
Secretary, U.S.S. Waller (DDE-4.6,6) c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. Treasurer, 303 East Madison St., Ann Arbor, Mich Class Agent, Graduate Club, Hanover, N. H.
