1950
What-ho, laddies, here 'tis the month of apple blossoms and all that sort of thing and Dan Cupid comes up with only three bulls' eyes to record as the class tale-tattler tumbles in a grotesque lump at the end of the second lap of reporting, fresh out of news and buried under musty letters received months ago. Ah, yes, but there's good news tonight for our "home-away-from-home" heads for the Navy yard at Norfolk this month and three moons of a-setting are in store. Tough, huh? But on to the tidings of tenderness.
The Hitching Post Pete Shaffer heads the trio of guys who lost their heads since the last go-round with his knot tying ceremony March 29 in New York. The bride is the former Jeanne Algard. DickHollands helped keep things running smoothly as usher in the chapel of the Madison Avenue Church.
In Williamstown, Mass., on Saturday, April 5, Dave Pittenger married Louise Widen. Pitt is still shearing sheep in Phillie last we heard, and Lee, like a good Colby Junior, will doubtless manufacture argyles from the stuff the old man can sneak past the guards at the factory.
Two weeks later in Scarsdale, N. Y., Peggy Mcdonald and Girard Smith were wed. Pfc. G. T. currently renders salutes around Camp Edwards, Mass., reasonably handy to Smith where Peggy is a senior.
Rattle Prattle Len Matless and wife Sue have an automatic morning alarm clock in the form of baby girl born last November 12. It's nice to note that she's "all healthy and happy these days," Len, but when are you going to get around to picking a name?
The stork played no April Fool's joke on Bruce and Lois Magoon when the old bird deposited young Scott Alexander Magoon in Framingham the first of the month. The potential '74 tipped the scales at 7 pounds, 8 ounces.
Felicitations, parents, and a bottle of grade A to the youngsters.
Grapevine Reports Solicitor Si Morand has maintained a steady stream of note and comment from Michigan and as always finds life busy but enjoyable. The class will be happy to know that he had enough postage money to enclose a check for stamps in a letter recently, and even happier to know that isn't all used up yet. Si mentioned high hopes for returning to Hanover to attend the annual class officers' pow-wow last month. With Glenn Fitkin on campus calling for Alumni Fund contributions (which you've all made by now, haven't you???) financial discussions should have been the order of the day.
Readers of the fashion magazines can expect to find Ken Edelson appearing as the epitome of haberdashery splendor ere long for the young fellow is toiling with Campus Sweater and Sportswear. Budding men of distinction may direct inquires about what the well-dressed man will wear to the Cleveland area from whence "Needles" operates these days.
"Crash" Mcllwain reveals that next mention of his activities may well be found among the items of the following category, but his last note was still couched in the jubilant jargon of a civvie. Seems "Uncle" was flipping a coin trying to decide whether it would be khaki or blue for Bob. Among the notables encountered around Gotham on his jaunts there he saw "Monk" Dwyer, Dick Howden and Clift"Let Me Show You a Trick with a Glass"Whiteman.
Armed Forces Follies Last month we referred to the long haul 'twixt Norfolk and Northampton for SkipFauver, currently pawing the dirt for a chance to hitch up with Smithie Eugenie Lamb. Skip's waiting for his j. g. promotion on the Eldorado (AGC-11) operating from San Francisco now! His reports on classmates ran something like this:
"Fizz Nichols is out here straining under a soft staff job, while Dan Featherston is in WestPac lugging 150 pounds of baggage all over Japan and Korea in a valiant attempt to locate his fighting AMS. (Captain Queeg, take note!) George Carpenter is leading a group of commandos in a Gunnery Liaison billet in the same area. Dan Schausten has moved out, Korea bound, as a and Lt. BruceParker is fighting the battle of occupation in Europe, while Al Parsons is starting his second five-month tour in the Med. He left the Midway for the Navarro (APA-215)."
Among the khaki-clads Hammy Gates seems to be SOPA. Having received his bars (the gold kind, not what you thought of first) at Benning, he'll be at Camp Cooke, Calif., with the 44th Infantry Division.
Sgt. Will Carpenter was one of the lonesome buckaroos singing "Git Along Little Dogie" on Operation Longhorn down in the Lone Star State this spring. Linda has been occupying the fireside rocker with her knitting in her lap of late. Carp thought his heir might arrive in the state of Indiana, his next camp assignment after Texas.
Hallelujah! The plea for "feelthy post cards" extorted a two-center from Jack Brodie who signed as "The Desert Rat" from Camp Irwin, Calif. Corporal B. is 35 miles from Death Valley and 175 from L. A., where most of the weekending is done. "Got a letter from John Talley—now stationed in Frankfurt—he's due back in July." Good to hear from you, J.D.
Ed Gulick scrounged a typing machine out in Yonch'on, Korea, somehow, and brought us up to date with his travels. "Left Frisco on the 11th of December after visiting BarnieMcPhillips there a couple of times. He spent last year raising turkeys in Oregon and was wintering in San Fran and working for some newspaper. I finally arrived in Yokohama 24 December and at chapel services that night ran into Wallie Young. I am in hopes of getting out about the first of November. Hope to see some of you at the games next fall!"
Just slipped in the mail box from round the corner is a letter from Pvt. James G. Gilmore. He's at Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Va. Trust Jim will not take Army training back to the store when he's through. Can't you see a double-breasted pin stripe hung like a G. I. jacket!
Closing this department for summer vacation, we ought to say that George Nugent flashed a "BT" at us as we moved into the pier here today to say he's not all we claimed a while back. The Sigourney is out in Hamp. ton Roads where we'll try to visit in hopes of getting G. R.'s duties straightened out.
Inkadental Intelligent! Its good news for Bob Jordan who has been awarded a James B. Reynolds Foreign Scholarship for study abroad during the academic year 1952-53. Bob will use his loot for the professional study of painting and architecture while traveling extensively in Europe. He's been working for his master's degree in fine arts at Columbia.
The tepee on the corner reports that JohnStandish was an Inn-dian back in April as were the Howie Watts'.
Just found a near miss from the quivver of D. C. we overlooked at the top of the page. Seems Jim Nye has successfully courted a Smith senior, Nancy Ewing of Petersham, Mass., thus ably demonstrating the worth of his Cornell Law training. When's the big day, folks?
Scottie Probasco's recent election as secretary of the American National Bank and Trust Company in Chattanooga was properly acknowledged by a column in that city's Times.
Another '50 rated a four-page spread in the local journal a couple of months ago when Danny Olsen's training in Hospital Administration at Lowell General was pictorially portrayed. All men owning hospitals are urged to write the Lowell Sunday Sun for a complete description of the project. The adjectives, we might add, were glowing.
Although he hasn't begun collecting deep freezers and mink coats in any impressive form, Herb Ray can show you some of the better night spots in Washington, break out a new tenor guitar for songs, or procure delectable beverages around the corner from his apartment driving a recently purchased Studey convert, of a shiny cream shade.
Okay, chums, fill the cooler with ice and load the brews. Got your sandals and beach ball? Who's bringing the portable radio so we can hear the double-header? Let's see, towel, swim suit, church key, sun tan cream. All set. See you at high tide about the beginning of October. Meanwhile, have yourselves a nice summer and don't make any foolish election bets.
Secretary, U.S. Waller (DDE-466) c/o FPO, New York, N. Y.
Treasurer, 303 East Madison St., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Class Agent, Graduate Club, Hanover, N. H.
