1951
Time's awasting and there are a few news items left to report before we pack up our kit and caboodle and head for Hanover. Lest we get too far afield, let us say that while the sun is high and bright in the sky, some of you and most all of you will have a spare moment so do drop us a note at least some time this summer. We enjoy very much hearing, especially of those unusual experiences and even if you are just an old married working man, drop us a note.
Heading off this month's memos of those in the limelight is the name of Smiling PeterStien. Lieutenant Pete of the Marines had just returned from eight months in Korea as a tank platoon commander and it is mighty proud we are to say that he has returned safe and sound. Pete, as many of the other boys we have talked to who have been in Korea, brings home the fact that one of the most important things for the wounded is the blood we give at home.
Peter is now out of the service although handling a weapons platoon in Boston -he is working for Sonoco Oil Company in Revere. His brother Mike is also a Lieutenant in the Marines and just now heading for Korea. From the looks of the picture received of the two, those boys will be running when they see Mike and that's no insult.
Lieutenant John Mclntyre has been assigned to the Medical Replacement Training Center at Camp Pickett and will be a platoon leader at the center, which is the only basic training center for the Army Medical Service.
We tried to find Research Chemist Les Richards, Cumberland Mills, Me., last spring. You will recall Les was with the S. D. Warren Paper Company. However, we have recently heard that it's Army Private Richards now with the Ordnance Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga. Les should be commissioned soon. We aren't quite sure just where Pinky Pfaff is, but you might know he has been dabbling in oils par excellence. The latest report is that Pinky has drawn the illustrations for the graduation book of the class finishing in May at Newport, Rhode Island's Officers Candidate School. I'll bet the boys get a kick out of that.
Chet Cotter some time ago completed the Associate Officers course at Ft. Benning and has been assigned to the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Dix, while we hear that Army Private Charlie Blood, was assigned to the Eta jima Specialist School in Japan. Charlie has been in the Far East, as you might recall, since last November and was formerly at Camp Gifu as an instructor -in Japan.
Gosh, these old service men are really cutting the mustard about the world. It was nice to hear that Jack Lotz got home to plymouth, Mass., on a two-week furlough from his base in sun-speckled Flonolulu. Jack is an Ensign in the Navy and has recently completed a six-months' cruise in the Pacific with the Seventh Fleet. Another Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex., graduate, and now a Second Lieutenant, is Wilson Boynton. Wils is now at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, and is a photographic officer. It was nice to hear that Abdul Sheikh has invaded Princeton and recently gave an illustrated lecture featuring his colored slides of Moslem holy places and pilgrimage-sites and lectured on the subject "1952 Pilgrimage to Mecca-Forbidden City." The program was sponsored by the university's school in Near Eastern studies, and we can well imagine the fine program that Abdul presented.
The engaged group is not so large this month but we are sure just as heavy-chested and proud as ever. Second Lieutenant of the Air Force Earle Tyler tied himself up with Joan Flett, a Belmont, Mass., miss. Joan hails from Lasell Junior College and, of course, Earle did some graduate work at the Boston University Law School before entering the service. BobRutsteen and his wife, former Janet Gross, tripped the light fantastic in their marriage on March 22. Janet is finishing up her senior year at Adelphi College while Rut is another one of those U.S. Army boys somewhere in Texas. Lieutenant Jack Skewes U.S.A. is pretty proud these days, what with the announcement of his engagement to Constance Boyd of Concord, Mass. Jack, from the latest dope, is now in Korea and, we hope, to return very soon. Also smelling primroses recently was Al LeClair, who became engaged to Joyce Milliken. We think we reported Al's some time ago, but it certainly seems significant to note that spring must be perennial in the East, what with the large number of recent engagements and marriages taking place with those dashing Eastern gents. To counter the East, Howie Bissell has been working rather hard of late to raise a family, and we have not vet heard of the results. How about it, Howie? Dick Mason is heading one of the most powerful political lobby groups in Washington this year, with his keg and a large '51 gathering every Sunday afternoon. We haven't heard since the inauguration, but we can rest assured that Dick led the gang in one mightyroar throughout those joyful days. Dick, as you might know, is with the Army Map Service plotting curves in the Washington parks. In case you're down that way, it's the 2520 Club at 41st Street Northwest, as the boys call it. Inside word has it that Lt. Pete Henderson walked around town most of last summer, while attending a Navy school there, with a peanut butter sandwich in one hand and a pitcher of beer in the other. Congratulations, Pete. We know you are progressing well.
Gosh, the old blissful haze is too thick, and we cannot recall whether we announced, proudly, Mori Briggs' engagement to Barbara Anna Grenzebach of Williamsville, N. Y. Barbara is a junior in the Moore Institute of Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia, studying textile design. Mort is now stationed at Norfolk, Va. Congratulations to you, one and all, from all of us in '51.
April 27 marked the big day for FrankBruch and his now no doubt very happy wife, Sally Rounds. The couple spent their honeymoon in Bermuda, and then it was back to teaching of modern dance and archery for Sally at her former alma mater, Hathaway Brown.
We spoke too soon of the fertile East, because this month we are happy to report the marriage of Lieutenant Justin McCarthy and Harriet Brakefield in San Francisco on March 5. A large cheer and congratulations to all of the above, and also for Ensign Bob Hopkins and Joan Dreher, who were married April 11 in Noroton, Conn. Happiness will be yours if you drink from the fountain, look to the skies and give to the Alumni Fund. We're sending our check today, and if you haven't sent yours, please do. Have a nice summer and don't for get that note to us.
RECENTLY COMMISSIONED: Three members of the Class of '51 have received their commissions and orders to report for further flight training: Ens. Robert W. Hopkins USN (top); Ens. Roger C. McAlister USN (center); and 2nd Lt. Donald P. Rider, Army Air Force.
RECENTLY COMMISSIONED: Three members of the Class of '51 have received their commissions and orders to report for further flight training: Ens. Robert W. Hopkins USN (top); Ens. Roger C. McAlister USN (center); and 2nd Lt. Donald P. Rider, Army Air Force.
RECENTLY COMMISSIONED: Three members of the Class of '51 have received their commissions and orders to report for further flight training: Ens. Robert W. Hopkins USN (top); Ens. Roger C. McAlister USN (center); and 2nd Lt. Donald P. Rider, Army Air Force.
FOR GALLANTRY: Lt. Robert R. Jackson '51, USMCR, was awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action in Korea where, as platoon commander, he displayed outstanding courage in a night raid on an enemy position, directing his men even after he was wounded.
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