1953
Well we hardly have had time to recover from the brilliant last-ditch victory of the Big Green over the H. C. Crusaders. Let's hope that the team can continue to display such good, exciting football. If so, it should be a good fall to take in one of the games. How about it? And have you noted the encouraging fact that most of the men seeing action are sophs or juniors?
For those planning to trek up to Hanover for the fall House party game, there are several '53s till located on Hanover Plain with whom you might renew old acquaintanceships and perhaps mix a few martinis. A Hanoverpostmarked letter from Larry Lewis informs us that in addition to himself, Tom McCrea,Jack Morris and George Nevers have returned to undergraduate life this fall after duty in the Armed Forces. Larry, a communications technician in the Navy, saw duty principally in Japan; however he somehow managed to find time to marry Brownie Cleaves of Sweet Briar and they are now expecting an addition to the family in January. Come February, Larry will take his place among Dartmouth graduates, but Jack, Tom and George all have one to two years ahead of them. Jack and George both served in the Army, with the latter also managing to find time to say "I do" to Peggy Jones of Whitefield, N. H., on Feb. 81, 1953. The Navy claimed Tom while he was serving Uncle Sam. Incidentally, Tom's younger brother Barry is now a sophomore in Hanover.
Other '53s in Hanover include a rather formidable group at the graduate schools and such undergraduates as Bud Schweich, RodJennings, and Bruce Holt who all returned from service life to Dartmouth last Feb. Bruce took Doris Erickson of Glen Rock, L. I., and Centenary Jr. back to Hanover with him this fall as his bride following a June wedding. He hopes to attend Thayer School while Rod has his sights set on Tuck School.
News In Brief
A quick look at the academic scene elsewhere in the U. S. . . . Fred Dorkin and RedBrady returning to 2nd yr. law classes for more punishment at Duke and Georgetown University respectively. .. . Paul Paganucci and Hiltie Rosen now starting law school after receiving their M.B.A. from Tuck School in June - I guess some people never learn. ... An aspiring Frank Lloyd Wright, DickDudley, back in Cambridge for second yr. instruction at Harvard School of Design ... and lastly Pete Walburg settling here in Athens for the next four years with his bride of three months, Nancy Jeffries, while he investigates the field of veterinary medicine at the U. of Georgia.
And as for those classmates involved in more materialistic pursuits ... accountants JackNewton, Jim Porath, and Byron Menides working in Boston (all under the Arthur Anderson Co. banner, we believe) and trying not to allow the Blue Laws to interfere with their social activities. On June 26 Jack and his high school sweetheart, Lynn Herron, a Green Mt. Jr. College alumna culminated a seven-year romance with a quiet wedding ceremony in their home town of Hamburg, N. Y FredCarleton, also located in Boston, apparently very pleased with his job with Dewey & Almy Co. where he is concerned primarily with marketing problems. Marketing also is the field which Clark Brink is pursuing: his employer, Lever Bros., and he's located in N. Y. City. Clark's engagement to a Skidmore senior, Cynthia Cadwell, of Rockville Centre, L. I., was announced early in August. Another '53 wandering around among the sky-scrapers is Jack Amerman who accepted a position with the General Motors Acceptance Corp. in June upon graduating from Tuck School. And perhaps the '53 with the most impressive title at this writing is located in Akron, 0., where Sox Brewster is "Ass't to the V.P. Akron Sash and Door Co."
However, the great majority of our class mates are still busy serving that seemingly insatiable employer, Uncle Sam.... Three Tuck or Tuck-Thayer graduates, Gene Gabianelli,Warren Wentworth and Kisuk Cheung are now undergoing boot camp at Fort Dix, N. J., having been drafted late this summer, while in gyrene country. Dick Lombard and BobSimpson are about to commence their Quantico OCS training. Dick Davenport, who graduated from Cornell School of Hotel Administration last Feb., has just completed his boot training at Dix, but tit re's no word as to his new station. But, news clippings do bring us up-to-date on several other Army doggies: Pvts. Larry Garvin and Johnny P. Rogers have successfully completed a 16-week medical lab course at Brooks Army Med. Center and have been assigned to Far East duty, while TomBradley is in the midst of an intensive 23-week German language course at the Army Language School in Monterey, Calif. Larry Garvin's running mate from Medford, Mass.. Chuck Odams, is due to be discharged sometime in Nov. after having spent the last few months in special duty at White Sands, N. Mexico. November also is scheduled to be the long-awaited discharge month for Herb Klagsbum who has been serving in the Engineering Corps. We understand that both Chuck and Herb hope to complete their interrupted college educations, if at all possible, as does JackUpham who will wind up his Navy career around Christmas. However, a former Coast Guardsman, Joe Parker, has decided to forego any further education, having located a good job with the Sterling Paint and Varnish Co. at Maiden, Mass., which keeps wife Joan and 14-mo.-old daughter Sally in clothes.
Of course there undoubtedly will be some classmates who will decide that the service is not such a bad life after all and make it a career. One such fellow apparently is Ed Grant who left Hanover after his sophomore year and now is a first-classman (senior) at the Naval Academy. You like that salt spray whipping across your face, Ed?
Cupid's Corner
First, we would like to assure any of you who might have been worrying that all the scheduled summer weddings which we mentioned in our June column apparently took place without mishap. They included: FredEneland-Valerie Wilcox, June 10 (Kisuk Cheung best man): Barlow Goff-Gay Brinkerhoff, Tune 12; Paul Bosquet-Sally Hickok, June 26; Ed Ofewn-Barbara Braham, Aug. 15; Kes Pierson-Debbe Horton, July 3: (brother Reg 52 best man); and Gus Goss-Lillian Prakelt, Sept. 11 (Stu Fordyce best man).
June weddings that we somehow overlooked were those of Bill Bums, Andy Gutekunst,Woody Spurgeon, Jack Avril (all presently Navy ensigns), and Bob Morris. On June 11, Bill married Sue Sperry of Hanover and Pembroke College in a pleasant afternoon cere- mony at the Church of Christ, Hanover, while Johnny Dickason and "Moose" Mason stood by as ushers. The Burns' new address is Key West, Fla., where Bill is stationed. The following day, Joan Averill of Worcester, Mass., became Mrs. A. Gutekunst in West Haven, Conn., as usher Johnny Peterson watched approvingly. The bride, a graduate of Colby Jr. '53, and Andy are now living just outside of Newport, R. 1., where Andy's ship the USSBristol (DD) is tied up. "Trish" Flynn and Woody Spurgeon spliced their nuptial knot in the bride's city of Louisville, Ky., on June 19. Following a wedding trip to Martha's Vineyard, Mr. and Mrs. S. have taken up residence in Little Creek, Va., the home port of Woody's transport ship. "Trish" incidentally is also a Colby Jr. miss.
Jack Auril, one of Woody's Tuck-Thayer cohorts, and his California fiancee Charlotte Craig, a Wellesley alumna, exchanged vows before a large church gathering which included usher George Passano on June 13. The newlyweds selected Bermuda as their honeymoon site - and who can find fault with such a choice — and have temporarily returned to Cincinnati until Jack receives his orders to active duty. And on June 26, Maplewood, N. J., was the site of the wedding of Rhoda Newman, an Endicott Jr. graduate, to BobMorris, one of our stethoscope men, as two fellow medics, "Moe" Moss (Harvard) and Al Echikson (Cornell) helped direct traffic. Bob and Rhoda followed the Avrils' lead and honeymooned in Bermuda: they're now living in Boston while Bob attends 2nd yr. classes at Tufts Medical.
Jack Morgan took Shirley Greenwood, a graduate of the Mary Hitchcock Nursing School, as his bride in a July wedding. The ceremony took place in Shirley's home town, Lyndon Center, Vt., with Gardner Brookings among those in attendance. We understand that Jack has recently entered the service. Exactly one week later, Pvt. Ted Hibson aged to escape from his duties at Ft. Benjamin Harrison for a few days to marry Janet Valentine of Bristol, Conn. The new Mrs. Hibson is a '53 Mt. Holyoke graduate. And on Aug. 22, our piano-playing ensign, Gay Jones, slipped the wedding ring on Joyce Bailey's finger before a large church gathering in Petoskey, Mich, (thereby climaxing a 5-year summer romance between Gay and the Western Michi- gan College graduate). Gay has recently returned from an extensive tour of duty in the Far East aboard the sea-plane tender USSOnslow. The ship is now in drydock in Valejo, Calif.
Unfortunately there is not enough space to complete the remaining nuptial items nor cover the numerous engagement announcements until the next issue.
We do, however, have a few additions to make to the papoose scoreboard: a future Carnival Queen born to Nina and Cy Radford on June 6. Cy is presently doing sales work for his father's liquor-distributor firm. A healthy 8-pound son was born in early August to Polly and Jack Koerner. We accidentally left the proud papa's name off the list in the last issue of August Newport OCS candidates. We imagine that about now Jack wishes the musterinsr p.o. might make a similar mistake.
Note, after some thought: We have decided to postpone conferring the class baby award until our reunion because of "incomplete returns" at this time. Remember, the only way we can learn about such events is through your letter.
Finally, a brief but sincere word of thanks to all of you who supported the Alumni Fund drive with your financial contributions or your time and efforts, from myself and the entire executive committee. I was, however, disappointed in the class' failure to attain its dollar goal and hope that we can improve that performance next year. But 'til December....
GULF OIL AWARD of a Business Administration Fellowship of $1500 went to David T.McLaughlin '54 (I), who last year received theGeneral Electric Award. Karl A. Hill '38 (r),Associate Dean of Tuck School, made the presentation.
Secretary, Co. T, Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Ga.
Treasurer, 305 17th St., Wilmette, Ill.
