1942
After looking over the list of new Class of '42 children born toward the end of '53, I wonder whether there isn't some special explanation. Maybe the tax advantage under the '53 set-up was to blame. Or could it have been the late spring? Or possibly an anticipated raise in rates by hospitals, doctors, and diaper services?
Liz and Bruce Stephens and Chick andElinor Emslie came through with sons on the same day last fall, September 22. That makes two for the Stephens family, while the Emslies have hit the four mark. Lloyd reports occasionally seeing a couple of old Pelham characters, Bill Gray and John Nauss. The tip-off, however, is that Chick is now deep in a Great Books course. There's a guy who's got it. I even have trouble getting through the daily scratch sheet.
Chet and Gloria Jones finally gave up on those Rochester, N. Y., winters and took off for the sunny south. Dr. Jones is pathologist at the Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Their first son and third child was born last fall, Chester II.
Rosemary and Dick O'Brien have announced the arrival of daughter number four in their Auburndale, Mass., household. Dick is now with Stone and Forsythe in their folding box division in Everett, Mass.
Connie and Ed Millikin now have a daughter to go with their sons. To be quite frank about it, I have lost count on the number of boys in the family, but can safely say that this is the lone girl and therefore the cause of much rejoicing.
One of my most striking Christmas cards was the one from Lois and Jim O'Mara showing the picture of their most recent addition when he was just one day old. He looks as if he has a real head of hair already. It seems as though the O'Maras have hit on a winning combination and are sticking with it, since this is their fourth son.
Caroline and Ted Schoonbeck have a daughter to go with their son and Viola andGeorge Hinkley now have a son to go with their daughter. The Hinkleys have been in Rochester, N. Y., for more than a year now, where George is at Eastman-Kodak. They not only like Eastman and Rochester, but are happy to stay in one spot for a change after George's eight years in the service.
From Australia comes word that Mary andBob Pitman are spreading the gospel of the Dartmouth Winter Carnival. They say that their colored pictures of Winter Carnival get a warm reception down under in that land of no snow. This must make it official now and the publicity men can refer to it as the "World-Famed Dartmouth Winter Carnival" with only minor qualms. The Pitmans are looking forward to returning to the States (Uncle Sugar) next October.
Posie and Bate Ewart are another couple who are a long way from home. I get a little lost when I get beyond Ypsilanti, Mich., which probably accounts for my being confused as to the Ewarts' whereabouts in Europe. Bate mentions in his note that he is in the Arab world, but then throws in a quick reference to Copenhagen. Maybe Captain Ewart is located in North Africa, because he refers to the possibility of his seeing BobHeadley, who travels about such places for Aramco. The Ewarts spent some time with Herb Morrison touring the castles of Denmark last summer. Dr. Morrison is a naval lieutenant who was serving with a destroyer unit, after being called into the service from private practice.
From Minneapolis comes a gloating note by Jeanne and Jim Doerr about that Minnesota football team. They can't be so great. At this writing they don't even have a coach. Tim is now a buyer with McKesson-Robbins.
The Christmas holiday season always offers opportunities to see old friends in the rounds of parties, and Chicago and Detroit were no exception in '53. Betsy and Dick Higgins ran into Dick and Martha Clark and Bud Younglove '43 at one such affair on Chicago's North Shore. Kennie and Phil Moon staged a large extravaganza in Detroit, including such illustrious couples as Alice Mae and ChuckSturz and Sylvia and Bud Maynard. Charlie, by the way, got off the subject of class dues long enough to correct the misinformation in last month's ALUMNI MAGAZINE. He denied being vice president of the Yellow Manufacturing Acceptance Corporation. He's comptroller, but not V-P, contrary to some newspaper accounts. "Hizzoner" did mention (in passing, of course) that while the response to his notice of the $5 class dues has been very gratifying, he has not yet closed the books. I guess that means that if you haven't already slipped him five, it's still not too late.
Some of the return post cards we sent to you a year ago are still trickling in and a heartening sight they are to your news-hungry reporter. By the time you read this I hope that you have all been able to dash off a note on the new batch of return cards.
Bob Crane, publisher of the ElizabethDaily Journal has been named New Jersey state chairman of the 1954 March of Dimes. As state chairman he will direct and coordinate the activities of county campaign directors throughout the state.
New Hampshire information is always forthcoming with any report on Dave Heald, executive director of "This is New Hampshire, Inc." Dave, in a recent speech in Lebanon, pointed out how the state is making progress on three separate fronts: attracting new industries, building up tourist trade, and finding markets for its industrial products.
All the members of the class, I'm sure, will join with me in extending our deepest sympathy to Margaret Stratton upon hearing of Frank Stratton's passing. Frank was a fine fellow, with many Dartmouth friends, and one who will be sorely missed by us all.
Secretary, 1369 Stanley Blvd. Birmingham, Mich.
Treasurer, Yellow Mfg. Acceptance Corp. General Motors Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
