1938
Summer casualties have drastically reduced the number of '38ers in the bachelor ranks.
On one of the hottest days of the hottest summer of recent New England history, FredWagner was married in the Lyme, N. H., church to the former Mrs. Creigh Oliphant Collins Stern. The local press had this comment to make about the impending ceremonies: "This will be an open wedding. Invitations will not be sent to Lyme friends. Everyone is invited. The prospective bride and bridegroom would be especially pleased to have children attend." Many of their local friends did, and from 1938 von Pechmann and Emlen were ushers, while Phil Leach drove up from the marts of jewelry in Attleboro to attend.
The other dead duck is Ed Grace, married on the first of September in St. Louis to Adele Mary Junge. No other details are available.
In winding up financial matters for the class, Bob Harvey sent along a nice letter from Vining Sherman:
"Many years have passed since last we traded words. I have remained with the Navy and am now in command of the destroyer Hale DD-642. I've had her for 23 months. We have just re- turned from a seven-month assignment to the 7th Fleet. I am being relieved in a few weeks and for the next two years I will be attached to the First Naval District with a desk in the Fargo Building. I will be living at the family homestead in Plympton, Mass. This is the first time in almost fifteen years that I have been in the New England area. I am looking forward to renewing contacts with Dartmouth and 1938."
Bob goes on to report having read a fascinating account by Vining in the U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings, describing how the Hale collided with a whale shark. They ran down this critter, hitting her amidships, and carrying her along for a time, until they backed clear.
Our Texas plenipotentiary, one Daniel Appleton Marshall, to be exact, has filed twobulletins. The first is concerned with the civicendeavors of Lew Moorman, to wit:
"Education, civic development, government, welfare almost all phases of San Antonio's community life have benefited from the efforts of Lewis Moorman Jr.
"In addition to his services on the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce during the past three years, Moorman is vice president of the Texas Military Institute board of directors and a member of the board for Sunshine Cottage and the Community Chest.
"The Citizens Committee and Boy Scouts also can claim the services of this Chamber of Commerce worker, while he assisted the recent Crusade for Freedom as chairman of the Bexar County drive.
"Among his many business posts are partnerships in Slick-Urschel Oil Co. and the Slick Moorman Oil Co.; director, Tex-star Corp.; trus- tee, Institute of Inventive Research; trustee, Foundation of Applied Research; chairman of executive committee, Slick Airways, and vice president of the board of Slick Airways."
The second recounts, tersely, that "BobEgelhoff was here for a sales meeting. Is now executive v.p. of Lift-Slab, Inc., which builds homes, schools, buildings considerably cheaper than is the usual way."
Dr. Chick Mock of Evanston, Ill., sent along a nice note from Dr. Dan Bell, Major, Medical Detachment, 2 A/C, APO 696, New York:
"I have been assigned to this 2 armored Cavalry Regiment here in Nurnberg, and would like to hear from anyone in the Class in these parts. Life is not without its compensations, and I like all the spare time one has in Army medicine, as compared with the hours of a private practice - a way of life I had completely forgotten about - to say nothing of getting to know my family (I have two sons ages 9 and 6), whom I find to be very nice people, a fact that I hadn't noticed not having had much chance to be with them previous to this."
The United Press has announced the appointment of Wellington (Duke) Wales asdivision news representative of the New York-New England district:
"Wales, who is 37, was a Nieman fellow in 1950-1951 and served on Pulitzer prize juries in 1953 and 1954. He has been employed by the Boston Herald in reporting and re-writing capacities for nearly a year. Before that he was editor of the Auburn, N. Y., Citizen-Advertiser for more than four years.
"Wales also served in rewrite and makeup capacities on the New York Times and was assistant telephoto editor of Acme Newspictures, now United Press Newspictures, after his discharge from World War II as a captain."
From the wilds of hilly New Hampshire, namely, Rochester, Comes word of the selection of City Solicitor Paul word as president of Alpha Province, North, of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Paul's territory includes Vermont, Maine, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, as well as New Hampshire.
"During his term of office, Mr. Urion will visit Colby College, Dalhousie University, the University of Vermont, and McGill University. Mr. Urion will made periodic inspection of various chapters at other colleges with the view towards establishing additional chapters, as well as inspection of chapters of the fraternity in his jurisdiction.
"Mr. Urion graduated from Dartmouth in 1938 and the University of Virginia Law School in 1941. He was a member of the New Hampshire Bar association in 1942 and after serving in World War II came to Rochester, starting his law practice in 1949."
Another local newspaper, The New YorkTimes, brings cheery word of J. Clarke Mattimore:
"J. Clarke Mattimore, formerly Advertising Manager for Conde Nast Publications and more recently with Independent Advisory Committee of the trucking industry, has been named Account Executive for Shell Oil at the Kenyon and Eckhardt, Inc. Advertising Agency."
And in Massachusetts:
"Dr. Robert J. Cataldo, senior physician on the staff of the Waltham (Mass.) Hospital and staff member of Mt. Auburn, Newton-Wellesley, Boston City, and St. Elizabeth's Hospitals, will talk about overweight and diet at the fourth medical symposium in the Waltham Boys' Club Auditorium.
"Medical Director of Brandeis University, Dr. Cataldo interned at Boston City Hospital. He was an intern in pathology at Peter Bent Brigham. A graduate of Tufts Medical School, he was chief of the medical division at Waltham Hospital from 1944 to 1954. Prior to becoming assistant clinical professor at Tufts Medical School, he was an assistant in medicine and an instructor in medicine there."
By now the superhuman efforts of Class Agents have become history, and we just didn't have it this year. Everyone is aware of the all-out drive Scotty put on, but he had to relinquish the hard-won laurels of the previous year. He and his cohorts deserve the admiration and thanks of the class again this year as before, for the time and effort they expended, nonetheless because we were beaten out. Next year let's everyone pitch in earlier and with more to give him a good lead with which to work.
Just because there are some news items up above there, don't think the old shoe box is full. During the summer, a total of twelve such juicy tidbits arrived, which, if you divide by the three-month span, comes to four a month, which is little enough grist for the mill. The long, hard winter is ahead, men!
Secretary, „ Trinity-Pawling School Pawling, N. Y.
Treasurer, 406 Peck Rd., Geneva, Ill
