1953
As I sit down to write this article, the New Year has arrived and with it a new assignment for us here in the real "deep South." This new duty, helping put into commission the Navy's newest ice-breaker (appropriately named the USS Glacier), should prove interesting, and it provides an opportunity to see if six more months of southern living can modify this Boston accent. Of course being located about ninety miles from New Orleans, the French Village, and Mardi Gras shouldn't hurt matters at all. If any of you are going to be down this way in the next few months would love to have you stop by and say hello.
Over the Christmas holidays, the executive committee of the class held its first annual meeting in N. Y. city. Based on the party s success the past two years, a proposal to sponsor annually a '53 get-together after the H-D football game was unanimously adopted, although plans for this fall's affair are indefinite, due to game's location in Hanover. More about that, however, in another issue. Steve Pearsall, who did such an excellent job taking class film during senior year, was appointed head of a movie committee whose primary responsibility will be to prepare movies and slides for our 5th reunion. After some discussion, it was deemed best to postpone the selection of the reunion committee until the meeting next Christmas. We want to encourage anyone interested or experienced in doing this type of work to drop us a note, as the success of the reunion in large part depends on the work of this reunion committee. Other topics discussed include: how the class's record in the Alumni Fund drive might be improved; class finances; plans for possible '53 get-togethers (aside from the H-D game) prior to the 5th reunion; the class's position relative to the memorial being established in honor of Milt Kramer, etc. But I guess it's about time we turn to news of individual members of the class.
A news clipping from New Haven tells us that our Newsletter editor Dick Cahn is due for congratulations: Dick was recently elected to the Yale Law Review, an honor reserved for men with high academic standing. ScribFauver at Harvard Law School has been similarly honored for high scholastic performance during his first year, with appointment to a second-year academic board. While on the subject of law schools, our apologies to NateBurkan for neglecting to mention him in the Dec. column when listing the '53's attending Columbia Law School.
During our Christmas lee we managed to bump into a former Columbia grad student, Burt Bernstein, on the slopes of Mt. Bromley. Burt, who received his Master's degree from the School of Journalism last June was home on leave from Ft. Dix, where he is undergoing infantry training. He mentioned that DonBerkowitz was now stationed at Fort MacPherson, Ga., with only a few more months of service ahead of him, but that he didn't know the present whereabouts of Mitch Strickler, who had gone through Journalism School with him. Another '53 who spent a good part of his service leave in N. H. and Vt. skiing was Sandy Learnard, Ens. USCG, recently home from ten months' duty in Hawaii. Sandy reports to Pensacola in mid-January to commence flight training and a minimum of 4½ more years of service. Good luck, Sandy. A Christmas card from Pvt. Phil Fast reports that he only has to step out of the barracks at his Army outpost in Alaska to find all the snow and skiing he wants. Phil is due for discharge in June and intends to enter Michigan Business School late that same month; but meanwhile he is being forced to weather temperatures as low as — 40o At last report, 2ndLt. Bill Hazelton was also located somewhere on that northern American outpost with the Air Force, while we have just heard that Pvt.Gene Gabianelli was unexpectedly sent north from Ft. Dix to keep Phil and Bill company just before Christmas. I'm beginning to wonder if the military consider a Dartmouth background.
A note from Steve Sanderson at Kagnew Station in No. Ethiopia would seem to belie that theory. Of his job as unit supply specialist, Steve states it is a mighty impressive title for one concerned with insuring that the men have toothpaste and toilet paper, but relates he has plenty of time for reading, hunting and "chasing jackasses off the pasture that serves as our golf course with a 7 iron." Perhaps Steve can find time to escape his jungle environs and journey up to Turkey and visit Jimand Debbie Courtney, who have recently arrived from Athens, Ga., where Jim graduated from Navy Supply Corps School in mid-December. Both Jim and Debbie were looking forward to Jim's tour of duty in Turkey when we last saw them. Steve mentioned that his brother-in-law, Willy Chamberlain, and wife are quite pleased with Bill's new duty station just north of Tokyo: Bill apparently has a pretty soft Army desk job, as does Ned Boody, also located within a short distance of Tokyo. If our records are right Ned should be biding adieu to the Army in the near future.
Pvt. Clyde Claus, whose engagement we mentioned two months ago, hopes to be discharged in time to start law class this fall. Clyde is presently stationed at Ft. Meade, Md.. and mentions that he and Eleanor will probably not take the big step until she finishes graduate nursing training. And our last service item concerns 2nd Lt. Ed Glickman USA who was recently singled out to be honorary aide to a visiting general at his Orleans France base. Ed has been serving in France since last summer and is now chief of the personnel section.
Before we move into the nuptials, a few brief news items ... Dave Stiff and Warren Babcock, 3rd year transfers from Dart. Med School adding some business to Dick Simpson's Aloha Bar at U. of Mich. Med School Fred Entwistle busy pursuing the art of Hippocrates at Temple University, and Merrill Johnson doing the same at Buffalo U Dave Lewis and Bob Nessen working hard (we think) at the U. of Va. and Harvard respectively. Bob has been selected to represent the class on the Milt Kramer Memorial committee.
THE HITCHING POST ... Nuptial news this month is rather sparse, with only three weddings to report of those '53s taking the final step. On November 27, Pvt. Jim Steubner took Diane Walker of Kansas City, Mo., as his bride, the ceremony taking place at the Church of the Holy Comforter in Jim's home town of Kenilworth, Ill. Diane is a graduate of the U. of Kansas. Unfortunately we know nothing about Jim except that he apparently is still wearing the Army khaki. A week later Jim Wheaton and Nancy Alexander of Brockton Mass., became Mr. and Mrs. in a small Brockton church ceremony. As we related in an earlier issue, Jim is presently playing in a Dixieland band' until Thayer School commences its fall semester, while Nancy has been holding down a secretarial job in Boston. Mrs. W. is a former U. of N. H. student. And finally, on Dec. 18 in Worcester, Mass., DougCassel wed a Mary Washington alumna, Pamela Roberts, of that city. Doug, a Lt. (jg) in the Navy, is stationed aboard the destroyer USSWilkinson.
As for betrothals ... we note five more classmates decided to forsake bachelor ranks this month. In late November Ethel Goldman of Hewlett, L. 1., and Boston Univ. announced her engagement to Ronny Scheman. Ronny is now in his 2nd year at Yale Law School. The George Davies-Dorothea Davis betrothal was also announced about Turkey time. The prospective groom is associated with Eastern Industries Inc. of Hamden, Conn. Over Christmas both Stan Westberg and "Wish" Washbum fell prey to attractive young ladies. Stan, who has been employed by the firm of Russell Burdsall and Ward in Port Chester, N. Y., since his graduation from Tuck School last June, gave the diamond to Patricia Wilson of Darien, Conn., and Mt. Holyoke '53, while Wish took the first big step with Judy Faulhaber of Ardmore, Pa., and Smith '55. Wish is presently serving Uncle Sam as a Navy ensign. And last, is the engagement of Lt. (jg) Harvey"Moose" Mason to Patricia Pozzi of Sterling, Conn., and Pembroke '54. Moose is now stationed at Newport.
That, I guess is all the news for this issue, and I'm being very honest with you when I say that there won't be any article next month unless I hear from some of you. Thanks.
ANNUAL BOSTON ALUMNI DINNERHotel Statler, Feb. 16, 1955
Secretary,USS Glacier AGB-4 Pascagoula, Miss.
Treasurer, 305 17th St., Wilmette, Ill.
