1951
It has been said that "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb," and at this point, it looks as though your old scribe will be coming in like a toreador and going out like a candle! We roared off to Chicago last week for what looked like an excellent opportunity to contact some of the erstwhile '51ers in the windy city. However, the cannon blew up in our face, as we had to work a 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight shift in one of the local sweat-shops. We were delighted to have at least talked to Herb Knight, Pete Henderson and Jim Bovaird, as well as next of kin Charlie Solberg and Kent Calhoun. The boys down Chi-town way are scattered thicker than flies, and we wish we had heard what each was doing. We did hear that Tom Barnett is working for a paint company south of Chicago. Pete has just started on a training program with Inland Steel. His first few months will be spent out in the shop learning the operations from the ground up. Herb Knight is still peddling railroad cars and is quite cognizant of the fact that there are airlines operating in the United States. We hope to make that trip again soon, and we will try to pick up more interesting dope on our underground friends.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bissell were lucky enough to be in Hanover just before the end of last year. This may be advanced notice, but we have a hunch that Gary Mansur recently made the trip to Hanover to learn the art of moneyraising. New Head Class Agent Gary shouldn't have too difficult a time in squeezing juice from the ripe '51 orange since, we all know what a great cause he is working for.
Recently, down in the city of Hartford, Conn., Fred Lord completed a comprehensive insurance course at the home office of the Travelers Insurance Co. Fred is working out of New York with Johnson and Higgins, insurance brokerage firm.
MARRIED OR NEARLY SO: It was wonderful to hear that Ray Mullin and Barbara Duncan were married in Durham, N. H. last December. That's all the information we have on this one, and we beseech anyone in or near the scene of this ceremony to send us further details. Marriage is a thing not to be taken lightly. Oh yes, we do know that Barbara hails from Corning, N. Y. Into the gay nocturne of marriage went Boh Armstrong and Elizabeth Roach last December 19. Betty is a Livingston. N. J., miss and a graduate of East Orange General Hospital School of Nursing. Bob, of course, is in year Number 3 at Temple Medical School. The intentions were indicated by Dr. John Hyland and Julia Dalton of Jefferson City, Mo. Julia will graduate from Smith in June, and of interest is the fact that her father is the attorney general of the great state of Missouri. John is interning at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and by June or July, the two should be one. Lucille Howe and Ed Mansfield announced their engagement on January 15, with the wedding to take place in London on February 21. Ed has received his Master's and Doctor's degrees in Economics from Duke University and is now studying mathematics and statistics under a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of London. This is certainly an excellent record. Ed also counts among his memberships one in the American Economic Association and also the Royal Statistical Society. Also picking up a prospective bride recently was Paul Orth - and you can't hardly get those no more. The lucky lady is Mary Cashman . . . a Simmons coed from the class of 1954.
Loye Miller and Joan Stromenger were married on December 18 in Summit, N. J., Joan's hometown. Loye is now stationed in Boston as a Navy lieutenant, and as you know, is doing a bang-up job with our Newsletter. Dick Ellis chose a hometown girl for his bride-to-be in Barbara Randall. Barbara is a former student of the University of New Hampshire, and the couple will, no doubt, join forces after Dick has graduated from the Naval Academy this June. Flash - word just in reports Dick's wedding date to be June 18, and anyone in the area of Newton, Mass., is cordially invited.
Once in a great while, we have the privilege of hearing from one of you brave '51 wives. Putting up with the chatter and enthusiasm of the days in old Hanover is no small feat in itself. This month, we were honored with a letter from Mrs. Fred Ranney (Libby), and we do sincerely hope that this publicity does not drive her, or any of her cohorts, back into the ranks of the never-heard-from. If you don't care to be mentioned directly, just say so, and we will protect your anonymity. Fred and Libby were blessed last April 21 with a $600 exemption in the form of a bouncing baby girl, Kristin Elizabeth — to be known hereafter as Kristi. Fred's out of service and working in New York City in the chemical division of Allied Chemicals. They ran into DickHulbert at the Princeton game last fall. We haven't heard from Dick in many moons, and wonder what he is doing in the wide, wide world. Thanks, Libby, for the note. On the parental side here in the cold north, Mary Bush got on the production line on January 12, and came forth with another baby boy. And since it doesn't cost anything for an additional name or two, Walter and Mary will christen him Stephen Richard Wright Bush. Congratulations are also in order, for another prospective classmate of Stephen's in 1975 is Donald Merrill Brooks. The proud parents are Skip and Bill Brooks, and the date was last October 13. Bill calls Albany, N. Y., home now, and he is a salesman for the Texas Co.
The Brooks should have company in Albany in the form of Bill Fraser who is shooting up there soon as assistant manager in the Albany office of the Conn. General Insurance Co. Prior to the Albany move, Bill has spent two years in Baltimore and a little less than a year in Washington, and has done a fine job boosting the Dartmouth cause in those areas. Anyone in the area will find Bill at 55 Colvin Ave.
Woody Klein recently moved to Washington, where he's on the staff of the WashingtonPost. Howie Bissell scooted off to Monrovia, Calif. Howie, what are you doing out there? Via the grapevine, we hear that Ed Hunt is the assistant employment manager for Pitney Bowes, Inc., in Stamford, Conn., and that Virg Minervini is a salesman for International Cellucotton, hustling out of Pittsburgh. Last known location for Ed Post was Denver, Colo., where Ed is a geologist for the United States Geologic Survey.
The kids are down with tonsillitis, there has been no sleep for three nights, and the weatherman has just deposited six inches of #2 powdered Snow up here in the north, so we'd better give this chitter chatter to the next pony express pickup and send it on its way to you. Walter Winchell recently recommended Bayuk cigars, but we're pushing Dartmouth College. How about you?
MEDAL OF FREEDOM is awarded KendallS. Way '51, Assistant to the Dean in Hanover,while his wife Nancy looks proudly on. Waywas cited for civilian service in Korea duringthe war.
Secretary, 5932 Grimes Ave., So. Minneapolis 10, Minn.
Treasurer,USS Bache (DDE-470), c/o FPO, New York
