1927

Bequest Chairman,

This is one of the times when I wish that someone else was secretary of the Class of 1927, and thus had the responsibility for writing these class notes. Having already over-run the deadline imposed by the MAGAZINE, I can't put it off any longer, and this is one of those winter days which are entirely too rare in this part of the country - cold, crisp, and sunny —when the last thing that I want to do is spend the afternoon inside, pounding a typewriter. However, duty calls, and we must obey.

By the time you read this, I hope that I will have seen a great many of you at the Hopkins dinner at the Waldorf. While it is a month away as I write this, the plans that have been made by Bill St. Amant and DukeCoulter and their committee for 1927's participation should assure a large turnout and a memorable evening.

Kern Folkers has accepted the chairmanship for the Father and Son weekend, which will be held sometime in May, though the exact date has not yet been set. As usual, all members of the Class and their families are invited to participate in this event, whether they have sons in College or not, so anyone who is looking for a good excuse for a trip to Hanover in the spring need look no farther. Detailed plans will be announced in this column and in the Speakeasy, as they develop.

Judge Ed Knight, of the Superior Court of New Jersey, has been ' appointed assignment judge for Monmouth and Ocean counties. After graduation from Dartmouth, Ed received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Penna. In 1935 he was elected to the Assembly from Monmouth County, and later that same year was appointed judge of the old Common Pleas Court in Monmouth. He has served continuously in the county, and later the Superior court for the past 22 years.

Last month we reported that Col. BobVoorhis had been awarded an Army Commendation ribbon, and we now have more detailed information about this award. Bob was cited for meritorious service while serving as the chief, procurement law division, office of the Judge Advocate General in Washington from Nov. . 1954 to Feb. 1957. The citation praised his handling of many complicated procurement law problems in the field of taxation, property disposal, and contracting.

A note from Marsh McGough explains that his recent move from Atlanta to Washington, Penna., is due to his being assigned new duties in the production department of the Washington Steel Co. Marsh also recently had lunch with George Provost and Howie Mullin, both of whom he reports as fine, and spent an evening with Si Morand in Chicago.

Lt. Col. Al Byrne is Materiel Officer for the Air Base Group of the 461 st Bomb Wing at Blytheville, Ark., having returned from overseas in 1955. Al's older boy, Bob, is a sophomore at the University of Missouri, and Donn, his younger, is graduating this spring from Blytheville High School.

Bus Turpin has joined the Grandfathers' Club, with a grandson born Aug. 20 to the junior Miles Turpins.

Cam Clokey's son, Richard is captain of the Williams cross country team. Dick is a two-year letterman in both cross country and track, secretary of the Williams College Chapel, a member of Purple Key, Gargoyle, the senior honorary society, and president of Chi Psi. Cam's older son, Donald, who graduated from Carleton College in 1955 and since then has been a student at Union Theological Seminary, was married on August 24 to Miss Judith Ann Moody of Bridgeport, Conn. Cam was unable to sandwich the 30th reunion between parents' weekend at Williams and Don's wedding, but did spend a couple of days in Hanover the week before Labor Day, at the beginning of a postwedding vacation.

In response to a plea for a full report onthe trip to Europe which he and Mary embarked upon right after the 30th, I receivedthe following from Hitch Hitchcock.

Yes, we had a hell of a fine trip and I'll send you a resume when I get to it. We did the "Grand Tour" in a little Renault and came back convinced that one should live that way all the time. I was boat hunting in England and one interesting by-product was a weekend of sailing out of Cowes, and then the Solent which was so educational I even got Mary to drinking warm pink gins! Ugh! We were gone about six weeks and came home broke and happy, but with a contract to have a brand new boat build in Denmark this winter! So now I feel like a real swell with that luxury of luxuries - a brand new boat! You have to be a graduate of the white lead and chewing gum school of yachting to appreciate what that means. Sorry we couldn't get to the Hanover fall reunion, but our home schedule was too involved. I gather it was a great success.

Bill Neilson, who is manager of the MauiCounty airports in the Hawaiian Islands,moved into a new house at 448 N. Wakea St.,Kahului, just before Thanksgiving, so shouldbe settled and ready for visits by any members of 1927 who are touring the Islands thiswinter. Bill says that on the night of theirmoving day they had a heavy downpour ofrain, which the Hawaiians regard as a goodomen. The following weekend, hurricaneNina brushed by the island of Maui, but theview of the raging ocean from the Neilsons'living room was such that they were veryglad of their 26 foot elevation and respectfuldistance from the sea.

Frank Cloran has added investment services to his accounting activities because, as he says, "securities and accounting are a natural combination here because Cape Codders much prefer that no more than one person know their business."

Phil Corliss is continuing his many activities, which include, in addition to taking care of the medical and surgical needs of his patients, breeding of new varieties of iris and daylilies, for which he is famous in horticultural circles, lecturing, writing, traveling, and serving as president of the Yuma Community Concert Association. Phil organizes and conducts annual fall garden tours to England and Europe, and this year plans to add a spring tour.

Colonel Nicholas R. Voorhis '27, Judge Advocate of the U. S. Army in Japan, receivingthe Army Commendation Ribbon from Lt.General C. D. Palmer as Mrs. Voorhis watches.

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