1941
The thought occurred to your Secretary that he might perform a minor service for the Class by supplementing Red O'Connor's Herculean task of compiling the 25th reunion yearbook by trying to fill in some of the blank spaces in the biographical section. Accordingly, several weeks ago, letters were addressed to 21 classmates, whose biographies were not included in Red's book. To date, one reply has been received. With this kind of a batting average, your Secretary will probably wind up batting cleanup for the Los Angeles Dodgers next year. To give full credit where credit is due, "Buzz"Buzzell's answer is reproduced below in full: "Since graduation I haven't set the world on fire but I have been having a wonderful time trying to keep ahead of my wife Priscilla Merchant, whom I married in 1943, and my six kids ages six to twenty-one. My oldest boy, Jerry, is a senior at McGill. Tim is a junior at Norwich, and it looks from here as if I will have one or two in college every year for the next dozen or more years. I have been teaching most of the time since I graduated and am at present an associate professor of mathematics at Norwich University. I farm in the summer at Newport, Vt., and all in all have had and am having a ball."
Also, in response to repeated pleading, your Secretary received, some time ago, a note from Red Taft enclosing a clipping from "Man's Magazine," which had been sent to him by his son Jerry, who is in the Air Force. It was an article entitled "Hitler's Secret Plot to Destroy the U.S.A.F." The hero is Lt. Col. (now General) JohnMeyer, who foiled the plot. The story is too long to reproduce here but for anyone who is interested, I suggest you check either the July or August issue of the magazine.
Since the last issue went to press, the Big Green football team demolished Brown, lost a heartbreaker to Harvard, beat Yale, and is a 19-point favorite to take Columbia next. The Class Department of Special Events outdid itself at the Yale game, where they provided a special parking area for Dartmouth '41ers. This resulted in a great tailgate party, both before and after the game which was attended by at least 70 classmates, wives and children, the latter ranging down in age to three months, since Sue and Mouse Hall brought Mary Evelyn (Merry Reunion) to her first college game. Incidentally, it was learned unofficially in New Haven that the Halls surrendered their claim to being parents of the youngest child in the Class since the Julian Koenigs are reported to have had a baby daughter several weeks ago.
By now I am sure you have all received your first copy of the "1941 Class News-letter" and know that Howard Wilson has undertaken the assignment of newsletter editor. The comments heard with respect to Howard's first issue have been uniformly complimentary with one exception: there seems to be considerable sentiment in favor of retaining our 25-year-old title of "Dope from the Duckboards." I am sure Howard would like to hear from you regarding your feelings on this.
Ev Lord-Wood made the papers last month when it was announced that his firm, E. H. Lord-Wood Associates, community and recreational planners, had negotiated an affiliation with the firm of Donald L. Hamlin, Inc. of Essex Junction, Vt. The combined firm will offer services in regional and municipal planning, urban renewal, ski and resort area planning and design, water supply and sewerage treatment plants, and engineering and field surveys for roads and sub-divisions.
Another classmate who got into print recently is Bob Leske, formerly of Holyoke, Mass., who went to Nantucket for a vacation fourteen years ago and hasn't come back. Bob now operates a popular restaurant called "Cap'n Tobey's Chowder Bar" four months of the year, and a real estate and insurance business during the off season. His original idea was to produce frozen clam chowder, and use the chowder bar on Nautucket for promotional purposes only. The frozen chowder didn't do too well, but Cap'n Tobey's caught on, and is now so popular that Bob plans to build a second floor addition this fall to house another dining room and a small bar. It seems Bob has discovered a wonderful formula for living. He is quoted as saying: "You work hard four or five months of the year and then you have the winter months to relax." What a life!
For the second time since our 25th reunion, sadly we must report the passing of another classmatee. Ted Redington died in Dallas, Texas, on last October 8. At the time of his death, Ted was insurance and pension administrator of Dresser Industries, Inc. in Dallas. At Dartmouth, he was a brother of KKK, president of the Spanish Club, and managing editor of "Dartmouth-in-Portrait." The deepest sympathies of the Class are extended to his wife Dorothy, his three sons, Richard, Theodore and John.
As usual, we are listing below the address changes received from Hanover since the last issue of the Notes went to press. Harrison Butterworth, Phillips Lane, Route 4, Athens, Ohio 45701; Thomas E. Conrad Jr., 135 Country Club Dr., Manhasset, N.Y. 11030; John V. Delander Jr., 4509 Pitt St., Raleigh, N.C. 27609; Professor Jerry Donohue, Langwattstr. 40, Zollikerberg, Switzerland; Roger B. Fenwick, 147 Walton Park, Melrose, Mass. 02176; George A. Guest, Ledge Road, Hanover, N.H. 03755; Col. Solomon E. Lifton, 19318A, Box 212, Hq. TUSLOG, APO, New York, N.Y. 09254; Edward F. Little, Miami University, 206 Irvin Hall, Oxford, Ohio 45056; John C. Naylor Jr., Apt. 2503, 999 Green St., San Francisco, Calif. 94133.
Secretary, P.O. Box 547, Nashua, N.H. 03060
Treasurer, Steeple Chase Rd., Devon, Pa. 19333
