1943

We can report that New England winters are what they used to be and are what they are cracked up to be. The snow is deep and "it really is a dry cold so you don't mind it." Also, save your old ridge-tops with the bear trap bindings and the square-toed boots - they are great for cross country.

Meanwhile, back in our nation's capital, Bob Blackman spoke and showed a great film of last season's highlights. At the luncheon was Russ Sherburne, now a consultant to the NASA/Department of Transportation Joint Study which is looking into ways NASA can do more in the field of aeronautical research. So, if in a few years there are some breakthroughs that improve the quality or efficiency of air transportation, Russ may well get the credit. Russ recently moved "across the river" and can be reached at 2616 Redcoat Dr., Alexandria, Va.

In the governmental division, Jack Mack is acting chief of the Interior Department's Power Division in the Bureau of Reclamation. He in effect sells power for the 17 western states. Jack married N. Jane Reynolds of Corpus Christi and they have two children: son John Scott, who graduated from Randolph Macon a year ago last June and is now in the Army and stationed in the Pentagon, and daughter Lynda who is married to an Army man just sent to Germany. Jack, quite naturally, travels quite a bit to the western states and has seen Col.Art Cohen, Orm Birkland, and Bill Wierman.

Another frequent west coast traveler is Hank Coulter who is still with U.S. Geological Survey here in Washington. His oldest daughter Elena graduated from Arizona State College last spring, married, and now lives in San Antonio. Daughter Margaret (8) and sons Richard (6) and John (4) live at home with him and wife Betty (nee Bole) of D.C. Hank said he used to see Capt. BillAlexander USN but has lost touch; also, Pete Slingluff who used to stop in D.C. from time to time. Hank thinks Pete went to Houston in the oil business. How about dropping a line as to your whereabouts, Bill and Pete? And that goes for the rest of you too - the mail bag is dry as a bone!

A returnee to the Washington area is Laddie Ingraham. Laddie is back from Burma (middle of September) and is Deputy Director of Intelligence and Research for East Asia (not including Vietnam) at State. When asked if he had seen any '43 classmates, he said "Nobody, but nobody, gets to Burma." Laddie and Susan are back in their old house in Bethesda, Md. (7700 Sebago Rd.) with son John (21) about to graduate from DePauw, son Jim (18) at American University and daughter Liz (14) in the local junior high. He has heard from George "Art" Graham, who he says is experimenting with instant cocktail mixes, and "is not even ashamed of it."

From the mail bag: Dr. Elliott Sweet of West Hartford, Conn., noted that he, wife Mary Frances, and daughter Ann were spending the holidays skiing in Switzerland. And Bill Coughlin writes from Ann Arbor, Mich., "After Navy service in the Pacific, I graduated from Michigan Law and am now a partner in a Detroit law firm. Have four children - Bill (16), Kath (15), Dan (14), Church (7). Hockey, football and baseball fill their life - golf mine and wife Marilyn's who is from Ann Arbor."

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