1941
'41 PICNIC FOR HARVARD HANOVER, OCTOBER 26
An eventful period for Harry and PennyButterworth has included the birth of their child, "41's newest arrival; a tornado; an accident; and a move of 700 miles from New Hampshire to Ohio. They had been jovial neighbors of ours, just down the road in Hopkinton, N.H., until moving to Xenia, Ohio, where Harry is teaching English at Wilberforce College. The child is Corwin Butterworth, who was born in June, not long after his parents escaped a direct hit from Xenia's spring tornado. Harry was painfully banged up during the spring when his bike was struck by an auto, but has recovered, according to a wrly good-humored note. Their address is 1465 Faust Rd., Xenia, O. 45385.
Many have probably noted news stories about Jack Meyer's retirement from the Air Force, as a four-star general after nearly 35 years in the service. He was commander of the Strategic Air Command till stepping down August 1 and, as Bob Considine observed in his syndicated column, "he permitted the President and Henry Kissinger to create detentes." (One story has it that Jack became so tired of his first job, as a runner for a New York bank, an all-day stand-up and run-run matter, that he opted for a career featuring a ride, enlisting in the Army Air Corps well before Pearl Harbor.)
Flying 230 missions, with 39 Vi air victories, he has won top military honors; the National Conference of Christians and Jews gave him its National Brotherhood Award in Omaha in August. I remember Jack well as a fellow candidate for the freshman lacrosse team, a lean, swift, affable young man from Brooklyn (he made the team; mercifully, I didn't). Since hearing of his retirement I have attempted to reach him by mail for items of interest to classmates - so far, no luck. Jack, where are you?
A note from Howard Wilson advises that a pre-game '41 picnic is planned for the clash with Harvard, October 26. This year, it takes place in Hanover - a mailed bulletin is promised to give time and place. By the time these notes appear, 'he annual class weekend at Dexter's Inn (Frank and Shirley Simpson), Sunapee, N.H., will have taken place - the hostelry was sold out to '41s for the event (Princeton weekend) and a full report on that is due later.
The Alumni Fund compaign ending early last summer saw the Class raise its total contribution to 540,691, a gain of more than 12 per cent over '73, and a timely boost to Dartmouth's successful drive for funds. There were 317 donors from the Class, about the same as in '73. Writing, phoning, telegraphing, cajoling from his apple land in upstate New York, Class Bud Hart (and his assistant agents) Pushed the total to a new record for a non-union year.
The mail brings news that Jack McCuiston has been named manager of sales for Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Detroit district. He had been assistant manager of sales, having first joined Beth at the Lackawanna, N.Y., plant some years ago. Jack came from Bethlehem, Pa., and lives with his family in Birmingham, Mich. And Dr. WinShorey, until August 1 dean of the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in Little Rock, has become Director of Arkansas Area Health Education Centers for the university Medical Center. He received a plaque recently in appreciation of his role in founding the Arkansas Caduceus Club, an association of doctors in the state, alumni, and friends of the medical school. Win obtained his medical degree from Penn's School of Medicine in 1943 and had been dean in Little Rock since 1961.
I have a note that Dr. Al Ferguson, a medical leader practicing in Pittsburgh, has been accorded a new honor - more details are promised by the university there and will be presented in the next notes. Fergy dropped me a warm note, hoping to make the reunion in '72, but was obliged to change plans at the last minute. He is, among other things, orthopedic surgeon for the Pittsburgh Pirates; a son was graduated recently from Dartmouth.
It was rewarding to hear that Stew Wallace, who with most of the rest of us trooped down in the fall of '37 to look at the strata along Mink Brook, has had national recognition in geology, receiving the Daniel C. Jackling Award. This was for "unravelling the complex geology of the Climax orebody"; for a geologic discovery; for papers in the field and for encouraging young geologists. Stew is president and director of exploration for Mine Finders, Inc., of Lakewood, Colo., and there we presume you'll find him, with pick and pan and Mountie hat.
Jim and Philippa Andrews were married late last spring, according to a thoughtful note from him arriving after the deadline for the last pre-summer issue. The wedding took place at the First Presbyterian Church, Myrtle Beach, S.C. A color photo he enclosed shows Philippa, a engaging blonde lady who grew up in England, and Jim, in a white suit, looking tanned and spruce. Their address: c/o C. B. Deane Jr., Jones & Deane, Jones Bldg., Rockingham, N.C. I'm sure the entire class joins me in congratulating them and the Butterworths. Incidentally, the Magazine advises that color photos reproduce poorly, so please send black and white.
General John C. Meyer '41, SAC commander since 1972, retired from active service this summer. Also on the stand (l) isGeneral George Brown, JCS chairman.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Doctor!!! Ashot of Monty Winship taken during the1937 football season: Monty's now a psychiatrist and tennis enthusiast. Photo is bycourtesy of Classmate Rich Fisher.
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