1939

Since our last issue we list the loss of six more men. Word just came through that Professor Charlie Osgood had died way back on September IS, 1991, and Walter Leach on December 8, 1996. Dune Farr died on November 28, 1997, and December 8 took Bob Field. Bill Bachman passed on just after Christmas, and word has just come through of the death of John Gauntlett on January 5. (Obits in this or a subsequent issue.)

On the brighter side, Archie Mallon's daughters gave him an 80th birthday party complete with a dance band, at the local Grange Hall not far from his digs in Lyndonville, Vt.

Mike Davis writes lamenting the passing of Bud Stein and informing us that Bud, the late Jack Goldman, and he won the Illinois State swimming medley relay in high school in 1934.

Tom Brooks sent us a letter from Bill Carter's wife, Ethel, describing how Bill was knocked down by a truck while crossing the street, was swooped up by an ambulance, and taken to the hospital where he was examined. No bones broken, and two days later he was home, up for his short walks, ushered in church, and attended his navy reunion at the yacht club. As Tom says, "Now there's a survivor."

Condolences to Chuck and Betty Farnum on the loss of their son Bill in a traffic accident early last November. Bill, 46, a manager for Caterpillar Industries in Peoria, leaves a wife and three children.

Lydia Anderson, Jim's widow, recommends the movie Fire On The Mountain, a film on the 10th Mountain Troops in which her husband and many other '39ers served during WWII. From jane Hadley, Dick's widow, we learn that their youngest son, Jeff, is the PGA pro at the Green Mountain National Golf Course, in Sherburne, Vt. The course is ranked as one of the top ten public courses in the country by Golf Digest.

Isabelle Graham, Jack's widow, has moved to 1502 Covered Bridge Road, Holland, PA 18966.

Hass Warrener's green card says, "In an explosion of energy, Helene and I went to San Diego to see the zoo and then to San Francisco to have turkey with some of my many cousins at Thanksgiving."

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