1950
It seems incongruous, to say the least, to be writing the October report aboard a Navy transport halfway across the Pacific in the middle of August, but perhaps the news won't reveal the unusual locale. As always, the list of altar attractions remains impressive, so let's start there.
The Hitching Post
The oldest item in this department comes from Larry Batty, who says: "As of April 14, I am a married man. Took the fatal step in Lawrence, Mass. Name of the blushing bride was Eleanor Trumpold of Methuen, Mass. 'Pug' is a Pembroke grad." The couple are living in Medford after a honeymoon in the Poconos. Larry is a sales representative for the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of New York and St. Louis.
On May 26 Joe Sarno and Bernice Barnard of Revere, Mass., were wed. Brother JerrySarno was best man and Jim Cavanaugh was an usher. Jim "Spider" Lyons managed to attend the affair also.
Gordie "Roundman" Hood and Jo Ann Zeidler were married in Lakeside, Ky., on the same date. The ceremony took place at Immanuel Methodist Church.
Alton Wentworth Jr. married Cynthia A. Watts in Bronxville, N. Y., on May 26. BillFerguson was best man. Cynthia attended Finch Junior College. Inkadentally, brother Howie Watts and his wife became proud parents June 27 when Howard Wilfred Jr. weighed in at 7 pounds, 71/2 ounces. Congratulations to you all!
Bill Frenzel, who was whisked away from Tuck just before exams to start learning how to be a Naval officer at Newport, R. I., reversed his field and whisked himself off to Nutley, N. J., to marry Ruth Purdy there on June 9. Unfortunately, the myriad Tuck U second-year students who considered making a trek south for the occasion got stuffy at the last minute and decided to stay in Hanover to get their diplomas.
June 12 was the happy date for Tom Sours and Jean Merriman in Hanover at the White Church. Charlie Abbe and Jack Kent ushered and later led the pursuing crowd when the newlyweds left the D. O. C. House reception. Quite a few other "business men" stayed for the event, Clift Whiteman and Ken Clark being among the more colorful characters noted in the multitude.
Ensign Jim Hotchhiss married Nancy McCoy in Winnetka, Ill., June 16. Jim and brother Gene are still wrestling with Pentagon red tape after their Naval Intelligence training. Guess that makes them as land-locked a couple of sailors as you'd like to see.
Also on June 16, John McDonald got hitched to Maggie Clark in New York. Ushers included Dave Bull., "Duke" Duffy, JackHarned, "Crash" Mcllwain, Lud Truscott and Bob Waterman.
Jim Myers and Katherine "Bunny" Miller were spliced in Washington, D. C., June 20. Jim's roomie, Dick Echikson, was best man, and Lee Sarokin helped ush people to their vantage points in the church. Observed at the punch bowl shortly after the ceremony were Jack Van Zoeren, Norm Olesky, and WaltLinden thai.
Harry Van Benschoten and Mary Lou Bradley became souse and spouse on June 23 in Lansdowne, Pa. The Endicott Junior College graduate and her Tuck School hubby are residing on Long Island.
The final nuptials for the month co-starred A. C. "Growler" Dickson and Joy Steinbach at the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church on the 30th. All sorts of Indians assisted and quite a few more spectated. We made the trip with Bill Cross, who's now in New York counting cocoa beans for W. R. Grace and Co., J. Walter Thai and Dick Echikson, Macy-ites since the first week in July.
Walking the Last Mile
Cleaning out our wallet the other day, we came across a note on the back of an unused dance ticket that says Dick Johnson and Peg Baker of Wheaton have been engaged since February of this year. Hope well get some elaborating information on those happy tidings.
In Westport, Conn., Gene McCabe and Alma Phillips made known their intentions of an impending marriage. The announcement on May 19 said that the prospective bride graduated from Tobe Coburn School for Fashion Careers in New York. Gene's with Socony Vacuum.
On the same date the engagement of GeorgeJewett Jr. and Marea Edwina Grace was proclaimed. Miss G. is a senior at Smith and George a second-year Harvard Biz School student.
Rattle Prattle
Besides the arrival of Howie Watt's youngster noted above, there is only one papoose to herald at this time. News of this bundle of joy came when Dick Cutler formally resigned from the Class Boy competition that ended last spring. The April 29 blessed event turned out to be quite feminine. Wife Gloria and daughter Christina now have Dick well wrapped around their respective little fingers with no complaints from the old man. Dick also relayed the info that Johnny Norton, a Hanover native, found the gals around Minneapolis "much less artificial, and much easier to get along with." All this was discovered while John was learning about hospital administration at the University of Minnesota.
Grapevine Reports
John "Swede" Swenson and Dick Frey roomed together at Northwestern Law School last year. Swede's observations: "Law school is enjoyable once in a while, but it's mostly drudgery in preparation for those rewards that are supposed to come to you after you've begun practicing. Then, too, there's that degree (Juris Doctor) that you can tack on after the A. B."
Eddie Williams writes from New York where he is in the training program of Wheels Incorporated, wholesale distributors of automotive parts. Eventually he will be selling for the firm. He mentioned seeing Bob Wilkinson, N.Y.U. med school, and watching 'the Dartmouth relay crew at the Penn relays.
A legitimate gripe was lodged by DaleChristopher.
"What brought about all this outburst of news was the little Fact of seeing myself written up in a squib in the latest ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Someone's confused, and right now it's me, because I don't know where the information came from. I'm a trainee, yes,_ but I am working for Roadway Express, Inc., in their Philadelphia terminal. It's one of the largest motor freight transport companies in the country, and I'm afraid they'd be a little annoyed if they found out I was working for a mythical competiter. (Ed. note: Somehow we put Dale on the job in Springfield, Mass., last spring. We are happy to move him closer to his work now.) At the present time, I'm the night dispatcher. I like the work fine, but the hours (4 P. M. till we get done in the early morn) are not exactly ideal for the newly married.
"That's something else I've been meaning to pass along. The big event was August 12, 1950. The lucky woman was the former Louise Closeworthv of West Chester, Pa. We were married at the Westtown, Pa., Meetinghouse by the Friends ceremony."
Bob Waterman ran into all sorts of people last spring at the Rahar's oasis, among them Jim Nye "who is currently attending Cornell Law School and looking damnably healthy." Bob went on to say he heard that Lud Truscott was about to leave for the Navy, as briefing officer on a carrier or some such deal.
Jim Stevens got off a newsy letter to BobMcllwain, who by the way is taking care of the class records while the younger generation galavants about the Pacific. In case anyone should ask you, he's got a big job with that duty and can use any help anyone wants to offer. But back to Jim's epistle. He sees Charlie Davison and Dick Hollands in the concrete jungle of Gotham often and spends his time in the egg business for General Foods.
Hugh Brower is washing change and ironing old bills at the Harris Trust Company in Chicago town. He admits that his batting eye for the Fell's Sluggers is no better than it was for the Tuck Terrors last spring, which would indicate he may be sent down to the Three-Eye League for more seasoning. Brewy affirms that Tom "Moose" Richmond is still a playboy, and that Buddy Bray was denied a furlough and rushed off to OCS in July.
The Service Scene
With apologies for this trite title and hopes that divine inspiration will provide a more apt heading soon (suggestions heartily welcomed!), we set forth the collected moans and groans of classmates in Uncle's ranks. An ancient communique from Johnny DeGraff starts the ball rolling:
"I reported to my ship, the USS Compton (DD 705) in New Orleans. Two other Ensigns also reported aboard; one was an Academy boy and the other a Hollaway hoax like myself. We took reserves out on a two-week cruise while I was Assistant Gunnery Officer. Then in October I was sent to Newport for a ten-week course in engineering. It was a good school a:s even someone with my engineering background came out with some idea of what went on below decks. I think most of the boys would like Newport the best of the ports on the East Coast. It is near home for me and also has the Wave Officers' Training School. They (not the Waves) decided to take all the destroyers out of New Orleans so by the time I finished school my ship was at Newport, its new home port. I was Assistant Engineer a month and a half when I was sent to Damage Control School in Philly for five weeks and then two weeks at Edgewood, Md., to study atomic, biological, and chemical warfare. By this time it was the first of April and" my ship had left for the Mediterranean. I was sent to "Washington for transportation and it took me two weeks to get out of there. One week I worked at the Bureau for the Commander in charge of assigning Ensigns and j.g.'s to duty. Finally got a flight to Port Lyautey and got held up there another two weeks until I finally caught the Compton in Rapalle, which is on the Italian Riviera. We then went to Naples for a week and we now are in Tunis. I am Damage Control Officer and it is about the best deal for an Ensign on a destroyer."
"Killer Man" Dick McSorley penned quite a note from Camp Cooke, Calif., last May. At that time, between guard spells, he was awaiting orders for OCS after taking basic with the 40th Division. He says Bill Patten is in Japan, and Scott Peters was somewhere at Camp Cooke.
"Lucky Pierre" Bucklin writes all sorts of dismal notes on his stay at Quantico for the summer. He's mortgaged his soul to enjoy the privilege of pouring liquid refreshment in the tank of a gas burner, '46 Chewy variety. Says he just missed seeing Dick Halstead and reports a heavy contingent of Dartmouths from all classes adorning the Marine Base scenery.
Bill Carpenter says he and Linda lived a happily married life till the middle of February in Santa Fe, N. M., but Uncle called. From Fort Sill, Okla., Carp moved on to Fort Jackson, S. C. He is a sort of pseudo-southerner in the "Dixie" Division; that would be the 31st. Bill got a pretty good deal for his MOS is G-4, Division Supply and Transportation, of which he takes care of the latter part.
Inkadental Intelligenz
Bob Allcott is advertising in Manchester, Vt.... Walt Fisher is with Fibreglas in NYC as a procurement coordinator... . Steve Flemer is a draftsman with E. H. & M. K. Hunter in Hanover.. . . Scat Luce got himself a nice easy job for the summer between semesters at the Michigan grad school in philosophy ... he's working in a Gary steel mill.
That's all, but definitely all, the news at this end. Send along what you know and we'll have at it again next month.
A TOP HANOVER SOCIAL EVENT this summer was the Aug. 18 wedding of Bob Kilmarx '50 and Mary Neidlinger, daughter of the Dean. Shown leaving the White Church (I to r) are Sally Neidlinger, maid of honor; Mary and Bob; and Sumner D. Kilmarx '22, best man for his son. Ushers Bob Mcllwain '50 and Bob Waterman '50 are seen in the doorway. Other '50 ushers were John Harned and Dick Hollands. The couple will live in Cambridge where Bob is attending Harvard Law School.
Secretary,U.S.S. Waller (DDE-466) c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif. Treasurer, 506 Washington Ave., Wilmette, Ill
