Class of 1927
The first monthly dinner of the Greater Boston members of 1927 was held on Saturday, September 30, at the Dartmouth Outing Club of Boston cabin in Groton. Present were Rog Salinger, Jack Sheldon, Hue Norris, Ed Johnson, Gus Buschmann, Charlie Paddock, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. Rog Bury, and your Secretary. Not a very large crowd, but nevertheless a jolly one. The next dinner is to be held at the University Club the night before the Harvard-Dartmouth game, and a much larger turnout is expected.
A large part of the following information comes from correspondence received by Gus Cummings during the course of the Alumni Fund campaign, To those who wrote the letters, and to Gus, who saved them for us, we are extremely grateful.
Al Clifton writes that he is still busily conducting the Warner-Clifton advertising agency in San Francisco. Bruce McKennan is now Pacific Coast agent for Wood, Struthers & Co., New York bond house. Rollie Howes is still selling printing for Independent Pressroom in the same city. Al also adds that Ed Watkins is conducting his own investment counselor's business in Detroit, while John Hough is teaching in the department of classics at Ohio State University.
Lee Greenbaum lives in New York City, where he is in business with the Metropolitan Distributors, Inc.
Bob Stevens writes from Antwerp, Belgium, where he now is with General Motors of Europe. Bob informs us that Nick Zaro as well as Brick Stone is now at the General Motors plant in Barcelona, Spain. Incidentally, Brick Stone is at present in this country on his vacation, and was quite recently in New York City.
Dick Simpson is still living in Ada, Oklahoma, where he is working for the Fleetborn Oil Corporation.
Chuck Carroll was married to Miss Marjorie Lorraine Petrovitsky on July first, at Cedar Rapids, lowa. Chuck is now a doctor and is practicing in that city.
Dick Clapp writes from Gill, Mass., that the depression has definitely hit the strawberry growing industry. He says that prices have been low enough, but that the season has been even worse, resulting in about half a crop of berries of not too good a grade.
Meek Slotnik is still living in Brookline, Mass., and is working with his father's concern, J. Slotnik Company, one of the larger building contractors of Greater Boston.
Bill Laighton is working for the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company in New York City.
One Herwitz is still practicing law in New York City, where he is a member of the firm of Molloy, Levy, & Herwitz. He was associated with Judge Seabury in the recent investigation of Jimmy Walker, and is now more or less active in the present mayoralty campaign.
Monty Phillips still lives in Rochester, N. Y., where he is selling investments for Albert A. Houck & Co., Inc. It has been rumored that Monty was married this past month, but no substantiation of the rumor has as yet reached us.
W. E. "Bill" Shaw has recently become connected with Clement, Kaminer, & Rowe, Inc., selling printing in and about New York City. Bill writes that he spent the winter of '32 in South Africa, but that while the country is great he found very litjtle there to encourage him to settle down permanently. Apparently business is even worse there than it is here, if you can imagine it.
Since graduating from Columbia Law School, Herb Rubin has been working for Gimbel Brothers in New York City. Herb is now assistant buyer of drugs and cosmetics at that store.
Cam Clokey writes from Cleveland, where he is working with the Ohio Bell Telephone Company. Cam was married a year ago last June.
Lyman Milliken has been practicing dentistry for the past year in Annapolis, Md.
A note from Brad Harrison informs us that he spent the past year in school doing graduate work. Where and what he was studying we cannot say, but the letter was postmarked Columbus, Ohio.
Bill Skinner is now a physician practicing in Washington, N. J.
Rudy Preuss has opened his own office for the practice of law at 149 Broadway, New York City.
Seth Besse is still working for the Kendall Mills, and is now at their plant in Walpole, Mass. Seth has been playing considerable tournament golf this season, and his game seems to be pretty hot.
A card from Attorney Sam Martin of Portland, Oregon, reports that although rather far from the hills of Hanover, he and Andy Rankin get together occasionally and turn the atmosphere green for a bit.
A letter from Ken Murray in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, reads in part as follows: "As you can see, I am down here with anAmerican law firm, which has branchesall over Latin America. My job is officemanager and representative from NewYork, and with fifty people here in theoffice, I am not worried as to not havinganother thing to do. The practice of lawhere is rather interesting and quite differentfrom a New York office, for here onehas the elements of frequent revolution,lots of politics, Latin temperament, Portuguese language and stupidity, and severalthousand other disturbing influences, butat any rate it is not boring." Ken states that he occasionally sees Doc Harris, who is with the National City Bank in Sao Paulo, about three hundred miles from Rio. Outside of these infrequent meetings Ken apparently has practically no Dartmouth contacts, so perhaps an occasional letter would be appreciated. At the time his letter was written, last July, Ken was hoping to take a short vacation trip to New York in the near future.
On October 16, Brownie Freeman will be married to Miss Constance Elinor Green of Dayton, Ohio.
The monthly bulletin of the New York Dartmouth Club lists among its new members Frank Cloran, Al Hoenninger and Art Segall. It also makes some mention of Josh Davis' being one of the leading lights of the club at squash racquets. Of course this may merely be an admission that the brand of squash played at the club is not as good as it might be. This same bulletin carries the item that Hooker Horton has been appointed personal emissary by the board of governors to solicit memberships. We might suggest that he sign up some squash players.
Secretary, 152 Waban Ave., Waban, Mass
