Class of 1955
Bunny Werntz, who we advised was studying law, has given up his position with the National Acme Co. As of March 1 he opened an office at 13210 Shaker Square, Cleveland, 0., as attorney—and counsellor-at-law Ford Barrett is now treasurer and sales manager of his father's firm in Spokane, Wash .—"realtorsfor 43 years." .... Ralph Tucker has been in Detroit for some seven years as district manager for Lever Bros. He recently returned to Cambridge, Mass., apparently headed for a bigger and better position in the soap industry On February 26 Milt Hart joined the benedicts, marrying Alice Bentley in Evansville, Ill...... The Langdon Springs were seen at the local performance of Hamlet which reminds us, we understand that Sleigh and Holden are sponsors of the "Opry" which comes to Boston early in April.
We have just learned, by round about means, of the deaths last spring of George Duncan in Minneapolis and of Howie Kerr in New York. Both were splendid fellows, and our heartfelt sympathies go out to their families. We were sorry not to have had sufficient data last year to write appropriate obituaries.
A welcome letter from Lyle McKown, partner in the insurance firm of Wirt, Wilson & Co., Minneapolis, is loaded with news from the Twin Cities. In Minneapolis are: Don Lyman, vice-president and manager of Lyman Lumber & Coal Co., operating a chain of retail yards. Don is married and has two daughters; Harry Tinker, still the leading dentist, has a daughter and twin boys (all adopted from The Cradle in Evanston, Ill.) ; 'Twist Elmquist, attorney, just recently re-elected treasurer of the Northwest Alumni Association of Dartmouth; 'Twist also has two daughters; Paul Hommeyer, manager of Union Central Life Insurance Company's Minneapolis office, has three sons, the youngest of whom is six months old. He has recently moved into his new home at Maplewood, Minnetonka, one of the swankier suburbs In St. Paul: Wilder Patterson is an executive of the Dawson Printing Co., and has one son and one daughter; Bill Haman, a sports reporter for the St. Paul Daily News, is also married.
Jack Hamilton, with Goodrich Tire in Akron, 0., has three sons. At present he is in Boston conducting a budget school for the company. He started on this swing at Houston, Texas, stopping en route at Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, and the other principal cities Bus Annis is manager of the Copley Square Hotel in Boston. This hostelry has recently been completely renovated at a cost of over $450,000, and the cuisine, bar, and other appointments are worthy of your inspection (not an advertisement). Bus left Hanover freshman year, and since then has held executive positions in the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, the Commodore and the Biltmore in New York, and now owns the Old Orchard House in the famous Maine resort of the same name Bill Carter is sales manager of Meloripe (United Fruit Co.'s banana company) Lane Goss recently bent elbows with Frank Hersey at the bankers' convention at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York Ralph Shineman, who has been affiliated with the N. Y. Central R. R. since graduation, is now their Boston manager, located in the United Shoe Machinery Bldg. on Federal St Don Lawson, in addition to his cotton business, has taken on the retail distribution of an excellent brand of shoes
George Scott is teaching at the Morgan School, Clinton, Conn Connie Conrad now lives at 230 South Clark St., Chicago. .... Alec Laing has apparently finished his travels, temporarily, and reports settlement in Windsor, Vt., while Dan Slawson, permanent address 155 E. 73d St., New York City, is now in Mexico indefinitely. Both are writing Ed Learnard is situated in Walpole, Mass. .... Paul Herlihy travels for a food concern in Bridgeport, Conn., and can be reached at 512 Walnut Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.
Drenny Slater is a partner in the law firm of Nelson, Slater 8c Boodell, 105 W. Adams St., Chicago At the annual Dartmouth dinner in Boston last month "1925" had one of its largest turnouts, despite the unusual prevalence of flu and other seasonal illnesses. There were twenty-three present, including Doc Ralph Thompson, Russ Fox, Lane Goss, the Chamberlain twins, Lou Kimball, Johnny Garrod, Ralph Shineman, Frank Wallis, Lev Levinson, Don Hunt, Nate Bugbee, Whitey White, Bill Sleigh, Pete Haffenreffer, Pete Blodgett, Ken Nugent, Charlie Peterson, Charlie Haywood, Les King, and Ken Hill. We even took over excess space from neighboring classes (we won't embarrass them by naming them) to accommodate the overflow.
Just heard from Dick Gratz, city superintendent of Postal Telegraph in Denver, Colo. Dick has a two-year-old daughter, and likes Denver, although he misses the lakes of Minnesota. He has just returned from a business trip to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He sees Dud Smith and Dud Green in Denver occasionally and reports them looking as pink-cheeked as when they roomed in So. Mass. Hall. I note his stationery invites in large letters: USE POSTAL. If all of you would do the same, we'd gladly print any news of the boys which you forward.
Secretary, 75 Federal St., Boston
