1931

Secretary, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. 79 Elm St., Hartford, Conn.

ONE IN TWENTY MILLION

J. Henry Richmond says, "You may remember that I have a daughter Claire Louise. Well she received a brother, William Henry, for a birthday present on December 7. It was Claire's third birthday. One of my mathematically inclined friends tells me that the chances of having two children with the same birthday provided they are not twins is about one in twenty million. It seems to me that someone else in the class had the same thing happen." (I don't know of any other, Hank, so if there is any such one in the gang I'm sure we'd all like to know of it too.) Hank also reports that he saw Johnny Milos at the Dartmouth-Columbia basketball game. Johnny looks fine and is still teaching at the Pelham Memorial High School in Pelham, N. Y.

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Art Seepe, Waterville, Me., one of the constantly thinning group of Thirty-one's bachelors, reports: "Last Christmas, I succeeded in getting myself engaged to Virginia M. Swallow of New York City—Colby '35 and Katharine Gibbs '36. We intend to be married in New York some time during the late summer."

"I am still teaching and handle three courses in business administration this year at Colby College; and after three years of teaching in this state, I am becoming a booster for the profession and for the Pine Tree State. Even the extensive snow-shoveling in digging out from the last twenty-inch fall has not discouraged me."

"George Howard is the resident physician for the Central Maine Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Fairfield, Me. Last Sunday, at church, of all places, I discovered George Gilpatric in the pew across the aisle. He is fine—looks no older than when he was in college—has all his hair, and is traveling for the Globe-Werneke Co. throughout New England. In case you hadn't heard, Fred Burkhardt is still in New York and has just recently landed a fine job as the manager of the record department at Schermer's. He left the Gramophone Shop for this new opportunity." Many thanks, Art, for your newsy letter—congratulations from the class on your engagement. Let's hear from you again soon.

31ERS IN TRAVEL

Dick and Margaret Cukor just having returned from a week's vacation at Lake Placid. The "Baron" is one of those favored Macy executives who are allowed both a summer and a winter vacation.

Len and Dottie Clark and family, recently returned from a quick visit to their former homes in Boston, report via Ned Kent that Dick and Midge Fisher took the long trek from St. Louis to Peoria, Ill., to see "Henk" and Alice Reno. They found the Renos in fine shape and building a new home. Looks like the insurance business is good in Peoria, Henk.

Rod Hatcher, seen at the recent Psi U dinner at the Dartmouth Club, is now traveling quite frequently for the National City Bank. His territory is the great Southwest down through Oklahoma and Texas. He enjoys it tremendously and saw Nels Greenlund down in Cushing, Okla., where he is the manager of the Montgomery Ward store.

Ernie Moore, late of Boston and New York and now of Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit, and other mid-section points, reports a change of address to the University Club in Cleveland. As a result of his latest trip he can inform us that Bill Grant has been recently remarried (about which we'd surely like the details, Bill) and is practicing law in Denver, Colo. That there was a big Dartmouth party in Cleveland, which was well attended by all classes including the class of '31. However, after the clock struck the ten o'clock hour, the members of the illustrious class of '31 were seen to be heading for their homes and the comforts of their beds. (Looks as though we're beginning to tire, fellas, and who'd a thunk it eight short years ago.)

—that Jack Cunningham, who seemingly had disappeared, was found to have just returned from a six months' business trip to Saginaw, and would again be found at his Lincoln Electric Co. address in Detroit.

—also at the Cleveland party, Bill Steck had seen Ken Fraser, who was on his way through Cleveland. This addition of Ken adds one more to the outstanding travelers in the ranks of '31.

—that Dave Toomey of the law firm of Rentier & Toomey in New Philadelphia, Ohio, still retains his ever-present sense of humor. A most necessary characteristic in these uncertain and trying times.

-that Frank X. Quinn has been transferred to Cleveland, and that at the time of the writing was away on one of the frequent business trips that he now has to make.

—and last but by no means the least, "It's a boy at the Hart Gilchrists', born on April first." (Congratulations, Hart, and how's to send us more of the details?)

WHERE'S O'NEILL ? ? ?

A question which has been shot at the editor for many moons and in many cities

-What's O'Neill doing and where is he?— has finally had some light thrown on it by Chuck's olttimes partner in crime, "Monk" McCord. Chuck is still living in Bridgeport

—visits New York frequently—and is keeping busy writing stories for radio programs and writing a play.

No heading is needed for this last item- it's been headlined plenty lately. What we need is to put the class of '31 well up among the leaders—that will make real headlines; and all we need is your cooperation and your check. Just make it payable to the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund and mail it to Beany.