1928*

For two years we have refrained from exposing a classmate who has been passing bad checks in the hope that with our help and the help of other '28ers he would reform. His increased activity recently makes it necessary to warn members of the class, and other members of the alumni body, that Curtis Robinson Crowell is wanted for questioning by the Canadian police, the New Hampshire state police and the New York police. Curt came to College from Wollaston, Mass., and stayed two years. In 1938 he came to New York and in the next two years gave the Dartmouth Club and six or more of his classmates bad checks. Bill Monaco did $500 worth of legal work for him and was tendered in payment a deed to property in Boston, which later turned out to be spurious. Two months ago the Canadian Colonial Airways started looking for Curt in connection with a check for $65 which they say he cashed in their Montreal office just before flying to New York, posing as "Curtis Robinson." They report that he is a deserter from the Canadian Army and subject to court martial if he should return to Canada. A few days after receiving this distressing news we learned that District Attorney Dewey's office in New York was looking for Crowell on the charge of the Real Silk Hosiery Co. that a man answering his description got a job with them as a salesman and forged $90 worth of checks in his first week. A man subsequently identified as Crowell went to Hanover in November and, using the name of another Boston '28er near whom he had roomed in College, cashed a $25 check at the Inn, gave Jim Campion a rubber check and skipped town without paying his hotel bill. The Inn turned the matter over to Chief Hallisey, who has the New Hampshire State Police watching for Crowell.

But now let's turn to the far more cheerful news that Jim Montague and Mrs. Dodge Stanley, of Concord, Mass., were married in Boston on July 24, 1939. We just happened to stumble on the news when we called Jim up at his apartment on East 55th Street, New York, to ask the old question, "What's new?" Jim writes a daily 600-word editorial which is syndicated all over the country by the Bell Syndicate.

Another big news item is the approaching marriage of still another '28er—Paul Annable, whose engagement to Jane Fowler Thatcher, daughter of Mrs. Philip L. Klencke, of Mt. Vernon, N. Y„ was announced Christmas Day. Paul is manager of Genung's Department Store in Danbury, Conn. He and Jane spent New Year's week-end at the Dartmouth Outing Club's new Moosilauke Ravine Camp. Also on hand for the skiing and New Year's eve party were Myles Lane, Herm Schnepel, Hans Paschen, general manager of the D.0.C., and your Secretary. We regret that we didn't have our moving picture camera along to capture the exciting spectacle of Myles plunging down Hell's Highway on skis. He didn't side-step the snowdrifts as well as he used to elude tacklers on the football field. While we were in the North Country we prevailed on Jack and Pearl Phelan to use our apartment on one of their visits to New York which we hope will be more frequent.

What does it feel like to be a father? We don't know, but the following excerpt from a Al Fowler's letter gives a pretty good idea: "Yes sir, it's a baby girl—Janet Harriet Fowler! A New Year's baby, born Jan. 1, 1940 at 3:24 A.M. Am I a proud papa or am I a proud papa? She is starting off to be quite a glamour girl and no doubt will be Carnival Queen about 1958. How the newspapers do flock to photograph New Year's babies—her picture was taken at the ripe old age of 6 hours. The second 1940 baby in Cleveland! Edna is getting along fine and will be home in two weeks. As for me, I'm just beginning to look for a landing field, having broken all previous records for high cloud flying." .... Les Benioff formerly an attorney in New York and Los Angeles, is vice-president of the Fred Benioff Fur Co., North 115 Wall, Spokane, Washington DeeRunk is an instructor in Biology at the University of Virginia Al Taylor is Director of Publications for the State, County & Municipal Workers of America, a Lafayette St., New York City HoytThompson is president of the real estate investment firm of H. Hoyt Thompson & Co., 135 So. La Salle St., Chicago; he and Ellouise live at 935 Judson Ave., Evanston A large part of the legal talent in Laconia, N. H., has been supplied by the Class of '28 in the persons of Bill Lord and Fred Tilton. Bill is a partner in Cheney, Nighswander & Lord, a firm formed in 1935. Fred has been a partner in Tilton & Tilton since 1930 and is active in politics, having been a Representative in the New Hampshire Legislature since 1935 and director of the Speakers' Bureau of the Republican State Committee since 1938. Don Chapman, formerly merchandise manager of Sears Roebuck's store in Louisville, Kentucky, is moving up the scale and is now a Sears buyer with offices at 925 S. Homan Ave., Chicago Ed Lockett writes, "Went to work for Carter Glass' Lynchburg News in fall of 1926; left in 1927 and joined Washington staff of International News Service; am still there. Served as reporter, chief of Senate staff, White House correspondent, wire editor, for past three years have been writing all interpretive and other labor news copy; also contribute to various magazines, including Redbook Magazine."

Curley Prosser, since 1936 educational secretary of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Banking, started his new duties as head of a department at the McCann Erickson advertising agency, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York On the subway to catch a train for Hanover recently we ran smack into Stu Good-willie, who had just been transferred to New York to open an office here for the Trundle Engineering Co., management engineers, whose head office is in Cleveland. Our best wishes to you, Curley and Stu, in your new positions.

Jerry Pitts, head of the food and candy departments of the United Cigar-Whelan Stores Corp., has purchased a large house on Wesskum Wood Road, Riverside, Conn., to take care of his growing family Charlie Lamson has left New Jersey and is now living at 701 Webster St., Needham, Mass Ed Collons is now located at the U. S. Fisheries Station, Hartsville, Mass Jerry Luellen is working for the Sherwin-Williams Co. in Bound Brook, N. J Dick Wallis, who tired of California's unchanging climate, has returned to the land of the long winter and is living at 60 Powell St., Brookline, Mass. .... Bob Andrews is now working in the Extension Division of the University of South Carolina at Columbia, S. C Van and Dot Curll of Syracuse, N. Y., are "expecting" next month Hank Moore is very busy in the factory, building up production to meet the changing business conditions; he works for George W. Moore in Boston, manufacturers of "screw machine products in small sizes of cold rolled steel." .... Watch for news of Clark Harrington's secular cantata, "Moby Dick" which will be played in April by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with the Princeton Glee Club singing the chorus.

We want to thank all of those who sent us Christmas greetings. A Green Derby for the most unusual cards go to Bruce and Ernestina Lewis for a beautiful card with a photograph of their children, Virginia (the class baby) and Ralph, standing in their choir robes below a stained glass window. And another Derby to the Bill Mortons for their card showing Bill Jr., aged 2, looking up the chimney to see if Santa is coming down.

We are glad to be able to announce the appointment by the Alumni Fund Committee of Paul Kruming as Class Agent. He will carry on the good work of Red Edgar, in fact, he has already started the ball rolling. Have you mailed him your check and answered the questionnaire about Roosevelt running for a third term? The results should make an interesting item for a '28 Campaigner which we will endeavor to get out soon.

Secretary, Tucker, Anthony & Co. 120 Broadway, New York

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