1927*
One of our better reporters has brought back the news from New York that Carlton Gilbert has fairly recently received a fine promotion with the U. S. Rubber Company. He is now in charge of advertising the footwear and clothing products of that company.
Anyone listening to "The Colby Hour," broadcast from station WLBZ of Bangor, Maine, on the evening of December 15, would have had the pleasure of hearing Professor Richard J. Lougee in an interview concerning Russia's attempted invasion of Finland. Two years ago Dick landed at Murmansk and proceeded to Leningrad by way of the railroad that is now supposed to be supplying the Russian Armies. He then went from Leningrad into Finland through the Karelian isthmus where the Finns are now so valiantly defending their Mannerheim Line. Dick's observations based upon what he saw in those two countries proved to be most interesting. Head of the Department of Geology of Colby College, he is now Dr. Lougee having received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1938. In December 1938 he had published a thesis entitled: Physiography of the Qiiinnipiac Farmington Lowland in Connecticut.
The Boston Herald of January 14 carried an article announcing the engagement of Miss Ruth Tischendorf to Mr. Erwin B. Paddock of Melrose. The bride to be is a graduate of Radcliffe College, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl G Tischendorf of Brookline, Mass. The groom to be is better known to you as "Charlie" Paddock. Since February igog Charlie has been working with the Atlantic and Pacific Tea in Greater Boston in various capacities. He is now assistant to the Personnel Manager of the New England Division. His chief function and reason for being on the payroll is as "coordinator, interpreter, analyser, administrator and what have you" of Unemployment Insurance and Social Security Problems. Charlie also adds: "Still play the trumpet for my own pleasure (not the neighbors') when I can get the dried-up first valve down. A. & P. office is now on a five day week so I hope to get to Hanover more often."
In a recent issue of Inspection News the house organ of the Retail Credit Company we found a picture of R. F. Griffin occasioned by the celebration of his tenth anniversary with that company. Red is working in their Portland, Maine office.
From Paul Hannah, the following most welcome letter: "Curiously enough, I was about to write you that I had had the pleasure of seeing Howey Mullin recently when I picked up and read your article in the February ALUMNI MAGAZINE. I bumped in to him on the Capitol Limited on the way to Chicago about three weeks ago and had breakfast with him. He has not changed at all in the way of appearance. From private sources with which Howey has no connection, I learned that he is doing extremely well in the steel industry.
"Perhaps I should also report, quite belatedly, that I ran into Dick Pierson out at the home of a mutual friend in Winnetka, Illinois. I watched Dick play about .six games of tennis in his inimitable style, and hoist a few scotches and sodas in that style before we recognized each other. Dick and his attractive wife were pining for a farm in Southern Illinois, or around Quincy, I forget which. I haven't heard whether they got it.
"A few weeks ago, Mel Partridge blew into Washington for a too brief visit. He is another one of these chaps who except in mental age, has not changed since 1927. I suspect that Mary, his wife, is responsible for this."
Don Bogart has recently taken over the practice of his associate and uncle, the late Dr. Webb W. Weeks. Don specializes in diseases of the eye, and has his office at 20 East 53 Street, in New York City.
For two years after graduation Art Lund taught French and Spanish at Suffield Academy, a boy's preparatory school in Suffield, Conn. In 1930 he received the A.M. degree from Columbia University and subsequently carried on work there for the Ph.D. degree. At present he is employed by the General Drafting Company, map makers. Art was married in 1933 to Alice L. Bradley of Lawrence, Mass. They have a son, John Bradley Lund, born May 24. 1038.
From 1930 until 1934, Wayne Hancock was headmaster of the High School in Stratford, New Hampshire. Since then he has been the headmaster of the Henniker Hiffh School. Wayne was married to Miss Beth Willoughby on August 15, 1934
Jordan Pulver spent the first three years out of college teaching a teacher's training class. Since then he has been at the Cliffside Park High School in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, first as a teacher of English, and since 1936 as Vice-principal. In 1932 he received the M.A. degree from Columbia University, and is at present busy working for the Ph.D. degree at New York University.
The Class of 1927 is fast becoming famous for its many enthusiastic yachtsmen along the New England coast. Last week a oxoup of these enthusiasts met for lunch at°the Boston Yacht Club to spin yarns about experiences of the past season and to talk of plans for the season which will soon be upon us. Among those present were Vice Commodore Dinty Gardner of the Boston Yacht Club and skipper of the yawl Borogove; Rog Bury, who became a convert to sailing and cruising last season, also skippers a handsome yawl; Bill Prescott, captain of the good ship, Indian, a 49 foot sloop sailing out of Marblehead; and Skipper Bartlett who recently became the owner of a 43 foot schooner which he will sail out of Plymouth. Actually your scribe had no business in that league, al- though we did just purchase a 14 foot Knockabout to sail on Long Lake out of North Bridgton, Maine. Needless to say, we didn't dare mention that fact to our
"salt water" friends. Other Dartmouth skippers present at the luncheon were Lew White '25, George Cole '29, and Bob Bishop '25. Bob Dalrymple and Ray Reed are also well known racing skippers in Massachusetts Bay.
Chuck Brewster graduated from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1930. From that date until 1935 he was Pastor of the Congregational Church in Elkader, lowa. Since then he has been at the Congregational Church at Moorhead, Minnesota.
Ken Meyercord sends us an interesting account of what he terms, "very modest activities." "After my trip to the Orient, I joined Western Electric in February, 1928 and have been there ever since. Married in October '35, now have a daughter age two years and six months (August, 1939). Have followed my Elmer Gantry principle of Old Timers Day by becoming active in local Church work. Am at present an Elder in the Central Brick Presbyterian Church and am also the Church School Superintendent for the third term.
"Am gathering material on an old Dartmouth scamp, Stephen Burroughs (1765- 1840)— anyone knowing anything about the man will certainly do me a favor by passing the data on to me. Am presenting the paper at the Annual meeting of the Stanstead Historical Society, Stanstead Plains, Quebec, Canada, this coming September , and it will be about Stephen,— unordained pastor, schoolteacher who was tried for assault, counterfeiter, family man, and eventually, respected member of the community of Three Rivers." Ken also reports that on a trip to the west coast a year ago he saw A1 Clifton and Bruce Mc- Kennan in San Francisco, Dud Sercombe and Sam Martin and wife in Portland, Oregon and the Daleys in Chicago.
Steve Osborn was married in September of 1927. He spent the first two years out of college in Chicago, employed by the Shell Petroleum Company in their Sales Department. Steve moved to St. Paul, Minnesota where he has been ever since. He was first advertising manager, and is now Advertising and Sales Promotional Manager of Economics Laboratory, manufacturers of industrial cleansers and waxes. Steve has two boys, eleven and six years old. He reports that he had a grand time at the Tenth and will surely be there at the Fifteenth.
The start of the Alumni Fund Campaign will not be far off when you read these lines. Let's plan now to give Gus a boost by making our contributions early, and by upping them wherever possible.
Secretary-Chairman, 152 Waban Ave., Waban, Mass.
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