1928*
Imperturbable old timer that he is, your Secretary is all aflutter—having just embarked on that delightful period in life known as "the engagement." After writing about the engagements of others for these notes and for the class newsletter for years, we can now understand why our friends have seen the world through rose-colored glasses at this period. Older and perhaps wiser people have even intimated that this is the happiest time in one's life.
But before we wax too sentimental, we'll give you the facts. The brave girl who said "yes" is Mary Van Dyne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Van Dyne of Troy, Pennsylvania. Mary graduated from the Madeira School in Virginia, the Erskine School in Boston, and the Katharine Gibbs School in New York. For the past year she has been working for the United CigarWhelan Stores Corp. as secretary to JerryPitts, who introduced us. Add to this the fact that her father graduated from Dartmouth in 1912, and that Mary has accompanied us on frequent skiing trips to Hanover this winter, and you can readily see that the whole affair is Dartmouth through and through. The wedding will be in June in Troy.
In spite of our general preoccupation, we are aware that lots of exciting things have been happening to our friends—such as the arrival of Mary and Jerry Pitts' son April 8 at the Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital, a 9½ lb. red head; his parents spend so much time just looking at him that they have let two days go by without getting down to the business of selecting a name; their other son, "J-B." is six April 9, Ham Hagar had to drive 70 miles an hour up the Henry Hudson parkway (and he wasn't even stopped) to get to the Harkness Pavilion in time to greet Hamilton Jr., on arrival; Leonie and he have another child, Paula, who just celebrated her third birthday A clever card in the form of a revised family tree from Alice and Dave McCathie announced the arrival of Alice Hillyer on March 17 in Port Jervis, N. Y.. where Dave is the genial owner and manager of the Sun Dial Inn; Dave says they will call the young lady Patsy as she was born on the good Saint's day
Janet and Art Lane's first child, Sarah Gordon, was born March 18 at Richardson House, Boston; Art is assistant manager of Schrafft's store at 98 Boylston Street '28 continued its high rate of production at the Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, N. V., with the third birth in three weeks-Gertrude and Bill Heep's second daughter, Elizabeth Ann, was born there March 9. As Bill was going to see Gertrude one day lie saw Bill Goudy entering the next room to see his wife and 12-day-old William L. Goudy 2d. John Crosby Milliken was born in the same hospital two weeks earlier, as reported in these notes last month.
The New York '2B group is glad to acquire Paul Kriowles, who resigned as production manager of the Falk Corp., in Milwaukee, to become assistant to the president of the Square D Co. His office is at the Kollsman Instrument Co., here and he and Josephine and their two boys are living at 60 Henhawk Road, Great Neck, Long Island.
Honie Westhaver has been promoted to the position of superintendent of steel at the North Works of the American Steel & Wire Co., in Worcester, Mass.; Mona and he were in New York last month and spent an evening with Myles Lane Ken Turner has been in the personnel department of James McCreery Co., in New York since last October Brooks White is cashier of the Park National Bank, Holyoke, Mass., and has been for some months, BroughamWallace tells us Nick Carter has been promoted to personnel manager of the Irving Trust Co. in New York DickKlinck recently resigned his position at the Irving Trust to become assistant treasurer of the Merchants Refrigerating Co., in New York.
If it weren't for another New Hampshire boy, we might still be ignorant of what a big-shot Lanky Langdell is up in Manchester. Jerry Pitts, New Hampshire's No. 1 booster in New York, has given us a clipping from the Manchester papeA: telling of Lanky's selection as chairman of the men's division of the state committee handling the campaign of Senate President Robert C. Blood for the Republican nomination for governor. The paper says "Langdell, prominent attorney and former Dartmouth College football star, served as chairman of the Republican city committee of Manchester for two terms and his background of active participation in state and local politics for several years makes him well qualified to take over the highly important job of supervising the campaign organization In addition to the active role which he has played in the political affairs of his home city, Mr. Langdell served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1938. As legal counsel to Governor Bridges during the latter's term as chief executive he gained a wide background of knowledge of state affairs and problems." After giving his life history from birth to graduation from Harvard Law school in 1932, the clipping says that he is a partner of the law firm of Wyman, Starr, Booth, Wadleigh and Langdell. There isn't much left for us to say after all this except that we now understand Lanky's remark to us at our Tenth Reunion that he was too busy to get married. And it wouldn't surprise us a bit if Lanky himself were nominated for governor at some future primary.
At the annual Dartmouth dinner in Philadelphia the following 'aBers were on hand: John Heston, Dick Frame, Jack McAvoy, Jack McLaughlin, George Pasfield and Ernie Wright. Ernie, just back from his honeymoon, was elected to a two-year term on the executive board and Dick Frame was reelected a vice president. Dick, incidentally, has opened his own studio at 708 South Washington Square, Philadelphia, as a commercial, photographer.
Class Agent Paul Kruming reports that contributions are coming in at a satisfactory rate, but that he would appreciate hearing quickly from the hard-to-get-at fellows in order to cut down the work for the agents as well as to save expense. This year each class is allowed only 20 agents, which is 15 fewer than '28 had last year. This means that each agent has had to take more names and consequently work harder than last year. Those who volunteered to help this year and who constitute the '28 Alumni Fund Committee are: Lew Beers,Don Benjamin, Jack Carson, John Cronin,Paul Cutler, Red Edgar, Mai Halliday,Jack Herpel, Mutt Jennings, Jack McLaughlin, Gene Magenis, Makie Makepeace, Sonny Middlebook, Bill Morton,Phil Orsi, Curley Prosser, Howie Rogers,Herm Schnepel, Frank Tindle and BillTreanor. In addition the class officers have been drafted as ex-officio members of the committee.
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Secretary, Tucker, Anthony & Co. 120 Broadway, New York Class Agent, Room 835, Chrysler Bldg., New York, N. Y.
