1928*
The big news this month is the engagement of Lawrence Henry Martin to Naomi Sarah Walton, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abiatha Walton of Petersham, Mass. The wedding will be August 10 in Wakefield, Mass., with Francis ("Feet")Thurston as best man. When we first heard the news we immediately called Boston (on Larry's private wire) to get further details. We met Naomi at the '28 dinner in Boston last fall following the DartmouthHarvard game, and we heartily congratulate Larry on his choice. He has bought a house at 2 Park Avenue, Wakefield, and he and Naomi will be "at home" sometime in September. Larry is an assistant cashier at the National Shawmut Bank in Boston, and is now in the collateral loan department Lanky Langdell, Jack Rose and Bud Weser are next—they have resisted all attempts to get them married.
Bill Harris, "the vagabond traveler," will show his colored moving pictures of Mexico to members of the class and their wives and guests following a dinner in New York on May 22 (these notes are being written May 10, hence the future tense). Bill, already well known in the lecture field, has been travelling almost continuously since graduating from Dartmouth. After studying at the Universities of Madrid and Munich, the spirit of wanderlust sent him vagabonding about the world. He was co-lecturer with Burton Holmes in Europe during the summer of 1938, has completely circumnavigated South America four times, and has written books about that continent. Every Thursday evening at 7:15 he is heard over WESX presenting a travel program about Latin America.
Three more candidates for Carnival Queen in 1958! Em Berry and Katherine announce the arrival of Ann Elizabeth, their first child, on April 8; Em is with the United States Trust Company in New York On April 16, Van Curll and Dorothy up in Syracuse announced the arrival of their first child, Adelaide Crosby The Maury Cogans in Cleveland have a girl born the first part of April; Al Fowler, our informant, neglected to mention her name From the Attleboro SUN comes a long story about a meeting of the Massachusetts Archeological Society in that city April 15, at which Johnny Brew of Peabody Museum, Harvard, was guest speaker of the evening, giving an illustrated story of his recent excavation in northern Arizona. John has been with the museum since graduation and has been a member of expedition to central Illinois, northeastern Utah and Ireland.
It is our sad duty to record the death of Bill Mason on September 21, 1939- An account of his life will be found in the Necrology section of this issue.
In these columns in the March issue we printed the complaint of a mid-western friend; recently we received an apology with the request that we print it for the sake of the record. Space prohibits giving the entire letter, but in brief he says, "Let me withdraw, and apologize for, my allegation that you have used the class news columns to promote anti-administration propaganda. As you point out, any such impression was created by quotations from letters rather than by statements of yours, and I would be the last one to want such quoted opinions suppressed Many of us who believe in most New Deal objectives are getting thin skinned over the constant press attacks on the administration, hence the cause of my ill-put outburst."
For the first time '28 held a joint dinner with '27 and '29 in New York on April 23 to hear Ross McKenney, the Outing Club's technical advisor, talk about the new Moosilauke Ravine Camp and show his beautiful natural color slides. There were 18 from our class present, 15 from '27 and 21 from '29. '28ers present were: Adams,Beers, Boughton, Harrington, Hartjens,Keller, Kellogg, Kneerim, Kruming, Lane,Livingston, Monaca, Orsi, Prosser, Rockhill, Schnepel, H. Walker and your secretary.
Bill Embler writes "Pre-occupation with other activities has delayed my reporting until now the birth on August a, 1939, of Suzanne to bring the number of Embler offspring to three. The two older children are Billie, eight, and Bob, five." Bill's preoccupation has been with the schools of New York State, on which he wrote an excellent series of articles. These led to speaking engagements at the N. Y. Economic Council's Conference on the Cost and Quality of Education, and at the Joint Legislative hearing on the state budget, both in Albany. We were much interested to read Bill's series of 16 articles on school spending, reprinted by the Middletown (N. Y.) TIMES-HERALD. Bill is managing editor of that paper, but temporarily relinquished his duties to devote his entire time to the study on which the articles are based. He examined all aspects of the public school system from the viewpoint of a single region, and discovered sensational facts which will be of interest to taxpayers in any state. Bill offers evidence that "an extravagant bureaucracy, headed by the Board of Regents, has mistaken magnificance for quality and has spent with greater regard for exterior show than interior results." As he says, it's up to the taxpayer to take an interest in improving conditions and reducing expenditures for unessentials. If you want a copy of Bill's pamphlet, write him c/o MIDDLETOWN TIMES HERALD, Middletown, N. Y.
Cal Billings, who never paid any attention to dramatics in Hanover, now spends a great deal of his leisure time with the Blue Hill Troupe, an organization of amateurs in New York that produces a Gilbert and Sullivan opera each spring. Cal has been in charge of the lighting for several years and thrives on hard work and late rehearsals Bert Stern and a partner have opened a clothing store in Manchester, N. H A letter from Johnny Neary in Hamilton, Mass., says "I have been living here since I got married three years ago. I have a two-year old son and love this locality. I have a little tutoring school of my own and like being my own boss." ....
Somewhat belatedly we congratulate LesMason on the arrival on April 16, 1939 of Robert Flint Mason.
Ace Anthony is still laid up, consequently his annual gift to the Alumni Fund means a real sacrifice, yet it is always one of the first to arrive. In an accompanying note he says, "Here's another small contribution just to help 1928 raise its number of contributors." When you hear of anyone driving to Baltimore or Washington on Route No. 1, tell them to stop off at the Country Gentleman Tea Room at Street, Md. It is well advertised on both sides of the road before it is reached. Grace, Ace's wife, runs it and the food and service are excellent.
As these notes are written in Hanover during the annual Secretaries convention, '38 stands fifth in percentage of contributors. Paul Kruming is making a strong plea for everyone to contribute and for everyone who can to increase his gift over last year so that '28 may reach its objective.
EVERY MAN A CONTRIBUTORMAIL YOUR CHECK TODAY
Secretary, Tucker, Anthony & Co. 120 Broadway, New York
Class Agent, Room 835, Chrysler Bldg., New York, N. Y.
