1929
Talking things over with Van Jamieson last week in New York, it appears that the organization of the 1941 Alumni Fund Campaign has been completed with the following men assisting Van: Dud Orr (New England), Bob Brinkerhoff (Mass.), PhilGage, Chris Born and Herm Liss (Boston), Ev. Bulkley (Conn. & R. I.), Bob Austin,Ray Hedger, Tal Babcock and Herb Fish (New York City), Ev. Hannan (Upstate N. Y.), Jack Hubbard (New Jersey), BillHenretta (Penn.), Morrie Hartman (Ohio & Michigan), Bob Drake (Chicago area), Bill Page (Midwest), Jim Hodson (West Coast), and last but not least Mo Heath, editor of Heath's Hot Hi-Lites. And now- as always—it's up to the Class.
Hanover has lost one of her leading citizens: Herb McCreery is in the Army now. The report comes from the lips of none other than Joe D'Esopo, member of the local draft board. Otherwise Hanover was quiet; the duck boards were down and useful and well, you know Hanover in March.
March Babies: Geoffrey Martin Naylor, born at Boston on the 7 th. The Naylors live in Framingham. The others are young Brooke, Mother Constance and Father George, who practices law in Boston as a member of the firm of Tyler, Eames & Reynolds.
Caryl Edwina Burton, born in Winchester on the 9th, whose parents are Carl & Isabel Burton.
Hilary Gabriel Hartman, born on the 20th, to Morrie and Fran Hartman.
Babies always bring Slim Corrigan to mind, Father Corrigan of the first twins. There he is down in Bradentown, Florida with 200 acres of Crescent Farm to work: breeder of White Leghorns and New Hampshires and grower of high quality grapefruit and oranges; very happy with his wife and four children. He wants more of us to drop in, those of us who get SouthLike Lit Johnston who called him recently from St. Petersburg.
Ben Scales reports that he celebrated Pittsburgh's Dartmouth night with FreddieIngram, Beaver Falls metal man, Saw Kier, proselytising coal man, Watt Spangler, hinge & hardware accounter, Herb Simpson, oil booster, at al.
Beedie Brisbin has been elected Secretary of the Vermont Senate, spends most of his time in Montpelier during the current legislative session.
Charlie Shaeffer (himself): "Have been with General Electric since graduation, spending three years in Schenectady with the parent company, putting in my apprenticeship in its Accounting Department and am taking on more knowledge through courses given at night in G. E.'s B.T.C. (Business Training Course). I was transferred in 1933 to a newly-formed whollyowned subsidiary, G. E. Contracts Corp., set up to handle financing of General Electric appliances and other consumer equipment. Have been with them since that time, enjoy the work and associations tremendously and have also seen and worked in many cities of the Middle West and South. Am now heading up the local New York office as Manager. Jessica Elizabeth Burnap (Betty to her friends), of Kansas City, Missouri, and Wells College, 1935 rescued me from the ranks of bachelorhood on April 27, i94o.and we are now living at 178 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. we, to date, consists of the two of us."
President Lougee's periodic New York report: We held a very successful joint 1928-1929 Class Dinner at the Dartmouth Club on Tuesday evening, March 18th. 37 members of the Class of '28 were present while our Class managed to turn out only 29 members. The following are the '2gers who attended:
Van Jamieson, Jim. Hodge, Bob Austin, Jack Hubbard, Jim Loveland, Bill Keyes, Bill Morgan, Ray Hedger, Mo Heath, Jeff Stearns, J- W. Laffey Jr., Herb Fish, Ed Covey, Dolson Smith.
Fred Sisson, Joe Webb, Baird Rogers, Tol Babcock, Larry Lougee, Lit Johnson, Cal Soriero, Gil Griffin, Al Fisher, Jerry Swope, Frank Williams, Herb Morse, Morris J. Lincoln, Joe Piazza.
The program consisted of anecdotes by Mo Heath and stories by Craw Pollock '28, which were followed by the sound films of the Dartmouth-Cornell 1940 Football Game. Most of the following news was collected by good old Mo, who will undertake any job given to him Jeff Stearns, who was at Hanover only during our Freshman year, is District Sales Manager for George S. May & Cos., with offices in the Chanin Building, New York City. His work is connected with industrial engineering and making improvements to plant operations. Jeff and Mrs. Stearns live in Bellrose, Long Island, and have one daughter—Barbara, now 81/2 years old. Bob Austin is the owner of a large tract of woodland near Great Barrington where he has had very good luck hunting. Last Fall he got a 200-lb. 8point deer and plenty of racoons. Fred Sisson lives at 455 West 34th Street, New York City, and continues to teach Latin and Greek at Teachers College, which is a branch of Columbia University. Sission is still the serene classicist and refused to be drawn into a controversy about the Rugg system of teaching and social sciences. About a month ago he entertained EddieDeans (with the help of Bill Keyes) who was down from Potsdam for a paper convention. H. Dolson Smith lives and works in Brooklyn, being a representative of the New York Telephone Company with office at 204 Second Avenue. He reports that Mrs. Smith is working extra hard at Bundles for Britain and related activities, she being still a British Citizen—(Evidently Mb doesn't know his law). Ed Chinlund reports the birth of daughter Jennifer on February 5, 1941. She is daughter number two, so her old man has learned to sleep through her midnight recitals.
Joe Piazza appeared at the Dinner and reported that he is back in this country for a six months' vacation from Rio de Janeiro where he is headmaster of the American School (Escola Americana do Brasil). He is taking several graduate courses at Columbia. He returns to Rio in June to begin the second phase of his school's building program. Frank Williams' appearance at the Dinner was most welcome following his serious illness of nearly two years. Frank looks in the best of health and has gained considerable weight. At present he is without any business affiliations but expects in the near future to get back into the old groove. Gil Griffin, one of the few remaining bachelors in the Class, reported that he had received his draft questionnaire and was scheduled to take his physical examination the following evening. Being in the best of physical condition, Gil reports that it looks like the Army for him next year (or more). At present he is associated with the Hazard Wire Rope Division of the American Chain and Cable Company, with offices in the New York Central Building." (Here endeth Lougee's report.)
Mort Crowell is vice president of that premier alumni organization, the Dartmouth Association of Northern California.
Bernie Berman is a First Lt., Medical Corps station at the 7th Station Hospital, Camp Edwards, Mass.
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