1926

As always, there's plenty of news from the Class of 1926. Be it war or peace, there's never a dearth of news. Somebody's always doing something.

Thanks to Ed Hanlon, there's word of two Bostonians who continue to push ahead. Don Norstrand has been elected to the board of directors of Kennedy's, Inc. For some time now, Don has been treasurer but this is a new and added responsibility and honor. The National Shawmut Bank announced in April the election of Harold Trefethen as assistant cashier. Which means that after five years of service, Tref is back with the bank he started with shortly after graduation.

Marty Lower, from whom we haven't heard m years, reports from Fulton, N. Y., where he is with the Sealright Co., Inc.:

I'm still kicking. Two boys—Marty (8) and Jim (6); and Sally (1). Have been with the Sealright Cos., Fulton, N. Y., for the past ten years—assistant to the V. P. We make paper food containers and closures (that's a plug, son).

Nothing to report that would be of particular interest after reading of the feats and experiences of many of the gang. I did go to Washington in December of '43 for W. P. B. One of those threemonths loan deals that wound up twenty-months later after the war was over.

And from 174 Pearl St., Albany 4, N. Y., comes a letter from Norm Clarke:

For some time now, in fact almost a year, my Dartmouth mail has been forwarded so I guess it's about time changes were made. New job and address as above, (Executive Director, Clinton Square Neighborhood Association, Inc.) Same type of social work as before but at a new stand and a step up in position.

Mrs. Clarke is now Executive Director of the Troy Y. W. C. A. so our home address is 116 2nd Street, Troy, N. Y. I commute to Albany which is only seven miles away.

Also for the record:—the last time I wrote I stated that we were taking care of hundreds of other people's children but none of our own. That has been changed too. We now have a prospective Dartmouth student—Robert Ebersole Clarke born in Troy February 8, 1945. Now a bit over a year old he is keeping the old man in trim.

Service promotions are coming in just about as fast as returns to civilian life. The Navy has ' elevated Art Stack, Murray Wright, Clarv Taylor and Tommy (John G.) Thompson to lieutenant commander and Bill Willard to a full commander. Clary is back in Providence Tommy in Coronado, Calif., and Bill in Washington, D. C. The Army has put Captain's bars on Bill Carroll, George Douglas and Bob Weil, who is now back home in New York. Ralph McClure is a major; Frank Healv and Ed Fowler have been raised to the rank of lieutenant colonel and Bill Farnsworth to full colonelcy. Frank is back home in Mt. Vernon N. Y., and another Army man, Walt Armstrong, is back from Paris and the job of running the French railway system, and safely settled in East Ely, Nevada.

Sunny Tilton has been elected chairman of the executive committee of the Worcester Mass., Family Gardens Committee, with the sizeable job of encouraging and directing the planting of home gardens. From Paw Paw, Mich., comes word from Dick Husband:

Last fall I taught one semester at Beloit College Wise., but just at the end of the semester I suffered a gastro-intestinal upset, which necessitated my taking at least two months off, which, in turn, with a teacher, knocks one out for a semester. I rested a while, and went to the Southwest, the University of Texas in particular, to give me ample sunshine and also the use of a good university library in order to bring up to date and rewrite my AppliedPsychology. However, I had two appendix attacks so returned north to family and a surgeon I knew, so I would be well taken care of if any carving 'occurred. Fortunately it didn't appear necessary, and a multitude of x-rays showed little more than an irritation in duodenum, plus the doctor's suggestion to lay off fried foods and beer. Well, I don't care too much for fried foods anyway. Have one wife and one son, aged 7—both of whom had their birthdays April 13. Son (Rickie) is being taught shooting baskets and punting after supper nightly.

.At the New York Alumni Dinner recently, the following faithful graced the 1926 tablesEd Simons, Fred Hurd, Gordon Chipman, Dick Mandel, George Scott, Russ Newcomb„ A 1 Louer (in from Chicago on a flying visit), Charlie Bishop, Courtney Brown (a hard guy to keep up with—now he is head of the petroleum economics division of the Standard Oil Cos. of New Jersey), Andy O'Connor, Charlie Singleton, Jack Cannon (with Harper's Bazaar and living in New York), Nick Nickerson, Sid Hayward (on his way to Pittsburgh and points West to address some of the western alumni dinners), Lloyd Sanford and Chuck Webster, fresh out of the Navy, looking hale and hearty and back with Air Reduction Sales Corp.

Dick Mandel is associated with the All State Welding Supply Cos., of White Plains, N. Y., one of the two principal suppliers of low temperature welding metals. It's a brand new venture for Dick but he says it's interesting and there's lots for the future.

And now to a personal note which I'd like to add to these, the last class notes to come from the peaceful hamlet of Long Valley, N. J. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to record the doings of the Class over the last five vears. There have been times, I must admit, when the task has not been easy. Something like changing diapers—it's not a pleasant job but it's for one you love.

To you all—my warm regards—may we meet at our Twentieth next month. And may you find continued happiness, good health and the warmth of affection in family and friends for thrice the twenty years since we left Hanover and the College who nurtured us so well.

Secretary, Welsh Farms, Inc., Long Valley, N. J. Treasurer, ROBERT D. SALINGER United Shoe Machinery Corp. 140 Federal St., Boston, Mass.

Flash, Flash—SCOOP? From an unimpeachable and highly confidential Washington agent (Paul Allen, by name) we can positively state that at this very minute the mercurial Courtney Brown is in Washington as Special Assistant to the President's Emergency Famine Committee.