1930

The meeting of the 1930 executive committee, held at the University Club in Boston Saturday, April 13, proved to be a very successful and enjoyable affair. The actual business session lasted from ten o'clock in the morning to four in the afternoon, and it was garnished with a bit of social life which our New England hosts and their wives provided, and which added immeasurably to the perfect weekend.

Ten of the twelve members of the committee were there. A1 Dickerson was in town for the class agents' meeting, along with Bostonians Si Chandler and Alex McFarland. Carl Haffenreffer and Charlie Raymond came up from the home of Narragansett; Hank Embree brought Ruth with him from Chicago, while the ' New York delegation of Nelson Rockefeller, Vic Borella, Bill Jessup and your secretary made the journey quickly and comfortably by plane. Carol Haffenreffer and the two boys also took part in some of the festivities, entertaining us and President Dickey in their hotel suite Friday night. On Saturday night Caroline and Alex McFarland topped off the whole weekend with a wonderful buffet supper party in their home. We were treated to some of Si's own colored movies of his travels in the Pacific, a snappy "push-up contest" between Haffy and Rocky which ended in a dead heat at thirty (before dinner), and songs and stories by Margo Chandler. We also had the pleasure of meeting Alex's attractive and efficient secretary and chief assistant class agent, Miss Sylvia Trowt, and heartily approved the action taken at the Boston class dinner a year ago when the boys elected her an honorary member of the class.

The greater part of the business session was devoted to the discussion of our coming Reunion in July. Since you will get all the necessary details about the results of this discussion and the Reunion plans in the "Thirtyteer" it is not advisable to repeat them here. It is hardly necessary to add that the Reunion committee has made arrangements that are bound to make this postponed Fifteenth Reunion bigger and better than our previous gatherings and a record attendance is anticipated, including wives.

Some of the actions taken by the executive committee at this meeting should be formally recorded in the class notes column. A committee to nominate members of the executive committee to be elected at the Reunion was voted on and is made up of those members of the present committee who will retire this year by virtue of their long service in class affairs, with Nelson Rockefeller as chairman. Additional nominations, of course, can be made at our class business meeting.

In view of the good fellowship which has always prevailed among the members of the executive committees and the continued interest in class and College affairs on the part of these members, it was voted that all former members of the 1930 executive committee shall be invited to attend all future meetings of the committee, and to take part in the discussions, as non-voting members. It is hoped that most of the former members will accept these invitations and participate in the good times that are always a part of these meetings. Now that the class has been out of College for over fifteen years, the cost of our subscriptions to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE is automatically higher and it was voted to raise the annual class dues to $4 per year. Treasurer Charlie Raymond reported that the class treasury is in a sound position. Dick Bowlen was appointed to audit the class accounts.

Having raised a total of $686 for the Class Memorial Fund, the executive committee adopted a Temporary Deed of Gift, turning over this sum to the trustees of Dartmouth College and which, with additions to be made thereto, shall constitute a special class fund to be known as the "Dartmouth College Class of 1930 Fund" and which is to be invested with the College Associated Endowments until our 25th Reunion, when it is to be applied for the benefit of the College in such a way as the Class of 1930 may designate at its 20th Reunion or thereafter. At the time of our 20th Reunion a Permanent Deed of Gift will be adopted by the class as a whole.

To get on with other topics of interest to Thirtymen, Nelson and Frances Flanders have announced .the arrival of a daughter, Jarie, on March 7, thereby providing a baby sister for ten-year-old Stephen and eight-year-old Judith.

The previously mentioned wedding of Ed Warren omitted the important item of the bride's name because at the time we did not have the details. She was Josephine Roper, a lieutenant in the WAVES, and the event took place at the Little Church Around the Corner, July 20, 1945.

Charlie Widmayer's news service supplies us with the information that Paul Duback has been made assistant trust officer of the First Wisconsin Trust Co., in Milwaukee. After graduation Paul attended the Northwestern Business School and the Law School of the University of Wisconsin. He entered the Trust Co. in 1936 and left in 1942 to join the Army as a private, receiving various promotions until he became a Major in the Law Department of the Army's Renegotiation Division.

A1 Marsters was recently elected president of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester which includes in its membership about fifteen alumni from Southbridge where A1 is with the American Optical Co. The following item appeared in the Lawrence, Mass., Eagle on April 1:

Sheldon Stark, script writer of "Tennessee Jed", the Monday through Friday WLAW 5:45 P.M. favorite, is known as one of radio's most versatile writers. His credit ranges from a published work performed on a network program, through a series of radio theater broadcasts and through four years of writing the "Lone Ranger" and the "Green Hornet". A native of Brooklyn, a far cry from the West about which he writes, Sheldon has numerous other program scripts to his credit, including "Famous Jury Trials", "What's New?", the "Listening Post", "Washington Story". "Amos and Andy", "Colonel Stoopnagel", "Headline Edition", Paul Whiteman in "Forever Tops", "Ceiling Unlimited", "Grand Central Station" and many others. He lives in Garden City, Long Island, with his wife and three children.

Fran Horn is back from France and called the office recently on his way through New York to Washington. Unfortunately we were out at the time, but hope to hear about his experience on the other side the next time he comes to the city.

Don Shaskan is out of the Army Medical Corps and is now located at the Guidance Clinic of the State Health Department in Seattle.

A note from Merit White apologizes for his inability to attend the New York class dinner this week, due to the fact that he would be in Germany at that time, John French is also over in Germany and Clark Denney is reported to have gone over there also.

There was a good-sized Thirty delegation at the annual banquet of the Chicago alumni last March, including A1 Dickerson, Alex Harroun, Cotton Holmes, Mickey Emrich, Fred Uhlemann, Fred Schmidt, Ed Valley, Ed Benoist, and Hank Embree.

There were twenty-five fellows present at the New York class dinner May Bth. In addition to Gene Magenau, who had just flown up from Washington en route to Concord, N. H., the following were there: Bob Barker, Dud Day, Ranny Hobbs, Bob Chittim, Red Gould, Ed Warren, Walley Blakey, Ed Schuster, Milt Mclnnes, Bill Jessup, Bill O'Brion, Dick Tilt, Art Behal, Dick Blun, Johnny Marsh, Nelson Rockefeller, Spen Foster, Charlie McDonough, Frank Wallace, Vic Borella, George Morris and Bud French.

CAPT. JOHN T. SMITH '30 (MC) USN, right, after receiving the Bronze Star from Capt. J. H. McKay for valuable services as senior medical officer of an aircraft carrier in the Pacific watches Capt. McKay con- gratulate Lt.(ig) M. H. Cranmer upon receipt of his Air Medal.

Secretary, 99 Hudson St., New York, N. Y Treasurer, CHARLES v. RAYMOND 443 Nyatt Rd., Barrington, R. I,