1908
Treasurer, ARTHUR BARNES Taftville, Conn.
Larry Griswold, managing editor of the Batavia Daily News and vice president of Griswold and McWain, Inc., its publishers, passed away at the Tuscon, Arizona Medical Center, on September 3. A life-time resident of Batavia, New York, Larry suffered a stroke ten years ago and had been living in Tuscon since 1941. This spring he was taken ill with pneumonia, and from that time on, his condition gradually weakened when he suffered another stroke.
Always an enthusiastic Dartmouth man, he was responsible for many western New York men attending Dartmouth. His illness caused ten years of almost martyrdom during which time he showed monumental courage. Only during the last month of his life, did he mention his condition. Larry's three great loves were his family, to whom he was a devoted father and httsband, his newspaper, and Dartmouth. He had a great love for the college and had many friends in his class and among the alumni. No alumnus was ever more devoted to the college and to his class.
The Symmes family sailed on the QueenMary on October 10 to attend the marriage of Laurence M. Symmes Jr., '38 to Beryl Jean Boyce at Richmond, Surrey, England. The romance grew out of the blitz in London in 1943 and 1944 when Larry Jr. was stationed in England with the Signal Corps. The wedding will take place in the church in Richmond on October 25, and the Symmes, including the bride and groom, will be coming back on the Queen Mary November 20. Larry Jr. is an officer of the General Petroleum Corp. (a Socony-Vacuum Company) located in San Francisco, Calif.
Joe Blakely saw Fred Munkelt this summer. Fred was in Vermont visiting friends near Montpelier. Joe went to Baaston in August and tried to call on Jack Corcoran and PercyGleason, but could not find them. He reports a good visit with Pete McCarty in his office.
Whitney Cushing '39, son of our classmate, the late John T. Cushing, had an exhibit of his work as an artist in the Wood Art Gallery in Montpelier, the first week of September. Following his graduation from college, Whitney worked on a Boston newspaper for two years before he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, where he served three years. As a navigator on a 824 bomber, he participated in 50 missions in the Mediterranean Theater. Following his discharge from the service, he entered the Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida. He will return there this fall for his second year. Whitney was present at the presentation of the exhibit and received many congratulations on his initial showing.
The financial page of the Boston Traveler, of October 2, carried a picture of Rosie Hinman at the top of the column at the head of an article announcing that the directors of the International Paper Co. have approved a construction program for 1948 and 1949 of 525,000,000.00 in the U. S. The contemplated program will include increasing kraft board approximately 900 tons a day and kraft paper capacity about 100 tons a day. The announcement continues that the company plans to make the expenditures for both of these programs without borrowing any money or issuing any additional stock.
Allen M. Perkins of the New Haven office of the Veterans' Administration has been appointed manager of the Bridgeport office of the V. A. and he assumed his new duties September 20. Allen served as a Lt. Commander in the Navy in World War If.
Art Rotch took a fling, which he admits might be his last one, at the National Veterans Tournament at Longwood in August. He admits that he is gradually coming to the conclusion that men over sixty are no match for the kids of 45, especially those who come from California. Art hopes that there will be some kind of a class gathering at the time of the Harvard game. Although Art boasts five grandchildren, the new one having arrived during the summer, he still bows to ArtWyman, who claims nine or ten.
L. E. C. Amidon, is now a professor of accounting at Post Junior College, Waterbury, Conn.
T. I. Dunn and his wife and daughter were guests at the Hanover Inn the first week of September.
New addresses: Eliphalet A. Greeley, 306 10th Ave., N. E., St. Petersburg, Fla.; LutherM. Howe, 32 Avon St., Wakefield, Mass.; Fred G. Leary, 4068 N. Borthwick, Portland, Ore.; Edgar F. White, 521 S. Morningside Ave., Albuquerque, N. M.
Secretary, 115 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
Class Notes Editor, 602 Forest City National Bank Bldg. Rockford, Ill.
