1936

By the time you read this, most of you will know that Bob Paterson has been appointed class agent, heading up our efforts in the an nual Alumni Fund drives. Although Bob can and will speak for himself most articulately, this is just a plea for the cooperation he deserves from all of us.

It's a great satisfaction to find that our continuous SOS for news brings even a small response. Here's a letter from John Marsh, written on a letterhead from the Okinite Company, Indianapolis, of which John is branch manager. He writes:

I suppose there are four or five hundred gents in our class who keep on saying that they are going to write Old Norb" someday. I am certainly one of them. The day, finally, has arrived. Whether it is cause for celebration from you or relief from my mind, I do not know; but here goes:

I think I might as well skip a few things. After three years as a Gunnery Officer in the Navy, the company that I had been with before the war asked me to come out here and open a new branch office. It has been fun and certainly the Midwest is a revelation. I like it very much. I don't know whether it is a matter of its making me appreciate the East more, or whether it is a matter of my discovering what dullards the Easterners are. (Ed. note: Any challengers ?)

We have a small Dartmouth group here that is reasonably active. I see a lot of Bob Sweeney whom you may remember; he was in '34.

I spent this past weekend with Bob Keeler in Cincinnati who is full of his usual interesting chatter. At this point, he is about to make over the Labor Relations acts of the United States. I have seen some of the other boys on occasional trips to New York. I have been disappointed because I made neither our Fifth nor our Tenth reunion. X suppose by the Fifteenth I will be old enough to sit on the porch at the Inn and let Smedley (nee JackSmith) bring me a drink.

And Chuck Aaron took time out to take penin hand.

Serves me right for not sending you an announcement, but the "Bob Batons," as you put it in the November issue of the MAGAZINE beat us to it with a Carol Ann. Theirs came June 12, and our little "Miss America" prospect, by name Carol Ann, too, came October 27. The kid is doing fine and copping all the beauty prizes around here.

I've been out of the Army since the 27th of April and almost since then have been trying to learn the envelope business from the ground up at the Standard Envelope Manufacturing Cos., in Cleveland. In the meantime, my wife and I have been trying to find a place to live. That's quite a job, but we finally succeeded last week.

We saw. ex-part-time Clevelander Jim Whipple who was married this summer. He is doing work on an M.A. in history at Western Reserve University in preparation for teaching same. His wife is a Phys. Ed. teacher there.

All for now—except to say what a licking we all from Cleveland saw the Dartmouth basketball team take here last week. Of course, they were beaten by Notre Dame. Maybe that's an excuse, I dunno!

Thanks, both of you, for your letters.

And thanks to our clipping service, we have a few more items For example, not long ago, in the Saturday Review, Bennett Cerf wrote, "Budd Schulberg's first book since WhatMakes Sammy Run? will be the story of a world's champion heavyweight. Saxe Commins says 'lt's a knockout!'

From the Washington, D. C., Post's account of Barry Sullivan's December marriage to Martha Harris, we learned that Dick Knight and Bill Yelverton were ushers BriantPatterson has been made assistant to the director of the technical division of Mergenthaler Linotype Cos. Previously, Pat had worked on special-projects research and overseas sales.

Bob Taylor has been hospitalized since October, recuperating from recurring tropical diseases he contracted overseas. Bob's wife indicates that he had been getting along fine, and that another month would do the trick. We hope she's right, and that by now, Bob is rid of the bugs and feels 100%.

Stan McCoy represents U. S. Rubber Export in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Apparently, his family has settled in those parts with him; for we note that the McCoy's second youngsterand first son—James, was born in Lima on August 25 Stan Osgood is preparing for his Ph.D. at Standford U. School of Education. He'll get his degree this spring

AI Harrington is working for the War Department in Washington—as a civilian. He got out of service last August. No more details. .... Fred Varney is still with the Employers' Group Insurance Cos., in Springfield, Mass. Don't think we reported that his daughter Alice was born last August Lee and ArtWasserman, when asked recently if they had any new news, referred to the arrival on July 21, 1945 of Jeffrey Andrew, their second son. This worthy item had never been reportedall of which proves to the rest of you that it's never too late—to speak up!

Rode in on a commuter's special with JohnWiesman, who seems to be in fine shape. He's still with Hope Windows, still singing (with the Scarsdale Glee Club), and finds time for an occasional squash game down at the Dartmouth Club. John mentioned having swung racquets with Ben Moyer a few weeks ago. Incidentally, Ben was recently elected treasurer of the Media Men's Association of New York which fits in naturally with his work as space buyer for Ruthrauff & Ryan, N. Y„ ad agency.

Dink Gidney has been made assistant sales manager of U. S. Potash Cos., N. Y. In his new role, Dink gets about the country, and, we might add, plans his jaunts most cagily. He recently returned, well tanned, from the sunshine and warmth of New Mexico; and he's undoubtedly lining up some field work in Hanover. The fact that his baggage will include skiis will be purely coincidental Dink's travel strategy is topped only by that of Dave Fox who plans a combination businesspleasure trip to Switzerland. We leave it to you to imagine how he'll divide his time between managing businesses and managing those Alpine slopes. We expect a lengthy accounting from Dave when he returns.

Some helpful soul has complained that our columns are all too brief. We discarded the policy of padding the column in favor of rerouting said complaint to you—who can best do something about it. My wife happens to be very broad minded. She won't object in the least to my receiving letters from other '36 wives, who usually can dish up some morsels about their men. Please ladies, speak up for your gentlemen .... or urge them to speak for themselves.

Secretary, 4 Sunset Drive, Scarsdale, N. Y. Treasurer, 15 Broad Street, New York 5, N. Y.

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