1930
News items concerning members of the class have been about as few and far between this last month as any indications, so far as weather is concerned, that spring, let alone summer, is approaching in New England. And this dearth notwithstanding your secretary's attempt to produce such news by letters to several of you requesting some gems for these columns. Let us hope that this last Easter Sunday, with the thermometer reaching into the high 70's, is only an indication that, as with the weather, the prospects of news about you Thirtymen will be more encouraging for the future. Perhaps this is the season of spring vacations and, if so, we hope that next month's column will be filled with news of such wanderings. It is only indirectly that we know that Pat Weaver has recently spent about three weeks at Sun Valley, that BudFrench debarked on his annual business tout to California and the West Coast and that Jack Rich was able to find time just before the opening of the Alumni Fund campaign for a two-week holiday in Bermuda.
At the Northwest Dartmouth Alumni Association annual dinner in Minneapolis on March 28, the 1930 representatives were PhilTroy, George Porter and Earl Seldon, with Stu Seidl missing the event at the last moment because of a business engagement which took him out of town Nelson Rockefeller recently spoke in Minneapolis and the report we received was that he had the best press of any visitor to the Twin Cities in years
The New York-New Jersey 1930 crowd had a dinner meeting at the Dartmouth Club in New York City during the latter part of March which was, from our reports, exceptionally well attended. Although our reporter failed to include a complete roster of those in attendance we do know that among those present were Charlie McDonough, Carl Buhler, Add Rugg, Scott, VanDerbeck, Vic Borella,Bill Jessup, Frank Rath, Bud French, Jack Wooster and Al McGrath Again our information is merely hearsay, but we understand that Kip Chase is now spending about four days a week in New York City, in effect commuting from Richmond, Va.
Our 1930 Alumni Councillor, Hughie Johnson, was admitted on April 1 as a general partner of George D. B. Bonbright & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange and other national securities exchanges. We assume that this means no changes in Hughie's place of residence or business and that he will continue to work and live in Binghamton as heretofore George McClellan was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Education at Ball State College at Muncie, Ind., where he will teach classes in Education and in English. George received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1940 and prior to the war was Chairman of the English Department at Maryland State Teachers College, in Frostburg, Md. It was only in January of this year that George returned from overseas after serving in the South Pacific with a U.S.O. unit.
Hammie South recently wrote: I am Assistant to The Inspecror-General of the Marine Corps and on duty in Washington. I continue to travel in the pursuit of my duties and I have packed many a mile on since I last wrote to you. It has been most interesting and instructive. I may be in for a transfer soon in that I have almost completed my tour here. Times will tell.
Although, as we recently reported, BillBragner was named Supervising Principal of the Park Ridge (N. J.) School, it appears that the attractions of the North Country were too much for Bill and our present information is that he is now in Plymouth, N. H., associated with the school system, but in what capacity, we are not exactly certain at this time. Recent address changes indicate that BobRelyea has moved to Hallsboro, Va., and that he is in the Baltimore office of his old employer, Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
Fred Moller recently registered Fred Jr. for entrance in College in the fall of 1950. The fact that some of the 1930 sons will be entering the College in another two or three years is certainly an indication that "time marches on." A recent letter from Fred gives a brief resume of the fast and exciting life which he led during the war years, from which we quote below:
Starting in 1940 with old flying associates who were then flight testing new aircraft on a commercial basis or under Government contract, I took up the challenge of beating that physiological phenomenon,—pilot's Blackout. Progress was so encouraging that in 1941 the project was stamped "Secret" and "Urgent." Then came the red-tape, scientific blind alleys, research, tests both on human centrifuges as well as actual flight, challenged data, challenges of the actual physiological problem (that it did exist or that it was of minor importance), politics scarce and critical materials, lack of manpower and so on until my family ceased to know what I looked like. Finally, the Army flew me to England with three big C-54's loaded to the cabin tops with Anti-Blackout equipment, and my job resolved itself into getting this equipment into Fighter Planes between missions and sell the pilots on the use of the gear. This was in 1944, early Spring. By "D" Day a large part of the Eighth, Ninth and Nineteenth Air Forces were equipped and the cry for more equipment inspired large production contracts back home. After about four months in the ETO, with a short time in France on landing strips where they were still sniping at the boys, I came on home in the luxury of the Big C-54 which was fixed up for "White House personnel travel.
On' arrival I landed in the job of Production Manager for this equipment, with the side-job or Chief Engineer and Liaison Rep. to AAF, Engineering Div., Wright Field, Dayton. Now I was really "in the fire." My family never saw me; there were times when I wished I couldn t see myself. But, thank God, that all ended shortly after V-J Day and I've been trying to get my feet under me ever since.
Right now as Assistant Chiet Engineer tor merger Brothers I am finding plenty to keep me out of mischief. Then, a couple of weeks ago, perhaps during a momentary loss of sanity, I accepted the Chairmanship of the Camping and Activities Committee of the New Haven District Boy Scouts.
Fred also furnished a report on TinyTasker, whom he planned to see on one ofTiny's trips througli New York in the nearfuture. Prior to the war, Tiny had a farm inWest Rindge, N. H., where he was breedingregistered Hereford cattle. When the war gotunder way Tiny sold out and took a job withRepublic Aviation which resulted in his appointment to Chief of Field Service for theThunderbolts. Somewhere in China or IndiaTiny collected some flak in one leg and wasout of the active picture for some monthsbut Fred reports that tiny continues to nowcarry around about 300 pounds so that hisrecovery can be considered rather complete.
If any of you are planning a late spring or summer trip to Hanover or this general New England territory, please be sure to check in with your secretary here in Boston.
Secretary, Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum 1 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Treasurer, 24 Jennys Lane, Barrington, R. I.
