1926

From Cleveland Bruce Eaken crashes through with a highly newsworthy letter in which he deposes and says: "Maybe it is safe by this time tor a civilian to raise his head and say hello. During the past several years I have been very interested in and proud of the activities of the military members of our class. My only decoration of the war is a badge of shame for having spent a year and a half with the OPA in 1942- 43 in the days when the rationing programs were being innovated." (Reporter's note: Originally Bruce was Chief Rationing Attorney for the State of Indiana; six months later he moved from Indianapolis to Cleveland and took on the job of Regional Rationing Attorney.) "I still feel that it was a much maligned organization and that it did a large job comparatively well. Incidentally, Jack Alt.izer was in the Charleston, W. Va., office for a while, which was under the general supervision of our office here in Cleveland Late in 1943 I became associated with this firm (Jones, Day, Corkley & Reavis, 1759 Union Commerce Bldg., Cleveland), and am very happy to be practising law again. A large part of my time has been devoted to labor problems for many of our clients (Bruce was first introduced to the subject of "Industrial Relations" in Prof. Feldman's course in Tuck School but a lot of water has gone over the dam since then). I am married and have a boy nine and a girl four; the boy is getting a bit skeptical about my stories of Dartmouth football glory in the years gone past in view of the record in recent seasons. Actually the local professional football teams seem to have captured the fancy of the youngsters out here more than the college teams I was terribly sorry to miss the Reunion last summer, but hope to get back for one of the informal gettogethers this year or next."

We hope you will be able to make it, Bruce, and, preferably, this coming June 21 weekend. While you are at it why not persuade our only other Clevelanders, Junk Anthony and DickRandall, to forget banking for a few days and come along with you?

If the name of Randall Cox has been bursting into this column pretty regularly lately we assure you that it has been without the knowledge or consent of our modest squire of Marblehead. He just happens to be one of those cooperative and colorful gents who can always be depended on to enliven any gathering and to pull more than his weight in any class activity. Having thus put him on the handlebars for another ride by his good friend and severe critic, George Peirce (to whom, incidentally, the above remarks are equally pertinent) we can now proceed with pleasure to announce that as of the first of March Ran formed a new association for the practice of law here in Boston with George K. Black, Esq., Yale '25. Their offices are located at Rooms 410-11-12, 84 State St. (telephone: Lafayette 1820), where a warm welcome awaits any member of the class who shows up, whether with a retainer or only his hat in his hand. Prior to making this change Ran was associated for a number of years with the firm of Lyne, Woodworth & Evarts, with time out during the war to make a distinguished record with the Army Air Corps, from which he emerged a major, with some seven battle stars on his ETO ribbon and the Air Medal. That 84 State Street address, by the way, is becoming ever more distinguished for the Dartmouth legal talent it houses. With Dick Nichols and Carl Schipper up on the ninth floor with Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar and Randall now on the fourth floor our own representation is outstanding.

Thanks to Os Skinner '28 we have at hand a clipping from the New York Times for April 21 which carries the headline "New Biow VicePresident to Head Media Planning." Under this appears the familiar and distinguished visage of Walter Granville-Smith, whom we have not seen in person for many a long moon. The clipping goes on to state that Walt "has joined the Biow Company as vice president in charge of media planning; that he has resigned from Ruthrauff & Ryan, Inc., of which he was vice president in charge of media and a member of the plans board; that he will coordinate the activities of the present space, time and outdoor departments of Biow."

Walt's career in advertising began with Young & Rubicam in 1929 and a few years later he became associated with Ruthrauff & Ryan where he rose to the position of vice president and director of media. To one who must confess unfamiliarity with the jargon of the huckster business Walt's present move to the Biow Company is clearly one in which even broader fields of responsibility will be presented to his talents. As you rise to take your bow, Walt, and receive our congratulations and best wishes for continued success in your new work the time seems most propitious for a more personal and complete report from you, so that those of us to whom the trade language of advertising remains mysterious may more fully understand and appreciate the work you are doing.

And here, thanks to Ed Hanlon again, comes another New York Times clipping hot off the griddle as we rush these notes to meet our deadline: "To Be Managing Director of Westchester Store" over an excellent picture of BobStafford, and going on: "Robert Morgan Stopford has been promoted to managing director of the new Westchester store of Lord & Taylor, which will open in January. He is now merchandise manager of the men's division of the New York store. He will spend the intervening time familiarizing himself with the women's and children's apparel operations and helping to develop the organization for the new store." Thus comes further recognition of the splendid job Bob has been doing as a Lord & Taylor executive and proof of his ability to get back into the swing of it quickly after his long hitch in the navy. Take your bow, Mr. Stopford, but with a care for your back in view of the work you have undoubtedly been doing on that "old farm" of yours in Mamaroneck! We are proud of you!

We have recently learned of the death on April 25, 1946, of Clement Thomas Kinghorn, who entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1922 from Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vt., and was with us in Hanover during our freshman year. He roomed in Crosby Hall and was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. In later years he made his home in Piermont, N. H., where he owned and operated a plumbing and heating contracting business, and is survived by his widow, the former Meda Stanley, and by three sons, Clement Thomas Jr., Robert Stanley and Guy Burton, to whom the sincere sympathy of the class is extended.

NOTES AND COMMENTS: Wall Rankin got away from it all for a few days during the telephone strike by taking his family up to the north country, including Hanover Others recently registered at the Inn were the FlashFallons, the Dutch Halls and George Champion Mr. and Mrs. Stew Orr drove down to Aiken, S. C., for part of their vacation, and Hal Trefethen, now a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard, has plans to fly out to Fort Sill, Okla., for a week of refresher work.

The weekly Boston lunches have been shifted to the Ambassador Restaurant on Winter St.; the time remains the same, Wednesdays at one, and attendance continues to average better than a dozen It was good to see Paul Kyburg, who dropped in at our office one day; as we reported some time ago Paul is living in Andover Sid Hayward, who also dropped in for a minute while in town recently, says the weekend of June 21 will be a good one for an informal get-together in Hanover; dormitory space will be available for off-year groups as well as for the classes holding regular reunions. Hope we'll see you there!

FLIGHT-DECK REUNION ON THE USS VALLEY FORGE: Dartmouth officers aboard the new carrier pose with Secretary of the College Sidney C. Hayward '26 who was the Navy's guest for a week's cruise in the Carribean this spring. Left to right, fighter pilot Ens. Roderick Stinehour '47, flight surgeon Lt. Cmdr. Winston J. Rowe '33, Mr. Hayward, combat information center officer Lt. Cmdr. Charles U. Walkley '38 and Ens. Maurice J. McGrath '46.

Secretary, 140 Federal Street, Boston 10, Mass Treasurer, 131 California Drive, Williamsville, N. Y Memorial Fund Chairman c/o Lord and Taylor, 424 Fifth Ave. New York 18, N. Y.