1931

Undoubtedly you have all heard the glad tidings that '31 came out first in the Green Derby, scalping such venerable rivals as '27, '28, and '29. All thanks, congratulations, orchids and wah-who-wahs go to Ernie Moore and his loyal hard-working cohorts for the grand job they did. Briefly, '31 had 475 contributors, a participation index of 96 and 115% of their class objective. Among the hard-working cohorts mentioned above, special credit must go to Angie Moore and to the broken down old salt Peanut Winslow.

Your Secretary had a delightful two months in Boston this summer hitting the high spots between the Cape and Mount Washington with two trips to Hanover thrown in. Living with Hank Johnson in Newton, he was able to see that said Henry led a righteous and sober life while wife AUie was at the Cape. It was good to see Dick Chase looking so well and able to navigate under his own steam after the lousy break he got off Okinawa. Dick is with the New England Coal and Coke, where he is Assistant Sales Manager. Hal and RuthAndres are living the life of the country elite in Holbrook, Mass. When Hal isn't doing his share for Lord Lever in Cambridge he is the very happy gentleman farmer. Tris and AnnMackinnon live not far away in Cohasset. Tris is manager of the Quincy office of the New England Tel. and Tel. The post-midnight swimming with the Johnsons and the Mackinnons off the Johnson shores at Chatham is highly recommended to all members of the class. It was a throw-back to pre-war days to hoist a few with Ned Symonds. This summer Ned was trying to see if he could break the record for races won at the Newburyport Yacht Club. We saw Ralph and Ann Hunter in Hanover just before they shoved off for two weeks of vacationing on the Maine coast. We tried to find Howie Mason in Hanover but were unsuccessful. As you probably know, Howie is the new Superintendent of Schools there. Speaking of Hanover, it was good news to know that we have another representative of the class there now. Ed Gruen has been appointed Assistant Professor of Finance and Statistics at Dartmouth. Ed was previously Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Cincinnati. Ed and Howie swell the ranks of the class who have returned to the granite hills.

Having to interject a little business into the vacation, we were going into the Fisk Teacher's Agency when we ran into BernieBoyle. As we reported last spring, Bernie is Headmaster of a large school in upper New York State. The old maestro of the track looks as hale and hearty as ever and has even managed to hold on to those few strands of hair. Stopping in at MacDonough's Sporting Goods Store in Portsmouth twice was to no avail. John MacDonough really believes in advertising his products and both times he was demonstrating the infallibility of his irons on the local golf course. Dick Chase reports that another gentleman farmer in no mean way is Orrie Hobbs. He also tells us that Dick Fisher is one of the busier boys traveling around the country. When we stopped in to see Ed Brummer we promised that we wouldn't mention in this column again that perfect vacationing spot in East Jaffrey which is bounded by woods, so all we can say is, that if we lived in the environs of said spot, we would make it a regular stopping place at all seasons.

It was a shock to all of us to know that Charlie Felker had taken his own life in Rochester, N. H. As far as can be determined Charlie was the youngest member of our class.

Unfortunately much of this material has been resting peacefully in the drawer reserved for alumni business during the summer months, and consequently is old news. On May 2 Miss Estelle Ruth Halpern was married to Harold Seder in Worcester. Welcome to the class, Estelle. Under a date line of April 29 from the Cranford N. J. Citizen andChronicle, we have an excellent picture of Wally Thorsen who is a director of World Peaceways. Wally spoke on "The World Crisis and What to Do About It." He is a partner of the Wallace Thorsen Organization, a counsel on public education. Wally founded a chair of International Relations at Loomis School.

Jim Lyall who is living in Pleasantville, N. Y., sent a clipping announcing that CharlieBriggs has been appointed Vice-President and Trust Officer of the County Trust Company, one of the largest banks in the country. JohnCogswell is division manager of the upstate area of the New York Telephone company.

This class of ours continues to move around. Johnny Feltner is now established at 344 West Ave., Rochester, N. Y. practicing medicine. Ben Hardman checks in from 1105 West 28th St., Minneapolis, Minn. We reported last spring that Charlie O'Neill was in Ridgefield, Conn. Stew Rose has an office in that very imposing modernistic structure occupied by the Ethicon Suture Cos., New Brunswick, N. J. Sid Rubin is at 165 East 19th St., Brooklyn 26, N. Y. Bill Seney owes us a letter bringing us up to date on his activities. His address is 111 Indianola Ave., Dayton 5, Ohio. Ed Burnham. is New Hampshireside as Chief Engineer with the lafolla Construction Cos., in Portsmouth. Art Canfield is also in the engineering field with the Asbestos Erectors, Inc., Box 590, Bound Brook, N. J. Hank Russell is a factory manager with the Ahlberg Bearing Cos., 3025 West 47th St., Chicago. HerbSprague is also with the New England Tel. and Tel. His home address is 10 Hampshire St., Swampscott, Mass.

Space doesn't allow the complete list of changes of address and they will have to wait until a later column. We have tossed the orchids and credos to Ernie for his excellent work, but we also want to remind the class that Bill Shuldenfrei has done a marvelous job of keeping your class funds up to par, and you have two jobs to do: one, when Bill contacts you get that check in pronto, and, two, send along some interesting grist for the 1931 mill.

In closing we would use an excuse written for Boston University this summer:

"To Whom It May Concern:

Please excuse A. W. Laughton's absence today as he has one hell of a hangover.

Henry L. Johnson Jr.

Guardian Angel."

Courtesy Ray Barnes, Grand Rapids Herald A LEADING CITIZEN OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, John B. Martin Jr. '3l, former editor-in-chief of "The Dartmouth" and president of Palaeopitus, received this Sunday newspaper tribute on June 27.

Secretary, Norfolk Academy Cedar Level Lane, Norfolk, Va. Treasurer, 730 Sherman Ave., Plainfield, N. J. Memorial Fund Chairman, 224 Beverly Rd., Scarsdale, N. Y.