1940

Announcement of the season is our Alumni Fund team for the 1948 campaign. Don Rainie has taken over the Indian Drum, pulp edition of the 1940 News, and Don Fox will continue on from last year as Class Agent. It is reasonably certain that you will hear more from them shortly, your response to which will determine just how arduous their arduous and payless jobs will be.

We may expect more of the Rainie type reporting, bolstered by that all-encompassing memory, which goes something like this: DonRainie, ex-leader and tuba virtuoso of the Dartmouth Band, stellar pianist for the Green Collegians, and DTD cohort of Bill Cleaves,Ned Hein, Kneeland Swenson, and Bill Hoiman, has accepted the editorship of the IndianDrum for 1948. Between sessions of Boy Scout executing, Red Cross chairmanships, the Concord Band and the Rainie law practice, Don will turn out the green sheet every few weeks from now until July.

Letter of the month concerns the New York Dartmouth Club open-house on January 31, where 1940 had the largest group, some twenty-five men of the class, wives, and dates. Bud Hewitt gleaned the following from some of them before the evening reached too high a peak:

"Charley Power is quite happy in a responsible administrative position with Nelson Rockefeller's International Basic Economy Corporation, and continues to be the most active 1940 backer in the area; John Moore, one of a large number of the 1940 BM and CS in attendance, is still hard at work with Metropolitan, and a most dangerous wolf, as my one and only can testify; John Burnap, down from Connecticut with brother Clem and wife, doesn't look a day older than in 1940; BudScribner, as handsome and debonair as ever, toils for a prominent New York bank, and maintains a bachelor apartment in the same dangerous area as Hugh Dryfoos, John Moore and Ray Dau. If those four ever pooled address books, lechery would know no bounds; Ray Dau was in proud possession of a new apartment4 as of that day at 37 East 65th Street. Ray has made excellent progress in advertising after apprenticeship at Foote, Cone and Belding along with Dick Bowman, and is now an assistant account executive at Paris and Peart, making a handsome stipend in connection with his work on A & P Food Stores; Chal C.arothers came in by dog sled from his new home in Green River, N. J., accompanied by Jo plus her attractive sister and a business associate; Harvey Noll and wife Blossom, consistent supporter o( 1940 parties, spread good cheer. Harvey is with Bloomingdales and the Mrs. is also in the field, both of them happily aware of the commercial possibilities of GLAMOUR GARTERS by you know who; Dick Bowman introduced his attractive new spouse, Lee, to the assembled alcoholics and seems more than ordinarily happy with his new state and interesting work on the LSMFT unmentionable; Les Nichols and Dorothy put in their usual smiling appearance. Les has so many public relations irons in the fire that it is difficult to keep up with the ramifications of Art Flynn Associates, but his major activities continue to be CCNY and the various doings at the Polo Grounds; Sid Phillips and Jane once again proved themselves as the more gregarious couples. Sid spent some time in Iceland working on ground control equipment for American Overseas Airlines, but is now happily back in the metropolitan area and contemplating a career in teaching; Fred Bachelder and Peg were also numbered among the clan. Fred is stilly with Testing machines, Inc. and ever willing to join a 1940 group; Yours truly was the only bachelor with courage enough to bring a girl friend, one Louise Pallette, who is certainly the most attractive pert red-head within forty miles."

Bud will see that every one in hailing distance gets notice of the next gathering, similar to the one described above. If any of you haven't been getting notices, drop a line to Bud at the Dartmouth Club, 37 East 39th, and future dope will reach you in due course.

Second honors are reserved for Bob MacMillen, who, stirred by the happy advent of his first child, wrote a damn nice letter about it. It seems that, since December 28 last, Bob and Crosbie have a Carnival Queen, circa 1968, named Candace.

And that's not all. Once stirred, Bob came through with the type of word flow we beg for. He says,

"I wonder if there is another company that claims three men of the class. Keith Benson, BillDuncan and I are among the stalwarts of Pickands, Mather & Co., dealers in pig iron, coal, coke, iron ore and lake shipping. Keith, now boning up for the bar exams, holds forth in the legal department investigating contracts and clauses. Dune is a pig iron and coke salesman at the Erie office, traveling eastward from there. I hold down a desk in the pig iron sales department, handling the customers that Duncan flushes out, among others.

"Crosbie and I are living in an apartment a block away from Ned and Barbara Jacoby, who, I'm sorry to say, are on their way back to California. We often see Karl and Ginny Bruch, John andSue Knutsen, Eb and Mevvie Cockley, Jack andKay lngersoll and the Duncans. Karl, John, JimKuhns and I, with our respective wives, are planning a week in the north country in February, basing in or around Hanover. We all feel it has been too long since we were on Hanover Plain and are eager to renew memories that grow stronger each year."

Thanks, Bob, the skiing is fine as this is written, and should add the final touch to make the Hanover trip a good '40 party in every respect.

Major Joe Bird, his wife Barb writes, is out in Tokyo since shortly before Thanksgiving. Before he left they took a bit of vacation involving, Dartmouthwise, the Harvard game, a Frank and Gloria Wright cocktail party, spaghetti Cataldo, and visits to the Ken Arwes in Keene, Coleman Ross in Syracuse, and Jackand Kay Faunce in Cleveland.

Here and there: Powell and Dorothy Holbein have a new son, as of February 2, Bruce Edgar; Bob Dingwall has been promoted to assistant to the chairman of the board, Charles W. Hoyt Cos., advertising, New York; EdSchechter appeared as the only '40 so far this year skiing at Mt. Mansfield, displaying a very accomplished swing technique while taking the trails, and boasting a two-week vacation in which to perfect it; Cec and Nell Moore, comfortably, it is hoped, settled in Manhasset, announce the birth of a son, David, their second, on January 18; and Gordon Stokes recently received the degree of Master of Science in Medicine at the University of Minnesota.

Secretary, 16 Elm St., Montpelier, Vt. Treasurer, 42 Congress St., St. Albans, Vt. Class Agent, 285 Madison Ave., New York 17, N. Y.