1928
Ernie Wright was elected president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Philadelphia at its annual dinner, on March 22, at the Sylvania Hotel, succeeding Jack McLaughlin in that office. John Flanagan was elected . vice-president.
'28 had the largest delegation at the dinner: John Flanagan, Dick Frame, Jack McAvoy, Jack McLaughlin, George Pasfield, WesPatience, Bill Williams and Ernie Wright.
Tom Carroll, vice-president of the Vulcan Copper & Supply Co. of Cincinnati, writes: "For one who has never written his Congressman sent a letter to the Editor, or even his Class Secretary, this is somewhat of a radical departure. In fact, maybe this one should have been directed to Ripley rather than to you for it is an oddity.
"Back m 1935 while on a trip to New York, I spent quite some time trying' to locate my former roommate, Hal Pierce, whom I had not seen since he left Hanover in 1927. Not meeting with any success, I finally gave up. While gaping at the Radio City buildings from Fifth Avenue, like all yokels on infrequent visits to New York, my hat blew off, and—you guessed it—the gentleman who picked it up was none other than Hal Pierce. "We had a rather substantial reunion that evening.
"During the intervening years Hal's whereabouts became wholly unknown to me. Last month while on a business trip which took in most of South America, I was leaving the Plaza Hotel in Buenos Aires one morning when—yes, you guessed it againHal Pierce followed me out the door. Two such chance meetings over a twenty-year period certainly are amazing coincidences, to say the least.
"Hal has been in various parts of South America for the past ten years and has a very responsible position with E. R. Squibb & Sons International. He had just finished setting up a new plant for his company in Buenos Aires and was making arrangements to leave for Caracas, Venezuela. Hal has a very charming wife—"muy simpatico", I believe you would say in Spanish—the former Cucha Diez Canseco of Lima, Peru, and one son about a year old—-Frank to Hal, and Francisco to Cucha.
"In my frequent jaunts about this country, I run into very few classmates, but invariably on trips outside I will meet former temporary Hanover residents of our time.
"While driving the children (Tom, 10; Abigail, 8) home from their Maine camps last summer, we spent several enjoyable days in Hanover where I saw Frank Connell and just missed Rickenbaugh, who checked out shortly after our arrival."
Twenty-three members of the class attended a dinner at the Dartmouth Club in New York on March 27. Newcomers were Van Curll, Sales Manager of the BMC Manufacturing Corp., of Binghamton, and DickRendell, our roving journalist. Regulars included Ted Baehr, Cal Billings, Bill Cogswell (who hoped his son, a senior at Tilton Academy, would get into Dartmouth this fall), By Dodge, Red Edgar of Boston, JohnFlanagan and Dick Frame of Philadelphia, Park Estabrook, Mai Halliday, Jack Herpel,Jerry Johnston, Alec Kerr, George Klein,Budd Maring, Squire Tom Middleton of Danbury, Bill Morton of Syracuse, John Phillips,Curly Prosser, Herb Russell, Herm Schnepel,Os Skinner, and, later in the evening, ChuckBruder.
It was decided to send a telegram of encouragement to Paul Annable, who is in the Castle Point Veterans Administration Hos- pital at Beacon, N. Y., undergoing treatment for tuberculosis.
A year ago Paul resigned his position as supervisor of the four Gneung stores in Con- necticut in order to go into business for him- self. By summer he was all set to open a store when, feeling tired, he thought he'd have a check-up. The doctors found he had pulmonary tuberculosis in the right lung which he got around Manila in 1945 as a result of a run-down condition brought on by too long hours at work and poor food. Paul was a major in the Army Airways Communications System and spent 39 months in uniform.
Paul isn't the complaining kind, but from his wife, Jane, we have learned that letters from his classmates would help break the monotony and do Paul a lot of good. Jane and their two little girls are living at 6 Ridge Road, Danbury, Conn.
At the New York Class dinner it was voted to hold the next dinner on May 21, at the Dartmouth Club, with wives invited. GeorgeKlein, our popular dinner chairman, is handling the details and can be reached at 3240 Henry Hudson Parkway, New York 63.
Barney Norton, the Vergennes, Vermont, flour, feed and lumber dealer, never fails to answer a request for news. As usual he came through handsomely:
"Due to the fact I was the moderator at the local school district meeting, I could not be with you in New York March 17. I was tempted to jump but my wife is on the committee and Lloyd Moulton '27 is Superintendent so I was really held
"I never see any '28 men up this way, except KenKent whom I saw last week. He is much better physically and seems prosperous as hell (at least he lent me $50).
"Tim Paige whom I attempted to see on the same trip is really getting younger every year. He is a great skier, hunter, plays soft ball and anytime now I expect to see him jumping around on a pogo stick.
"Ambrose McLaughlin has a swell set-up over in Littleton, New Hampshire. He controls the best bar in town as well as a hotel, oil business, theatre, etc. In addition he is the best-dressed man in the 'North Country'.
"Ed Sawyer left the A & P last summer and now runs the Edward W. Sawyer Fish Co. The last I knew he lived at the Statler in Boston.
"Last month I attended the Dartmouth-Cornell basketball game in Hanover but saw no '28ers. As a matter of fact, I've seen most of the home football games for the past 18 years but never see anybody I know as I get there about 10 minutes before the kickoff and leave right after the game."
Six more '28ers have recently changed jobs. Jerry Johnston, after 20 years with General Motors—the last few as Assistant to Chairman Alfred P. Sloan—has gone with J. M. Mathes Co. advertising agency in the Chanin Building, New York. It's interesting to note that when Jerry went with GM, he also had an offer to go with Jim Mathes; 20 years later he takes the job.
Hammie Hammesfahr has left U. S. Rubber and is now with an industrial relations firm in the Lincoln Building in New York. Al Lathrop tried the printing business in New York for a few months, but the job did not work out as well as he had expected, so on March 15 he and Dorothy drove back to San Francisco.
Loren Stevens, after several years in the advertising business in Arizona, is now with the National Cylinder Gas Co., 840 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago.
On my last visit to New York I had lunch at the Dartmouth Club with Mai Halliday and Paul Kruming. Paul had just arrived the night before by plane from Caracas, Venezuela. I also dropped in to see Stu Goodwillie in his office on the 49th floor at 500 Fifth Avenue. Stu is with Sylvania Electric Products, in charge of institutional sales in the Lighting Division. He sees Hod Carver frequently on the latter's visits to New York. Johnny Waters is in the advertising depart- ment of Sylvania, but he was in Salem, Mass., that day, so I missed him. Before I had time to look in on anyone else, it was time to start back for Troy.
President Dickey has announced the appointment of Bill Ballard, Professor in the Zoology Department, as Associate Director of the Great Issues course for next year. Bill and Dick Morin '24, the new Executive Secretary of the course, will have a large responsibility next year because President Dickey intends to devote less time to the course. DeanBill Kimball has been appointed to the Steering Committee for the course, representing the Thayer, Tuck and Medical Schools.
As if Bill Morton didn't have enough to do trying to get you fellows to increase your contributions to the Alumni Fund! Now the City of Syracuse has appointed him business manager for the second set of triplets born to Mrs. Walker of that city within five years. He's sifting out the tremendous number of requests for advertising. Doctors say the odds of a woman giving birth to triplets twice is one in 54,000,000.
By the way, Have you mailed your Fund contribution yet? Do it now.
1928'S OWN CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA: At the annual dinner of the Dartmouth Alumni Association there on March 22, eight '28s were present, including (I. to r.) Bill Williams, Dick Frame, Jack McAvoy, Retiring President Jack McLaughlin, Vice President John Flanagan, Wes Patience, and George Pasfield. Ernie Wright, newly elected president, was there but not in the picture.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa. Treasurer, Providence National Bank Providence, R. I. Class Agent, 101 So. Salina St., Syracuse, N. Y.
