1930
Certainly of interest to the Class should be a report of 1930 s Executive Committee meeting in New York on October 28. The past and present members of the Executive Committee aggregate 35 in number and it is certainly a tribute to the Class, as well as to the personal interest in the Class and the College of those who were there, that 20 men convened for luncheon at this meeting which was held in a very special and beautiful private room on the 67th floor of the RCA Building.
Those in attendance were: John French,Milt Mclnnes, Nelson Rockefeller, Vic Borella, Si Chandler, Carl Haffenreffer, BudFrench, Hank Embree, Fred Scribner, CharlieRaymond, Lee Chilcote, Ellie Armstrong, PatWeaver, Alex McFarland, Al McGrath,Charlie Ranch, Jack Rich, Scott VanDerbeck,Dick Bowlen and Bill Jessup. Note should be made of the fact that several of those in attendance came, at their personal expense, from distant points and that all were willing to arrange their business affairs and to sacrifice valuable business hours in order to participate in this meeting which continued uninterruptedly for five hours. At the last minute several who expected to be there found it impossible. Joe Golan and Sam Adams were held up because of business commitments, Fred Uhlemann was incapacitated (recovering from a slight concussion received as a result of handiwork in closing his summer place), Charlie Widmayer was confined to Hanover with grippe, and Bob Bottome's plane from Sweden, where he was attending business, failed him by 24 hours. It is not to be denied that, before and during luncheon, the usual 1930 conviviality and spirit was much in evidence. The seriousness, however, of the meeting from and after the time when the first matter of business was presented could not be exceeded by the directorate of any of the large business concerns of the country.
Treasurer Charlie Raymond presented a report showing a most solvent treasury and an increasing number of dues-paying members of the Class over the last four years. It was pointed out that the most- substantial part of Class dues was required for the payment of subscriptions to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and that the appreciation of this fact by Class members has led to the increasing number of dues-paying members. Although the annual margin between receipts from dues and Class expenditures is extremely small, it was determined to continue the annual dues at $4 for the present. In connection with the Treasurer's report, consideration was given to various projects which might be undertaken on behalf of the Class during the next six years. Charlie Ranch reported in detail on the Twentieth Reunion which, notwithstanding the low (by comparison with other classes) Reunion tax, was entirely self-sufficient financially,—a real tribute to Charlie and the planning of his Reunion Committee.
A report was made of the splendid Alumni Fund participation of this last year, with thanks to Jack Rich and his assistant class agents, and the newly elected Class Agent, Dick Bowlen, reported on his plans for the future. Among other things, it was determined that it would be in the interests of the Class to publish some time next year a 1930 address book and detailed consideration was given to this matter. It was also determined that at our Twenty-Fifth Reunion in 1955 a Class book of substantial proportions (along the lines of Where, Oh Where? at our Tenth) should be published and preliminary decisions were made as to that matter.
Perhaps the major concern and attention of the meeting was directed toward 1930's Memorial Fund. It was reported that, from a comparative handful of men, something over $3,000 was already in our Fund. It was pointed out that the total contributions of each of those men (on an entirely voluntary basis and without any solicitation to date) represented separate payments over a period of two or more years and was based upon their feelings that their aggregate contributions to the Fund by 1955 could and would be substantially larger by making annual additions to the Fund than if they deferred considering the matter until 1955. It was the consensus of opinion that the members of the Class, individually, would feel likewise and that many other men would wish, during the balance of this year, to send a check to Memorial Fund Chairman Bud French as a first "brick" toward their ultimate Memorial Fund gift. Bud discussed many other aspects of the Memorial Fund situation and it was clearly assumed that 1930 would not take a back seat to any other class on its 25th Year Gift to the College, as all of us realize the necessity of the College's receiving further endowment funds of an unrestricted nature.
The following day the members of the Committee and their wives attended the Yale game and were royally entertained that night by Mildred and Charlie Ranch at their home in Farmington. Being in the next to the last row of the Bowl, the opportunities to see other classmates at the Yale game were distinctly minimized, but our eye did fall on Rollie Booma, Ed Carroll, Dick Parker and Wally Blakey.
Scott VanDerbeck attended the Penn game with Fred Watson and spent the weekend with him in Wilmington. Scott sat next to HarryDunning at the game and saw Herm Schneebeli on the way in..'. .. As any others who were at Reunion can well understand, "The Keenes" has become a 1930 rendezvous. On the Holy Cross weekend Al Allen, Helen andChick Pooler and Marge and Herb Chase were weekend guests and at the following Colgate weekend the Chases, Elisabeth and MemKing, Jack Keating and Barbara and JimClark supplied the 1930 contingent On the Thursday night before the Yale game, we ran into Al Marsters in New York's Biltmore and learned, among other things, that during that week alone his travels for American Optical Company had whizzed him from Southbridge to Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Tulsa and Chicago.
1930 has three sons in the Freshman Class in Hanover. They are Fred Jr., Capen, and Edwin Jr., respectively, the sons of the following proud 1930 dads: Fred Chase, CapeFarmer and Ned Grant. Fred Chase Jr. holds the added distinction of being 1930's "Class baby."
A most welcome and newsy letter was received from Dick Funkhouser from Palo Alto, Calif. Dick had hoped to make Reunion but business prevented it at the last moment. Dick recounts that it was just two years ago that he left the hectic life in Washington where he was a Staff Consultant to the Civil Aeronautics Administrator and "went West" to settle in Palo Alto. He is with Hodges Research and Development Company which is engaged in exploring new horizons in the industrial and business field but in the last year and a half has hopped across the country seven times and spent a month in Europe this last spring. It is obvious that the Funkhousers are California enthusiasts. Mariana pursues a hobby of leathercraft and is now taking a course in architecture; 12-year-old daughter Carol Jean is almost professionally skilled on the accordian; son Tommy, aged 8, has taken to model airplanes in addition to baseball, football and Cub Scouting; and Dick admits that he has been seriously bitten by the model train bug.
Going even further west to Honolulu, we were interested in reading Federal Judge Frank McLaughlin's opinion rendered in late September relative to the Dock Seizure Laws of the Territory. Frank's opinion held that the statutes were a valid exercise of the Territory's police powers and he disagreed with the other Federal Judge sitting on the case, as a result of which no preliminary injunction was issued in a suit brought against the enforcement of the Territorial Act During this last summer Shaw Cole made one trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and another to Bogota, Colombia, on business and reports that the days continue to be busy both domestically and businesswise.
On September 26 Fred Page was appointed by the Mayor of Glen Ridge, N. J., as a Borough Councilman to fill a vacancy created by a resignation. Fred's appointment, which is to January 1, was designated by the Glen Ridge Civic Conference Committee with the understanding that the non-partisan nominating committee would endorse Fred for nomination in the November election for the remaining two years of the resigned Councilman's term. This is another of Fred's numerous activities and as a Councilman he will act as Chairman of the Law and Ordinance Committee and a member of the Water and Light, Fire and Publicity Committees of the Board of Councilmen of Glen Ridge WilsonWright, who has for some time been with Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster, Pa., was appointed during October as Manager of the Economic Research Department of Procter & Gamble Company and indicated that he would be moving his family from Lancaster to Cincinnati in the near future DonShaskan continues as Chief of the San Francisco Mental Hygiene Clinic and a Clinical Associate of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute Horst Orbanowski, who is an industrial engineer in Dusseldorf, Germany, wrote to explain his desire and inability to attend Reunion this last June.
Ed Frost reports from Nashville that the big news with his family continues to revolve around the arrival of Edwin R. Jr. on March 6. 1949. who at the moment is alleged to give out a passable "Wah-Hoo-Wah.".... OllieLilley has deserted Hanover to pursue studies at Columbia and his new address is 148 Steuben Street, Brooklyn It looks as if Kel Clow is now doing a tour of duty at sea, as his address has been changed to Navy No. 100 (NA-7), Fleet Post Office, New York.
Attention 1930 wives, sweethearts and mothers: This Secretary has come to the conclusion that his classmates are either extremely modest or are succumbing to creeping paralysis of the right arm. The 1930 family (in which we surely include you wives, sweethearts and mothers) is nevertheless interested in whatever news there may be concerning each Thirtyman, his family and his business. I should like to call on the distafE side of the family from now on to send me a postal or letter of news of your man and his family and fellow Thirtymen. I shall be looking for the feminine handwriting. Please give me your help.
And by the time this is in print the holidays will soon be upon us. Your Secretary adds his wishes for the best of happiness at Christmas and during the New Year.
"OLD TIMERS" of not so long ago: Ward Thomp- son (left) and Dick Chase of the Class of 1931.
Secretary, Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum 1 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.
Treasurer, 56 Jennys Lane, Barrington, R. I.
Memorial Fund Chairman, 99 Hudson St., New York 13, N. Y.
