1940
1940 PEERADE Hanover June 16 to 18, 1949
The Reunion idea seems to be catching on. Down Beantown way, the Class of 1940 showed up 69 strong, counting affiliates, for the Harvard wingding and boatride engineered by Gordie Wentworth, Larry Herman and assorted associates, and somewhere in the dim regions back of the Bowl, a Dartmouth picnic, ably arranged by Bob Dibble and Brownie, also drew its largest class representation from the ranks of '40.
D. Rainie says its too early to tell about his committee, since it appears that there may be one or two shy members of the class, but, things are moving, we're told, toward a good committee, a comparable program and a great party.
The attendance at Harvard is too long for a column, but let us give you the play-byplay, anyway, as it came to us.
"The cycle had begun well before 10 A.M. in the spare banquet room at Larry Herman's Eliot Lounge, and, after the first 50 people got in, the bartender was really earning his keep.
"After lunch we took to our reliable boat (a cross between a barge, motor launch and swan boat) and set sail up the Charles for the Harvard boathouse. Generously supplied for the voyage with bottled beer, all hands debarked wrhout mishap, despite rather rough weather. That is, all except Carothers, whose fedora was wafted into the water by the breeze as he took shots of the boat load.
"The return boat trip was comparatively sedate, a relaxing breath between noon and evening celebrations. Several of the brethren got lost or strayed, so we finally shoved off with a much reduced load. The consensus was that this was a great party, and should be repeated again next year. Certainly, for $1.45 per person, we got our money's worth many times over just in getting together again, not to detract from a very tasty lunch and the enjoyable boat trip."
Yale was also highly successful from a classviewpoint, although participation in a general Dartmouth party, as against the classalone, considerably restricted the mingling ofclassmates. 32 of the class, if our count isright, were there with dates, wives andguests. "The session was well attended despite the reroutings of all the Yale-mindedpolicemen."
As this goes to press there were scheduled for the balance of the fall program the Dartmouth Club open house after Columbia, and a gathering before and after the Cornell game at Jud Lyon's apartment. News gleanings of the past month have
been somewhat slim. It seems that 1940, al out to be 10 years out, has settled down to being rather staid and unnewsworthy. Family increases have noticeably declined, which is an impression rather than a statistic, and job changes, graduations, and similar milestones are behind most of us. We would like more personal news of the letter-home type, but find it a little hard to come by with our sources limited to news clippings, letters from modest, as to their own doings, classmates, address changes, and an occasional personal contact.
Fred Porter has realized his desire to be a New Englander, and is now working out of East Foxboro, Mass., selling industrial finishes.
"Since July when we moved we have had as house guests, Mac and Marilyn Cross. Dave andLouise Leake, and Dick and Janet Funkhouser. Ran into Bill Squier in Walpole one day, he being a peddler, too. Called on Ike Weed at his slick woodworking shop in Laconia, where he is making some of the nicest furniture you ever hope to see. The usual bunch of us plan to take in Princeton. This year Mac Cross will be massing, having just taken a new job as manager of labor relations for a large textile mill in the south. We had our first son six weeks ago and have now retired, we hope, from all further competition. The line up is now Pamela, Gailan and Frederick."
We received an announcement on SteveJewett's joining his father in the practice of law in Laconia, still a resting place for the most silent of the '4O clan. We hear about 'em, but never from 'em. It can't be that rural. Johnny Baybutt is a commodities broker in Boston, in case you need a commodity at wholesale. Dr. Dana Darnley is now resident in neurology at Bronx Veterans Hospital, and, if you read this journal, you know they scooped us, as usual, with the announcement of Howie Oliver as Wilkins Fellow in Cancer Pathology at the Dartmouth Medical School. Danny Harris' last change said "astronomer," Warner & Swasey Observatory, Cleveland. And Stu MacPhail is under the general heading of "corp executive," which undoubtedly means big things. Maj. Bob O'Brien is in Mexico in rehabilitation work. George Mills received his M.A. from Harvard in June. Harry Howard is now sales manager of the pattern division of the Butterick Cos. Bill Hutchinson has deserted the teenagers, having transferred from Seventeen to Coronet, a sign, it would seem, of our advancing years. Bud Hewitt says ChapWentworth was back east last month, flying his own plane, and included in the trip a pleasant evening at the Bowmans, with the Bacons and Bud. The Harvard party also uncovered the fact that Dick Mitchell is taking advanced work in psychology there.
We learn with deep regret of the death on October 28 of Claire Zimmerman Landsman, wife of Herb. We were never fortunate enough to know her, but others in the class who did have said she was a very lovely girl with a beautiful singing voice. To Herb and his 5-year-old son John the Class extends its deepest sympathy.
Secretary, 203 College St., Burlington, Vt.
Treasurer, W. B. Fonda Cos., St. Albans, Vt.
