1929

Herbert Morton Ball, Esquire, is surely numbered among that faithful company whose deeds confirm the promise of Matthew VII, 6, as he has again given ample evidence by the following current despatch:

"Harold M. Sherman, known on the Hanover campus as 'Mike,' now occupies the august position of Vice President of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, in charge of the midwestern division. Mike recently received this well-merited promotion, which means that the banking members of the class may look for Mike in Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. Between spending some time at his home in Larchmont and traveling his midwestern division, Mike has only one great interest in life, the raising of prize-winning gladioli. In fact, the February issue of Flower Grower has his extremely interesting article on gladioli. Besides achieving a national reputation and winning numerous prizes at flower shows all over the country, Mike is recognized as 'the authority' when it comes to gladioli. If any 1929 wives are sneaking a look at this column, let me assure them that Mike would be glad to answer any inquiries about how to grow successfully those beautiful gladioli which brighten up any home. An interesting sidelight on Mike is that his son and only child George William is now preparing for Dartmouth at the Choate School, and his roommate is the son and only child of your correspondent's commanding officer in the Naval Reserve. ' 'Tis a small world.'

"The Annual New York Dartmouth Dinner on January 26 brought out a record crowd of 650 people. It was a damp, nasty, rainy night, which prevented Class Secretary Andres from flying down to join the group of 23 1929ers who were present. An innovation this year was a series of handwritten postcards sent to the class by Harry Enders and your correspondent, inviting the members of the class to drop into the Dartmouth Club for a gettogether prior to the dinner. This entailed a lot of effort and was somewhat disappointing in that only 23 out of a possible 175 1929ers in the New York area responded. Twenty men were seated at two tables, and Jim Loveland came in late, Russ Goudey and Tal Babcock were at the Dartmouth Club for a drink but had other engagements and could not attend the dinner. A newcomer to the Club was Dr.Nick Vincent, the New Jersey neurosurgeon and psychiatrist. Bob Monahan, down from Hanover, was a welcome sight to many of us who had not seen him since his return to become a member of the Hanover family. DickBarrett, reunion Chairman, at the urging of your correspondent, spread the gospel about reunion plans, and was amazed to find that practically all indicated that they would be present and would bring their wives.

"Bing Carter, the big Howard Johnson man from Fairfield, Conn., came in for the event and was celebrating the opening of another one of his chain of well-known restaurants. Cliff Purse sported a beautiful Hobe Sound, Fla. tan, and Jack Blair modestly told of his new patent law firm, Blair and Black. EdWalsh, complete with a few new stories, told the group of his experiences in advising the Navy Department in connection with their packaging problems, and Phil Mayher, reunion sparkplug, was reluctant to join the ex- Glee Club volunteers who entertained with Dartmouth songs.

"Although greeted with a groan when it was announced, the hit of the evening (other than the speech of President John Dickey) was the operatic selections of I. Guido '41. It was surprising to see so-called hard-boiled Dartmouth men standing on chairs to cheer operatic arias, albeit a pleasing surprise.

"Major Larry Lougee called your correspondent in December and urged that the New York 1929ers attend Charlie Gaynor's new show 'Lend an Ear' as a group, but once the show hit New York, it was such a hit that it was impossible to secure a large block of tickets. Perhaps Charlie will make up for it next June by directing the Reunion wives in a special Reunion sketch featuring the Gaynor of old at the piano!

"During the past few months, your correspondent has been spending a bit of time in Boston, visiting a newly married sister, and has had occasion to run into several classmates and to spend a delightful afternoon with BillAndres. By letter Hal Hirsch reports that his White Stag line of ski clothes is still sweeping the country, and with California having a lot of snow, a new market has been opened for ski clothes, principally for street wear. SqueekRedding is organizing the Alumni Fund Group and promises to carry on the good work of Duke Barto.

"The following were present at the New York Dartmouth Dinner to hear John Dickey's grand speech:

"Dr. Nick Vincent, Bob Monahan, Jerry Swope, Jack Ackley, Ed Walsh, Harry Enders, Lyt Johnston, Bob Sparks, Dick Robin, George Piret, Rollie Nivison, Bob Collins, Al Fisher, Bing Carter, Cliff Purse, Phil Mayher, Dick Barrett, Jack Blair, Ed Spetnagel and Herb Ball."

And from Dick Barrett we have this report of progress on the Reunion:

"The Reunion Committee has begun to get things under way, and everything is shaping up very favorably. From our talks with quite a few of the members of the class it is apparent that there is definite enthusiasm for the Twentieth Reunion. I attended the Annual Dinner in New York last week at which there was a large representation of the class, and it seemed that without exception everyone was planning to get back to Hanover. I don't know whether it is the Truman Administration, the atom bomb or life begins at forty, but in any case I think that we can look forward to our biggest attendance and lots of enthusiasm. There appears to be pretty general interest in having the wives with us, and I think that the Executive Committee's policy of encouraging the attendance of the wives is going to be received warmly. Phil Mayher and I have some definite ideas along these lines to make the reunion pleasant and enjoyable in every way for the wives, and more about this later. We would like to receive any and all suggestions from the members of the Class, the more the better, for reunion plans and activities, and we hope that everyone that has an idea as to what might be done will send it along to us.

"The time is June 17-19, and we urge everyone to make plans now to reserve these dates so that we'll miss no one because of any conflict in schedules."

Dan Marx is shaking the snow of Hanover off his boots preparatory to sailing for France on a highly exciting appointment as deputy to Ambassador Harriman in the E.C.A. Headquarters in Paris. Following a short briefing in Washington, Dan will embark with his family for an assignment of at least a year's duration.

Herb Bissell, advertising manager of the Electric Auto-Lite Company, has been named to the board of directors of Broadcast Measurement Bureau. After graduating from Dartmouth and Tuck School, Herb spent ten years with N. W. Ayers & Son, chiefly on the Ford account. In 1941 he crossed to the advertiser's side of the desk, joining the Electric Auto- Lite Co. as advertising manager of the spark plug division. Now general advertising manager, he is in charge of promotion and publicity for all the company's products. Herb is also past president of the Toledo Advertising Club, a director of the Toledo Community Advertising Fund, and a member of A.N.A.

BANKER: Harold M. Sherman Jr. '29 of Larchmont, N. Y., who has been promoted to Vice President of the Guaranty Trust Company, New York.

REMEMBER? All set for 1929's Senior Picnic are Herb Ball (left) and Ellie Cavanagh, the former encumbered with a keg of hard cider and the latter sporting a Brooks Brothers Commons jacket.

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