1937
The first news that the mailman brought to brighten our year 1951 is to the effect that everything is going to be hunkydory in Stamford, Conn., for Bill Timbers who has been made a member of the firm of Cummings & Lockwood, lawyers. Also a note from Ros Philbrick which seems to solve the mystery of his itinerant whereabouts. He is in the business of auto supplies as the exclusive distributor for Mississippi, Florida and Alabama, of Holt's products and Microl, a new superlubricant containing colloidal graphite. His address is 2414 DeSoto Blvd., Coral Gables, Fla., and he spends almost all of his time there, only returning north summers.
We have received over the past couple of months several of the questionnaires that were sent out with the last Mint Bag and forthwith will charge into said contents. WilderPierce Jr. was transferred last June by General Electric from York, Pa., to Bloomfield, N. J., to be in charge of Personnel and also Union Relatisns. Has bought a house in Verona, N. J., and had hoped to move in around December 1. Says he hopes to find some '37's in that neck of the woods. Dr. BillBennett, now happily bedded down in Denver, Colo., bought a house there and is working in association with another doctor. DonMcKinlay and Jack Gray only classmates in evidence, the latter having switched to the insurance business within the past few months. Bill says it's a very friendly town and that McKinlay fits right into that local atmosphere even to getting jobs for any and all Dartmouth men who come there within two weeks (pertaining, of course, to Dartmouth work).
Boz Bosworth continues to report that no '37s ever move to Milwaukee, which leaves that field completely to himself. He did spend a lovely week end this past summer with Bill& Winnie Ashe in Weston, Conn., and got thoroughly caught up on several years' worth of conversation, also ran into Bill Cash last spring at a dance in Minneapolis. Boz is starting his 14th year with Will Ross, Inc., hospital supplies, and has had the happy good fortune of being made VP in charge of merchandising.
Don Frank says he gave up his law practice in '47 and has been clerking in a book store since that time, takes an occasional trip to NY (from California) and tells that GeorgeLoff lives in Santa Monica and works for one of the utilities there. Rip Ripsom sired a new son last August named Peter. He is still with American Houses, Inc., and living on Long Island. Says he really preferred the he had before the war when he was building on his own as he could take skiing week ends from Thursday to Tuesday, but then one has one day off a week to wax the boards, you know.
Carl Gram has a new daughter, September 20, named Mary, and born just 20 months to the day after their first. He had lunch with Parker Butler and wife recently as they were in town for a binge of some sort. Also sees Warren Hund at the Dartmouth Club in NY quite frequently as they both work just around the corner from same. Grant Crane is a member of the Marine Corps Reserve and spent a couple of weeks on active duty in December by way of attending school for Economics Mobilization Course given by the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Doesn't know how much longer he will be able to stay out of it, but at least he would be a civilian again after the course.
Dave Kenerson is the Administrator for the West Jersey Hospital in Camden, and has been since 1946. He has been studying on a part time basis since '47 at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School for his Ph.D. and has to major in Ecce even tho' his interests are in Business Organization and personnel. Hopes to finish this up this year. Dave has an unreported daughter Martha Lynne born in April '49. Ted Rideout from Wilmington, Del., took a trip this past summer in their new Ford beachwagon to Quebec. He also claims to have socked Ruggles a good one by paying his class dues this year. It would be nice to know just what actually prompted that bit of philanthropy as there are about 106 more gents in this class that Rug needs to have 4 bucks from to bring our class treasury from a minus minus quantity up to the point tactfully known in business circles as the "breakeven" point. Banking circles treat it less tactfully, they merely say the class is in the red and threaten foreclosure—which means they will send a goon to your house to pick up all the back issues of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE because you have not paid for them if you have not paid your dues! It's true, it is, so help me Nat Woodward!
Will Brown finished up his fourth summer in charge o£ the Rhododendron State Park in Fitzwilliam, N. H., and spent a fine week end in September, just before returning to Ann Arbor, at Newfound Lake with BillRotch and Pete McClane. He's on leave this fall from his Forestry teaching job at the University of Michigan trying to whip his Doctoral dissertation into shape. Incidentally, Will returned to Ann Arbor just before the familiar Michigan-Dartmouth game and had to latch onto a couple of pasteboards so fast that he wound up on the Michigan side. During the half he maneuvered successfully into the proper seats on the proper side of the stands.
Just to show you what good intentions with a heartwarming follow-thru will do we find a questionnaire from Russ Stearns in which he says—and we quote, "Thought this got mailed a month ago but just found it in a pile of Margie's 3rd grade spelling papers!" (Thanks, Margie, Ed.) This is just a gentle hint that any of the rest of you who happen to find an unfilled-out one o£ them Q's in your galoshes or glove compartment please don't feel that there is ever a time when they won't be welcomed here. Incidentally, Russ reports from the Hanover scene that HarrySchultz had a baby girl, Lou Valier was in the Bermuda Race like he wanted to be, and that he (Russ) caught a brace of salmon this past summer.
George Gibson packs a newsy pen-wallop. Says he talks to Shel Wagner and Carl Noyes quite often as he buys all his butter and eggs, etc., from their concern, Shel is a VP and Director and Carl is credit manager of the NJ branch who no doubt feel that George and his "William Pitt," choice eatery, are rated AAA in Dun & Bradstreet. George also reports that Edgar Davis was promoted—from Manager of Foreign Editions of Newsweek to Assistant to the Publisher last winter. Gib got tangled with local politics to the extent of now being police commissioner and a member of the Roads and Sewer committee of Chatham, N. J. Chief gripe is he has no time for golf.
Briggs Austin, whose unchanged visage appears elsewhere in this issue, announces child No. 4, Dennis, and his visage appears too. Sees Eric Rafter occasionally out there in California and says Eric has left Shell Oil Cos. to open a law office of his own in Hermosa Beach.
Please don't fail to keep us posted on this service deal, all you (us) Reserves, so that the address changes can be made.
CHRISTMAS for the 1937 Briggs Austins was a lively occasion for four good reasons. In this holiday pose are (I to r): Alice Austin with Dennis (born June 27), Brian, Michael, Briggs and Ellen.
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