1932
My efforts in the past to contact members of our class have been confined largely to sending out bills for dues or solicitations for support to the Alumni Fund. In this new capacity as secretary, I am going to hold up a mirror before you and other members of the class, individually or in groups, so as to reflect those activities which will be of interest to all readers of this column. In order that this system may work and the class notes be of maximum interest to you and your combination social secretary and chief of staff at home, please arouse your talents as a reporter and pass along to me the account of your most recent experiences, endeavors and accomplishments.
Having been one of the committee which I hold responsible for my ending up with this job, Jay Whitehair vindicated himself by sending me a letter recently. This was in the form of certain verbal candid camera shots of his and Janet's weekend at reunion, entitled:
MEMORY FLASHES I'LL ALWAYS CARRY OF A WONDERFUL REUNION
"Hank Barber doing a sensational rhumba while he inquired of friends how he could have been so homely when he was in college and so handsome now (truly 230 lbs. of an animated Gene Kelly).... Dave Castlernan seriously loading me up with a fascinating story about how he and his wife have gone native in Hawaii, and had a little plantation where they raised poi. Sounded wonderful until I found out later that the big liar is a successful lawyer in Honolulu.... The warm pride in Charlie Doerr's voice when he told me, just before I left, that a total of some 20 fellows had already come up to him voluntarily and had gone on the line for a total of over $ll,OOO for the 25th memorial gift Ace Phinney, 'The Nebraska Wild Cat,' shining in tie and business suit at the barbecue, and not looking a year older than when he was in college Butch Modarelli's speech being abruptly cut off when a bull attacked the assembled class (no foolin'). I never saw such a rapid movement of people in my life and I never saw Modarelli so successfully interrupted before.. .. Al and Fran Boncutter's two charming daughters. ... Whip Walser leading a 100% participation chorus of 'Alouette' with Ed Eichler's sweet wife as Exhibit A... . The happy smiles on Ray and DottieBartlett's faces when they brought back the silver cup from the general meeting, which was won by our class for the highest attendance of any class at reunion.... The wonderful fun that the two score kids were having in the swimming hole at Keenes. .. . Joe Roberts beating the piano till four A.M. to accompany the harmony (honestly, it was organ music!) and till his fingers got so stiff he couldn't shake hands Johnny Sheldon buying sandwiches for everybody who was still up at 4:30 A.M. (after he had been elected president, too!).
"Sonny Foley swearing he only weighs three pounds four ounces more than he did when he was carrying the ball at Hanover.. . . MarvChandler trying to get somebody to spend a few serious minutes on class business (he now charges $5.00 to stand next to anybody in a photograph to make them look like they have more hair). . . . Al Zinggler proudly announcing he knew the way to Keenes like a book and then misleading three cars full of people into Handy A uten's back yard.... The improbably beautiful weather for the entire time Taking off a few minutes in the middle of the night to listen to some tremendously interesting words of Tommy Curtis about the maelstrom The number of times I wished that Deke Mack and Bully Morton and a bunch of other guys could be there enjoying it all Trying to get enough 'iced tea' into John Amos to listen to our siren song so he would take this tough job of class secretary.
.. . Staying up until 5:30 A.M. for the first time in ten years, and loving every minute of it.... The lovely ride home while Mom and I reflected on the hundred other memories of a wonderful weekend with a wonderful group of people.. .."
One of our classmates for the first two years at Hanover was Robert B. Rowley. He came to Dartmouth from Ashtabula, 0., by way of Mercersburg Academy. After two years at Dartmouth, he took a business course at Cleveland (O.) College. His first job was that of reporting for the United Press in Chicago and Milwaukee. He and his brother Donald C. were co-publishers of four Ohio newspapers, published in Geneva, Conneaut, Ashtabula and Painesville. It was sorrowful news to hear of his unexpected death, which occurred on June 9, 1952, from a heart attack.
After reunion our class prexy John Sheldon had occasion to make a business trip to California. During his visit to southern California, he contacted Jack Eliot and Marque Richard, two of our colleagues not heard from or about through this channel for a number of years. John reports that Jack Eliot looks very much as he did in college, except for baldness and an additional 40 pounds. John continues his comments:
"He lives in a very attractive house in Pasadena with his wife Peg and two children. His son was attending camp at the time of my visit, but his daughter was at home and is a very attractive young lady of high school age. Jack is the district representative for the Remington Arms Company. That seemed like a peculiar position to me, so on questioning him further about it, he handed me a copy of the magazine Sports Afield, which read as follows: 'We regret that Jack Eliot, Pasadena, Calif., was omitted from our Professional Skeet Team, released last month. Eliot, you know, is the professional all-gauge skeet champion and one of the world's greatest shots. He is a member of the first team, of course.' Further questioning revealed that Jack has been on the All-American Professional Skeet Team for the last three years, has won several National Championships, and has silverware all over the house which he has brought home as prizes. One of the most attractive silver dishes had engraved upon it, '1948 National Small Gauge Championship, 28 gauge shot gun.' "
Congratulations are in order for our retiring class president Marv Chandler. Early this summer he was elected president of the New York Society of Security Analysts. Marv, as you know, is a partner in Reis & Chandler, Inc., dealing in investment securities.
Bill Lieson, of Springfield, Mass., is eserving of a bow and pat on the back in two respects, first, his election as president of the Chamber of Commerce of Springfield, and, second, upon the arrival of an addition to his family this spring. His wife Dorothy's entitlement to an assist probably covers the former as well as the latter distinction.
Late this spring, Bill Peck was appointed general manager of the American Optical Company's Instrument Division in Cheektowaga, N. Y. Bill has been with the American Optical for 18 years and has been serving as manufacturing manager of the Cheektowaga plant for a number of years. Bill is a member of the Optical Society of America, the American Society for Metals and the American Ordnance Association.
Joe Byram resigned his position as trust officer of The Mechanics National Bank of Worcester to become a senior account manager with Lionel D. Edie & Company of New York City, industrial economic consultants and investment managers.
Ernie Lanoue, who has been serving as a state labor mediator in New York, was recently appointed district director for the Albany region of the New York State Mediation Board. Ernie lives in Albany and has had a long and distinguished career in state service as an industrial labor relations investigator and labor mediator, going back as far as 1933. His initial job after finishing Dartmouth was as an electrical engineer with the General Electric Cos.
Warner S. Hammond was recently promoted to associate professor of anatomy at the State University College of Medicine at Syracuse, N. Y.
Al Gerould, of Rochdale, Mass., Major in the Army and librarian at Clark University, has been designated as one of a six-man G-2 research team at Clark University.
Don't forget to step into the class spotlight or before the 193 a mirror by letting us hear from you.
LIFE INSURANCE HONOR: Charles S. McAllister '31 was recently elected president of the Life Underwriters Association of New York, the largest in the country. He is also president of the N. Y. State Association for Crippled Children.
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