1935
Need for November news notes now nocking on my neglectful noggin.
How Hanover hates to have to harrass its haphazard heralds of hwo, hwat, hwen, hwere and hwy.
Therefore, time to take this tout to task and try to keep the timely topics of thirty-five.
A recent Harvard Business School Bulletin carries a brief biography on the activities of one Stephen P. Dorsey, currently Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs for the Office of Near Eastern Affairs of the State Department, which we will henceforth identify as OCEAONEASD:
"Dorsey has had a wide variety of experience in government work. Beginning with the War Production Board during the war, he later joined the State Department, where he has been concerned with economic problems ever since.
"The first of his assignments was in the reconstruction of Italy at the end of the war. He then went to Latin America with a technical assistance program which was one of the principal predecessors of point IV. He later served as special assistant to the late Dr. Bennett who headed the point IV program, where his special interest was working with private business and encouraging its participation.
"More recently Steve has been devoting his attention to developing and coordinating economic policy and programs that are involved with the Arab states and Israel. In preparing for this, he spent some time last year at the American University of Beirut studying the Near East and its culture.
"Steve is married and the father of two children. Prominent among his wide range of interests is architecture, and he is the author of two books on early Washington and Virginia houses."
Social notes from all over: A quote from the Newark (N. J.) News: "In case anyone's wondering whose new 30-foot cabin cruiser, The Nugget, is moored off the Shrewsbury Yacht Club in Fair Haven the proud owners are Bill and Dot Russell. The boat, white with gray decks and mahogany trim, was named after the Dartmouth Theater. Dot explains it is their nugget, too. (Ed: Probably took quite a few nuggets to buy it, as well.) The boat's hull was laid in Nova Scotia and finished in Newburyport, Mass. Bill went up earlier in the month (July) and sailed her home. Their u-year-old son Bill Jr. handles the boat very well and often brings her into the mooring. There's also a play pen on deck for 19-month-old Carol who goes cruising with the family regularly."
Notes from one of our more loyal informants, Mac McCarty, whose Bermuda vacation picture appears on these pages, and who recently moved his ;Flamingo Frozen Foods office up to 715 Fifth Ave.: "Ted Harbaugh was in town in July attending the Glass of China Show at the New Yorker Hotel. Ted, with headquarters in Toledo, is heading up sales and merchandising functions of the Libbey Glass Co. He was busily showing off the new winter line. Saw him at the show and we had a couple of drinks at the Dartmouth Club afterward.
Mac also reports that Bea and Bob Sellmer are taking off on a six-week vacation trip around the country. Major Robert, who is heading up Air Force Public Relations in the Pentagon, has accumulated quite a bit of unused leave and is now planning to unload himself a real vacation. They plan to travel by car and are prepared with camping equipment to spend a good part of their time out- of-doors. As far as I know they have no firm itinerary. Bob also asked for an extra copy of the class directory so don't be surprised if he pays you a call wherever you may live.
Had a very pleasant surprise visit with Bud Childs recently. Last September the American College of Surgeons had a week-long convention in New York at the Waldorf. Bud not only came in from Buffalo for the meeting but also was awarded his fellowship in the association. To receive this honor he once again had to don the familiar cap and gown. But Bud figures this is the last time he'll wear it. From now on no more studying and all business. Bud also brought Gladys and the two kids, Ginny, to, and Bob, 5, to see the sights o£ New York, and he managed to join them quite a bit of the time. Besides a trip up the Empire State Building and a shopping tour along Fifth Ave. (where they found prices lower than in Buffalo), they appeared on the radio program Break theBank and won 50 dollars. I understand they didn't hit the jack-pot because, while the kids answered their questions, Bud mulfed his. (They still awarded him the fellowship, however.) They, were also guests of Bob Smith (an old Buffalo boy) on Howdy-Doody. While the kids sat in the front row, Bud and Gladys sat in the control room and observed a TV production first hand.
To celebrate Bud's first vacation in a year and a half we lunched at Toots Schorr's. Had a fine meal and a good visit.
Eddie Offutt also passed through New York recently on his fall tour for the Public Health Department and we managed to snag him for dinner in the country. Ed was quite pleased with our finish in the Alumni Fund race but pointed out that if those who sent in their contributions late had gotten them in on time we would have won the Green Derby instead of being a close second. He's already getting his own plans for next year underway. Our class agent is a most sincere and conscientious guy and let's not forget our part when the drive opens up next spring.
Dick Eberhart, who's in the business himself, sends me a clipping from the Insurance section of the Journal of Commerce dated September 19. "George N. Stainsby has resigned as New England manager of the Fireman's Fund Indemnity Co. to join the Wendell Berman Insurance Agency as sales manager at its Boston headquarters. Before going with Fireman's Fund in 1950, Nevvk had been New England manager of the Great American Indemnity Co."
While browsing among some books at Scribner's the other day, I looked up to find DickStern, our New York promotion and publicity man, browsing on the other side of the table. Dick had just returned with his family from a month's vacation in Europe. They made their headquarters in Paris but managed to cover quite a bit of the continent during their stay. While this was essentially a vacation, Dick explained that he did make a few contacts and if one deal comes through it will pay for the trip.
Hanover visitors this past summer also included the Bill Feingolds o£ Scarsdale, N. Y., and Dr. and Mrs. Jules Bromberg from Maple- wood, N. J.
Well, gentlemen, that covers it for another month. Hope to run into some o£ you at football games before the next issue.
BRONZE STAR AWARD: In recognition of outstanding accomplishment, Comdr. Rowland S. Wilson '34 was decorated with the Bronze Star for his part in redeployment of U.N. troops from Inchon, Korea, in December 1950. He is shown being congratulated by Rear Admiral Francis X. Mclnerney on board the "USS Mount McKinley."
BERMUDA VACATION: Nell and Milburn McCarty Jr. '35 of New York City are shown at Penhaven Cottage, Pembroke, Bermuda in August.
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