1930
On January 7 Carl Haffenreffer was the recipient of a citation at a large dinner in Boston as one who had played a leading part in the four annual" "Jimmy Fund" drives, during which a total of about 1½% million dollars was contributed to the Jimmy Fund campaigns in New England. The dinner was the occasion at which the Jimmy Fund Building, constituting the new home of the Children's Cancer Research Foundation, became a part of the world-famous Children's Medical Center in Boston, it was gratifying to those of us who know him that Carl should receive some publie recognition for at least one of the many pro bono publico endeavors in which he is continuously engaged. Later in the month your Secretary received a note from Carl, written in almost Spencerian handwriting considering that it was being done aboard train, which could not be paraphrased:
"Your tissues forwarded to me in N.O.—where ole Chloe went that away and is still lost. Carol and I've been beating our feet on the Miss, mudjoined in the act by Pat (Old Wireless) Weaver and wife 'Liz' who came to tell us brewers all about T.V. By the way, Gussie Busch (Budweiservou know) introduced Pat to 500 amused convention attendants as being in the Class of 1903 of Dartmouth. Weaver made an appropriate commentary about that!!"
Carl and Carol were returning from an expedition to the Yucatan Peninsula and the Mayan Excavations.
Speaking of Pat Weaver, or "Old Wireless" as Carl has developed it, your Secretary's attention was belatedly called to a feature article in the New York Herald Tribune of November 26 under the heading of "Business and Finance Leaders" in which the entire column was devoted to Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. After referring to Pat's meteoric career in the radio- advertising business, the article in further commentary on Pat stated:
"...has a long range and high-minded concept of television's social significance . . . feels that television offers a broader range than either motion pictures or radio and also that it has the same range: from lousy to very good .. . derides concept of TV as an 'intimate' medium. 'Great shows are not intimate, they are great shows,' he says . . .sees TV as basically a communications medium which can contribute to persons' awareness of the world around them . . . even the big variety shows can contribute to this, he says, by introducing messages of social import. . . says the people at NBC know they are in the business of influencing opinion and 'they'd better be aware of their stewardship' ... he neither smokes nor drinks, and advances this novel thought: 'Drinking is for people who aren't busy.'"
While in the "wireless" field the good news was received early in January of the appointment of Dud Faust as Eastern sales manager for the CBS Networ.Dud has been with CBS since 1941, was an account executive with its radio network Sales Department in New York since September, 1950, and previously was assistant manager of Western Network Sales.
Ranny Hobbs, who holds forth in the top executive echelon of the Rinehart publishing firm and is chairman of.the Board of Education in Darien, Conn., heads a group of four Dartmouth men on the Board (the others are Edward A. Raisbeck Jr. '26, E. A. Hammes- fahr '28 and William T. Okie '33) and what is notable is that this Big Green foursome represents a majority of the seven male members presently on the Board—in a community loaded with Yalies, Harvardians and Princetonians.
We have finally caught up with a bit of news on Bill Rich. As one of the editors of Time Magazine, Bill now admits that his work kept him so much to the grindstone that it was almost monastic in effect. After due reflection on his situation, Bill decided that he had had enough and on January. 1, 1951, severed his connection with Time and began to enjoy a normal weekend of Saturdays and Sundays at home. At the present Bill is living and working at his home in St. James, on the North Shore of Long Island, writing, ghosting and advising several corporations as to their public relations and, not incidentally, enjoying life and his family in much larger measure. Bill's family consists of a boy, Williston C. Rich III, who is and a daughter, Alexandra, who is two years younger. ... CharlieRauch, during one of his hurried business trips to Boston, reported among other things that in New York he had seen both Joe Hancort and Hank Ekstrom in their new Air Force blue uniforms and that the three of them had had lunch together. Hank and Joe, it appears, were in attendance at a two-week procurement course at the Air Force Material District Head- quarters in New York, but both of them were stationed in Boston. It wasn't over two weeks later that your Secretary literally "ran into" Joe at lunch in one of the more handy downtown Boston "eateries." ... Speaking of the Air Force, word comes from Jack Hodges that he also is back with the USAF in Washington, D. C., as a Lt. Colonel and his new address is Apartment 302, 1344 Savannah Street, S.E., Washington, D. C Walt Rosenbury appears with a new mailing address of Hurd Lumber Co., 403 Hyde Building, Spokane, Wash. It would be mighty good to hear from and about Walt after these many months.
Can you believe it? Yes,—it's true. Those of us in the Class of 1930 are now in the category of "grandfathers." Claim to fame as the first grandfather of 1930 is asserted by Randy Fawcett, who, after several years with the Monarch Rubber Company, took up the practice of law in 1937 and is now in the firm of Blake, Blake, Conrad & Fawcett of Canton, O. Randy wrote:
"I have two children, Dick and a daughter Carol, who is now married and living in Tucson, Ariz. Her husband Travis Edmonson is a student at the U. of Arizona. They have a daughter Ellen, born July 9, 1951. This might qualify me as the first grandfather in our class. I would be interested to know."
Anyone who disputes Randy's claim to being the first grandfather in the Class is requested to send evidence of said claim to your Secretary at the above address.
Bob Bruce, of archery hobby and fame, was transferred on November 1 by General Electric from Syracuse to Detroit where he is District Manager (Michigan and Indiana District) for G. E.'s Receiver Department. Bob has located his family in the suburb of Birmingham (1360 Pierce Street) and says that the Bruce family very much enjoys the new location but that he has been so busy with his new territory and home that he hasn't as yet contacted the local alumni group... . Dr. Don Shaskan of San Francisco reported that he had attended the Fourth International Congress on Mental Health in Mexico City The first word for some time from Ray Bernhardt confirms that he continues to work for Rugby Knitting Mills in Buffalo and is more than kept busy with his two sons, Ray Jr., age 7, and Dickie, age 3½- Roger Clark, who last year produced Gramercy Ghost on Broadway, starring Sarah Churchill, went into rehearsal during January with a new production called Collector's Item which deals with the antique business, a comedy starring Allyn Joslyn. Reports were that the show would be opening on Broadway between the first and middle of February and Roger was looking forward to seeing some of his old friends there.
Class Agent Ed Schuster has been devoting hours and even days of time to his job as Class Agent on the Alumni Fund for 1930. During January Ed also attended a Class Agents' Meeting in Hanover. Ed, and all of his assistant class agents, will be giving not only their dollars but also their time to the Class and the College. I am sure you can show your appreciation for their efforts by sending your Alumni Fund gift at the first call and by making it as large as you feel is possible.
Secretary, Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum 1 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Treasurer, 56 Jennys Lane, Barrington, R. I. Memorial Fund Chairman 42 Wall St., New York 5, N. Y.
