1936
Notwithstanding the snow on the ground, a look at the calendar confirms our suspicion that maybe the wait for a game of golf isn't going to be too long. In fact, we were just thinking that Pete Fitzherbert is probably right this minute oiling up that Alumni Fund machine of his in preparation for a real go at a new record. Speaking of the Fund, we would like to make just one little observation. A great many of us have acquired the habit of giving just what we did the year before. If we continue to do this for several years it's pretty obvious that any improvement in the total Fund is being left to the guys who let each year stand on its own. We've got to be realistic and recognize that we can no longer contribute to the '52 Fund with '42 dollars.
When Connecticut Mutual looked back over last year's business they found that general agent Paul Guibord in New York City had yanked his agency from 17th to ninth position in the company in paid life insurance, establishing the agency in fourth place among the company's 80 agencies in volume and third in production from men appointed in 1951...
doubtless Paul tells the agency v.p. it isn't much to brag about, but we're inclined to say nice going, Mr. G.. .. Word in from Cleveland College has it that Jim Gidney did a bit of lecturing during February and March in their course "Roads to Peace"; when last heard from Jim was Secretary of United World Federalists in Cleveland.
Colby Junior College has just got itself a first-class instructor in their English Department in the person of Dick Crosby, ex of the American University at Beirut, Lebanon, Holton High School in Danvers, Mass., and Bates College. Dick is back teaching after quite a stint with Uncle Sam which took him to North Africa and Europe during the last war doing OSS intelligence work in deeprange infiltration and the training of agents: he holds the rank of Lt. Col. in the Army Reserve, having received the Bronze Star, Croix de Guerre with palm and six battle stars. After the War Dick joined the State Department as vice-consul in Geneva and in Jerusalem and Haifa; on return to this country he was Geographic Desk Officer on the Middle East with the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington.
Any of you whose arthritis is still mild enough to permit a working knowledge of jive may have read with understanding the recent bit about Columbia Records putting an end to the career of one Dante Bolletino .. . seems that Dante pressed old records on new LP platters and was makin' a fair livin' when he made the fatal mistake of resurrecting a half dozen oldies by Louis Armstrong, practically the same material as an album Jim Conkling, Columbia's prexy, had in the works. To summarize, Dante settled a grand on Satchmo, agreed to blow, while our old friend Jimmy served warnin' that any more the likes of Dante would get dipped to the nostrils in hot wax... . One of the new houses going up in Compton Plain, N. J., belongs to Congoleum Nairn's chem researcher Spence Johnson and while there may be no connection, Spence points with a great deal of pride to Keith Bonner, new on June 4 last year.
Our thanks to Bill Stimson for his interesting note from St. Louis which we quote in part:
"Emily and I now have two—Ricky, about-to-be- 3 and Barbara, 6 months. I have enjoyed the excellent Dartmouth Club of St. Louis and hope to find as nice a one when I get moved to my next station. Since coming here a year and a half ago I have been chief of the Medical service in our small U. S. Public Service Hospital in Kirkwood. Even though I claim to be a complete Yankee I must admit there is something nice about this country, too."
From Bingham ton, N. Y., Al Williams reports 14 years with Fair Play Caramels, Inc., where he is presently Assistant General Manager ...The one-armed paper-hanger has ust given way to Vin Wentworth who has recently bought out his partner in their Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Newton, Mass.; Vin is now president, treasurer, secretary and service manager—has sat down for weeks but, brother, the Ford family can be proud of the service being dished out in Newton ...
Although we reported last month his resignation as president of the 12-inn Treadway chain, we now know Dick Treadway will devote his full time to work as a member of the state executive committee of the Massachusetts Eisenhower-for-President movement Monticello, Ark., forester Zeb White makes a statement we hope our Editor reads using the big hand glass: "Southern life goes on apacedefinite lack of Dartmouth influence except the good old ALUMNI MAGAZINE which we all read cover to cover and make our friends read,too." To which Zeb adds, "New home last year, new boy (William Tyler) the year before." .. . Bill Murray reports having run into Coley Judd a year ago at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As near as Bill can figure it, Coley couldn't have picked a better place for his real estate business since the population has swelled about 60,000 in the last ten years.
Baltimore Bill Klingaman continues up in the Maryland State Department of Education, having been recently appointed Assistant Supervisor of Secondary Education. ... Guess it's definite now that housing and children are related—first Spence Johnson connects the two, then Zeb White pairs the two and finally DaveFox positively states that "our first youngster and new daughter Sally Jean is forcing us to larger quarters." Welcome to the fraternity, Dave, and happy house hunting The recent Boston Alumni Association Annual Dinner fell on a bad night and only seven of the brethren attended. Tom Parker was forced to sit at the head table a la tuxedo by virtue of his presidency of the South Shore Association. The other six of us, Bob Houlihan, Al Doolittle, Dan Schwartz, Frank Weston, TonyMuello and your scribe drew table 40 on the aisle where we chased a slippery half broiler off the plate and under one knee, let the peas fall where they will. We were glad to welcome Dan to Beantown where he-was visiting in his official capacity with the American Cancer Society.
Secretary, 21 Leewood Rd., Wellesley 81, Mass. Treasurer, 80 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Class Agent, The Brick Cottage, Woodholm, Manchester, Mass.
