1930
Others may have difficulty in attracting or holding the attention of our legislators in Washington, but Pete Davis experienced none of those difficulties when he appeared before the Senate Banking Committee during the middle of March as a representative of the Super Market Institute, in connection with hearings on the extension of the Defense Production Act. The Boston Herald of March 15 showed a picture of Pete testifying before the Committee and there was no doubt but that all Committee members were-spellbound by Pete's testimony. Pete alleges that the reception he received was due solely to the fact that he had a 3 lb. Porter House steak in one hand, but the facts are that Pete knew the subject matter of his testimony and presented it in excellent fashion. After listening to the questions from the members of the Committee, Pete concluded that the Senators seemed to know pretty well what the score was, and he included Democrats as well as Republicans within that comment. After listening to the testimony for two days Pete also came to the conclusion that the Senators certainly "earn their keep" and his personal comment was that he would not want to sit there for several weeks and listen to all of the "baloney" that is presented (not referring to another brand of meat). As Pete and an associate were leaving the hearings and crossing the Main Rotunda of the Capital Building, two guards rushed up and one of them asked Pete s companion, "Where is all this beef they are giving away?" Pete concluded that the remark was typical of Washington, "people always having their eyes on the main chance."
Pete Davis also supplied us with the news that Ted Childs, who has been Superintendent of the Brockton Hospital for the last seven or eight years (of which Pete is a Trustee), was leaving on April 1 to become Superintendent of the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City (the latter being recognized as one of the four or five largest hospitals in New York) and this being indicative of the extent to which Ted s capabilities as a hospital administrator have been recognized. Pete speaks in terms of superlatives in describing the job Ted has done at the Brockton Hospital and they are of course disappointed to see Ted leave them but delighted at this greater opportunity for him. Ted was at one time Secretary of the New England Hospital Assembly.
Those Thirtymen in the New York-New Jersey area had one of their better dinner meetings on the night of March 19, with 24 in attendance including Ev Low, Art Behal, Charlie Rauch, Bill Jessup, Carll Buhler, Wally Wasmer, Horace Allyn, Linton Weil, Bud French, Ed Schuster, Charlie McDon- ough, Gene Zagat, Si Chandler, Dick Blun, BiU Reinhart, Ellie Armstrong, Pete Callaway, Ev Blake, Bill O'Brien, Wally Blakey, A 1 Fisk, Horst Orbanowski, Nels Rockefeller and one of our long-lost classmates, Houston Boyles. In the absence of Ring Master AI McGrath,Bud French took the chair for the evening and did a masterful job. The next dinner meeting of this group will be held at the Dartmouth Club on May 22. ...We understand that Art Behal has purchased a new 32-foot sailboat in Maine and plans to sail her to New York as soon as some .signs of spring weather appear along the Eastern shore.... Charlieand Mildred Rauch left the latter part of March for a week's rest at Williamsburg.... Eddie Jeremiah was pictured in the Boston newspapers the latter part of March when he transferred the American Hockey Coaches Association trophy as Coach of the Year to Cheddy Thompson of Colorado College, who was voted the award at the meeting of the Association in Boston. Eddie was the first recipient of the trophy but received further recognition by being elected to the Board of Governors of the Association.
In the vital statistics department, we are glad to report the happy news of the arrival of Patricia Lynn Chilcote during the latter part of February (her excited daddy failing to give us the exact date). Inasmuch as the arrival of this young lady evened up the score in the Chilcote family with two girls and two boys, all of them were extremely happy, as might be expected, about this event. Our records also indicate that Patricia is 1930's youngest. Daddy Lee Chilcote found occasion before Patricia's arrival during early February to make a business trip into upper Michigan and soon found himself at Gaylord, Mich., at the Otsego Ski Club, which is about 300 miles north of Cleveland. The snow and skiing conditions were ideal and Lee's enthusiasm for the place was augmented when he found that Buzz Morley and Johnny Tiedtke are also members of that Club.... While in the Cleve- land area, we heard of the frustrating experi- ence of Dr. Joe Placak. Always an outdoor man, Joe recently took a trip down the Ama- zon during which he used a new Leica cam- era to the extent of some 50 rolls of colored film. We understand that the trip was so rugged that it nearly killed him but he man- aged to survive. However, on arriving back in this country he discovered to his bitter disappointment that his bag containing the camera and film had never been put on the plane and Joe has been unable to find any trace of it. That's really tough luck.
Dr. Win Stone, who holds the chair of Professor of English Literature at George Washington University, was named Acting Chairman of the Graduate Council while Dr. Robert W. Bolwell is on sabbatical leave.... The Youngstown (O.) Chamber of Commerce had as their special guests at a dinner on March 6 the President and four top officials of the Erie Railroad. The affair was somewhat of a homecoming for Vice President Milt Mclnnes, in charge" of operations and maintenance, who served in Youngstown in various jobs during the course of his Erie Railroad career.... A reorganization of the Woburn (Mass.) Housing Board the first of this year resulted in the appointment of Bart McDonough as Chairman. Bart has been a member of the Board for the past year, although his major endeavors are those of Submaster of the Woburn Junior High School. Bart has been a member of the faculty of Woburn High School for the past 16 years and at times was Director of Physical Education and also football, baseball and basketball coach. Bart continues to be a football official in the Metropolitan Boston Football Directors Association.
Each of us in 1930 must find a great sense of personal satisfaction in knowing that DickBowlen was the recipient in Boston at a Class Agents dinner of the Harvey Hood Trophy, symbolic of the best Class Agent in the 25 younger classes. We all know what a teriific amount of work Dick put into his job as Class Agent and we are all delighted for him in this all-Dartmouth recognition of the work he did. Dick very modestly gives all credit to the members of the Class and to his assistant class agents, but, in any event, the award was most highly deserved. Let's all give Ed Schuster, our new Class Agent, the same support given to Dick so that Ed may wear one of the Alumni Fund Green Derbies come the end of June.
Politics seems to be on the minds and tongues of almost everyone these days, and it is clear that those in 1930 are not merely passive participants in the democratic process. In early February Al Marsters, Vice President of American Optical Company, announced his candidacy as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from the Third Congressional Massachusetts District pledging his support to Taft as the Republican candidate
Dr. Heinie Lewin o£ Claremont, N. H., was named Chairman of a Committee o£ New Hampshire doctors in support of Taft's candidacy in the much publicized New Hampshire preferential primary.... Bill Keller announced his candidacy for reelection as a Methuen (Mass.) School Committeeman. Bill has been active in many civic affairs in Methuen, being a member of a High School Building Committee and being the present acting Chairman of the School Committee. ... ShortyReaves indicated his interest in civic affairs by filing nomination papers in Framingham, Mass. for the office of member of the Welfare Board. Undoubtedly, there are many other Thirtymen who could be added to this list of active participants in public affairs of city, state and nation.
Visitors at the Hanover Inn during March included bride and bridegroom Tom Peirce from Philadelphia, and Walt Rosenberry from Spokane.
Don't forget to help Ed Schuster and his assistant class agents on the Alumni Fund with an early gift and as large a one as your conscience will permit.
Secretary, w Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum 1 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Treasurer, 56 Jennys Lane, Barrington, R. I. Class Agent, 905 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn 21, N. Y.
