1927
There seem to have been a few things happening since I finished off the last edition of these notes last May, so we'll try to get caught up on the doings of the members of the Class of 1937, both individually, and collectively.
Those of you who read this magazine carefully know that the Class was honored by the election of your secretary to the Alumni Council, as representative of the Dartmouth Secretaries Association. I attended the Council meeting in June, at the Summit House on Mount Washington, along with Howie Mullin, and upon our return to Hanover we made a careful survey of all the reunions which were in progress, getting ideas for our own three years hence. Needless to say, our powers of observation were at their peak, increasingly as the evening wore on, and the notes that we made will contribute greatly to the success of our reunion in 1957.
After having served conscientiously and effectively as Class Agent for the past three years, Cookie asked to be relieved, and will be succeeded by Howie Mullin. Cookie deserves, and I know that he has, the gratitude of the entire Class for the job that he has done. Howie should have the sincere thanks of each one of us for his willingness to under-take this very difficult and important task, and I am sure that we will all express this thanks in the only tangible way possible, by giving him our complete cooperation.
George Friede writes from Portland, Oregon, that he, Sam Martin, Dud Sercombe and Paul Woelfel are manning the 1927 outpost in that far west bastion, Sam being the president of the Dartmouth Association of Oregon. George is still a bachelor, one of the few remaining in the Class, and is practicing law, with his own firm. By way of extra-curricular activities, he is Commissioner of the Public Housing Authority of Portland, vice president of the Temple Beth Israel, until a year ago was trustee of the local World Affairs Council, and in 1948 was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. George says that on a trip east last winter he saw Joe Creamer and Hank Bayles, both of whom looked about the same, except for their hair, Hank's having disappeared, almost, and Joe's having taken on a platinum hue.
Bunny Barde writes from Yokosuka, Japan, where he is stationed with the Navy. Bunny has been pretty well all over the world in the past several years, and if one of his visits back to the States ever coincides with one of our reunions, he will have plenty of interesting stories to tell.
Colonel Nick Voorhis arrived back in the United States on July 11, and at last reports was staying with his mother at 23 River Edge Rd., River Edge, N. J., with his wife and twin daughters, Martha and Virginia. Nick has been Director of Legal Affairs, A.M.G., TRUST, in Trieste since 1949. He went into the Army in 1942 as a Captain, and after attending various schools in the United States, went to Europe as Judge Advocate of the 86th Division in 1945. At the end of the war, he went to the Philippines, still with the 86th Div., and returned to the States in 1946. During the time between then and his departure for Trieste, Nick served in the Judge Advocate General's office in Washington, followed by a special assignment as liaison between the Army and the Department of Justice. His next assignment will be at the War College in Washington, D. C.
Van Ingham has been appointed executive secretary of the College of Agriculture at Rutgers University, and of the New Jersey Agriculture Experimental Station. Van has been assistant dean and director since 1939.
Fred Auer, planning engineer for the New Hampshire State Department of Public Works and Highways, recently won the $1500 first prize for New Hampshire in the General Motors Corp. Better Highways essay contest. Fred's award was presented at a luncheon in Manchester on June 22.
Don Megathlin, director of Market Research of Kendall Mills for the past ten years, has recently been elected vice president of the American Marketing Association. Don has lived in Walpole, Mass., since 1943, and during that time has been active in civic affairs, having been chairman of the Disaster Committee of the local Red Cross, member of the Boy Scout Council, and a member of the PTA Program Committee. His son, Donald Jr., is at Vermont Academy.
Red Cleaveland was chairman of the afternoon session at the fall clinic of the smaller stores division of the National Retail Dry Goods Association, held at the Hotel New Yorker on Sept. 15. The subject of the clinic was "How to Improve Profits" and the theme of the afternoon session was "Dynamic Promotions for Volume."
Henry Vietor, Division Real Estate Manager for Shell Oil Cos. in Boston, was recently awarded a 25-year service pin. Hank is one of three men in the division with this length of service.
Josh Davis had a surprise visit from HarryWallace, accompanied by his wife and three children, during the summer. Harry was on his way to Hanover to prepare the ground for his son, who will be ready for college a year from now.
While on the subject of sons of 1927, RogBury's son Curt was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, having received five "A's" during the first semester of his senior year. Charlie Bartlett's son Sam entered Dartmouth in September.
Cal Voorhis has been named southern representative of the newly created educational department of World Publishing Cos. His primary object will be the introduction of Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, college edition, in schools and colleges of the south and southwest.
New addresses: Burton L. Snow, 4010 W. Shore Blvd., Tampa, Fla.; Elmer W. Zimmerman, 143 Highland Parkway, Kenmore 23, N. Y.; Frmicis B. Cloran, Box 265, Bass River, Mass.; Victor J. Duplin, Jr., business, 161 East 2nd St., New York, N. Y., residence, 300 Worth Ave., Fanwood, N. J.; Newman M. Horton, 1678 Berkeley Ave., Petersburg, Va.; Philip Fowler, Room 518, 201 Devonshire St., Boston 10, Mass.: Bradford W. Stone, General Motors Interamerica Corp., Sucursal Caracas, Apartado 666, Caracas, Venezuela; Gerald S. Brickett, 102 Delaware St., New Castle, Del.; Ernest E. Field, A.A.F. - R.O.T.C. Det. No. 175, Honolulu 14, Hawaii; Thomas A. Hession, 47 East 88th St., New York 28, N. Y.
There are two Class gatherings planned for this fall. The boys in Boston are arranging a picnic before the Harvard game. Details will be sent to all members of the Class in the Boston area, and any of you who plan on attending this game from outside the area can get all the information by writing to BobWilliamson, 51 Melcher St., Boston 10, Mass., or by telephoning him at Hancock 6-5050. This should be' a great get-together, and all members of the Class who can possibly do so should plan to attend. I understand that wives and families will be very welcome. The New York gathering has been tentatively set for the Thursday night before the Yale game, and will be held at the Dartmouth Club, for dinner, and will be stag. Further details on this affair will be forthcoming to all members of the Class in the New York area, and any of you from outside the area who plan to be in New York at that time can get the details from Sam Wormser, c/o Neuberger and Berman, 160 Broadway, New York. Having attended a couple of these New York dinners, I can recommend them highly.
Summer visitors at the Hanover Inn included Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. Kern Folkers (twice), Mr. and Mrs. R. L.Long, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Horton, H. H. MacDongal, Vic Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.Bartlett, H. J. Mullin, and yours truly.
See you next month.
Secretary, Pine Hill Farm, West River Rd., Perrysburg, Ohio Treasurer, Box 1927, Pittsburgh 30, Pa. Bequest Chairman,
