1928
Your secretary can think of no finer way to start the notes this month than to pay a well deserved tribute to George Pas field and Bill Cogswell and their hard working crew of assistant agents for the really fine showing made by our Class in the Memorial Fund campaign last spring. By June 30 we had achieved a grand total of $85,833 of which $16,490 was applied toward the class objective in the 1953 Alumni fund. The balance of about $70,000 comprises the 1928 gift to the College's permanent endowment. It has been supplemented already and further additions are expected before the end of this calendar year. At its meeting the week after our Reunion, the Alumni Council extended its sincere congratulations for 1928's splendid contribution." And you have all read in the '28 Campaigner John Dickey's personal thanks to the Class for our gift. If you have never played an active part in one of these campaigns it is hard to realize the uncounted hours of work the agents put in. Theirs was truly a labor of love. It is a pleasure to extend to George and Bill and their assistants our gratitude and appreciation for their inspired and effective leadership.
Chuck Bruder's picture appeared in the New York papers September 24 with the announcement of his election as a vice president of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. He will be in charge of all sales of household sewing machines, appliances and related products and services in the United States and Canada. Chuck started with Singer in 1932 and since 1048 has been vice president of Diehl Manufacturing Co., Singer's electrical division. He will remain a director of Diehl.
Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery announced October 1 that James F. ("Bunny")Sanborn had been admitted to membership in that well-known firm of accountants. Bunny's office is in Boston.
Merrill Whittemore has been elected trust officer of the First and American National Bank of Duluth, Minn. He was with the Guaranty Trust Cos. of New York from 1928 to 1948, except for three years with the Army in North Africa, Italy and France. For the past five years he has been trust officer of the Union National Bank, Charlotte, N. C.
Rupe Thompson has been appointed State chairman of the U. S. Savings Bond Advisory Committee for Rhode Island, it was announced recently by Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey.
Gil Swanson's picture appeared in Life August 31 under the heading "What happens when Life hits Omaha?" Also getting their pictures in print were: John Nixon, running for alderman-at-large in Newton, Mass.; LaneDwinell, president of the New Hampshire Senate, who was guest speaker at the commencement exercises of the N. H. School of Accounting and Commerce in Manchester; and Dr. Jerry Cetrulo, Newark, N. J., surgeon, appointed assistant director of City Hospital and surgical chief at Clara Maas Hospital, also in Newark.
Barney Nova is serving as chairman of the 1953 War Wounded Hospital Fund Campaign, held by the Brooklyn Council, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Barney is a New York attorney and City Tax Commissioner.... Our sympathy goes to Barney in the recent death of his father, Judge Algeron I. Nova, and to Buck S err ell, whose father, Edward P. Serrell, former mayor and retired realtor of Montvale, N. J., died in September.
Johnny Brew was elected to Phi Beta Kappa by the Dartmouth chapter last spring and was supposed to be initiated June 13 but was unable to be present inasmuch as he was off on an archaeology expedition for Harvard's Peabody Museum, of which he is director. He will be initiated later.
Cal and Genie Billings entertained eighty members of the Dartmouth Club of Hartford at a cocktail party at their house last month. Cal is secretary of the Club.
George Pitts missed reunion because he was in the midst of negotiations for the sale of a building in downtown Jamestown, N. Y., belonging to the Pitts Corp. With the sale of the property the Pitts Corp. is discontinuing its retail merchandising division, but will carry on and expand its Wholesale Hardware and Industrial Supplies Division, known as the Clark Hardware Co. George is president and treasurer of the Pitts Corp.
Comdr. Bill Whaley, Ann and their daughter, Kathleen, have moved to Norfolk, Va., where their address is 8724 Gramel 5t.... Bud Maring has just announced the opening of his new real estate and insurance office at 24 Commerce St., Newark, N. J.... HermSchnepel was cited last week by F. E. Compton & Co., publishers of Compton's PicturedEncyclopedia, for ranking among the first ten of his company for school sales on a national basis. Herm has been with Compton seven years and is in charge of the school, library and teachers sales division in New Jersey.
Charlie Gearhart has been promoted to a new job by the New York Life Insurance Co., Superintendent of Agencies for the Southeastern United States, and now makes his headquarters at 51 Madison Ave., New York. Charlie started with New York Life in 1930, and for the past three years was manager of their branch office in Washington, D. C. According to The Eastern Underwriter he made an extraordinary record in those three years, moving the Washington branch from thirtieth to third place in the company's nationwide field organization. At the annual Life Underwriters' convention in Cleveland in August, Charlie was one of the principal speakers.
Brougham and Claire Wallace say their trip to Europe last summer was just as enjoyable as last year's. They flew from New York to Rome and on down to Taormina in Sicily, then up to Sorrento, from which they covered Capri, Pompeii and Naples before returning to Rome for a second visit. Other stops in Italy were Assisi, Florence and Venice, then over the Tauern Pass to Salzburg, and later Innsbruck. After a few days in Paris they went to the boat train for the He deFrance, but the sailing was cancelled due to the French Line strike. They were able to get berths on a KLM plane from Amsterdam and arrived home ahead of schedule.
Bill Sxeenan writes, "Sorry Rebecca and I couldn't make reunion but it conflicted with our daughter Carol's graduation from Wheaton College and we naturally couldn't miss that. She surprised (I almost said shocked) both of us by graduating Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude. And now she is to be married in the fall to a swell young fellow who is studying for the Episcopal ministry."
Keep the news coming!
WARREN N. BURDING '28 is newly elected marketing vice president of the Lever Division of Lever Brothers Co. He was formerly president of the company's Good Luck Division.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa. Treasurer, First National Bank, Boston, Mass.
