1948
The old mail box has quite a few items packed into it this month, and, if this ancient typewriter can still print, I'll try to put them down on paper for the sake of you and yours. Many thanks to those of you who have written. Means that this month's column will contain more fact and less imagination than has been the case on some occasions in the past.
Once again '48 has been active in the romantic sphere. One marriage and five engagements have been announced since the last time we checked this department. Bachelors' ranks seem to be thinning.
Lt. Harthon Munson, USAF, took the long step on January 24 when he and the former Barbara Sosman of Westwood, Mass., became man and wife. The ceremony took place in the Harvard Congregational Church in Brookline. Munse is stationed in Germany, and the couple were to fly there after the wedding.
The five who have finally decided, "This is it!" are Jack Tracy, Ed Concannon, BillWheeler, Dick Donahue and Kenny Hanlon.Jack's fiancee is Miss Ann Wellington of Worcester, now in the midst of her senior year at Smith. Jack, by the way, is now a member of the New Hampshire and Maine Bar Associations and is practicing law in Portsmouth, N. H. No date yet announced for the wedding.
The fiancee of Ed Concannon is Miss Catherine McCabe of Wilton, Conn. She is a graduate of Goucher College '52. No date announced. Ed is with Young & Rubicam in New York.
The news of Bill Wheeler's engagement was furnished by Walt Henry. Bill's fiancee is Miss Mary Rosanna Martin who, like her husband-to-be, lives on Long Island. Anything else, Bill?
Attorney Dick Donahue's bride-to-be is Miss Nancy Custer Lawson of New Britain, Conn., and Lasell Junior College. She is judging by her Boston Herald photo - a very lovely woman indeed. No date announced.
Ken Hanlon in June is to marry Miss Antonia Leamy Parkman of Boston. She is a graduate of Smith, class of '51. Ken is in the Hub City with The Boston Globe.
Leaving the ball-and-chain department, we run into other news. The aforementioned Walt Henry has found himself an interesting assignment in North Africa where he is surveying and inspecting air bases in Morocco under the employment of Porter-Urquhart, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. He left his long Island home last April, was in Paris a time, then was flown down to Casablanca. Expects to get home this coming April. On his green information slip Walt acknowledges neither marriage nor children. Woody DeYoe, a student of ancient vintage, graduated from Cornell Law School in June, passed the New Jersey Bar in October, and was drafted into the Army in November. After reporting to Camp Kilmer, he was transferred to Fort Dix for his basic. As a lawyer, he is now in the field artillery. Pentagon probably feels he can continue to give his College days' throwing ability a chance to express itself there.
Roundabout report gives some old news of former banker Jack Parker. An anonymous friend of his, met on the slopes at Franconia, told me that, as of a year ago, Jack was earning his keep as a traveling sales executive with Procter & Gamble somewhere in the Middle West. Travelin' man Jack may have run into fellow travelin' man Jim Woods somewhere, who is also with P & G. The large percentage of '48s who are in one form of industry sales or another, by the way, is quite remarkable. Dick Greene, recently returned from Europe where he had an important post with Army Intelligence, is taking the brave step this February of returning to Tuck to finish the business administration course. It'll be quite a grind, for Dick left Tuck three years ago in the middle of his studies. A bad auto accident in the spring of 1950 forced him to leave school, and he was drafted before he could return the following year. Good luck, Dick! Bob Herrick reports that Jim Schaefer is working in the direct mail advertising business in New York, and living at the Dartmouth Club along with Abe Abrahamson.
Before being drafted, Dick Greene did some valuable work for the class toward getting us organized on a regional basis for the purpose of promotion of closer fellowship, unity and class spirit. Split up the way '48 is, this sort of a program appears the best way to develop us into the type of organization that a Dartmouth class should be. Beech Lockwood hit the nail on the head, I think, in writing the following. "The entire matter points to geographical promotion. This can be personal, through parties or even letters. To do such a job, it will take more than the Executive Committee due to distances that must be covered. For example, if I could get a complete listing of all '48s in Ohio (Beech works out of Columbus), I could in turn divide things up into three or four areas (Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo). If such action could be taken, we'll say east of the Mississippi, especially in the concentrated East from where I believe we will get 85% of the people that return for Reunion, we should realize some unifying results." We agree with you 100%, Beech. Your ideas point out one of the principal ways to make '48 a true Dartmouth class, and your words echo similar statements by Dick Greene, Bob Merriam, Bob Herrick, Dick Leggat, etc. An address list is on the way. Ohioans can get in touch with Beech at Kaiser Aluminum, 1200 Beggs Bldg., Columbus. Drop him a line. And I would appreciate any ideas on Reunion or regional organization that any of you elsewhere may have.
Beech, in his letter written in Marietta, "along the banks of the beautiful Ohio River," was the source of a lot of news. He himself is an aluminum salesman traveling Ohio and part of West Virginia. He hopes to see Lanny Brisbin down in Huntington sometime, though that area is outside his territory. He saw Bill Felton in Columbus at one of the Ohio State football games this fall. Bill is likewise a salesman insurance, in Tiffin. Beech looked up Jim "Red Blanket" Garrison in Syracuse several times, but hasn't yet caught him. Perhaps because Jim is working as a carpenter-contractor in Skaneateles, according to the latest informer. He continues, "Hold your hat on this one! Old Skinhead Poole (usually referred to as Pockets) was married to a queen from all I hear —up in Montana where he is stationed with the Air Force." What about it, Jerry?
In browsing through the latest and excellently done General Information Bulletin of the College, that of October, one comes across some photos of interest to members of '48. One large print shows Bob Tracy, during his undergrad days, closely concentrating on an experiment in the chem lab in Steele. There are also others. This Bulletin, by the way, presents Dartmouth in a manner as closely simulating the real atmosphere of the College on the Hill as I've seen. Bound to make almost any alumnus a bit nostalgic. Great for introducing potential students to the life of Dartmouth.
News from Hanover's most notable hostelry, the Inn, shows that the Roy Wilsons bedded down there the night of last November 30. Nothing like being up to date on these things.
I understand that Bob ("88") Pillsbury was in Hanover over Carnival with part of his old jazzband known as "The Sultans." They played, along with several lesser outfits, to a packed jam session crowd in Webster Hall on Saturday morning of the weekend.
Have managed to pick up a few more sketchy bits of information as follows. TomKent is in the textile business in Pennsylvania, heading up the Kent Manufacturing Co. in Clifton Heights. He makes his home in nearby Wynnewood. Jim McLaughlin earns his daily bread with the Cortland Furniture Co. in New York City, and lives in Queens Village out on Long Island. Walt Wood is another of the many '48s in the petroleum business. He's in Shell Oil's personnel department in the Mayo Bldg. in Tulsa. Bob Tarrant is another who has found his livelihood west of the Mississippi - down in Las Cruces, N. M. and John Murphy is a geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey up at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. There seems to be a gradual trend among members of the class to move West into the open spaces. Fred Comstock, however, is not a part of this movement as he's hanging on in the Granite State as a structural designer with Anderson-Nichols Co. in Concord. He hangs his hat at RFD 10 in nearby Penacook.
Word from Bob Foster of over two months ago reports that he and Paul Liscord are two of six Casualty Actuarial students with the Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford. They had passed exam no. 4 at last count, had become associates in the Casualty Actuarial Society, and are now studying for the Fellowship exams. These two, plus Walt Baker and DanSchuman, got together to listen to the Dartmouth-Cornell game last fall. Gil Shattuck and Jim Mattoon, also located in the Hartford area, were unable to attend. Sounds like you Connecticut men are keeping up the Dartmouth spirit, Bob. Nice going.
And so the bottom of the mailbag for this month —as written among the Maniacs in Portland. See you 30 days from now in the same place. Don't forget Reunion in June '54!
Secretary, Norwich, Vt. Treasurer, 1802½ orth 7th St., Terre Haute, Ind
