1937

Perhaps after a few more issues your secretary may get used to thinking a month or two ahead about appropriate news items, etc. This business of writing the December notes in November and so on resulted in my neglecting to wish you all the proper Seasons Greetings.

Don't forget that "Slug for Rug." Put your check in the mail now if you haven't already done so and get it off your mind. It's good business no matter how you look at it, you never know when you might want to stop off for a short beer on the way into the ski county.

The mention of money reminds me of our new class agent, Roily Bialla, who occasionally buys a lunch to try and win sympathy and then slip over some deal. Apparently it worked with Rog Allen who has agreed to write the Mint Bag this year. However, there won't be anything to write if you guys or your wives don't write us about yourselves.

The New York group got together at the Dartmouth Club on 39th Street for dinner on December 9 and the turnout was rather small, which can be blamed on the notices not getting out soon enough to give much warning. Following, however, is a list of those who did make it: Wayne Ballantyne, Ben Cardozo,Jon Coggeshall, Rog Allen, Roily Bialla, JockFrancine, Lansing Moore, Wally 'Greenspan,Mick Wright, Bill Spears and Dave Taylor.Mort Berkowitz and Carl Ray stopped by for a few minutes and visited but unfortunately were unable to stay for dinner. Carl is very busy with Dartmouth business these days as is Mort, being President and Governor respectively of the Dartmouth Club of New York this year.

In a note from Walt and Virginia Heer, we got the tardy bit of news that another face had appeared in the family, a boy, born August 8. On that same subject, Fred Bunce sent in an otherwise blank questionnaire with the words "third child, a girl, born December 4." You'd never guess that Fred and I had a bit more than nodding acquaintance in college, would you?

Bill Rotch, who has turned out to be one of the most reliable and frequent sources of news, sent in a clipping from a Nashua, N. H., paper announcing the appointment of the Rev. Elsom Eldridge to executive secretary of the Episcopal Province of New England. You may recall his first duty, following ordination to the Episcopal Ministry, was three years' service as rector of a church in Fairbanks, Alaska. In the same paper, there was a note about Tom Mclntyre going to a Boston hospital for a minor operation. It seems as though a politician will do anything almost to get his name in a newspaper.

In your January issue, you may have read about Don McKinley who recently attended the highly successful South Western Regional Conference in Dallas, Tex. Don has continued to give generously of his time and money in support of Dartmouth to make her even a stronger national college.

Bill Griffith's father thoughtfully wrote a note to us with the news that Bill and Marge and their two sons sailed from Seattle late in August for a year's stay in Tokyo. Bill has won a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Tokyo for research.

The safety of the city of Riverside, Calif., rests in the hands of Dave Mann, who has recently been appointed supervising engineer by the County Flood Control District, where he will be responsible for the construction of a series of dams intended to protect the city and surrounding countryside against floods.

Bob DeVarney, metallurgical engineer for Stanley Steel in Bridgeport, Conn., was recently elected chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals for that city.

Bar Moseley recently enrolled in the American Institute for Foreign Trade at Thunderbird Field, Phoenix, Ariz. He will specialize in French and Western Europe, dealing with the techniques of international business administration and the characteristics of foreign countries, working toward a career in business or government abroad. This represents quite a change from his previous occupation which was with E. I. DuPont in connection with military explosives.

Bill and Mary Lou Falion announced the arrival of their fifth child, a girl, on November 17, by means 'of a most attractive and clever Christmas card. We're a bit late hearing about it, but the Robinson Bosworths had a fourth child last July, making their score now two boys and two girls. Joe DeMay in the course of complaining about how lousy the export business is at this time casually announced that they too had a male addition to the family. Mort Berkowitz's third also put in an appearance in November, but there seems little need to mention it in this column since Mort has already taken care of the publicity rather thoroughly.

Frank Butler writes that after five years in insurance adjusting work, he finally made a complete change and moved down to Detroit, where he is administrative assistant for the F. L. Jacobs Company, manufacturers of auto parts.

Bob and Meg Aylward's annual Christmas letter was as fascinating as usual. They came home from Rangoon in time for Christmas, their first in the States since 1947, but Bob off again in January, for Hong Kong this time. Apparently they are delighted with this new assignment and are looking forward to getting back to their "front seat for watching what goes on in Communist China." They had a wonderful trip back, sailing the length of the Mediterranean on the SS Exochorda, making seven stops before heading across the Atlantic to Boston. Apparently they were in Italy about two weeks ahead of us and evidently we both visited many of the same places, including Florence and the Ponte Vecchio where Bob says they spent $60 in a half hour's shopping. By the time the Grams got to Florence, I don't think we had $60 between us. You were lucky! If anyone wants a wonderful vacation with just the right amount of sightseeing, in many of the most delightful cities in the world, I think Bob and I could agree that a Mediterranean cruise is certainly one answer. They sailed from Beirut, stopping at Alexandria, then Piraeus, where they were able to get over to Athens: "The Acropolis was about all we had time to really see, but the Parthenon was as beautiful as we had ever dreamed." Then in succession - Naples, Leghorn, Genoa, Marseilles and Barcelona, but they managed interesting side trips from the ports of call. Space doesn't permit more details at this time.

There are a few Class Directories left from the 1953 printing. If anyone is interested, drop me a note and I will be glad to mail them out while they last.

VACATION, WESTERN STYLE: Dr. John Milne '37, with his wife and four cowboy sons spent his vacation a few months ago out where there was plenty of space. Shown l to r: John, Jonathan, Jeffrey, Jared, Joel and Jean Milne.

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