1917
It is with genuine regret that X report the death of Larry Cornelius while vacationing at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Larry was only with us for our first two college years, but he always maintained his interest in Dartmouth and his passing is a real loss from our ranks. His classmates extend their sincere sympathy to his widow, Mrs. Cornelius, his daughter, Mrs. T. N. Nind, and his sons, Richard L. and Laurence Jr.
Quite a few '17ers regularly vacation on Cape Cod. Don Aldrich, Mott Brown and Sherm Smith have their own summer places and Willard Bonnell lives at Orleans the year round. Helen and I and Pete and Lucy Olds were renters last summer and hope to repeat this coming summer. If any others among you plan to spend any time on the Cape please let me know when and where, so that if at all feasible, we can arrange a '17 get-together. There's Coonamessett Corners, Coonamessett Ranch and Coonamessett Inn; or we can always snare a few lobsters, cook up a "chowdah" base and have a little Seventeen Service underneath the shrub pines.
On January 1, 1953, Jim Durkee, who had been comptroller of General Petroleum Corporation since January 1, 1951, was named as director and treasurer of the Corporation. At that time Jim had had 33 years with General Petroleum, having started with the company in 1919. He was promoted from a shop clerk to cost accountant in the Engineering Construction Department in 1922 and later that same year went to Rawlins, Wyoming, as division accountant working with the Production Department. Jim advanced rapidly through various positions in the Comptrollers Department and was made assistant comptroller on January 1, 1951. Jim is a member of the Petroleum Accountants Society of Los Angeles and the Controllers Institute of America. Congratulations, Jim!
Some of you may not know that for some time Spique Maclntyre has been serving as chairman of the Boston Regional Renegotiation Board. In a recent article concerning the activities of the board, an Evening Globe writer described the board chairman (Spique) as a "husky, white haired, likable man, who was formerly with a huge manufacturing plant. He was successively its comptroller, treasurer, vice president in charge of finance and a director."
On February 25, Sumner Emerson, KarlKoeniger and your secretary attended the annual dinner meeting of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Northern New Jersey at the Suburban Hotel, East Orange. Justin Stanley, vice president of the College, was the guest of honor and only speaker. He gave a brief but timely report on the affairs of the College which was extremely interesting. CliffO'Neill put in a brief appearance during the cocktail hour but left before the dinner to attend a Chamber of Commerce dinner in the same hotel. It is hoped that another year the '17 delegation at this affair will be much larger.
Gil Swett calls our attention to an item hidden away in the statistics of the College Financial Report 1952-53. Another $3350 has been added to the EDWIN WILLIAM MCGOWAN MEMORIAL, the total of which is now over $68,000! This fund, established by Eddie in memory of his son, is part of the regular endowment of the College and the income is available for general purposes without specific restriction. It is, so far, the most munificent contribution made by any Seventeener. As Gil says, "A Wah-Hoo-Wah would be inadequate to express the serious and thoughtful appreciation of the Class for this help to the College we love."
A note from Bill Eaton says, "Mott Brown was here for a day this week and we spent a pleasant evening together. He is still traveling a mile a minute. With his three daughters scattered between California, Missouri, and New York, you know what he does if he can find any spare time." And speaking of Mott - what a guy! My wife had to make a hurried trip to Columbus in February. Two hours before she left Newark a wire came from Mott - "Will meet the train, 8 A.M. tomorrow." And so he did and drove her ten miles to her destination.
My old side-kick, Heinie Wright, with whom I fought the Battle of Newport during World War I, recently dropped in for a nice chat, the first time I had seen Heinie in many years. He thinks that perhaps he has one of the youngest families in the class with his two daughters, Judy, 13, and Robin, 11, both enthusiastic equestriennes.
I get a kick out of the different announcements our children send out to publicize their new- arrivals. After the first-born, which is generally announced conventionally with proper awe and pride, their natural wit and ingenuity produces copy well worth reading. Skinny Sturtevant sends such an announcement of his fifth grandchild, "Now displaying - DAVID ROGER - to Harriet and Rudy Haumann the third in a series of beautifully designed exhibits of face and form. Unveiled, February 1, 1954, size — 21 inches, price — not for sale. A handsome model with high modu- lation and humidity. At our showroom - 11 Terry St., Hicksville, N. Y."
February saw several visiting firemen in New York. Ralph Sanborn and Vic Smith both came to town on business, while Arch andMary Gile spent the better part of a week taking in shows. Your secretary had lunch with Ralph and brief visits with the others. Also, late in January, Pete Olds spent a day here taking in the Motor Boat Show. I also heard that AI Edgerton visited New York's Wall Street area during the early part of February. Next time you stray so far from Northfield, Al, how about a visit to the 17th floor of the Chrysler Building? Vic wrote that he saw Larry and Mrs. Nourse, who seemed to be enjoying themselves, at the convention of the National Education Association in Atlantic City on February 16. And speaking of Vic, let's make his first year as Treasurer an easy one. If you have not already done so, by all means send Vic a check for $6 right away, so that he won't have a lot of follow-up work to do later on.
If you men don't come through with more news about your doings, your families or what have you, I may have to resort to publishing fairy tales in these columns. However, if Percy Howland, Jim Montgomery, Leon Randall, Ralph Sawyer, Edwin Smith, AldenVaughan, Howard Bartlett, Edward Dewey,Myron Fales, Russell Paul, Paul Soule and Isaac Sprague will drop me a few lines (why be niggardly - let's make it a real letter) and tell me what goes, I may be able to defer the fantasy.
Secretary, 9 Park Terrace, Upper Montclair, N. J.
Class Agent, Windsor Rd„ Fox Chapel, Pittsburgh 15, Pa.
