1928
Sam Sammis has been named production manager of the footwear and general products division of the United States Rubber Company and will be responsible for production at nine plants scattered throughout the country and employing 35,000 workers. He has been with the company since graduation. For the past two years he was chief industrial engineer at the footwear plant in Naugatuck, Conn.
Twenty-eighters got together in Boston,Hanover and Atlantic City in February andwe're indebted to those who took the time towrite us about the gatherings. President JohnPhillips wrote on February 18:
"I attended our Boston Alumni Dinner last night. It was a very fine affair at which two or three Dartmouth undergraduates spoke, Red Rolfe and of course John Dickey. John, as you know, has been rather sick with phlebitis and probably should not have been there, but he gave, as usual, a fine talk.
"Red Edgar was elected a member of the Alumni Council from the New England states. Red has gone to the hospital for a painful back operation and Craig Haines is also in the hospital for some sort of an operation.
"The Class of '23 won the cup for the most there. This is the cup that the Class of '28 won last year but no one seemed to know where the cup was at this particular stage. The other members of our good class claimed I should have it, but of course I never heard of it before.
"We had a table composed of Ed Sawyer, FranYoung, Howard Bush, Gene Magenis, Maury Makepeace, Red Sanborn, Don Norris and myseif."
At a luncheon meeting in Atlantic City on February 16, where Ralph A. Burns, Professor of Education at Dartmouth, was the main speaker, our Class had the most alumni present. The luncheon was given for Dartmouth men at the annual convention of the American Association of School Administrators. The '28ers present were: Ed Flanders, Jack Kenerson, Harold Moody, Herman Schnepel and JoeSmith.
At the Freshmen-Fathers' Weekend in Hanover February 26-28, the following were present: Walt Brownstone, the Bill Cogswells, BillDietz, the Milt Hoefles and the Stu Hoaglands from New York City and environs, the JackHestons, Philadelphia, Paul Cutler, Chicago, Bud Mann, Franklin, Mass., the Mutt Jennings and Don Norris from Boston.
Virg and Ginny McNeil's daughter, Mary Louise, will be married: on March 20 to Donald R. Welch in the First Congregational Church, Branford, Conn.
Wes and Dorris Wood, plus Judy and Tommy, have moved from Troy, N. Y., to 1990 Westfall Road, Rochester, N. Y. Wes is with Koerner Motors at 167 Court St., Rochester, Lincoln-Mercury dealers. Wes resigned recently as vice president and sales manager of the Marvin-Neitzel Corp., manufacturers of nurses uniforms, the company he has been with for 24 years.
Frank Tindle, manager of the branch office of Doolittle & Co. (stock brokers) in Buffalo, writes:
"Now that the snow is swirling around the eaves, I thought it would be a good time to send some pictures taken last summer at our 25 th Reunion, which I promised you.
"Things are going along about normal up here in Buffalo and after three years as president of the Buffalo YMCA, I am glad to say my tenure in office will be over in the near future and the reins will be turned over to our fellow '28er and my roommate for the first two years at Dartmouth, SamMagavern.
"At the present time I am slightly involved in the building of a 37-foot yawl over in Holland which I expect will be delivered in New York in June. I have done quite a bit of sailing in the past but have been out of the game for the last ten years. It will have auxiliary power and sleeps four, and should be both a comfortable family cruising boat and also an able racer."
Curt Abel '25 has sent us a report of the Howard M. Chapin Memorial, which we mentioned in the January notes was being raised to augment the Daniel Webster National Scholarship Fund of the College. As of February 8 the committee had turned over to the College 119 contributions totaling $18,458, which is a wonderful tribute to the high regard which his friends and business associates had for Howie!
Art Vandenberg is a visiting lecturer at the University of Miami, having begun classes in February in the Department of Government. His topics are: "Foreign Policy of the United States" and "Latin American Diplomatic Relations." This is Art's first academic commitment and means he will spend half the year in New York, where he continues his affiliation with the Rockefellers, and the other half in Miami. His New York connection took a new direction December 15 with his election to the vice-presidency of the Government Affairs Foundation, a non-profit organization in the administration of public affairs. The first project, launched last fall, is a study of federal, state and local relations in the field of public welfare.
From Clarence McDavitt 'oo, a classmate of Allan Downing's father, we learn that Bill has been elected president of the New England Hardware Association. Bill is manager of the Littleton Hardware Co., Littleton, N. H.
Robert Albert Buchtel, oldest son of HenryBuchtel, fell 400 feet to his death while climbing near Colorado Springs February 8. He and three other freshmen at Colorado College were climbing in a rocky region of Williams Canyon. Henry is one of the best mountain climbers in the country. Replying to my note, he wrote: "It was one of those accidents which is quite preventable but which happens too frequently. The boys went out after school without changing their shoes - probably not even intending to climb. All of us who climb have done things as foolish but have been luckier."
Bud Ranney, drama critic of the Cleveland, Press, spoke at a luncheon of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland February 12 which was attended by fifty alumni, including Maurie Cogan, Al Fowler, and Si Gedge.
Recent visitors to the Hanover Inn included Elliott Donnelley, Paul Kruming, Bill andBobby Morton, Don Norris and Curly Prosser.
Bill Cogswell and his committee have worked long and well to prepare for an intensive and thorough Alumni Fund campaign. The classmate who calls on you or writes you will be giving of his time and effort to make this year's drive a success, but to achieve our goal your help is absolutely necessary. Give early and give generously.
'28 LINEUP: At the Philadelphia Club annual meeting, held at the Raquet Club on February 26, '28ers were numerous. L to r: John Heston, Albert Fusonie, John Flanagan, George Pasfield, William Williams, John E. McLaughlin, Richard Frame and John McAvoy. Wesley Patience was also present.
ON HIS MARK: Bill Cogswell, 1928 Class agent, is even a little ahead of the line as he waits for the starting gun of the 1954 Alumni Fund campaign.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa.
Class Agent, Fahnestock & Co., 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York 20, N. Y.
