1951
The blossoms of spring are blooming on those strong and flourishing plants of 1951, so let's journey near and far to see what goes with all of us.
We certainly have a way of confusing, misleading, or otherwise disfiguring the status and whereabouts of brother Ed Tolley. Ed has an amusing yet naturally blunt way of placing us in our chronological time and place. He should be home now, after serving two years in Korea with the tank company of the 65 th Inf. Regiment.
And we hope that wherever Ed is, be it in sunny California or super sunny Florida that he has sent his check for the Alumni Fund. Have you sent, yours? Do it today!
Big news just in from all points west is the arrival of Michael Joseph McDonald, son of proud father and mother June and Joe McDonald. As you all recall, Joe was married back in May of '52 and hasn't had much time to see wife or child since the nuptial and birth dates. Joe is sailing a Navy ship, at present out of Long Beach, Calif., and rarely touches the terra firma there. He has seen Dave Webber at Pearl Harbor, Moe Monahan and wife Mo-Mo in Hawaii. Congratulations Joe and June. It was nice talking to Bob Closser in Kansas City recently, and although a get-together was prevented by that terrible beast called "work" we did learn that Bob jumped overboard on the Coast Guard last October and has since been working for Sherwood and Co., a solvents firm.
If any of you have any management problems in the central United States, run in to see Ted Eberle, who is a management consultant in Peoria, Ill., or if you're sick, you'd better wait for John Jacobey to get out of Harvard Med school. Also up Med way the other day, we ran into Tom Arnold, carrying a large stethoscope. Tom is at the Univ. of Penna., working for his MD.
Some of us just couldn't get wonderful old New England out of our veins, and typical among these is Dave Batchelder, who classifies himself as a dairy farmer, operating near Stowe, Vt., and from one of our northern New York informers, we learned that MikeChoukas was guiding the hockey destinies of the Millbrook School, in Millbrook, N. Y. BobMcCabe has bounced back into the newspaper field since his employment with the WallStreet Journal and subsequent retirement to Europe. Bob is with the New Bedford Standard Times, New Bedford, Mass. Jack Skewes is reported in Lowell, Mass., at the Lowell Iron Foundry. Our old northwoodsman and expert in the art of fine paper-making dropped us a swell note recently. He's none other than Bob Leavitt, living in one of the livelier corners of Montreal, working for International Paper. Bob's apartment at 3235 Ridgewood Ave. is open to all Dartmouth men, women, and children of '51 vintage passing through his fair city. Bob noted that 1916 scooped us on Mason Huse, Jr.'s marriage to Marjorie Burt, on November 7. Congratulations, Huses. We are sorry, we did not get to you as fast as '16, and their able Mr. Wilson.
Herb Knight turned up the other day and at last word was with the Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Co., and at present is undergoing a rigorous training program, which should end very shortly. We did know that Don Binks was in Chicago, but we didn't know that he is making pinball machines. Did you? Herb also reports that Don has a small offspring - female - and we are only sorry that we do not have more details. Tom Barnett is in his favorite cubicle - golf - working for a Golf Digest in Evanston, Illinois. It was great hearing from Jack Woods sometime ago, and to learn that he is doing civil engineering work for the Univ. of Mass. As you know, Jack was a year with Dupont, and last November he really got smart and became engaged to Sue Swenson, who will grab the pigskin and run in June from Smith, Jack is doing part-time teaching and enjoying it very much. Jack reports Chuck Sherman and Bob Fiertz are still with Dupont. Chuck has a little girl, who reportedly is just as heavy-set as Chuck. Pete Bogardus couldn't stand the dust storms and smell in the Midwest, so he has taken up paint-selling in San Francisco, Calif., with W. P. Fuller Paint Co. Milt Olander who returned sometime ago from service in western Europe is attending the Law School at Ohio State Univ.
Back in Hanover for a few days' visit, Lt.(jg) Willard Rowe '51 is glad to be in civvies again and released from active duty in Japan. He proudly reported the arrival of his daughter, Gail Barbara, born in Yokosuka, Japan, on September 30.
Most of Tom Savage's land is either dried up or blown away, but he is still trying to sell it in the real estate and insurance business in Albuquerque, N. Mexico. The wet-back business is reported very unprofitable at this season of the year. If you see a man with a broad western hat and boots and spurs in Gloucester City, N. J., it no doubt will be none other than Read Perkins. Perk has forsaken the six gun and romance of the West for inhabited old New Jersey. June 5th is the big day for his marriage to Esther Wilson. Read is with the Joel S. Perkins Co., handling textile mill supplies, and has seen many of the eastern tribe.
We don't have much time to spin off a few marriages and engagements, but let's try and see how far we get. Bruce Robertson and Mary Joan Rowe tied the blissful knot in Wilmette, Ill., on December 30. Al Wright has become engaged to Barbara Jean Hendrix of Augusta, Ga. Al as you know, finished up at Thayer, and is now with E. I. Dupont DeNemours Co. Since the wedding was February 27, according to our sources, it's now congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Wright. Nancy McCabe and FranzSchneider no doubt met on common ground in Hanover, since Nancy is a graduate of the Mary Hitchcock Nursing School. The engagement has been announced and a June wedding is planned. Franz is at the Harvard Med School.
To digress a bit, word just arriving as we go to press tells that Tom Flack served as best man for Bruce Robertson. Also Bruce is stationed with the U.S.S. Molala.
Wish we had time to include more of you this month, but the wayward traveler must pack his grip and get the hell out of town. We hate to repeat ourselves, but if you haven't supported the Alumni Fund yet, do it today! Think of what the College provides the individual student, increase your gift if humanly possible, and mail your check direct to the college, pronto, partner. So long, DAVE.
Secretary, 5932 Grimes Ave., So. Minneapolis 10, Minn.
Class Agent, 46 Simeon Ave., Shelby, Ohio
