1919
Last call for the Alumni Fund for 1954, - you have all heard from Fred Daley and his Class Agents, - you know that we are trying to hang up a new record for 1919, both dollar-wise and in the number of contributors we have, - let's make our 35th year out of college the tops in our support of Dartmouth and what the College stands for. Be sure that your contributions are postmarked by June 30, otherwise it won't count in the '54 campaign, and this is the one that we want to make an outstanding record in '19's history.
The Dennison Manufacturing Co. of Framingham, Mass., recently elected Nock Wallis treasurer at their annual meeting. Nock commenced work with the company in 1925 as a cost accountant at Framingham, a year later becoming factory accountant. In 1930 he was transferred to the market research division and spent nearly four years in Cleveland and New York as staff assistant in sales planning. Returning to Framingham in 1935, he was assigned to the president's office on special work, and in 1937 he became manager of the merchandise design division. He was elected assistant treasurer in 1939 and a director in 1952. Congratulations to Nock and the best of luck in his new responsibilities.
Modest Si Stein of Muscatine, lowa, sent the Sec some news on "100 years of the S. G. and P. Stein Furniture Co." in which four generations of his family have been concerned. Our Si has been more interested currently in banking and grain processing but the story of a business founded in 1854 and still carrying on under the management of the same family is a real American saga. Si has been active in business, church and fraternal organizations. For 36 years he has been in the Masonic organizations, serving for 25 years as a trustee of the Masonic Temple Association. Following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps he was a trustee of the Presbyterian Church for 27 years. He figured prominently in the development of the Muscatine Municipal Airport, and is chairman of the board of the Central State Bank. He is chairman of the board of the Grain Processing Corporation and vice president of the Mississippi Valley Grain and Feed Co. A typical proud grandfather, Si reports "twelve at the last count." The Class congratulates Si on his outstanding accomplishments and wishes him the best in the years to come.
From Chicago comes a nice letter from Ernie Rautenberg, wheel in the Celotex Corporation :
"One of the nicest things about having a birthday (at our age) is to receive a card from the Class of 1919. You should feel proud to know how important this phase of your secretarial duties is in making all of us feel an integral part of the Class. It is especially true for those of us far removed from the centers where class activities naturally take place. This week I complete 25 years with Celotex and my work keeps me on the road three fourths of the time. My responsibilities are the sales in about half the country south and west of a line from Pensacola through St. Louis and up to Montana. I carry with me a list of the regional luncheon dates, but never seem to be in a city where they are held at the time the alumni get together. Hence my contacts with 1919 or Dartmouth men are few and far between. My three daughters are all married, but living in scattered locations. We are keeping the old house so that we will always have room for them to come home, individually or simultaneously. Only one grandchild to date, but I am bragging that there is another one on the fire. We were very sorry to miss the last reunion and are still planning to be sure to attend the next one." Thanks, Ernie, for the nice letter and how about more of you gents writing in about your families and what you are doing - you can take it from the Sec that all of us are very much interested in hearing from you.
Also from Chicago comes a most welcome note from Bill Warner, vice president of INTAG, division of the Interchemical Corporation. Bill says, "It's hard to realize that 35 years have gone by since '19 left the campus. I am spending most of my time these days trying to 'unsell' my son-in-law on Princeton so that my grandson can go to a good school like we did. I think if I work steadily, I can bring this about." Thanks also to Bill Warner for writing in.
As of this writing (late April) we have tentative plans for a fall gathering of the Class over the weekend of October 15-17, with headquarters at the Woodstock Inn. Mark this down on your calendar and you will hear more about it in a forthcoming Newsletter, or as soon as arrangements can be made.
Quoting from one of Bill Cunningham's recent columns in the Boston Herald:
"I find a lot of mail here for and about Admiral Bennie Arnold who came through a heart attack to resume being about as ornery as ever. None of it strikes me as being brighter, or more constructive than the note from Phil Bird, of the M. T. Bird Co., who's been through the same siege. Phil, always a hand at dreaming up gadgets, slogans, songs and similar things, has decided to form a card-carrying club of those whose hearts have given them a warning. He sends me a life membership card to be forwarded to the Admiral. But it was what is on the back of the card that I presume to call to general attention, especially since this is Heart Week. "Whether Phil's or somebody else's the card doesn't say, but these are the 'Ten Commandments for Living With Your Heart,' presumably if you have had an attack or are in the age zone where they are by no means uncommon: (1) Find a doctor you respect and obey him. (2) Tell him the truth at all times and have periodic checkups. (3) Pity the fat man; the statistician numbers his days. (4) If your brain earns your living, don't try to be a weekend athlete or laborer. (5) When the snow drifts high, let some younger fellow shovel the driveway. (6) Avoid self-dosing. 'He who doctors himself has a fool for a physican.' (7) Fortunate is the man who has a mild heart condition and, knowing it, learns to live with his heart. (8) Plan to take time out daily, weekly, yearly - for rest. When you rest, your heart rests. (9) Health is more than absence of disease. Don't worry. (10) Be your age."
The foregoing impressed your Sec as something all '19ers could think about.
Class sons: - Announcement has been made here by Mrs. Elsie E. Boehringer and George L. Boehringer of Sao Paulo, Brazil, of the engagament of their daughter, Miss Julia Ann Boehringer, to Ensign David Granger Halloran USN. A senior at Briarcliff Junior College, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., Miss Boehringer attended the Colegio Batista Brasiliero and was graduated from the high school of Universidade Mackenzie, Sao Paulo. The bridegroom-to-be was graduated from Dartmouth College last June, received his commission in the Naval Officers Candidate School at Newport, R. I., and is in training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. He is the son of Rear Admiral Paul J. HalloranUSN, retired, and Mrs. Halloran of Ossining, N. Y.
This being the last of the Class notes to appear in the MAGAZINE until the October issue, your Sec wants to wish you all a happy summer and don't be bashful about writing in about where you went and what you were doing, — no news is not good news to your Class Secretary.
Secretary, 1273 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Class Agent, Madison Ave., Shelton, Conn.
