1938
With this issue we wind up another year of MAGAZINE columns, and the long summer season of accumulating bits of information for next year begins. From now on all contributions go in the old shoe box until October, so don't feel slighted if you've been neglected this year; just send along some tidbits about yourself, friends, or enemies. This has been a year singularly devoid of letters; if you want to have the secretary remain on the loose and not in one of the three neighboring mental institutions, help him out next season.
By the time this reaches you, the Alumni Fund drive will be a thing of the past. No matter what the final result for 1938, the campaign Scotty conducted will go down in history as one of the most imaginative and energetic ever conducted by a Class Agent of any class. The record or participation of 1938 will be a reflection of the interest and devotion of each member of the group; the incentive was supplied, the response was yours. It is a pleasure to give 1938's most hearty thanks to Scotty and his co-workers for a magnificent performance.
If it were possible at some time to compile the statistics, it would be interesting in the extreme to find out what percentage of the members of any given class in some way or another contribute time and energy to College affairs. My guess is that the number would be impressive and would certainly outshine similar figures for other colleges. If you count in the less-publicized jobs of sending out announcements of dinners and other functions, helping on special committees for clubs and associations, and serving on interviewing committees, certainly a large proportion of any given class can be numbered among those who show their devotion to the College without recognition in public. Perhaps the end of the year is the appropriate time to congratulate them, - anonymously but sincerely.
Arthur W. Robbins has been appointed assistant to the director of Production Scheduling, General Office, of the Campbell Soup Company. He has been with the company since 1940 (except while on military leave for four years) and has been supervisor, Planning Department, Sacramento Plant, since 1947. As transplanted Bostonians, Art and Barbara bask in the perpetual sunshine of the Golden State.
A brief note from the New York Dartmouth Club house organ indicates that Cal Troutner does sales work for Eastman Kodak and commutes from Westport, Conn. My records indicate that he is a sales supervisor, which is supposedly the correct title for his position.
Of news in the Granite State's efficient department of law enforcement, is the recent meeting of the Grafton County Law Enforcement Association, at which County Solicitor Charles Tesreau acted as chairman and later spoke on firearms. The news item on my desk portrays the portly Charles reeking of law enforcement but not particularly bulging with guns. Incidentally the law firm of which he is a partner is booming as the leading Lebanon group of barristers, rivalled only by the talents of attorney Robert A. Jones of the same city.
The briefest possible note comes to me saying that David L. Berliner is a shirt manufacturer in Cincinnati. Further research reveals that it is the Mack Shirt Co., of which he is treasurer. Wonder if he wears a patch over one eye in order to sell Campion's those lovely pink jobs the women go for.
The last address I had for Capt. Edward N.Korn, USA was Vietnam, Saigon, care of the Department of State. Now comes word that he is at Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D. C., but whether that is merely a forwarding address or represents a return to the States is not indicated. Word would be appreciated as to the significance of the change of address. Scotford can hardly take a special trip in vain to Saigon, much as he would be likely to.
Jack Stevenson has moved from the wilds of Valley Stream, Long Island, to the civilized precincts of Riverside, Conn., where, no doubt, he will encounter the eminent veep of Sea-Trains and denizen of the Dartmouth Club of New York, P. Brownell. We are gradually accumulating a colony of 1938s in the Greenwich-Riverside area. Jack is with the American Thread Company in "The City."
Bill Mowry, who used to be with Kimberley-Clark Corp. in Neenah, Wise., is now a wageslave for MacFarland and Aveyard Co. in Chicago and resides in suburban Evanston. No information as to position or such allied matters.
Moving from Holyoke, which presumably is the home office, to Boston, Charley Silvernail is reported as a "salesman." He was last reported in the paper city as selling for the American Writing Paper Co. of that city, and presumably is merely changing territory. He and wife Chris are now established in Natick. Bill Stratton, sales manager of Transco Products, Inc. (valves and hydraulics) has moved within the sacred precincts of Hermosa Beach, Calif. Possibly this means a bigger house for wife and four children, - that takes a lot of room!
One of 1938's last remaining bachelors, J. Clark Barrett, the spice king of Baltimore, has left his palatial suite in the Baltimore Country Club for larger and more magnificent accommodations at 3700 N. Charles St. Clark is director of Chain Store Sales for McCormick spices, a brand familiar even as far north as Hanover, N. H., or Pawling, N. Y.
As is annually his custom, the secretary intends to take up Hanover Center residence on or about the 15th of June. If you want to find out how to get in touch with him, just ask the Tanxis. Any correspondence destined to arrive after the 15th of June should be addressed to Star Route, Etna, N. H., and the dog-teams will come softly padding down the dirt road to the Emerson establishment. While you have the leisure of the summer and the customary two or three weeks with nothing else to do, drop a line and help fill the shoebox. See you next fall.
Secretary, Trinity-Pawling School Pawling, N. Y.
Class Agent, 329 Concord Rd., Yonkers, N. Y.
