1945
Last issue until fall and, thanks to HarryHampton, I have lots of news of lots of people. First, however, two things which I feel are of great importance. It is June, and the Alumni Fund drive is about over. It is impossible at this date to say what the final results will be. But if you have not given, please do, and if you have given, did you give commensurate with your ability to give? An additional gift is never out of order. Secondly, I have just returned from the Class Officers Weekend in Hanover. It was a thoroughly enjoyable, informative, and educational gathering. The greatest impact on me, however, came not from the varied meetings and banquets attended, but from merely being in Hanover again. If I ever needed any reaffirmation of my loyalty to Dartmouth, these two days most certainly performed that act. The sensation which President Dickey referred to as "place loyalty" seized me strongly, and I again realized why Dartmouth men have such a fierce attraction to their college. I suggest that if you ever wonder why you give to Dartmouth, what good it does, and whether it's all worth it, return, if you possibly can, to Hanover and reacquaint yourself with Dartmouth. All doubts will be quickly washed away.
Well, as usual, the weekend was full of familiar faces. Stan Newton, Jim Broderick,Pete Beck, Nick Sandoe, and Cliff Jordan were all there in some capacity or other. Gertie and I called on the Sandoes and visited for a short time with Nick, Mary, Tommy, and Johnny, two of the healthiest boys you ever want to see. Of course, a visit with Jack Gile was in order so we crossed over to the Gile estate, overlooking the river from the Norwich bluff. Jack, Sally and young Susan were out sunning themselves and were burnt to a crisp. At least they looked that black. Jack has been laid up this spring with a bad back and although he looks as healthy as can be, is pretty uncomfortable at times.
And now around the country to call on a few 45's. Starting in Claremont, N. H., we find a member of the fourth estate, Frank Biggs, busily reporting for the Daily Eagle. Frank is married and has a son now one year old. Also of interest, although quite shocking, is Frank's second prize in New England AP newswriting contest, won for his coverage of an electrocution in Windsor, Vt. Now to Oneonta, N. Y., and Charlie Youmans at Hartwick College, where Charlie is head of the Psychology Department. He reports having completed most of his Ph.D. at Columbia last July and hopes to "have that piece of paper before too long." Charlie also reports seeing Frank Aldrich in Havana last Christmas. And so, onward to Rosemont, Pa., for a meeting with Tom Lewis. Tom is Vice-President and Sales Manager of the Philadelphia Division of General Electric. And last winter he won a GE sales manager contest, the prize for which was two weeks at Mt. Tremblant (this is all reported by his wife, Jean, for Tom is too modest a lad to so report such achievements). As long as we're in Pa., let's drop over to Dunmore and CharlieMatthews alias "the Merchant." Charlie is Vice-President of the Matthews Paint Stores with branches in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, selling paint, wallpaper, etc., and offering the services of three interior decorators. Any out-of-state work done, Charlie? Still in Pa. and looking for Hobby Horse Farm outside of Norristown in hopes of catching a glimpse of Harry Tyson Carter. Harry is the Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator H. Alexander Smith and is responsible for all the Senator's legislative activities. Out in Champaign, Ill., is JohnFoster, a geologist with the State Geological Survey at the University of Illinois. John offers free advice on water resources in Illinois, but applies his vast knowledge to out-of-state problems only for a fee. Get out the old divining rods, men.
Odds 'n ends from here 'n there: Lots of info from Bill Freese in Pittsfield, N. H. He has three children, two boys and a girl; manufactures rainwear, operates lumber lots; and reports that Win Burbank, to whom a daughter was born this spring (4th child), and Thurston Carpenter, practicing dentistry, are Pittsfield residents also. Also from Bill is a card announcing the opening of the AndrewJ. Marks law office on Main Street in Meredith, N. H. Larry Blood, ex-dry goods giant from Lynn, Mass., is now a motor magnate in and about Ithaca, N. Y. He is District Manager, Chevrolet Moter Division, covering 14 dealerships in 14 towns and cities with headquarters in Syracuse. "Bloody" business, wot? Larry reports seeing a healthy and happy Lloyd Nintzel and pleads for more and more Big Green victories over Cornell. Also in Northern New York is Don Brandt, Fredonia attorney. Including his wife, Katherine, Don is completely surrounded by four girls, five if you want to count the dog, but that does not deter him for acting as chief legal counsel for the New York State Flood Commission. Capt.Joe Byron, USAF, has been transferred from Omaha to the 3917th Operations Squadron RAF Station, Manston, Kent, England. Joe is Staff Operations Officer and his family is with him. They number: Elizabeth, his wife; Ann, born '47 in Okinawa; and Joe, born '50 in South Dakota. Bill Merrill is an attorney with the firm of Cook, Beake, Miller, Wrock, and Cross in Detroit, specializing in corporate law. Chuck Morgan, newly appointed Assistant Treasurer for the American Security and Trust Co. in Washington, D. C., writes that Bud Morris "in between breaking his leg while carrying his son down some steps, has had time to establish his own advertising agency in San Francisco." Art Pounds says, "We're finishing our home - a five-year do-it-yourselves project so far. Getting ready to add on to it starting this spring, and this time we're going to have most of the work done by contract!" That's Elyria, Ohio, if any of you happen to be passing through. Another house builder is Dick Lewin, only Dick is having his house built for him in South Valley, Chicago, where he is an attorney associated with Irving N. Stenn and specializing in the handling of personal injury cases. Portland, Oregon, has acquired a distinguished citizen in Jack Hemingway. No author but a rising investment broker and avid fisherman, Jack, his wife, and daughter Joan are looking forward to a normal civilian life, for he has spent seven years as an Army paratroop officer since leaving Dartmouth. Joe Hickey, sometimes referred to as "Nails," has joined the Carr Leather Co. of Salem, Mass., as an assistant promotion and merchandising manager. Leland Stacy, with eight years of army service behind him, has been appointed factory manager of Dartmouth Skis, Inc., in Hanover. Civilian SteveHull is a special agent in the Worcester, Mass., office of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance of N. J.; and Wilfred Rinkor has been appointed manager of the Irvington, N. J., office of N. J. Bell Telephone Co. Bachelor buttons are giving way to orange blossoms in the case of Howie Burdick. He will marry Miss Grace Anne Moore of Port Chester, N. Y. in June. Howie is a purchasing agent with the Greenwich Gas Co.
And here is the Roland Beers story, told in his own words so there will be no mistake: "I am on the teaching staff at M.I.T., at present on military leave, with the position of Assistant Professor of Physical Biochemistry. At present I am working for the U.S. Navy, as a medical officer, Lt., in the Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda 14, Md. My occupation during the past years has been primarily that of a researcher. I have published a half dozen papers. Now I return to M.I.T.... to resume teaching and research activities in the Dept. of Biology. I became a member of the N. Y. Academy of Sciences and the Biochemical Society of Great Britain, a contributor to the A.I.B.S. Biological Handbook and an abstractor for chemical abstracts of the American Chemical Society. I gave a paper at the Sept. session of the American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago, and I have had the pleasure of giving seminars at Catholic University, Walter Reed Hospital, and M.I.T." Quite a boy!
See you next October, but don't forget to keep me posted on your doings.
Secretary, Middlesex School, Concord, Mass.
Class Agent, 51 High St., Leominster, Mass.
