1940
Some of you are having real winter weather and others are basking in the sunny climes. So far, we've had just cold, rain and wind. Christmas came and went without snow. The weather put us on our mettle to safeguard the faith in the Santa Claus fantasy for our four little "believers."
Now it's January, and you'll be reading this in February. That reminds me that soon a new team will be exhorting you to give for the support of the College and for the preservation of her purpose and program. HughSchwarz, engineering executive with the Minute Maid frozen orange juice concern at Plymouth, Fla., has consented to lead the class effort in the coming Alumni Fund campaign. Aiding and abetting the cause, as Indian Drum editor, will be Malcolm de-Sieyes, who heads up the investment research department for the New York stock exchangefirm of Hemphill Noyes & Co. Neither of theseassignments are easy, and they only pay offin the satisfaction of a job well done. So keeptheir effort in mind when Fund time rollsaround.
From the shores of southern France, aChristmas message from Bob and Lee Lakegave a status report on their progress withBob's projected two-year stint at organizinga buying department for a newly-establishedProcter & Gamble subsidiary in Marseille:
"Know that I would never get around to writing a letter, so I'm sending this. Been over here since August in the job of procuring material and equipment required in organizing the company's new manufacturing operation here. Have seen no '40s. The boys are in school and Lee is learning kitchen French. I still can hardly speak a word of French—-really a disgusting record. We have just moved into a villa after a two months' stay in a hotel. It's fun shopping in the open markets for our long loaves of French pain, poisson, frommage,vin, etc. We have been busy visiting neighboring towns, finding them like pages out of a history book. Also, we just returned from a beautiful ride down the Cote d'Azur. We are loving our experience here, but we don't doubt that we will be mighty happy to see the good old Statue of Liberty again after our sojourn."
From Disney to Pillsbury — so the trade journal story goes - was the switch made by Dewitt Jones when he returned from California to his native Chicago to enter the advertising field in 1950. After being associated with Walt Disney's production and merchandising activities for five years, Dee joined the Leo Burnett agency as an account executive. Today his work on the Pillsbury Mills cake mix account necessitates weekly travel to Minneapolis for conferences on radio, television and other media recommendations. Spare time is spent pursuing his hobby as an amateur radio "ham" and enjoying his two children, Terry and Dewitt III with wife Barbara.
The New Year's Eve celebration is rapidly passing into limbo, but a clip from the WallStreet Journal recalls that Creight and JeanHolden staged a unique "Lost Weekend" party at their St. Clair (Mich.) Inn which will be remembered by many. At the low price of $95 per couple, the participants enjoyed a sequence of cocktails Friday evening, New Year's party, brunch, sleighride, ringside seat at the TV for the Saturday bowl games, barn dancing, breakfast in bed and, incidentally, the insurance of not having to navigate the highways on that hazardous weekend. Sounds like a real fine clambake!
Bill Mercer and family moved from Glen Ridge, N. J., to Wellesley, Mass., in connection with his assignment to Western Electric's distribution center in nearby Watertown. Bill joined Western Electric after leaving the sales department of 1.8.M. in 1947. He has three boys, ranging from 11 to 3 years of age.
Ed Miller recently was named manager of the statistical department of the Stamford Trust Company, where he has been a member of the trust department since 1948. He and Pat and their three children have a wonderful home in southern Connecticut.
From down Southwest we received Christmas cards from Cliff Holmes and Bud Czerny and their respective families. The Holmes' brood of three boys and a girl were depicted all on horseback, which is probably a very logical place to be found around their EI Paso, Texas, home. The Czernys are enjoying their adopted home of Tucson, Ariz., where Dr. Bud pursues his successful practice of surgery.
Can't close this column without mention of Mitchell I.aw Rainie, who arrived December 19 to make it three boys and two girls for the Rainies. Your treasurer keeps busy in many ways, and from now on, wife Ruby will be busier than ever.
ANNUAL BOSTON ALUMNI DINNERHotel Statler, Feb. 16, 1955
GOOD SEND-OFF: At a reception following the wedding of William S. Duncan '40 and LoisKline in Cleveland Heights last June, an all-Dartmouth group toasted the bride and groom.L to r: Eb Cockley '40, Scotty Rogers '4O, John Knutsen '40, Jack Ingersoll '40, Lee Bassett '40,Bob MacMellen '40, Will Duncan '40, Bill Jeavons '41 and Herb Foster '40.
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