1928
Jack Herpel agreed to take over on a temporary basis the editing of our class newsletter, the '28 Campaigner, in 1944. His lively prose and verse and his wonderful sense of humor immediately won him a host of fans.
Now, eleven years and 86 Campaigners later, he feels it is necessary to resign. He has tried to resign before but was always shouted down. To take some of the load off Herpel's shoulders, Johnny Neary volunteered in 1949 to serve as co-editor. (Neary says he wasn't quite sure how it happened - "I was like the fellow who volunteered as three men from the draft board carried him out.") But this time Herpel caught us off balance. He arranged with Stew Hoagland, to alternate issues with Johnny Neary for the rest of the year and "retired." The entire class, and the College, are deeply indebted to you, Jack, for all you have done.
An important reason for Jack's withdrawal was his absences attending six-weeks' conferences each spring as general personnel supervisor of N. J. Bell Telephone Go. On April 1, two weeks after his final newsletter, he was promoted to division commercial manager of N. J. Bell's Eastern Division. His new business address is 8 Erie St., Jersey City.
The Campbell Soup Co. announced April 4 that it will acquire all the stock of C. A. Swanson & Sons of Omaha in exchange for Campbell stock. Gil Swanson is president of the company which his father founded and which now has 4,100 year-round employes. Craw Pollock is vice president. Swanson products will continue to be marketed under the Swanson label.
Herm Schnepel used a business trip to Chicago the last part of March to gather news for us. Stopping overnight in St. Louis, Herm contacted all four of our classmates there and reports as follows:
"Shep Shepard is sales manager of the real estate firm of Solon Gershman Inc., and any mouth man moving to the St. Louis area and wanting a place to live should see Shep. He claims his daughter, Lola, born in 1929, should be the class baby. His son Carroll is a graduate of the University of Missouri and another son, Lawrence, is an undergraduate there.
"Clint Whittemore told me his son Allen is a junior at Brown. He sees Craw Pollock occasionally. Clint is marketing manager of Olin Industries, Inc.... I called Dr. Sam Bas sett but he was
visiting his son Sam at Hanover. I talked to another son, Denis, who was at home. . . . Had a long talk with Dusty Griffin, who agreed to serve as an assistant class agent next year. He is now serving on the alumni interviewing committee for this area. He has not been back to Hanover since graduation."
Between business conferences in Chicago, Herm took time to call Paul Cutler and found him working at his law office at 8 P.M. He talked to Gertrude Armstrong in Skokie, who said Jack was planning on attending the Dartmouth dinner in Chicago the following night. In talking with Jack Ahern he learned that his son John, 19 years old, was killed in an auto accident August r, 1954. Jack and Cecilia have a daughter 17 years old and a son who is 12. Our heartfelt sympathy to you, Jack, and your family. Herm also talked to Hoyt Thompson, whose wife Katharine was Vassar '36, same as Marguerite Schnepel. Hoyt is president of the real estate firm of Ward Farnsworth & Co.
Irv Engelman has been appointed director of the Bureau of Assistance in the New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies. His bureau serves more than 40,000 needy persons, administering $25 million in federal, state, county and municipal funds. Irv came up through the ranks, having been in the Civil Service in the state since 1930. Irv was only 19 when he graduated from Dartmouth magna cum laude, and graduated from the New Jersey Law School with an LL.B. degree at the head of his class.
Vic Hartjens sends us a clipping from the Washington Star which names Barney Nova, New York attorney, as one of the five men in the group organizing a new bank, the Republic National, on upper Connecticut Avenue. Its capital and paid-in surplus are put at $500,000.
Dan Hatch's two daughters, Katherine and Becky, are students at Wells College in Aurora, N. Y.... Dave Willard volunteered to transfer from the Prudential Insurance Company's main office in Newark to their gorgeous new 22-story building in Jacksonville, Fla., and does not regret it. He says:
"Approximately 450 old Newarkites came down and we hired 1100 people in the Jax area. The new building which we moved into March 11 is very snazzy, what with palms, patios and policies tastefully strewn about the landscape and on the bank of a mighty big and pretty river. Dave Jr. is a junior at Washington & Lee and quite an athlete. His specialty is lacrosse. Sid Hayward was in town the other night. I couldn't attend the dinner but had a drink and said hello. Met Don Crane 29 again who says Red Jenkins flies this way occasionally Don't have Red's address so would you tell him where I am. Mean to get to Delray Beach soon and see George Boughton."
Dick Klinck was elected president and a director of the National Bank of New England, East Haddam, Conn., effective January 1. Dick is the fourth banker in our class to acquire that title, the others being Gaylord Leslie (Peoples Saving Bank, Van Wert, Ohio), MaxCarlson (National Bank of Commerce of Seattle), and Rupe Thompson (Providence National Bank). Dick started out with the Irving Trust Co. in New York and was there twelve years, then was vice president of the Merchants Refrigerating Co. in New York and later assistant treasurer of Merck & Co. Dick's son Donald, Dartmouth 51' is teaching English at Loomis School. The twins are in the Army, but Stephen gets out this May and is entering Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., in September. Stanley is at the quartermaster depot at Idar-Oberstein, Germany, near Luxemburg, and has a year to go.
At Bill Morton's invitation I attended the Dartmouth Club of Central New York dinner in Syracuse on March 25 and had the privilege of hearing John Dickey address the 150 members and wives. It was great to see old friends like Marty Heifer '27 and Mart Lower '26, and their wives. But it was worth the trip just to hear what President Dickey said to that group about our Bill's service to the College. I wish I could remember the words, which were so perfectly chosen, but the gist of it was that Bill Morton combines, to an extent not exceeded by any alumnus, a terrific interest in Dartmouth's welfare with the ability to do something about it. In addition to being chairman of the dinner committee, Bill also gave a luncheon that day for the President, which the civic leaders of Syracuse attended. I spent the night with the Mortons and enjoyed the chance to visit with them. Young Bill was home on vacation from Deer-field where, incidentally, he played on their undefeated football team.
Our sympathy goes to Art Lane, whose wife Janet died March 26. While she had not been particularly well, the doctors had not been able to find anything wrong with her. On March 26 she went to bed early, and Art went into the bedroom a little while later and found her dead. She leaves two children, Sarah, 14, and Susan, 12.
A few weeks ago Western Union delivered to me a money order which had been sent to me June 29 by Jack McGrath who was then on vacation in northern Michigan, and suddenly remembered the Alumni Fund. W.U. didn't even say "We're sorry" but we want to apologize to Jack for the fact that his name was not on the list of contributors in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. The records have been corrected, Jack, and your contribution record is unbroken.
Jerry Luellen has been elected president of the board of trustees of the Bound Brook (N. J.) Community Service Society. Jerry is manager of production planning at the Johns-Manville Co. plant in New Brunswick
Bill Alford was recently made a general partner of Dean Witter & Co. He was a vice president of Harris, Hall & Co. before its merger with Dean Witter in 1953.... A great Dane owned by Jerry and Mary Johnston's Marydane Kennels appeared on the cover of SportsIllustrated on February 14.
From Bradford E. Parker '28 comes this welcome news:
"Webster Wolcott Parker, son of Brad and Lee Parker, arrived on the scene November 4. He is a good-looking, healthy Connecticut Yankee who derives his first name directly from the famous lexicographer and forebear Noah Webster, his second name from the wife of Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States. Her name was Abigail Wolcott. I have entered 'Web' in the Class of 1973. Our older son, Bradford E. Parker II is four years old and quite a boy."
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