1938

Johnny Scotford, whose accomplishments as Class Agent only slightly overshadow his zeal in helping the Secretary, has come through with a nice note he received from JohnnyJohnson, probably the most peripatetic member of 1938. Excerpts follow:

"Your letter of January 24 was awaiting me upon my return from one of my trips throughout West Africa; we (Texas Petroleum Co.) are presently in the midst of reorganizing our West African Division, and as a result I am traveling all over the area, trying to set up the reorganization program.

"I leave again this coming Sunday (by now Ancient History) and will return to Accra on March 5. In the middle of March I am off again and will not be back until after the first week in April. I then head for European business, and if I still have any steam left, will take a couple of weeks' vacation in Europe before returning to New York."

I wonder if my Texaco card would be good in West Africa? I can now stay in Istanbul at a Hilton Hotel on credit; perhaps travel will become more feasible in the future.

Another short note was enclosed from EvWood, airline pilot for Pan-American, and almost as peripatetic as the next one:

"I've had four days with .young Woodie skiing around the Golf Course in Hanover and bunking up evenings with the Dave Bradleys on Occom Ridge. There are times when I feel like a man from Mars. These are the occasions when I return from a two or three-year assignment overseas and get that much Dartmouth mail piled into my lap at once."

To clean up the Scotford dossier for the past month, comes an account of the Class Dinner in New York on the 23rd of March. Among those present were: Roy Block, Al Bliss, Bob Reeve, El Herrick, Lou Frick, Ray Ammarell, Fred Becker, Larry Hull, Roy Duckworth, Art Soule, Bill Wynkoop, Don Boyle, Tom McGrath, Fred Baker, Herb Harries, John Kindergan, Rog Baker, Bob Frese, Pat Gorman, Bob Stearns, Howie Casler, and the omnipresent Scotford, naturally.

As has become customary at such affairs, a dollar-bill raffle for the Memorial Fund was conducted for some of Gorman's best deodorizing products, netting another $18 for the Fund. Howie Caster was the lucky winner, but about half of it ended up on Duckworth's hair, thus cutting the profits down considerably.

May 17 is set for another; and by that time this column may have reached you, so let this be another reminder of the occasion.

Marty King has been appointed manager of advertising for General Electric's Lamp Division, thus moving him from the confines of Manhattan to the lakeshore of Cleveland. He is being transferred from G.E.'s administrative headquarters in New York City, where he has been in charge of the Company's public relations manpower development program for the past year. I presume the good Marty is now engulfed in house-hunting and other kindred pleasures of a change of scenery.

Back in the good old dim days of Hanover residence, we heard from time to time of people who had obviously "arrived" and perhaps wondered if some day our own contemporaries would be figures of note and nationwide reputation. Another reminder of creeping age is the notation now and again of eminent members of the Class.

I should long ago have narrated the accomplishments of Ted and Peg Hunter, featured several times in architectural magazines, and of which I have often heard from other architects. Now comes news of a five-page picture story on them in the February issue of the Architectural Record, displaying a new house in Hanover. This is not the first time their work has been featured, by far, as their modern ideas and functional treatment has been covered in other trade magazines. Anyone visiting Hanover would do well to take a tour of the many homes they have designed locally.

Also breaking into public print has been Robert H. Reno, attorney. Being deeply interested in World Federalism, Bob has been writing articles for The Federalist, the latest being in the February 1955 issue, dealing with a definition of terms to clarify misunderstandings in regard to world government.

Dr. Daniel Bell, erstwhile physician of Waltham, Mass., has been recalled to active duty in the Armed Forces. No other information than this has reached this address; so if the good Doctor would drop a postcard giving any pertinent data, others can be informed.

From the Land of the Rising Sun, a curt announcement lists Yokichi Fujiyama as managing director of the Nitto Chemical Co. in Tokyo. The complete address is 46 Kurumamachi Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo; any '38ers there on business, Army or otherwise, can no doubt get the address interpreted for them.

By the time this reaches you, the annual Scotford manhunt will be nearing its completion. Let's hope you have had the consideration and courtesy to get your shekels in early so as to save administrative to-do and expense. But if not, get going now so that we can wind up the campaign without the exasperating last-minute heat that sometimes has to occur.

Next month's screed will be last of the year; so if there's any news that might spoil over the summer, get it in quickly; otherwise it will gather mould and dust in Etna during the vacation months so that it may well reek by September. It only takes a postcard to achieve at least temporary immortality.

Secretary, Trinity-Pawling School Pawling, N. Y.

Class Agent, 329 Concord Rd., Yonkers, N. Y.