1928

The class is again saddened by the death of a popular and loyal member, Norm Nash, who died of a heart attack at Water Isle, Virgin Islands, on November 16. Norm had his first attack a year and a half ago, but continued working until he retired July 1 and moved to the Virgin Islands. He was vice president and co-copy chief of the Kudner Agency, Inc., of New York. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his widow Dorothy and two sons, Donald and Robert.

The Travelers Insurance Co. announced in Hartford this month the promotion of Bernard Goodrich to assistant secretary of the group department. "Bun," a native of West Hartford, Conn., started with the Travelers in February 1930 in the statistical section of the group department. He and Alma have three children and live at 29 Crestview Drive, Newington, Conn.

Rupe Thompson was honored at the annual Boys' Club Area Council dinner at the Taunton Inn, Taunton, Mass., on November 15. He received the Boys' Club of America Bronze Keystone Award for long and devoted service to Boys' Clubs as a member of the Providence Boys' Club board of directors for the past fifteen years. Rupe is executive vice president of the Industrial National Bank in Providence.

Ham Hankins is now vice president for service of the Wright Aeronautical Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corp. Ham has been in aviation ever since college. His latest promotion recalls the fact that he is the only '2Ber to earn two B.S. degrees. After getting one at Dartmouth he enrolled at M.I.T. and got another, in engineering. Then he joined the Navy and received his wings at Pensacola. In 1932 he returned to M.I.T. and got a Master of Science degree. He went with Pan American Airways in 1933 as an apprentice pilot and rose to operations manager of the Atlantic Division. In 1948 he moved to the Wright Aeronautical Corp. as executive engineer. He and Anne live in Franklin Lakes, N. J., and have three children in the local schools.

Bob Grey, superintendent of the Cheshire (Conn.) Reformatory, is proud of the fact that his Cheshire Reformatory softball team had full membership in an outside league, which he believes is the first time a reformatory institution has participated in an organized softball league. His team won the championship with 25 wins and five losses. (It was the only team to play all its games "at home.") At one time during the season they had a winning streak of eleven consecutive games and on one occasion their pitcher pitched a no-hit, no-run game - the first in the eighteen-year history of the Cheshire Softball League.

Joe Tidd was chairman of the first freshman-father luncheon sponsored by the Dartmouth Club of New Haven.

The all-day snow storm on November 19 put a crimp in the picnic which the class officers scheduled for before the game. The wet snow and the slippery parking lot made it necessary to eat in the car before heading for the stadium, loaded down with raincoats, blankets, and arms full of newspapers to sit on. Everyone was prepared for the weather and the game was exciting. A few who didn't bring enough wet-weather gear, like Chuckand Nona Bruder and Craw and Ethie Pollock, had to leave before the end of the game. At Portal 23 between the halves we saw AI Fusonie, Joe Smith and his two beautiful daughters and their dates, Stew Hoagland,Jack Heston, Irv Engelman, Cal Billings, JohnPhillips and Jack Zellers.

Twenty-two showed up at the Peacock Inn in Princeton after the game, much to the surprise of the management which expected our dinner reservations to be cancelled. Present were Ruth and Dick Beshlin, Vera andJohn Flanagan, Suzie and George Pasfield,Dee and Jack McAvoy, Marguerite and HerrnSchnepel and their guests, Mary and OsSkinner and their guests, and Os' brothers and their wives, Sue and Bill Skinner '27 and guests. Six other '28 couples had made reservations but stayed away from the game when they saw the miserable weather conditions.

In addition to sending cards about the Princeton game plans to classmates in New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area, we notified a few others who get to New York frequently, like Hod Carver, Bill Morton and Creighton Hart. We got a nice letter from Creighton in Kansas City, saying he hoped to attend.

He wrote:

"You ask about my two sons at Dartmouth, and it is always a pleasure to write about your children. Creighton, a senior, has majored in art and architecture and varsity swimming. He is doing better in the latter, and will probably wind up as a general businessman after doing his stint for Uncle Sam. My younger son John definitely has interest along the scientific line and at present plans to major in zoology. He talks now of going on and doing post graduate work in this field, but is intelligent enough to say his plans may change. He loves to hunt and fish and I think if he could make a living as a Canadian guide nothing would suit him better."

Creighton's firm, Reserve Plan Inc., opened a New York office at 521 Fifth Avenue on December 1, so Creighton expects to spend much of his time there for the next year.

Newspaper clippings just received include photographs of: Sam Magavern presiding at a meeting of the New York State Board of Social Welfare; Gene Katz, president of the Katz Agency, New York, at a meeting of the New Haven Ad Club; Pren Bradley, Pittsfield, Mass., architect, surrounded by his six assistants in his new and larger offices in that city.

Woman's Day had a long article in its October issue about a painting of Mona Lisa which belonged to Beef Vernon's uncle, the late Prof. Ambrose Vernon, who gave the very popular courses on Biography while we were in Hanover. The painting hung in his home there. After exhaustive tests, Dr. Thomas Judson, noted da Vinci scholar and authority on Renaissance art, is convinced that it is a hitherto undiscovered work by Leonardo, painted five years before the Louvre's famous attraction. It was brought from Paris by William Henry Vernon when he returned to this country in 1797. At his death all his art treasures, paintings by Van Dyck, Michelangelo, Titian and Murillo, were sold, but the family bid in the abovementioned painting. If Dr. Judson's authenti- cation is accepted by other experts, the painting is priceless. It is now in a New York bank vault.

Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa.

Treasurer, First National Bank, Boston, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,