1940
As the by-line will attest, you have a new class secretary and this is his first effort as editor of this column. It is hoped that his efforts will not appear glaringly inadequate when compared with Brownie's excellent out- put of the past few years. This is going to be quite a change from writing the "Indian Drum" with its circulation limited to the Class of 1940 to writing the class notes for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE with its audience of nearly 25,000. No more off-color stories, no more - oh, well!
Before teeing off, this column wishes to give a vote of thanks to Elmer Browne in behalf of the class, not only for the outstanding job that he has done in writing and putting the class notes together but, more important, for his work in further strengthening the class. He will not take a well-earned rest from active participation in class affairs. He was the last class secretary to serve in the dual capacity of chairman and secretary. Under the constitution adopted at reunion, henceforth the jobs will be separate. In 1955, the Dartmouth Secretaries' Association unanimously recommended that the job of chairman and of secretary be split. The size of Dartmouth classes and the growing number of class activities place too heavy a burden for one man to handle. He could not efficiently function in the administrative aspect of class work and also keep up the close and personal associations which the secretary must maintain with all members of the class. As you are aware, Hugh Schwarz has been made chairman and it will be his job henceforth until our 20th Reunion to serve as chairman of our Class Executive Committee and in turn to take care of all of the administrative matters and policy matters regarding our class.
This first column must begin with a very sad note in reporting the death of DonWorden in an automobile accident in California. His obituary appears elsewhere in this issue. Don's death comes as a great shock to all. May his soul rest in peace.
Ben Bacon has recently been made a director of the Birmingham National Bank in Ansonia, Conn. Ben is president of the Bacon Printing Co.
We are pleased to report that the ranks of the bachelors in the' class was further depleted by the marriage of John Burnap to Miss Molly Bagwill of Ridgefield, Conn. If we could only get Bumstead and Hewitt to take the big step that would be a real achievement. That, however, still appears to be a highly un- likely happening. Fred Porter was an usher and the best man was Clement Burnap '39.
Lloyd Blanchard, business manager of the Darien, Conn., public school system, has recentlyjoined the Air Force Reserve as a ma- jor. During World War I he served in the European Theater with the Ninth Air Divisionas a weather officer. Lloyd's activities in Darien are of great interest to this family with one son in the first grade and another to enter the public schools before too long. Darien is considered to have one of the finest public school systems in Connecticut and Lloyd has much to do with its present success.
Bob Clunie who has been teaching at Morse High School in Bath, Me., will this season teach English at Lincoln Academy as well as coach basketball and baseball. It was rather amusing the way his appointment was written up in the Lincoln County (Me.) News. The major part of the article was devoted to the fact that he would coach basketball and baseball and in the last line it was stated that "in addition to his coaching duties he will teach English." Also on the academic front, we are notified that Dick Mitchell received a Ph.D. from Harvard in June but we were not advised of his subject.
It has come to our attention that Don Fox has been made advertising manager of the Special Products Division of Ford Motor Company. Your editor has been trying to discover what the Special Products Division does and by a process of deduction he surmises that: it is this division which will produce the new line of cars that Ford expects to unveil next year, all very hush-hush. Prior to his present appointment. Don was advertising and sales promotion director of Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co., which he joined after several years with the advertising firm of Young and Rubicam in New York. We have heard no direct news from Don for so long that I am sure that the whole class feels that it will be refreshing to read something from him in this column.
Recently we had lunch with John Manley who has forsaken the real estate business in Westchester County for what he believes to be a rosier future in the world of finance. His job is at present learning the business of being a floor trader on the American Stock Exchange and soon he expects to have his own seat and to be actively engaged in the trading of issues listed thereon for his firm. We wish John all the luck in the world and pray that he is not entering the business at the peak of a "bull" market.
Iver Olson has been named economist for the National Shoe Manufacturing Assn. He assumed his new position after having served with Market Facts, Inc., a market research organization.
On the medical front Dr. Ken Steele has become associated with the Slocum-Dixon Clinic in Utica, N. Y., where he will practice surgery. For those of you who have lost track of Ken since his graduation from Dartmouth he subsequently graduated magna cum laude from the Yale Medical School, interned in the New Haven Hospital and then served in the Army Medical Corps. Upon returning from the service in 1948, he was appointed surgical resident at the Yale University School of Medicine. He then became an instructor in surgery and more recently was acting Chief of Surgery at the Newington, Conn., VA Hospital. Ken and Martha have five children ranging in age from 11 to less than 1 year. We wish Ken all the luck in the world in his new endeavor.
During the past two years as editor of the "Indian Drum," your secretary has had requests for a run-down on his activities since he left Dartmouth, so once and for all here goes: After leaving college and a stint in the French Army, I attended the Harvard Business School. During my stay there, I married Virginia Solley in 1942. After the usual period in the army where I served in B-17 aircraft, flying from England and subsequently in O.S.S. on the continent, I returned to the United States. After a rather unsatisfactory period of working with a company in Hartford, Conn., I went to work for the investment banking firm of Hemphill, Noyes & Co. in 1946. I have been with that firm ever since and at present hold the position of manager of the research department. I live in Darien, Conn., with my family consisting of wife and two small boys, Charles, 6, and David, 4. That takes care of me and I guarantee you that from now on you will be hearing no more about what Ye Editor does.
From time to time, Brownie tells me, he received critical letters complaining that the same names appeared in the class notes again and again. The easiest way to eliminate the cause of this criticism is to sit down and drop me a line about yourself. As I have said before, there is no surer way of seeing your name in print than in sending me a little news.
Secretary, 177 Leroy Ave., Darien, Conn.
Treasurer, 88 North Main St., Concord, N. H.
