1930
Feature article of the month in the February New Hampshire Profiles is a several-page article featuring the home of Mr. and Mrs.Thomas Cushing Dunnington, in Dover, N. H. It is a beautifully done article on a most interesting subject and replete even to a splendid group picture of Tom and his family. Ernie Earley '18 was so enthusiasticabout it that I quote from his letter on thesubject which summarizes the article muchbetter than I could.
"I'm enclosing herewith a copy of the February New Hampshire Profiles which you probably already have seen; but of particular interest, and an exquisite display of museum pieces, is the lovely home of Tom Dunnington.
"The American folk art looks well represented by some of the charming portraits of children — the Peale still life must be as he was a fine painter. I wonder if that portrait of Martha Washington over the fireplace is painted on glass, like some of the charming ones of .that period.
"The handsome crystal chandelier; exquisite lustres and beautiful chests with mellowed wood; the tiles around the fireplace in the bedroom; the gracious stairway; beautiful grouping of pewter on serving table with exquisite mirror to complete the picture; and the exterior of the house with its red brick and beautiful white arches fill one with nostalgia for that gracious age which the Dunningtons have so beautifully and faithfully restored..
"Truly this is a museum made warm and livable, complete to powder-horn and a bed-warming pad caught sight of through a doorway. Well, you've probably seen this, but if you have, might enjoy seeing it again. So many of your class would enjoy seeing this too, particularly the picture of Tom and his family on Page 34."
The month of February also saw the annualdinner meeting of the Dartmouth AlumniAssociation of Boston at the Hotel Statler,with Bob Jordan, Les Godwin, Dick Barnard,Pete Davis, Harry Condon, Hal Booma, RoilyBooma, Hank Ekstrom, Herb Chase, WinHatch, Ray Olson, and Alex McFarland beingpresent. Alex reported:
"You may know that Bob Jordan has just recently been moved from Providence to Boston, from a business standpoint. He continues to work for Gulf Oil, but is now in charge of merchandising and advertising, as I understand it, in their Boston office. He intends to move his family up to Greater Boston somewhere following the completion of this school year. I did not hear of any other startling news items. Pete Davis said that not too long ago he had been out in Los Angeles and had seen KarlRodi, and that they had as much snow out there in sunny California as they had in New England!
"On Friday of this week my telephone rang and Norm McGrath was on the other end of the line. He said that he was in town attending a meeting of some grain exchange and thought that he would just call to say hello."
A very interesting report from Ted Wolf, who wrote Wally Blakey:
"In December I caught up with 'Tiger' JoeGuilfoy out in Detroit. Our 25th anniversary book gives his occupation as unknown. It is unknown no longer: he runs the drafting office for Saylor & Grivas, a subsidiary of American Bridge. Looks fine: very dignified with that white hair around the ears. Also saw Jim Taylor, Director of Industrial Relations at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati. Last July I was in Reading, Pa., so looked up Milt Shultz at Berkshire Knitting Mills, the largest manufacturer of women's stockings — pardon me, hose — in the country. He said business is good abroad but mediocre in U. S. Too many barelegged babes.
"Oh, yes: Betty and I went to see Janus the other night. Among the others chuckling at Margaret Sullivan was that old Venezuelan, BobBottome, and his pretty wife.
"I have taken up squash again, after a fourteen-year lay-off. Wonderful game between tennis seasons. Played seventeen games this afternoon. Traveling quite a bit recently, mostly in Georgia and Florida. Am trying to arrange my consulting work to have all southern clients in the winter, northern in summer time, but they insist on overlapping. Still working at it! Happy New Year — what's left of it."
Ted, however, didn't begin to tell all there is to be told about himself and his family. Those of you who receive the publications of the Society for Advancement of Management, in August of '55 saw an. article entitled "What Business Can Learn from Baseball" by Ted and subsequently he was interviewed by the editor of The Foreman's Letter because of the unique work he is doing in the consulting field. Ted and Betty's oldest son is now a junior electrical engineer at Cornell and the younger boy Roger hopes to make Dartmouth this coming fall. He has been president of his Student Council, a leader in many other activities, and last summer went to Paris as a delegate to the International Y Conference. He is hoping to pick up his interest in swimming again in Hanover and his older brother is a back-stroke man for Cornell doing the 200 in 2:18.6.
In January, Fred Watson was back in Hanover attending the 1956 Class Agents' Clinic, the results of which you are going to see shortly in connection with the Alumni Fund drive. Give Fred and his assistants all the moral and financial help you possibly can. In February, Harry Dunning, Curt Myer, the Borellas, the Marsters and the McFarlands, together with their charming daughter Carol, were all in Hanover.
Nelson Rockefeller's activities are so varied and wide spread that we can only mention here that Nelson gave the commencement address at State College, Pa., in January, appeared as chief speaker at the Boston Annual Lincoln Night Dinner and, of course, has received much publicity for his part as chairman of the Building Committee for the Ernest Martin Hopkins Center of the College.
Perusal of the advertising columns in the New York papers indicates that Buck Steers firm of Doherty, Clifford, Steers and Shenfield Inc. has just been named to handle the Cigar Institute of America account.
Congratulations to Bob Barker, who as announced by the Chase Manhattan Bank has just been appointed investment officer of that organization.
Bill Fenton, director of the New York State Museum in Albany, continues to be busy in addressing at historical meetings. His latest appearance being in Binghamton, N. Y., where he gave a talk entitled "People of the Long House" in connection with the unveiling of a diorama of an Indian village near Windsor, N. Y.
As I close these notes on the night of Ike's historic pronouncement on his candidacy, February 29. it seems most fitting to report on two political aspects in the Class of 1930. First, Attorney J. Walker Wiggin, over in Manchester, N. H., has announced that if he is elected to the May 15th Constitutional Convention, he will be a candidate for presidency. Out in the Midwest, Bob McCoy, as uncontested Republican nominee for the Illinois State Senate in his district, will be running on April 10 against Dick Babcock '40. Here is a case where a good man is sure to win, but we are all for you, Bob.
Sam Stayman, internationally famous bridge master, has spelled out his winning system in a recently published book, The CompleteStayman System of Contract Bidding (Rinehart, $3.95). The Stayman System, according to the dust jacket, "has weathered the fire of highly competitive tournament bridge the world over and has now been adopted by over 85 per cent of the expert tournament players."
Sam has been winning bridge honors since 1942, when he took the Vanderbilt Cup and also the National Master Team of Four Championship. He has won the Vanderbilt Cup, equivalent to the national championship, five times since and has won the Spingold Trophy (National Masters Championship) six times. He has been on three U. S. teams in the World Championship and last year he formed his own team which won the Spingold Trophy and is representing the U. S. in the 1956 world tournament. Sam is president Stamina Mills, a textile firm.
John H. Cornehlsen '29 has joined MahlerAssociates in New York City as Director ofAppraisal Services. Since 1953 he has been apersonnel psychologist with the industrialconsultant firm, Richardson, Bellows, Henry& co.
Secretary, Reading, Vt.
Class Agent, 1501 River Rd., Wilmington 3, Del.
