1919

Last call for the 1956 Alumni Fund Your contribution, and make it a generous one, has to be postmarked June 30 at the latest to count in this year's Fund. With approximately 350 living members of the class interested in the welfare of the College, to a more or less degree, an average gift of $60 per head would make '19's score $21,000, which would put us right up among the leaders in the support of Dartmouth. How about keeping up the average and send in a few extra bucks, because there are members of the class who can't afford $60, but do give generously in proportion to their income.

The Dartmouth Club of New York had its annual awards dinner on April 24. King Woodbridge '04, Basil O'Connor '12 and Pat Weaver '30 were the recipients of the awards tor achievement. Present from the class were San Treat, Win Batchelder, Nick Sandoe, LouMunro, Mose Robinson, and Lew Garrison.

Quoting from the Wall Street Journal:

"A proxy fight for control of Fanner Manufacturing Co. has been launched by C. Greif Raible, former president and still a director of the company. Mr. Raible, who owns 304,000 shares, or 26% of the company's common, charged that a management of 'bookkeepers and brokers' was responsible for declining earnings of the company. Mr. Raible, who relinquished his duties as chairman and president of the company last year, charged that the present management is inexperienced. He asserted he was not interested in assuming active management of the company but added that if stockholders support him at the annual meeting April 7, he 'will bring in a foundry and manufacturing man to run the company'."

Via Tom Bresnahan, who is slowly recovering from a bout with pernicious anemia, following an operation, comes the news that Greif won his proxy battle. A news item from the Amesbury (Mass.) Independent:

"K. C. Bevan, vice president in charge of manufacturing of the Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, will be the speaker at a meeting of the Industrial Management Club next Monday. The meeting, which was postponed this week because of the town meeting, which in turn was adjourned by the storm, will be held in the First Methodist Church hall. The speaker is a graduate of Dartmouth College and has been in the rubber manufacturing industry for many years. He is a past director and president of the Boston chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management and has spoken on numerous occasions before various chapters of the Association of Cost Accountants."

Another news item from the Holyoke (Mass.) Transcript-Telegram, notes:

"Henry O. Holley, principal of Monson High School for the past 33 years and long active in high school athletics, was the recipient of the 17th Harold M. Gore Memorial Award of the Small School tournament. It was presented in tribute to his outstanding service by a former winner, J. Franklin Farrell, superintendent of schools in Adams, at the Basketball Conference this noon at the University of Massachusetts. Mr. Holley has always been recognized as outstanding in athletics. At Dartmouth College he played varsity football and he coached both basketball and baseball at Monson High for many years. Following graduation, he attended Northeastern and was awarded the Bachelor of Law degree and a masters of Education degree from Harvard. Before matriculating at Dartmouth College, Mr. Holley graduated from Classical High School in Springfield. He is a past president of the Monson Rotary Club and the State Principals' Association. For many years he served as chairman of its athletic committee. He has been a trustee of the Small High tournament. A deacon of the Monson Congregational church, he has been an active leader in the Masonic organizations. Holley has two children and two grandchildren."

Bob and Anne Lewis of Lebanon, N. H., were among the numerous classmates who traveled South this past hard winter. A card indicates that they were in Atlanta, Pensacola, Gulfport, New Orleans and Natchez. Ken andMarge Huntington were in Key Largo, Fla., and Fort Lauderdale late in March. Rock andAlice Earle Hayes spent a couple of weeks in Nassau in April, and what with going to the races and deep sea fishing, had a fine time. Spider Martin's picture appeared recently in the Boston Herald with the notation that he had been elected a member of the executive committee of the Graybar Electric Companyat the annual meeting of the board of directors. Spider is a director of the company andhas been New England district manager of thecompany since 1948. Jim Capps writes asfollows, and his remarks should interest all'19ers who expect to travel in Italy:

"I am enclosing a picture of John and. Margueriia Fornacca, Beulah and myself, taken in a cafe in Rome on the wrong side of the Tiber. Most of our classmates have not seen John for many years, so I want to make one statement and I want to emphasize it just as strongly as I possibly can, - that any Dartmouth man who travels in Italy is out of his mind if he does not use the American Express Company in that country. The things that John Fornacca was able to do for Beulah and me were simply fabulous. Generally you will find one of two types of men, one who is able to produce but does not do so, or one who has the desire and lacks the ability. John has both the desire and ability to the nth degree. He really made our stay in Italy a thing of joy. I would like very much to have all of our classmates see John and Marguerita's picture, and if you want to block out my ugly mug it is OK with me, but I could not get John's picture alone."

Bill McConnell hits the news again as follows:

"Mayor William M. McConnell formally announced today that he will seek a third term. In a short simple statement, he said: 'I will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for mayor of East Orange at the primary election on April 17 next.' There had not been much doubt in the minds of most citizens that Mayor McConnell would run. He told a Record, reporter Monday that he was meeting with his 'advisers' and would have a formal statement later. There has been no indication thus far that he will be opposed in the Republican primary. Deadline for filing is March 8. Mayor McConnell was senior councilman from the Fifth Ward when he became the choice of the late Mayor Martens and was elected for his first term in 1952. In November 1954, McConnell defeated the Democratic candidate, George Bonscher, 15,587 to 9,928. McConnell, who is considered by his colleagues as an expert in city government, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his Bachelor of Law degree from New Jersey Law School and his J.S.D. degree from New York University. He served in the Army in World War I."

Incidentally, a nice letter from Bill says among other things that he was originally a member of the Class of 1914, had to leave college, and then came back to graduate with the Class in 1919 so, as he states, "Since I only spent six months with the Class of 1919 and many of its members were still in the service, I only know a handful of members of the Class."

This is the last stint of your Secretary until the October issue of the MAGAZINE and he would like to leave one thought with you for the summer months. Please keep the letters, cards and what-not coming in and don't be bashful - write the old Sec. about your families, what you are doing, news of other classmates. It is impossible to keep this column going, to say. nothing about the Smoke Signal, unless you write in. Have a good summer and see you in the fall. Don't forget that we are having the annual get-together October 19 to 21 at Woodstock-Hanover. More about this later.

Enjoyine Rome together are (l to r): Marguerite Fornacca, Beulah Capps, Jim Capps '19 of Utica, N. Y., and John Fornacca '19, who is managing director of American Express in Rome.

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