1941

Health department officials are beset with consternation combating the two epidemics of the day -Asiatic flu and World Series fever. Pandemonium prevails, in New York and Milwaukee, along with sorrow and remorse at the departure of the beloved "Bums" and the Giants to sunny California. Around these parts everyone is drowning his sorrows. Frank Hall can be seen every night at quitting time crying in a beer at the Savarin bar before catching his train for Garden City. Vic Schneider's beautiful gardens in Roslyn have not been watered with the sprinkler in a long time. The Dodgers have forsaken them.

Danny Provost still smokes Chesterfields but no longer talks about the Giants. And a few of us lost money on the Yankees. Perseverance reaps its reward. Last year at this time Jim Curtis and Dr. Bill Meyer of Milwaukee were crying "wait 'til next year." Now they are in their glory.

Out California way many of our cohorts - such as Fred Maloon, Holden Higbee, Bill Power, Ed Little, Bob White, Dana Chase, and Fred Leopold (just to mention a few) are undoubtedly waiting with much anticipation for next year and the opportunity to root for major league teams.

Dr. George A. Simpson has been recently elected medical director of the Colonial Life Insurance Company of America of East Orange, N. J. George specializes in general medicine and is also associated with the chest service at the New York Polyclinic Hospital and Medical School. Before accepting this appointment he was assistant medical director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. He now resides in South Orange, N. J. Last I heard George was still a bachelor.

Also in the insurance field, Clinton Reynolds has been named Associate Counsel of the Massachusetts Protective Association, Inc., and the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, both of Worcester, Mass. Clint has been associated with these companies since 1948 and has served as assistant counsel for the past six years. Prior to that he was a law clerk in the office of a Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He also resides in Worcester.

It was regrettable to learn that because of ill health John Bolten Jr. recently announced his immediate resignation as a member of the Manufacturing Analysis Department of the General Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, a position he has held since 1956. Jack was formerly President of Bolta Products, Inc., Lawrence, Mass., until that company merged with the General Tire and Rubber Company several years ago. We all sincerely hope, Jack, that your illness is not serious and that your recovery will be speedy and complete.

Stu and Audrey May are now home owners. They recently purchased a home in Glen Head, Long Island. So now Stu is a neighbor of Fred Monfort of the same town and of his good friend, Bill Galbraith in nearby Sea Cliff. Stu is busy with the paint brush and trowel. Before very long they expect company in their new home by way of their first arrival.

Chuck Bolté is very active these days as a member of the Alumni Council's Committee on Public Relations. The extensive advance publicity given to the Dartmouth Convocation on Great Issues of the Anglo-Canadian-American Community at the suggestion of his committee contributed to a capacity attendance.

Last April I reported that Doug Bridge was appointed assistant secretary of the Albany Felt Company. Doug has also been appointed assistant treasurer of his company.

My report of last June about the appointment of John R. Bowers as car advertising manager of Ford Motor Company's Ford Division was rather sketchy. In this key marketing position John will be directly responsible for the full range of Ford car advertising, including television, so that Ford can stay ahead of Chevrolet in sales. He is active in 4-A work and a member of the national 4-A agency personnel committee. John and Nancy live with their young son and daughter in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., an hour from his Detroit office.

As usual many of our classmates are busy beavers in alumni affairs. Bob Darbee is now second , Vice President of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Long Island. Dick Darby is a new member of the Executive Committee for a one-year term.

Two years ago those who slave in the canyons of Wall Street formed an association known as the Dartmouth Downtowners, which meets for lunch once a month. A recent directory of its membership of over 250 includes Dick Blanchard, Don Brown, Fred Cluthe, Marston Gibbs, Frank Hall and Fred Montfort. And then there are a few brave souls who work uptown, where I recently encountered Felix Lilenthal. Felix is just as chipper and youthful as ever.

This time of year, with the pigskin parade in full swing, our thoughts turn to Hanover. Most of us wish we could enjoy the splendid fall foliage and watch the rejuvenated Dartmouth eleven in action. Undoubtedly many will see to it that this wish materializes into a reality by stealing away from the kids for a weekend and heading for the hills of Hanover. Hall Newell and his wife pioneered the fall descent upon the Hanover Inn by journeying all the way from Gates Mills, Ohio, early in September.

The frost is on the pumpkin and the gobbler is being readied for the Thanks-giving feast, which I hope will be most enjoyable for all.

Sid Harrington '40, at the controls of hisDC7C, has been with Pan American WorldAirways for 16 years and has clocked morethan 14,000 hours in the air.

Secretary, 3 Nassau Rd., Great Neck, N. Y.

Treasurer, 30 Summit St., Chestnut Hill Philadelphia 18, Pa.