1932

We are indebted to Phil Winchester, Secretary of the Class of '99, for a clipping from The Louisville Times announcing the appointment of Bill Kendall to the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. Bill joined L & N two years ago as assistant to the president and at that time this column spent a considerable amount of space not only in tracing Bill's interesting railroad career, but also in giving his very optimistic views on the future of railroading. His views have obviously not changed, for in a recent interview Bill is quoted as saying, "Railroading is an essential industry if there ever was one. Railroads are the cheapest carrier in mass transportation."

Bill should know, for since 1933 he has worked for various railroad companies and states that his father was bora in a railroad station — "it was a small one in Vermont. You see, my grandfather was the station agent and lived at the station." He is a member of the National Defense Transportation Association, the American Society of Traffic and Transportation, the Appalachian Traffic Club and the Traffic Club of N. Y. Bill lives with his wife and two children, Tom and Roberta, at 109 Hemingway Road in Louisville. Congratulations on this fine forward step in your career, Bill, and best wishes for continued success and happiness. Maybe you can arrange a special train from the mid-west to Hanover for the 25th!

At Claverack, N. Y., announcement has been made of the engagement of Harriet B. McCall, daughter of Bill McCall, to William D. Fitzsimmons '56 of Hamden, Conn. Congratulations to the happy parents and best wishes to Harriet, to which we might add one additional request - Please don't plan your spring wedding the weekend of your Dad s 25th — we want to see your parents in Hanover.

A very newsy letter from Bo Wentworth encloses a clipping entitled "Congressmen Vote Big, Score Little on Court." It tells of a basketball game between the Democrats and the Republicans which ended in a tie 106 to 106, but hastens to add that each team had a handicap of 100 points at the start of the game. Sharpshooter Tom Curtis was in the Republican line-up and we are happy to report that this time Tom did not collide head-on with any of his opponents as he did in the baseball game last fall. When he catches his breath, this disciple of Bernarr McFadden should find food for his special diet in the current study of the 1957 national budget! Bo goes on to report that he packed his daughter, Linda, off to Smith last fall, following a trip through Europe during the summer with his family so he could show them where he "put Hitler and Mussolini's legions to flight." His new home, built last year, is located on Pilot Roek Lane in Riverside, Conn.

Bo also says that he attended the Dartmouth-Columbia basketball game with Art Allen and ran into Jim Miller, Buzz Burroughs, Wally Modarelli and Bob Newfang. All seemed to be rather quiet when the Lion won the game in overtime. Wait until we get them in Hanover! Jim, who is a neighbor of Bo's, is still with Mohawk Carpet Co., and recently insisted that his good wife, a California product, learn to ice skate while he went on a business trip. The net result was a bad spill and a broken shin-bone (fibula? you medics??). We sincerely hope that the good lady has fully recovered and that Jim will not carry his Outing Club indoctrination any further as we hope to see them both at Reunion in June without crutches or casts! Many thanks for the nice letter, 80, and for heeding my appeal for news.

Jim Moore, a member of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club and recently elected commodore of the Frostbite Yacht Club for 1957. urges all of you to please send him your questionnaires and a photograph of you and/ or you and your family so the work on the 25th Reunion Year Book may go forward. Also, if you have any pictures of our college days showing Delta Alpha, Old Timers Day, etc., he would like to borrow them for the book.

It is my sad duty to report the death of our good friend and classmate Bill Huse. To his wife Anne and his two sons, William Norris Jr. and Frank E., goes the heartfelt sympathy of the Class of 1932. (For full details please consult the obituary column in this issue.)

You will be reading this column just three months before the gathering of the 1932 clan for the Big 25th, of which there will be only one. I sincerely hope that your plans are shaping up and that you will be on hand to meet all your old friends and classmates and their families. We hope, also, that we will all be proud of our contribution to help keep Dartmouth strong, and that our Memorial Fund Gift will be a demonstration of our loyalty to Dartmouth and our gratitude for what she did for us just 25 years ago!

Secretary, 27 Hamilton Dr., N. North Caldwell, N. J.

Treasurer, 144 Brixton Rd., Garden City, N. Y.