1936
Big news this month comes from Bob Ireland on the West Coast. Bob writes, "Have just returned from my yearly vacation at Las Vegas during which time I realized every red-blooded American boy's ambition and met Zsa Zsa Gabor!" Being a true gentleman, Bob gives no more details of this event but turns to Dartmouth news and college reminiscences more prosaic. Bob is manager of the Constitution Life Insurance Company office in Lawndale, Calif.
Dick Ruby has moved from Oberlin, Ohio, to the Massachusetts Whaling town of New Bedford. Dick is a sales executive at the Acushnet Process Co. there. His new home is at 53 Walnut Street, Fairhaven, Mass. Vic Kiarsis is on the stall: at the St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
Larry Marx, who has been chairman of the drive for the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, was honored on January 31 at a banquet in New York for his work throughout the year on this campaign. Climaxing the efforts of thousands of active workers, this meeting was an honor to Larry who turned over to the Federation about 17½ million dollars. Larry's wife, Jane, who has been active in the Joint Defense Appeal, took a sort of sabbatical from that to assist Larry this year. Larry said that in the year since March 1956, when he accepted the responsibility of chairman, he has held over 200 meetings with representatives of the industry, labor, theatres, society, church, and other groups and with all these people he found such sincere spirit of service and giving that the entire drive is a tribute to the American's concern for his fellow man.
Ranking officers in Dartmouth associations and clubs throughout the country list the following '36ers this year: Ray Builter, president of the Bridgeport, Conn., club; John Reardon, secretary of the club in Greater Lawrence, Mass.; and Ed Drechsel, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association for Northern California and Nevada.
Among my Christmas mail was a letter from Paul Kennedy from whom I had not heard in a long time. Paul is one of the "Eight great" in the Class of '36 from Waterbury, Conn. The others are Dr. Joe Haddad, Dr. Bob Walker, Big Ed McGrath, Morrie Stein, Morrie Paine, Dr. Tom Monagan and your secretary. Paul graduated from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. Since the war he has been associated with Berger Brothers, girdle and bra manufacturers of New Haven. He is now Eastern sales manager and has moved to a new home at 32 Underbill Road, Woodbridge, Conn. The Grolier Society, which publishes the
"Book of Knowledge" and the "Encyclopedia Americana," has its accounts balanced by Delano Ives, its comptroller. Delano, father of four daughters, lives with his wife, the former Doris Barton, at 9 Spring Garden, Cranford, N. J. He is on a reunion committee for the 25th anniversary of the Class of 1932 at Elizabeth High School. Of 184 graduates, Delano and his committee have gotten in touch with all but 40 and in June plan the biggest reunion party ever held south of Hanover.
When New England was experiencing snow and below zero weather, Dr. Ed McGrath was reported seen in Nassau. One of the few bachelors in the class, Ed knows more about children than most because he's chief in pediatrics at the Carney Hospital in Milton, Mass., and is on the staff of the Children's Hospital in Boston. This Bermuda vacation was long overdue for Ed, who had been trying to get a week off for over a year, but children being what they are these days, this bachelor got no rest.
In East Orange, N. J., Bill Hoffmann is chairman of the Heart Fund Drive. At the beginning of this year, Bill was promoted to vice president of the Fidelity Union Trust Co. in Newark, where he was formerly a second vice-president and assistant treasurer. He is also chairman of a Dartmouth interviewing committee for Essex County and occasionally telephones me to hurry over to his house to substitute for an absent member who may be stuck in the snow or otherwise occupied. Bill has one son, now at Exeter, who will soon be before the interviewing committee.
Art Appleton of Chicago, writes that he has one daughter in the family with five sons, and so we can all guess who the darling is in that family. The children range in age from 17 down to 3 years. Art writes in part, "The only bit of additional news I might tell you is that while I am still very active in our family business, the Appleton Electric Company, I have also gotten a taste of the oil business and have formed a small company of my own. It brings back memories of Tuck School and one of my fellow classmates. Andy Schmidt, who at that time was very interested in oil. I am curious as to whether or not he is still connected with the oil industry. If you know what has happened to Andy, I would certainly appreciate hearing from you." Thanks, Art, for your nice letter and perhaps Andy Schmidt will pick it up from here. Our records are up to date on Andy. He is manager of the Personal Loan and Finance Dept. of the Hampden Savings Bank in Springfield, Mass., and lives at 108 Hitchcock Street, Holyoke, Mass.
News comes from John Mallory who has recently moved into a new home on Conrad Road in New Canaan, Conn. A change of address for Dave Fox has been reported. It is 3 Conrad Road, New Canaan. I wonder if these two classmates know they are neighbors. John Mallory is the purchasing agent for Fritzsche Brothers in New York City, a manufacturer of essential oils and chemicals. He has been with this company since graduation. He has two children, Diane, 10, and Melissa, 2. John says he hears from Bill Spring occasionally. Bill is head of the Travellers Insurance office in Buffalo, N. Y.
In Washington, D. C., Dick O'Hare has rejoined the firm, Corcoran, Youngman & Rowe in the general practice of law. His office is in the Investment Building in Washington, in case you're looking for good advice. As I recall, Dick left general law in Washington to become manager of the Springfield (Mass.) office of Tennessee Gas Transmission's natural gas operation bringing the piping into Boston and Providence from New York State. He had to handle all the legal problems in connection with getting right of way over private properties, etc. It was a heck of a big job and doubtless he did it well because the pipelines are down and the gas has been turned on.
There must have been a '36 reunion in Hanover in January. At least eight classmates were there at the Inn, including Dick Taylor and his son David from Southport, Conn., Bob Patterson from Rochester, Brad Chase from Portland, Me., Baron Rainey from Sewickley, Pa., Jim and Ellie Tindle from Valley Forge, Chuck Harrison and son Paul from Milwaukee, Ed Higbee from Hingham, Mass., and Frank Weston, class treasurer.
When Fred Weiss was in New York last month, he told me he heard that Fred Gonnerman, our mutual ex-roomate, had gone into business for himself. I wrote and asked Fred if this new business was a fact and I received the following happy response: "The answer to your question is yes - some months ago I established my own office in Washington to represent several topflight firms in the hardware and tool field on their government purchasing and technical problems. The work is shaping up very well and I find having my own firm after all these years most gratifying as well as challenging. Libby and the children, Mike, Tobey, Suzi and Holly are all fine and send their best. Incidentally, you will be interested to know that Mike and Tobey both attended Camp Jobildunc operated by the Dartmouth Outing Club last summer and that Mike was voted the outstanding camper at the end of the camp period."
Fred's new office is in the Munsey Building in Washington, D. C. Libby Gonnerman was the former Elizabeth Tobey of Plymouth, N. H.
And good luck to you all.
Lawrence Marx Jr. '36, chairman of the fundcampaign of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in New York City, was honoredat a banquet in that city on January 31.
Secretary, 287 Rutledge Ave. East Orange, N. J.
Treasurer, 753 Upper Blvd., Ridgewood, N. J.
