1943
The fall season is going along very rapidly as far as your editor is concerned and everything seems to be closing in at the same time. Business is active and a whole house load of furniture demands moving to its new location on or before November 13 - six days from the date of this article. Sandwiched in this busy schedule my only extra-curricular activities are centered around the Dartmouth-Harvard football weekend. This, as many of you know, was not a particularly enjoyable event from the point of view of the Dartmouth rooters. It was even less pleasing to those of us who are surrounded by the Harvard alumni. Topping this all off, the weather refused to cooperate and, on that afternoon, probably more rain fell than anyone appreciated, whether they were participating or watching.
I find my new job as Class Secretary has greatly been lightened due to the active interest that you all show in answering your birthday card greetings. It is a wonderful feeling to have this interest shown by you and makes writing of this article almost a pleasure. As a matter of fact, the news is sufficient enough for me to send a good portion of it along to our hard working News Letter editor Charlie Donovan.
Charlie Cusack writes from his far-flung abode in Sacramento, Calif., stating that he moved from San Francisco in 1946, shortly after coming west from Connecticut. He has spent 12 years with the Industrial Indemnity Co. in the credit, personnel, office management, and bond departments. This array of experience seemed to whet Charlie s appetite for bigger fields to conquer, so he recently went into an insurance agency partnership with a Penn alumnus. The inception of this partnership was celebrated this year by his loss of $1 on the Penn-Dartmouth game. Charlie has two boys, ages 2 and 10, and a little girl aged 7. His wife Barbara is a graduate of Stanford, which many of you recall is the western Indian comparable to the Dartmouth Indian. The family enjoys the west coast, particularly due to the ease of getting into the Sierras on pack trips for fishing, skiing, etc. He remarks that the D.O.C. cabin at Donner Summit is ideally located. Charlie has not, as yet, seen the most recent Californian in our class, Chuck Feeney but he was tremendously impressed with the fine season the Giants enjoyed this year. Charlie would like to attend our 15th Reunion but questions the feasibility of doing so from such a great distance. He reports also there are no other 43's in his area but that he hears from Varnum Mead, Rex Harrigan and Bob Taylor from time to time. Thank you, Charlie, for your informative note.
Dave Cooper comes up with his first information in a long time, bringing us up-to-date with his activities since graduation. He served in the infantry in Italy and married a gal by the name of Grace Clarkson. He joined Travelers Insurance Company in 1946 and worked in their Group Sales Department on John Street in New York City until he was transferred to the home office in 1948-Last year, he finally became a member of the official family as Assistant Secretary to the group department in charge of all Multiple Employers Group Programs. An afterthought reminds us that he has two children, Dave Jr. 7 and Arlyne 5. At the time he wrote this, he was looking forward to the Yale game which he undoubtedly enjoyed as the newspaper.reports seemed quite satisfactory. He also looks forward to a grand gettogether at our 15th Reunion.
Bob Garvie sends a belated note covering his activities of recent years. The outstanding results seem to be three boys, Bobby - 9, Paine — 5, and Graham - 4 months. The thought of putting these three through Dartmouth adds grey hairs to an already grey head - according to Bob. An added comment indicates that maybe girls would be more difficult (maybe some of you who have had more experience than I could answer this, Bob Pellren for one). Bob works with Monsanto Chemical as Assistant Sales Manager of Polyethylene Resins and enjoys every minute of it. If you ever get into Boston, Bob, give us a call.
Ub d. call. rf.George Beaton wishes to thank Kelly Coftrn for coming up with birthday greetings (which certainly has been a boon to the mailman s deposits on my desk). George brings us up to date on his family and activities. His statistics are as follows: Married some 5i/2 years ago, wife Joan. He and his wife have a daughter three years old and more children contemplated. He has been with the ug es electronic Guided Missile Division for over five years. He now heads up the "Systems Re- liability Section." He likes the work and the company very much. George doesn t see too many of the 43's even though he attends the majority of the alumni functions in Los Angeles. Occasionally, A1 Exendine and he get together or have a telephone conversation but that is about the limit of his contacts at the moment. He spends most of his spare time at his three hobbies, namely, 1) family, 2) skin diving, 3) motor car racing. That s a combination that will be hard for many of us to match and I, for one, don't attempt to do so. George, you must be one of the outstanding physical specimens of our class. George would like to hear from any of the 43's that wander out in his area and his telephone is Orchard 14315. His address is 7351 West 92nd Street, Los Angeles 45.
A local Quincy paper carries a picture of Donald E. Clark, a resident of Hingham, Mass., and a newly elected Vice President of Hoag and Provandie, Inc., one of Boston's leading advertising agencies. Don, as we all know, was in the Class of '43 at Dartmouth and he attended, after that, the Art School of Pratt Institute. He is married and the father of three children according to the article. How about filling in the details, Don?
The Boston Traveler carried a large spread in the financial page concerning our illustrious Robert Lappin, now President of the Signal Manufacturing Company in Lynn. Bob has developed some unusual techniques in running his business which have developed imaginative thinking on the part of his executives and technical people. This has resulted in his company's leadership in the field of work simplification which has, in turn, resulted in a very profitable operation for his company which allowed them to purchase the Salem Industrial Center, the former Naumkeag Mills. Bob's company will be using approximately 300,000 sq. ft. of this huge building and will be landlord for the 22 industrial tenants now there. The building will give them room to spread for Signal's employment is expected to jump from the present 400 to over 1000 in the next four years. This corporation was founded in 1920 by Louis Saiger, Lappin's father-in-law who is now treasurer of this company. At first they made auto accessories and in 1947 they went into small electric motors. They came up with an auto polisher which was a motordrive buffing pad with a handle. Then came the saving idea - why not make floor polishers — and the Shetland line of waxers, polishers, and rug cleaners was born with startling results. They manufacture more electric floor polishers than anybody else in the nation. Some 2400 units are produced and sold each day. Signal also makes windshield wipers, and replacement motors, "Chore-Master" polishers, small electric fans and fender flaps. Almost every product is built around a small motor. All this has not come easily as Bob spent a great deal of time studying at M.I.T. and working with people to develop this new approach of work simplification which finally paid off handsomely in the way of Bob's fast growing company. Congratulations to you for a great job done.
Space has once again run out so I will close, wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.
Secretary, Glen St., Dover, Mass.
Treasurer, 243 Shermev Rd., Glenview, Ill.
