1909
Dartmouth Guys I Have Known
If nothing unusual happens to the Erie Railroad, like a merger with the Pennsylvania, it's odds-on that Milton Gordon McInnes '30 will be its next president. His present title is executive vice president to which job he was appointed November 1, 1956.
Milt has known no other business association since he left college in the depression year of 1930 and got a job as dock clerk at the Duane Street Station in New York. At that time money was scarce and pay was low. Milt and Vic Borella, a classmate and a fellow member in Sphinx senior society, teamed up as roommates. One difficulty presented itself. The room afforded only a single bed. The problem was solved by one working days and the other, nights.
What about weekends when they both had a day off? Afternating rides on the subway was the answer. They could ride around all night for a nickel and get in some high class snoozing. As Milt remarked, "The bed never got cold."
Vic has done all right by himself, too. He went into the real estate business and is now vice president of Rockefeller Center, New York. His recent wedding to the sister of Lane Dwinell '2B, governor of New Hampshire, was publicized in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. His classmate, Nelson Rockefeller, served as best man.
To get back to Milt. His climb to the top has been marked by a variety of jobs and taking on progressively increased responsibility. He has held titles such as yard clerk, checker, rodman, assistant foreman, foreman, yardmaster, general yardmaster, chief clerk, inspector of operation, trainmaster, chief trainmaster, assistant superintendent, superintendent, assistant general manager, general manager, assistant vice president, vice president, executive vice president. Since settling in Cleveland December 1, 1949, as assistant vice president in the Operating Department, Milt has hit the top executive brackets.
same kind of enthusiastic comment from other Erie people I've talked to.
The marital urge hit Milt when he was trainmaster of the Kent Division, Marion, Ohio, in 1938. Here he met Blanche Clunk! a Marion girl. That was that. They were married the following year, and again Milt's popularity was evident. Conductors, trainmen, engineers, firemen, yardmen in the division all combined to give the bridal couple a proper send-off. They presented them with a set of silver, an electric roaster, matched sets of luggage, other gifts, and ended up by throwing a big reception in one of the halls.
The McInnes union has been blessed with two offspring, Donald, now 17, who is attending Vermont Academy and is slated for Dartmouth if he gets the nod from the Admissions committee, and Carolyn, 13, who's in junior high at Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland.
Talking to Mrs. Mac over the phone, I asked her if Milt was as popular around the home as he is in his business circles. From her spontaneous endorsement he gets a 100% rating as husband and father.
Those of you who watch the "Meet McGraw" programs over TV will remember that at the end of an episode McGraw will be seen walking away from the camera and some dame will be shaking her head and saying, "There goes McGraw. What a man!" To conclude this profile of a Dartmouth guy I know and admire, I'll say, "There goes McInnes, wearing the same size hat he wore when he was a dock clerk in New York."
Ed Martin States His Platform
In sending back his questionnaire, Ed Martin, whose home base is in Hollywood, Calif., referred to "this most marvelous age in which we live." He also said,
Here are a few propositions for which I want to go on record as being all for 100%!
1. The Hopkins Center as proposed. What a glorious monument to the true Dartmouth spirit and tradition! (Note: Ed is an architect by profession.)
2. The fast approaching 50th of 1909. Let's all hang on now and make it truly 100% in all respects.
3. This retirement business. Why did I not think of it long ago? Mrs. Martin and I are really going places and doing things. As I intimated to Mike Farley, if we keep it up, there won't be much left for Dartmouth when we finally retire.
4. Leave everything to Dartmouth when the time comes when you can't take it with you. Let your relatives worry along on their own. (We haven't any.)
Atta boy, Ed. You tell 'em. Now that you and the Mrs. are in the going-places mood, arrange to come east for our informal reunion in June.
Bill Hodgkins, who was with us freshman year, has retired as treasurer of the Chelsea (Mass.) Morris Plan Bank, after a long and successful career in banking. Ill health caused him to quit. Bill came to Dartmouth from Chelsea High School where he was quarterback on the famous championship football team in 1904. He went out for football during his first year at Dartmouth.
judge Emma Fall Schofield, the widow of Al, has retired as a special justice of the Maiden (Mass.) District Court, a position she held for 27 years. She was the first woman in New England to be appointed a judge, the honor being conferred upon her by Gov. Frank G. Allen in 1930. For four years prior to her appointment to the bench, she served as an assistant attorney general, the first of her sex to hold such a post in Massachusetts.
Other firsts are held by Judge Schofield: The first woman in the state to sit on the State Industrial Accident Board; the first woman probation officer in Springfield. Her father, Dr. George Howard Fall, was a former mayor of Maiden and for 40 years taught law at Boston University. Her mother, Anna Christy Fall, a pioneer woman lawyer, was the first woman in Massachusetts to try a case before a jury, and the first to argue a client's case before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Judge Emma's had a bunch of other positions and honors. Looks like she came by her legal inclination naturally, and she sure had strong Dartmouth ties, for her brother was Monty Fall '10. May she have a long and enjoyable retirement. You'd better plan to attend our 50th, Emma.
Looks like Jim Tuttle is going world-wide with his Endurion and related chemical processes for rust-proofing. His companies have acquired patent rights under a broad franchise to grant licenses on an exclusive basis for the entire world outside the United States and Canada. Manufacturing and development franchises have already been granted, covering France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Japan.
Lyme Armes '12, Jim's publicity man, says, "Jim has hit some overseas jackpot. It's his earned reward for having been persistent in putting a bigger share of profits into research than even the big boys have ventured to do."
Mike Readey puts it succinctly when he says, "The boys in Boston (referring to Al Newton, Joe Worthen, et al.) have got the spirit of our Golden Roundup in their muscles and their brains." Right.
Three things for '09ers to remember: 1. Pay your dues to Bert French, if you haven't done so. 2. Plan to attend our informal reunion next June. 3. Fill out your questionnaires and mail 'em to Aurora, Ohio.
Class Notes Editor, 141 Pioneer Trail, Aurora, Ohio
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