1927
Probably no one in the Class, with the exception of Doane Arnold, who had the responsibility of meeting ALUMNI MAGAZINE deadlines every month for 25 years, can appreciate the gratitude that I feel for Les Battin's kindness in guest-editing this column last month, or the feeling of complete freedom from care with which I set off on a three-week trip to the Caribbean on February 24. It was a grand vacation, and during the course of it, we visited the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and made a brief stop at Nassau, in order to be able to report to Gus on the present status of the night spots there. (Condition good.) I can heartily recommend this area to anyone looking for perfect weather and complete relaxation.
During my absence, Bob Stevens expanded our regional organization further with the appointment of Cug Daley as New England Chairman, and Harv Jones as Chairman for the Chicago area. With Duke Coulter already serving in New York, our organization is now complete in the three areas which represent the largest concentration of members of the Class. Under the leadership of these three men, Class activity should reach a new peak.
At the convention of Rotary International in Dallas in June, Cliff Randall will be installed as president, his term to run through June, 1959. During his term, Cliff will spend most of his time traveling, visiting Rotary Clubs all over the world.
Dr. Hale Ham is planning a trip to England next summer, during the course of which he will lecture at the medical schools there. Beginning October 1, he will be on a sabbatical year.
Dinty and Kaye Gardner celebrated Washington's birthday with a ski trip to the Dartmouth Skiway, which Dinty reports as perfect. They spent the next weekend climbing Mt. Washington, and on March 15 Dinty took time off from skiing to sail on the Western Star in the ocean race from St. Petersburg to Havana. If the snow holds out as the present reports indicate that it may, Dinty is going to have an awful job deciding whether to ski or sail.
Bill Auer and the bank of which he is president were featured in a story in the Boston Traveler early in March. Bill's bank, the Maiden Trust Company, is independently owned, with no stockholder owning more than five and a half percent of the stock. It is also unusual among commercial banks in that it has no branches, all business being done in the main building.
Fred Thompson, cattle rancher and member of the New Mexico House of Representatives since 1950, is seeking the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor. He has been majority leader of the House since 1953, is president of the school board in Wagon Mound, and a trustee of the Boys' Industrial School at Springer.
Jock Davis, who, with his father and his brother George '33, operates the 600-acre Hillcrest Dairy and Fruit Farms in Sterling Junction, Mass., had an unusual experience recently, when deer chewed off the upper buds of their newly grafted peach trees, forcing the buds below the graft to develop and produce peaches. For some reason, this produced a peach which reaches maturity about two weeks earlier than any other native crop, which, of course, means that they arrive at the market when prices are high, something to be greatly desired by any farmer, though seldom achieved. (The produce from my own small farm invariably reaches market right at the time when prices hit the season's low, so I know what I am talking about.) Naturally, Jock is very happy about the deer hav- ing feasted off his peach trees, and takes no credit for the development of the new strain, though he does admit that he was smart enough to recognize that he had a good thing, and make the most of its potential.
Bud Wesselmann celebrated his thirtieth anniversary with New York Life on Sept. 20. It would be interesting to know how many other members of the Class have been with the same company for thirty years. Bud's older son, Glenn, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1954, is currently at Memorial Hospital in New York City as an administrative assistant. He has had one year at Cornell Business School, and will go back for his final year in September. His younger son, Lee, will graduate from Dartmouth in June.
Don McCall's son, Fenton, after having served his stint in the Army, is a sophomore at the University of Washington, and with an accelerated program will graduate in the winter of i960. Fent's daughter makes Don a member of our Grandfathers' Club, a post which will be doubly secure in June when his daughter, Mimi, now Mrs. James Arm-strong, expects a baby. Mimi's husband is graduating from Yale Law School in May, at which time they expect to move to Miami, Fla., where Jim will practice law.
Don't forget the Father and Son weekend beginning May 16. If you have not already done so, get in touch with Kern Folkers right away - his address is 79 Yale St., Winchester, Mass., and write the Hanover Inn for your room reservation. I wish that I could be there, but that also happens to be Parents' Weekend at Connecticut College, and duty calls.
Fen-Min Tung, whose address has been unknown for many years, is now located at No. 1 New Eastern Terrace, 2nd Floor, Tim Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, B.C.C. Bed Williams, presumably a civilian again, is at 46 St. Malo Beach, Oceanside, Calif. Jack McQuade is living at 1423 Lake Drive, Delray Beach, Fla. Bill Quinn, whose office is still at 10½ Phillips St.. Massena, N.Y., is living at Brushton, N.Y.
Don't forget the Alumni Fund. Though the great emphasis is on the Capital Gifts Campaign at the moment, and while there are no definite dollar quotas assigned to the classes this year, the importance of the Alumni Fund has not diminished — in fact it is more important than ever to keep it alive and vital. If you are contributing to the Capital Campaign this year, you are automatically given credit for contributing to the Alumni Fund. If you are among the majority who will not be approached for your gift to the Capital Fund until later, it is doubly important that you be counted among those who are supporting Dartmouth through the Alumni Fund. This is our great opportunity to bring our participation up to the point where it should have been for many years past. With the emphasis removed from dollar performance, all of us should give, regardless of how small or large the amount. With the cooperation of all, 1927 can have 100% participation on June 30. Your gift is of vital importance to Dartmouth.
It is the sad duty of the Secretary, just at press time, to report the sudden death, April 12, of Roger Salinger, an irreplaceable member of our class. Rog at the time of his death was 1927's class agent and was also president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston.
Dean Chamberlin '26 (right), who recently was admitted to the U.S. Foreign Service and named Public Affairs Officer for the Stuttgart Consular Area, is shown receiving from David Bruce, U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, an award for ten years' service with the U.S. Information Agency and other government agencies. He has been Chief of the Exchange of Persons Division in West Germany and has also worked there with the International Refugee Organization, the U.S. State Department and the USIA.
Secretary, West River Road, R.R. 2 Perrysburg, Ohio
