1935
The column is happy to announce that the chairmanship of our 25 th Reunion scheduled for June, i960, has been accepted by classmate Ralph Specht.
The 25th is, of course, the most important of all reunions. Traditionally, it draws the most classmates back to the Hanover Plain, and is a significant milestone in our lifelong association with the College.
A colossal amount of work goes into these 25th reunions - planning, publicity, arrangements, etc. - and our class should be grateful that Ralph Specht has agreed to take on the over-all responsibility and direction of this major '35 event. Ralph plans to have a meeting this spring with members of the '35 Executive Committee, and various chairmen of specific committees will then be appointed to start the planning and effort needed to assure a rousing turnout for - Great 25th.
Ralph is a regional sales manager with the United Shoe Machinery Company, working out of the firm's headquarters in Manhattan, and spending considerable time on the road .to cover his territory along the Eastern Seaboard. He's been with United Shoe since his graduation from Dartmouth - almost 23 years now.
He and his family live down at Deal, N.J., where, as Ralph explains, "we've established a combination summer and winter home only 5 minutes from the beach." The family consists of wife Trudie and three children Ralph Jr. 10, Susan 8, and Scott 4.
Ralph's brother, look-alike twin Frank, is now working for Schenley Industries in Washington, D.C., and living in nearby Bethesda with his wife Edith and their two youngsters, Sally 5 and Tommy 3. They expect a third one this June.
The Specht twins are still so identical, it is reported, that when they get together they cause complete confusion, even among their good friends.
Classmates from near and distant parts continue to send helpful news items, and we are pleased to relay some of these messages recently received....
From Bill Chapman out in St. Louis:
I've been back in my home town for 19 years, am employed in St. Louis' premier bank, married Patricia Ayer Dicks of North Carolina and its university in 1940, have two daughters and one son - Pat 16, Barbara 12, Bill 10 - and live, after a net migration of two blocks, in my home suburb, Webster Groves, as also do Dan Kerwin and Boyd Rogers. Recently I saw Herbert Ostrow in Chicago, now a partner in a loop accounting firm. In line of pleasant duty sometimes see or hear from Woody Curtis, Deere's financial v.p., and hope similarly to catch Al Brush, GMAC's treasurer, someday.
From Charlie Winkler, who's moved out ofthe cold North to the sunny South:
In January, 1957, Rosemary and I left the cold of Niagara Falls, bought the Mt. Vernon Motor Lodge on U. S. 1 in Daytona Beach, Fla., and have been holding forth here ever since. Many alumni have stopped by, but only 35er so far was Kelly Hamilton. Would enjoy seeing some more.
From "Kelly" Hamilton of New York andNew Jersey:
On Feb. 17 I accepted a new position with the Colonial Trust Co. as Vice President. Address is Avenue of the Americas at 48th Street, New York City. Will continue to live in New Jersey.
On return from three-week vacation from Nassau, Havana and Florida, stopped off at Daytona Beach, Fla., and saw Charlie Winkler, who is operating the Mt. Vernon Motor Lodge there.
Bob Richter writes from Wilton, Conn,:"Sorry I was unable to attend the big testimonial dinner to Hoppy last month. However, business took me out of the country atthat time to southern Peru - a place calledToquepala, where we are bringing into development a large new open pit copper mine.A most interesting trip. Found Lima to bevery beautiful. Saw Inca ruins. Came homeby way of Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras,San Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico City, andthen non-stop to New York."
From Ted Harbaugh, our Head Class Agent who lives in Winnetka, IGP ., and still travels for Libbey Glass:
Last evening at a Dartmouth dinner in Chicago I had a good visit with Jim Oughton and Dick Montgomery. Besides his interest in the Keeley Institute (a private hospital) in Dwight, Ill., Jim is very much involved in the dairy business. His dairy is installing milk dispensers in the houses in their area, then delivering milk in large cans rather than the usual small packages. Dick is fall of new ideas, too, because of his contact with a wide variety of clients who look to him for advertising advice. Among these clients is a leading brewery which is also a good customer of Libbey.
Within the past month have talked with Frank Wright, - Freeman, Bobb Chaney, Mai Roths-child, Ed Offutt.
And a note from Ralph Field, of Wayland, Mass.: "Our son, Richard W., is member of Class of '61. Had a great time at Hanover during Freshman Father's Weekend. Earlier in February we spent a week in Hanover skiing. Dartmouth Skiway is great!"
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
Omer Whipple is Professor of Chemistry at the California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, Calif.... Dr. Harold Orenstein and wife Etta recently welcomed their fourth child, and first girl, in Brooklyn....
Ralph Lazarus, President of Federated Department Stores, was one of sixteen business leaders supporting the reciprocal trade agreement recently invited to a White House dinner by President Eisenhower.... At the spring meeting of the Northern New England Chapter of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association, Bill Hawley was elected second vice-president and Bill Clark elected secretary-treasurer.... Recent guests at the Hanover Inn included: Bob Naramore and wife, Bud Steinle and wife, and the Harry Ferries.
Secretary, 17 East 45th St., New York 17, N.Y.
Class Agent, 1129 Willow Road, Winnetka, Ill.
