1952
It may be Springtime in your part of this eat land of ours, but in scenic Hanover, N.H., this Erst week in April is distinguished by the large piles of snow, the long stretches of mud and the continued skiers' march to the Dartmouth Skiway at Lyme Center.
In some parts of the country, Spring means baseball, and baseball to many '52s means following the fortunes of lefty Pete Burnside of the San Francisco Giants. Pete was the subject of a long feature article in The New York Times, headlined, "Indians Beat Nonconformist Giant."
The lead paragraph states, "Since Peter Burnside, a left-handed pitcher, is an eminently charming Dartmouth man (Note: Is there one who isn't?) with a keen business mind his tweedy friends could never understand' his yen for baseball. Whenever he returned to Suburbia he was asked, 'When are you going to stop this nonsense, Pete?' 'When are you going to get a job?' "
The article goes on to state how Pete is glad that baseball had "enabled him to avoid mass'conformity...." The rest of the article is mostly devoted to Pete, his career and his views - the report of the game sandwiched in the article notes that Pete set the Indians down in order the first inning he pitched but got tagged for a 320-foot, three-run homer in the next. Let's hope those home-run pitches are few and far between.
The engagement of Al Davis and Mary Bennett Davidson of Larchmont was announced recently. An April wedding was set. Miss Davidson is a graduate of the University of Vermont and did post-graduate work at the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration. Al is now at Harvard Law School.
Brock and Susan Lewis announce the birth of Christopher Brock Lewis on January 28. Young Chris joins big sister Julianna in the Lewis household down there in Glen Ridge, N.J.
Class members staying at the Hanover Inn in recent days include Jay Schochet, MarcelDurot and Glen Campbell. Bid Guild and his bride, Ruth, stopped in for a visit with the Bucks on the way back to their place in Montpelier.
The Rev. Dick Ellis was ordained into the Episcopal priesthood in February by Bishop Robert Hatch, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts.
Bill Fisher ran a post-game party and made arrangements for the squash match between the Dartmouth Club of New York and the Big Green varsity team.
Lee Hirsch writes that he has recently returned from three years overseas in connection with a Ford grant to study Indian business. England and India were the two countries in which he spent most of his time - but he also visited 43 other countries in Europe and Asia. He's now at the Harvard School of Business working on his doctorate.
Jim Churchill sends some details on his move from service to civilian status. He's now working for Mobil Overseas Oil Company in New York (financial department) and is kept busy in off hours by his two sons - the youngest, Bruce, was born last August.
Dick Spurgin sent us a questionnaire and note from Saigon, Viet Nam, where he is third secretary of embassy, economic officer, with the Foreign Service. He entered the Foreign Service in January 1957, and he was assigned to Saigon in April of that year. Dick and wife Jess became parents on November 10, 1957, with the birth of daughter, Sarah Hamilton. Dick and Jess will be in Saigon tor about another year.
The engagement of Lt. Fran Crawford, USN, to Nancy Jean Lambert of Honolulu was announced in the Herald-Tribune columns recently. Fran is stationed aboard the USS Fessendon.
Another newspaper clipping reports that Jim Fraser has taken an assignment with Hayden, Stone & Co. as Glens Falls, N.Y., representative. Jim and Mary Ann reside with son Kevin in North Granville, N.Y.
Deke and Miriam Dorey are down in Lynchburg, Va., where Deke is in industrial relations with General Electric. Jose and LoreBarroso are in Havana, Cuba, where Jose represents Owens-Illinois Inter-America Corporation. They'll be returning to Toledo, Ohio, in about two more years. I won't make mention of the Cuban internal situation, only to keep the censor's scissors from Jose's magazine.
Chuck and Alison Curtis live in Media, Pa. Chuck is a district manager for Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. Boband Florence Meanix are Milwaukeans. Bob's with Diehl Manufacturing - they have two children.
George and Susan Scully are Downeasters, living at Cape Elizabeth, Me. George was in banking at last reports. Farquhar Smith is a financial analyst with General Motors in New York. He and Barbara are living in New Rochelle.
Dr. Ed Smuckler has moved to Port Orchard, Wash. (Route 6, Box 82). John Susen has moved from Chicago to Rocky River, Ohio.
A Quick Statistical Sketch on the Class of 1952
This brief statistical report is based on 195 questionnaires.
Where Does Mr. '52 Reside? The largest number of those replying live in the Middle Atlantic States (65); 'others - New England (53); Midwest (32); Far West and Foreign (16) and South (13).
What Jobs Did We Get? The bulk of the replies list manufacturing and sales in combination. We also have a very respectable percentage in banking/investments, medicine, dentistry and law. Insurance, education, real estate, religion, public utilities and government were listed but were low in numbers. Some class members are still hanging on to service or student life. The Army edged the Navy by two men for service time.
Any Bachelors Left? Not many. 166 reported themselves within the bonds of marriage. 50 reported one child, 43 reported two, seven reported three, one for four - these, of course, will change rapidly. The girls edged out the boys in the children's ranks, 89 to 75. Did Your Wife Go To College? More than 80 colleges and universities are represented in our class ranks through our wives. Leading in numbers of wives in '52 are Smith, Colby Jr., Wellesley, Vassar, Mt. Holyoke. Anyone surprised?
Last in line for mention this month, but certainly first in importance to our class program and to Dartmouth's strength, is the 1958 Alumni Fund. You are invited to participate. I join with Johnny Rosenwald in hoping that 1952 comes through even better than usual in saying, "Thanks for the invitation. Enclosed is my check."
John F. Creamer Jr. '52 is the newly electedVice President of Wheels, Inc., automotiveand marine warehouse distributors, NewYork, Albany, Syracuse and Clifton, N.J.
Secretary, 5 South Park St., Hanover, N.H.
Class Agent, 1435 Lexington Ave., New York 28, N. Y.
