1928

Dana Condon, United Fruit Co. Traffic Manager for Central America, writes of another 1928 reunion in Guatemala:

A gentle tingle of the phone and a strange voice applied for a job in my office as "Sweeper or lower" during the afternoon of December 31. Being somewhat mellowed for the occasion I settled that problem in a hurry. Finally he identified the voice as that of Bob Reid. Shortly after graduation Bob took a trip through Europe while I was pitching hay on my father's farm to pay him back the SSO I had borrowed to bring Verna up to graduation. Then Bob and I joined the United Fruit Company independently and by a wild coincidence became housemates out in the jungles of Costa Rica for a few months. He apparently couldn't stand the gaff (or maybe wanted more money) and finally quit, in favor of selling hand-made paper scratch pads and similar.

We were both single when last we parted - and now I boast two grandchildren. That's what can happen in a mere 30 years between visits.

A year ago Bob made a similar business trip for American Pad & Paper Co. which included just about all of South America. Formerly Manager for United Fruit in Havana, Dana was promoted and moved to Guatemala two years ago.

John and Ethel Nixon's son, Jack, has become engaged to Jane Petersen of Kirkwood, Mo., who is a junior at Washington University in St. Louis. Jack is a senior at Babson Institute, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and a member of the Naval Reserve.

Charlotte and Red Edgar have moved from 21 Oxford St. to 20 Stowell Road, also in Winchester, Mass., going from a large house to a smaller one, adequate for the two of them and a pair of cats. Their son Bill is a freshman at Hanover and is currently the freshman hockey goalie. His previous net-minding experience was acquired in one year at Hebron. Their daughter, Carolyn, now Mrs. Peter T. Goodrham, is living in London and has a daughter named Charlotte. The grandparents are going to England for three weeks in April.

Lane Dwinell will step down as Governor of New Hampshire in a few days, after serving two terms. He told Red Edgar recently that he really regrets leaving public office.

Mutt Jennings, as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, will preside over the first annual dinner at which wives and girl friends are to be included.

Jack Phelan, following the trend from central cities to suburbs, has moved his law office from Boston to Needham. His son Jack's picture appeared in the New York Herald Tribune of January 5 with a write-up about the St. Mark's hockey team, of which Jack is captain. On Dec. 22 at Madison Square Garden, Jack's team walloped Hill, 9 to 0.

Don and Carolyn Norris are the proud parents of a daughter born late in November. They now have a lively family of three boys and three girls, the oldest being 23.

Craig Haines Jr., '58, is now at Newport, R. I., doing his active duty stint with the Naval Reserve.

Larry Sleeper died on December 30 of a coronary thrombosis at the Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, Vt. Larry was manager of the Hotel Huntington in Burlington and lived in Essex Junction, Vt. The funeral was in Lynn, Mass., and Craig Haines went to the funeral home and conveyed the sympathy of the Class to Larry's widow, daughter and son. Larry had no warning - on the afternoon of his death he was working in his office, felt a little uncomfortable so went home and told his wife he felt a little discomfort in his chest. Helen called the doctor who suggested that she drive him to the hospital. They gave him an examination and did not seem to find anything, but put him to bed. A few minutes later he died.

Larry's death brings to five the number of '28ers who passed on last year - three from heart attacks, one from a bee sting, and one from an auto accident. In 1957 eleven of our classmates died, all of heart attacks.

Howie Payne, a top authority on tuberculosis, is now superintendent of the Middlesex County Sanatorium in Waltham, Mass. He is glad that he gave up the 14-hour-a-day grind of practice and teaching in Washington. His oldest son, Howard, is playing his third year of varsity basketball at Mackin High School in Washington, Bill attends school in Waltham. Howie says, "We have Harvard junior medics out here for clinical training and I have been pleased to see quite a few bright young men from Hanover."

Bill and Greta Cogswell leave January 22 on a two-month cruise on the "Augustus" to the Mediterranean.

A telephone call to the Nestle Co. in White Plains, N. Y., to arrange a luncheon date with Jerry Pitts revealed that he retired a year ago, has been traveling a lot, but still lives in Riverside, Conn.

Harold Moody resigned as superintendent of schools of Athol, Mass., to accept a similar position in Dartmouth, Mass. He will assume his new duties January 12. His older son, Dick '54, is with the Employes Group Insurance Co. in Boston. Their younger son, Clifford, graduated from the University of New Hampshire last June and is now a freshman at George Washington University in Washington.

The '28er most frequently seen in the newspapers these days is John Turkevich, distinguished physical chemist at Princeton. John is in great demand as a speaker — his latest appearance was as the featured speaker at a science forum for 100 high school science teachers, held at the Esso Research Laboratories in Linden, N. J. In addition to being a Princeton professor, John is a consultant to the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation.

Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa.

Treasurer, First National Bank, Boston 6, Mass.

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