1934
Class Reunion - The 25thHanover, June 18, 19, 20, 21
The New York group is beating the drumand gun for the Reunion. We had a finedinner on January 20 at the DartmouthClub with plenty of attractive feminine talent. This included Lois Frankel, Ada Blood,Liz Werner, Dotty Krogslund and KittyNobbs. Miss Nobbs is the charming friendof Wil Maynard. Always nice to have out of-towners at these affairs and this timeHarry Gilmore from New Hampshire andBud Yallalee from many points south sat atthe head of the table. Bill Scherman, anamusing and affable M.C., introduced SeyLewis, Len Harrison, Bob Kolbe, and MikeJoseph. I sat next to Joe Furst who told meabout his family: Helen, his wife, Diana andJonathan, the children, and a busy medicalpractice. His treatment of psychiatric casestakes up most of his waking hours. Nelson"Rockefeller" Krogslund across the table wasplanning to contribute more Cadillacs and aFiat to the June raffle. Marty Dwyer wasmost enthusiastic about the new job andcomparing notes with a relatively new father,Jeff Jackson. Walt Blood says there is plentyof room next to his desk if ex-Governor Harriman wants to return to Brown Brothers,Harriman. Dick Gruen gave us all a penultimate run down on the progress of Reunionplans. The price is going to be so reasonableit will be cheaper to spend those four daysin Hanover than to remain at home feedingthe family. After dinner Lois and MoeFrankel drove us home and dropped up fora brandy. They were full of news about theirtrip to the West Coast, where they enjoyedseeing Margaret and Sunny Mills. Sunny hadplanned to reune in June but the Governorof Oregon, Mark Hatfield, in accepting hisgubernatorial election announced that hisFirst Lady was pregnant and Dr. CharlesMills was going to deliver their first childright about then. This is a sufficiently finereason but we will all miss you. Mrs. Hatfield's picture appeared in "Life" and on thepreceding page was the beautiful RosemaryMonagan, wife of our erstwhile room-mate,John '33. We expect to see the Congressmanfrom Connecticut when we take the childrento Washington during their Easter vacation.Lois Frankel told me she was as excited as Debbie, who is going to her first Winter Carnival this year.
The other night we dined at Sardi's East with Sarah and Jerry Danzig. Jerry's picture appeared in all the metropolitan newspapers when he was appointed vice president of participating programs for the N.B.C. Television Network. He will be in charge of Dave Garroway's participating program "Today" and "The Jack Paar Show." Vincent Sardi serves the best food for Dartmouth men because he expects to have a nephew there next year.
Liz and I also had some fish which had swum the night before in Chesapeake Bay, at the King of the Sea, with Shirley and Ray Hulsart. Ray had just finished a squash game and looked the picture of health. Wish I knew what vitamin pills he munches.
On the subject of pictures, Chet Birch's smiling countenance appeared in the New York Herald Tribune upon his promotion to executive vice-president of the advertising agency of Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample, Inc. This agency now has total estimated annual billings of more than $80,000,000. I also have a clipping from the New Haven "Journal-Courier" that Walt Bryant was appointed manager of Brock-Hall Producers Association, a 200 farmer dairy cooperative. After graduation Walt went to the Stockbridge School of Agriculture and then spent twelve years running his own farm in Shoreham, Vt., where he developed registered and grade Ayrshire cattle. Later he spent several years as a contractor, largely in soil conservation work and for five years managed a 10,000 acre Maine farm for Boston financier and publisher, John Fox.
I have a letter from Jack Gilbert who is looking forward to the big 25th. Jack, who is one of the most thoughtful of our classmates, calls to my attention the sad news that Evelyn and Ray Snow's son, Christopher, died of leukemia. According to Jack, "Kit, aged 13, was as fine a lad as you'll ever want to know. He was a Boy Scout, former little league star and a very popular boy here in Reading. This was a real loss to many, including my own son of the same age, who thought the world of Kit." The whole class joins me in sending you our deep sympathy, Evelyn and Ray, and best fond hopes for the future of your two other children, Linda and Brad.
Right about here I want to acknowledge a message from Tom Beers. The Newsletter Editor scooped me but good luck to you, Tom, as Assistant Secretary of the National Geographic Society. You will probably run into Lincoln Daniels in Bethesda, Md„ who is all signed, sealed, and delivered for Reunion. Ditto from Kirk Spitler, who enjoyed seeing Barbara and Stan Smoyer at his parents' Golden Wedding Anniversary in Akron, Ohio. Joan says that her busy husband, Hank Rigby is now Executive Vice President in charge of Corporate Development at the Champion Paper & Fibre Co. I sometimes tantalize myself and think how wealthy one could be if one bought a few shares of stock in the companies managed and operated by members of the Class of 1934. Recently I have followed the rise of Champion common on the New York Stock Exchange, and Steve Briggs' Outboard Marine, and Frank Parmelee's Toledo Scales. Buz Hartman's company enhanced its growth and recently purchased Old Time Benton Harbor Furniture Store.
We welcome to our active group, Charlie Pyewell who came to us from Mercersburg Academy along with Bob Michelet and Roily Wilson. Charlie was the fastest track man in our class until he left us in junior year. We haven't heard from him in ten years but our sterling silver anniversary has drawn him back into the fold. Very glad to hear from you again.
And still they write - "Am looking forward to The Big One" —signed, Bob Balgley. Did you read the very amusing and entertaining letter which was written by the wife of Fritz Meyer '33 in the January issue under the '33 notes? She mentions that her husband often contacts Harry Espenscheid, "a big success in Rockford, Ill."
Before I run out of space this month I want to bring one small but important bit of trivium (in medieval schools the first three liberal arts, grammar, rhetoric and logic) to you. This June the Class Executive Committee will present a new slate of officers. Your secretary will retire to the ease and comfort of reading the Class Notes once a month. It has been a most enjoyable experience and I will have more to say about this in my report to the Class. It would help considerably if some of you would let me know off the record if you would be interested in writing the notes for the next four years. Under our staggered system of reunioning we will do so again in 1963. I shall hold your communications in confidence. It would be great for class morale if we could find some one in an area outside of New York City. I am acutely aware of the fact that these columns relate the doings of a small group of New Yorkers to the embarrassing exclusion of news from other parts of the country. It would be my sincere hope that some one from Boston or Chicago or the West Coast would volunteer. Please let me have suggestions.
One final plea! We are having our last New York Class Dinner at the Dartmouth Club on March 25 at six o'clock. Wives are cordially invited. Make your reservations immediately.
Secretary,120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.
Treasurer,Hovey Lane, Hanover, N. H.
