1930

This evening I am in particularly fine condition to take on the task of writing Class Notes. I have just spent a half hour trying to factor the trinomial 12b + 23b — 24 for Marti (and how good are you at it?) and then a session of leg wrestling on the living room floor with Marti and her mother. The older you get, the sillier you can be!

First off, as we Vermonters say, we have a letter from Ernie Early '18 reporting on three '30 men. Ernie writes:

Had lunch the other day with a couple of your distinguished citizens. One was a well tanned E. Shaw Cole who seems to be the works of the Pitometer Company which has to do with conservation and maintenance of vast water systems and he had just been down to the Barbados and looked fine. Fortunately Dartmouth has left open the door so his son, Brewster, when he gets out of the Army can scram back again and probably Brewster will appreciate it when he has finished his service in the Army.

Also lunched with Paul F. Clarke, a partner in Lehman Company, who felt a bit fettered and chained in the work he formerly had and enjoyed with Chase Manhattan. Here his scope is tremendous with his background and knowledge of public utilities and he has taken several trips to Paris for his company business concerning oil in the deserts of some of the French possessions.

Your Freddie Page '30, President of Tri-Continental Financial Corporation, is a highly respected, successful and well-liked individual in a very responsible job.

Another time I'll try to find out those in the '30 Class who have spent some time in jail to give you a little different tangent on the notes.

Walt Rosenberry has just been named Deputy Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. Walt was formerly Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Federal Housing Administration.

For those who haven't already heard it, Pitney-Bowes, Inc. has just announced the formation of an International Division and the election to head the Division of Freddie Bowes. Fred's official title will be Vice President for International Operations and he will be responsible for development of all the company's business outside the United States.

The Christmas season brought out the Annual County Assembly Ball held at Westport's Long Shore Country Club and among other publicity which the event caused, we find that young Pete Callaway of Westport was one of the ushers. Pete is now a student at St. Luke's.

You know there are many ways that Class Secretaries get what few notes we do put together and one of the most unusual comes from a copy of a bill which Wally Blakey has forwarded from the American Gastroscopic Society. The reason the bill is of interest to '30 is that the Secretary-Treasurer of the Society is listed as Arthur M'. Olsen.

On the political front the Republican County Chairman from Orange County, N. J., announced recently that Bill Blanchard of New Vernon had been appointed chairman for the $100 dinner held in February in Newark, in honor of 21 County Republican chairmen. Bill has the task of raising funds to offset a substantial deficit incurred in the last gubernatorial campaign. And in Wayland, Mass., we find Rog Ela contesting for the office of Moderator. We can't report at this time how he made out. With the apparent rise of Hawaii to status of statehood, we must not fail to call attention to Frank McLaughlin's lobbying for the project. Probably many of you received Frank's urgent call for assistance in getting your own Senators and Congressmen lined up.

Congratulations to Ed Downey on having rounded out ten years as Principal of the Nashua Junior High School.

From far off Karachi, Pakistan, comes a brief note from Milt Patterson giving his new address. You may remember that he has been located in Bangkok, Thailand, and has just recently moved to his new address. Milt's address indicates that he is connected with the PAA Technical Assistance Program, so he apparently continues his connections with Airlines.

From way down in Raleigh, N. C., comes a feature article on Collie Young. A native of the Tarheel State with a wide variety of writing and film experience back of him, he now is tackling this third adventure in the television field through ABC. The program is on Tuesday nights and is based on unexplained (supernatural?) experiences of actual persons. He also has been the creator of "Mr. Adams and Eve" and the Joseph Cotten Show "On Trial" on TV.

Few fellows have received as much recognition in their chosen field as has Bill Fenton. His latest honors come in being elected president of the American Folklore Society and within a month he has been made president of the American Ethnological Society. He also is Assistant Commissioner for the State Museum and Science Service in Albany, New York.

With the approach of the baseball season it only seems proper that Gunnar Hollstrom should again make the headlines. This time he has just been named Assistant Manager of the Diamond Products Department of the Norton Company, in Worcester, Mass. Norton Company is, as we in the grinding machine business know, one of the outstanding producers in the world of all types of grinding products.

Harry Dunning continues in very big business. His latest exploit featured in the Chicago papers was the sale of 137 carloads of paper products to the National Tea Company. This necessitated the transfer of $794,000 in funds, and the papers featured Harry receiving a check for this amount on behalf of Scott Paper Company, of which Harry is Vice President.

Frederick Bowes Jr. '30 has been made vice president for international operations of Pitney-Bowes Inc. He will handle all of the company's operations outside the U.S.

Secretary, Reading, Vt.

Class Agent, 1501 River Rd., Wilmington 3, Del.