1939
We were just about to devote 1200 words to glories of the 200th Anniversary Development Program and debit Junie Merriam at five cents a word when the postman rang twice and up popped some news. So you are truly saved by the bell.
Dr. Dick Storrs writes from the Dept. ofRadiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles 57, Calif., under dateline of April 14:
I am permanently settled in Los Angeles at 2000 North Hobart Blvd. (home address apparently) and practicing radiology at St. Vincent's Hospital. One of the advantages of Los Angeles for us has proved to be the number of our friends who have dropped in while in the city on vacation, business, or for a meeting. I hope some of the class of '39 will. In fact, we are looking forward to a visit from Herb Mattlage and his family this summer. Jack Stewart visited us briefly a few weeks ago. He is a surgeon in Cheyenne, Wyoming. We see Nap Blandy frequently. He lives in Canoga Park and is local representative for Lufthansa, the German airline.
Our family was joined on November 30, '58 by Richard Jr. The others are Nancy 8, David 5, and Stephen 3. We would welcome a visit from any members of the class who visit Los Angeles.
Dick, the letter was most gratefully received, but you had better curry comb your lovable old latchstring against wear and tear by us of the traveling sponge set. Of course, if you can take Turret Top et famille this summer I suppose you'll be well broken in.
The next mail missile came from our übiquitous Detroit industrialist classmate, Bill Russell. It was a carte postale impressionistically depicting Cafe de la Paix against a backdrop of l'opera bearing postmark Paris, Gare St. Lazare, 18 Avril. We quote: "Have been looking hard for some old college buddies in the cafes along the Champs Elysées. No luck so far, but I can see they are just ahead of me. Mary Ellen and I are on a hard-earned vacation. One of the few to come to Europe not on business." Any classmates in Internal Revenue, please note.
The third piece of postal joy from 12 Omley Place, New City, N. Y., dated April 25 was from newlywed J. Moreau Brown:
Peg and I took a trip which led us to Virginia and a most pleasant luncheon with Jane and Bozo Noland at their home on the James River in Newport News. Peg is a former science department head and now a guidance counselor. If opposites attract, a physics major and a sociology major (me) should make out all right.
My recent letter to John Kelleher addressed to Harvard elicited a reply from 61 Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland. As Jock Vincens said when I sent him a postcard from French Lick, Ind., "Racy name, what?"
John is doing research in Ireland on the early Irish annals preparatory to writing a history of pre-Norman Ireland. He says of the language, in which I understand he is an expert, "Very good for writing complicated medieval verse, but no possible use for anything else under the sun except maybe for selling cows or obscuring logic."
Visited Hanover last week as District Chief of Beta. Officers of some national fraternities are in a tizzy over the implementation by 1960 of the student mandate that national fraternities with restrictive clauses affecting membership remove same or remove local chapter affiliations. Beta will retain status quo (and remain). Others must speak for themselves. Important thing for perturbed national officers to understand is that this is student action, not administration action.
Hanover is much the same as ever. One identifies, as I seem to do on many campuses, almost the same guys that were there when we were. A look in the mirror always sets one straight though. Most of the buildings haven't changed much, nor has Tom Dent whose lacrosse stalwarts overwhelmed Middlebury 13-0. Better shut off lest nostalgia take command.
Thank you, Browny. Very newsy. Much appreciated.
Bill Deal, a vice president of Slater Food Service Management, has been appointed general manager of the company's central region. He and his staff have moved into new offices in Philadelphia. With Slater since 1955, he had formerly been an official of several restaurant chains. Slater is the nation's leading food service management firm, serving students, employees, executives and hospital patients in 29 states. Several months ago we mentioned the food management prowess of another classmate, Hack Davenport. This elicited a wry retort from Bob Hagge, the wag of Wausau, who mentioned something about Hack being most apparently a living testimonial to good food. In Bill Deal's case we noted at last year's reunion that he looked trim. An almost yon Cassius antiadvertisement to Slater's succulence. So here endeth the old wive's tale.
The New London (Conn.) Life of April 2 headlined "William O. Webster Takes Over Burr's Marina." For you landlocked readers, a marina does for boats what a good kennel does for dogs. And our Bill, having tired of his nine years in the textile business, sold his interests and invested in a greater love. He has been active in yachting circles, whatever they are, all his life. Bill will be president and treasurer of the new corporation and wife Bunny will be secretary. This is what is known in Economics I and II as a closed corporation, and with the tremendous increase in new small boats sold each year and the increased services offered by the marinas, it is intimated that Mr. Webster has that sort of plum resembling work while he plays. Now we don't know whether to spend the summer with the Storrs' or go to New London!!
Help Junie help Dartmouth. Give to the 200th. As of April 28 only 49.1% of our class had contributed!
Georgette and Bob Kelley '38 live on the green, green range of the San Joaquin Valley in southern California.
G. William Bailey '39 has been elected a vice president of Raymond International, Inc., New York. He has been their chief engineer since 1954 will now take charge of a new heavy construction division.
Secretary, 1908 Coolidge Dr. Dayton 19, Ohio
Class Agent, 70 Pine St., New York 5, N. Y.
