1946
The Mail Bag - Some very interesting letters this month and we'd like to share them with you. First of all, nice note from Jim Felter, who is now in the securities business with Dean Witter & Company in Phoenix. I got this letter about April 9 and was indeed sorry, because I had just returned from a business trip to the Arizona city. As reported in a recent ALUMNI MAG, Jim had been in Arabia but he and his wife and two children, Louise and Jay, are now in the growing "Valley of the Sun" and Jim says there is "plenty of room out there for more Dartmouth men." Nice to hear from you Jim. . . . The next letter is one of great interest from Tony Brackett, who we reported to you in an earlier issue had been studying for the Priesthood at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Bradford, Vt., and will be assigned somewhere in the diocese of Burlington (comprising the state of Vermont) as a curate or assistant priest in a parish. It is interesting that Tony will be ordained in the same Catholic Church in Bradford where he was converted to the Church in 1948 and baptized. His years since college are a very interesting tale - after being drafted into the Army Medical Corps freshman year, he ended up spending three-and-one-half years with Uncle Sam in North Africa and Cairo, coming out as a First Lieutenant. He then went into business in Fairlee, Vt., with his brother and in 1952 entered the University Seminary in Ottawa to prepare for the Priesthood. For the past seven years (since 1952) Tony has been preparing for this work in the Church. Congratulations and good luck, Tony, in your new way of life. . . . A very nice letter from Harold K. Jackson '10, father of our own Charlie Jackson who was killed in a traffic accident in 1949. Some of you may know that Charlie had done some writing and Baker Library has recently accepted his bound manuscript for the book, "Into Harm's Way," based upon his experiences in PT boats in the Mediterranean during WW 2 The book never reached publication and it is gratifying to us and all of his family and friends that his efforts will be preserved in the Alumni Alcove collection at Baker, - Thanks so much Mr. Jackson.
Rice and Rings — In the marriage depart ment this month, Bill Staley announces his engagement to Margherita A. King of New York City (she is a graduate of the Mary A Burnham School, attended Vassar and graduated from Wells College). Bill and Margherita will take the big step in June.... On April 11, Gene Houlihan slipped into matrimony, tying the knot with Elizabeth Looney of Worcester, Mass., at St. Peter's Church in that city. After a honeymoon trip to the Laurentian Mountains, Bill and his new bride are back home in Worcester, and as we re ported to you earlier this year, Bill is a sales representative for Johns-Manville Sales Corporation in Boston.
Names in the News - "Old Shipwreck''Kelley, the pride of Woodsville, is a candidate for the school board in Manchester,Mass. "Ship" has been very active in thecivic affairs of his community and we will beanxious to know the results of that election.. . . Ray Barrett has moved up the ladder andhas been named a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Carlisle Hardware Companyin Springfield, Mass. For ten years, Ray hasbeen with this company which was organizedin 1846 and is one of the biggest of its kindin the New England States Major BobCase has been appointed Executive Officer ofthe 105th Armored Infantry Battalion of the27th Armored Division of the New YorkNational Guard. Bob has been a member ofthe local battalion since 1949 and has beenwith GE since that time. He presently isadministrator of the Industrial Clinic of thePlant Utility Section of the large steam turbine generator for GE in Schenectady andBob and his wife live with their four children in Charlton, N. Y. ... Len Ackermanis getting all kinds of publicity in regard tohis production of the Hollywood movie, "AlCapone" (his first production). Len was alawyer in New York and had been financingproductions before he got into the actualbusiness — Rod Steiger plays the lead in themovie on which Len and his partner didconsiderable research and it is interestingthat both partners are still bachelors. Lenserved in the Navy and graduated fromBrooklyn Law School before practicing lawand getting into film production — We arelooking forward to seeing this "DartmouthFlick.'' . . . Eddie Kuhn, our neighbor fromCincinnati, has moved up the ladder in being appointed editor-in-chief of the McGraw-Hill Book Company's trade book department.Eddie joined McGraw in 1947 and has steadily progressed since that time. He previouslyhad been a member of the editorial staff atHarper and Brothers and after serving in theMarine Corps and graduation from Dartmouth he received his M.A. degree at Columbia. A news clipping tells us that DickGriebel has been doing some speaking andrecently addressed the members of the FallRiver, Mass., Knights of Columbus Councila short time ago, on the operations of theRaytheon Manufacturing Company plant atDighton, Mass. Dick is staff assistant to theManager of Manufacturing at this plantwhich employs 1000 people. As we reportedto you earlier this year, Dick had left Farnsworth Electronics to join Raytheon last August Gene Cafiero has been awarded anAlfred P. Sloan Fellowship for one year ofadvanced study at the School of IndustrialManagement at MIT. Gene, at present, isexecutive assistant to the plant manager forChrysler Corporation's Ohio Stamping Plantin Twinsburg, outside of Cleveland. Genehas been with Chrysler for some years and will be a candidate for a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Management, after his year at MIT. He joined the firm in 1953 and has moved up the ladder very fast. Before Chrysler, Gene did graduate work at Rutgers, Columbia, and the University of Michigan.
Hither and Yon - John Alden is with the Alden Products Company in Brockton, Mass. . . . Dr. Foster Bennett is at Philadelphia General Hospital.... Hank Parker is assistant project manager for Winston Brothers Company in Hemet, Calif., and Dr. Jimmy Pert is Director of Research for the American National Red Cross in Washington, D. C. . . . old "Blair Academy" Joe Quig is a supervisor for the Seaford Nylon Plant of du Pont in Seaford, Del. . . . That's about it gang — see you next fall.
'46 Gets Behind Class Agent Schulting: The gents giving Bill a push to wind up '46's part in the Capital Gifts Campaign are Andy Murtha, treasurer, and Reg Pierce, chairman. All were in Hanover last month to attend the meeting of Dartmouth class officers.
Secretary, N. E. Mut'l Life Insurance Co. 505 Third National Bldg. Dayton 2, Ohio
Class Agent, Apt. E 10, 280 Gregory Ave., Passaic, N. J.
