1930
INFORMAL REUNION - WOODSTOCK INN-OCTOBER 14 and 15, 1960.
Not too late to make plans to attend and to see the football team in action against Holy Cross. Frank Doherty wrote at the end of August that about 35 classmates had signed up and if previous occasions are any guide, a most rewarding time will be enjoyed by all. He promised a relaxed program and only a brief series of informal talks after our Saturday evening dinner.
CLASS DINNER - DARTMOUTH CLUB, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 27, i960.
Charlie McDonough is arranging the customary dinner before the Yale game. Many from out of town are expected and, as in other years, you will get a lift by attending and bending an elbow with your distinguished classmates.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING - DARTMOUTH CLUB, NEW YORK 3:00 P.M., October 28, i960.
Charlie Rauch is issuing a regular notice to the committee members.
About the time these notes appear in print, the Presidential campaign will be in full swing. During the Republican National Convention in July you saw and read of the participation of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Under Secretary of the Treasury FredScribner, and former Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn and you will again be aware of their activities in the campaign, in the hectic political claims and counterclaims, charges and counter-charges which will fill the scene at that time. Fred is a member of Vice President Nixon's strategy team and was scheduled to launch the New England campaign in Boston on August 8. As this is not intended to be a political column, your scribe begs leave to move over into less controversial fields, after noting that, regardless of party affiliation, we in 1930 are proud of our numerous classmates who have given of their years in the public service.
Harking back to reunion, those classmates concerned will be interested to know of two resolutions adopted at the class meeting. Being of a general nature, those whose services were being recognized could not be advised individually, hence they are quoted as follows:
RESOLVED, That the thanks of the Class of 1930 be and hereby are expressed to all in the Class who year after year have aided as Assistant Class Agents in the Alumni Fund Drive, and to all those others who aided in the Capital Funds Campaign so ably that the Class of 1930 was surpassed by only one other class in total contributions.
RESOLVED, That the Class of 1930 by this means expresses its pride in and appreciation to all those members of the Class who have distinguished themselves in the fields of public service and civic affairs at the national, state and local levels.
We all knew that Walt Dresser distinguished himself by driving to reunion in his 1931 Model T three-door tourer, yet few of us may have known he is a dyed-in-the-wool member of the MOALS (Maine Obsolete Automobile League). One Portland paper credited him with planning his safari for three years, the first spent searching northern Maine for the exact model, the next year under and in it getting it to run again, and finally off to Hanover. We never did have the statistics on mileage, etc., but they may have been fantastic for in the 1959 Calais anniversary parade he is said to have made the four-mile run on 20 pounds of dry beans and two quarts of oil.
We have a June news story recounting the acquisition of Acme Visible Records, Inc. of Crozet, Va., by a group headed by Len Schmitz who was to become chairman of the board and was to move to the neighborhood of Charlottesville to take over command of this enterprise.
Dean Wiggin, president of the 1959 New Hampshire Constitutional Convention (and, so it seems, president of these conventions from time immemorial), has run into roadblocks in publicizing four proposed amendments to be submitted to the voters in the November elections. His son is serving as Force Surgeon for the Second Marine Division in the Mediterranean.
Fred Scribner was the Class Day Speaker at Trinity College in June, at the graduation of his son Curtis, and a day later, the commencement speaker at the University of Vermont.
Nelson Rockefeller is pictured in the New York papers nearly every day. Runner up for i960 is a Bostonian, Harry Condon, a specialist behind the Massachusetts Investors Trust, whose picture appeared in The New York Times a second time this year in July in an article about how mutual funds select their investments. This had led to the suggestion that as an added inducement to us to travel to Woodstock on October 15, Harry should agree to provide an up-to-the-minute list of tips (sorry! meant to say selections).
In June, The London Times displayed an astonishing disregard of the prowess of our Sam Stayman by choosing to discuss a bridge hand he lost in one of the international matches.
Earlier in the year this correspondent ran into R. A. "Jerry" Philpot at an antique show; recognition was instantaneous after 30 years, and it was good to see him again. Reference to the College general catalog revealed he was one of the youngest members of our class; this led to further research which turned up the startling fact that two of our classmates will not reach their 50th birthdays until 1961 - Dick Peabody and Cliff Michel.
Art Browning was elected chairman of the Health Insurance Council at its meeting in Chicago in June. This is a national organization whose member companies handle over 90% of all the health insurance in force. Art's two sons spent part of the summer touring Europe as members of a youth choir. Continuing with insurance, we have learned that Eggie Smith has been reelected to the i960 policyholders examing committee of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. This committee of five policyholders is said to have no counterpart in the insurance field; it conducts an independent review of the management of the company, for which purpose it employs management consultants, independent auditors, etc. of its own selection. Eggie is executive vice president of Albert Trostel & Sons Company, Milwaukee, and a director of several Milwaukee enterprises as well as the Milwaukee Sanitarium and Milwaukee Blood Center.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chilcote have announced the engagement of their daughter Katherine to James Robert Pender of Shaker Heights, a Yale graduate. Gene Magenau's son Roger was a winner in the annual New Hampshire hard court tennis doubles tournament in Laconia in July.
Newell Rumpf, vice president of Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, has just had an official observance of his completion of 30 years' service with that institution. Another 30-year Thirtyman is Ed Schuster, recently elected president of the Food Retailers Association of the Greater New York Trading Area. As executive vice president, Ed has opened more Bohack super-markets than you can count on your toes. Earlier this year Rollie Booma's oil firm observed its 25th successful year on Boston's North Shore.
While your scribe was treasurer of this group he found that a large number of men paid their dues promptly each year, which, you can be sure, was appreciated greatly, because Charlie Widmayer's office likes to have the full group subscription payment by the first of December. But he always found it necessary to send numerous second and third billings, and even though it was flattering that these members enjoyed hearing from him more than once, extra time and expense was involved. This is merely by way of urging everyone to give Hank Embree a break by sending a $6 check along as promptly as he can. This modest charge covers the cost of the subscription to this magazine, and adds about a dollar a year to the class treasury.
We are stunned at the news of the recent deaths of three classmates, Kirk Jackson, Walt Birnie, and Eb Blake. Kirk was at reunion and seemed to have recovered completely from the heart attack suffered about two years ago. The Class extends its heartfelt sympathy to the families of these three men. Full obituary accounts appear in the In Memoriam section of this issue.
We hope to see many of you at the class events mentioned above, and in the stands at several football games.
Secretary, 30 Boxwood Dr., Stamford, Conn.
Treasurer, 11 E. Hubbard St., Chicago 11, Ill.
