1940
Summer has passed and now your correspondent must get back to his job of reporting available news of classmates to you each month. A happy note to start on is the fact that six of our classmates have sons who enter Dartmouth this fall. Our congratulations to them and best wishes for a successful four years in Hanover. They are: James A., son of Richard Gordon Gray; L. P. III, son ofLawrence P. Keeler Jr.; Brian, son of DonaldF. McMahon; Whitney Flagg, son of WhitMiller; Donn Alan, son of Don L. Tenney; and Alan, son of Ronald Woodberry Jr.
These six, however, are not the first from our Class to have a son to enter the College. Last year Michael, son of Robert K. Joslin, was a freshman, a fact which we missed at the time.
Here are some promotions that have come to our attention during the past three months:
Word has reached us from Boston that George Cutter has been elected a vice president of the Gillette Safety Razor Company. George, who joined Gillette in 1948 as a quality control engineer, is now director of manufacturing. Since he started with the company he has served in a succession of key manufacturing posts, including chief inspector of the razor division, assistant to the vice president in charge of manufacturing, and assistant quality superintendent. George and his wife Anita, together with their four daughters, live at 26 Sherman Road in Melrose, Mass.
Pan American World Airways has announced that Cec Moore has been elected assistant vice president in traffic and sales administration. Since he joined Pan American in 1942, Cec has seen a good deal of the world having served at numerous stations in the Pan American system. He, his wife Nell, and three children, John 14, David 18 and Joanne 10, live in Huntington, N. Y. In the summer he enjoys sailing and is past Commodore of the Centerport (N. Y.) Yacht Club.
A clipping from Salem, Mass., informs us that Chal Carothers, employed by Sylvania Electric Products since 1948, has been made sales manager-industrial commercial lamps of that company. Bob Krone is now director of personnel for McDonnell Aircraft. JackFaunce, who has been with the Aetna Insurance Companies since 1946, has recently been appointed manager, special services department of the Aetna Life, Aetna Casualty, and Standard Fire Insurance companies. On the educational front, Garry Allen will become a general mathematics teacher and also instruct in science survey and possibly freshman algebra at Laconia High School. In Little Rock, Arkansas, Julian Blass has been made president of the Gus Blass Company, a leading department store. DickWarner has been put on the staff of the New York selling office of Spalding Knitting Mills Company of Griffin, Ga., manufacturer of children's and women's hosiery. He and two others will head up the New York sales office.
Colonel George Sheldon is still stationed in Germany with his wife Jean and three children. The oldest child, Susan, graduated from high school last June and will spend this year studying in Lausanne, Switzerland. George observes that Lausanne is not Northampton but that the beer is a hell of a lot better. One of our temporary military figures, Reserve Captain Cliff Holmes had two weeks annual active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas, last summer. He is now back at work with Raytheon in Waltham, Mass.
On the family front there are indications that members of the Class are not through producing offspring. Our eminent head class agent, John Burnap, and wife Molly announce the arrival of Susan Phillips on Father's Day, June 19. Steve Jewett and Mary are the proud parents of their first son after three daughters. He was born on June 1 in Laconia. N. H.
While some of our classmates are sending their boys and girls off to college, others are already leading their children down the aisle. John Halpern gave his daughter Cecilia in marriage to Douglas Robertson Jr. on June 19. The wedding was attended by Bud andLouise Hewitt.
The Easton Pennsylvania Express has brought us news of Chuck Bensinger, one of the more silent members of the Class, in his capacity as chairman of the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin. He addressed the Easton Rotary Club on the activities of that association. Chuck is an attorney in Stroudsburg, Pa., and is chairman of the board of the First Stroudsburg National Bank.
Don Rainie, our able treasurer, found time from his legal activities in Concord, N. H., to serve as general chairman of the 1960 United Fund Appeal in that city. This is not Don's first crack at raising money, for besides Dartmouth activities in that respect he has headed the Red Cross Fund Drive and has been prominent in the Boy Scouts program in the area. He also is treasurer of Merrimack County, a post which he has held for ten years, and is moderator of the Concord Union School District. For those who don't know it, Don is married to the former Ruby Monell and they have six children ranging in ages from 13 to 2.
Frank Whaland of Nashua, N. H., was one of the principal officials in the Jimmy Fund campaign in that city. The Jimmy Fund was started by baseball star Ted Williams to help youngsters afflicted with cancer. JackO'Shea continues to appear in the Laconia Press. Just about the only thing he hasn't done is to be mayor of the town and he still has time for that. A recent picture shows him at his Class of 1935 reunion at Laconia High School. We note via the grapevine that Jack has also recently been named a trustee of a local savings bank, the name of which escapes us.
Secretary, 21 Old Farm Road, Darien, Conn.
Treasurer, 88 North Main St., Concord, N. H.
