1936
It is a pleasure to introduce the class notes this month with a letter from Walter Malby of Davenport, lowa. Walt writes in part:
It might be interesting to note that my wife and I attended a dinner last summer at which Mr. Blackman, the coach of the Dartmouth football team, was the featured speaker. Dartmouth alumni attending this dinner numbered about fifty included in which was an old chum of yours and mine, "Pop" Nairne. He and his wife had just moved to Davenport and are now residing a few blocks from our home. We have seen each other on several occasions since then and I might add that "Pop" looks very well and we have had a grand time reminiscing about some of the eventful times we had during our stay at Dartmouth. Another chum of ours who I used to see quite frequently, but who has since moved out of town, is Dougal Porter. As far as I know he still plays a mean game of golf and I think he is now residing some place in California. A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of spending an evening with Dick Spencer and Ralph Earl, my former roommate.
Unfortunately, in this neck of the woods one does not get to see any of the good old Dartmouth football games, however I have been keeping in close touch with the team's progress, particularly in the past two years when it seems as though we have had a fairly good team. Sam Bowlby, who has played first string tackle at Dartmouth for the last couple of years, is a close acquaintance of mine here in Davenport where he was All-State High School Tackle for two years in a row.
As you probably know, I have been associated with the Aluminum Company of America since my graduation and am now Production Superintendent at the Davenport Works. Our only child, Suzanne Jane, was married about two years ago and is now residing in Monterey, Calif.
My wife and I are planning on attending my twenty-fifth anniversary at Dartmouth and it is hoped that at that time we may renew old acquaintances which I am sure none of us will ever forget.
The '36 Class Dinner announced last month (and still scheduled as I write these notes, for March 11 at the Dartmouth Club of New York) has created unusual interest. Even before voluntary chairman Dick Morton has mailed his magnetic invitations, nine classmates have written they want to attend and many letters have come in expressing regrets "this time." For example, Louis Benezet writes from Colorado College, "Wish I could make the March 11 meeting. lam coming to New York two weeks afterward, but I am afraid my schedule won't bend as far as that. Please carry my best to all. We will hope to be with you at least for the 25th in '61." ...
Bob Ireland, insurance magnate in Lawndale, Calif., writes, "There is some chance I may be in New York later this spring, but unfortunately not for the class dinner. Give the brethren my regards."...Jim Tindle, financial advisor and civic leader in Philadelphia, writes, "Only wish I could attend the New York dinner on March 11, but I have to be at my daughter's college (Marjorie Webster College in Washington, D. C.) at the same time for Dad's night."...Fred Weiss of the Mount Clemens (Mich.) Rose Gardens writes that he and his family will be in Hanover for the class executive committee meeting in May and certainly again for the 25th reunion.... Eddie Chamberlain writes that he and StonyJackson will be "giving birth to the Class of '64" at that time.... Pete Fitzherbert writes, "I'll be at Brew Towne's Arizona ranch at that time. We'll have a '36 affair of our own out there in Tucson and we'll have one for each of you."
This interest in a class dinner (with acceptances piling up to be reported next month) may encourage some of you fellows living in areas of concentrated '36 alumni to start your own class party. Syracuse, Washington, Evanston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Boston, and Cleveland are places where '36 parties are long overdue and any one of you who becomes a voluntary chairman will find a ready response and a rewaring evening. Try it out and let's hear the good results.
In the fall of 1932 and '33 Stu MacMackin was blowing his trumpet in the front row of the college band while I was happily swinging a tardy beat on the bass drum in the back row under the frowning countenances of two upperclass drummers named Ford and Gilbert. Stu is now legal counsel for the Defence Electronics Division of the General Electric Company in Syracuse, N.Y. After many corporate moves since he joined G.E. in 1944, he is now settled down on Hunt Lane, Fayetteville, N.Y., with his wife, the former Alice Peters of Grafton, Mass., and two daughters, Cynthia, fifteen, and Janet, twelve. Stu says, "My number two trumpet is now being played by my number two daughter in the high school band." When Stu's wife was in the hospital last year he met Hank Mayo who has recently set up practice in Syracuse. Lawyer Tom Hart is another '36er in Syracuse who has recently crossed Stu's path.
General Electric announced last month that John Witzel has been promoted to manager of engineering in its Insulating Materials Department, Schenectady, N.Y. In this post he will be responsible for developing insulating materials for the electrical industry, including mica products, coated materials, wire enamels, and insulating varnishes. Wit taught chemistry at Dartmouth for two years while getting his Master's degree, and then moved on to Cornell to get his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1941. He has been with G.E. since 1948 and has done research in Methylon resins and wire enamels. He and wife Betty and son Jay, 12, live in Ballston Lake, N.Y.
Following are a few late news items: Bill Niss, Vice President and Treasurer of the Bath Iron Works, has accepted the Presidency of the United Fund for 1960 in his area of Maine. Bill is also treasurer of our 25th reunion, a benign spot now, but very busy next year.... Ralph Butler, for many years a radio and TV expert for Benton & Bowles (an advertising agency) in Toronto, has moved to their New York office....John Mallory broke his leg while skiing, but the cast is off. ... Ed Higbee has been elected member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of the Hingham, Mass., Public Library. Ed is a partner in the accounting firm of Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery.... DinkGidney has taken the position of Vice President in charge of sales for the Potash Company of America. He will be stationed in Washington, D. C. Last September Dink resigned a comparable position in New York City with the U. S. Potash Division of U. S. Borax and Chemical Company with whom he was associated since 1937.... Bill Wyman has expanded his insurance business in Concord, Mass., through merger.... Norm Allen, who is assistant professor of social science at Southern Connecticut State College, is giving an evening course in international relations at the Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, Conn.... Dick Treadway's son, Jonathan, Hampshire.... Buster May's son, David, is a student at Harvard....Jack Squires, President of Willard Pictures in New York, has been cruising in the Caribbean with his wife, Dorothy.... Mike Boyd passes along the word that John Creigh is having a bout of a serious illness and that letters from classmates should be sent to John at his home, 2117 Middlefork Rd., Northfield, Ill.
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