1936

At the class dinner in the Dartmouth Club of New York in March, Brint Schorer made a little after-dinner speech. He extolled the beauties of Dartmouth, New Hampshire, Lake Winnipesaukee, Center Harbor and his estate there at Eagle Shores, and invited everyone at the dinner (51 were in attendance) to visit him at Winnipesaukee in August. Now I have a letter from Brint, with Doris Schorer's endorsement, inviting "all classmates and wives for a reunion, or prereunion, on Saturday, August 13. "We want every '36er who can make it," Brint writes, "but not the children this time. It is imperative that we know by August i who is coming. It would be horrible to run out of moonshine. If everyone brings his own wife we can put up about ten couples overnight, and others can find a motel. Expenses should be about $10,00 a couple for all you can eat or drink. If you can come before noon on the 13th, bring your own lunch."

In August 1959, the Schorers entertained about 25 classmates and their wives at Center Harbor. This was reported in our October class notes. In view of the depredations inflicted at that time, it is a mark of highest loyalty to open the door again. Brint has a lovely place for a big reunion, and provides swimming, speed boating, and water skiing if you wish to stretch your old bones. Please drop a note by August 1 to the Schorers, c/o Post Office, Center Harbor, N. H., and detailed directions for traveling will be sent to you at that time.

Meme Lewis, wife of Walker Lewis, writes that her husband is practicing law in Dayton, O. He is a senior member of the firm of Smith and Schnacke. They have one son, Walker Lewis III, who is fifteen years old. Walker is also general counsel and a directtor of the Mead Paper Company.

I met John Mallory on the commuter train two nights ago. He said he had seen the obituary of Professor Longhurst in the Times. Maurice F. Longhurst was the "bicycle-riding bandmaster" when we were in college. During orchestra practice he searched his musicians with a most serious mein and violent gesticulations, but when harmony was forthcoming it flowed right through his form and face to end an evening's work with great pleasure and humor all around. Hollywood could not paint a more colorful guy. Bob Shertz, now of Haverford, Penna., married the former Anne Longhurst, one of the Professor's two daughters.

Herbie Higgins, formerly in the U. S. Consulate in Brazil, is back in Washington with the State Department. He lives at 162444th St., N.W., Washington, D. C.... ClifRoe, supervisor of Training and Employee Services of The Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Buffalo, has moved into a new house at 217 Crosby Avenue, Kenmore 17, N. Y.. .. Bob Densmore, the brick manufacturer from Lebanon, N. H., went out to watch and ski at the Olympics. Bob Keeler, who broke his ankle skiing, is on crutches. Dick Ruby, formerly in Fall River, Mass., has moved to Fort Worth, Tex. where he has been made general manager of the Acushnet Process Company plant there. He lives at 2601 South University Drive, Fort Worth 9, Tex. Dr. Bob Bright has moved his practice and home from Berkeley to El Sobrante, Calif. Bob's home address is 4331 Harmon Road, El Sobrante. Steve Styles has a new Post Office Box in Green Bay, Wis., number 520.Frank Curtis has been transferred from Oklahoma to Illinois. His address, reminiscent to many of you, is as follows: 3248 A, U.S.A.F. 798 A.C.W. Square, Belleville A.F.S., Ill. Prof. Dick Knight can be reached at Box 1948, Hartford, Conn. Provost Len Mead has a new address, 48 Professors Row, Tufts University, Medford 55, Mass. Dr. Scott Pedley has moved from Northfield, Vt., to 201 Ridgemont Drive, Rochester 15, N. Y. Dick Allen has moved to a new house in Montpelier, Vt., at 4 Meadow Lane.... Benedict Jim Gidney has moved to 2380 Overlook, Cleveland 6, Ohio. Bill Lee hasn't changed his address but the name of the town has changed. It used to be North Palm Beach, but now it's 408 Driftwood Road, Riviera Beach, Fla. Chuck Harrison runs the Harrison Oil Company in Milwaukee. He started in this business 24 years ago, a business founded by his father. Chuck has two sons at the Northampton School for the Deaf at Northampton, Mass. Dr. Clarence Lucas has moved in Indianapolis to 1549 Greer Dell Road. Bill Spring who has been with the Travelers Insurance Company for many years, has moved from Buffalo to New York. He's bought a new home at 593 Hollow Tree Ridge Road in Darien, Conn. Dr. Roger Watson has moved to Washington, D. C., and has set up practice at 1426 M Street. . . . Boyce Price is an account executive 011 the Owens Corning Fiberglas account at McCann-Erickson, an advertising agency in New York City. Boyce has two children, Marion sixteen and Bill thirteen, and lives in Pound Ridge, N. Y., in a house built from his own plans. Pop Nairne, sales engineer for Morse Twist Drill and Machine Company of New Bedford, Mass. lives at 2936 Middle Road, Davenport, lowa.

Another big business promotion for a loyal '36er has gone to Bob Blake. From his last post as Chicago sales manager for the Industrial Truck Division of the Clark Equipment Company of Battle Creek, Mich., Bob has been raised to regional manager for the Midwest. He has been connected with the sales of Clark products since 1949, and has worked in the Chicago area during those years. Bob, wife Jeanne, and son David live at 800 Lynden Lane, Arlington Heights, Ill.

Class chairman, Pete Fitzherbert, is a secretary's delight, as witness the following letter from him about classmates he met on his trip to California in March.

My combination business and pleasure trip was immensely successful, Pete writes, although I did miss John Parish when I was in St. Paul. John was taking his vacation at that time in Arizona, although in Phoenix. We had hoped to get together down there, but it just didn't work out.

However, I did have quite a time with '36ers in San Francisco. I had lunch with Ed Drechsel and Ad Page one noon. and the next day Barbara and I, along with my sister, Marge, and her husband, went to visit both of them at their homes. Ed lives in Belvedere where he just built a new home on a lagoon. In addition to just plain wonderful living, they have the advantages of plenty of small-boat sailing and his son, John, and daughter, Barbara, have won more than their share of cups in the races. Ed had just returned from Squaw Valley as brown as a Mexican peon and while there he bumped into Larry Jump.

Ad Page and his wife, Madge, and his two daughters, Harriet and Ann, have a lovely home in Danville high up on one of the California hills looking to the east at Mount Diablo. Ad is an engineer for Bechtal Corporation and they all hope to get back to the 25th reunion, as do the Drechsels.

Joe and Midge Carson live quite near my sister and they dropped around one afternoon. Joe still owns his camp on Lake Winnipesaukee and they certainly expect to be at the 25 th reunion. Joe is specializing in internal medicine at the Medical Plaza in Palo Alto and works with John O'Hare who is an obstetrician at the same center.

We arrived at the White Stallion Ranch right after Dune Newell and his wife had left. Dune is trust officer of the Valley National Bank in Phoenix, but on occasions gets to Tucson. Frankly, I had a better time there at the ranch than I had even anticipated. The accommodations are excellent, the food delicious, the congeniality stimulating. And not only that, but Brew and Marge Towne provided us with the most wonderful weather we could have had - swimming in the pool with 83° temperature, riding in the desert (and this is something for a fellow my size who has never been on horseback before), and just downright good fellowship among the guests he had there.

While we were there, who should come in for a few days but Bill Martens and Tina. Bill is now a manufacturers' representative. They will be at the 25 th if Tina has anything to say about it. Brew plans to be here in Maine operating a hotel this summer and he expects to be with us in May at the Executive Committee Meeting.

So with the news from Pop Nairne we come to the end of another year for class notes. This also empties my mail bag, which has been healthy this year, and I hope you will fatten it again during the summer. It's been a good year for '36ers and a good year for class news. Next year will be exciting because of our big 25 th as a climax. Be triple A classmates and send your Alumni Fund contribution to Kirk Liggett who at this writing leads all classes in the Green Derby competition. Let's keep '36 on top. Good luck to you all through the summer months.

Don Hagerman '35 (right center), headmaster of Holderness School, had the opportunity on May 11 to meet with former students now at Dartmouth. On hand for the informal get-together at the Hanover Inn were (1 to r) seated, Buster Welch '63, Jerry Ashworth '63, Bob earles '42, assistant to the-headmaster, Hagerman, Hartley Webster '61, Bob Armknecht '60; standing, Larry Clark '64, Byron Dallis '61 and John Allbee '59, Tuck School student.

Secretary, 16 Hickory Lane Darien, Conn.

Class Agent, 135 Glenview Ave., Wyncote, Penna.