1945
Eight of the fifteen members of your Class Executive Committee assembled at the 15th. floor offices of Foot, Cone, and Belding, 247 Park Ave., New York, last April 23, for the purpose of the biennial Class Executive Officers Meeting. This followed a Friday night get-together at the Dartmouth Club for relaxation and dinner which brought out the following: Bill McKenzie, Tom King, Ted Douglas, Frank Mace, Jim Broderick, Moose Rowan (off for California and a new position with Western Electric), Harry Hampton, Bob Fisher, Tom Yates, Eliot Mover, Joe Michael, Stan Newton, And also, vice president Paul Caravatt of Foot, Cone and Belding who arrived with dinner already under his size-32 belt. The Saturday meeting included class officers Newton, Cutler, Old-field, and Mover as well as Executive Committee members Hampton, Michael, Caravatt, and D'Arrigo.
Inasmuch as the minutes of said meeting will be published in the Mail-call, I will but gloss over the more significant decisions. The Committee resolved and adopted a motion to establish a textbook fund for needy students at Dartmouth as a memorial for Class dead, particularly those who died before and after the War. This gift will be given to the Dartmouth Scholarship Committee on an annual basis with the reservation that the Committee inform us of the name and circumstances of the recipient. This resolution is in fulfillment of a suggestion made by Jack Burroughs at our last meeting and investigated by George Pierce. The Committee also resolved to turn over to the College the surplus remaining in the '45 Memorial Weather Post Fund and to charge the College with the responsibility of maintaining the instruments. The Class will, of course, stand behind the memorial in case of unfore- seen circumstances. The rest of the business filing of a class nature, I'll let you read of such in the Mailcall.
The headline of the month involves a very tasty matter from Evans Research and Development Corp. of New York. It concerns a new Evans developed flavor process for the enhancement of fresh flavor in processed foods, and Kurt Konigsbacher receives plaudits as a co-inventor. Kurt is also the Director of the Home Economics Section at Evans and has "been active in such areas as the chemistry and formulation of flavors, including tobacco and soft drinks, analysis of alcoholic beverages, and several other mouthfilling operations." The write-up of this discovery stresses the import it will have on the processed food industry, and even though I'm no judge, I would guess that the impact will be terrific. Congratulations, Kurt!
Dr. Bob Bessom of Swampscott, Mass., received a very complimentary write-up in the Lynn paper the other day. Bob has been extremely interested in establishing a community-sponsored nursing home for his area which could be a forerunner of Swampscott's first hospital. With the mushrooming of Boston's suburbs, Bob's foresightedness may well be of tremendous value to his community. Olaf Passburg, a gun designer for Smith and Wesson, has been chosen as one of the senior speakers for the 1960 Commencement exercises at Western New England College. Olie graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in zoology.
Cliff Cosgrove hits the print again, this time as a bridegroom. He married Nina Parsons Henderson of Red Bank, N. J., last April 22. They will reside in Cleveland where Cliff is with the advertising staff of Good Housekeeping Magazine. Good housekeeping to you, too, Cliff and Nina. And because one thing leads to another, the South Windsor, Conn., PTA enters the scene with a February appearance of Dr. Burt Hicock, psychological examiner in the Hartford school system, who explained to those assembled matter relating to guidance testing and counseling.
In the Hartford area, incidentally, is Art Carey, a salesman with Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company, who resides at 604 Burnside Ave., East Hartford. Moving down to "the City," we find Don McNamara with McCann-Erickson, Inc., and Chuck Murphy, an attorney, with offices on East 42nd Street.
This will be my last column until next October. Seems like a long time, doesn't it? But I can assure you that the fall deadline for my notes will roll around long before I'm prepared, and I will once again be grasping at what straws of information you deign to toss my way. All is appreciated so don't be reticent. See you in October; and, meanwhile, keep up the faith - faith in Dartmouth and its responsibilities for the future.
Secretary, Middlesex School, Concord, Mass.
Class Agent, Bunny Bear, Inc., 210 Broadway Everett 49, Mass.
