1930

Following the pleasure of watching the football team win decisively from New Hampshire on September 30 in perfect weather, about 75 classmates, wives, and a few guests foregathered for a cocktail party and dinner at the Woodstock Inn, one of the best informal reunion attendances we have yet had. A brief program followed in which Charlie Rauch reported on the meeting of the Executive Committee the previous afternoon, and extended the appreciation of everyone to John and Ellie French for their hospitality in again providing a delightful post-meeting sunset cocktail party at their Woodstock home.

Our speaker was the Dean of Freshmen, Al Dickerson, whose topic was the changing scene in Hanover. With a good deal of his inimitable brand of humor thrown in, Al outlined the present time as being one of expansion, reminiscent of our time, when each day a different house was moved down or up College Street, and many new buildings arose in their places. Now it is a group of five major projects which are nearing completion, the Hopkins Center, a new Field House, the new Medical School, a new Math building, and one non-Dartmouth project, the Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory.

Al mentioned that there are 148 sons of alumni in '65, but only three from our class compared with sixteen the previous year. The '30 sons are Birgir, son of Ben Benson; Tom, son of John Garland; and Bob Potts (adopted name), son of Pudge Hartmann who was killed in World War 11. There is also one '30 stepson in the freshman class Bill Duschatko, son of Bill Stearns.

The College Board scores go up each year, with this new class averaging 639 in verbal and 669 in math. How many of us could beat 500? Al then took the occasion to ask those present about grandchildren and the winner was Frances Cass McGrath who has six; second were Hugh and AlyceJohnson with 3 7/8 — when Hughie, the veteran operator, gave that score, he must have had his mind back in the stock market, for as everyone knows, prospective grandchildren are not quoted in eighths.

After dinner a few hardy souls aftgathered in the Pine Room until midnight, at which time Vermont's peculiarly distinctive style of curfew is made effective by the servers coming around and just about sweeping the glasses off the tables.

Not to prolong the suspense for those who were not able to attend a really de- lightful occasion, the following is our tally of those who were seen in Hanover or Wood-stock:

Al and Babs Allyn, Dick Barnard, Wally and Louise Blakey, Bob and Page Blanchard, Hal and Dorothy Booma, Rollie and Dorothy Booma, Vic and Eleanor Borella, Dick and Gwen Bowlen, Ed and Arlene Brazil, Art and Martie Browning, Herb and Marge Chase, Lee and Kay Chilcote, Harry and Barbara Condon, Pete and Libby Davis, Al and Lucia Dickerson, Frank and Elizabeth Doherty, Buck and Esther Downey, Tom and Mary Dunnington, Virginia Eldredge, Hank and Ruth Embree, John and Ellie French, Les and Edith God-win, Ave and Julie Gould, Ranny and Vera Hobbs, Fran and Billie Horn, Hughie and Alyce Johnson, Bob and Louise Keene, Mel and Betty King, Ale-and Carol McFarland, Norm and Frances McGrath, Jim and Genevieve Mitchell, Hank and Catherine Newell, Charlie and Mildred Ranch, Charlie and Eleanor Raymond, Jack and Dorothy Rich, Herm and Alice Sander, Bill and Betty Stearns, Charlie and Larry Widmayer, Dean and Mary Wiggin.

As to the deliberations of the Executive Committee, it must be conceded they were not too profound. A call of the roll showed that a quorum had been mustered, where- upon the reports of the treasurer, secretary, alumni fund chairman, bequest chairman, and reunion chairman were read and ac- cepted. Charlie Rauch reported that a plenti- ful supply of new 1930 ties was available and also read a letter from President Dickey thanking the Class for its gift of two new ties to replace his well worn edition from our 25th reunion. Any one wishing a new, and narrower, tie may obtain one from Charlie, by sending $2 to him, at 47 Church Street, New Haven 1. It was decided that the 1962 meeting of the Executive Committee will be held in Boston at the time of the Harvard football game. It was suggested that an informal reunion in 1962 might well be scheduled for the night of the Yale game and be held at some place near New Haven, where we might be able to see men who have not been able to make the longer trip to Hanover or Woodstock. Matter was left open and if any one has any thoughts about this, please write.

Hank and Ruth Embree were about to leave for a month in Europe but this meant no let-up in the processing of checks for dues, for Hank's efficient secretary is keep ing everything up to the minute. Our popular treasurer will appreciate receiving as many of these checks as' possible before he sends out his second requests soon after this issue reaches your desks.

Fred Page has added to his growing list of offices by his recent election to the Board of Directors of the American Express Company. Fred Scribner is rumored to have entered a law partnership in Washington, in addition to his practice in Maine. Fred Bowes had the misfortune to amputate part of a big toe, while using a rotary mower and is just recently able to wear a shoe again.

Never having been beyond the Mississippi, we spent the better part of September driv- ing out to Colorado and back, to establish our daughter at the university at Boulder. Not that we particularly spotted our stops, but we did find occasion to look up some '3O men. We spent one delightful evening with Blair and Eleanor Wood in Waterloo, lowa, and found the judge a relaxed and very busy man, not a pound heavier than when he was in Hanover, and still skiing every winter, in part on a hill on his own property in Waterloo, possibly the only hill in lowa. Other skiing is done in Colorado where the Woods have a cabin, and other activities take them across the country, to another cabin in northern Wisconsin or to Vermont, where last June their son Mike '60 was married in Woodstock to Cornelia Cummings. Blair Jr., is a junior at Dart- mouth. Blair's home boasts an honest-to-goodness sauna, and in case you don't know what a sauna is, it is a steam bath of Finnish origin, in which people sit around in a temperature of about 180 for a while before going outdoors to roll in a snowbank or jump into a bucket of ice water. Considering the scorching temperatures encountered day by day and the complete absence of snowbanks, the Blakeys declined the opportunity of participating in a demonstration, and happily settled for bourbon and soda.

Paul Thompson is head of the Depart- ment of English at the University of Col- orado and a short visit with Dorothy and Paul was a pleasant interlude while in Boulder. Having taught at summer school, Paul felt, on the eve of the fall term, that he had had no real vacation. Their son Gordon graduated from Dartmouth in '6l and is doing graduate work at Wisconsin. The Thompsons, too, have a cabin in the hills of Colorado, where they also go skiing.

On our return as we passed through Elk City, Okla., we decided to do as I. C. Thurmond had once written —if any one ever happens to go through Elk City, please stop. Orlean said her husband had gone to Oklahoma City on business and hoped to persuade a friend to come back the next day for some dove-shooting, so in L C.'s absence our call at their beautiful home was brief, but it indicated that life in Western Oklahoma is very good.

The Item is published quarterly for investors in the common stock of General Foods Corporation. On page 12 of Volume 8, Number 4 dated September 5, 1961 is an almost mournful shot of Ted Wolf "keeping abreast of GF's product progress" during the annual meeting. We do not know whether Ted attended as a stockholder or as a consultant, but if the former he should not be mournful, considering how that blue chip has risen over the years.

Prior to this summer, did any Thirtyman ever make a hole in one? With a great big smile, Rollie Booma confirmed the rumor that he had done just that at Tedesco.

Additional material will have to wait until next month, and while you wait for it with bated breath, don't fail to send $6 to Hank Embree, unless this little matter has already been attended to. As the newspaper men say, "3-0" until next month.

Bob Oelman '31 president of the National Cash Register Co., who was elected to theBoard of Trustees last month, shown with Trustee Jack Dodd '22 (r), vice presidentof the New York Telephone Co., and Willard K. Denton (c), president of the ManhattanSavings Bank, as a new automation system is inaugurated at Manhattan'sMt. Kisco branch. Savings account data is fed directly to the National Cash RegisterComputing Center forty miles away over a telephone line.

Secretary, 30 Boxwood Dr. Stamford, Conn.

Treasurer, 9420 W. River St., Schiller Park, Ill.