1929
Chairman Bill Andres received a nocturnal call on the telephone from Washington, D. C. — it was Woody Woodbridge and not J. F. K. who called to introduce Dave Martin, Republican Congressman and National Committeeman from Nebraska and guest of honor at a quiet '29 party celebrating the occasion of his arrival in Washington. Bill had the vicarious pleasure of tuning in on the background music of ladies' voices and talking to the gentlemen only who included, in addition to Dave, Art Clow, who has recently taken over the top spot at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Washington; Panos Georgopulos, the retired restaurateur; Wellington Frank Barto, the "Duke"; Percy Russell, the barrister; HarrisHuston, who mentioned something about "still running"; and Hal Leich, the good natured and hospitable host. Bill reports that all sounded young and gay and delightful.
Incidentally, the Brookings Institution has announced that Hal Leich is one of ten Government executives who have won awards under its Federal executive fellowship program. The award will enable Hal to carry out a research project at Brookings for a period of six to twelve months under the provisions of the Employees Training Act of the Federal Government. These are the first awards in the fellowship program. Hal is the Chief of the Program Planning Division of the Civil Service Commission. The subject of his research project will be "The Organization Structure of the Federal Recruiting and Examining System."
Another news clipping from the Washington area reveals that Art Clow, a veteran of 31 years with the Western Electric Co., has been named chief of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. in Washington. Art successively held positions with Western Electric Co. as comptroller of its Kearny, N. J., Works, manufacturing division comptroller at the headquarters in New York City, personnel director, works manager at Kearny, and Vice-President in charge of personnel and public relations. Western Electric and Chesapeake and Potomac are subsidiaries of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. As Chesapeake and Potomac's top man, he will be in charge of an organization which has about 6000 employees and operates more than 630,000 telephones in the Washington area.
Woody Woodbridge reminds us that BobTunnell's son, Robert G. Tunnell Jr., '61, is vice-president of "The Dartmouth" this year. This prompts Woody to express the idea that the proposed annual, informal class reunions in Hanover might bring into focus the sons of Twenty-Niners who wear the Green. He coins the word, "Graduason" and quickly adds, "Corn is the wave of the future - thus, the thought has sweep and grandeur."
Our Chairman announces that 1939 won the Class prize for attendance at the Alumni Council Meeting in Cleveland. Those who stood up to be counted with Bill were JohnDickey, Carter Strickland, Bill Strangward,Bob (S.) Jones, Morry Hartman, Eddie Chinlund, Dick Brown, George Case, Walt Bergstrom, and Red Flynn. Each of them was presented with a lovely green enamel ash tray bearing the emblem of the Outing Club - a snow flake. Bill makes this statement that "They're very hospitable, these Ohio Valley classmates - they really don't know enough to go home - and their wives are so attractive that you don't want them to." We gather that they talked mostly about their grandchildren and the joys of baby sitting.
Morry Hartman has been appointed Vice-President and General Manager of the Commercial Banking Department of the Central National Bank of Cleveland.
We have caught up with Jack Blair who in the past has written so much about everybody else. In 1954, Jack established a patent law office in Stamford, Conn. He now has six associates in his Stamford office which was recently relocated in a modern air conditioned building. He has also expanded geographically with a branch office and two lawyers in Cambridge, Mass. As a respite from these self-inflicted headaches, Jack and Cynthia spent a fall vacation in England and Scotland. They went over on the "Queen Elizabeth" and came back on the "Queen Mary." Jack mentions that they "had a five hour fire as we lay off the Coast of Ireland." We leave it to "the Duke" to explain. Jack lives in the midst of six acres of woods and a large field in New Canaan and, with the aid of a compass, he reaches his office in the enviable time of twenty minutes. In the field he formerly sported two horses and three dogs — he is now out of the equine department but his dog family has increased to four. His daughter, Chilla, is a stewardess for Eastern Airlines stationed in Miami and flies the jets to various parts of the country. Son Bob graduated cum laude from Hotchkiss last June and is now a freshman at Yale.
John Lowell Pratt is now Vice-President of Thomas Nelson and Sons, exclusive publishers of the Revised Standard Version Bible, with offices at 19 East 47th Street, New York City. Ginder was formerly president of A. S. Barnes and Company and joined the Nelson firm to create a separate division for the publication of sports and outdoor books. Approximately 25 titles are scheduled for publication in 1961 and include guides to fishing, sailing, skin diving, horseback riding, and skiing. When we saw Ginder in New York last fall, he looked fit and capable. He is also editing "The Standard Encyclopedia of Sports" — a comprehensive volume of about 1600 pages which is planned for publication in 1963.
On Saturday, February 4, the day of Boston's worst blizzard, Eddie and Louise Dean's daughter, Mollie Josephine, became the bride of George Milburn Auchincloss, of Darien, Conn. The ceremony took place in the First Congregational Church in Winchester, Mass., with Rev. Dwight L. Cart and the Rev. J. Seelye Bixler, president-emeritus of Colby College officiating. The bride and bridegroom graduated from Colby College with the Class of i960. The John Cornehlsons were in attendance, having driven up from Long Island in the storm. Although residing only a few blocks from the scene of the festivities, your scribe was absent because of the snowdrifts and a broken down back. Accordingly, we regret that we cannot give you a description of the bride's gown and bouquet. On Sunday, Johnnie and Eddie bucked through the drifts to Boston with your scribe to have his back repaired. They have our everlasting gratitude. It's wonderful to be a member of the Class of 1929 — such classmates are real friends in need.
Cart Strickland writes that his eldest son, Seth, is in the second year of Tuck School and helped out coaching the freshmen ends last fall. His second, boy, Carter, is a junior at Dartmouth and was a tackle on this year's varsity team. These are partial reasons why Cart and Mollie are such avid followers of the football team. Their daughter, Cynthia, is a senior at Emma Willard School in Troy, N. Y. By the time you read these notes, Cart will have embarked on his duties as Class Agent. Let's get behind him and Dartmouth with our solid support.
Secretary, 10 Cranston Road Winchester, Mass.
Treasurer,2 Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, Pa.
