1940
Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Time is running short for making plans for the big 20th Reunion in Hanover on June 16, 17 and 18. We hope that by now those dates are implanted. in your minds. Soon a great deal of information on the subject will be reaching you from Reunion Chairman Stet Whitcher. Until then suffice it to say that the information reaching your correspondent from the Committee indicates that this will be the best planned and the biggest reunion ever.
Lee Bassett writes from Cleveland that Scotty Rogers surprised them with a sudden appearance at Cleveland's National Dartmouth Alumni Council meeting. Bob MacMillen was there from Hanover, as was his wife Crosbie, and John Willetts, who is vice president of the Council and in charge of the enrollment committee, played a leading role. He was chairman of a dinner for some 80 people in the Cleveland area. Others in attendance were John Moore, Eben Cockley,Dave Davenport, Bill Huffman, Karl Bruch, and Art Ostrander. It is evident that the Class of 1940 was well represented at the meeting.
Rick and Ellen Davidson have planned well for their attendance at the June Reunion. They engineered things so that their fifth youngster will arrive in April, making it possible for them to be on tap in June. Another new arrival is the. adopted son of Joeand Victoria Armanini on February 9. Scott is one and one-half years old.
Fred Eaton is enjoying life in Venezuela as head man for Sears Roebuck. His leisure time activities seem to parallel those of his stateside classmates. He says, however, that the social life is killing both him and Peg with many official dinners, cocktail parties, et cetera. To work off the food and drink he manages to play golf with Bill Bumstead most Saturdays and the two of them have set up a new official Alumni Club in Caracas.
Bill Harriman, who is in Madrid, Spain with DeGolyer and McNaughton petroleum geologists, says that his sons are in the Holderness School at Plymouth, N. H., and fondly dreams of visiting them and attending the Reunion. This, however, will only become possible if Spain's first oil discovery is made before spring.
John F. McDonald is one of the few who has a legitimate excuse for not being at Reunion. He will be on two-weeks active duty with the Strategic Air Command at Portsmouth, N. H. Nevertheless, he hopes to drive up to Hanover on Saturday for an overnight's stay.
Captain Bob Hartmann U.S.N, is now stationed in San Diego after three years in the Caribbean, based at San Juan and covering the area from Trinidad to Panama, including Guantanamo. Prior to that he had two years with Operation Deepfreeze in the Antarctic.
Dr. Howie Oliver of Keene, N. H., was recently chairman of a nominating committee of the newly-formed Cheshire County Chapter of the N. H. American Cancer Society.
Professor Gardner Ashley is now chairman of the department of modern languages at Franklin College, Franklin, Ind. He has long had the intention of looking tip GreekMahoney and John Peacock in Indianapolis but something has always interfered.
Dick Heer writes from Columbus that he saw Harvey Noll, his wife and two daughters in Rockville Center, Long Island, in January. Harvey is sales manager for a very successful office furniture manufacturer called "Designcraft." Dick also saw Ken Atkins in Cleveland, where Ken is administrator for the Cleveland Psychiatric Institute and Hospital.
The first news from Rog Conant in many a moon reached us recently. He says that he and Janie have four daughters, giving him no material for Dartmouth enrollment. Last May he joined Thomas Borthwick & Sons of London, England, and after completing a trip around the world for them, visiting England, France, Australia, New Zealand and other points en route, he has now opened an office for them in Boston. The Conants have a farm in Tuftonboro, N. H., where they spend their weekends either skiing, fishing or hunting. If there are any '40's in that area, he would love to have them look him up. There are still 60 gallons of hard cider in the cellar!
Ron Woodberry recently spent a weekend in Hanover skiing with his eldest son, Alan, who is a freshman at Dartmouth this year. Ron recommends the Skiway highly because it is uncongested and because there is a sufficient variety of trails to suit everyone from his wife on down to his 10-year-old son, who wants nothing but expert trails. Ron met George Cutter skiing at Belknap with his girls recently, and saw Jack Fitzgerald on the streets of Boston.
Jim Kuhns of Dayton, Ohio, is still with the Kuhns Brothers Company making cast and ductile iron fittings and valves. He and Faith plan to take in two reunions this June as it is her 20th at Bennington, also. Their son Peter, 17, is at the New Preparatory School in Cambridge, Mass., this year and Kristin, age 14, is in high school, while Katherine, 10, is in the fifth grade. Joe Rinehart calls on Jim often, selling Pratt and Whitney taps.
And speaking of taps, let's all be on tap in Hanover June 16, 17 and 18. See you then.
The Class of 1940 was well represented in this foursome which met during the Dartmouth-in-Cleveland Conference. From ( l to r) the group includes Bob MacMillen '40, Associate in Development for the College; Monty Mountcastle '22 of Miami; Bob Conway '42, publicitychairman for the conference; and Scott Rogers '40 of Santa Monica, Calif.
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