1930

A few days ago we were in Hanover, and while the events of the 'Class Officers' weekend, May 5 and 6, are fresh in our mind, we are starting to peck out these notes for the final column of this college year. With Charlie Rauch, Art and Martie Browning,Charlie and Eleanor Raymond, Hank Embree, and Wally and Louise Blakey on hand we thought we might outnumber all other classes, but at roll call time when 1923 had its house detective answering as an officer, we knew we had been outmaneuvered.

In the meeting of the Class Treasurers' Association it was found that Hank's efforts had extracted dues from the largest number of classmates in our history, 362, and that this fine effort enabled 1930 to have the greatest percentage of dues payers of any class between 1923 and 1939.

The class officers and Charlie Widmayer held an informal meeting at lunch Saturday, at which several matters were discussed; it was the consensus that the informal reunion to be held in Woodstock September 30, 1961 should follow the lines of that held in 1960, with the addition of the annual meeting of the Executive Committee to be held at the Woodstock Inn on Friday afternoon, September 29. The football opponent of the weekend will be New Hampshire, the first game of the season.

It was also decided to order a new supply of 25th reunion ties, as several men have indicated a desire to refurbish their wardrobes. Any others who may wish to do the same are urged to send a post card note to CharlieRauch, 47 Church Street, New Haven 1, Conn., to give him a better idea of the quantity to order.

Most of us stayed at the new Hanover Inn Motor Lodge (make no mistake, it is a motor lodge, not a motel) on its opening night, and found it to be very comfortable and beautifully appointed. Also in town during the weekend we saw Dean Al Dickerson, who somehow was not on the speakers list, BudFrench, Bill Putnam, Dick Barnard, EddieJeremiah, and Herb Chase.

Bud and Celie French were on hand to see David pitch against Navy and were disappointed when his luck turned against him. In less than two innings his fielders tossed in four or five errors, several Navy runs were unearned, and he left the game. Later Dartmouth tied the score, and Dave was not the losing pitcher. On Patriot's Day he turned in a superlative performance against Holy Cross at Worcester — on this occasion he pitched 13,1/3 innings on a raw cold day in a game which Dartmouth finally won in the 15th, 1-0. A few days earlier Dave beat Penn 11-1. Appropriately he is wearing number 30 on his uniform.

Saturday evening May 6 a testimonial dinner was held to honor a lovable gentleman, Tom Dent, on his retirement after many years as coach of soccer and lacrosse at Dartmouth. Attending for 1930 were Eddie Jeremiah, Herb Chase (lacrosse manager in 1930) and your correspondent (soccer manager in 1929).

We had a class dinner at the New York Dartmouth Club on May 4, at which the following stalwarts showed: Al Allyn, Art Behal,Wally Blakey, Bill Blanchard, HoustonBoyles, Art Browning, Dud Day, Al Fisk,George Franson, Bud French, Red Gould,Henry Hillson, Frank Kindermann, CharlieMcDonough, Russ Morrill, Bill Reinhart,Russ Sigler, Wally Wasmer and Ted Wolf. News briefs were secured from these men and/or about other classmates to wit: Behal- a member of the American Stock Exchange; so busy in this churning market there is no time for a vacation or any relaxation. Blanchard - appears as a member of the steering committee for the development of the enlarged Medical School at Dartmouth. Browning - eldest son Reed at Yale working for a Ph.D., second son Simms, a Dartmouth junior and member of the glee club. Fisk - had bumped into Phil Troy, apparently in New York 'buying for his Minneapolis store. French - while on the Coast on business, the Frenches, the Fayes, and Bob Kimball attended the Glee Club concert in San Francisco. Bob is headmaster of the Town School for Boys, San Francisco, and has doubled its enrollment in the two years he has 'been there. Gould - has taken up trampolining, and as might be expected of the former gym team captain, is highly enthused. Reinhart - a tax expert, but quite non-committal as to the probable effect of the present political agitation against expense accounts. Sigler - son Arnold studying law at University of Virginia; Nolda and Russ recently visited him there and also spent some time with Len Schmitz and family. Russ says there is nothing like becoming the chairman of the board of a company domiciled in such a delightful spot as Charlottesville, and being able to leave a big city, as Len has done in going with Acme Visible Records. Wolf - has two sons in different law schools. The next New York class dinner will be held Thursday evening November 2, in the new quarters of the Dartmouth Club in the Hotel Commodore. Mark your calendar now.

Horace Weston has been elected a vice president of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. He has been with Mayflower Worsted Company of Plymouth, Mass., for many years. Hank Gilbert was recently admitted as a general partner in the Los Angeles office of Lester, Ryons and Co., members of the New York and Pacific Coast Stock Exchanges.

Pat and Bill Fletcher journeyed to Los Angeles earlier in the year to attend the first Western convention of the National Stationery and Office Equipment Association, of which Bill is vice president, and chairman of the manufacturers division.

We're grateful to another '30 wife, Dorothea Brunner, who wrote because Fritz Brunner had let too many things intervene his good intentions. The Brunners returned from Brazil three or four years ago, and bought a large farmhouse outside Johnson City, N. Y. - together with a big red barn, but farming is only an avocation, for Fritz' principal occupation is as secretary and treasurer of the Endicott Lumber and Box Company, a family enterprise. He raises flowers, dogs, plays the piano, and from time to time indulges in just puttering. Their son is a sophomore at Indiana University.

Recently our company received a visit from Dr. Art Olsen of the Mayo Clinic, who is greatly interested in the work we are doing in the field of fiber optics and the possible application of this development in instrumentation to problems in his fields of esophagoscopy and gastroenterology. It was good to see Art again and to learn that his daughter Margaret is graduating from Wellesley this month, while his son David is finishing his freshman year at Union College.

It is with a great sense of loss that we record the death on April 21 of Dr. Ernie Latham, a distinguished surgeon and a greatly respected member of 1930. We express the heartfelt sympathy of the Class to his family and to his twin brother, Dr. Dave Latham.

Bill Fieldcamp got back to Hanover last month and it was a special event because it was his first return in over thirty years. Formerly located in Tulsa, he is now in Cleveland, in charge of all Addressograph offices east of the Mississippi. Since he was at the Manchester, N. H., office he naturally had to go on up to Hanover to see how the College's Addressograph equipment was working.

Vic Borella was honored by the Union Label and Service Trades Department of the State of New York AFL-CIO at a May 9 dinner in Jamestown, N. Y., when he received their 1961 Award of Merit. He was cited for his ."outstanding contributions in promoting more effective labor-management relations within the Empire State." Rockefeller Center, of which Vic is now executive vice president, has never had a strike involving the twelve trade unions during the 22 years since Vic joined the Center in 1939 as director of industrial relations.

Some concern is being shown at the slow pace at which Alumni Fund contributions are being received this year and at the possibility that 1930 may not maintain its reputation as a group with a high percentage of participation. Within your means, and to help Dartmouth keep its preeminence, your generous gift to the Fund is needed.

In signing off until October, we thank our various correspondents over the past year for channeling material to our desk. This has helped in being able to mention about 170 men in these notes, which seems like a great many, yet is less than a third of our membership. There are several dozen members to whom we wish a happy summer birthday before we again appear in print, but in particular we want to say many happy returns to our eldest classmate who will be sixty on August 23 and to our youngest classmate who will be fifty on September 4.

Secretary, 30 Boxwood Dr., Stamford, Conn.

Class Agent, New York Life Ins. Co., 51 Madison Ave. New York 10, N. Y.