1933
Again, we remind you of our Thirtieth Reunion to be held jointly with '32 and '34. Note the dates well - Monday, June 17 to Wednesday, June 19 - not a weekend, as previously, due to the crowding of Hanover facilities by other reunions. Make your own plans now and encourage others to come. We're not getting any younger as is attested by the fact that we now have sons entering in the Class of 1966. The lucky fathers are: Jim Campbell; Stan Colla (the ninth classmate to have two sons admitted); Norm Crabtree; Johnny Donovan; Ray Ferris (deceased); Jim Petrie and Frank Ripley. This brings our total, since Bob Taylor's son matriculated with the Class of 1955, to 81 and initiates the entrance of our first sons from overseas, Michael B. Crabtree and Bruce C. Petrie, both from England. Yes, we said 1966. That should be reason enough to get you back for Reunion. Incidentally, to give us the lettuce to cover organizational expenses and lighten George Farrand's chores., why not send him your dues now.
Penn weekend found us in Hanover for the game but the discretion that comes with middle age resulted in our not sitting through the unusually heavy downpour. BillBates, George Farrand, Mel Katz, and Bandy Valensi and their wives all stayed at Occom Lodge where, Mel, as usual, generously made arrangements for our annual Hanover football game gathering. While we didn't see the game, our trip was not in vain, thanks to the generosity of one of Jim McFate's chefs at the excellent postgame buffet at the Inn (a regular fixture without the requirement of reservations). We came away with a large hip bone for our golden retriever. Before leaving home that morning, we received the sad news of the passing of George Heidler on August 4. Details are contained the In Memoriam section of this or a subsequent issue.
The following weekend found us at Colby Junior College where Bob M. Cox, HalHenchey, Bill McCombs, Jus Stanley and your scribe have daughters in attendance. It was parents' weekend. Bob couldn't make it, but the rest of us were there with our wives. At the same time, we understand that the Bill Kings, Dick .laeksons, and Sid Stonemans were enjoying the Brown game in Providence. Incidentally, if you didn't see Dick's comments on "the well rounded man," we recommend you consult the Letters to the Editor section of the October issue. Dick Baldwin '42, thoughtfully but regretfully, advised us that Harry Osborne (5 Dartmouth Road, Cranford, N.J.) suffered multiple fractures and lacerations when struck by a car in early October. We understand that he is progressing satisfactorily but is in for a fairly long period of recovery. We sure hope he fools the medics.
We acknowledge with much gratitude letters from Bill Atwood, Gay Milius and PageWorthington. Bill writes from Atlanta where he is boss-man for Olin's Rent-a-Car system as regional manager in the Southeast. He would welcome a call from any '33ers in that area where Dartmouths of our vintage are scarce. He did have lunch recently with Howie Porter "who has matured gracefully, is somewhat heavier but still has his hair - which I don't." Bill says he gets homesick for New England but doubts that his thinned blood after two years in Florida could take it. Page ran into Bob Doscher at the World Series - saw Joe Searing at the Dartmouth Night celebration in Baltimore - sees Charlie Shafer every week and reports that Charlie survived his daughter Judy's wedding in August. He, Marge and the three boys are definitely planning on being back for Reunion. Gay Milius, one of our ever-faithful correspondents, is "propagandizing" Martha, who is recuperating from a summer operation, to return with him to Hanover in June. Mitzie, their eleven months' old daughter, treats them to the sight of many sun-rises and is making them realize that they aren't getting any younger. He is now legal officer for the Norfolk Naval Station - an advancement from a similar position at the Naval Air Station there. He and his staff handle innumerable summary and over 600 special courts martial each year. Since his start as a radio ham in 1960, Gay has contacted 194 countries.
If you are wondering about the accompanying picture of the nuclear powered locomotive, we caught the engineer, DickGoldthwait, in a weak moment last summer and took off before he could change his mind. The fireman is brother, Lawrence '36. Note the cow catcher and one of Eleazar's barrels to say nothing of the youthful inventors.
The Reverend Theodore V. PurcelJ, S.J., who joined the Loyola University faculty in 1952, has been advanced by that institution to a full professorship. Ted, who has gained national recognition for his books and articles on management-union relations and business ethics, holds five degrees from Dartmouth, Loyola, and Harvard. Last year he became the first priest to teach on the Dartmouth faculty, serving as William Jewett Tucker visiting lecturer. He has recently been made a commissioner of the Illinois Commission on Human Relations and is a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Illinois Advisory Committee as well as of other associations in the fields of psychology and human relations. Congratulations, Ted.
There's good news from Nabisco and it has nothing to do with another delicious cracker or cookie. The news is that our classmate Charlie Webster has been named Senior Vice President of National Biscuit Company. Charlie first joined Nabisco in 1933 as a clerk in the company's sales branch in his home town of Newton, Mass. Since then he has moved steadily from one post of responsibility to another and most recently has served as vice president for finance. I wonder how many times he's heard the pun on handling a baking company's dough?
The Rev. Robert L. James Jr., who re-ceived his B.D. from Yale in 1937 an chaplain at Temple University since 1957, is a featured speaker on sex and family life at many campuses throughout the country. He also serves as a consultant on personal problems and does considerable pre-marital counselling. His whole career has been spent in Christian youth work at colleges, including the University of New Hampshire, San Jose State College, and Cornell where he was chaplain prior to his present post at Temple. Bob and Mary-Frances have three sons and one daughter.
We are indebted to Bill Steck '31 for the story of a 39 day-800-mile canoe trip, taken by Bob Fairbanks' son, Jonathan '62, with three friends and an Indian guide, up the Winisk River in Ontario into the Hudson and James Bays where they encountered icebergs, seals, and 30-foot white whales. You notice that Bob didn't go. He must have anticipated the rugged portages they had.
Included in our address changes this month are several which indicate position changes also, although we have no details:
Robb G. Gardiner, Director of Placement, State University College, New Paltz, N.Y.; Howard Porter Jr., Sales Agent and Consultant, 5920 Sandy Fork Road, Rt. 1, Raleigh, N.C., and John C. Ward II, Dept. of English, College of Guam, Agana, Guam, Mariana Islands. New addresses: Gilbert F. Fernandez, P.O. Box 53, Dartmouth, Mass.; Burt H. Hack, 47 Main St., Plymouth, N.H.; Kent Rhodes, 233 S. Greeley Ave., Chappaqua, N.Y.; William K. Shaughnessy, Aja Nwachuku Close, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria and Robert H. Watson, Lyndonville, Vt.
Secretary, 80 Mooreland Rd. Melrose 76, Mass.
Treasurer, c Young and Rubicam, Inc. 2 Park Ave., New York 16, N. Y.
