1943
"Believe it or not," writes Bus Mosbacher, our chairman, "your invitation to contribute a Chairman's Letter is accepted with pleasure, but don't think for a moment this should become a habit.
"It does, though, give me an opportunity to report to the Class the very real progress which we in '43 have made these last several years, as indicated by the outstanding showing made by us in the Capital Gifts Campaign and our increasing stature each year in the Green Derby Race as well as the renewed interest and the ever increasing number of our classmates active in Dartmouth affairs everywhere.
"Special note must be made of the tremendous job George Munroe has done. He is the first to say that much of the success is due to the years of dedication and hard work contributed by Bud Silverstein. George would never say, but I will, that the time and effort he has given this job would be astronomical if he were able to calculate it. He has spent hours on the phone and writing letters, first in enlisting the aid of some ninety fellow agents and then following up on his own with hundreds of our classmates.
"This would be an excellent opportunity to thank Farmer Mead for his efforts and dedication to the Newsletter (also for the wonderful assortment of cheese he has donated annually to the Executive Committee meetings). As you know, we welcome back Kelly Coffin to the East Coast and are delighted he will pick up the Newsletter where Farmer left off. I can't stress enough the service this Newsletter can perform for the Class and the College and urge all of you to provide Kelly with the news he will require.
"We should not let the year pass without commenting on the efficient job being done by Don Reich. Let me offer his thanks to those of you who are prompt in your remittance with your annual class dues. It saves Don much extra work and mailing.
"Kev Kenny has been working hard behind the scenes, and while I know few of you have heard from him to date, I can assure you this will be remedied. Kev has been assigned the task of getting the 25th Anniversary Memorial Fund off the ground. Incidentally, the College is approaching this task with something of a new concept which Kev will pass along to you shortly. Frankly, it's a startling approach but one with great promise.
"It is also gratifying to see '43's increasing participation in various Dartmouth Club activities. Fred Stockwell in Boston and JimElleman in New Jersey have been very active. I'm sure few missed the picture of DonJones in the recent ALUMNI MAGAZINE leading festivities at the Denver Dartmouth Night. The caption said Don Jones '53 but the hairline said '43. Speaking of hairlines, I recently talked to Stan Priddy, who occupied these columns so long; all is fine in his world with another addition due in February.
"Paul Young is working on lodgings for the next Executive Committee meeting. Possible dates: October 6 (Penn), 20 (Holy Cross), and November 10 (Columbia) with possible lodging at the Hanover Inn Motor Lodge, Norwich Inn, or Calumet Motor Lodge. With early reservations necessary, the consensus to dates makes it either October 20 or November 10 at the Motor Lodge or Norwich Inn. The Class Officers welcome the presence of all interested classmates at these Executive Committee meetings; they are completely informal, very good fun, and, I trust, constructive in Dartmouth and Class matters. Drop Charlie a note with your preference for date and place and we'll let you know the final plans. The approximate attendance is important - in the past generally twenty or so."
Bus concludes his letter with kind remarks on your secretary's monthly column while emphasizing that all of us working together have brought about a resurgence of '43 esprit de corps. Nice having this letter which so well covers our class program.
Miles Lasser of Jamestown, N. Y., has been reappointed chairman of a committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants which recommends uniform accounting provisions in state corporation laws. Miles is a partner in the Jamestown office of the accounting firm of Seidman and Seidman and is a member of the New York State Society of CPA's. In addition to his professional activities, he is trustee of the James Prendergast Library Association and a director of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce and of the local YMCA.
Earl Harris, who was with us for a short time but who has maintained a considerable interest in our activities, was elected a director of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts at its 46th annual convention, President of the Rodney Hunt Machine Co. and vice-president of Rivet-O Manufacturing Co., both in Orange, Mass., Earl is trustee of Franklin County Public Hospital and a panelist of the American Arbitration Association. . . . Phil Brooks makes the Cincinnati paper with his speech to the College Club on "This Business of Investments." Well qualified on the subject, Phil is vice president and trust officer of the Central Trust Co., Cincinnati, having previously been an analyst with the Royal Liverpool Group in New York. . . . Eddie O'Brien, who communicates only when his family expands, does it again - this time with his seventh child, Barry Thomas O'Brien, in Washington, December 13. Eddie's letterhead gets me: "Eddie O'Brien, The Writer, 7801 Old Georgetown Road, Washington 14, D. C." That's to distinguish him from someone else, I guess. . . . Bill Schumacher, busy as the State of Maine's Bureau of Mental Health director, has accepted collateral duty as visiting lecturer in social psychiatry in the department of sociology and anthropology at the University of Maine. While Bill will not have a formalized course responsibility, he will work closely with the department heads to stimulate joint socio-medical research projects and will participate in seminars dealing with the social aspects of mental health. He will periodically lecture to individual classes.
From the Sunday River Skiway Corporation, Bethel, Me., Mike Thurston, vp, writes: "Lest you think the class of '43 has all become fat, bald, and arm chair athletes, we had five members of the class - Fred Stockwell, Bob Liming, Herb Nolan, Oakley Curtis, and myself (plus wives and twelve children), at the Sunday River Skiway over New Year's." Sounds like fun, Mike. Glad to hear some of us can still maneuver on the slopes.
George Van Petten '43, his wife Grace, and their three sons, George, Robert andKarl, all went Oriental while visiting Ainus in Japan last summer. The sign says "Hanover 14,204 miles (either route)." George is a Navy doctor stationed in Japan.
Secretary, 414 Rosedale Dr. Pottstown, Pa.
Treasurer, 159 Willow St., Brooklyn 1, N. Y.
