1935

Contrary to the usual situation, the mail bag is full this month. To be sure, it's an old mail bag. I opened a box in the back of my Dartmouth file and discovered it was full of class letters from 1935 to 1937. I am sorting them out for suitable blackmail purposes. Or perhaps I should just threaten to use your correspondence of 25 years ago if I don't get any today. Some of you must still be married to the same girl.

Take one at random, for example, from Floyd Pansing: "This happened October 16 and don't ever miss married life - wife formerly Janet Cockerill, Delta Gamma from Southern California." Twenty-five years later Floyd is with the Hobart Mfg. Co., has two children, but has clammed up something awful.

Here's another one. On stationery of Mrs. Donald Clark Hagerman quoting the Boston Post "Rand N. Stowell, Dixfield, Me., lumberman; Phoebe Hinman, 73 Pmckney Street, receptionist." A little note says: "From marriage license information which Stowell thought no one would see."

About this time Bobb Chaney was working for Pillsbury Mills. "The work is varied and I believe I am learning quite a lot. There is another little matter that requires a lot of my time right at present - that is my plan to get married on June 30. The girl is Mary Elizabeth Sheldon.... You may remember her, Bill, but if not, take my word for it that she has everything." (For your information, she now has a few extras: Sally, 23; Susan..21; Mary, 13.) .

Bobb continued: "I hear from Lowie Haas once in awhile. Although situated in a women's apparel shop he still is casting longing glances at the air lines business."

In January 1938 Lowie Haas wrote on the letterhead of United Air Lines Transport Corporation, Seattle, Wash., appending a P.S. "I believe the airplane is here to stay. ..." Lowie also had been looking at pictures of the proposed new buildings for the College. "They measure up to the standard set by Baker, and I hope they can be built as planned. I can see an appeal coming on - this is what is known as long-range vision - but the cause is better than a lot of those which solicit what little monies we do take in weekly."

This was an interesting time. CharlieLafazanos was studying at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and had an acute attack of hypsophobia on Mt. Athos. Apparently he recovered but the experience was attributed by me to CharlieLebeaux who wrote in some dudgeon that he was "quite entirely and securely in the U.S." Charlie evidently enjoyed the column in those days. He continued: "It strikes me as the most banal accumulation of fond salesman's small talk a fellow ever had to expose himself to nine times in the year. Charlie was preparing for his present job as Associate Professor of Sociology at Wayne State University (Detroit) by working in the foundry at the Ford River Rouge plant.

Meanwhile, Walt Gless was getting practical banking experience soliciting bonds of the New York Dartmouth Club on 38th Street. Talked like a banker too. "These are genuine investments and pay 5%; 3% more than the savings banks do."

On the opposite coast Rudy Pacht was complaining about the coldest weather the Bay Region had had in twenty years. He had other problems too. "Bill, this law racket is without any doubt the toughest thing I ever let myself in for, or ever hope to! I don't care what you hear, it's not exaggeration. It is a physical impossibility to do all the work required/'

I am going to sneak up on news of BeachRiley little by little. In 1937 he "popped up at the Essex House (New York). He's living in Mexico City now and likes it very much. He followed a very lovely Mexican girl up here and finally succeeded in marrying her. It took him weeks because he could never get up early enough in the morning to get around to doing it. He spent the summer in a small Mexican beach resort called Ocupunto — or something (Acapulco?) - and he swears that one weekend eight Dartmouth men turned up."

Well, those were the days. If you want to know what things are like now you will have to wait until next month.

From Denver comes the very pleasing news that Neil Roberts has been elected president of the Denver United States National Bank. Our heartiest congratulations! Neil is a past president of the Denver Lions Club, a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, treasurer of the Colorado Public Expenditure Council, a member of the vestry at St. John s Cathedral, and a director of the Cherry Hills Country Club. Prior to his recent promotion he was executive vice president of the bank, one of the largest in the west.

Jim Hughes, senior vice president and director of the Diamond Alkali Company, was recently elected to the board of directors of the Union Commerce Bank of Cleveland. He joined Diamond Alkali in 1955 as treasurer, having served as vice president of Affiliated Gas Equipment, Inc. and general manager of Affiliated's Bryant Heater Division at Cleveland. Previously he was with Dresser Industries, Inc. of Dallas, Jim and his wife and their four children reside east of Cleveland in Pepper Pike, Ohio.

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Treasurer, 305 Grosse Pointe Blvd. Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.

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