1930
In reading over the program published for the dedication of the Hopkins Center, it was noted that 1930 was well represented in the organization responsible for the project. As you know, Nelson Rockefeller spoke at the dedication of the Center, and had previously acted as chairman of its building committee on which Vic Borella also served. Pat Weaver is a member of the theater advisory group, and John and EHie French are listed as among the sponsors of the Dartmouth Council for the Creative Arts, an informal organization of persons interested in furthering the role of the arts in American life and education. The Chilcotes and Rauchs also are known to have been in Hanover for the dedication program.
Going back to Sylvester L. for a moment, it should be mentioned here that he was named winner of the Fashion Designers' Guild gold button award late last year. Reason: Best dressed man in the advertising field (vice president of McCann-Erickson and creator of TV's magazine concept).
Dick Bowlen, who used to bat out these columns with much aplomb, has been named chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Heart Association, in which he has been interested and for which he has worked diligently in the several years since his return from living in Detroit. The special programs for the coming year include efforts in the fields of rehabilitation of stroke patients and cardiac housewives. In business, Dick is manager of administration for Markem Machine Company of Keene. Dick and Gwen each year turn his, or their, literary facility toward the preparation of a really newsy Christmas letter which is always a pleasure to receive and read, to learn of some of the joys of life as a country squire, something not available to us who live in the suburbs of the big cities.
For two or three months we have been hoarding an interesting account of Bob Hooker's accomplishments in the field of hotel management, published in connection with his position as manager of the Merrimack Valley Motor Inn in North Andover, but before getting it into print here, we learned that he had moved on to accept the general managership of the Onondaga Golf and Country Club of Syracuse, one of the most exclusive in central New York state. Coincidental ly he will work for the Food Service Corporation, also of Syracuse. Bob has been in this sort of work for a good many years, with the Treadway Inns for six years, three years at Colby Junior College, Lake Logan Lodge in North Carolina, Loch Haven Inn on Lake Winnepesaukee, Tom Notch Inn at Stowe, and the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge of Dartmouth. At an- other time while in the food service field he was supervising the preparation of 8,000 meals a day at the General Electric plant in Syracuse. He attended the Ecole Hotelier in Lausanne for three years, gaining training in numerous European hotels. He opines that the cooking and service in European hotels are superior to the American, but that we excel in administrative procedures because of more use of machines.
St. Paul's School seldom loses hockey games, but just before Christmas bowed to St. Mark's at Madison Square Garden by 6-1. The spark plug of St. Mark's attack was Warren Bowes, scoring two goals, which must have pleased his dad, Fred Bowes, who you may remember played a good bit of hockey in our day. This item was culled from the Boston Herald, no less, which we have been reading for the past month while the ITU has been striking the New York papers; in other words, current reading matter has been hard to come by. But having been brought up in the region where the Herald and the Traveler circulated, going back to these papers has seemed quite natural after all.
Bud French who has served this class so well over many years, and who has spent his entire business career with Simons & French Company, international dealers and brokers in apples, pears, plums, and other fruits, has been named president of the company, the first time in sixty years that a nonBritish citizen has headed the firm. Bud's travels for his company have taken him pretty much around the world at one time or another, from the fruit orchards of the Pacific coast to the markets of Europe and to South Africa. At the Harvard Stadium in October everyone enjoyed his having provided a crate of superb apples he found in Vermont.
We can count on Fran Horn for something of interest for this column nearly every month, this time weighing in with an announcement that the Alton I ones Foundation was about to give a 2300-acre farm, Hianloland Farms, where President Eisenhower vacationed twice, to the University of Rhode Island. We also noted that the University acquired an oceanographic research vessel, "The Trident," having aboard a greater area of laboratory space than any other vessel, and which soon will be engaged in taking core samples from the New England coastal shelf for analysis, all this under the direction of the graduate school of oceanography. The ship was christened by Billie Horn, who obviously never pitched for Dartmouth, for it was not until the third attempt that she successfully smashed the traditional bottle of champagne on its bow.
SHORT SHOTS IN SUNDRYDIRECTIONS
Joe Hancort's name appears as an assistant manager in the December 31, 1962 published statement of condition of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Lee Chilcote's son Ronald '57 is on the faculty of Stanford University Business School. Dud Day was a late fall business visitor to Tokyo. Brig.Gen. Ham South, USMC (Ret.), addressed the Troy Business and Professional Women's Club on "The Common Market and What It Means to Me." Sandy McCulloch remains active in the Arlington, Mass., community theatre, and spent his last vacation on a motor trip to the Seattle Fair. His son John is with SHAPE in Paris.
Ed Butterworth has been named to run the 1963 informal reunion. Any who will volunteer for tub-thumping duty for this occasion, and it is hoped there will be many, please apply to Ed at 7 Willow Street, Lynn, Mass. Application is believed to be tantamount to appointment to said committee.
Christmas greetings from some score or more classmates were very much appreciated. For one month let this close without urging you to do something, except to take it easy shoveling snow. Paraphrasing the old slogan, "Stay alive beyond 55!"
Recently unveiled at the University ofRhode Island was this official portrait ofPresident Francis H. Horn '30.
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