1932

Charlie Mayo's fans, of whom your correspondent is one, were delighted to find in the December 3 issue of Sports Illustrated a beautifully written article about him entitled "In Search of Giants." As you all know, Charlie is owner and skipper of the charter sportfisherman Chantey III out of Provincetown, and the giants referred to are of course the great bluefin tuna which he hunts so successfully each summer and fall in the waters off Cape Cod. Five times in the last seven years his customers have won the Governor's Trophy for the largest tuna taken in Massachusetts waters. In the winter he and Ing sail off to Florida or the Bahamas. Son Stormy, who used to accompany them on these winter excursions, is now a Dartmouth sophomore.

The article discusses Charlie's sea-going family line, his profound knowledge of his profession, and some of the shameless espionage tactics used by other tuna sport-fishermen to discover the secrets of his success. It says Charlie is concerned about the commercial fishermen who in recent years have introduced the purse seine to Cape Cod Bay. He feels that the Government should close the bay to the seiners from the Canal to Race Point, otherwise the day will come when the great tuna will be there no more.

From Concord, N. H., John Swenson, the old Swede, writes that he and Margaret recently returned from a trip south as far as Bogota, Colombia. Their older son Stephen, Class of '56 and Class baby (so John claims), has taught math for three years at Darrow School and is now taking a year off for further education. Their younger son is now a senior at Hamilton College, majoring in French and at present planning to teach.

John adds that he is still in the business of quarrying granite for building work, now has operations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and is in the process of setting up a new plant in Concord. He says he was privileged to have some part in the Hopkins Center project, has just finished work on the House Office Building in Washington, and is now working on the Yale Rare Books Library designed by Skidmore, Owings and Muriell.

Art Mayes, who joined the American-Foreign Insurance Association a year ago as executive vice president, has been named president of this international insurance firm which manages the foreign operations of fourteen leading American non-life insurers. Before joining AFIA Art served ten years with Marsh & McLennan, general insurance brokers. In 1954 he helped establish Marsh & McLennan International which he served as vice president and director. He was also vice president of the parent company, Marsh & McLennan, Inc.

From Coral Gables, Fla., Bob and AliceMcKenna send word that their older son Jack seems to be doing well enough in his sophomore year at Dartmouth. Dan, the younger boy, is to graduate from high school this June. Bob himself is Professor of Law at Miami University which, as you know, turns out good football players as well as good lawyers.

Dick Manville has sent us a chatty postcard from Arlington, Va., on which he says that although he has surprisingly few contacts with classmates in his area he did see Tom Curtis briefly at a Class Agents' meeting last spring, and in August while vacationing in the Winnipesaukee area spent a fine day with Ron and Bea Olmstead, up from Durham. Later he and Mary enjoyed a short visit with Handy Auten, busy practicing ophthalmology in Claremont. Their two children, a boy and girl, are still in junior high school.

Dick says his work with the Fish and Wildlife Service, centered in the National Museum, is fascinating and occasionally takes him afield on trips such as a 10,000-mile aerial survey of walrus over the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Last spring he took part in the North American Wildlife Conference at Denver, and is now looking forward to the Sixteenth International Congress of Zoology, in Washington next August.

From nearby Washington Mac (R. G.) McGuire dropped us a cordial note saying that his older son Robert, Class of '58, after graduate study at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins where he received his M.A., is now serving out his second year in the Peace Corps, teaching international relations in East Pakistan. Mac says his younger boy John may yet be Dartmouth '68.

Nate Pearson writes that he has been working in Pittsburgh for the past fifteen years, most of the time as vice president of T. Mellon & Sons, an investment organization. He and Kathleen have two boys attending Sewickley Academy and still a few years away from college. Aside from his regular business activities Nate is chairman of the board of the Pittsburgh Playhouse, treasurer of Sewickley Academy, and chairman of the Borough of Edgeworth Memorial Authority.

From Beverly, Mass., Red Porter sends word that Jack Pyles dropped in with his son Tom on their way to Hanover for an interview in connection with Tom's application for admission next fall. Red has been a dealer in antiques ever since his discharge from the Air Force after the war and he says he is still enjoying it. His business establishment is called The Porters and is located in Beverly.

Sending his regards from Hartford, Conn., Ted Truex gives us a quick thumbnail sketch of his family. His four offspring range in age from 24 to 14 with two girls leading the pack. The oldest teaches Latin at Green-wich, Conn., High School. The second is in third year college; seems to be heading toward a Harvard spouse. Young Ted has his sights on Hanover next year (Ted Sr. hopes he's not out of focus). Dick is on Cloud 9 all the time, but seems to have a liking for his studies and all sports. Ruth, mother of this fine family, is in politics but still (according to Ted) manages to run them all. His own nose, he says, is red from the grindstone, practicing medicine.

Secretary, : 341 West End Rd. S. Orange, N. J.

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