1939
That watchdog of the people's purses, your class treasurer and mine, Honest Jack Coulson, has been promoted to assistant vicepresident of the Franklin National Bank and all of Long Island is resplendently bedecked with the bunting of congratulations to which we add ours. No longer is the source of income for our reunion revelries a matter of conjecture! We sure know how to pick 'em!
Also in the money marts, and by way of a follow through, we reported in January that Earle Roblson, vice-president of the New Milford Savings Bank had run for a seat in the. Connecticut State Legislature, but the Alumni Records Office had failed to advise us how he came out. We are pleased to report that the New Milford Weekly Times of January 17 which we received on February 25 for inclusion in this April issue reports a victory for Earle at the polls last November. In fact 140 persons met in January to give him a testimonial dinner and a portable TV set commemorating his 20 years with the bank and his entrance into clean politics. If there's one thing these class notes give you it's timely news hot off the griddle.
In the speaking circuit: Holyoke's LouOldershaw, partner in the law firm of Davenport, Millane and Oldershaw, discussed "The Impact of the Self-Employed Retirement Law in Estate Planning" at a meeting of the Pioneer Valley Estate Planning Council one cold night in February at the Hotel Northampton. And in Waterbury, Conn., the übiquitous and indefatigable Dr. Arthe Cuban Revolution" before the Catholic Graduates Club.
Our stockbroker friends tell us that last year and this year more listed securities than ever before paid, in addition to or instead of cash dividends, a certain percentage to their shareholders in stock dividends. These 2%, 3%, 5%, 10%, etc., stock dividends tend to clutter up your portfolios. They're difficult to keep track of, a bother to sell, and horse up your income tax reporting something fierce. Your ever scheming class agents have an answer. Peel off these odd-lot shares and give them to the Alumni Fund as your current contribution. The college notifies you of their cash-in value as a gift -you deduct that sum and you're giving something that is as painless as their receipt was unexpected. So, reverberate this year's Alumni Fund cry, "Clean garbage in your portfolio and be a hero!"
Re-elected for a second term as president of the National Sugar Brokers Assn., Dan Dyer, partner in the B. W. Dyer & Co., Sugar Economists and Brokers, 120 Wall St., N. Y., N. Y., brought us up-to-date with a report on his family activities: "Daughter Suzanne is a freshman at Vassar College, where she is class treasurer. (I hope her classmates know what they are doing.) Daughter Diana is a sophomore at Ethel Walker School, where she is on the honor roll. Son Chip is in first grade at the Bronxville School.
"Last summer, Yvonne and I took the two girls on a trip to such places as Dublin, London, Rome, and Durban in far away South Africa. I was on business - trying to get sugar supplies for the U.S.A. to replace Fidel Castro's Cuba - but we all had a great time.
"Occasionally I see or hear from such classmates as Dick Jackson, Dusty Rohde, Dick Johnson, Wayland Avery, Bert MacMannis, Skip Morse, and the two medics: Jack Stewart and Art Ide."
Then we can boast of another letter from Bruce Learned asking us for Hank Bagg's address, and offering us a free bowl of borscht if we visit him in the Claremont, N.H., area where he is czar of the damndest array of real estate and fun since Ave Harriman whomped up Sun Valley. Bruce is president of a phantasmagora embracing the King's Arrow Inn and Annex, the Arrowhead Skiway and Lodge, the Sports Shop, with related Ski Camp, Ski School, and Special Ski Weeks. The rates strike us as reasonable, and if any of you have a brain you'll write to Bruce for a brochure and spend your next year's tuition where daddy can enjoy it.
One of the' editors of "Vermont Life," a handsome, slick magazine published quarterly embracing the lore of our favorite state, is Ralph Hill. Subscription: $2.00 per year. Write Vermont Development Dept., Montpelier.
John Treadway has been appointed vice-president in charge of the Eastern Division of Treadway Inns - and that means nine or ten of the most colorful hostelries in New England. He will continue to live in Williamstown, Mass., where he has managed the Inn since graduation and been active in the community (Board of Selectmen, School Committee, president of Rotary, Trustee of Williamstown Summer Theatre and Trustee of Williston Academy). He and wife Louise have five children, oldest, Richard, on duty in the Marine Corps, then John, Laurie, Tim, and Mary Ellen. There is no mention of free rooms for classmates.
Dr. Jim Corner has been appointed Research Laboratory Director of the DuPont Dacron Division in Kinston, N.C. Jim has been a chemist with DuPont since 1942. He got his master's and his Ph.D. from U. of Illinois, and has spent most of his career in synthetic textile fibers. He and Doris have just moved to Kinston, N.C. (we think his address is 1900 St. George Place) with three kids: Roger, 16; Donald, 14; and Carol, 10.
And back to the world of banks, again, Roy Demmon has been promoted to assistant vice-president of Chicago's Harris Trust and Savings Bank. Roy started out with U.S. Gypsum, then Kelley Island Lime & Transport, and then by a mysterious route, joined Harris in 1951 where virtue was rewarded. Roy says, "The best investment today is in the Alumni Fund." At any rate, he should have said it. And how's that for a cornball close?
Secretary, 1908 Coolidge Drive Dayton 19, Ohio
Class Agent, 70 Pine St., New York 5, N.Y.
