1941

It is indeed good to be able to report that the Class Picnic held at Occum Pond on October 17 was well-attended and graced by the most perfect of Hanover fall weekends, including lots of sunshine and a victory over Brown. A bunch of '41s took over the Lyme Inn a short distance north of Hanover in Lyme, N. H., and spent the weekend there. These included Dutch Cotton, Phil Hall. Dan Provost, Ed Larner. Dick Tousley, Ez Crowley, Dick Hill and Bruce Friedlich (all accompanied by their wives). At picnic time on Saturday before the game this happy group was joined by Dr. and Mrs. Dave Bryan, Felix and Muriel Lilienthal, Dave Nutt, and Clint Reynolds. Some more classmates showed up at the football game including Jordan Gotshall, Dick Darby, and Bill Clark. Following the game, this huge throng motored up to Dave Nutt's house for a lively cocktail party. The party moved nearby to Damen's (formerly Keene's and the site of the outdoor picnic at our 20th Reunion) for dinner and a long bull session. All agreed that the weekend was something to continue in future years and plans are under way for an appropriate date in 1965.

We had a nice chat with Dr. Dave Bryan at the picnic. Dave looks as young as some of the college seniors and his life as a physician in Stowe, Vt„ certainly agrees with him. Dave's oldest son, Skip, is one of Dartmouth's top skiers and he has another boy at a nearby prep school who is also a standout. Dave says that his closest association with skiing however is patching up and setting the broken bones of weekend skiers at Stowe.

Clint Reynolds who is a lawyer at the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company in Boston was on hand with his 17-year-old son who is an early acceptance candidate for next year's freshman class. While we were at the ball game Jordan Gotshall was asked more than once if the Dartmouth quarterback was his son but Jordan pointed out that the names were spelled differently. BillClark is another of our classmates whose farming business is being adversely affected by the long and bitter drought. Bill has hundreds of acres of land that he can't even get a plough into because it's so hard. He looks in great shape and I'd hate to play him for a dollar nassau.

On Friday, October 30, at the Dartmouth Club in New York, the executive committee met to discuss 25th Class Reunion Plans, the 25-year gift program, and the new class directory to be published in conjunction with the next reunion. The committee voted in favor of producing such a yearbook and Red O'Connor is taking over the very demanding job of editor. Stew Steffey came east from Pittsburgh and U.S. Steel Company to read us a fine treasurer's report. We are in good shape.

There was a tremendous turnout of '41s at the Yale game and a good time was had by all in spite of the final score of the game. Once again the weather was ideal and we were treated to a very excellent performance by both teams. At the risk of using up a lot of space I'm going to list those classmates who were at the game. They included Dr. Larry Barnett of New York City, Bill Blanchard of Weston, Conn., Bill Anderson of Elmwood, Conn., Jack Bowe of Bernardsville, N. J., Don Brown of Darien, Conn., Pete Coombs of Caldwell, N. J., George Dreher of Mystic, Conn., Chuck Frantz of Shavertown, Pa., Rich Fisher of New Canaan, Conn., Dr. Tony Guerrieri of Pittsfield, Mass., Burt Hedin of New Canaan, Conn., Al Hinson of So. Norwalk, Conn., Chuck Hadley of Mountain Top, Pa., Oscar Israel of Mamaroneck, N. Y., Dyke Krolik of New York City, Dr. Larry Kryle of Roslyn, N. Y., Bob Lawrence of New York City, John Naylor of Darien, Conn., Joe Ozanne of Newtown, Conn., Vic Schneider of Roslyn, N. Y., Red Taft of Mt. Kisco, N. Y., Lee Trudeau of Wantagh, N. Y., Ted Wachs of Cannondale, Conn., Dr. Frank Watters of West Hartford, Conn., Buzz Willis of Locust Valley, N. Y.

And that wasn't all. After the game we met George Seel, Ed McMillan, and RoyRowan. Ed is now in New York with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, and Roy is a very important member of the editorial staff at Life Magazine. StacyHill and his wife Kay came all the way from Chicago and Stace reports that he still plays a pretty fair game of tennis and squash. He's an investment analyst with Glore Forgan & Co. but I couldn't get him to give me any good tips on his weekend away from the office. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that the chairman of our executive committee, Lew Johnstone and his wife Carol, made it to New Haven from Cincinnati for this one and that Don andPat Stillman entertained a big group of '41s at their Darien home on Friday evening before the game.

Now to get away from the Eastern seaboard for a moment and report some happenings in other parts of the country. Dr.Gene Stollerinan, professor of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago for the past nine years, will become professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine on January 1, 1965. After Dartmouth, Gene got his doctor of medicine degree at Columbia University in 1944 and served his internship and residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. His specialty is rheumatology and he is the author of many research papers, editorials and chapters in textbooks on this subject. During the past summer he was sent by the State Department to Russia to observe medical education and research there. Gene is married and has three children.

Two bits of information from the West Coast: Joe Loveland who used to be one of the top salesmen on the East Coast is now living in Diablo, Calif., and is General Sales Manager for Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Sales; and in Winchester Bay, Ore., Myron Pollack is Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Southwestern Oregon College.

From Chicago comes word that Bob Nissen was elected President of the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association at that group's 40th annual meeting in Washington, D. C., on October 22. Bob is President of the E. L. Essley Machinery Co. of Chicago, a position he has held since 1954. Before that he was vice president and secretary. During the past year Bob served as vice president of the distributors' organization he now heads and was chairman of the regional and membership committees

That leaves just a little space for TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO THIS MONTH: Johnny Everett made his famous grand slam in spades at the Phi Gam house, holding 13 spades in his hand ... the Bears beat the Redskins 73-0 George Brand and Clif Stratton were the speakers at the annual Dartmouth-Skidmore symposium Dusty Rodes was the featured soloist at the annual Christmas Carol Service at Rollins Chapel ... a design by Bob Feller was selected as the official seal for the 1941 Winter Carnival. Gus Broberg was named to Look Magazine's All America basketball team.... Merry Christmas to all.

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