1928
Jack Herpel is a real hero for editing this column last month while I was on vacation and I'm deeply grateful. The trip was our first mid-winter one and Mary and I enjoyed all 21 days of it. We flew to Rome, Athens, then by a delightful little Jugoslav ship up the Adriatic to Trieste, stopping for a half day in such intriguing cities as Dubrovnik, Split, Sibenik, and Rijecka in Yugoslavia. Next by train to Vienna for three days, and on by plane to Berlin (including the tour of East Berlin), and Dublin.
I am eagerly awaiting an opportunity to see Jack Rose's movie "The Incredible Mr. Limpet." From all reports it is wonderful, so be sure to see it. When I asked Gil Swanson how it feels to be a movie star, he wrote, "It's a great picture despite the fact that my ugly mug shows up for a fleeting second or so in one of the group scenes. Jack makes it sound real big, but my minute part goes by so fast you won't even recognize me. Therefore, I can't answer your question."
Jerry Warner has been appointed Civil Administrator of the Ryukyu Islands. Jerry, a career Foreign Service Officer since 1930, is on loan to the Department of the Army for this assignment. He was sworn in by the Secretary of the Army in Washington in February and he and Rella are now in Okinawa.
Ed Lyman has announced the formation of a partnership with William A. Godfrey for the practice of law under the firm name of Lyman and Godfrey, with offices in Springfield, Mass. Ed is president of the Longmeadow Country Club and has been town prosecutor in Longmeadow since 1938.
TIME magazine of February 14 carried a picture of Rupe Thompson and an article about him, from which we quote briefly: "An old axiom was one reason that lean, lively Rupert C. Thompson Jr., 58, accepted an invitation seven years ago to succeed Royal Little as head of Rhode Island's vast Textron Inc. Whenever bankers run a company, so went the axiom, the company goes to pot; Thompson, who had spent 28 years in New England banking, wanted to prove it isn't so. As chairman, he completed Textron's move out of low-profit textiles and into broadly diversified manufacturing. ... Shattering the old axiom, Textron, under Banker Thompson, last year earned $18 million on sales of $587 million, is now New England's second biggest company after United Aircraft."
An Associated Press item widely printed across the country and sent in by TaveyTaylor from his San Rafael, Calif., paper reads, "Tucson, Ariz. (AP): Tucson nurseryman John Harlow, who writes a garden column for the Tucson Daily Citizen, insists on using a green ribbon in his typewriter." Could be John had an additional reason for using a green ribbon!
Tavey, Louise and their son Keith spent last weekend at the Donner Summit cabin of the Dartmouth Outing Club of Northern California. Tavey took it easy on the skiing but did snowshoe a mile or so (downhill). He says they had a nice evening with Greta Cogswell last fall just before she took the ship to continue her around- the-world trip. Tavey's daughter, Linda, is a sophomore at Colorado Women's College in Denver.
Lew Beers writes that his old buddy who played bass horn in the Barbary Coast, George Foster, has written an interesting book entitled, "The Eyes and Ears of the Civil War."
Stu Segar is with the National Electric Service Corp., consulting engineers, 215 Park Ave. South, New York, and has had a rewarding experience in the past year interviewing applicants for Dartmouth. Chairman of the interviewing committee in Manchester, Conn., is Dr. Eugene M. Davis '29.
Gerry Johnston's Great Dane "Cal" was pictured in LIFE on Feb. 7 in an article on the ten top-winning show dogs in the country. ... Bill Goudy has moved from New York City to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
One of the most heart-warming dues payments Treasurer Craig Haines receives each year is from Joe Chay's daughter in California. Due to currency restrictions Joe can't send the money out of Formosa.
The class has lost a loyal member in the death of Bob Word who died of muscular dystrophy Jan. 12 in Helena, Mont.
Ernie and Jean Wright's son, E. A. Wright, fourth, and Carol Felton were married Dec. 31 at the Rockville Presbyterian Church, Rockville, Md.
George and Fran Pitts' daughter, Martha, is studying at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, this year. ... Alton and GladysWalker have announced the engagement of their daughter Judith to Gerald R. Tait of Boston.
Important reunions coming up: Annual '28 Spring Outing, in May at St. Andrews Golf Club; you will hear more about it soon. Annual Fall Reunion at the Norwich Inn on the Princeton game weekend in October; when you get the announcement on this be sure to send your deposit in at once. Rooms in the Hanover area are already sold out but Herb Sensenig has a block of rooms reserved for '28.
'28ers Court Keller, Ken Turner, and BillHeep at Ken's home in Tomkins Cove,New York.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa.
Class Agent, Cove Circle, Piney Point, Marion, Mass. 02738
