1930

The men of '30 are to be congratulated, in a manner of speaking, for they must have been working so hard on their income tax returns that, except for the Governor and for the few following tidbits of personal intelligence, they collectively attained a mass failure to create or report many newsworthy items in the past month. This column having been composed before knowing the result of the much scrambled New Hampshire primary, we cannot comment on its result, but surely we can all agree that Nelson has been carrying on an activity schedule that would topple a good many of us who prefer a comfortable armchair at home to the endless round of dinners and speeches the politician must attend.

Now to mention what little there is for news, thanks are due Fred Watson indeed for two postcards from Africa where he trekked on an extended business trip for du Pont, visiting such places as (and here don't fault me too much if I scramble names of countries with cities, for I haven't kept up with all the latest entries recorded at the U.N.) Dakar, Addis Ababa, Lagos, Senegal, Ibadan, Nigeria, Nairobi, Salisbury, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Capetown, and Durban, not necessarily in that sequence, then returning home via Athens and Geneva.

Pat Weaver who has moved to the West Coast and has a new address at 101 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, Calif., has been a member of the Dartmouth "Alumni Fun" team appearing opposite other college alumni groups on CBS, competing for financial grants for schools. His teammates are Tom Curtis and Bob Ryan, both '32. Unfortunately we did not watch the most recent encounter, against Ohio University, but we are glad to report that the Dartmouth team won again, thus moving into the semi-finals against Ohio State.

Perhaps it should have been said at the outset that a good share of this column would have to do with some of the bankers in our midst, to wit: 1. Ham South, vice president of the National Commercial Bank in Albany has taken charge of business development for that institution, adding to his former duties of area development. 2. JackCoppock has moved from vice president of the First Agricultural National Bank, in Great Barrington to become executive vice president of the Orange (Conn.) National Bank. 3. Newell Rumpf president of Harris Trust, Chicago, and a trustee of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. recently officiated at the presentation of a letter of commendation from the latter organization to Henry's Drive-In, Inc. operator of 140 franchised food drive-ins, for its efforts in the prevention of litter by using bags imprinted "Bit by bit ... every litter bit hurts! Keep America Beautiful." 4. The appointment of PaulClarke as vice president of Chase International Investment Corporation, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Chase Manhattan Bank has been announced. 5. Joe Hancort's name appeared in the list of managers in the year-end statement of financial condition of Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. 6. PeteHeftier continues as a director of Manufacturers National Bank in Detroit.

Bud and Celie French visited Hanover in mid-February and found the town fairly teeming with Thirtymen - reported seeing Dick and Gwen Bowlen, the George Covells, Al and Lucia Dickerson, Alec and CarolMcFarland (in Hanover to play in a bridge tournament) and Stan Osgood. Bud mentioned that he had heard recently from BobBooth, who asked to be remembered to several other classmates.

Two or three weeks ago Fran Horn announced himself as prepared to close every fraternity on the Rhode Island campus if they didn't turn over a new leaf and behave themselves better.

Vic Borella has been a somewhat behind the scenes as aide and adviser to NelsonRockefeller during his governorship, and this year within his campaigning. On the occasion of his accompanying the Governor into New Hampshire, his career was reviewed with pride by the weekly paper of his native town, Plymouth, N.H. His sense of perspective and his understanding activities in the field of labor relations at Rocke- feller Center and earlier with General Motors have won him the esteem of both sides in the labor-management field, and he has received several formal recognitions of his efforts in furthering good labor-man- agement relations. He is a member of the board of directors of the American Arbitration Association, and as you know, he has served Dartmouth, as well as this class, in many ways over the years.

If there is anything of recent interest in your life, this ink-stained scribe would like to hear from you.

Art Browning would like to hear from you, too.

Bet there was plenty to talk about at this informal '30 luncheon held in the executive dining room at Newsweek: (l to r) Alfie McGrath, John French, Bud French,Shaw Cole, host Pete Callaway, Nelson Rockefeller, Buck Steers, and Jack Wooster.

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