1956
Ab Oakes had a hero's welcome at the Class Meeting in New York, April 4. It appears that Ab is the youngest hockey coach in the nation, and he has built a team that ought to do well again next year. Ab and Cindy are living at 2 Read Road in Han- over, and they have three sons, Ab IV, Jeff, and Dave. Ab recently took over the job of Class Treasurer from Jim Flynn. It was good to see John Higgs. John and Helen have recently purchased a home in Pelham Manor, N. Y. They have two daughters.
Dick Jankell announced plans for the fourth annual New York Class party, which will take place at the Dartmouth Club in the Hotel Commodore, Friday evening, May 15. from 5:30 to 8:30. There's a dollar cover charge, entertainment, and Bud Schattman promised some door prizes. Don't forget, Saturday, May 23, is Dartmouth Day at the World's Fair. Thanks to the foresight of Len Clark and Bob Dumont, arrangements were made last fall for a class cocktail party and dinner at Damen's Lodge, formerly The Keanes, for up to sixty people after the Dartmouth-Princeton football game in Hanover next fall, October 10. There will be more news on the fall class reunion plans next month. Bob has already started plans to bring the entire class back to Hanover for our tenth reunion, June, 1966. (Some of us are still hoping we'll be through school by then!)
Bob Danziger has been made vice president of Bunny Bear, manufacturers of juvenile furniture and accessories, in Everett, Mass. They are America's oldest manufacturers of nursery necessities. Bob's responsibility is supervising the nationwide sales organization, handling advertising, merchandising, public relations, and styling. He has been with the company since 1960. Bob and Sara have a daughter, five, and son, two, and are living in Waban.
This is a busy month for a large team of '56s as the Alumni Fund drive hits its peak. Our class hopes to reach 84% participation. Doug Keare brought us up to date on the progress of Ahmed Osman. Ahmed has landed himself a good summer job with Marine Midland Trust Co. in New York. On a recent visit to the city, Ahmed stopped in at Black Muslim headquarters to check out Malcolm X's knowledge of the Koran, a topic I have really enjoyed discussing with Ahmed. Ahmed has developed a strong interest in government. He entered Dartmouth as a special student in the fall of '62 and hopes to graduate in June, '65. He plans to return to the Sudan at that time, but hopes to go on with his studies if possible. Doug is interested in trying to arrange for Ahmed to spend next Christmas vacation in Minnesota or Colorado. I suggested that the story on Sandy Heath in the Feb. class column written by the manager of Sandy's high school championship track team was the alumni class column story of the year! Russ Brace did a noble job as chairman of the meeting; George Yeager ordered the coffee; and Leo McKenna, Mott Hupfel, and Dick Rosen added to the general good cheer. The committee agreed that the Class of '56 was Dartmouth's most outstanding class and adjourned to George and Barbara Yeager's for refreshment.
Meanwhile, back in Boston, the story was out that Ron McKenzie was entering the race for a seat in the State Senate, and Tiny Strong was an usher in Libby Hood's and John Parker's ('5B) wedding. Bert Whit-temore was also among the large Dartmouth group at the wedding. Tim Fohl stopped me on the street corner to tell me about the birth of a son on March 15, Tim and Nancy's first child. They are living at 17 Sudbury Road in Concord, Mass.
John Higgs reports how he last saw Dick Taft in a swamp at Fort Bragg. Dick and Renee and son Mike have moved to Washington, D. C., where Dick has begun work for the Foundation Library Center. Many '56s traveled to Hanover to see Ab's hockey team in action. Doug Keare, Kirby Fowler, and Bud Allen made the Princeton game. Steve Brand was in the crowd for the Colby game. Don Dillon, Doc Danforth, and Bill Lary helped cheer the Green on to victory at other games. Jack Robinson, Pete Rosazza, Don Bush, and Tex Fridlund paid visits to Hanover recently. Robby is living in Westfield, Mass. He and Sue have a son, three, and a one-year-old daughter. Robby is sales manager for Robinson Reminders, Inc., and a partner in the Red Rob Inn at Killington Basin ski area in Vermont. Tex and Priscilla Fridlund are living at 2 Somerset Rd., Tenafly, N. J. Tex and Priscilla (Sager) celebrate their fourth anniversary June 28. Don Bush is still a bachelor. Don is a lawyer in Minneapolis and is living on Hawthorne Road in Hopkins, Minn. Father Pete Rosazza is on the teaching staff of St. Thomas Catholic Seminary in Bloomfield, Conn.
Charlie Ellicott has been made vice president of Stylette Plastics, Inc., in Oakdale, Pa. Charlie and Judy have a daughter and are living in Mt. Lebanon. Abe Abraham is with the Neuropsychiatric Institute in Los Angeles. Walker and Joan Peterson are living in Reseda, Calif. Sid Picker, an attorney in Los Angeles, is now living in Santa Ana. Jim and Sarah Cochrane are living on Art School Road in Chester Springs, Pa. Jim is in the real estate business in Swarthmore. Jack Wheatley's sister, Sue, has done a great job lining up and introducing a varied and interesting group of speakers for a Cambridge Congregational Church Young People's Fellowship. Attorney and Mrs. Wheatley '24 were among the group of about sixty who attended last night's meeting. High school teacher Jack Devine has moved from Wappingers to Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Skeets and Rebel Dill have moved from Corte Madera, Calif., to Pelham Manor, N. Y. Skeets was transferred to New York by Prince Matchabelli, Inc., where he is assistant advertising and marketing manager.
Secretary, 2 Andover Hall Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, Mass.
Class Agent, 19 Norman Rd., Upper Montclair, N. J
