1928

Earl McGrath has been named the first president of Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, N. Y., which will receive its first freshman class in the fall of 1967. The newspapers of September 22 and Time Magazine carried a group picture of Dwight Eisenhower, Bob Hope, Nelson Rockefeller '30 and our Earl leaning on their shovels at the groundbreaking ceremonies. Earl was U. S. Commissioner of Education under President Truman and has been teaching at Columbia. He was with us during freshman year then transferred to the University of Buffalo.

Clark Blyth says "The Dartmouth Alumni College of 1965 was absolutely wonderful, except that Marion and I were the only '28ers. Chuck Baker '27 and Duke Barto '29 came closest. My first return to Hanover since graduation and a complete treat." Clark has been on the staff of the American Embassy in Santiago, Dominican Republic, for the past three years. Incidentally, Clark, with ten grandchildren, is tied with Al Willey in the grandchild derby.

Al Willey, Rochester, N. Y.. attorney, claims he has the oldest grandchild and is bringing her, Cathy Wayne of Rochester, to the '28 reunion in Hanover October 8-9. Cathy was born December 9, 1951. Her mother, Electa Ann, just missed the title of '28 Class Baby. Bruce Lewis's daughter, Mary Virginia, beat her by six days.

Bob (Robert Lincoln) Clark has returned to this country after several years in New Delhi, India, for the Ford Foundation. He is with Resources for the Future, 1775 Mas- sachusetts Ave., Washington.

Ed Abbott has moved from Chicago to New York and is manager of the New York office of the advertising firm of Campbell-Mithum, Inc.

Rupe Thompson's smiling countenance appeared on the cover of Merrill Lynch's Investor's Reader, June 23 issue. Rupe was trying out the co-pilot seat in a Bell helicopter. The article on Textron Inc. pointed out that it engages in 30 businesses and estimates its 1965 sales at $800,000,000.

The class lost one of its most loyal members September 28 when Sonny Middlebrook died at the Hartford, Conn., hospital. He had a massive stroke three days earlier while at home. A tribute will appear in the In Memoriam section next month.

Park Estabrook, who has been in business in Pittsfield, N. H., for some years, has joined the faculty of the Pittsfield high school and will teach mathematics and science.

Ernie Wright has sent us a clipping from the Cape May County Gazette with a picture of Jack Herpel demonstrating a device which traces telephone calls. As general security supervisor for the New Jersey Bell Telephone Co., Jack helps police all over the state in an all-out campaign against annoyance calls.

More news of weddings: Okie O'Keeffe's daughter, Kathleen, and Anthony J. Capo were married in Osterville, Mass., in July and are living in Providence. Hal Moody's son, Richard '54, and Holly Ann Willard of Verona, N. J., were married July 10 in Verona and are living in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Jud Moulton's daughter, Desier Anne, will be married in November to Donald E. Anderson, a graduate of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and of Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Desier is a graduate of Cornell University.

Otto Sokol has written a wonderful, informative letter about the trip he and Florence just completed around the world, which took them eight months. Unfortunately Florence tripped in the corridor of a hotel in Austria and broke her right arm, so they came home sooner than expected. They intend to live in Cape May, N. J., and Mexico, depending on the seasons. Otto's letter will appear in the class newsletter.

Herm and Marguerite Schnepel spent July at their summer home on Martha's Vineyard. While having drinks with Rupe andDor Thompson at their home in Vineyard Haven, Hammie Hammesfahr sailed into the harbor and took moorings there for the night.

Chuck and Nona Bruder ran into Topperand Alice Robinson recently at a Boston restaurant and later in the evening called us up in Troy from the Robinson's apartment on Beacon Street. A wonderful conversation ensued during which we learned that they would be at the '28 reunion in Hanover on October 9. Immediately following that Chuck and Nona expected to fly to Rome and on to Nairobi for a ten-day safari. We look forward to a fuller report on this trip.

Jack Phelan and Mrs. Grace Day of Kittery Point, Me., were married on September 25 at Kittery Point. We met Jack and Grace in Hanover two weeks earlier and can vouch for the fact that Grace in a very lovely addition to the class. Jack and Grace are on a trip to Banff, Lake Louise, and San Francisco.

"Honie" Westhaver and Mona were in Boston for several days in August, and Larry and Naomi Martin gave a party for them. Present were Don Norris and CuddyGardner and their wives, Frank Thurston and Miss Dorcas Woodbury and JackPhelan.

Merritt Joslyn '27 and the trophy awardedto him for winning the 1963 NationalSenior Open Golf Tournament. He wasthe only amateur to be both low net andlow gross in the 54-hole event in Arizona.He competed in the competition againthis year in Reno. His handicap is seven.

Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa.

Treasurer, First National Bank, Boston 6, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,