1928

The questionnaire replies are coming back in volume and certainly make our job a lot easier. It has been particularly heartening to hear from many classmates who haven't written us in years, like Dusty Rawson, who operates his own company, the Rawson Drilling Co., in Fairmont, W. Va., Ed Purnell, Chicago branch manager of the Fyr-Fyter Co., Hoyt Thompson who works for the McElvain Mortgage Co., Chicago, and says his hobbies are the Civil War and curling. Ed Purnell says his hobbies are playing sax in jam sessions, golf, and bowling; he is looking forward to our next reunion and "lousing up drummer-boy Beers' band and seeing all the boys and musing to myself 'They all look so much older than I'"

Jack Rose is preparing a new independent movie, as yet untitled, lives in La Jolla, Calif., and is active in civic affairs there.

Ted Granville-Smith is with McGraw Hill's Modern Hospital Magazine in New York. His son, a Georgetown University graduate, is in the insurance business for himself in Washington.

Don Chapman, who has been with Sears Roebuck for 32 years, is in Venezuela on a special assignment for his company.

It was "Standing Room Only" at John Hancock Hall in Boston on November 17 when BUI Harris showed his color film "North Cape Cruise." Craig Haines was there and agreed with New York classmates who were so complimentary about his talk and movies at a class dinner last year. We are also obliged to Hsrin Schnepel and EdCollins for clippings about Bill's lectures in Town Hall, New York City, and Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis.

Herm and Marguerite Schnepel attended the inauguration of Dr. Simpson as president of Vassar last fall, and marched in the academic procession. Art Kneerim was there with his Vassar Lee, who, like Marguerite, is prominent in Vassar fund raising.

Al Kerr has retired from the Internal Revenue Service and just bought a house overlooking the lake at Cooperstown, N. Y. His son, Douglas, entered Dartmouth with the class of 1964 but dropped out his freshman year to join the Marines on a fouryear stint. He was re-admitted to Dartmouth last fall.

Bud Smith is with Hayden, Stone Inc., in Palm Beach and says his current hobby is beach combing.

Larry Martin, president of the National Shawmut Bank, has been named chairman of the executive committee, national bank division of the American Bankers Association.

Since Roy Milliken hates to write letters, we persuaded Mab to bring us up to date. Roy, Mab and two of their children, John and Mary, spent the Christmas holidays on Elbow Cay in the Bahamas, where they bought some property, and engaged architects, builders, etc. Mab and Millie Heyn took a trip to the Bahamas last September and it was then that Mab selected their future homesite. Mab says it is a marvelous vacation spot and an ideal retirement prospect. Roy is with the State Equipment Co. in Lancaster, Pa., distributors for road machinery companies. Anne is married and lives in Kansas City; John is working on his doctorate in Physics at lowa State University and Mary is a junior at Florida Southern College.

John Nixon has been appointed a member of the state affairs committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Red Donnelley has been elected to the board of trustees of Deerfield Academy. Red and his three sons are Deerfield alumni. Red is vice chairman of the board of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Chicago printing company.

Harvey Fisher's son, Harvey Jr., and Carolyn Storm were married November 21 in Sacramento, Calif. Harvey graduated last June from Washington State University and Carolyn from Sacramento State College. Harvey Jr. is with Acacia Insurance Company.

The engagement of Wally Carr's daughter, Penelope, and Geoffrey Wheeler of Yarmouthport, Mass., has been announced. Penelope attended Green Mountain College and is studying at the Art Student's League in New York.

We have lost two loyal members of the class, Jack McDonough and Charlie Robertson, and want to extend our sympathy to their families.

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

Treasurer, First National Bank, Boston 6, Mass.