1941

Last month I reported on some new members of the Class Executive Committee and just after having sent the column to Hanover the word came in that Bob Thomas had also agreed to serve on the committee. So the committee is now complete and we look forward to seeing Bob and the other new members at the next meeting in the very near future.

My thanks to Bill Steck '31 who drops me a line from time to time with news about '41ers in the Cleveland area. Bill devotes a great deal of time to building enthusiasm for local alumni meetings. He tells me he sees Al Hutton, Bill Jeavons, DickHorn, and Art Spoeneman but mentions that there are many others who ought to put in an appearance at the local Cleveland Dartmouth affairs. This is a plug for Bill and a request to those of you in Cleveland to join in the Alumni Fun in Cleveland.

While speaking of Cleveland, here's news that Seth Fitchet has joined Merrill, Turben & Co., the investment firm, as a vice president. Seth was formerly a vice president of "We the People" (Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith). He began his brokerage career as an account executive for Merrill Lynch in Boston. He next joined the firm's original sales promotion team and then was assigned to managerial posts in the New York and Phoenix offices. In 1958 he was transferred to Cleveland as Manager. He was chairman of the district committee for Ohio and Kentucky for the National Association of Securities Dealers last year and served on the committee three years. He is a member of the Cleveland Society of Security Analysts, the Bond Club of Cleveland, and the Country Club.

The Rev. George Dreher who moved last year from the Concord Congregational Church in Wichita, Kan., to the Mystic Congregational Church in Mystic, Conn., was installed in his new post a few months ago. At the installation, the guest preacher was the Rev. Lawrence Durgin, now pastor of the Broadway Congregational Church in New York City. George was ordained in 1946 following his graduation from Yale Divinity School. He served as student pastor in Bethany, Conn., and as pastor of the Mountain Home, and Idaho Mission Church. In 1950 he formed a new church at Bountiful. Utah, and remained until 1955 when he became pastor of the Arlington Community Church in Berkeley, Calif. In 1957 he again moved, this time to Wichita where he started a new church. It began with 24 members and a Sunday School of 47. At the end of 1963 the membership was 197 and the Sunday School had 123 pupils. George and his wife have three sons and three daughters. Kathryn Dreher is an enthusiastic church worker who has the ability to substitute in the pulpit. She graduated from University of Georgia and attended Union Theological Seminary. And so it seems that the men of '41 are making their marks in all fields of endeavour.

While writing about the ministry, a few words should be said about the fine work being done at Christ Church in Grosse Pointe, Mich., by the Rev. Richard Knight, where he is in charge of the youth group.

Dick graduated from Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge in 1944 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1946. He served as an assistant at St. Paul's Cathedral in Boston from 1944 until he went to Amherst to Grace Episcopal Church in 1953. In 1960 he moved to Grosse Pointe.

Last month I wrote a few Knes about the Alumni College and since that time I've been fortunate enough to get a note from Monk Larson concerning same. Monk writes as follows:

"One nice thing about the Alumni College, as President Dickey pointed out in our 'convocation,' was the fact- that no one would be asked to leave before completing the course. I accordingly enjoyed a sense of security that was missing most of the time from 1937-1941. Another advantage of the Alumni College: it's co-educational. And every day saw parties at the dorms, Thayer, Occom Pond, Bema, and Top of the Hop.

"The schedule was great too, with tennis or golf on tap each afternoon. Concerts and theater highlighted most evenings. The meat of the program was the best part. The lectures and seminars seemed to provide an intellectual refreshment for everyone.

"To sum it up: It was so completely enjoyable that Bard and I are looking forward to an early return. And I think the other '1941-1964's' would agree."

'Nuf said. With that testimonial we expect to see a good number of classmates sign up for the summer session in 1965.

Red Taft made the news with his appointment as national sales manager for the Lestoil and Bon Ami lines of Lestoil Products, Inc. of Holyoke, Mass. Red was previously sales manager for Bon Ami's Tidy Home Division which he joined in 1952 as field broker representative. In 19 years of association with the grocery business, Red has worked with food brokers and salesmen throughout the country. In his new post he will be directly responsible for the sales effort of the national organization of over 150 food brokers and eight regional sales managers. A spokesman for the company said, in the Springfield, Mass., Union, "his extensive, grass-roots knowledge of the needs and potential of the grocery market will enable us to materially strengthen our sales and distribution programs." Frankly, I could have told them that 25 years ago - after all who else could have organized the midnight snack business in Hanover the way Red did!

" TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO THISMONTH. . . . Broberg got 23 and we beat Holy Cross 65-32. . . . Johnny Kelley scored twice and we swamped B.U.'s hocky team 10-3. . . . Phi Delt's ice sculpture designed by Johnny Bowers won top prize at Carnival . . . . Dick Jachens and Joe Rich were doing the photography for the Carnival issues of The Dartmouth. . . . Bill Danforth was set director for Outdoor Evening. . . . Mort McGinley was picked as King of the Skidmore Winter Carnival. . . . Wow!

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