1936
The days are getting longer and the mail is getting slimmer. However, March is ideal for spring skiing, finishing up the income tax and if there is anything left, taking a vacation in the sun. The January 23 issue of "Business Week" sets forth the pleasures of a March vacation in Arizona's wide open spaces. They recommend the White Stallion Ranch in the Tucson area where Brew Towne as host and owner would be delighted to show you the wonders of the desert. TWA and American will fly you non-stop jet to Tucson for a long weekend.
Bob Button has written from 1404 Farm Hill Circle, Falls Church, Va., with the information that as of February 1 he became executive assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Communications Satellite Corporation, also known as COMSAT. This should reassure those of you who have been riding this stock through its recent gyrations. Bob has been with the U. S. Information Service for the past few years. The stock market situation is still under the close scrutiny of Frank Weston, CPA and partner in the New York office of Arthur Young and Company. Frank has been reappointed chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' committee on relations with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Frank and his wife, Elsie, live in Ridgewood, N. J.
The 1936 numeral sweater "found" by Karl Michael at the Dartmouth pool has been claimed by Bill and Pat Hoffman. The Hoffmans attended Alumni College last summer and their daughter, Ellen, appropriated the sweater as a complement to her cut-off dungarees. Those of us with teenaged daughters recognize the uniform along with the return of the Veronica Lake hairdos. Ellen left the sweater in the locker room after a daily swim period. Incidentally, the Alumni College program will be repeated this year along with an 8-week summer session. Early registration is recommended particularly for the Alumni College.
John (Steve) Stiles, president of the Morley Murphy Co. of Green Bay, Wis., has been elected a director of the Employers Mutual of Wausau. Steve is a past president of the National Wholesale Hardware Association. He has many other extracurricular positions of which the most interesting are director of the Green Bay Packers and director of the National Railroad Museum. Unless conditions for commuters improve in Westchester and Fairfield Counties, we just might give him the New Haven Railroad for the Museum.
My wife. Jerri, was quite ill in January from a virus infection. Dr. Dan Barker applied his medical skills to hasten her recovery. Dan has been a general practitioner in Fairfield, Conn., for over twenty years and is held in high regard by our community. He and Addie are alone these nights for both of their children are off to college. Bruce is a junior at Colby College in Maine and Jean, who is a sophomore at Wheaton College, has recently announced her intentions to marry James H. Shotwell of Manchester, Mass.
Dang Scherman authored a theatre review in the January 8 "Life" entitled, "The Patter Still Matters." This was a rave notice for the recent D'Oyle Carte Opera Troupe performances in New York. Dang mentioned being a peer in "Iolanthe" which sent me to the archives for the Dartmouth Carnival presentation of that operetta in 1934. The Webster Hall peers were JakeDingwall, Fred Roller and Tommy Thompson, while the G & S tunes were rendered from the pit by Mac Rowell. Seth Thomas, Sev Vass, Hesty Hirst, Spence Johnson, Luke Lucas, Tom Luey, Raphael Hillyer. and Bob Stokes. Quite a group of Savoyards.
Jack and Peggy Greenwood are residing in Michigan City, Ind., after many years in West Hartford, Conn. Their daughter, Mary Ann, is attending Mount Holyoke while her two younger sisters, Martha and Sara, are still at home.
A most welcome letter arrived from PepMinte to bring us up to date on the Minte Story. They have been living in Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., and Pep has recently taken over as manager of the Kurz-Liebow Insurance agency in Nanuet, N. Y., just across the Tappan See Bridge. This position includes all facets of corporate and individual planning as well as all types of insurance and mutual funds. He will represent the new Presidential Insurance Company of N. Y. which will be operative in a few months. His wife, Ricki, had been teaching drama at Briarcliff College until this fall, but has now returned to live television and theatre work. Their son, Joff, is attending Peekskill Military Academy while daughter, Dru, goes to school in Pleasantville. Ricki prompted Pep to write. How about some more of you girls following suit?
Sam Morse's third volume of poems has arrived from the printer. It is entitled "The Changes" and is a collection of more than sixty poems which display the wide scope of his talents. Anyone interested can send $3.75 to the publisher. Alan Swallow, 2679 South York Street, Denver, Colo. On the subject of literature the Feb. 5 issue of "Life" carries Frank Kappler's review of William Humphrey's new novel, "The Ord-ways." He recommends it be added to your reading list.
Paul Hessler of Delaware was seen recently in the Dartmouth Club of New York City. Pete Fitzherbert was also in town from Auburn, Me., ostensibly for business, but also to confer with Gib Sykes on the Thirtieth Reunion and Gil Balkam on the Alumni Fund.
The New York Democrats have been much in the news the past few weeks and Phil Gilbert as vice-chairman of the West-chester County Democratic Committee has no doubt been busy in party conferences. Phil lives in Ossining and is senior partner in the law firm of Gilbert, Segall and Young. He is president of Rolls Royce, Inc. and of Magnesium Elektron, Inc. He also manages to act as Westchester Protestant co-chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Phil might be a good man to know if you're in the market for a Rolls-Royce, or maybe they don't make deals.
I had a brief note from Arnie Hatch a few months ago which I failed to report. He lives in Albany and represents Bache & Co. A slight heart attack slowed him down a bit last year, but he looked fine at the Princeton game in Hanover. His daughter, Pat, is attending Smith College. Incidentally, as a stock broker he should be interested in a recent Kiplinger Letter which stated that the Dow Jones Averages should reach 2000 in the early 1980s. Right now I can't think that far ahead. Spring will be most welcome. Burpee's seed catalog has arrived- can spring be far behind.
Secretary, 90 North Cedar Rd. Fairfield, Conn.
Treasurer, 139 Burbank Rd., Longmeadow 6, Mass.
