1941

One of the chief complaints of the standard Class Secretary is that news often takes so long getting to him that it is ancient history by the time he reports it in his column. I am in possession of a number of such items which concern events which took place many months ago. Going along on the premise that any happening is news if you haven't heard of it before, I pass the following along to you.

During the past year Bob Chase (the former squire of Fayerweather Hall) was appointed Manager of Footwear Quality Control of the Naugatuck Division of the United States Rubber Company. The company has footwear plants in Naugatuck, Conn., Woonsocket, R. I., Thomson, Ga„ and Ponce, Puerto Rico. In his new post Bob is responsible for establishing quality standards at all four plants and for quality controls of incoming raw materials. Bob's career since graduating from Dartmouth includes four years in the Air Corps as a weather officer, pilot, and air base commander. He joined U. S. Rubber in 1946 as a management trainee. He's married to the former Doris Hamilton of Ashland, Mass., and they have three youngsters.

Ashley Pace makes his debut in the 33rd edition of "Who's Who in America" according to the book's publishers. Ashley lives in Pensacola, Fla., where he is regional manager of St. Regis Paper Co. (Gulf Carton Div.). He is a native Pensacolan who was a naval aviator from July 1941 until December 1945. Fred Leopold, of squash and tennis fame, is practicing attorney and a member of the law firm of Youngman, Hungate & Leopold in Los Angeles. It was some time ago when we heard that Fred was running for City Council in Beverly Hills and we'd still like to know whether he won or not. How about it, Fred? How'd you do?

Another classmate who was running for office last fall is George Morse who was a candidate for re-election as District Attorney of Washington County (N. Y.). While I don't have the result of that election either, George must have won based on his previous record. After Dartmouth, he graduated from Albany Law School and the Practicing Law Institute for Public Prosecutors. He was justice of the peace and supervisor of the Town of White Creek, state transfer attorney for Washington County and Washington County attorney. He was elected District Attorney in 1961. He is given much credit in the state for the introduction of several economy measures in the operation of his office. He has a reputation for fairness, and one of the highest conviction records. in the state. George is a veteran of World War II, having been a lieutenant j.g. in the Navy, former commander of a P.T. boat in the Pacific theater and the holder of many naval citations. George and his wife have four sons, all of whom are presently college students.

Many of our classmates receive notice in their local press for civic activities in which they play prominent roles. The past year has been an active one in Glen Ridge, N. J., for Bob Koenig who has been serving as president of the Battalion Forum, a local civic and social organization. Bob's interest in civic affairs is attested to by his membership in the Board of Trustees of the Glen Ridge United Fund, past presidency of the North End Association and active participant in the Board of Religious education of the Congregational Church. business, Bob has been with the Western Electric Company in New York City since 1947. He is a buyer in the purchasing organization of that company. He has a son at Williams College and a daughter in high school. Up in Arlington, Mass., Bob O'Brien gets a Wah Hoo Wah for work locally. A vice president of Marsh & McLennan, Bob is also vice president of Traffic Safety for the Massachusetts Safety Council. In addition he's a director of the Boston YMCA.

Dutch Cotton, whose name was mentioned in these notes recently when he joined the class executive committee, has been elected a trustee of the Belvidere School in Chelmsford, Mass. He's been elected a director of the New England Council for a 3-year term and is serving as chairman of the Council's Business and Industry Committee for 1965. Dutch is treasurer and a director of Edgcomb Steel of New England in Nashua, N. H.

Barbara Basye McCornack, widow of Dick McCornack, was married January 23 to Thomas Vail Brooks of Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., and Woodstock, Vt., a Yale graduate who is executive secretary of a Wall Street investment company. The wedding was scheduled to take place at the home of A. Lincoln Washburn '35 in New Haven where Barbara has been living since she and her two daughters moved away from Hanover.

George Flather has been elected vice president and trust officer of Union Trust Co. He is a member of the law firm of Garrett, Altmann and Flather in Washington, D. C. George graduated from Harvard Law School and has been a practicing attorney since 1949.

TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO THISMONTH. . . . Bill Jamison found a real pearl in an order of fried oysters at Thayer Hall. . . . Bob Evans made his first trip to Smith. . . . Don Blount was the only double winner at the IC4A Track Meet with firsts in the broad jump and high jump. . . . LanceBallou won the college 145-1b. wrestling title. . . . Mills Ten Eyck and Jim Andrews had leading roles in the Players spring show "Outward Bound." . . .

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