1952
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. I suspect that paraphrase of the line from Dickens can probably be applied to almost any period of our lives we want it to. But the fact is, it very well applies to our news this month.
We have sad news of the death of classmate Dr. Peter Rilling in Oregon. Elsewhere in this or a later issue you will find an obituary. I am sure all will want to join in expressing condolences to his family.
On the good news side I know all old friends will want to raise a mighty Wah-Hoo-Wah in congratulations for E. KentCalhoun, named most eligible bachelor at our 10th reunion back in '62, who just took the giant step to matrimony. On Friday, April 30, Cal was married to Charlotte Bancroft in a ceremony overrun with Old Greens. I have been promised many pictures of the big affair by John Brower, who is an associate of Cal's in Ryerson Steel, out of Minneapolis. I already know that pre-marital festivities featured much good fellowship in which the Browers and the Linmans (Buck and Mary) did their best to enlighten the future (now present) Mrs. Calhoun on the past experiences of old "Schedules"! Only slightly less exciting than the actual ceremonies was the surprise party the Calhouns had waiting for them in their stateroom aboard "The Queen of Bermuda," on which they sailed for Bermuda, Saturday, May 1. Arriving about half an hour later than planned they found they'd been anticipated. Awaiting their arrival, champagne in hand, were: Rog Pierce, Larry and Betty Schiffenhaus and your present correspondent and his wife. Cal and Charlotte were duly surprised and sent off on their honeymoon in proper style.
And as though one piece of good news from the Great Heartlands weren't enough, I have just received one of the most impressive press clippings it has ever been my pleasure to receive in my tenure as Class scribe. From the Milwaukee Journal comes a rather lengthy release on the past, present, and future activities of Classmate Bill Randall. The occasion for the article was the announcement that Bill had been named the recipient of the Milwaukee Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award for 1965. This award is made each year to the young man who has made outstanding positive contributions for the betterment of the Milwaukee community. It came hard on Bill's election as president of the Milwaukee Rotary Club and was a result of his work with this organization as well as many other civic pursuits, to wit: Bill was president of the Milwaukee Junior Bar Association in 1961-62; is presently a member of the executive committee of the young lawyers section of the American Bar Association; is vice president and director of Music for Youth, a director of Family Service of Milwaukee and past director of the World Affairs Council of Milwaukee. He was associate chairman of the Milwaukee Cancer Crusade and the American Cancer Society and has been active in various divisions of the United Fund. Last year he served as president of the Alumni Association of the University School and was instrumental in promoting Western Tennis Championships held biennially at the Town Club which he has served as director and tennis-committee chairman. With all that activity he still manages to prosper as a partner in the law firm of Randall, Zimmers, Randolph and Randall. Meantime Bill has kept a wife contented enough to beget four children which to me is activity enough in itself. Wah-Hoo-Wah and Whew!
If any of you guys around Springfield, Mass., have complaints on the telephone service you will hereafter know exactly who to call. Go right to the manager of the Spring-field District of the New England Telephone Company. You ought to find a sympathetic ear for the new manager is Classmate, Peter W. Stanley. Pete joined New England Telephone, a part of A. T. & T. smack out of Dartmouth in 1952. Since then he has worked in Pittsfield, Mass., Pawtucket, and Providence, R. I. He also spent two years at A. T. & T. Headquarters in New York in the management development section. Before going to Springfield as district manager he was commercial supervisor in Boston. For further information on Pete and his career call operator 25.
Thanks to the public relations people at Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. we can report to you that last month CharlieCurtis was appointed manager of that firm's important Boston branch office. Prior to this new appointment Charlie was manager of the company's Burlington, Vt., office since 1963 and before that was assistant manager in Philadelphia. Under his direction the Burlington branch office received the "Outstanding Agency Award," the highest honor the company gives its field offices. For Charlie's wife Alison, the move is back to home country; she's a Gloucester gal.
A couple of months ago I had news of Harvey Kelley's recent business association but since then I've had occasion to talk with Harvey and get some of the more important facts about his life since he left the Hanover Plain. Harvey was a little concerned that few people knew of his marriage in November of 1961 to Dorothy Tripp of Bronxville, N. Y. (I guess he was getting too many phone calls from old flames.) The truth is Harvey has not been idle since then. He also has one daughter, Alison Gail, born almost a year ago - in July, 1964. He lives in Manhattan and reports that one of his close neighbors is none other than DanGutterman who is prospering in Big Town as a lawyer and who has a young son, Alex, about the same age as Harvey's Alison. He and Harvey seem to be friends still even though they use the same woman as babysitter number one, a ticklish relationship if ever I heard of one.
My old neighbor ou' cheer in Riverside, Peter McSpadden by name, reports that '52's most prominent author Dick Watt is about to give forth once again with his second tome, this one to be a history of Middle Europe between the two World Wars. Publication date is some time next year. (They work with even longer closing dates than the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE.) SO keep a lookout for the book then.
The grab bag that is my monthly Change-of-Address cards brought some rather interesting and exotic sounding new addresses for several of our classmates made me so envious I'm gonna repeat them to you so you can be envious, too.
First is that of Pete Taylor who now resides in L'Amorial, 43 Blvd. d'Italie in Monte Carlo, Monaco. That one's pretty hard to top: But try Lee Prior, c/o Maquinaria S. A., Apartado 45, Madrid, Spain. Or maybe you like the one of Ted Dunham who's listed at Ymervagen 28, Djursholm, Sweden. If not you'll have to imagine yourself with Dick McDonough, c/o The Singer Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Singer, Clydebank, Scotland. Read these and dream along with me .. . until the next beautiful June day comes along in Connecticut or Minnesota or California or wherever you are and you can be glad along with your old scribe that you've simply made it through to another fine summer without writing 30 to the whole show. Viva! Viva! All and sundry. And a pleasant summer to you all. Be back in September.
Secretary, 168 Riverside Ave. Riverside, Conn.
Class Agent, 2295 Chatfield Dr., Cleveland Heights, Ohio
