1936
With the Thirtieth Reunion only two months away the committee and particularly Gib Sykes, chairman, and Cliff England, treasurer, are anxiously watching the mail for your checks and formal reservations. Please don't delay in returning these items. At the last count it appears that we will have over 300 persons in attendance including wives and children. Affirmative replies have recently been received from Art Levin, Al Momenee, Ren Ostrom and Red Riley. At least 53 classmates are still in the probable category. It is shaping up to a wonderful reunion. Don't miss it.
On Sunday afternoon, February 27, the Dartmouth Glee Club appeared in concert at the New Canaan High School under the sponsorship of the Dartmouth Club of Western Connecticut, Jack Smith, president. Jack was on stage to deliver the introductory remarks and Vin Wentworth was at the door to watch the receipts. Prior to the concert John and Nancy Sawyer entertained at a '36 brunch and fed a hungry group including Dick and Madine Morton, Dave and ShirleyFox, Vin and Elizabeth Wentworth, Pauland Cathie Lynch, and Gib and Ann Sykes. Paul Lynch has departed from RCA after 20 years and has joined Metromedia as assistant general counsel, which means he is still struggling with the problems of television and radio. His son, Barry, is a student at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Dave Fox, who is now in corporate planning at General Electric in New York City, had just returned from a trip to the G.E. computer laboratory in Phoenix. Gib Sykes told of his February trip to South America with at Aruba, Curacao, and Lake Maracaibo Venezuela. As a guest of U.S. Steel he was flown into the jungle to visit their mining operations.
Dr. Jesse M. Galt of Dover was elected president of the New Hampshire Medical Society in January. Dr. Jesse is chief of the Dover-Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Surgical Service and finds time to be active in other community services. He is presently serving on the Dover School Board and is an active Kiwanian. Through his efforts the N. H. Medical Education Foundation was founded in 1964 to grant loans to men and women from New Hampshire seeking a medical education. He will be a busy officer leading the N. H. Medical Society into this first year of Medicare.
In Fairfield, Conn., Dick and Dodie Taylor have announced the engagement of their daughter, Deborah, to Richard E. Damon of Portola Valley, Calif. Deborah attended Swarthmore and will be graduated from Katharine Gibbs this spring. Dick is a Swarthmore graduate and is a Faculty Fellow in Political Science at Columbia Graduate School. Wedding plans are for June. Don and Anne Robbins' son Bruce has announced his engagement to Judy Hartell of Danbury, a student at the Danbury Teachers College. Bruce graduated from the University of Vermont and is employed by Sears Roebuck in Danbury.
Don Sutherland will not have far to go this June to see his son, James, graduate from Dartmouth. Don is director of personnel at New Hampshire Ball Bearing in Peterborough, N. H. While at Dartmouth James was president of the 1966 Winter Carnival Committee and Associate Manager of the unbeaten football team. Don's other son, Don, graduated from Dartmouth in 63 and is at Tulane and about to finish his course work toward his doctorate in Archaeology.
It is with deep regret that we learned of the death of Mrs. Richard Treadway, the former Martha Chamberlin, in Boston on February 7. The sympathy of the class is extended to Dick Treadway, their three sons, Jonathan, a student at the University of Miami. David at the University of Pennsylvania, and James at Dartmouth and their daughter, Lauris Ann, of New York City. Our sympathy is also extended to Dave Putnam on the loss of his father, Claude A. Putnam, in Palm Beach, Fla., where he was spending the winter. Mr. Putnam was president of the National Association of Manufacturers in 1951-52.
We are always pleased to see our class members active in local educational affairs. Governor Volpe of Massachusetts recently appointed John S. Sullivan of Andover to the Massachusetts Board of Education. We imagine John is still with the Shawmut National Bank in Boston. Over in Longmeadow, Mass., Jim Stephens has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the Longmeadow School Committee. Bill Hoffman of New Vernon, N. J., was reelected treasurer of the 400 bed Hospital Center in Orange. We haven't heard how the Hoffmans like their new home. When they lived in Orange, Bill served as president of the East Orange Board of Education.
The January 19 issue of the NAVY TIMES highlighted the U.S. Marine career of Brig. Gen. John G. Bouker, Commanding General Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic. During the Dominican crisis last year he was on the spot as commander of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. John and Jane Bouker live at Camp Lejeune, N. C., where he enjoys golf in his spare moments. Their son, Peter, is a Marine second lieutenant. Daughter, Ann, is the wife of Marine Capt. Frederick L. Webber.
Down in Maine the Southern Maine chapter of the National Association of Accountants was addressed at Auburn by Bill Niss, vice-president and treasurer of the Bath Iron Works Corp. His subject was "What Management Expects from the Accountant."
Cliff Kappler, son of Frank and GerryKappler, has announced his engagement to Catherine Francis of Pittsford, N. Y., which is near Rochester. Cliff is a junior at St. Lawrence University and Catherine will be continuing her studies there in the fall. The wedding is scheduled for August 20.
Gil Balkam is whipping all class agents into action on the current Alumni Fund campaign. Gil and Fran enjoyed a brief visit to Florida in February. On a Sunday morning in Ft. Lauderdale, he stopped to use a telephone and found himself in front of Coley Judd's real estate office. Dick Spong was also in Ft. Lauderdale during February and managed to get a few fellows together for lunch. The group included Coley, BillOare and Swamp Marsh. Bill Oare is associated with the law firm of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming in Ft. Lauderdale. A radical change in address has been received for Dick Ruby who left Fort Worth, Texas, for South Dartmouth, Mass. Sub Harris has also deserted Fort Worth for Tulsa, Okla.
Plans are jelling for the Reunion. A Dartmouth College musical group called the Corinthians has been engaged to play for the young folks' dancing on both Monday and Tuesday evenings. Chick Wells and his five-piece orchestra will play for the older folks for the class dance on Wednesday. The Injunaires will entertain at the Inn before dinner on that same evening. You can't afford to stay at home on lune 13-15. All the action will be in Hanover. Send that deposit now!
1936 Class ReunionHanover — June 13-15, 1966
Secretary, 90 North Cedar Rd. Fairfield, Conn. 06431
Class Agent, 153 Tahlulah Lane, West Islip, L. I., N. Y.
