1940

Since this will be the last column until after the football season has had its first whistle blown (in fact, the first home game with Massachusetts this fall will be before classes have started) I should warn you that classmates will be congregating in Hanover for the Princeton game weekend, October 7-8. We all hope you will be among them. As in the past few years there will be several opportunities to get together for meals. It's too early to quote time and place so I would suggest you check in with me when your travel plans are complete so I can include you in the class plans. Classmates who have signed up for the local rooms I've been able to snag are Dick Babcock, Diz, Ted Miller, Bud Hewitt, Hugh Dryfoos, Bob Lake, Scotty Rogers, Mac Cross, Sam Williams, Creight Holden, and Gordie Wentworth. There will be many other local types and commuters from a wide area making the scene, too. Bring your sleeping bag and come on up!

By a unanimous vote the City Council elected Mel Wax mayor of Sausalito, Calif. He has been councilman for the past two years and will continue his beat as City Hall reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. As if that weren't enough to keep a man out of mischief, Mel also has a weekly TV news program that soon will have national outlets, and is one of the leading lights in the local little theater group, plus also serving as vice-president of the Bay area's Council for Civic Unity. There's a man-sized list of accomplishments for you! Mel's TV show, "City Beat," has been praised for the consistently interesting reporting and the good humor with which he unfolds some of the urban complexities, even though it often steps on many toes in the process.

At the other end of the country, RickDavidson was recently appointed to the New Rochelle Board of Education. With five youngsters at home for a sounding board it would seem Rick would have a lot of savvy to bring to those meetings. He is using his Thayer School degree to good advantage in construction work as general manager of Chesebro-Whitman, and vice-president of the Patent Scaffolding Company. Like so many classmates Rick is involved in a long list of community projects such as being president of the First Presbyterian Church's trustees, member or executive of his local Plant Planning Committee, executive committee of the New Rochelle Hospital, Boy Scouts, and American Institute of Architects.

It would seem as though 1940 has taken a firm hold on the advertising budgets of Life Magazine - a recent announcement shows Johnny Crandell has been appointed advertising sales director. Dick Campbell has helped open up a new Denver office for Dean Witter and Company and will function as manager of the commodity department. Speaking of Denver, Seymour Wheelock has accepted a position as Director of Ambulatory Services for Children's Hospital there, and will be leaving Hanover this summer for his new duties. The local '40 contingent, and all the rest of Hanover, hates to see Sey and Janet leave because they have lent their talents so profusely to so many parts of Hanover life during the four years they have lived here. Bob Lowdon, president of Stafford Lowdon Company in Fort Worth, has been elected a director of Tandy Corporation, also deep in the heart of Texas.

A nice newsy letter from Jack Rourke brought all sorts of information about a great many of our classmates out in the Golden West, but the only thing lack passed on about himself was that Jack Rourke Productions has recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary. That's an enviable milestone, in an industry so intensely competitive. Jack sees Fred Fuld, busy CPA, from time to time, and shop-talks with Jerry Schnitzer who produces some of the better TV commercials. Jack has also seen Bob Bender,Bud Barber (an avid tennis player), and Bill Lucking. He wrote that Herb Porter is advertising manager for Bekins Storage.

Bob Tatgenhorst checked in recently with a long letter about life and the law in Cincinnati where he lives the former and practices the latter. Tag and Tommie wish we all had another 25th reunion this year at which to foregather. He plans to teach a night class this summer on workmen's compensation at a local law school. Their four boys keep things roaring on the home front, but he hopes any classmates heading out to Redlegs Country will give him a call.

Some recent visitors to Hanover were Cliff Holmes, a southern New Hampshire neighbor; Walt Kelley returning to his Cleveland law practice from a skiing junket at Stowe; and Dwight Meader, who lectured at Tuck School. If you're looking for DaveDance, he's moved back to Louisville, Ky., and can be found at 5008 Dunvegan Road. Jack McDonald has also forsaken Chicago's Loop for Apartment 4-E at 333 East 34th Street, New York City.

Another New Hampshirite, Bud Swenson, wrote of some recent happenings in his clan. Karen is completing her freshman year at Michigan State, Kurt is a junior at Colby, while Kevin is striving to come to Dartmouth in another year. He has invited all those who would like to get off the Thruway at Concord to stop by his granite company, which I know to be one of the better ones in this granite-bound state.

The only new job to come to my attention this month concerns Ed Baumer who was just named industrial relations manager of the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant which U.S. Rubber has recently reactivated. Ed moved westward from Naugatuck, Conn., where he supervised labor relations for the company's chemical complex.

Betty and John Manley paused long enough in Austria, which they covered between Italy and Switzerland, to postcard greetings. They had run into Tommy George's parents who reported Tom to be heading for Oslo for the summer.

PARAPREX

(The latest word from Scotty grew out of a whirlwind trip to the coast from his base as vice president of Parker-Hannifin. He wrote:) "On a West Coast blitz trip recently, I missed Braden, Breech and Rourke, but I did see Herb Porter (and wife Gita) at the glittering Los Angeles Music Center. Among the patrons for the Dartmouth Glee Club were the Tom Bradens, Gerry SchnitzersCharlie Campbells, and Bob Breechesnone of whom could I find at the affair But, I did find Mara Breech at home the Saturday of the concert, so who cares about Bob? Talked to Ty and Marian Cobb, who were readying for another European junket late this spring! Then, going to Northern California, I talked with Phil Dostal and Don Tenney, both of whom made tentative plans to accommodate my schedule and rendezvous on the peninsula. Sadly, my business commitments never let up and I couldn't see them this trip. Same 'near miss' goes for Lew Lambert in Sacramento.

"In Denver, I talked to three classmates and happily spotted Bob Welborn at the airport; Bob has a son at Dartmouth, and was bidding goodbye to his most attractive teenage daughter, Robin, who was returning to an Eastern boarding school; the Welborn family had been at Aspen for vacation, and looked like a living ad for a ski resort. On the phone I chatted with Dick Campbell (who is with Dean Witter's Denver operation), Bob White (who has just been moved to the Denver area as the sales manager for the recently combined Frank G. Hough and International Harvester Construction Equipment products), and John Ingersoll (who is a Lieutenant Colonel expecting to take one more tour of Europe - with family - very soon!)."

Well, that's it for another year. Best wishes to each and all for a great summer. Catch lots of fish, break lots of pars, win lots of sailing races, but most importantly, let the rest of us know about it! We'll see each other right here in the fall.

Former hockey captain Ted Lapres '42and an "all D" lineup of his children.

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