1944

Hose Craig called up the other day with an interesting story about a couple of our classmates having a little chat together 10,000 miles apart. It seems that Bob Eshbaugh, who is chief equipment engineer for the Florida Telephone Company and an industry colleague of the Berry-Craig-Welch triumvirate, buzzed up to Dayton in his own plane last week on some business matter. While there he got together with Hose and told him about his new sales approach. It seems Bob has developed some new ultra equipment which he was demonstrating to some officials. Since Viet Nam is pretty much in the news these days and rather distant, Bob thought it would be impressive to rip through a call to Saigon. So he thought of Fritz Hier over there and jangled the poor soul out of the rack at 2 A.M.! Got it right through and clear as a bell.

Hose also told of running into Al Cook at the airport a few weeks ago. The good doctor was recuperating from some sort of intestinal operation and, as doctors do in following their own advice, was rushing oil to a medical convention. But, according to Hose, Al looked fit and robust as he did twenty years ago.

Speaking of the doctors, I almost saw BudCoith last night at some fashion show ball here. His lovely wife Nancy arrived on the solo announcing that her tuxedo-clad spouse had just fled to straighten out a ruptured spleen. Nancy had just returned from Iran with the Dolcent group. And Helen Welch left Bud home to mind the store and the kids while she and her pals took off for the grand continental tour.

If any of you are heading in this direction and your travels take you to Norway put Stavanger on your itinerary and visit with George Troxell. George is president of the Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company and presently conducting his operations out of Gjencidige Hus. And, of course, you know Rod Morgan is in England, managing director of Spauldings, Ltd. and living in Kent. The Ray Zukes recently returned from a European tour.

The Phil Puchners have returned to East Pakistan after spending three months at home in Sun Valley where Phil concentrated on his skiing even to the point of successfully running a cross country race.

Charlie Mottola's daughter Susan is not only an alumna of Dartmouth (you'll recall she attended the Dartmouth Summer School in '64 when she was a high school junior) but unquestionably its most loyal daughter. Susan was born in Hanover. When it came time to pick a college she wanted to be near the old stamping grounds and selected Holyoke which is neighborly. She thinks Dartmouth men are great and assures her father, vehemently, that the boys there certainly are not the animals described in "Where the Boys Are" (which was put out by the Smith and Holyoke girls, with assistance from Amherst). In fact, in her freshman year to date she's made more than several trips to Hanover including Green Key last week. And to hear her tell it, not only are things as good as they ever were, but they're better. And Daddy couldn't be happier.

Dr. Bill Stahl has accepted the added responsibility of heading up the professional division of the Red Cross campaign in Burlington, Vt., and has to pick up $58,300. The poor guy not only operates a handful of hospitals, but he teaches at Vermont College, is director of surgical research there and does a hundred and one other things besides making life pleasant for Mary Elizabeth and their five youngsters.

Zenith Radio Corporation has selected Gene Kinney for the new post of Vice President-Special Products to direct operations and expansion of the company's specialized electronic activities in the military, medical, hearing aid, and industrial fields. At the same time the firm announced that Gene will continue as President and General Manager of Zenith Hearing Aid Sales Corporation, a post he has held since 1963. Since joining Zenith in 1946 he has had assignments in every major phase of Zenith's operations.

If Clark MacGregor ever gets to be president, he's going to have to reserve a good spot for his most loyal supporter, Bob Colwell Well - and possibly the editorial writer for the Herald Tribune. Bob sent me one more from the Trib, this one extolling the wisdom of Clark in organizing "citizens forums" around the nation to investigate the problems of urban areas. The Trib bemoans the established strength of the Democrats in the cities and looks to Clark as the White Knight to break their strong hold.

The nicest thing about getting periodic reports from the Alumni Fund people is to see your names on the recap sheets. You just can't help but be impressed that so many of you retain your interest in the school and show it so generously. Phil Penberthy's "Century Club" is going to burst its seams this year. Again so many thanks to so many of you.

Harry Figgis '45, chairman and chief executive officer of Automatic SprinklerCorp. of America, is probably thinkingabout another merger. With the recentacquisition of the American La FranceDivision of Sterling Precision Corp. andpending addition of Safway Steel Products Automatic has the prospect of lifting 'annual sales to $B5-million or more,up from $22-million two years ago. Fivemergers have made Figgie's firm an integrated fire protection operation. He isalso chairman and president of ClarkReliance Corp., Cleveland, and directorof Silicon Transistor Co., Garden City,N.Y., and Nortruk Corp., Norwalk,Ohio.

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