1939
Our big news, of course, is 1939's Fall Reunion in Hanover for the Penn game on the weekend of October 14, at which time it is planned to dedicate a new scoreboard in Memorial Stadium as a gift from the Class. Dot and I plan to make the trek up from North Carolina for the event, and we're looking forward to seeing a fine crowd there.
Dick Clark, who has been petrochemical sales director for the Hydrocarbons and Polymers Division of Monsanto Company, took a giant step upward in May and shortened his title to New York regional vice president. The guy he succeeded was Franklin J. Cornwell '35. Dick has been with Monsanto ever since 1939, serving in marketing management positions with four different operating divisions of the company before taking over his new job. We congratulate both Dartmouth men and wonder if they were able to swap houses in the St. Louis and New York areas.
We were sent a copy of an interesting article by John Sullivan in "The Apparel Manufacturer." John is a leading industrial engineer in the clothing business, which generally creates new patterns at least twice a year. In establishing usage figures based on these patterns, the cutting-room foreman traditionally believes that an inch in width equals two inches in length. John's point is that traditional "square inching" as used for decades must be discarded for mathematical square inching by computer. Along the way we picked up a few new terms. "No doubt a cutting job on width 55 and length 4.18 resulted with undesired crotch-piecing, swung pant patterns, and probably an addition to the basic test lay length," he writes. Makes you wonder a bit about seconds on dessert, doesn't it?
We have read that Jerry Beatty's dad and Dave Reid's mother both passed away in the early summer, and to them we extend our sincere sympathy.
Sam Thurm, the advertising vice president at Lever Brothers, had another profile done this summer, this time in a publication called "Broadcasting Washington, D. C." Sam has more honors and serves on more committees than anyone else you know who peddles soap. For instance, he's not only chairman of the National Television-Radio Films Committee but also the United Community Campaigns of America. You're doing a great job, Sam.
The high point of our summer was the marriage here of our daughter Nancy to David Swann on July 8. The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church plus the Bishop of Western North Carolina performed the ceremony, and it was a very happy occasion. My only advice to the rest of you guys who have yet to walk down the aisle with a daughter is to rent a vest that is the same size as the cutaway. It's a proud moment.
We had a good, newsy note from O'BrienBoldt. He says that after free-lancing for corporate clients (sales meetings and the like) for some years, he decided on a major retread operation, going for a Ph.D. in Political Science at the City University of New York. He's well along now on his doctoral dissertation on housing integration, of metropolitan areas, and his only problem is to realize some income from said enterprise. Daughter Chris, 24, is out in the world at Berkeley, Calif., via Radcliffe '65. Daughter Linda is a politico at Bard '68. Obie resides with wife Billie, son Mike, 10, and daughter Sally, 8. He sees Dan Hull now and then and sends his best regards to all.
Back in July Bert MacMannis found himself on a plane sitting next to a distinguished educator. Out keeping his ears to the ground and his finger on a few corporate pulses was Hank Weltoa, president of Menlo School and College in Menlo Park, Calif. Hank's daughter Charlotte married Dick Singer in July, and that happly couple is honeymooning at the University of Washington while pursuing a doctorate in philosophy. Hank's son is stationed at the Naval Air Station in Fresno, Calif. We trust that ex-Marines Welton and Colby Howe get together often out there, especially if Menlo needs some Bethlehem Steel for new dormitories.
Another ex-Marine, Col. Jim Donovan, recently resigned as publisher of "The Journal of the Armed Forces" and accepted a position with the Industrial Development Division, Engineering Experiment Station at Georgia Tech. Jim joined The Journal in November 1963 upon retirement from the Marine Corps. He and Kay and their two daughters, Kathryn and Deborah, will reside at 7365 Hunters Branch Drive in Atlanta. Welcome to the South, Jim! Here is one of the really great guys in the class, who served his country with distinction, a true gentleman. Remember when he ordered us all to fall in behind those bagpipers as we marched off at our last reunion? Anyone in Atlanta should look him up.
Bill Bacbman, while cpntinuing his administrative duties as general manager of MacManus, John and Adams, an ad agency in Detroit, has been named president of MacManus Marketing International. His smiling and youthful face recently graced the People in the News section of "Printer's Ink."
Johnny Gauntlett has moved to 409 Highland Rd., Ithaca, N. Y., and would be a good guy to organize a soiree at the Cornell game next year! Jake Holland is now living at 134 Chestnut Hill Ave. in Athol, Mass., where he is vice president and general manager of Union Twist Drill Company. Dr. Andy Ruoff has gone west to 954 Little Valley Rd. in Salt Lake City. Phil Sauer may be reached at 248 Flintridge Dr., Rockford, Ill. Bob Thomas has moved to Point Gardens, Ocean and Cleveland Aves., Somers Point, N. J. Washington area classmates should look up Ace Bailey, a new resident at 300 New Jersey Ave., SE, and Chicago characters might drop in on BillBuge at 7200 N. Claremont Avenue. He is an associate of Healy, Healy and McGurn in the Windy City.
John Steele has written that he will be of assistance with the column from time to time with notes from the Washington area. Your choice is clear, gentlemen. Do you prefer the cold print of Time and Life or would you rather be mentioned in the friendlier surroundings of these class notes?
Living as I do in a mountain summer resort and running a small store in which I must know by name a majority of my customers, who come from all areas of the South, I have had to listen to an awful lot of criticism this summer because of our Wallace Incident. I should imagine we have all had a belly full of it. I can only hope that each one of us can be a bit more tolerant and a lot more courteous in our daily lives, and I am especially looking forward to getting back to Hanover for our fall reunion, where we can all renew our faith in the Dartmouth spirit. We hope to see many of you there Octorber 13 and 14.
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