1940
After the humid, wet summer here in the east I find that I have to wring out the accumulated notes and clippings as I open the shoe box for the first time in three months. It's great to be back and I hope your sum- mer was as good as mine - and drier, too. It was nice to see a few classmates in person when they came to Hanover. Stet Whitcher was here the longest as he enrolled in the Alumni College for the second time (neither one of us can figure out why scores more of our classmates don't sign up for this stellar attraction each summer); Dave and CaroleDavenport brought Lynn and Nick for a camping spree in a DOC cabin after living it up at Expo; and Bob Austin brought son Peter up to the dentist one morning from his vacation village he operates not too many miles south of Hanover. Gard Ashley was here in June on his way to Middlebury where he planned a summer of work on his Ph.D. in Romance Languages. I wish there had been more visitors and if you slipped into town and out again without checking my address at the top of this column - for shame!
Many changes of jobs and promotions have come to light the past few months. For one, Harry Hoyt has been appointed vice president, group field operations, at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The company brought Harry east to main headquarters from the midwest just a little over a year ago and must have liked what they saw.
Another new vice president is Ray Unangst who is now southern regional vice president of American Airlines. Ray has been with American 26 years, steadily climbing its corporate ladder until most recently he became New York City manager. With these new duties he will be in over-all charge of cities stretching from Washington to San Antonio. Any disgruntled classmates in that zone now know which top to go to if connections don't jell.
Tom Braden announced the sale of the "Oceanside Blade-Tribune" last spring and it was reported he expected to find a field of more "involving" action. He was further quoted as saying that the two big problem areas in the next decade are going to be "government and education," so perhaps Tom's many talents will find an outlet in one of those areas.
The first deputy commissioner and general manager of public works in New York City is our own Rick Davidson. He has been Mr. Everything in New Rochelle for many years so won't have far to go to his demanding new duties. Rick's civil engineering degree from Thayer School will come into full play now.
Elmer Browne has admitted to "cultural shock" after moving back to this country following eight years of living in Europe. The more leisurely pace of England and Belgium hadn't prepared him for racing to catch that 7:52 a.m. train! One pleasant surprise was to have Bill Bumstead, "looking more youthful than ever," as his commuting companion the first day.
Congratulations are in order for Bill Reid who has attained the position of president and chief executive officer of Torrington Company, manufacturer of bearings, needles, and other metal products. Bill joined the company just after his Navy duties ended.
Chet Berry's work at Kodak Research Laboratories has earned him the coveted title of Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Chet's research is involved with the basic theory of photographic processes with emphasis on the crystal growth structure and properties of photographic emulsion grains. Remember that the next time you snap the shutter! Chet and Ruthe's oldest boy is a senior at Dartmouth this year so they are probably stocking a lot of film now for use at graduation next June.
If you want any investment tips you had better talk to Bob Clark inasmuch as he is a brand-new vice president of Hayden, Stone, Inc. He directs institutional research activities and the energy group opportunities. He commutes into Big Town from his Connecticut home where he is a vice president of the Westport-Weston United Fund and a director of the Weston YMCA.
Jack McDonald kindly sent me word that Nick Turkevich has been named to the board of directors of D'Arcy Advertising Company in Chicago where he also functions as managing director of the Windy City operations.
A new address change came in for Kim Atkins telling of his move from Delaware to Vermont where he has assumed the duties of executive officer of the Vermont State Hospital at Waterbury. He has served as a hospital business officer in Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York before this recent return to Northern New England.
Art Sullivan recently testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Merchant Marine as the representative of the Great Lakes Ship Owners Association. Art's presence was to deplore the lack of building of new lake ships while the Canadian government has subsidized the building of over fifty new vessels. He also spoke of the increasing breakdown of rail-water coordination and its effect on new investment in more efficient lake boats. As president of the Gartland Steamship Company, Art knows whereof he speaks when the subject is Great Lakes' shipping.
Maybe you readers of eastern newspapers saw a recent photograph of the new Hofstra library which was designed by the firm of which Danny Toan is a partner. Out in Riverside, Calif., Hi Belding, surgeon and father of four boys, has won a seat on the City Council. John Moore recently completed the final phase of a five-year course at the Army Reserve School Associate Command and General Staff at Fort Leavenworth. He is now a lieutenant colonel in the Reserves.
There are only three home football games this season and the informal class reunion is scheduled for the Penn game, October 13-14. Plans call for frequent and spur-of-the-moment gatherings, mainly centered at the MacMillens', 5 North Balch Street. It's still not too late for visiting firemen, especially those who aren't using the rooms I reserved in local inns and therefore haven't counted on, to plan to drop in at the above address when they get to Hanover. Cocktails will be poured there following the game, and we hope for a large turn-out. News of other class gatherings at other games will be publicized here or in the "Indian Drum" as we hear of plans.
That's all for now, but it's nice to have more backlog to write on next month. See you, then, right here. Keep in touch!
Secretary, 5 North Balch St. Hanover, N. H. 03755
Treasurer, 64 North Main St., Concord, N. H. 03301
Bequest Chairman,
