1950
Marlene and I had the good fortune to be in Hanover for part of the Winter Carnival weekend. Of course, it took a non-budgeted four bucks to get out of town on Sunday, as the minus-ten degree temperature and strong wind which prevailed during the waning hours of the weekend were a little too much for the old Ford to cope with, necessitating a call to a much overworked garageman. However, it was well worth it to see the fine ski and swimming teams and glee club in action (we deferred hockey and basketball to another time, but I understand that both squads should fare better during the 1967-8 season). Also, the first female snow sculpture ever to grace the center of the common was well worth eyeballing, though there were few other sculptures to rave about; warm weather late in the week had been the undoing of various smaller efforts although the artistry of a few fraternities such as the Tri-Kaps still was apparent. The steel framework of the Hanover Inn was in place, so that project should come along fast during the next few months. And the newly dedicated Kiewit Computation Center was in business; the modern one-story building located approximately opposite the Gamma Delt house on North Main Street also serves to block out from view a few of the gaudy panels of the Bradley Mathematics Center.
From this point on, if you find this column has some information strikingly similar to that in current "50-50's," I'll confess it's the truth for inasmuch as my larder of original data is nearly depleted I'll meld in some gleaned from "Minute Messages" which JoeMedlicott sent over for my perusal. We greatly appreciate the numerous responses received on these postage-paid cards, and encourage you to send in many more of the same. Wives, if you find that your beloved has chucked one into the round file or see that it is gathering dust in some cubby hole of his desk, retrieve it and send it along to Joe with a few choice words of wisdom; the more specific the data is, the more meaningful it will be to many.
The first meld of info concerns Dave Tillotson, whose current Air Force assignment has taken him to Vietnam. I'm sure that he would be delighted to hear from you fellows; mail should be sent to Capt. David Tillotson Jr., FR48387, Det. 14, 1131 USAF Sped. Acty. Sq., APO San Francisco, Calif. 96263. Dave expects to have another Far Eastern assignment following duty in Vietnam, one in which his family, which now is in New Hampshire, will be with him. He doesn't see many familiar faces in his present post, but reports that there is a very active Dartmouth group in Tokyo.
One of the Tokyo members is Don Geis, who is permanently situated in Japan as partner in the tax and accounting firm of International Economic Services, 1-21 7-chrome, Okasaka, Minato-Ku, Tokyo.
Another man in action in the hot spot of the world is Bob O'Neil, who now is executive officer of the attack carrier "USS Kitty Hawk." Bob recently was promoted to captain, USN, but I don't imagine he has much occasion to wear the dress blues with the four stripes while the carrier is positioned on "Yankee Station" sending her planes on missions over Vietnam. Bob also would appreciate correspondence; the official naval address is Capt. Robert O'Neil, USN, "USS Kitty Hawk" (CVA-63), c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif. Bob believes he'll receive a new set of orders in mid-year which will send him and his family to the East Coast.
Paul Van Orden has been named manager of marketing for the Tape Products Business Section of General Electric's Radio Receiver Department in Utica, N. Y. He joined G.E. in 1955 after earning an M.B.A. at Northwestern, serving as an Air Force officer, and working as a sales analyst for the Rapids Standard Company. Paul has held several marketing positions for G.E. prior to his most recent appointment as manager of distributor sales.
Should anyone ponder the question of whether communicating with his congressman is worthwhile, Kim Swezey is one who will vouch for the fact that it can produce dramatic results, even on an issue of international import. His case-history involves his brother-in-law, Vladimer Kazan-Komarek of Wellesley, Mass., a name which many of you will recognize as being connected with a recent episode in Czechoslovakia involving detention, trial and surprisingly fast release. The great interest and hard, concerted efforts of many interested U.S. citizens who were aroused, including many in both the graduate and undergraduate Dartmouth ranks, were extremely significant in the happy ending of this tale of Communist intrigue.
Kim is president of Swezy's Department Store which is located on Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island, N. Y. When not tending this newly expanded, 60,000 sq. ft. full-line store, or sitting on some hospital or YMCA board, or recruiting or interviewing for the Big Green, Kim usually is involved in a myriad of family activities with wife Nancy and 6 children, ranging in age from 2 to 13. 27 Handsome Ave., Sayville, L. I., N. Y., is the Swezy residence.
We have a new Sarasota, Fla., address for Gerard E. Breyton: 4415 Mangrove Place. John L. Carleton, who is public relations specialist for Employers Insurance of Wausau, has the new one of 616 Franklin Street, Wausau, Wis. 54401. Dr. Donald G. Russell lists 73 Cedar Street, New Britain, Conn. 06052 as his new spot, while Larry Batty has moved into the heart of the General Electric empire to 2284 Pinehaven Drive, Schenectady, N. Y. 12309. Last but not least of the current changes is that of JohE E.Sickman, to Box 43, Hinesburg, Vt. 05461. I'm not sure whether John's real estate activities up there are related to the mushrooming skiing business, but our north country has had some mighty fine skiing lately after a mid-season period when some of the slopes were pretty barren of the white stuff.
Speaking of real estate, Henry Barnes, secretary-controller of the Treadway Inns Corp. in Rochester, N. Y., encourages anyone with a large plot of ground and an urge to develop a motor inn to contact him. Being in the mortgage business myself, I'd better add that the plot needs to have a few other attributes too, such as being situated at a strategically located Interstate Camel Route intersection in the. Sahara (with underlying oil and mineral rights, of course).
Dave Sleeper has a strategically situated abode down in Temple Terrace, Fla., at least from the golfers' viewpoint, located between the sth, 6th, 7th and 8th fairways of the Terrace Temple Golf and Country Club. He manages to duck the small white missiles en route to his Ph.D.'s podium before marketing and management classes at the University of South Florida in Tampa, though maybe he, Judith and their two youngsters could live quite well on the proceeds from selling golf balls which land on their 418 Belle Aire Avenue property.
Secretary, 19 Claybar Dr. West Hartford, Conn. 16117
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