1929

What a great dinner the class had in New York on April 19. These eyes saw Rusty Ayres for the first time since 1925, and Herb Fish, Brownie Waite, John McNamara, Herb Simpson, Bill Bunn, Russ Goudey, for the first time since 1929. And they all look wonderful. The distaff side was well represented by Florence Goudey, Rosamund Moxon, Jan Born, Sue Hubbard, Eleanor Simpson, Katherine Ackley, Lyn Foulks, Dot Bunn, Joan Ball, and Jerry Gunther. ... Just heard that Doug Gray is recuperating from a serious heart attack, but should be home by now. It would be nice to drop him a line at Fort Hill Road, East Sandwich, Mass., to help hasten his recovery....

From president to chairman of the board is the step recently taken by John BrownCook who has headed the Whitney Blake Company of Hamden, Conn., since 1947. J.B. is also chairman of the Reliable Electric Company of Franklin Park, Ill. He is the author of a number of telephonic patents and among many professional memberships he is currently vice president of the Independent Telephone Pioneer Association. J.B. is founder of the Cook Foundation of Hamden.

We hear that Jack Yellin was recently married.... Bill McCaw still looks much as he did in Hanover, when he used to swim on his back faster than most of us on our stomachs.... Ed Chinlund has just been elected a trustee and chairman of the finance committee at the Kiski School.... Johnny Laffey has been named director of Group Training and Special Services at the home office of New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, in Boston....

Phil May has his own subtle way of asking for money for the Alumni Fund, to wit: "Dear Sir, Doctor, Fictitious Class News Hound, Entrepreneur, and other nefarious stuff: Sir, going back over the records including pre-college schools and reformatories, you have failed to send money. If you would contribute to the College each year from now on one tenth of what you collected from your innocent classmates in crap games during the Hanover sojourn, you'd still be ahead of the game, etc."

Cart Strickland, our esteemed Class President, commiserates with me in my effort to gather news, and tells me to keep pitching. Please listen to him, and keep me posted, as the only thing I can print is the whole truth, so help me.

Herb Ball, who has been secretary and general attorney of Johns-Manville Corporation since 1952, has been elevated to vice president and general counsel of the corporation. Before joining Johns-Manville Herb was with the legal department of American Home Products Corp., served as special attorney to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Washington, and was special assistant to the president of Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., Chicago. He took his law degree at Harvard.

Here's news from Don Dudley (Dud Goldman at Dartmouth): "So nice to hear from you. Still in music here in Boston where I own and operate a small orchestra and talent agency. Wife, Mary, kept busy with friends and traveling from Boston to La Habra, Calif. ... Daughter, Charlyn Burton, lives here in Dedham with granddaughter Pam, who will be 16, July 4. I just had to be curious about something; is my daughter Charlyn Burton, born in Boston on October 27, 1929, the first '29 Class Baby? How about my granddaughter, Pam Burton, born in Dedham on July 4, 1951. She may well be the Class First Grandchild. I see a few Dartmouth men occasionally (every so often Ollie Holmes services some party where I am furnishing the music, and when we bump into one another it means a pleasant chat about Hanover days), but I see Dick Johnson often. He tries to keep me properly dressed, and that's not easy, as I have put on about forty pounds since graduation. I remember you quite clearly, and always thought that you were one of the outstanding young men in our class (ha!)."

Note from Dan Luten: "Can't believe the metropolis is really interested in the remote provinces, but here you are: Teaching Spring Quarter UC Santa Barbara, Economic Geography, and my favorite Natural Resources, Population and Conservation. Living in a lovely shack on the beach amidst the affluent undergraduates from Pacific Palisades, and watching the gray whales and the sandpipers...."

Behind your American Express travelers checks stands Bud Foulks, all members of the class will be interested to know. Bud was recently promoted to regional vice president of this division of American Express. He has been with them since 1946, first as assistant to the treasurer and then as assistant vice president. Bud took his law degree at Fordham and is a member of the New York Bar. He and his wife Lyn make their home in New York City.

Jack Irving contributes: "As a government servant of you all, I lead a comparatively quiet life and thus have no startling news to report. I work for the NLRB; some of the positions I might take would probably make the tycoons of the class rush to write letters to the Wall Street Journal and thus give that estimable news-dispenser even more ammunition with which to attack our poor, downtrodden agency. Believe it or not, we sometimes feel that we see the sins on both sides. I did get back to Freshman Fathers weekend, and almost felt young again. We all said the food was really quite good, but the boys insist the deal is loaded when we are there. We are looking forward to Alumni College this summer, and perhaps will see some of you there."

Paul Babcock informs us: "Freshman football at Dartmouth, three years of varsity football at Brown, defeating Dartmouth twice in three years. Occupation is sales engineer, and am supervisor, Public Relations Department of the Boston Edison Company. Wife Evelyn Hanson, sister of Reg Hanson '26. Two sons at Dartmouth, Paul A. Babcock III, senior class, Ernest J. Babcock, freshman class. Ernie played tackle on the freshman football team (hope he doesn't wind up at Brown!)."

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