1937

This being the last issue before summer vacation is therefore the final plug on the alumni fund. At this writing our results have shown marked improvement which, if carried through to the June 30 deadline, might be ample evidence that Fred Asher should be carried from the arena (exhausted) on the shoulders of his exuberant team to the resounding applause of our whole class cheering section.-So if you have not joined the '37 rebellion you've only got a couple of weeks to get this deductable item in the mail when it will count most for us.

We had a long, welcome letter from GiSt. Clair stating he had retired as an executive of the S. B. Penick Company in New York and he and Florence were spending most of their time in travel. They had just returned from five months in Europe and were about to leave for Sicily and southern Spain. Their other son, Lige, married a lovely girl and the two grandsons are a real joy to all.

With mergers so commonplace today here's one the Wall Street Journal missed. Two famous girls' boarding schools, Stone-leigh-Prospect Hill in Greenfield, Mass., and the Mary A. Burnham School in Northampton, will combine in the beautiful country location of the former where new building and expansion are now under way. The actual merger is scheduled for fall 1968. These schools have long been part of the Emerson family with Jim Emerson business manager at Burnham. Since Rahar's was taken over by Smith as a utility building looks like the old town ain't the same no more.

This month's kudos. Bob Bohlke, associate professor of sociology at American International College in Springfield, Mass., was invited to deliver his report on "Negro Youth and the Negro Revolt" at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in New York. He has been very active in the field of such social problems and has had several papers published. Shel Wagner was recently seeking his fourth term as mayor of Hastings-on-Hudson. Word from many sources tells us Ben Doran was elected a director of Union Camp Corp. and continues as vice president, also that Ronny Brown received the award of Man-of-the-Year from the Waterville Area Chamber of Commerce at a dinner with some 300 people giving him a standing ovation. Carl Kay, partner of Ward, Howell Associates, an executive recruiting firm in New York, was elected a director of Unexcelled, Inc., maker of electronic equipment, operator of discount department stores, and a cargo airline. Gardner Cook, long-time attorney and Fitchburg fixture, will lead the Lunenburg (Mass.) division of the United Fund next season. Dr. John Greenleaf, in conjunction with another optometrist, is opening an office in Westfield, N. Y. They have served the Dunkirk-Fredonia area for the past twenty years. Morgan McGuire was principal speaker at the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick meeting in Westerly, R. I. He's a New London, Conn., lawyer and past president of the County Bar Association plus many other activities there and in his hometown of North Stonington.

Al Romanow, paper box king of Boston, has bought an interest in a small paper mill in Thompson, Conn., to assure himself of continuing supplies in a paper tight market. John Meston, former TV writer fondly remembered on the "Gunsmoke" by-line, says, "That program was a favorite of mine, too, but in a stretch of sanity I quit a couple of years ago. Went to Europe to avoid accomplishing anything for a year and since have been mostly in southern California. In my efforts to avoid TV I have just finished an original screen play which may or may rot sell. I expect I'm the only man in Dart- mouth history to marry a bull fighter. Just heard Dave Camerer is skiing at Kloster's, that's his reward for writing a novel about Dartmouth." Walt Lindemann comes up with an understatement "Three youngsters through college, one in and four more at home including a three-year-old boy. All keep us busy!" Jerry Golenbock's boy, Peter, graduates from Dartmouth this month. He was sports editor of the Daily D; N. Y. Times correspondent, and sportswriter for this MAGAZINE after Ernie Roberts left. Son, Bob, a freshman at Princeton and daughter, Wendy, at Northfield School for Girls. KiAyoob says "Greetings from the north country. Still city editor of Bangor (Me.) Daily News - love Maine, four seasons, bowling, gardening, wife, and Weimaraner dog who never says anything bad about me. Our son is in personnel work with CDC in Philadelphia."

George Zeiss reports: "Still a slave at Stokely-Van Camp which is about the third largest food canner and freezer in the world. Son, Michael, accepted in class of 1971 under early decisions so I shall return to Hanover for the first time since graduation this fall when classes start. We are very happy about it." Dave Hall "No change, still with Frost advertising in Boston. Ran into DonOtis at his real estate office in Hampton, N. H." John Ward "Just got back from skiing Jackson Hole, Wyo., enough snow to satisfy anyone although I still have trouble with deep powder. Enjoyed skiing Vail with my daughter who attends Colorado College." Elsom Eldridge says "Moved from New England in 1955 to become Executive Secretary of Leadership Training for the National Council of the Episcopal Church. Then in 1958 to St. Louis as director of educational center, a small foundation doing research and consultation. Our three boys all married including Mark '65 now getting an M.A. in city planning at U.N.C."

A nice bit of spring news was the April election of Em Brightman as senior vice president of The Grand Union Company, a 542-store food and general merchandise retailing chain. Em, who had been vice president since 1958, became a director of the company four years ago. He is responsible for all food store merchandising functions, including purchasing, sales and promotion. Em has a master's degree from Harvard Business School and resides in Upper Montclair, N. J.

Charley Fowler still with Air Force Cambridge Research Lab as a librarian. They have five daughters and two sons, age span 8-20. One daughter Holyoke, other at Conn. College. We got an address change on Larry Brooks in Marion (Mass.) but it was only a house renumbering operation. Son, Tom '62, joins the English department faculty at U. of California next fall and their daughter turned them into grandparents. Ed Perry indicates he and Fran just sit around watching their three kids grow up. Young Ed '64 just got his Ph.D. and wants to teach at Dartmouth. Big Ed was pleased to read that Sherm Blake finally settled down. John Doukas tells us from Maxwell AFB that he's being processed for medical retirement for the summer and will write more later. Bill Parrish writes "Have been at Control Data Corp. here in Minneapolis for three years - government systems, polaris sub, computers, etc." Phil Harlow continues in the sales field with 3M based in Hartford. Don Rowley's wife, Charlotte, took over his card and replied with a nice letter. Says Don's intentions are good but he's so busy running six Ohio newspapers, a radio station, a music business, a Hereford cattle ranch on the Mexican border, trustee of Kent State also the Ohio Newspaper Association, that she only occasionally passes him on the stairs - last view he looked well! Their two sons are now part of the business which is most satisfying to them.

Don't forget our fall meeting in Hanover October 13/14. AND the fund, NOW. See ya later.

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