1940
We are indeed fortunate in having DeJones as guest editor this month. De agreed to filling in when it became apparent that my vacation plans conflicted with the MAGAZINE deadline, so while I'll be living it up on the rum-soaked beaches of St. Croix he will be gathering news of the clan in Chicago-land. Take it away, De. ...
I must have been soft in the head to accept this assignment, but after listening to MacMillen explaining that he would be basking in the sun at St. Croix and couldn't get this column out in time, I agreed to take a crack at it. I guess I should say "we agreed" because Barbara plunged into the fray and wrote each and every member of the Class of '40 in the Chicago area - there are 29 - received answers from 11 - which points up the problem both MacMillen and Sam Williams have in trying to tell you guys what's going on.
In any case, you've read enough about the "Eastern Establishment," so here's what's happening in Chicago. Lawyer DickBabcock reports their oldest son, Dick, is a junior in Hanover; daughter, Liz, a freshman at Stanford, and daughter, Becky, out of Smith last spring. Dick philosophizes that he continued to be troubled for a variety of reasons about Dartmouth's present and future but that's only fair because Dartmouth was undoubtedly troubled about his future when he was there.
When your daughter wins the Class A woman's skeet championship by breaking 248 out of 250 targets you do have to be careful. So says Bob Raclin who heads the Commodity Division of Paine, Webber, Jackson, and Curtis, but will take over the Chicago office before too very long.
Bruce Miller reports from Rockford that he treated his wife to five weeks in Europe to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary that was, presumably, an easy sale a tougher one was convincing President Dickey to deliver the commencement address at Rockford College in May. Bruce has lost none of his persuasive ability.
Master merchandiser Dave Fish is still offering bargains at Montgomery Ward. Wife, Betty, reports that their daughter is spending the summer in Vaxjo, Sweden, as a foreign exchange student. Since Dave and Betty don't speak a word of Swedish, they are flying to Sweden in May for an on-the-spot course. Dave says that when Sears Roebuck's Fred Eaton comes to the States from Caracas, they always get together. That must be interesting! (Does Macy tell Gimbels?)
Dave Leake now has logged over twenty years with McGraw-Hill and just moved to Northbrook where he is full of praise for Diane Holum, Northbrook's own, who covered herself with glory at Grenoble.
Those 22 Pickands-Mather freighters coursing the Great Lakes are under the firm hand of Bill Duncan who manages the Chicago office. He doesn't see many classmates in Chicago, but still sees the Cleveland contingent. Bill figures Scotty Rogers has those well reported, which is the understatement of the year.
Sid and Ginny Craig say their greatest frustration is that they have two round-trip tickets to Switzerland, purchased last October, which may be cancelled for patriotic reasons. Their daughter, Laura, a sophomore at Wells, is still looking for an invitation to Carnival - any takers? Daughter, Nancy, is a casualty of the 20th century as her SAT grades were ground up (literally) in the computer at Princeton.
Bud Weil remarried recently and now claims six children between the ages of 13 and 23. That neither of the two boys seem destined for Dartmouth is the sad capper.
The W.A.R. Society, otherwise known as "We Are Rattling," is the current status of Sue and Bud Raymond who divide their time between Winnetka and Glen Arbor, Mich. They now have a family membership in the Sugar Loaf Ski Area which is a great deal for Bud as he is now old enough to want to come home for lunch.
Roily and Mary Hillas visited Hanover this past June to see their oldest son, Roily, graduate and commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Infantry. Son, Jim, a high school sophomore and swimmer, is going to accompany his coach to Dartmouth for the NCAA Swimming Meet in March to see his brother Bob '70 compete as a varsity swimmer. (Karl Michael, please note.)
Harry McMahon is president of the W. W. Vincent Insurance Agency in the city. He and Betty have a freshman boy at New Trier and their oldest daughter works in Washington for Congressman Rumsfeld.
Rush Williamson, who is with Bell and Howell, vacations with his two boys hiking in the Appalachians or canoeing in the Quatco "while Mom stays home."
The rest of the '40's are, for all intents and purposes, incommunicado, or at least shy about personal publicity. However, the Chicago Alumni Directory indicates the following for those guys that didn't reply:
Ed Baumer is Industrial Relations Manager of U.S. Rubber Company in Joliet. Dick Campbell is with Golf Magazine in Chicago. Bob Castle is president of the Chicago Flag and Decorating Company, as those of you who saw the glorious class flag at the 25th Reunion will remember. JakeCourshon is manager of Engineering Systems Company of Barber Green in Aurora. RayDau doesn't look a day older than he did in 1940. Ken Elliott is director of Market Research at the Sweetheart Cup Corporation. Roscoe Giles is an official court reporter in the Federal District Court. Rowland Hall has turned into quite a sunflsh sailor and is with the Packaging Corporation of America. Russ Hanchett conies in from Elgin occasionally where he is in the insurance business. Marsh Hollander has his own company in Chicago but never having heard from him we don't know what it does. Rudy Horky is director of sales for Liberty Trucking Company. Bob MacDonald is with Newspaper I. John Michael owns the Acorn Press in Maywood. Hal Sommer is a director of Jockey Menswear, Inc. ArtSullivan is president of Gantland Steamship Company. Nick Turkivich was recently promoted to head of D'Arcy's office in Chicago.
As for the Joneses, the whole family flew the "Friendly Skies of United" (plug) to Hawaii this summer for our 25th anniversary which made us feel young again. Son Dewitt '65 is producing television commercials in Hollywood, and son Terry is a sophomore at Denison.
That's the scoop from mid-America. You'll be relieved to know that MacMillen will be back on the job next month.
Since I did get back in time to bend the deadline a bit, I'd like to thank De for his outstanding job of bringing us up-to-date on some classmates too long out of these columns. Knowing the column was in such good hands made life in St. Croix that much more salubrious for me and allowed Crosbie and me to join Bill and Jane Huffman, Scotty and Loomie Rogers, and Karland Ginny Bruch in all the wonderful activities two weeks in paradise affords. It's a delightful fact that Cruzon rum is not only better than Cruzon water but is cheaper as well. Scotty and Bill reacted magnificently to this challenge and rapidly became the best purveyors of rum punch on the island. After a delightful evening with Bob andJune Austin in their home at Fredericksted, we learned about banana daiquiris, which thereafter rivaled the earlier concoction. It was fun to also spend a cocktail hour with Chet and Ruthe Berry who were vacationing on St. Croix, too, and if the bar wasn't too dark we may have a picture here some month to prove it. The Bruchs, Huffmans, Rogers, and MacMillens enthusiastically recommend this vacation spot where the weather and pace combine delightfully to make you "take it easy." And don't forget those rum punches, too!
It won't be long before you will be getting advance information about our 30th reunion, in June 1969, from Chairman J. Malcolm de Sieyes and Co-chairman Elmer T.Browne. Since this occurs in the College's bicentennial year we can expect some extra goodies so you'd better start making your plans to attend now. As a class we're due for some good stadium seats this fall and in anticipation I've reserved a block of rooms in town for the weekend of October 18-19 for our annual off-reunion spree. Unfortunately that isn't the Princeton game so if you're hot to take that one in, you're on your own, but if you need help in getting located for the Brown game let me know.
That's it for another month. Again, grateful thanks to De Jones for his great help. Any other volunteers? Keep in touch.
Secretary, 5 North Balch St. Hanover, N. H. 03755
Class Agent, 200 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10010
