1939

This column must be written in some haste and with pressure hanging over us, this being the day before Christmas and all that implies. Our son is just home from his senior year at Carolina on what may be the last Christmas vacation we all have together for a while, what with service requirements coming next for him, so we've planned something different. We leave the day after Christmas for Jacksonville to see the Gator Bowl with friends, then on to New Orleans for a gourmet trip through Bourbon Street, climaxed by the Sugar Bowl. Dot and I are really looking forward to this trip. We are writing this foolishness two weeks earlier than usual, as the deadline comes while we're on the road.

A photograph of a happy Dave Lilly was featured in a recent brochure on the Third Century Fund. Dave is Minnesota chairman for the fund and was shown with President Dickey at their kickoff dinner up there.

Other classmates listed in the new address list of alumni officers include Bob Gibson, senior alumni member of the Athletic Council; Al Tishman, member of the executive committee of the General Alumni Association; Harry Edmondson, secretary of the Santa Barbara alumni club; Lou Highmark, president of the Indianapolis alumni club; John Gaunllett, president of the Southern Tier Alumni Club in Ithaca; Paul Dorsey, president of the Dartmouth Club of Nashville and Middle Tennessee; Baxter Prescott, secretary of the Dartmouth Club of West Virginia; Robb DeGraff, district enrollment for Delaware; Baxter Prescott for West Virginia; Paul Dorsey for Central Tennessee; George Neiley for Southern Illinois; JohnMecklin on the Advisory Board of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE; Zeke Hill, Alumni Representative on the Board of Proprietors of The Dartmouth; and BobKaiser, executive secretary of the Bequest Program. A rousing Wah Hoo Wah for all hands!

Bill Andrus has moved to Jamaica, Vt. Col. Bob Hall should be addressed Surgeon, USCONARC, Fort Monroe, Va., which means he's on the headquarters staff of the U.S. Continental Army Command (but not in the Revolutionary War). John Wood has moved his family to 32 North St. in Mattapoisett, Mass., another one of those tonguetwisters. Clem Burnap has moved up the coast to 2255 Bay St. in San Francisco. BobNuffiort is now associate general manager in the Minneapolis office of Prudential and lives on Route 7, Wayzata, Minn. Chet Wiggin gets his mail at Box 8, Contoocook, N. H., and is still the administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire.

We read with sorrow that Howard Bemis died on November 30 in Suffield, Conn. There will be an obituary in a subsequent issue.

The current issue of House Beautiful features Joe Batchelder's pool, which has to be seen to be believed.

We hear that Bill Mason, who heads the White Plains office of I.B.M., recently received a promotion. He and Kit live in Darien, and Bill is a hard man to beat at the Darien Country Club.

Junie Merriam and wife Marty are seen frequently playing paddle tennis at the Wee Burn Country Club as they tone up their muscles for the rigorous competitions at our forthcoming reunion. He leaves for Japan on a business trip soon.

Horton Wainright, who is a big wheel at Time Magazine, was a recent prize winner at a Sales Executive Club meeting in the big city.

Bill Tucker has been elected a director and executive vice president of Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He has been with the company since 1944 and since 1964 has been vice president, manufacturing and engineering. After Dartmouth, he took on M.I.T. and received his M.S. in 1942. Since then his work has taken him to a variety of places including California and The Netherlands. He and his wife Beryl and two daughters live in Manhattan at 7 Gracie Square.

There was a full-page photograph of a very youthful Skip Morse in Purchasing Week magazine recently. They had a great story about Skip entitled "Dealing with People Is the Key." He's director of purchases for Union Camp Corp. in New York, but you may remember he had a go at politics as mayor of Easton, Pa., a while back. There used to be a little old lady there whose dog suffered a nervous fit every July 4 as a result of the fireworks display put on by the city. Every time it happened, she'd call up the mayor and complain. "It was an annual problem," says Skip, "but dealing with people is the key." Politics is only one of many endeavors Morse has tried. He's also been a plant manager, a naval officer, a time-and-motion-study man, a construction manager, and co-owner of his own company, as well as purchasing executive. We read that Skip acquired his nickname at age 13 while living in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., after he took up sailing in the Great South Bay. Our space doesn't allow all the quotable quotes and interesting experiences this guy has had in the business world. In 1948 he and his brother formed Morservice Co. in Easton to sell and install storm windows, metal awnings, and insulation. "We were the company," says Morse. "We did all our selling door-to-door, and did the installation, too. It worked out to about six twenty-hour days a week." By. 1951 with the business grossing $1OO,OOO a year, Skip felt his city was suffering from hardening of the arteries and that he could make a contribution. He ran for mayor as a Republican in an area where 70% of the registered voters were Democrats. He called personally on every voter in his home town and asked them all what they felt could be done to make Easton a better community. He used the answers as his platform and won the election. After one term he went back to business and has since climbed steadily upward at Union Camp. Congratulations, Skip, and we look forward to seeing you and Penney at reunion.

Our reunion leader Moose Wyman and his charming wife Betsy opened their home to the first meeting of the '39 Reunion Committee and wives in late November. Plans were reviewed for such varying responsibilities as dining facilities, housing sites, boozing areas, activities for the young and young at heart, and of course location for THE TENT. Moose, who not only serves as chairman and is carrying the big load but also will serve as sub-chairman of the Fireworks Committee, reported that the initial response of those classmates replying they will be there well exceeds that of any thirtieth reuning class in the history of the College. This adds up to our biggest reunion ever and of course is a great tribute to The College on the Hill, which celebrates its two hundredth year with us.

Detailed plans will be announced in Walt Darby's newsletter. If the guys who wrote "maybe" change to "will be," please let Moose know at once. Remember, this will be the biggest yet, and it must be planned or we could "run out of Schlitz, and if you're out of..." The dates are June 16, 17, and 18, 1969. Beg, borrow, or steal to get there. Beg your wife to come, borrow the company plane, and steal away home. But please come.

Secretary, Box 38 Cashiers, North Carolina 28717

Treasurer, 666 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10019

Bequest Chairman,