1936

It wouldn't be June without news about brides. Mary Weisman, daughter of Johnand Helen Weisman of Crestwood, N. Y., has announced her engagement to Robert B. Bowling of Baltimore. Bob is an assistant buyer with the J. C. Penney Co. working out of the New York Corporate offices. Mary should have no trouble with the family budget after the wedding in September. She is a licensed broker and portfolio analyst with Hornblower, Weeks - Hemphill, Noyes. The Weisman girls are all Smith alumni - Helen '36 and her two daughters, Mary '64 and Connie '67. Connie is currently lecturing on art and art history in the Dept. of Education at the Metropolitan Museum or Art.

Don and Anne Robbins of Fairfield, Conn., announced the engagement of, their daughter, Patricia, to Richard Bowerman of Orange, Conn. Patty is a junior at Elmira College. Bob is an alumnus of Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania and is currently serving in the U. S. Air Force and attending Language School at Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D. C. The wedding date might be late in 1969 dependent on the U.S.A.F. All the Robbins will then have left the nest.

Doug and Ruth Miller recently reported a change of address in Tampa, Fla. A card of inquiry disclosed that Doug is Director of Training at Lykes Pasco Packing Co. m Dade City. Their two sons are enjoying the sun outside of Florida. Doug III is an auditor with the Southland Corporation in Dallas, Texas, while Laurance, an alumnus of the University of Southern Florida, is in the submarine service in the Pacific.

In recognition of his noteworthy service and his significant contribution through scouting, the Mattatuck Council of Waterbury, Conn., Boy Scouts of America, has conferred the Silver Beaver Award on Morris Stein. Morrie has been a member of the Council since 1961 and is presently on its executive board.

The Alumni Fund Kickoff dinner in New York City shortly after Easter was sparsely attended by '36. Larry Marx sat on the dais as co-chairman of the Third Century Fund. Dick Dorrance joined us for the cocktail hour, but was too busy working on a hot project to stay for dinner. Dick is about to become a grandfather for the third time. His son, Sturges, has two daughters, so a boy would lend variety. When we sat down to dinner, the '36 contingent was Gil Balkam, Ed Merrill, Dick Morton, and me. Ed Merrill is now working in New York City commuting from Pompton Lakes, N. J., to Radio City where he is with the Tax Department of the Singer Manufacturing Co. Ed was controller with the General Precisions Equipment Co. until their recent merger with Singer. His son, Edwin, is attending Monmouth College in Illinois and is majoring in sociology and Far Eastern Affairs. His daughter, Nancy, will graduate from high school this June and is enrolled for the fall at Bethany College in West Virginia.

Dick Morton reported that his son, Don, who graduates from Dartmouth this June, will remain in Hanover next fall for his graduate degree in engineering at Thayer. Dick and Madine's older son, Bob, could not escape the service after his marriage and is currently Coast Guard Security Officer at Jacksonville, Fla.

Dick Brieriey and family are coming back to the U.S.A. He has been named vice president-corporate devel- opment of the Bristol- Myers parent company headquartered in New York. He had been president of Bristol- Myers Canada Ltd. since 1968 when the Canadian operation was reorganized. After receiving an M.C.S. degree from Tuck, he joined Armstrong Cork Company in 1937. Then in 1942 he went to Archer Daniels Midland Company, where he served as executive vice president from 1958 to 1961. He moved to the Drackett Company, now a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers, in 1961 as Vice President and Secretary, and from 1965 until last year he served as executive vice president of Drackett.

Class officers weekend was held in Hanover on May 2-3. This presented an opportunity to convene the '36 Class Executive Committee meeting since all the officers would be on hand. Phil and Leslie McInnis again opened their home for the meeting and the cocktail party which followed. Twenty classmates, 18 lovely wives and four children had a pleasant time renewing acquaintances and enjoying the glorious weather of an ideal spring weekend in Hanover. Those members of the Executive Committee who could not attend were as newsworthy as those in attendance. Dick and SueTreadway were in St. Croix, the Virgin Islands, for a postponed vacation. Jim Tindle was in Teheran, Iran, to visit his daughter. Barbara and Pete Fitzherbert had just arrived back in Maine after a trip to Hawaii and didn't have the strength to pack another bag. As much as Al Butler wanted to attend, it was just too far from Vero Beach, Fla. Ross and Bounce Woodbridge and their daughter, Martha, had just returned from a three-week trip through five European countries, but their homecoming was marred by the sudden death of Ross's brother, Paul, of Quechee, Vt. During the cocktail hour I learned that Bern Woods of Hanover will leave the Woodstock Country Day School at the end of this term and join the staff at the Cardigan School where he will teach French and German and, of course, a little skiing. Dick Stowell had journeyed over from Vestal, N. Y., where he is professor of accounting at the Broome County Community College. Ann Higgins (Mrs. Herb Higgins) is still on the staff of Tuck School but will spend the summer as Librarian of the Tower Room of Baker Library.

Some of the automobiles received favorable comment - particularly Bob Densmore's Porsche and Gene Tamburi's Rolls Silver Cloud. Gene was recently honored at the Boston Hotel Show with an award appointing him to their Hospitality Hall of Fame. Paul Cleaveland, Joe Millimet, and Bob Keeler attended the thirtieth reunion of the Yale Law School in New Haven during April.

This is the last column until October. Don't forget our informal reunion at Dexter's Lodge in Sunapee, N. H., during the Penn-Dartmouth game weekend of October 11. ... Send your reservations to ChuckAaron, Innkeeper. An informal get-together is also planned for the Yale game on Nov. 1. Those who will be in New England during the summer should try to attend the second annual lobster feast in southern Maine. If you want the details, just drop me a line. In the meantime have a pleasant and relaxing summer.

Helen and Sey Ochsner '37 and familywelcome Dartmouth visitors to New Orleans. Bill Bankart took the picture.

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