1949

My rather shopworn copy of the last class directory is open on a random page before me, and I find myself. wondering about two things. I question in my own mind how I could have possibly worked my news beat and contacted classmates without the help of such a book. Secondly, as my eye sweeps across the page I realize that many will not have the same job and live in the same spot as they did at our fifteenth six years ago. Carl Struever, who so capably edits and publishes these directories, has his work cut out for him just to correct home addresses, new job titles, and yes, even include a few family additions.

All of you should have by now received a post card inquiry or two on whether you plan to attend our delayed twentieth reunion this June 19-20-21. We will be in Hanover with the classes of 1950 and 1951 as we were on our fifteenth, and from what I gather reunion chairman GordonThomas expects an excellent turnout. There will be some joint functions with these other classes, and you may recall that John Dahle's 1969 Gold Pick Axe award committee has a second presentation to make at reunion due to a selection of two winners last year. Your friends will be there, you are fat and rich with a big new car, and the kids will drive you nuts if you don't bring them after they've read about the wonderful program planned for them. You will also want to meet and greet our new Dartmouth president, Professor John Kemeny.

One of the joys of Christmas derives from hearing from so many good friends. Ann and Herb Gramstorff sent us a beautiful card with best wishes as did the Bloodsworth family celebrating their second holiday season on the West Coast. The PaulErwins are already talking up our 20th reunion next June 18-21. Hope all of you are, too!! Pat and Bob Zeiser sent a photo of two handsome teen age sons together with their attractive college bound daughter and her horse. Betty and Art Wallace, Bob Reed, the Pridhams, Sweetlands, Mary and Tom McManus, Sue and Bert Rodman, the Bandfields and King Ball all sent nice cards for which we would like to express our thanks. King Ball's new address is 411 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Me. He'd love to hear from any of his old buddies who _ have a pen and paper. Bob Muenzberg writes that he missed the recent fall class weekend because he had to take in Donna's 20th Colby Junior reunion, but they'll certainly be in Hanover in June. The longest note came from Barbara and Jim Huntington who have been scouring the girls' colleges looking for the right one for daughter Lee. If Lee goes to Wheaton as her mother did and Bob and Barbara Reed's daughter Sandy also makes it, Jim and Bob have made a pact to attend the first fathers' weekend to gether.

"The Leominster Enterprise mlorms us that former Bay Stater Russ Hemeuway recently spoke to the women's Republican Club on the subject of "Old Institutions and New Politics." Russ was an administrator for the Marshall Plan for one year in France and three years in Greece, returned to New York to head the New York State Department of Commerce for that city, and is presently the national director of the National Committee for an Effective Congress. News of other New Yorkers includes the announcement by the board of managers of Saint Barnabas Hospital for Chronic Diseases in the Bronx that Tom Barr has been made a member of that group. Tom is president of the New York building firm of Barr and Barr, Inc. and is also president of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers and of the Master Carpenters Association. A photograph and thumbnail resume of the doings of one Albert R. Hughes, our fearless newsletter editor, were picked up in the New York Investment Dealers Digest. "Bud" is currently a partner of Lord, Abbett and Company and national sales manager of Affiliated Fund and American Business Shares, both star performers in the mutual fund field. The securities business has been a rewarding one for many of our classmates all over the country. Now comes Don Cummings as mahatma of Cummings and Taylor, a leading New York-based brokerage house, to make his pitch to the affluent academia. His firm has acquired the Hanover office of Dominick and Dominick. With Don it is more a case of covering the home front because he was raised in nearby Lebanon. Another classmate, Glenn Mohrman, is covering the national scene headquartered in Princeton, N. J., yet another center of culture and coeducation. Glenn has recently joined the staff of Opinion Research Corporation as a senior research executive.

When I attempt to explain what Jim Flanders is now doing I feel a little like the floor sweeper who answered the absent doctor's phone with "When I said hello I told you all I know." Jim's just got to be one smart fellow, all right. He has just been made treasurer of Intermetrics Incorporated of Springfield, Mass., a new corporation specializing in airborne digital systems, real time data processing, and man-interactive system design. I am saved by the rather graphic last paragraph which states that the new firm is concerned with air safety improvement and development of a proximity warning indicator evaluation experiment for aircraft.

Final note for the month is taken of one George Hinners, erstwhile Chicago banker, who has just been elevated to second vice president by the Continental Bank. George has been with the bank since 1955, specializing in trust work and still finds time to be music director of the Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston.

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