1937
Although wide publicity was given by the news media there may be some who will be shocked to hear that JohnHandrahan died last June. Details appear in the obituary section. We also had belated word of Russ Hutton's death in 1969 on which we are still trying to get information.
The final figures on our reunion gift program under class agent Chuck Bassett came to the startling amount of $90,000, although discounting one $15,000 gift not credited for Alumni Fund purposes. Our Class raised the highest dollar amount for all classes in the 72-year period from '98 through "70. General alumni participation was 59%, we had 66.4%. With a prior record of $51,000 for any 35th reunion class our total almost doubled that record. And this was Chuck's first year on the job! Credit also goes to Fran Fenn as his erstwhile co-worker. This was, in Fund Chairman Bosworth's words, a magnificent achievement which depended on all members of our class.
We are sorry to report that Frank Robin decided to retire as class treasurer. Having served a full and dedicated term, he felt someone else should participate and our new Chairman Fred Asher has appointed Tom Nast in his place. Tom lives at 14 Burling Ave., White Plains, N. Y. 10605. And since Johns-Manville's entire headquarters is moving to Denver, Colorado, Bill Falion and Mary Lou are due there October first. He says the news was disquieting at first but their card from there at the end of June said they were "land- hunting" and. now looking forward to the new adventure. Bill has also asked for "pasture" as chairman of the nominating, committee and Gus Farwell has agreed to take it on with help from Bob McCoy and Bill Rotch. Gus is no longer in the Warner foundation garment business but is now (as he describes it) dabbling in commercial real estate in the Bridgeport (Conn.) area. At reunion he was trying to pawn off a nine-million-dollar building on anyone interested. We'll sure miss Falion and Company's organization of '37 tent space at the Yale game.
Any secretary's Utopia is a reunion. As usual, due to a continuing round of cocktail parties and allied events we find our notebook cluttered with meaningless blotted trivia which, at the time entered two months ago, were individual and monumental news scoops relative to each and all. We'll attempt to decipher a few.
Roily and Belem Kent for instance. He has long resided in Mexico with GM and a few years back was transferred to New York. This he did not enjoy. So he's back in Mexico with a GM dealership and happy again. He apparently engineered a business trip while Belem drove up meeting him in New Jersey, thence to Hanover. CrawfHinman finds himself in the unenviable financial position of having two sons in Dartmouth this fall, one a freshman and the other a returnee. Dana Douglass and Jack Devlin were two who had planned to come but had to cancel at the last minute, the former due to sudden business pressures and the latter. due to wife Helen coming down with broken leg.
It was Charley Schaaf's first trip east in twenty years and wife Joni's first ever. They trekked Boston's Freedom Trail en route and Charley remarked on how Boston had sure changed!
Anyone noting California license plate ERIC-37 anywhere last June it was EricRafter. He, Elsie, and their dog, drove east for the big event but Elsie got sick and had to fly home leaving him and his dog friend on their own. Last we saw of Eric he was happy to have found a note by a California student on the "Rides Wanted" bulletin board in Hopkins Center and all three were loading up for the long journey home.
Our space has been cut this month but there's lots more. Tune in in 30 days.
Bill Timbers '37, former Chief Judge of the U. S. District Court of Connecticut, tookthe oath this summer as Judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. JusticeJohn M. Harlan of the U. S. Supreme Court (r) administered the oath.
Secretary, ROBERT c. BANKART 10 Colby Rd. Wellesley, Mass. 02181
Treasurer, THOMAS D. NAST 14 Burling Ave., White Plains, N. Y. 10605
