1939
We received a note from the daughter of TedDakin reporting his death as of November 20 as a result of an acute intracranial hemorrhage. Ted was living at 6720 Ogden, Berwyn, III. 60402, and was a doctor.
To complete the saga of Chet Wiggin, whom you will recall in one of our recent columns was anticipating (according to the Boston Globe) a commissionship with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington - well, he was sworn in to the post on October 24. A communication from Chet reports that he finds it an interesting assignment, but until he determines whether he will be reappointed for a full term, he is commuting to Washington, D.C., from New Hampshire on a weekly basis. He also reports that Joyce, the dog and two cats (he lost one) continue to eat well, not withstanding his change in employment.
Bill Bachman, a senior vice president of D'Arcy, McManus and Masius, advertising, continues in the VIP department of the nation's auto clubs. The immediate past president of the American Automobile Association, he remains on the national AAA Board Committee, but has just been elected as the 29th president of the Automobile Club of Michigan, and he is the first former employee to receive that honor.
Art Larkin pops into the news once again as the new president of the Keebler Company, producers of cookies and crackers. You will recall perhaps that Art took early retirement from a similar post at General Foods last April.
Jake Holland kindly sent us a note about his move to Vermont. Jake says he was caught in a conglomerate which swallowed up his old company, and after "three years of trying," he resigned, and moved with no immediate plans in mind. His son Tom was graduated from Dartmouth this past June. His second son David is a junior at Puget Sound College in Tacoma, Wash. Jake allows as how it is cold in Vermont. (as he remembers it) but also peaceful.
Wolf Naylor dropped us a line regretting that he could not make our fall reunion, which is his usual custom. He did get back to Hanover, though, in the fall to go over some Psi U. matters with Bob Kaiser. Being an old thespian. Wolf ruminated that Hanover will never be quite the same with Warner Bentley and Henry Williams gone. But drama remains a major interest as Wolf is a member of a theater group in Wayland, Mass., and of Pilgrim Players (who operate out of Old South Church in Boston) and the local Concord Players. He is currently trying to dream up a proper vehicle for his talents next fall (Mike Ellis please note.).
Phil Keller has apparently moved into a new phase in his life. A lawyer out of the Boston area most of his life, he served early on as law secretary to the Justices of the Massachusetts Surpeme Court, and then went on to his own practice, concentrating primarily on federal law. In 1958, he gave up active practice, and formed the Melamite Corporation, manufacturers of high pressure laminates similar to formica. This company did so well they were bought by Johns-Manville, and until a few months ago, Kel headed up the division, then chucking the whole active business world and heading for Meredith, N.H., where he had summered for years. In his new digs, Kel keeps busy as the new owner of the Playhouse Inn and its counterpart, the Gilford Playhouse. He is renovating both, and gives every indication that the restaurant-inn-playhouse combination will be the finest in New England (Wolf Naylor, please note). On the side, Kel has other interests, such as apartment buildings in Florida as well as other property, a large interest in a firm manufacturing fiberglass bathtubs and other products, as well as an interest in a computer data company.
Ev Woodman sent us a copy of "The Nature Conservancy News" which gives us a good idea of what he is doing as the organization's new president. Woody points out in a note that Alexander Calder, chairman of the board of Union Camp which gave the generous 50,000-acre Dismal Swamp for conservation purposes, is a member of the Class of 1938. Says Woody, "It's wonderful how Dartmouth connections keep connecting and we all should be grate, ful for the benefits of that association" Further he states, "Although we miss Colby in New London, a great and unusual college of which we are enormously proud, the new concerns and responsibilities are consuming and rewarding." He ends with an invitation to all '39ers to drop in at 1429 Montague Drive, Vienna, Va„ or at The Nature Conservancy headquarters in Arlington, Va., should anyone be in the area.
We conclude with a few address changes: Dick Brooks at "Hi-de-Ho," Warwick, Bermuda; Dick Hobbs from West Ossipee, N.H. to Apt. 412, Crane Crest Apts., 1850 South Ocean Blvd., Pompano Beach, Fla. 33062; John Parke 18514 Pine St., Burlington, Vt. 05401; Rod Stebbins can be reached at United Bank of Denver, 1740 Broadway, Denver, Colo. 80202.
Be back in April. How time flies!
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