1950
Christmas is a warm wool sweater in Dartmouth green from two delightful daughters. The threat of chills from a lowered thermostat has been dispelled.
The fuel shortage hits everywhere. Our editor had sent a note to abbreviate January's column, but even with a telegraphic style our quota was exhausted by the Yale weekend and '50s minireunion. Several key items were cut.
One victim of the shears was a review of our Executive Committee meeting. We gathered in College Hall 18 members strong. The treasurer's report indicated that the Class is solvent, but your support is still vital. If you have been remiss in sending in your dues, why not attend to it now?
Two important questions came before the committee and were resolved. The first was to change the memorial book program. Instead of subscribing to the purchase of some undefined, anonymous book by the library, the Class will send an appropriate book about the College to our classmate's family. This personal touch, which will be administered by Chuck Gardner, seemed to be more appropriate.
The second decision was to continue the tree purchasing program under the direction of Newc Eldredge. All of you remember how the elms graced the campus. Now most of them are gone; the few remaining are broken and thin. Replacing them retains the grace, and the 1950 maples add their special beauty. The only open question is whether any other type of tree satisfactorily combines beauty and strength. Special hardiness is necessary to withstand North Country winters.
A major subject of discussion was our 25th Reunion. It will be here sooner than you think - now only 16 months away. One position has subsequently been filled: Nev Chamberlain will be our Reunion Chairman. The other important chairman, who will direct the special emphasis on reunion giving for the all important 25-year gift, remains to be appointed. So, mark the date, review your options, and start your plans.
The football season is now long past, but the Ivy league wrap-up remains. One of my special pleasures this autumn was watching the Big Green's progress to its fifth successive championship. The chance to see and talk to so many '50-ites enhanced that pleasure at six of seven ivy games.
In early October after Holy Cross had shut out the team, my forecast was bleak. After the Perm game, it was dismal. Then week by week prospects improved. After the victory over Yale only Cornell appeared capable of preventing at least a tie for the championship.
Neither Columbia nor Princeton mounted a threat. Ken Edelson and I met Dick Echikson at Baker Field. The decisive play was the opening kickoff, which Tom Fleming ran 98 yards for a TD. All that remained was for us to gather at Palmer Stadium together with Scott Olin, BobMcIlwain, Alex Hoffman, and Rick Miller. In the interim, the defense held Cornell scoreless.
At Palmer Stadium in the rain only a few questions remained. The progress of Yale's victory over Harvard precluded a tie. Early scoring by the Big Green and its usual heroic defense settled the championship issue. But time and yards were essential in Rick Klupchak's quest for Dartmouth's career rushing record, which had been set by Coach Jake Crouthamel.
So we watched. Terry and Mary Guider had come early. Bob Kelly arrived with most of his family. During the half we chatted with HarryVan Benschoten, Bill Turino, and Jim Harms.Nink Hoy had come up from Delaware. WaltFisher, Fran Austin, and Kim Swezey huddled in the rain. Alan Mitchell looked on from another section. Late in the second half with victory assured, the offense opened up with its most spectacular plays of the season. Bob McIlwain and Alex Hoffman checked my count; Klupchak had the record after two long jaunts. My summary: it was an exciting team to watch as it matured with each successive game.
After 21 years Larry Batty chucked a great position as marketing manager with GE and an established homestead in upstate New York to become director of marketing for E. D. Bullard in Sausalito, Calif. The company invented hard hats and is a leading safety equipment manufacturer. Larry feels that the emphasis on industrial safety contributes to the prosperity of the firm. He is having a ball in the more comfortable atmosphere of a small business. Living in Martin County helps. Bud MacDonald and his wife have helped the Batty's settle in their new environment. Now he can intersperse his golf with skiing in the high Sierras. Larry and Eleanor will return to Hanover in June when son Robert graduates.
Haverford College has named Roger Hillas to its board of managers. Haverford, established in 1833 by the Society of Friends, is generally considered among the foremost of the nation's excellent small liberal arts colleges. Roger joined the Provident National Bank in 1951 and became its president in 1969. He became president of the bank's holding company, Provident National Corp., in late 1972. As well as being a director for a number of companies, he is also overseer of the William Penn Charter School (his prep school) and chairman of the Lower Gwynedd township planning commission among other school and community activities. Roger and Mary Elizabeth have three children; Roger Jr., is in the Class of 1975.
Bill Balderston, manager of the trust and investment division at Lincoln First Bank, Rochester, N.Y., has been made an executive vice president. He first went to the bank in 1966 as vice president of marketing, and then moved to Lincoln First Banks, Inc. in marketing and corporate planning, including the corporation's entry into credit card and international banking fields. Bill is president of the Allendale and Columbia Schools and of the Genesee Valley Club.
Imperial Chemical Industries America Inc. has named Jerry Smith general manager of its international division. He will continue to be at company headquarters in Wilmington, Del. Jerry had been director of operations planning and services, international, since 1972 when Atlas Chemical Industries, his then-employer, merged with ICI-America. The parent British Company is one of the world's largest chemical firms.
The latest couple to return to New Englard is Jack and Judy Williams. After moving with GE from Schenectady to Chicago, Jack joined the Mead Corporation in Dayton in 1967. Now he has accepted a position as manager of corporate management accounting with Loctite Corp., a small high-growth manufacturer of adhesives and sealants. Jack and Judy will settle in Farmington. Conn., with their three daughters. He hopes to have more opportunities to participate in class and college activities now that he has returned. Welcome back, Jack.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster G. McGaw of Evanston, Ill., have established the Andrew C. Vail Memorial Professorship at the Medical School with a $500,000 gift to the College. The professorship was conceived to encourage research and teaching in kidney diseases. Andy Vail, who succumbed to kidney disease at the age of 8, was Mrs. McGaw's grandson and the son of Jim and Peggy Vail.
Tidbits here and there: These short news clip have suffered most from fuel shortages and acting shears. Fast moving Tom Tomasi is now in Rochester, Minn., with the Mayo Clinic's department of immunology. With the addition of 14 sons and daughters to the Class of '77 we now count 57 progeny among the undergraduates. Bud Gleason tops the list with three; John Craver and John Caldwell each has two with their additions to the frosh. John Caldwell's other son Tim was a guest of honor at the annual ski ball at the Waldorf Astoria. Don Hall was elected a director of the Kansas. City Federal Reserve Bank. Business schedules precluded my chance to ski during a whirlwind trip to Zurich and Munich in mid-December.
Lines at the gas pumps are shortest at 7 a.m.! Stay warm as the north winds blow. Perhaps there is a use for slightly worn thermal ski underwear after all.
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