1949

This is my last column of my second year in this business, so I hope you have borne with me, and I'll promise to try to do better in the future. Of course, my activity depends directly on your cooperation, so make a mental note to pitch in next year and help. I'll stuff this column with as much as they'll take, because the news would become stale by fall.

Before I get into my own news, I again want to remind you of the great job the Fund is doing. The most recent "Little Green Derby" results show our class LEADING. We should be very proud of the record, and we should all want to remain at the top by doing our share. Help the college through the Fund Drive!!

By the time you read this our Boston and Hanover '49 get-togethers will be over and will have been, I hope, a success. Our third proposed luncheon is for New York on Saturday, June 16, at the familiar Dartmouth Club. This has been arranged by Johnny Adler, who deserves all credit, and the class treasury will bear some of the expense, as per our generous treasurer, Dave Vogels, who's a fly-boy instructor down at Randolph Field, Tex. Cards will be sent to all of you within 4.0 miles of N.Y.C. so expect them, and plan to attend. RankLashmet, my Chicago agent, writes that he's formulating plans for a similar Chicago gettogether, so you in that area may be able to help. His address again is 887 Sheridan Rd., Glencoe.

Now my month's poop . . . Marriages of the month (some repetition) . . . Ray Hammel of Honesdale, Pa., married Miss Marion Elizabeth Hull of Syracuse. Dr. Bob DeForest of Burlington, Vt., married Miss Lorraine Knight of Medfield, Mass. . . . John Brewer of Euclid, 0., married Miss Elisabeth C. Morehouse of Bridgeport, Conn. . . . Jay Rosenfield of Brookline, Mass., to Miss Barbara Mann of Brookline. . . . Ensign Anthony Lyons of Bayside, L. I., married Miss Irene Johnson of Woodside, L. I. . . . Dick Carr of New Canaan, Conn., married Miss Sarah J. Hughes of Rochester, N. Y. . . . Engagements: Phil Johnson (Med School '49) of Upper Montclair, N. J., to Miss Carol Edna Bonsai of Upper Montclair. . . . Rank Lashmet of Glencoe, Ill., to Miss Julie LoefFell also of Glencoe. . . . Dave Gifford of Flushing, L. 1., to Miss Dorothy Mae Kohl of Asbury Park, N. J.. . . Lt. DaveVogels presently of Randolph Field, Tex., to Miss Mary Stetson Prescott of North Dartmouth, Mass. . . . Rocket Reed of Boston to Miss Barbara Jane Bee of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. ... Tom Mullen of Rockville Centre, N. Y., to Miss Marylou Morgan, also of Rockville Centre.

Recent Hanover Inn guests were Lee Fancher andMr. & Airs. Jim W. Smith on March 18 and ReedParker on March 21.

Clipping from Great Neck, L. 1., reports that Ort Hicks, a resident of that town, spoke to the annual meeting of the G. N. Council of Girl Scouts on his recent trip to Norway. Ort went as "ambassador" from Great Neck. He's at present in the advertising business. .. . Bill McCabe has been placed by the State Mutual Life Assurance Cos. (one of the outfits I too work for) into their Cincinnati office. . . . From the Houston (Tex.) Press comes one of a series of articles written for them by Pvt.Ray Powers called "Diary of a New Draftee" (at Camp Hood, Tex.). Ray writes with a great deal of humor, spurred by sarcasm. . .. R.C.A. Victor writes that Rank Lashmet has recently been promoted to Sales Supervisor of the Home Instrument Dept. He's assistant to the sales manager in supervising the sales of RCA Victor radios, TV, and phonographs. Rank's sure moving up fast. He writes that he loves everything connected with the job and company.

Dean Worth is the recipient of a James B. Reynolds Scholarship of $2000 for foreign study next year. He holds a similar scholarship presently, but this second grant will be used to further his study of Russian civilization and Soviet affairs at the Slavic Institute of the Univ. of Paris. . . .Thayer M.{Pete) Ktngsley is going with the advertising Dept. of the Diamond Match Co.. . . Another engagement . . . Rogers Cabot of Newtonville, Mass., to Miss Nancy Ann Hill of Auburndale, Mass.

Now into the vast numbe of letters I've continued to receive. I'm sure appreciative of all these and hope they'll continue. Ex roomie Bill Ballard writes from TV life in N.Y.C., that all goes well with him and wife Naomi. He also located ArtWallace's presence for me (at Camp Gordan, Ga., in Signal work for Uncle Sam). ... . Marv Darning wrote from Italy where he was vacationing from Balliol College of Oxford. Marv sees a little of both Rog Sheldon and Dave Bergamini at other schools of Oxford. He says Rog and he (Marv) are worrying about service call. He also says Dave recently won first prize in a poetry contest for a sonnet he wrote, "the name of which I cannot remember as I'm presently too full of Florence Chianti.". . . From Jack Flanagan, Beta, of Los Angeles comes report of his recent illness with ulcers. Jack was bedridden for six weeks. He and wife Molly parented Katherine T. Flanagan Sept. 24. Jack works for Tile-Tex Division of the Flintkote Co. dealing in L.A. in Asphalt Floor Tile. He said he talked by long-distance phone to many '49s who attended the ProomHarper wedding last fall and that all reported it a delightful affair. Jack also got orders to report back to Uncle Sam, but his illness cancelled the orders. . . . Rocket Reed wrote from Boston of his engagement (above) and his recent return from Europe on a business trip through six countries, on which he stayed near Russ Hemenway and wife in Paris for four days. Russ is with the Security Investigating Division of the E.C.A. Rocket's inactive reserve and hopes to remain just that. . . . He is Vice President of the Rayona Corporation and wool-buyer and seller for the Robert G. Reed Co. In both jobs he often contacts Summy Arneson, another wool man up in Beantown.

Postcard from Florida from Tom Swartz where he was Easter-vacationing with his parents. Tom is the one who's made all the arrangements for the Hanover luncheon May 19. . . Card from Jack McCurdy out in Colorado Springs where he's working for the local newspaper as ad-man and news writer. . . . Marine Sgt. Zeke Thurloiv writes from Camp Lejeune, N. C., where he and wife Carolyn recently received a small bundle of joy now named Lynn Scott Thurlow. Zeke's not sure what his next address will be although he's applied for O.C.S. at Quantico.

In answer to my letters to locate regional agents to keep in touch with you guys as best they can, the following have agreed, and I enclose their addresses so that any of you with ideas can get in touch with them. Chicago Lashmet, 887 Sheridan Rd., Glencoe.... Detroit—Bill Mackey, 2225 Seminole Ave., Detroit 14.. .. Buffalo—Bob Goetz, 348 Parker, Buffalo 16.... Philadelphia—Dick Hook, 908 Westdale, Swarthmore.. . . Los Angeles—LouHarris, South Roxbury Drive, Beverley Hills New York City—John Adler, Purchase Lane, Rye, and Jim Huntington, Ill Franklin Ave., New Rochelle. ... Boston—besides myself and Summy Arneson, 180 Marlborough St., is Bob Slattery, 104 Gerry Rd., Hancock Village, Chestnut Hill and Vail Haak 48 Martin St., West Roxbury Cleveland—MikeMcGean, 19200 Southwoodland Rd., Shaker Hts. 22 ... and of course until graduation Tom Swartz is my Hanover contact. I still need a Washington, D. C., man, a Long Island man, and a New Jersey man—do I hear any volunteers???? These above men want to do what they can to help your area be active and loyal. They need your help and ideas. They want to work for you, but they can't do it alone.

Letter in today's mail from Jim Sullivan down in Wilmington, Del. where he's a designer (concrete, steel, architectural, etc.) for DuPont. He's at present living at the Wilmington "Y" but awaits his wife's arrival in June before settling down. News of Berf Oakley is that he works with A. C. Nielsen in N. Y., and of Gil Nelson is that he's with J. G. Grimes in Baltimore. Bill Mackey reports that SamKilner and Dana "Deke" Jackson recently made a four-week tour of the East, made Carnival, and ran into Bob Hill, Carter Hoyt and Dick Higley. He says Jim Krentler is in the insurance business in Denver. Jackson, Kilner and Krentler are all enlisted in the Navy Air Corps and await their respective calls. Dick O'Riley was expecting Uncle Sam's beckon back in February, so he may be in now. EdWashburn is still in med. school. . . . Bob Goetz, who's working for a masters in Biology, sees RalphBurgard and Dick Miller up in Buffalo occasionally. He also saw Dick Higley, Tom Swartz, and CarterHoyt at the Cornell game last fall.. .. Lou Harris is deep in Stanford Law School. . . . Wayne Whittemore is all tied up in preparation for some insurance underwriting exams down in Brooklyn, and the only '49's he's seen in 21 months in N.Y.C. are Bob Castle and Dale Jacobson.

Jim Huntington works in his dad's insurance agency in New Rochelle. At a recent Westchester County "D" Club smoker he ran into FrenchyBlanc and Fred Briscoe. .. . Ort Hicks writes of his much activity with Compton Adv. Agency which keeps him on the constant go. He hopes to visit this summer with new brother-in-law Spike Smith. , . .Punchy Thomas writes that Columbia Law School has him really working with little time for social life. He did see Pvt. John Mcllwraith who flew into N.Y. for a three-day leave from Fort Knox and the two with Johnny Gallup spent a jubiliant Eve together. He's also seen Mark Lansburgh on the shuttle. Mark does free lance photography work.

Rank Lashmet writes that when the Dartmouth Glee Club hit Chicago he saw CalTitus, Bill Knight and Jim Smith there. Titus and wife are "expecting" this month. He's selling classified ads to auto agencies for the Chicago Tribune. Bill's at Northwestern Law (2nd Year). Smitty is making contract sales around the territory as well as St. Louis for American Hospital Supply. He and wife have a dachsund pup which Rank says they keep referring to as "their young one." Rank's wedding is scheduled for June 29 and BudHughes is to be best man with Frank Stowell as an usher. Rank, on a recent trip East, saw Bill Meh lon and wife in Philly.

Now, as space permits, here I go into the post- cards you returned. Each will be brief, I'm afraid, but since this is my last column of the year, I'd like to get them all in. They'll be alphabetical, I hope. . . . Rog Ativood works for Chemical Bank & Trust Cos. in N.Y. . . . John Ayvazian is 3rd year Harvard law. . . . Joe Baker in Hanover reports to have seen Ed Gingrich who's working that area for Minnesota Mining Cos. . . . Ray Bankert is with General Electric. . . . El Baritz is in the army at Gordan in Georgia. .. .Ted Barnett is asst. account executive with N. W. Ayer Cos. in the Chicago office. . . . JackBan too is with Uncle Sam, at Fort Sheridan, 111. . . . Bob Baum is in textiles (Wovencraft, Inc.) with his dad in Harvard, Mass. . . . Brud Becker is with Bay State Abrasive Products Cos. in Westboro, Mass., as a sales engineer trainee. .. . Bob Bel fit gets his Chemistry M.A. from Dartmouth in June and then goes to Penn State for Doctors. . . . Paul Bjorklund teaches Biology in Concord, Mass., High School.. . . Russ Blackwood is teaching philosophy & religion to Colgate Frosh. He says Bob Reineke is counselling Frosh there too. . . . Frank Blanc is a dry-ice salesman for Pure Carbonic Cos. in N. Y. area. . . . Jim Braunworth is in the hides business in Hanover, Pa. . . . Hunt Bright to be married in June to Miss Shirley Engelbert of Rome, N. Y. He's working at Revere Copper & Brass Cos. in Rome. . . . Pete Brown grad. in June of Wharton School at Penn. then into service. . . . Bud Bute to marry August 4 to Miss Joan McCue of Rochester, Minn. Fran Chase an Operating Supervisor of hard lines merchandising dept. of Montgomery Ward in Albany. . . . Arnold Cleveland is teaching elementary school in Elizabeth, N. J., and supporting wife, two kids. Maurie Cole married Linda Stewart of Atlantic City, now at second year Cornell Law. . . . Bruce Crawford has applied for commission in reserve. Sees Stu Vers felt occasionally who's at Fort Dix O.C.S. . . . Toli Daukas at Cornell Law. . . . His brother John is working for Atlantic Commissions Cos. in Milwaukee. Dick Day is a salesman for Dun & Bradstreet. . . . Chas Eaton married Ann Bishop August 1 (Colby J. C.), expecting in July Henry Exall Jr. second year Harvard Law. . . . Charlie Fay a son August 27, 'SO C. D. F. 11. Papa is a Gyrene at Lejeune.

Ed Feaster just married to Barbara Cruickshank of Springfield, Mass., and is working as an adjuster for Aetna Casualty Insurance Co. . . . Mark Feer is studying at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Mass. . . . After M.A. in June, service??? Matt Fenton another Lejeune Marine married Mary Louise Dodson of Baltimore last August. . . . Rod Finkbiner is at Penn med. school and will marry Miss Joyce M. Laßoche in June. . . . SladeGorton first year at Northwestern Law. . . . CarlGranger married happily and at N.Y.U. med school, third year. ... Ralph Greenhouse working for Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at Univ. of Wisconsin. Still single. . . . Einar Grell received masters from Columbia last June. Presently in Social Studies Teaching in school in Glens Falls, N. Y. He and wife expecting, , . . Alan Harvey is working for M.A. at Penn. George Hinners in army in P.O.W. Processing Co. . . .Ed Hunt also a G.I. ... Staff Keegin at Michigan Law. . . . Gene Kelly at Penn grad school (Philosophy?).... Joe Kelley second year med. school. . . . Dick Kramer is unmarried and a grad student at Northwestern working for Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. . . . Jim Lecce married Eileen Kutzer August 18, '50. . Dick Leslie is glad there are so many drunkards in the world—he sells liquor. Bob Liechti is pre-med, married Cozy Nash last January 13. She's Colby J. C. . . . Pete Lord is sales rep. for Noble & Westbrook Mfg. Co. . . . John Loveland in army, sweating out Cadet call. . . . Ed McAlister is an Instructor in Psych Dept. at Dartmouth. . . . Ed MacBurney is at Berkeley Divinity School, to be ordained in a year. . . . JohnMcllivraith in army at'fort Knox. . . . Doug McKay and wife Nancy expecting in May. He's curating at Marine Museum in Mystic, Conn. .. . Tom McManus at Penn. Dental School, rooming with ArtTomlinson. . . . Dick Mallary running own farm 18 miles from Hanover. . . . Jeff Mansfield grads from Babson Institute this June. . . . Irl Marshall expects stork in December. Says Lee Fancher is G. I. now overseas.

Bill Mason is in Australia on a hunting trip according to his mom. . . . Emmanuel Metz second year Harvard Law. . . . Dana Miller expects Uncle Sam any moment. . . . Gene Miller is asst. supt. of Hartford, Vt., Woolen Mills. He and wife living in Wigwam Circle, have 16-months son David, expecting another in June. .. . Lt. John Miller, a West Point grad, is on Okinawa in AAA group. Engaged to Yolanda Scalzo of Peekskill, N. Y., to be married upon his return to U. S. . . . Dick Miller working for Buffalo Evening News, married one year. . . . John Moore is at N. Y. Med College. . . . Don Mose married one and one-half years; had bad eye trouble; hospitalized seven weeks, works as cost accountant for large construction company. .. . Roger Mullen grads from Navy Tech (Annapolis) in June—then?? ???? Matty Munson is an underwriter for Maryland Casualty Ins. Co. . . . Says Dave Jones is a Wall Street magnate, Jack Fitzgerald back in navy. Matty is married. . . . Jerry Norris is "with N. Y. Life Ins. Co. . . . Barber Palmer first year med. school at George Washington Univ.. . . SpudParsons is studying to be an osteopath at the Kirksville College in Missouri ... saw Ted Rector last fall at a Univ. of Mo. football game. He's grad school of journalism there. . . . Bill Perkins is working in Washington for E.C.A. . . . Brian Phillips is a Chrysler-Plymouth Dealer in Ontario. . . . SumPlunkett still recovering from a bad auto crash returning from D-Princeton game in storm last fall. . . . Dick Raybold is in Army AF . . . with him is Andy Kelsey. . . . Shep Robinson is on Uniontown (Pa.) Morning Herald staff. . . . Dan Ryder is a ski instructor at Stowe. . . . Harm Saville reports No. 2 son January 15, Bobby. Papa working for Standard Brands central engineering dept. N.Y.C. . . . Hal Sawyer geology grad student at Ind. U. Has two daughters.

Larry Schaefer hard worker on Wall St. . . . TomSheehan married Marion E. Ruff of Cincinnati last June. Working for Ph.D. in Floriculture. . . . JohnSimpson at Pitt Law. . . . Fred Smith awaiting Uncle Sam. .. . Dick Desmond at Lackland Army AF. . . . Joe Riley engaged to Betty Murray, so says Gene Smith. . . . Joe Smith grad student at Univ. Cal. after two years overseas studying (Sorbonne, Vienna). ... Bob Smith on active duty 278 th Inf. Regt. Fort Devens....Earl Thomson to be married May 4 says Dick Snedaker. . . . Herm Stein grad at Mich after masters. Marrying Susan M. Spencer June 16. . . . Sam Stone engaged to Joyce Claire Schwartz of Hartford to be married May 6. . . . Don Streich drafted, at Camp Chaffee, Ark. . . . Ed Sullivan at Harvard Law. . . . Alex Toft and wife made Carnival. . . . Jack Taylor selling leather for A. C. Lawrence—New England area. . . . DougThomson in industrial relations work for U.S. Rubber Co. . . . Earl Thomson marries May 4 to Margie Coates of Wash. He works for Life Ins. Co. . . . Jay Top ham married last June 10 to Joan Mullins of Bridgeport. . . . Tom Toivler in Army. . . . Bob Treat works for Vt. Highway Dept. . Dave Vanderhoof in Army. . . . Lee Van Voorhis had daughter Sandra August 22. . . . Art Wallace Army Signal Corps, and radio at Camp Gordan, Ga. . . . John Waugh researching for chemistry degree. . . . Matt Wayner at Univ. 111. studying for Ph.D. in Psychology. . . . Lt. Bob Weber may make service career if regular army commission comes through. . . . Sew Weber studying City Planning at Univ. North Carolina. . . . Scott Whipple made Carnival with Stu Versfelt. Scott works in Worcester, Mass., for Lawrence R. McCoy Lumber Merchants. . . . Rog Wilde at Univ. of Cal. Med. School. . . . HankWilliams in last semester Harvard Business School. Bob Williams married March 10 to Betty Hall of Bryn Mawr, Pa. He sells medical instruments in Eastern Pa. & Virginia for MacGregor Inst. Co. of Needham, Mass. . . . Russ Wolfertz is with Sears Roebuck in Winterport, Me., as mgr. of Division 9. . . . Dick Wolff is a sales trainee for J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc. They sell mill supplies. . . . Paul Woodberry in Army AF at Waco, Tex., likes it. BillYates sells boxes for General Fibre Box Co. and one of regular customers is Bob Parsons with National Folding Box Co. .. . Jim Zafris. finishes course in international and regional studies at Harvard this June and hopes to be working in "Washington shortly thereafter. . . .

That's it. Hope you waded through all thisand enjoyed some of it. Hope also that I'llhear from each of you during the summer,but if I don't, a pleasant summer anyways.

AIR CADET at Randolph Field, Texas, Sam Smith '49 is becoming acquainted with western skies.

Secretary, 54 Irving Ave., Providence 6, R. I.

Treasurer, c/o Morgan Wing Jr., Millbrook, N. Y.

Class Agent, 53 Plimpton St., Walpole, Mass.