1942

The other night I'm walking out of the Hanover Inn dining room (advt.), still savoring Herr Zollikofer's fine food (advt.), and I see Al Dingwall sitting at a table. We have a big conversation. He says, "Hi, Jim," and I say, "Hi, AL." The food is really good there. But this reminds me that it must be getting close to class notes time. This, and a rather curt card I get from the editor of this MAGAZINE.

So I'm sitting here in my Vermont hideaway loosening up the fingers for the last lap. Yes, I now live in Vermont, but if you think I'm telling where you must think I am more simple-minded than I am. Some of my creditors can read, too. The mailing address is the same, if any of you haven't forgotten how to write and I am still at, or under, my desk at the Daily Eagle six days a week.

This summer is a quiet one. I go to Detroit for a week, see some zoos and some relatives, work, hit a tennis ball, swim, work some more. So here we are again. This time, though, it's some different. In not too many months, or so I hope, we will be facing up to the Tenth Reunion. If my no-holds-barred filing system is correct, one David Heald, the curvesome curator of Sunapee State park, is our reunion chairman.

If any of you have any bright ideas, suggestions or orders on the subject of reunion and how you'd like to spend it (my personal answer to that one is "flat on my back."), I suggest you forward these notions either to Mr. Heald or myself. His address is quite simple; Sunapee State Park, Sunapee, N. H., will do, though I wouldn't be surprised if simply "David Heald, New Hampshire," wouldn't suffice.

Also, and I bring this up with no diffidence whatsoever, we will have to elect some new class officers come June 1952. We have a nominating committee kicking around someplace and, although I've momentarily misplaced it, I think I can find it filed under "E" for "Escape." If you have any candidates for the posts of treasurer, class agent, reunion chairman and secretary-chairman, let's for goodness sakes, hear about them. For if you think the class meeting at reunion has anything in common with democratic procedure, you're sadly mistaken. Get your names in early—just tear off the top of the nearest Harvard you can find and mail it in with a biography of not more than 500,000 words.

With business out of the way, we can turn groggily to the news. As I tried to indicate earlier my contacts have been rather limited, albeit extremely nice, ones. The aforementioned Messrs. Dingwall and Heald, Dr. JoePalamountain (a Ph.D. from Harvard last June in government and now a member of the government department there), and JerryTallmer about make up the list. Had a note from Proc Page, unfortunately called back in the Army, but happily announcing the birth of a third child, a son to join two earlier sisters. Since I've cleverly mislaid that, I can't vouch for the name, weight, time of arrival, etc. Can only say that Ruth was doing well at the time, according to Proc's testimony.

Und so, to the clippings. First on the top of the tiny heap is a note from the ALUMNI MAG office which says that Matt Rapf, a would-be Softball player, has been named associate producer of the forthcoming MGM film, County Line, which will star Walter Pidgeon and John Hodiak. Matt also wrote the script with Cap Palmer '23. This is from the MGM Studio newsletter of August 10 and, after all, it should know.

Then there's an interoffice memo from Bob Hage, assistant director of admissions at that small college, to Charlie Widmayer, editor of this estimable sheet. The gist of the note was that Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Schnabel recently authored Hugo Schnabel III. An added fillip to this happy event is that Mrs. S. was once a Dartmouth Winter Carnival q.ueen.

Also forwarded was a letter sent out by Bob and Margaret Blood from the University of North Carolina in August. It was to say that Bob was about to become affiliated with the Merrill-Palmer school, 71 East Ferry Avenue, Detroit 2, Mich., teaching in the family life department. He hopes to complete work on his dissertation in sociology in time to receive his Ph.D. degree from North Carolina next June. The Bloods are now five, Lawrence Ashby (Larry to you) being born on May 9. He joins Peter, 5, and Alan, 3.

Three professional, or Getting-up-in-the-World, notices are next. Dr. George Sumner, according to a Springfield (Mass.) paper, entered the practice of medicine in that city in June. He was to take over the practice of a urologic specialist there. Another clinical note comes from a Belmont, Mass., paper reporting that one of Belmont's (and Dartmouth's) favorite sons, Dr. Teddy Arico, completed in July a three-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Massachusetts Memorial hospitals. He will continue on the staff of the Memorial hospitals and participate in the teaching and research programs. The Aricos (four in all) live at 98 Common Street, Watertown, Mass. The third item is in a slightly different field, although you might say all three involve pill-pushing. It is the announcement that Gordie McKernan, the lean Barre basketballer, has accepted a teacher-coach position at Brockton (Mass.) high school. Gordie moves up to become head basketball coach there after piling up a highly successful coachly record at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H. At Pinkerton his basketball teams won the state Class B title three years in a row, 1947-49, and his football teams were undefeated in 1948 and 1949.

Two engagements wind it up. The first is that of Miss Barbara Donahue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilbert Donahue of Wynnewood, Pa., to Theodore E. Lapres Jr., onetime barrier in the nets and now a barrister. The second involves Miss June Caryl Meder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Meder of Fairfield, Conn., to Harold Joseph Eckardt of Rye, N. Y.

Finally, summer visitors to the Hanover Inn, that place I started rambling through four typewritten pages ago, included Mr. and Mrs. Ad Winship, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Heinbokel, Dr. and Mrs. Mel Figley, Dr. and Mrs. Hank Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rollins and Mr. and Mrs. George Liskow.

Don't forget those Reunion tips! Hmmmm?

Secretary, The Claremont, Eagle, Claremont, N. H, Treasurer, 357 S. Orange Grove Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.