Class of 1918
Out from Ohio way we have a newsy letter from Jack Slabaugh, who now reigns in Summit County of that state as assistant prosecuting attorney, with offices in the city of Akron. As an evidence of his authority he invites all 'lB-ers to drive as fast as they please and with whom and what they please in his county, and promises that they will be "taken care of." Unfortunatey, he doesn't specify whether he means in or out of jail.
Jack writes "I'm proud to announce that all installments on our ten months' old daughter are paid, and that she now belongs to family,— not so with the flivver and the house, alas! Might also add that said daughter has a date with Hugh Whipple's youngster to be his guest at Carnival, 1945. I hedged on it until Hugh agreed to pay the railroad fare."
From Slabaugh we hear a bit of the many- sided Cap Hanley, the supersalesman of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company who was out in Akron last spring to give home office the once-over. It seems that Cap incidentally bummed a meal from Jack, and some other things. Slabaugh believes that in college Hanley was a teetotaler or at least "in some respects," but now—. One hears:
a) that Bloom and Kurtz are selling bonds in Cleveland.
b) that Eric Ball, the oysterman, has quit Greenport, L. 1., and is now to be found on the shores of Connecticut some- where near New Haven.
c) that Max Olney's cannery is at peak production, and that he expects to be dunned for a good fat income next year.
d) that Fred Carleton has recently been granted a certificate to practice as a certified public accountant by the Minnesota State Board of Accountancy.
There is further news of Eighteeners just received from Syl Morey in a document impregnated with the aroma of the vilest smelling printer's ink. We like Morey's notes, but think that the Blackman Company might flavor their next batch of ink with a bit of essence from Coty instead of the dung heap.
According to Syl, Rog Warner of Philadelphia and Bermuda recently passed through New York on his return from a fall trip to his British resort. Rog had acquired his full quota of tropical tan, and was as full of enthusiasm about the place as you would expect a real estate man to be.
Gleason, the young and coming Boston wool merchant, has also been glimpsed strutting along Fifth Avenue, but he didn't have much to report on doings in Boston.
- Karl Hutchinson has ventured out of the backwoods of the Back Bay district to make his stab for fame and fortune in the big city. Karl is fast getting into society, and has already frequented the Pennsylvania Roof and Long Beach, L. 1., right in the thick of the 4,000,000. Hutch is with the Holitzer-Cabot Company, 101 Park Ave. His residence, however, is not Park Ave., but 3rd St.,—Brooklyn.
Homer Bennett is now with Robert L. Still- son and Company, printers, whose main claim to fame is that they turn out the "Long Lines" magazine of the American Tel and Tel. Cos., of which our estimable King Rood is an associate engineer and headline writer. Bennett lives somewhere out on Long Island; we think it is Douglaston.
Surefire Knowles is prouder than ever with the arrival of another infant to bear his name a few days ago,—a girl, we believe. He in- tends to celebrate by a trip to Florida instead of Atlantic City. Incidentally he is treasurer of the Knowles Realty Company which plies a profitable trade as a side line at Deland, Fla., steering hosts of pilgrims to lots in the swamps.
Ed Mader has pulled up all his traces and made the pilgrimage to Florida this summer, and intends to stick around in the Everglades for good. Someone has already tagged him with a lot. As yet he is not quite sure what he is going to do down there, but. he is confident that he is destined to become another Wallingford.
Among the nuptials announced this fall is that of John O'Gara. He was married September IS in New York to Miss E. A. Dreger.
Only a few weeks ago some 25 to 30 prominent 'lB-ers repaired to Hofbrau House, the famous emporium kept by Janssen's dad in New York, for the first fall gathering and dinner of the Gothamites. The affair was a preliminary to the Dartmouth Night smoker at the Hotel Pennsylvania.
This will be the very last issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to be sent to every member of the class. Henceforth, only those who have paid their class dues will receive their copies. It would be ideal to continue sending the MAGAZINE to every one, but, financially, that would be impossible. The class treasury has been and still is in a fairly healthy state, but by the simplest sort of arithmetic it must be apparent to all that it would soon go on the rocks if it were to continue to pay out for copies of the MAGAZINE sent to the lame ducks who have not come across with their class dues. If you want to remain in good standing, in case you have not yet paid the tax, shoot in your three bucks or whatever you owe to Treasurer Ear ley at once, and your name will stay on the list. We need everybody's support to insure the success of the class subscription plan.
Secretary, 953 Madison Ave., New York
