Class of 1927
Unfortunately for us, the mails during the past month brought only one post card and no letters bearing news of our wandering class. Not much with which to sit down and try to produce a column, but here goes.
George Friede, rapidly becoming our star reporter on the West Coast, informs us that on January 14, former Major General and Congressman Charles Martin, father of Sam Martin, was inaugurated governor of the state of Oregon.
Through devious channels we learn that Dean Askew, now married, is living in Charleston, W. Va. (home town formerly of Harry Wallace), where he is working for General Exchange Insurance Corporation.
Dr. John Draper is now living, and we assume practicing, in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
The Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston have recently started a Dartmouth Luncheon Club, which has rooms at the Parker House. Luncheon is served there to Dartmouth men and their guests every noon except Sunday. Any '27 men who happen to be in Boston are urged to drop in there for lunch. You are certain to meet someone you know and will more than likely run into a few classmates. We have had lunch there recently with Bob Mix, Dinty Gardner, Bob Voorhis, Charlie Bartlett, Meek Slotnik, Bob Williamson, and Gus Cummings. As yet no particular day in the week has been picked as '27 day, but we will announce in this column next month which day it is to be.
Dick Lougee is now up in Burlington, Vt., where he is instructing at the University of Vermont and writing his thesis for a Ph.D.
Nelson and Frances O'Rourke were recently congratulated on the arrival of a bouncing baby boy, who was born at Daytona Beach, Fla., where Nels and his family are wintering.
Did you know:—that Bill St. Amant and wife are rapidly becoming the badminton champions of the Waban Neighborhood Club; that last season Bill Prescott won the handicap bowling championship of the University Club in Boston: that Bob Williamson is a badminton star in Norwood and also is a big shot in one of Boston's bigger and better printing establishments; that Meek Slotnik and his brother are running one of the larger contracting concerns in greater Boston; that Hank Orth is known in Chicago as the man who is always talking about his wife; that Phil Fowler plays squash on the University Club C team; that Gus Cummings besides being the demon gas heater man is also hot stuff as an actor, being much in demand by locai amateur groups; that Dinty Gardner is an accomplished skiing enthusiast, besides be ing a yachtsman; that Coggy Broer is one of the leading jewelers of Toledo, Ohio; that we never hear now from Ken Meyercord and A 1 Clifton, who used to be two of our best correspondents; that we would like to receive a lot of personal news items such as the above.
Secretary, 152 Waban Ave., Waban, Mass.
