Class of 1933
If Ex-Mayor Flanigan was in my office this afternoon as he was yesterday, I am sure the class notes would be more voluminous and more distinguished by their literary perfection. Those of you who read newspapers know that the World's Series wound up in a burst of glory for the Yankees. I rented a radio for a few days which was installed in my office for the purpose of keeping abreast of the times, baseball-wise.
The mayor called on me about game time yesterday for the purpose of discussing a problem concerning insurance. As long as the Giants were ahead, Sid was more and more the insurance man, but with their collapse in the last inning, also came Sid's collapse. Insisting that there was no justice and punctuating his remarks with my good liquor, he decided to shift his loyalty from the Giants to Dartmouth's 1936 football team.
MAYOR FLANIGAN WILL BE THERE
There will be a '23 class dinner at the Dartmouth Club next Wednesday evening. Movies of last year's important football games will be shown, and I expect by that time Hizzoner the Mayor will be cast again in the role of topnotch insurance broker. Ted Gaver is employed by the C. F. Albrecht Company, who handle leather and shoe store supplies and automobile top trimmings in Minneapolis, Minn. Ted is the proud father of a son, 10, and a daughter, 8, and for three months in the summer they all became gentlemen (and lady) farmers.
The Pell Press, one of New Rochelle's best, located at 619 North Ave., is operated by none other than Richaid B. Kershaw and Winfield S. Weser. Dick and Winnie teamed up about two years ago and can print anything from a calling card to the Sunday edition of the New York Times.
Cap Palmer, Treasurer of Palmer Clay Products Co., 57 Braintree St., Boston, sends in a theme which he labels "C. A.Palmer '23, English 52." I leave it to your judgment if this is not a complete account:
"I am still treasurer of the above, alsoMonobrik, Inc. (boiler setting contractors),a?id Industrial Combustion Co. (powerplant oil burning systems). Sounds impressive, and I admit there are some Satufdayswhen I go home with as much as thirtybucks in my overalls. Recovery isn't yethere for the heavy industries. Still marriedto Babe Knickerbocker (Smith '24), onedaughter, Gay, 7, whose phonetic spellinghas probably been reflected in this letter.They shuttle back and forth between hereand Babe's old home on the Coast. We playconsiderable bridge, but the principalhobby is small boating. I have a little 25-foot cruiser myself, but mostly handle thelarger boats of friends who were smartenough not to go into their own businesses.A lady sat on my horn on New Year's eveof 1931 and it ain't ben right sence, seem'sif. So my only musical activity is to sit bythe radio and mumble sullenly into mybeard about how bands have gone to thedogs since the boys took to readin' music."
The Fidelity and Surety Department of the Chicago branch of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company is in the capable hands of William H. Wallace, superintendent, and Ward H. Hilton, assistant superintendent. It is sometimes the case that the assistant superintendent does most of the work, and just to make sure that Ward has no time to himself, I have asked him to be the news-gathering agent for the class of '23 in the Middle West. In an unguarded moment, he accepted the job. Now that he is stuck with it, he is covering the field in a manner second only to Walter Winchell. Ward submits the following as a starter, and promises that he will send in all the news that is fit to print and some of doubtful fitness from the Middle West:
Dud Pope is one of Chicago's leading contract players. He lives at 906 Bluff St., Glencoe.
Joe Bohrer, who was at Hanover only during sophomore year, is an attorney in Bloomington, Ill. Joe's grandfather, Joseph Fifer, now past 95, is an ex-governor of Illinois. Until his retirement about ten years ago, Joe was associated with him in the practice of law.
WHERE IS SPIKE HAMILTON?
Does anyone know the present whereabouts of Spike Hamilton? He and his orchestra were located in Chicago for some time, but it's been five or six years since I've heard of him.
Bob Maxwell is with the Greyhound Corporation in the Board of Trade Building.
Cutler Shoes continue to be sold under the supervision of our ex-secretary, Metzel. Truman has his office and main store conveniently located in the Palmer House and is easily available as guide and host to all out-of-town classmates who want to see and go to the right places in Chicago. Truman lives in Highland Park. I forget the size of his family, but know that he does have a set of twins, all boys.
Vince Baldwin, lawyer, resides at 1022 W. Park Ave., Libertyville, one of Chicago's far north suburbs.
I run into Herb Taylor occasionally. He is with the Franklin County Coal Company and is pulling for plenty of sub-zero weather this winter. Herb sees the Rockford boys, Karl Lundberg and Karl Williams, at frequent intervals. Lundberg continues to direct the furniture destinies of The Empire, Ltd., while Williams is one of Rockford's leading attorneys.
Al Schryver, his red hair somewhat sparse and consequently seldom seen hatless, continues as insurance broker with W. A. Alexander & Company. Al, his wife, and one daughter live on the south side. Finis—Hilton's blast.
In writing the class notes for October, I certainly overlooked an important item. It has been a long time since any of us have seen Joe Houston, but that pleasure came our way last July when Joe and Sally visited New York. A luncheon was arranged at Radio City, attended by Joe, Sally, Kip Couch, Sally's brother, Jack Reeder '24, and myself. Like all of us, Joe has gotten a little older (or should I say matured?) but frankly, he doesn't look a lot different than when he was in college. Joe has been in the investment business since 1923, which is another way of saying that he reached the heights of prosperty and the depths of depression, both in a great big way. Neither condition affected him adversely, however, and it goes without saying that he did not remain in the depths very long. For the past year, Joe has occupied an important position with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the regional office in Denver. That office controls the financial activities about seven states. His recent expedition eastward was the first, I believe, since leaving college, and so he covered all points of interest on the way. In Toledo they parked their two daughters, who are now 10 and 5 years old, and came on to New York with Jack Reeder. After a quick trip to Hanover, where they visited Dean Neidlinger, they returned to New York. They did not give the big city as much time as it rated, because they were hurrying back to Colorado in order to take up summer residence in one of the cool mountain resorts. About the time they reached Toledo on the return trip, they received word that one of their daughters had a case of appendicitis. A day or two went by, and it was finally decided by the doctors, according to Joe, that all she had was a $40 stomach-ache.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH Here are the scores of the football games for the season of 1921: Dartmouth 34 Norwich 3 Dartmouth 28 Middlebury 3 Dartmouth 24 N. H. State o Dartmouth 14 Tennessee 3 Dartmouth 31 Columbia 7 Cornell 59 Dartmouth 7 Dartmouth 14 Pennsylvania 14 Syracuse 14 Dartmouth 7 Dartmouth 7 Georgia 0
Remember the greatest play of the season—that 50 yd. pass Robertson to Lynch in the Georgia game? The play netted a total of 63 yds. and victory for Dartmouth in its final game of the season.
Men in the class of '23 who made letters junior year are: Cy Aschenbach, Chick Burke, Chuck Calder, Bus Carpenter, Si Gordon, Mox Hubert, Pete Hurd, Eddie Lynch, Don Moore, Pudge Neidlinger, Ossie Siegfried, Sunny Suttmeier, Swede Swenson, Jim Taylor (with mustache), and, believe it or not, your Secretary. Kip Couch was assistant manager.
Secretary, 136 Liberty St., New York
