Class of 1926
One by one as the years roll by Dan Cupid snares those who guard the last outpost of Bachelordom. Stalwart among those who have appeared immune to the potions of Benedict has stood none other than Floy C. Jones Jr., "Chappie" to you mugs. Now this beloved long drink of water from the winding banks of the Allegheny has succumbed. The erstwhile district attorney of Armstrong county, Pa., coach of the local high school champloll' ship basketball team, captain and star center of the Kittaning Lions (leading senior amateur basketball team of Western Pennsylvania), perennial champion of the local golf club, huntsman supreme, &Ike Walton without equal, is about to settle down. On April 15 he married Miss Helen Stewart Turner of Kittaning, Pa. leaves behind a string of broken hearts an bass lines throughout the Lake TamogawT region of Canada, where he is known 10 the natives as the All-Canadian lover. ThiS inadequate description of his prowess comes from the little town of North Bay in Ontario, where he once displayed his ability as a gardener. (Editors Note—He gathered Violets.) But enough of this ruthless expose. We congratulate the happy couple. But remember, Helen, we warned you!
It is with a great deal of pleasure that I submit for your consumption a very newsy letter from Bob Edgar, who may be found at 2079 National Bank Building, Detroit, Mich.
"While sit-downs are so much in vogue just now, and have a good deal of business in this town particularly fairly jittery, I thought I might stage my own private sitdown and give you a bit of news on a few of the boys.
"I noted in the March issue that Ken Hill '25 inquired about Bill Farnsworth, who started out with that class but was one of us after taking the year 1923-24 off while his house was being built in Hanover. Bill has been in Washington ever since the birth of NRA, surviving the demise of that organization and remaining to become second in charge nationally of the Federal Theatre. We carry on correspondence now and again, and I am rather looking forward to seeing him at our camp in Pennsylvania sometime this summer. The last I heard from him was some months ago, enclosing a snapshot of himself and very attractive wife, whom he married several years ago.
"Johnny Manser turned up here a few weeks ago, being transferred by United States Rubber from South Bend to this city, and thinks he will be here more or less permanently from now on. Still vitally interested in hockey, he chose a good time to make the move, for he will doubtless be in a ring-side seat for the Stanley Cup playoffs, which start here Tuesday night.
A VISIT FROM ST. CLAIR AND BRIDE
"John P. (Perk) St. Clair called at the house no later than yesterday afternoon with his most delectable bride of one month, the former Jean De Vos, of Detroit and Chicago. Perk is with AmericanWeekly here, and he and Ed Chaffin (Walker and Cos. outdoor advertisers), and I get together occasionally to make merry. We are looking forward to attending the annual dinner and reception for Bill McCarter the 29th of this month.
"The local Dartmouth Club is very active, meeting every Tuesday noon for luncheon with an average attendance of 25-4.0. There were some 50 at the annual meeting and dinner in Dearborn Inn last month. Johnny Heavenrich can usually be seen at all these events. Just now all of us, including our wives, are busily engaged on plans for the Musical Clubs—Barbary Coast concert and dance to be held in the Book-Cadillac here April 6.
"Chaffin has just returned from a combined business and pleasure trip to Tulsa and the West Coast. He counted on seeing Ed McClintock, but I have only talked with him on the phone since his return and didn't find out whether he was successful in contacting him.
"While there is a flock of Dartmouth lads here, more than 150 I am told, there seems to be a scarcity of iga6ers. More than a third of that number are from classes from 1929 on, with an increasing number going from here each year, thanks to the good work of the club. I believe Ford Whelden '25 has as much to do with this as anyone. John Packard, also '25, is the genial manager of the Dearborn Inn, Mr. Henry Ford's very splendid hostelry, and does a great deal towards making our gatherings there most enjoyable.
"I wish you'd pass the word on to Cleary and Wallace that we're opening the camp at Lake Wallenpaupack again this year and will be looking forward to their playing a return engagement. I don't know how much time I shall be able to spend down there, but Jerry and the four kids (we had another little girl, born on my birthday last September) will be there from May on, and the welcome sign will be out for any of the gang in that locality." Here is one from "Uppy" Upham:
"Reed's Ferry, N. H
"Just a few lines to let you know that I have returned from a brief sojourn in Florida. It certainly seemed too good to be in a tropical climate at a time when New Hampshire is usually cold and blanketed with snow. The only drawback is that the cold seems to have waited to greet me on my return.
"When I was in Orlando I called on Homer Rowe and Herman Trefethen, and found that after over ten years they recognized me as a '26er. The former told me he had been in southern states during the past six years. Herman was expecting his brother Harold to come down from Boston and visit him in a few days, when I talked with him, so barring some upset of their plans the Trefethen brothers have had a chance to enjoy each other's company and the Florida weather.
"There is not much more that I can offer in the way of '26 news so I will bring this letter to a close with the assurance that I will write again when I have anything worthwhile to contribute.
"Sincerely yours, "UPPY."
And from the Hub of the Universe comes this brain child of Don Norstrand.
"A board of strategy is rapidly being recruited among the ranks of 1926 residing in Massachusetts by yours truly to guide the annual Alumni Fund campaign in the Bay State sector. We plan to unleash the big guns appropriately on Patriots' Dayexpecting (confidentially) that the Massachusetts shell-out will make the Dutch colony of New York contribution look as lonesome as a Long Island Littleneck in a New England Clam Stew. If that be a challenge, Snipe, make the most of it—but remember that the shot heard 'round the world' was fired in Massachusetts.
"Harold (Tref) Trefethen, recently commissioned lieutenant in the National Guard, will handle the strictly military aspect of our campaign. Tref just returned from a winter's visit in Florida with Herman (Tref) and family.
"Sum Tilton is looking after the Worcester area, where he is associated with a leading law firm. Sum, as you know, was married last fall.
"Ran Cox assures me that any raids on the '26 pocketbooks will be held strictly legal. He reports that daughter Louisa, aged seven months, has things her own way in the Marblehead homestead.
"Mac McDavitt, the staid and steady Somerville banker, holds financial advisory position on the board in his usual support of any class campaign. Mac's experience along the various fronts will give New York cause for worry in this inter-colony battle.
"Otherwise, Charlie, things are same as usual with business rolling fairly well and hope things are same by you.
"Best regards, "DON."
As announced in a recent issue, Al Louer has assumed the 1926 class agentship for the Alumni Fund campaign, which is now well under way and which I hope is getting the whole-hearted support of everyone. Following is a recent letter from Al, which should be of interest to all.
"I have delayed writing you, hoping each day that I could give you the complete list of my divisional agents. I still have two more out of ten to hear from, but do not want to hold off any longer. Here they are: 1. Don Norstrand—Massachusetts. 2. Paul Allen— New England excepting Mass. 3. Snipe Esquerre— New York State. 4. Les Talbot— New Jersey. 5. Nate Parker— Pennsylvania. 6. Perk St. Clair— Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. 7. Ted Parker— Illinois. 8. Dick Gooding— Minnesotaandother western states.
The two I have not heard from are Bill Nigh for the Pacific Coast and Bill Willard for Washington, D. C„ and the Southeast.
"Thanks a lot for the fine send-off you gave us in the March issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Please continue to give the fund a plug in the April, May, and June issues.
"I feel that the organization of the campaign is sound, and am very well pleased with the calibre of my assistants. Predictions are often liable to prove boomerangs, but I will venture this, that I will be terribly disappointed if we do not make a better record than last year.
"I know that you and the other 'veterans' in your district can be of great service to both Esquerre and Talbot. I am sure they will appreciate it.
"Probably you have been advised of our latest bridegroom, Perk St. Clair. If not, enclosed is an announcement. "AL."
Sid Hayward writes that he saw quite a few '26ers on his annual pilgrimage to the Middle West. Jack Cannon, Carlie Blunt, Bob Goss, Dick Gunthorp, Bob Loomis, and Art Smith were among the old faithfuls with whom Sid chewed the rag.
Here's a note from Red Merrill
"Spring vacation is over, and your correspondent has just returned from an interesting week in New York. I saw a number of shows and did considerable work in several of the libraries, but the high point of the visit was an evening spent with Dan and Sally Drury, Bob Cleary, and Brant Wallace. The Drurys had driven down from Hanover (where, as our readers will remember, Dan is taking graduate work at the Thayer School). We all spent several hours sitting around a table in a quiet and respectable hostelry, while Bob and Brant missed train after train to Jersey. When we left them, well on into the early morning hours, they had the prospect of a trip on the tube and the trolley before they reached Montclair and East Orange respectively. They also had the prospect of explaining to their wives that they were in good company until four in the morning.
"By the time this is in print, the snow should be definitely off the ground up here and the grass should be getting green. At this point, however, the duckboards are still very much in evidence on the campus, the baseball field is still covered with ice and snow, and the track is still under several inches of water. There is nothing, I always say, like a good old-fashioned New England winter.
"RED."
This about completes the dope on hand —So—so long until next month.
The modesty of our Sec-Chairman, Mr.Bishop, does not permit him to explain tothe readers of this column his purchase ofa home. Reports are that Charlie has acquired a fine place in Short Hills, NewJersey. It is said, to be "white colonial withgreen shutters" and is surrounded by avariety of woods and fields including shrubbery and a first-class collection of rockgarden frlants.
Secretary, Edward B. Smith Cos. 31 Nassau St., New York
