1925*
The district secretaries for 1938-1939 are as follows: District I Me., N. H., Vt. Bob McKennan II Boston Ken Hill III Rest of Massachusetts Lane Goss and Bob Palmer IV Conn, and R. I. Sully Sullivan V New York City and N. J. Eddie Hewitt and Paul Jerman VI Upstate New York John Norris VII Pa., Del., Md., D. C. Bill Pugh VIII The South Rog Wyckoff IX Ohio Ben Werntz X Illinois ?????? XI Mich., Ind., Can., Foreign The Secretary XII Northwest and Prairie Lyle McKown XIII Far West Ford Barrett
The district secretaries all work together in gathering news about members of the class, in assisting the Secretary in keeping the class records up to date, and in generally stimulating class interest and activity in their respective districts. News for the succeeding month's issue of the MAGAZINE must be in the hands of the printer on the 9th of the preceding month, which means that the Secretary should have the material by the 5th of the month at the latest, and preferably by the Ist. Don't wait for your district secretary to write to you. Drop him a line and give him the news about yourself and other Quarters.
The new address list of the Dartmouth Secretaries Association arrived today, and shows the following Quarters holding office in alumni associations: Dartmouth Club of Lowell, President, Bill Thompson. Dartmouth A. A. of Western Mass., Secretary, Bob Palmer. Rhode Island Dartmouth Ass'n, President, Pete Haffenreffer. Dartmouth A. A. of New York, Secretary, Charlie Graydon. Dartmouth Club of Georgia, Secretary, Alva Wilson. Dartmouth Club of Detroit, Secretary, Ford Whelden.
The geographical distribution of the class has changed quite a bit in some cases since the class entered Dartmouth seventeen years ago. Massachusetts now has 138 men against the 171 who entered in 1921, New Hampshire 27 against 52, Pennsylvania 27 against 35, Vermont 7 against 14. On the other hand the following have increased their representation: California 10 against 3, District of Columbia 8 against 4, Kentucky 3 against 1, Tennessee 3 against 0, Georgia 3 against 0, Oregon 4 against 0, Foreign 10 against 0. Most of the other states are pretty much the same as in 1921.
Doctors Bill Calvert and Nort Canfield have new addresses, 225 Gregory Ave., West Orange, N. J., and 75 Old Hartford Turnpike, New Haven, Conn., respectively. The Secretary had a nice letter from Deke Blodgett the other day and would be very pleased to hear direct from more Quarters. Paul Jerman writes that "Europe was not big enough for Ted Geisel and Hitler, so Ted came home. He is thinking of changing his name to McGeisel so he can buy a country estate in Ireland. His latest book, 'The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins,' has just been published, and it is rumored that our own Cubbins is suing for $10,000 for defamation of character." Paul also reports that the Friday luncheons have been resumed at the New York Dartmouth Club Dick Gratz, who must hold some sort of a class record for moving from town to town, is now Postal Telegraph superintendent in St. Louis. Eddie and Mrs. Blake are the parents of Jonathan Dewey Blake, born June 14, eight pounds and two dimples. Paul Hommeyer, manager of the Union Central Life Insurance Company in Minneapolis, has the musical- sounding residence address of "Maplewoods, Wayzata, Minn." Dutch Schroedel, construction superintendent of the Turner Construction Company, has moved from Pennsylvania to New York, and lives at 80 Sanford Ave., Flushing. And Neil Williams' new address is 15051/2 Oak Ave., Evanston, Ill.
At Ken Hill's suggestion, we are fore-going the publication of a brief biography this month to bring you some news of the New England hurricane. The hurricane will be cold news by November 5, but the class will certainly be interested in the effects of the disaster as told first- hand by those we know. Ken received the following reports: Pete Haffenreffer—"Fortunately no one in the family was injured—we all came through in good shape. Of course, our buildings, trees, etc. were seriously damaged, and particularly the Herreshoff Company, which had the greatest damage of any plant in Bristol." ... Park Merrow—"We didn't get slapped at all. Had some timber blown down, but haven't had time to inventory it yet. Got our weekly paper out on time by being able to hook onto a private power plant. Many of our friends lost their fine shade trees, timber lots, etc., but we were lucky. Got me a new camera, a 4 x 5 Speed Graphic, that is very hot. It does really beautiful w0rk.".... Mac Shepard—"Glad your damage was no worse, and can report nothing seriously wrong with the Shepards. A dozen trees down in the yard and two chimneys wrecked, a garage that started to take off but didn't, light and water supplies cut off, a few holes in the roof about lists the damage. Mrs. Shepard and I had an unusually good chance to see the whole storm. We were in New Haven at a medical convention when the storm broke, and drove to New York City during the middle of it. Waited in open spaces while trees fell, wires flashed, and pieces of roofing sailed by—then moved on a bit. Arrived in New York as the city lights went out. (Water in the Hell Gate power plant.) The next morning we started back for Putnam, were stopped by the Connecticut River at Hartford, got across finally at Thompsonville, and spent the night in Springfield. Got home the next day by way of Athol and Gardner." .... Bill Bryant (such a splendid description from an eye witness that we will risk the editor's wrath and give the letter almost in its entirety)—"Claremont, Windsor, Springfield, Bellows Falls, and Keene were a perfect shambles the next day. Most of the damage resulted from the wind, but in certain instances, such as at Chester and Ludlow, small brooks over- whelmed the towns, moving houses, ripping up railroads, and covering fields and lawns with a heavy coating of gravel. I believe Keene took the worst beating from the wind. Those fine pine trees just north of town were laid flat and many roofs were torn off. The confusion was so great that Sunday the town was closed to sightseers. Bellows Falls presented a ruinous appearance, with huge trees across all streets interlaced with broken wires and roofing. As you know, my place is in an exposed position with an unobstructed sweep of several miles down the river. We first noticed some old apple trees on the lawn falling down and then I saw the roof go from an open shelter attached to one of the farm buildings. Looking at the barometer, the unprecedented reading of 28.1 told me that we had something serious on our hands. Roofing commenced to fly through the air—slate from the house and huge metal sheets from the large barn down on the river bank. I had read numerous stories of South Sea hurricanes and had always been impressed with the flying sheet metal roofing which often decapitates the inhabitants—and so this roofing flying around gave all the local color of a tropical hurricane. And, of course, we kept an anxious eye on the river, which was approaching the 1927 level, which is one foot of water on the barn floor, but as it turned out, this level was never reached. When I took account of the damage next day, I found a silo down, perhaps 7500 ft. of large hemlock and pine trees flat, a canoe gone, and a five-acre tract of land which had been just ploughed and sown, covered with enough silt to make reseeding necessary. Mott Garlock of our class wrote he had to drive to New York from Springfield, Mass., the next morning, and that it was a trip worth writing about. Fran has been deeply involved in this horse show business, and we have been fitting up a little brick farmhouse which we bought last winter high up in the hills of West Windsor. The house is about 160 years old and about 1600 ft. altitude, and in about the best horseback riding country in the state."
Four new addresses: Mac McHenry, Worthington Pump & Machine Corp., Holyoke, Mass.
Jack Roche, 749 Forrest Ave., Larchmont, N. Y.
Art Spring, 6 Paine Road, Marblehead, Mass.
Woody Wilson, General Electric Cos., Boston, Mass.
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From The Dartmouths of October, 1922.... October 3—"1925 Beats Freshmen Nine 11-3. Edwards allows only 3 hits.".... October 7—"Sophomores Win Final Game from Freshmen 6-1." .... October 10—"Sophomores Outplay 1924 and Win College Title 9-3.".... October 17— "Vice President Coolidge Will address College in Tent Today." .... October 19, (Headline)—"C. G. DuBois '91 Gives Dartmouth Radio Set." (And now a few years later we take radio sets for granted.) ... October 24—"Eddie DeCourcy Uses Fists on 200 Pound Bully Slurring Green Team after Vermont Defeat."
The Secretary hasn't heard from the Treasurer relative to the way the class is coming through on the class dues. However, we know that many of you have probably let the matter slip your minds. Please give Pete Harrenreffer your complete and prompt support. The Secretary and Gertie leave for Hanover, Boston, and New York next week and we hope to see many of you between now and the day this November issue reaches you.
Secretary, 344 Buhl Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
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