1911*
Congratulations to Chub Sterling but especially to the two hundred classmates who kept 1911 out front in the Alumni Fund drive which ended last June. This is a splendid accomplishment, particularly that two hundred men in the class may now properly consider themselves as active participants in the conduct of the college.
Special news item, July 27th, entitled "To Hell with Grandfathers." Answeringyour letter of last fall I would say that it isa lot more thrilling to be a father than agrandfather. That will be my slogan untilI am eighty. My nine pound daughter wasborn last night, really only eight andeleven ounces, but I call it nine, and I amthankful it was only one. We haven't decided on the first, name; but we are going tocall her Wheeler, anyhow. I really am veryhappy about the whole thing and if allyouse guys could cooperate, you wouldfind that "Life begins at Fifty," anotherslogan. She should be the class baby untila better one comes along.—Al Wheeler.
Dutch Uline is very happily relocated in Minneapolis. He is now associated with The Leader, Inc., and is living at 2800 Irving Avenue, South, Minneapolis. Here are his words about the new set-up.
"It almost seems like coming home again. We lived here twelve years and liked the city immensely as you may remember when you were out here some years ago. I will merchandise this store which is across the street from my old stand. The organization set-up affords the kind of an opportunity for me that I have hoped for during several years and it looks as if I may be through moving about the country permanently. At least we hope so.
Marion and the two younger childrenare mighty happy to be here also wherethey still have many friends and will notfeel like the lost souls they have been forthe past five years. John even seems anxious to "visit" us before he starts workingfor Price-Waterhouse this fall. There ismuch Dartmouth activity here which Ihave missed since I left Boston, but Imissed a picnic by a day when I had to goeast.
An official notice from Compton & Sons Company, color lithographers, St. Louis, announces the appointment of Bertrand C. Wheeler, formerly manager of their Chicago office, to be vice president in charge of sales with headquarters in St. Louis.
Ralph Blanchard, famous insurance expert and head of the Department of Insurance at Columbia University, has been named vice president in charge of the Insurance Division of the American Management Association. Ralph is also insurance editor for the McGraw-Hill Publishing House.
We make the best tire, writes Les Waldron, general sales manager of Pennsylvania Rubber Company. At least, this is the signed statement which was broadcasted, announcing the new Pennsylvania RX.
Frank Rose has moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where he is living at 6 University Place For the New York crowd King Moses' new abode is the Pickwick Arms Hotel, 230 E. 51st Street Bob Moffatt has left Dr. Dafoe and the Quintuplets and may now be reached at Box 1311, Cocoa, Florida.
Nineteen hundred and eleven's contingent at reunion was somewhat smaller than usual, consisting principally of the fathers of graduating sons, and one Butts and one Paul, plus Cap Hedges who was here for the Council meeting, and son, David, who was attending his fifth reunion. Dick and Chet kept the crowd well under control so that it really was a much quieter reunion than ordinarily.
Incidentally, Dave Hedges is making a fine impression on the officials at the Bank of New York & Trust Company where he is employed and is considered personally able to take care of himself from now on. Cap spoke of pleasant visits with Helen Keck, formerly Helen Troy, in Houston, Texas. Incidentally, here are some extracts from a recent letter from Helen which should be of interest to all of her old friends.
Home Address: 795 Oak Knoll Circle Pasadena, California
"Dear Dartmouth Friends: "I resolved after I had such a grand celebration with some of you at John and Margaret Pearson's and with the Mathes in New York, that I was going to keep in touch with you more closely, because of Spunk and Jim, and because I wish to too.
"Christmas has come and gone and with it all the engrossments that comes to a mother who is accustomed to one child, and now finds herself with six, and a husband. We rebuilt Mr. Keek's old house last summer, and now we are actually living in it easily. At the present time we are sorrowing because a recent storm in Pasadena tore down fifteen age-old trees. One oak, which is probably from 500 to 800 years old, and which completely filled our back yard, was torn right out by the roots. Since they were the most beautiful attributes of our home, we are simply sick.
"I have learned to love Houston. It has the most terrible climate I have ever encountered, and everything in the world may happen to you in the same week, but I like the people, and it has an amazingly beautiful residential section. It seems to be the only town I have encountered, that seems to be indifferent to the depression. It is certainly the place for a young fellow, if he's got the pluck to stand up under the climate.
"Jim has gone back to Honolulu for his last semester. He is in a very fine school there—Punahou, but I am anxious to have him home and near us from now on. It
wasn't convenient, nor wise, to have him home these past two years, as we travel a great deal and he would have to be there with help. But, next year I hope he will be admitted to Thatcher School in Ojai, which is near us, and then he will start upon his ninth grade. None of our boys' schools would take him until he was ready for the ninth grade. He is contemplating a summer camping trip to Alaska with the head master of his school."
An interesting letter received from John Card who since 1922 has been teaching College Entrance Chemistry at the English High School in Boston. His most important news is that John Jr. has been admitted to Dartmouth in the class of 1943 and of course eventually hopes to go to the Tuck School. He was president of his class in the local high school for the past three years, has been an active Boy Scout, being an Eagle Scout with one Palm. He is the leader of the Senior Scouts, Assistant Scoutmaster, has been stationed at Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, in the Citizens Military Training Camps, and holds certificates in Senior Life Saving and Red Cross First Aid.
A few excerpts from the letter about John Sr.—Chairman of the Holbrook Branch of the Brockton Chapter of the Red Cross, Chairman of the Court of Honor for the local Boy Scouts, Director of the Holbrook Co-Operative Bank; President, Director, and Trustee of the Holbrook Union Cemetery, Patron of the Order of the Eastern Star. Married with four children—Annella, president of her class at school and ready for college in another year; Elizabeth, graduated from Junior High School; and Andrew, the younger boy, registered to enter Dartmouth in 1947.
The Les Gibsons recently enjoyed a vacation trip to the west where they got a big kick out of being entertained by the Rick Castles. They motored to the top of several of the mountains, visited primitive Indian villages where houses are made of clay and Indian life is about the same as in the year 1600. Les describes the trip as a personally conducted tour never to be forgotten. Rick is fine, has gained a little weight but otherwise has changed very little and works, talks, and acts about the same as he did in Hanover thirty years ago. He is a C.P.A. by profession but spends much of his time at his mink ranch up in the mountains where he rules over several thousand subject mink. He asked Les to give his best regards to everybody in the class and a cordial invitation to look him up in Denver.
For the sake of those who knew of the Burleighs' twelve year old daughter, Jane, who had been ill since birth, may it be simply recorded that she died in June.
"Two OLD ROOMIES—LES AND RICK"
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
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