1929*
WANTED—and FOUND: in Hanover in June 1939: two hundred-odd of us— -152 men, 51 wives and the Class Baby, more than enough participants to win the Class of 1930 Cup for largest attendance and provide enough revenue to pay all reunion expenses and give us a small balance to spend on collecting movies and snapshots for a Reunion movie and picture album. Yes, it can be recorded, modestly and without apology, that, as the N. W. Ayer boys put it, the Reunion was a Triumphant Tenth—from the moment the first carload drove up Main Street late Thursday night to the draining of the last keg as the picnic broke up Sunday evening. They all say that it was a Class accomplishment in which every one of us can take pride and from which we can take hope for a better future for all class undertakings. A large part of this success is attributable to the N. W. Ayer boys who directed the publicity, especially Herb Bissell and Brink Brinkerhoff. But the Class unit subscription to the MAGAZINE must be given, as well, a major share of credit for the remarkable sense of Class solidarity that manifested itself in many ways to the Reunion Committee as it prepared for the Tenth and that was confirmed beyond all doubt through three days of reunion in Hanover. The value of the unit subscription plan was so generally recognized for ordinary as well as reunion years that its continuance was authorized by the Class. The plan, as you know from last year's explanation and trial, calls for payment out of the class treasury of MAGAZINE subscriptions for all graduates in the class, and repayments to the class of his individual share by each man upon receipt of a bill rendered by the class treasurer. A full notice of this will be received from Bill Keyes in due course.
But getting back to those who were Found in Hanover: The soft ball players were all over the lot, with Morrie Hart- man distinguishing himself on the mound and Herb Fish hitting and running the bases like a youngster; the reputations of a couple of new story tellers were con- firmed when Eddie Walsh and Trapper Bryant convulsed the Class Dinner; the more persistent picture-takers were Chris Born, Ellie Cavanagh, Bill Henretta, Ken Moran, Jack Hubbard and Charlie Dud- ley; the identity of the arm pummelers will not be revealed except to say they were the same as five years ago, only worse; Brink Brinkerhoff played the piano and Mayher, Maynard, Michael and their gang started us all singing at the Dinner and later marched us over for a song at the Senior Fence and then led us singing across the campus and back to the Tent where John Brown Cook revealed him- self (but not his art) as a master of leger- demain. But, perhaps we should start at the beginning:
We roared into Hanover (Born at the wheel) close to midnight Thursday and were just nosed out of the most convenient parking space on Main Street by Dapper Dan Hetfield (with Mrs. Hetfield at his side), driving a huge un-topped touring car bulging with Frank Foster and Dick Rogers. From then on they came in fast, Jack Lynch and bride all the way from Honolulu, Harlan Taylor up from Houston, Texas, and Al Starrett from Atlanta, Ga., and by the time the registration desk was set up in the Tent late Friday morning there were more than eighty of the boys scattered around town, playing golf, taking the sun outside the Tent or helping Buster Brown set up the beer bar. Desk clerk Bridge's ('42) books recorded the following in attendance: Bill Alexander, Bill Andres, Jack Angell, Morgan Baker, Herb Ball, Duke Barto and wife, Kin Batchelder, Norm Bankart, Al Bellerose, Al Benjamin and wife, Wall Bergstrom and wife, Carl Bertch, Herb Bissell, Chris Born, Jack Brabb and wife, Freddie Breithut, Brink Brinkerhoff and wife, Beedie Brisbin, Dick Brown, Johnny Bryant, Buck Bulkley, Yike Burgess, Dick Burke, Ed Carpenter, Bing Carter, Bob Carr, Ellie Cavanagh and wife, Jimmy Cavanagh, Johnny Cornehlsen and wife, Eddie Chinlund, Jim Curtis, Ed Coddington, Dick Clark, Art Clow, Bill oles and wife, Al Cooley and wife, Johnny Conlon, Ed Covey, Archie Crowley, Jay Bee Cook, Dick Danforth and wife, Johnny Davis, Joe D'Esopo and wife, John Dickey, Phil Dinsmore and wife, Bob Drake, Eddie Deans and wife, Charlie Dudley and wife, Dick Eberline, Harry Enders, Herb Fish, Phil Fitzpatrick, Pinkie Flannery and wife, Frank Foster, Al Finlay and wife, Mike Ferrini, Bud Foulks, Eddie Fowler and wife, Phil Gage and wife, Charlie Goldsmith and wife, Gil Griffin, Slew Goodwin, Jack Gunther, Morrie Hartman and wife, Nel Hartstone and wife, Mo Heath and wife, Roy Hedger, Bill Henretta, Sonny Hetfield and wife, Eddie Heister, Gus Herbert, Jerry Harris, George Hersam, Jim Hodge, Jack Hubbard and wife, Ross Hughes and wife, Freddie Ingram, Mace Ingram, Mort Jaquith, Paul Jameson, Van Jamieson, Lyt Johnston and wife, Stewie Jones and wife, Lloyd Kent and wife, Saw Kier, Charlie King and wife, Dick Kuhns, George Lane and wife, Ben Leavitt, Ichie Little and wife, Jack Lynch and wife, Herm Liss, Larry Lougee, Pete Lundgren, Bob Lyle and wife, Herb McCreery, Phil Mayher, Phil May and wife, Tom Maynard, Mai Mather and wife, Bill McCaw, Karl Michael, Ken Moran, Bill Morgan, Jack Moxon, George Naylor and wife, Howie Nichols, Art Nighswander, Joe O'Leary and wife, Dud Orr, Johnny Parker and wife, Lou Payne, Tommy Phelps, Inches Pierce and wife, Stan Piatt and wife, Potsy Poeter, Bud Purdy, Cliff Purse, Joe Pritchard, Pres Randlett and wife, Squeek Redding, Hal Ripley, Heinie Richardson, Phil Rising and wife, Dick Rogers, Baird Rogers, Joe Ruff and wife, Art Rydstrom, Dick Sanders and wife, Stan Simmons, Ben Scales, Ted Shackford and wife, Larry Shirley, Walt Sherwood, Carl Spaeth and wife, Wat Spangler, Al Starrett, Hank Stein, Jerry Swope, Bart Stoodley, Claude Stevens, Harlan Taylor, Rog Turnbull, Joe Walsh and wife, Eddie Walsh, Joe Webb and wife, Al Weigel and wife, Bill White, Gus Weidenmayer, Wally Willard, Ken Wilson and wife, George Wright and wife.
The tent site was choice, commanding a view of Memorial Field where player coach Pete Lundgren, tireless in spite of his girth, had a ball game continuously in progress, practicing for the Saturday morning games with '24 and '34 which unfortunately were rained out by the only spell of inclement weather encountered during the week-end. About 150 licked the platters clean at Friday's buffet supper. Later quite a few attended the President's Reception. But that evening, as during the entire week-end, the tent was the gathering spot, not a very quiet place but a good place,to find the fellows you hadn't seen for five or ten years. At Saturday's Alumni Luncheon, while the girls were having a luncheon of their own, the 1930 Cup was presented to us (later we had to give it back). Saturday afternoon's outstanding event was the lucrative business done by enterprising Hanover youngsters who scurried back and forth between the stands and the tent refilling the beer mugs for '29 spectators at the College ball game. The beer mugs, by the way, were so popular that it was next to impossible to keep a supply at the beer bar. Conceived by Fddie Walsh and executed by his American Can Co. in white enamel with green seal and class reunion legend about 500 of them went home with the boys. No tea and crumpets were served at the Cocktail Party presided over by Bill Coles preceding the Class Dinner. But not a few were victimized by Carl Spaeth's bucket of suds which had to be drunk from to the chanting of some rude song, if you happened within reach of the brawny professor. It was then but a few steps to Thayer Hall where we sat down, 150 strong, to perhaps the best Class Dinner Hanover has ever seen. I should be able to record the feeling of that gathering but I can't and so I shall not try more than to say that we sat down there 150 reuners and went out singing—a Class. President Hopkins joined us for a few minutes as we were finishing the meal, and, graciously introduced by President Gus Wiedenmayer, spoke to us intimately about the relationship of the Alumni to the problems facing the Administration of the College. Then, with Dud Orr acting as Toastmaster, there were brief remarks by Frank Foster and Larry Lougee; an inspired discourse by Gus Herbert, toga-clad orator of the evening, entitled "Tears for the Living, Cheers for the Dead"; hilarious stories and pantomine by Eddie Walsh and Trapper Bryant; the Mayher, Maynard, Michael, at al singing, which has already been mentioned, including some of the old favorites we used to sing at the Hums. Though we missed "What's The News From Gloucester" Blair we received a telegraphic explanation justifying his absence: his first daughter born that Friday night.
At one point the dinner's festivities were made indelibly memorable to me when John Dickey presented me with a gift from the class: a brass ship's clock and barometer mounted together on a mahogany stand. Although at the time I tried with but poor success to express my feelings and my gratitude, I take this opportunity to try again and to express to the entire class my very great appreciation for a gift and a gesture which I shall always place high among the good things in my life.
Festivities continued unabated well into the gray of dawn enlivened by numerous incidents Spaeth being narrowly averted from engaging in his regular 5-year fisticuffs with unidentified interlopers Coles arising refreshed from the nap to which he had staggered after the exertions of ladleing out cocktails and listening to orations.... a scouting party scouring the countryside for more beer as we got down to the picnic reserve. .. .hordes of visitors descending upon our tent and hospitality— the price of a reputation for the town's gayest spot—or perhaps it was just the quality and quantity of our beer. Sunday was a bright warm day for the Class Picture on the steps of Dartmouth, the Class Meeting, movies and picnic at Bonnie Oaks where there was more soft ball and a great deal of horsing and lying around in the sun. At the Class Meeting the Constitution was amended as recommended by a committee chairmaned by John Dickey; it was unanimously voted to continue the ALUMNI MAGAZINE Unit Subscription Plan; and further consideration and approval of Bill Morgan's proposed Class Fund was postponed after lively debate. The following officers were elected for the next five years: President, Larry Lougee; Vice President, Ellie Cavanagh; Treasurer, Bill Keyes; Secretary, Bill Andres; Executive Committee: Duke Barto, Bob Drake, Gus Herbert, Dan Marks, Phil Mayher, Harlan Taylor and Eddie Walsh.
We've run way over our allotted space so all chatter and local gossip will be held over till next month.
N. B.: Will all who have photographs and movies (16 mm) of reunion please get in touch with me at once. We want to make up a movie reel and album to be available for class dinners this fall.
Secretary-Chairman, 75 Federal St., Boston, Mass.
* 100% subscribers to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, on class group plan.
