1910*
Secretary, Canaan St., Canaan, N. H.
EDGAR WILLARD HIESTAND, the Chicago-born lad who halfbacked on a Dartmouth freshman team in the fall of 1906, has entered another candidate for Hanover. one Michael Hughes Bragassa, wgt. 6½ lbs., born Feb. 18, son of dau. Barbara Little Mike is Grandpop Hiestand's No. 3 grandchild, the other two being Stefanie and "Butchie" Fay, children of Mary Hiestand "Butchie" is also slated for Dartmouth While Eck smokes his clay pipe and basks in expansive survey of his grandchildren, we'll cast our vote for his youngest daughter Janet, who is a doggone sight more helpful to a class secretary than a certain Oklahoma City Squire who has forgotten the art of expression through penmanship . and if his chirographic efforts are no more legible than those of Pineo Jackson and Herb Woods, we would accept a dictated letter.
BONES JONES went to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, searching young ideas for the famous Old Mandolin that has been gathering dust in the garret all these decades Jim and Louise MacPherson spent some time at West Palm Beach this winter, getting a much-needed vacation
. . James Percival Nourse works at 140 Foster St., lives at 45 Monterey Road, Worcester Julius Warren, able educator who is doing a fine job as head of Newton's school system, spoke at the 18th annual meeting of Mass. Ass'n for Childhood Education.
THE CHICAGO DARTMOUTHNIGHT CELEBRATION drew out a goodly number of Tenners, in fact, the largest delegation of classes in that generation President Jack Dingle, Howl ard Fogg, Billy Williams, Don Bryant, Dolph Bresler, Bill Taylor, Bob Woodcock, Mac Kendall Dick Hursh was making his annual visitation to Miami, Fla., where he is very well and favorably known as "The Golf-Playing Book Salesman" who takes the winter gentry for a one-way ride.
ONE OF THE SAD DUTIES in a class secretary's work is the recording of classmates' deaths and the writing of obituaries in connection therewith Frankly, we don't like it The assignment this month is specially difficult, because 1910 has seen the passing of two of its best known, best liked, most loyal members, Nick Carter and Monty Fall.
Such contacts as one has during those formative years at Hanover create close friendships that are akin to blood relationship At this moment we are thinking not only of Nick and Monty but of May Teall, Lew Wallace, Jim Colgan, Jack Field, "Spuddy," and many others who have gone on before Dartmouth plants her seeds of relationship deep in the fibre of her sons.
And so the passing of Monty and Nick make us more acutely mindful of this relationship with its memories and youthful experiences. Just a week prior to Nick's death he wrote this short letter in longhand he never received our reply, for it was mailed the day before he died
. "Do you happen to know the where-abouts of Ed Paul? He was in Minneapolis for a year or two. Then he gave up law, as far as I know, and has been living in Wakefield, N. H. Nick was to meet you at dinner at Andy Scarlett's this week. I'm glad. It was nice of Andy to have him down. I'm better than I was, but still have a way to travel. Take care of yourself. Sincerely, Nick." A second shock took him away quickly on March 11, the first having been suffered a year ago. During the following months Nick was a very sick man, but recovered enough to get dressed, do a lot of reading in the extensive home library he had built up, and see young Nick progress through his first year and a half as a Dartmouth undergraduate.
THIS TRIBUTE from Pineo Jackson's pen is worth printing here, "Monty Fall was one of the most colorful, vibrant individuals of our class, and he never changed with the years. He was ever the rollicking boy and prankster. Countless are the laughs he introduced into a drab world, and his broad grin comes quickly to your mind. But for all his outward demeanor there was beneath it a deep sympathy for his fellow man, a rich philosophy to meet personal sorrow, and a commendable consciousness of civic responsibility, exemplified by his competent service in public office and his war record. He met life's challenge courageously and light-heartedly, and he has left us a happy memory. He was most loyal to the College, his class and his friends, to all of which he gave generously of his colorful and lovable personality."
Detailed obituaries of Nick and Monty are in the Necrology section.
PRESIDENT JIM PORTER of Waitt & Bond lives at 3 Russell Terrace, Montclair, N. J Dolph Bresler is with the Board of Trade in Chicago, residing at 436 No. Sheridan Road, Highland Park.
. Henry Beal lives at Cedar Hill Farm, Windsor, Vt., but is general manager of the Heald Machine Co. of Worcester. Mass., manufacturers of high grade machine tools, such as grinders and precision boring mills Among his many other civic activities, George Davies has been busy with Red Cross work in Ohio as emergencies arise Joe Kinney keeps in good physical trim for his terrific bridge schedules, stowing away in the not too distant past "4 huge bowls of Tubby Besse's clam chowder and 2 of fish chowder without batting an eyelash." . . There never was anything the matter with the capacity of Joseph's alimentary canal.
CHEEVER COMEY has been made factory manager of Patterson Sargent Co., manufacturers of paint, varnish, and lacquer Cheever lives at 20,701 Avalon Drive, Rocky River, Ohio At the Union Bank & Trust Co. in Ottumwa, lowa, can be found Charlie Merrill, who is trust officer of that institution Walt Wilson, who went to California many years ago, is in the insurance business at Li So. Spring St., Los Angeles Ben Williams gave an interesting interview over WEEI early in March, replying in part to a question concerning the glamor and ease in writing, "Sliding into a chair is certainly part of it. I slide into my chair at my desk seven days a week, more or less, the year round." Ben put in four years of writing with no return other than rejection slips. He had written 80 stories before he sold one, and that was for $50....Ben has a nice deep radio voice.
OFFSPRING. Bob Unangst went South with the track team Morris Paine works as assistant in the merchandising department of Kahn Company, Oakland, Calif., Dept. Store Virginia, daughter of the Montpelier George Aliens, is a senior at Simmons Harry Mitchell's son, Ralph, is at the revitalized Kimball Union Academy, which is acknowledged as doing a whale of a good scholastic job on boys headed for Dartmouth Harold Robinson, who is having a difficult time in war-torn China, gets no little satisfaction from his two Dartmouth sons, Harold Jr., a senior, now in pre-medical work, is Phi Beta Kappa; freshman James, who is happy there, daughter Elizabeth in China with her parents, hesitates to select a college, stating that Dartmouth is her only preference.
The class has had 72 sons in College, far outstripping any class of similar period.
We're wondering who will be in the 1943 group that enters next fall The selections are right now in the lap of fortune and Bob Strong, who is in temporary seclusion at this minute while wading through some 2,000 applications that contain a tremendous mass of detail.
PROMOTION. . Equitable Insurancer Norton Cushman has had his responsibilities increased now that he has a son at Hanover, having been placed in charge of supervisory work in his territory Herb and Daisy Wolff went down to Coral Gables this winter for a month of rest and sunshine Jim Everett is getting ready to plant a crop of Irish Potatoes on the N. H. hillside he loves....
Otto Taylor, head of his own accounting firm, O. F. Taylor & Co., 50 Broadway, N. Y. C., now lives at 86 Blackburn Road, Summit, N. J Tenners who lived in Sanborn will be grieved to learn of the passing of Jocko Clayton, always a great favorite of that group.
YOU'LL BE HEARING from the Alumni Fund twins before long John VanderPyl and Ray Seymour do a great job but never high-pressure anyone, preferring to let each man decide the question for himself We know one enthusiastic Tenner who has doubled his contribution already, which was a pleasant surprise to John and Ray.
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