1921*
Carl Hammond, Ludington's gift to 1921 (Ludington is in Michigan), writes a letter that would gladden the heart of any scribe. Under a 400 West Madison St., Chicago, dateline, Carl brings us down to the minute on himself most interestingly and succinctly, opening with the thought that he'd like to write of his recent career in terms of stirring adventure (Attaboy, Carll) "but it would be practically all fiction if 1 did." Carl is a bachelor, lives in suburban Elmhurst, and has his office in the Chicago Daily News Bldg., "where I turn out work as an illustrator and continuity-writer which finds publication by the Bell Syndicate of New York. I enjoy the ALUMNI MAGAZINE immensely and keep hoping for an opportunity of returning to Dartmouth for a long-delayed visit." We'll be looking for you at our Twentieth next year, Carl, old boy! .... As an efficiency measure, we offer at this point the latest instalment of Chicago Through a Keyhole before going further west. In the interest of diversification, we enlisted the aid this month of one of our super-sleuths in the Windy City, with a special request to get something on G. H. ("Good Housekeeping") Chamberlaine. Here's the blast that resulted. Early this fall G. Harry C. was limping around town on a cane and with a battered tennis
shoe on one foot. It seems that during the summer he acquired a palatial yacht, sometimes otherwise known as a dinghy. Harry lives beside the Lake in Evanston, and one night about two o'clock the night watchman woke him up to say that a storm had broken his "yacht" loose and he'd better take a look at it. Harry spent the next couple of hours swimming in the lake, doing the w. k. retriever act. In the process of beaching the boat, he nearly succeeded in cutting off several toes. Harry then got himself in the dog house (with Mrs. C) by walking through his home in the dark before he knew what had happened, with results to the rug which our anonymous reporter feels require little description. Your scribe is not at liberty to divulge the identity of this special correspondent, but we can throw out a few hints by telling you that he's a lawyer, his last name begins with a "P," and at one time he was Editor- in-Chief of The Dartmouth.
Ralph Ruder checks in from Colorado Springs, Colo., with one of the most entertainingand comprehensive communications received by this agent in many a moon. "Rudie" writes that mining has not been a major activity with him, although he has been a member of a syndicate which, through several small corporations, has operated some leases in the Cripple Creek field in a minor way and has carried on a somewhat larger program of development in the San Juan area in the s.w. corner of Colorado. On the other hand, says Ralph, his main activity is in the securities markets, which he has studied and attempted to follow for almost so years (My Gawd, has it been that long? interpolates Rudie). As a side issue, he acts as chairman of the Advance Gifts Committee of the Com- munity Chest. "The family consists of one son, age 10, one daughter, age 5, and one wife, age not for publication. The son, Jim Ruder, has been entered in the class of '5l since birth—hope he makes the grade!" All this corner can say is that if young Jim is half as smart as Ralph, he can look toward the future with unlimited confidence.
Stopping briefly in Chicago on the way home, we received reports from Ned Price on sundry '2iers in those parts. Bill Embree has been indulging this past fall in his usual hunting trips, while Rog Wilde and Dick Hart developed a penchant for fishing during the summer. Rock Grundman is attorney for the mortgage house of Irvin Jacobs & Cos., which specializes in FHA and insurance-company mortgages. Ned went to the returns from the Yale game and found Ken Thomas and Rog Wilde there; also found Al Laffey at the Drake Hotel one night not so long ago, helping the packers put on their annual convention. Also he reports "Dutch" Bausher (the Reading, Penna., Flash) recently blew in to Ned's office on his way home from a trip to one of his mills in Wisconsin. "As for myself," says Ned, "I haven't done much for some time except to try to earn a living and to fix up a new house. The house is not new, but it is to us." It appears to this department that Ned does plenty and gets around plenty; he is hereby added to '21's coast-to-coast network of spies on an appointment-for-life basis.
Roger Wilde writes that this year's appeal for prompt payment of dues (a paltry $3.50 per annum, men!) has fallen upon both kinds of ears—in a word, some have heeded and some have so far neglected the request. The ratio Roger reports to be substantially unchanged from the corresponding date a year ago; can it be that this column has lost its hold upon its readers? Say it isn't so, men—and say it with funds!! Roger's address is 680 Hinman Ave., Evanston, .; he is also willing to receive checks at his office, 1870 Merchandise Mart, Chicago, III. Let's put '21 out in front again, fellows, by balancing our class budget without further ado. Your class organization can function only by each man's putting his shoulder to the wheel, to the tune of $3.50 Eli Smith has started a back-to-the-soil movement in North Wilbraham, Mass., by taking to overalls and farming, if reports reaching this reporter's ears can be relied upon Frank Foster turns up in Darien, Conn., where he resides on Christy Hill Road, but letters should be addressed to Box 26, Glenbrook, Conn Cape Payson has made his usual move for the winter to Crescent City, Fla.
Nels Browne is now in Burlington, Vt., where he may be found, there is reason to believe, on Brookes Avenue Dewey Gruenhagen, investment banking tycoon, reports a superseding office address at 1500 Northwestern Bank Bldg., Minneapolis. .... Over in the other Twin City, Willard Bixby is living at 1453 Goodrich Ave Quite recently your scribe saw Howie Anger (the Troy, N. Y., Terror) for the first time in an uncomfortably long while, and we had quite a session. Howie a few months ago was promoted to State Agent by his company, the Agricultural Insurance Cos. of Watertown, N. Y., and is now top man in his office, 75 Maiden Lane, Manhattan. Howie is extremely active around the metropolitan area, so visiting firemen would do well to buzz on the telephone to be sure Howie's in his sanctum. .... "Batch" Batchelder is now Company Commander of 1123d Cos. CCC, at Danbury, N. H., and is living in Deerfield with his interesting family of five children. Batch concludes with his grand invitation, 'You might advertise the fact that I'm here and that there are big, orange signs 3x5 feet showing the location of the camp four-tenths of a mile from the crossroads in Danbury and that I can find room for from 1 to 10 at any time and feed unlimited numbers on an hour's notice and that the latch string is always out to any of the gang and I'd be darned glad to see any of them." .... Ken Bingham reports he's in the insurance business at 32205 Bingham Road, Birmingham, Mich Bob Kendall is manager of the Everett Steamship Corp. at Shanghai, China Don Sawyer has established his legal residence in the postoffice at Amherst, N. H., where you may find him 'most any evening comfortably ensconced in Box 38. During the daytime he is, of course, out selling securities for Kidder, Peabody & Co Take it away, George:
Secretary, 718 Drake Ave., Roselle, N. J.
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