1919*
It is my sad duty to report the death of three classmates and the wife of a fourth —Philip Gammons, Horace Hawks, James Bailey and Esther Bird. The Necrology section carries further information about the first three. Esther Bird was known to many of us, having attended class gatherings with Phil. Her illness proved to be incurable and her suffering was so intense that her going seems to have been her only chance of relief.
The class as a whole and the men individually feel a genuine sense of loss in the death of those who have gone. We shall cherish even more deeply the memories of our undergraduate days and the happy occasions when we have been together since leaving Hanover.
The summer has been a busy season and there are many things to report. I'll just begin somewhere and try to cover what might be of interest to the class as a whole. My sources of news are growing' Those I have seen this summer include Martin, Davis (by proxy—his wife, son and daughter), Bingham, Norton, Hooven, Cooper, Rand, Bresnahan, Clements, Oscar Lewis, Newcomb, DeMond and Sleeper, I A goodly number of letters have come in One from McCreery says in part-"I came out here to Cincinnati into the grocery buying dep't of Kroger Grocery & Baking Cos. about a month ago. Rented a house at 1016 Paxton Ave. which will be my address after Sept. 3. The business address will be 35 E. Seventh St. In your travels, please make this city a stop spot if you ever get near enough."
Bob Smith sends along the following news: "I was married in 1919. Have three daughters-19, 17 and 15- The oldest, Nancy, graduated from Lincoln School in 1939 and attended Erskine School Boston for one year. The next oldest, Constance, should graduate from Lincoln School in 1941, and the youngest, Joan, in 1943. Activities in social organizations include directorship in the Automobile Club of R. I. where I am chairman of the safety education program. Also I'm secretary of their club traffic committee. We believe we have had a considerable part in the program which has made Providence the safest city in the U. S. and if we go through the next week without a fatal accident, it will make 5 consecutive months without a fatal accident on our city streets. As Providence has a population of 250,000 and its business section serves nearly three times this number, we feel quite proud of this achievement. Am also Sec. and Treas. of Saunderstown Yacht Club and work on the special prospect committee of the Providence Community Fund."
From Rangoon, India, Rowland Pollard wrote Spider, and I quote from his letter: "The years do have a habit of speeding up as one gets older so there is never time to do all one wants to. However I received your letter in time to get the cheque home under the wire (I hope). I have left my. family in the hills for 3 months at least and they seem happy to be cool for a change. The time has now arrived when we can no longer keep our babies out here as they must get to school and so we are facing as well as we can the breaking up of the home for a while at least. I've bought a place in Newton Centre and there Eve and the children will have to live when I come back next time. I'm hoping to get home a year from now, and thereafter I will be home every third summer until I retire, provided prese'nt regulations remain in force."
John Scammon is up toward the top of the heap as a Class Father. He has five children, starting with a son John who is in the Class of 1942 and a Zeta Psi. He weighs 215 and is about 6'4". Made the fieshman football team. Two bad knees have kept him out of serious varsity competition. Marianna, the second child, graduated from Portsmouth High School in June. George Richard, 10, Janet, 7, and Robert, 5, comprise the balance of this very fine Dartmouth family.
PAUL CLEMENTS IS ON THE RADIO THREE TIMES A WEEK-MONDAY NIGHT AT 9:00, WHN, ARMY AIR CORPS PROGRAM, SOLDIERS WITH WINGS. THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00, WINS, ARMY AIR CORPS PROGRAM-SERIAL, FLYING CADET -BILL BARTH. SATURDAY NIGHT AT 10:30, WARD, DRAMATIC SKETCHES.
John A. Gordon is Mayor of Barre City, Vt. and for the past year has been Manager of Barre Town.
Paul K. Deßoer, another Vermonter, is a tennis enthusiast and one of his hobbies is running a tennis tournament in Montpelier every year.
From C. E. Whitney in Minneapolis, Sec. of Dartmouth Northwest Alumni Ass'n, I received a letter saying in part: "John IC. (Jake) Wetherby is one of the leading amateur golfers of these here parts and frequently makes the sport pages of our local newspapers. Gene Gluek is one of the leading business men of the northwest, a former president of our Alumni Ass'n, and an officer of Gluek Brewing Cos., one of the leading breweries of the northwest. Coord F. Roosen is one of the bridge experts out here and has published a number of works on the subject, in addition to being associated with one of the leading insurance brokerage houses of the northwest."
I have two sources of information from Portland, Oregon—Spider who was there recently and F. A. Fisher, secretary of Dartmouth Ass'n of Oregon. Spider talked over the phone with Dutch Brummer and visited with Jack Ross. Jack has just completed building a new home and his address is Route 5, S.W. Humphrey Blvd., Portland. Unacademically, he has the reputation of playing a good game at short in the soft ball league out there. Dutch Brummer is with the Electric Home & Farm Authority.
Also on the Pacific Coast, Spider talked on the phone with Ted Townsend who anxiously inquired about everyone. He is the father of two girls, both in High School.
Spider also talked with K. B. Baldwin who likewise has two daughters, one in high school and the other in the College of the Pacific.
Spider saw Freddie McCrea (he is getting it from both directions this year), and reports he is the same as ever. Has built a new home and given up golf to develop his garden. He has one child, about a year old.
Gradually I am learning more and more about the talents and occupations of '19ers. Jim Balch still makes pictures as he did years ago for the Jack-O-Lantern, but now does it for Lord & Thomas. He is one of their leading art directors.
Stew Wark is in the advertising business with Birmingham, Castleman & Pierce, as exec, vice president.
Will I. Levy is associated with Lehman Bros, and a director in Interstate Dept. Stores, Inc.
Bill Stedman is with DeLaval Cos. His son Billy was in school in Arizona last year. Bill Picken made yachting headlines again this summer— "Picken's Yacht Wins Star Race Off Bellport—Fo Fo Outsails Ketcham's Draco 11, by 4 Minutes in Second Test of Series."
For commencement last June, besides- the regular intown delegation, the following '19ers were there: Adams, McCrillis, Cogswell, Jeavons, Burnett and Martin. Jeavons was "reuning" with the class of 1930 in typical Jeavons style. Cogswell was entering his boy in the class of 1949.
The most exciting news I have held for the end. In June, as Spider's guest, I attended the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia where Spider's brother, Joe, distinguished himself as permanent chairman. Spider was quite beside himself and by the end of the 6th ballot, we felt the way you did the first time Dartmouth beat Yale.
After the convention was adjourned, Joe gave Spider the gavel he used and he has named it the "Willkie Gavel." Right now Spider is in Washington telling Joe how to run the campaign.
I will be in Hanover the week-end of the Columbia game, Oct. 12. Look me up at the Inn if you are there then.
Secretary, s Park Ave., New York, N. Y. Magazine Agent, Framingham Centre, Mass.
