1916*
The big news of the past month was the largest gathering of New York Balmacaaners that has been held in a long while. Thanks to Jib Dingwall sixteen New York Mohammedans sat around the festive board on October 8th at the Dartmouth Club—Phil Stackpole, Perc Burnham, Jack McEndy, Johnny Pelletier, George Smith' Pike Larmon, Fred St. George Smith, Cap Williams, Ed Ozite Kiley, Ken StowelL Beans Sully, Ros Magill, Charlie Jones, Dutch Doenecke, and Bill Brett frOM Cleveland, were present.
Perc Burnham is handling the night before Princeton party at the New York Dartmouth Club, Friday, November 8th. Talk about a small world, Jib Dingwall was returning on the train to New York from a business trip to Chicago, when he befriended a young lady. Said young lady was none other than Frank Bobst's secretary, who has handled the affairs of 1916 for Frank and myself the past four years. We both thank you, Jib.
The only Balmacaaner spotted in the Legion Parade in Boston last month, was the spotlessly uniformed, handsome Emery Lapierre leading the Concord, New Hampshire, post.
Gil Tapley is sending his second daughter, Priscilla, to join his oldest girl, Idella, at Smith College. There will be a year soon, when Gil will have four daughters in college at the same time, and that's something.
Like father, like son. On the honor roll for the past year was OLLIE BARR 3rd, Class of 1942, son of the Norwood blond tenniser, Papa Barr. Then there is young Jim Kiley, star salesman for SaturdayEvening Post on Long Island. My advice to you, Jim, is not to follow too closely in your father's footsteps for I remember that father of yours selling me, his fellow classmate, when I was a meek and lonely freshman, a gym suit which I never used. You didn't think I'd remember that deal, did you Ed Ozite Kiley? Ed tore a tendon in his arm, playing golf, an old man's game. Be your age, Ed, and play tennis.
I've just had a wonderful letter from Joe Larimer, assistant secretary of the Chicago Bar Association. Joe made his first visit to Hanover in fifteen years—hobnobbed with John Stearns, Jay Gile and Ed Kirkland, who was on his way back to Bowdoin, and ran into three out of the ten sons of 1916 who are in college. In Philadelphia for the Bar Association meetingJoe had luncheon with Pete Cleaves and Roy Evans. He missed Anson Bates who was unkind enough to be out of Philadelphia when he called and was unable to repay a visit to Gardner Morey whom he had seen in Chicago—Joe is planning on the twenty-fifth.
Pete Cleaves sent me a copy of a fine letter from George Howell who is now the President of the Exchange National Bank of Tampa, Florida. George, although he graduated from Cornell, and is a trustee °f Tampa University, plans to send his sons to Dartmouth. Dick Parkhurst paid George a visit last winter.
Bob Sherer has left Boston and is now ocated at 1522 Essex Road, Columbus, Ohio. Bob is a proud father of a splendid family.
By the way, I've just had a letter from Freddie da Costa of Middleboro, Mass.— reddie has been in the Fire Insurance usiness since leaving college but is now out of a job. If anyone hears or knows of A JOb in this line, write Freddie or me. Thanks.
Pete also sent on to me a fine letter from C. D. Tripolitis, now Inspector of Naval Aircraft at the Douglass Aircraft at Santa Monica, Calif. Even though Trip spent only a year at Dartmouth, and spent four years at Michigan where he got his degree, he cherishes the memory of old Hanover and the associations with Dartmouth ever since. Trip was married in 1931, spent eight years at Lakehurst. Trip no longer does flight testing.
One of the full scholarships to the Harvard Law School this year was awarded to Austin Goldman, son of our Harry Goldman. Austin made Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year and was graduated Magna Cum Laude from C. C. N. Y. this past June when he was just gi years old, and Harry did his best to get a single A in his four years at Dartmouth. The answer is— Harry, they grow 'em smarter these days.
Honey Abraham, who knows people who own yachts, big motor boats and planes, flew out to Denver last month, called on Ev and Claire Parker. Honey says the two Parker children are wonderful that Claire is lovely and that Ev has promised to bring them all on for the twenty-fifth.
In the old days, when I visited Honey in Burlington, he used to cook me lucious steaks. He claims to have a new grill and wants me to try his new technique. Should I try him out?
The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE has just carried a paper by Dr. E. P. Hayden on Surgical Problems in Diverticulitis whatever that means. But it just goes to show you that when a fellow can write about something that you can't understand or even pronounce—you have arrived.
Secretary, 37 Maple St., Stoneham, Mass Treasurer, Bobst, Johnson & Wyatt 1 Federal St., Boston, Mass.
