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Mr. and Mrs. Ros Magill, Mr. and Mrs. Rog Morse and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Garcia, and Jib Dingwall tried to pull the Columbia game out of the fire on October 12 th. Ed Kiley also took young Jim for his first visit to Hanover. If I remember correctly, the Grill lost several of its big trays freshman year, said trays making wonderful toboggans for use on the golf course. I wouldn't for the world tell young Jim Kiley that his innocent looking father was the one who showed Dan Coak- ley, Vic Porter, and myself how to tuck a tray up our back and walk out backward.
New York had its biggest gathering in years in October. Boston Balmacaan's Harvard night-before was its biggest and best in years. Thirty-three sat down at the festive board. Kike Davis gave us a vivid account of his last days on the continent just one jump ahead of the German Blitzkrieg, from Antwerp to Dunkerque to England. Whitey Fuller, of the Dartmouth Press Association gave us something to think about in his talk and our life trustee, Dr. Jay Gile soothed our nerves. There was Bill McICenzie from Akron, Rog Evans, up from Philadelphia, Bob Clunie down from Maine, Howey Abraham from Vermont, Ralph George and Jim Shanahan from New Hampshire, Gil Tapley, Jack Kittredge, Tog Upham, Viv Fletcher, Bob Steinert, Sam Cutler, Rog Morse, Alec Jardine, Johnny Monahan, Duff Lewis, Rod Soule, Ollie Barr, Hobey Baker, Fred Bailey, Bill Mott, Joe Newmark, Johnny Mullin, Tut Marsden, Herb Lord, Frank Bobst, Gran Fuller, Dick Parkhurst, Ralph Parker, Max Bernkopf and Jack English.
For the third successive year, Alec and Estelle Jardine opened up their big house in Wellesley, where Joe Carleton and Dick Ellis joined us. We had a grand party, with all the fixins. Best of all, Alec and Estelle recorded our singing and individual voices on records, that will be used against us at Reunion. The Class again thanks you, Alec and Estelle, and only hope you had a fraction of the joy we had.
Before the game on Saturday morning, Ken Tucker, for the seventeenth year, had the gang out to their Belmont home. Ken and May plan a party for Sunday afternoon, December Ist with forty men and wives already signed up to come.
Seen at the Harvard game, Cap Carey and son Jack, Abe Lincoln and wife, John Lincoln Ames (don't forget the Jr.), Bob McCammon and wife who haven't been around for ages, Jack Little and wife, and Jack Curtin, the bachelor from Schenectady, with three girls. Jack gave me a few details of the Orient-Occident Chapter meeting of Balmacaan held in Schenectady with Carl and Lucille Eskeline. I know now, I missed a good party.
At the Dartmouth North Shore Dinner held at Salem in October, Joe Newmark reports seeing Paul Wadleigh and Charlie Dudley.
You will all be happy to hear that Don "Sweeney" Fuller is up and around and is feeling fine. Sweeney is living at 1892 Elm Street, Manchester, N. H.
The tall chap who carried the colors of Hampton, N. H. Post No. 75 in the big Legion parade in Boston was one H. Clifford Bean. Cliff claims my vision is blurry just because I didn't see him. To prove he caught tuna three days after our Balmacaan fishing party that netted a few mackerel, he brought in pictures showing three tuna and a five-foot shark. There were just 1411 lbs. of fighting tuna. Seeing is believing, but since Cliff ran our fishing party, why didn't he make a deal with the tuna instead of tinker mackerel.
Ken Henderson is now living at 818 Bryant Ave., Winnetka, Illinois. Ken, after 21 years at Ditto Inc., is Vice President and Treasurer, in charge of money, management and sales, and did his best to keep the Kelly-Nash gang from stuffing the ballot boxes during the election.
I have some bad news for the Class. John Patrick English has gone and went Republican. He even made speeches for Willkie and was caught at a Republican Rally in Belmont by Ken Tucker. Now the Class must get itself another Democrat to keep its political feet on the ground.
Bill Brown, principal of the Glens Falls New York High School, has been appointed to the Glens Falls Defense Council.
Carl Holmes is still the big cheese at the Hawkin School at South Euclid, Ohio. Carl's daughter Jean, is a sophomore at Smith. Cynthia and Peter 14 years old are still at home. Carl writes about Dartmouth's place in a field in which we too should take great pride. Carl writes "Awfully proud of Being a Dartmouth man in the field of education. Hope all Dartmouth men appreciate how high the college stands in scholastic reputation. President Hopkins and his colleagues are exceptionally forward looking and courageous." Thank you Carl.
They tell me that Fletch Andrews is continuing to do a fine service for Cleveland and is just as humorous as ever. Your fame is spreading Fletch.
In about two years we can expect to see another Phi Beta Green in Hanover. Chan Green, the Hartford Insurance Actuary, will have a son in the Class of '46. Has anyone seen the Hartford plute, one George Pratt, recently? I expect when it gets cold George will desert Hartford for some island in the Caribbean.
Dan Coakley was lucky he wasn't carrying the risk on Art Conley's carbon paper factory in Fairfield, Conn. The plant was nearly destroyed. You know, Dan delivers a match with each insurance policy.
almost forget, the Class has one Democrat left, F. Stirling Wilson, who is the new adjutant of Department of Commerce Post No. 45, American Legion. Stirling expected to make the Harvard game but couldn't do it.
Retailing, issue of October 28, 1940 carried a full page spread of House Beautiful with a picture of the pipe smoking editor, Kenneth K. Stowell, who assumed the editorship in 1936. During his years with House Beautiful, the magazine has had its greatest growth in prestige, readership, and advertising patronage. Prior to 1936, Ken was in editorial charge of ArchitecturalForum and later, editor of American Architect-Arch itecture.
Using the same boat and the same skipperthree days after the Balmacaan fishingparty that netted but twenty-four mackerel, Cliff Bean brought in three tuna, pictured above, for a total of 1411 poundsand a five foot shark. What 1916 wouldlike to ask Cliff—"Why didn't he tell thetuna, Balmacaan was coming?"
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