1928*
The Dartmouth football team for i960 is going to be a lot better than the 1940 team, thanks to recent population increases around Boston. We hope these boys will beat Cornell 53-7 as their fathers did in 1927. A strapping right guard named John Van de Poele Phelan Jr. reported October 20; Pearl and Jack are pretty excited and so is seven-year-old Martha. Next to young Jack will be William Harris Edgar, son of Charlotte and Red, playing his dad's old position, right tackle. Bill is a little over a year old.
The quarterback for this i960 team was provided by Bea and Bob MacPhail on February 17 and was appropriately named Robert Bruce MacPhail Jr. He will be tossing passes to Al Fusonie Jr., playing left end just as his daddy used to do. Al is just five days older than young Bob. Al's older brother, Doug Fusonie, is already practicing for the team at Taft School, where his dad is coach of football and hockey. Doug was born on a famous day in Dartmouth football history—November 2, 1935, the day we beat Yale'for the first time.
We are obliged to Pearl Phelan's newsy letter for word of two other additions to '2B's second generation: Roberta Newton, daughter of Ruth and Jim Newton, born October 4, and Desire Anne Moulton, born June 3. Greta and Horace Moulton also have a son, Sherman Roberts Moulton 2nd, born May 31, 1937. The long-legged bird has had a busy time in Needham, Mass., which is the home of the Phelans, Newtons and Moultons. Other '2Bers living in Needham are Babe Shaw, Rusty Philbrick and Henry Gere.
There is still life in some of us old boys yet, for on October 20 William Bayard Okie Jr. and Mrs. Raphaelle Gevaert were married at the home of Bill's parents in South Orange, N. J. The Rev. A. P. Davies, of the Community Church of Summit, N. J., officiated. Mrs. Gevaert obtained a divorce from Dr. J. L. Gevaert, Commissioner General of Belgium at the New York World's Fair. Born in Antwerp, she is the daughter of Mr. Jean Anthony, court painter. Bill and his bride went by clipper to Bermuda for their wedding trip.
In telling about the youngest song writer in the country in last month's column, we neglected to mention her age. Amber Jane Harrington, Clark's daughter, was just five when her song, Put a Penny in the OldMan's Hat, was sung by a quartette over the CBS network during an evening program three months ago.
Important I.N.S. (International News Service) stories from Washington frequently carry the by-line: Edward B. Lockett. .... Of the seven 'aBers who belonged to the Dartmouth Press Club back in College days, only two are still doing newspaper work. These are Dick Rendell, Washington reporter for Newsweek, and Phil Sherman, who represents Boston and New York papers in Hanover. The other members were Gere, Goodrich, F. Hankins, Skinner and Treanor.
It is with deep regret that we record the death of another '2Ber, Jack Brandt, of St. Louis, who died of a heart attack in June. Further details of Jack's life will be found in the Necrology section. His death brings to 26 the number we have lost by death; of these, six died in automobile accidents, two in air plane accidents, two from cancer, and two from heart attacks.
On a flying trip to Syracuse we dropped in to see Bill Morton, treasurer of the Onondaga County Savings Bank. He had just completed a hard month's work as chairman of the professional men's division in the Community Chest drive.
Our first '2B visitors since we moved to the country were Vera and John Flanagan of Philadelphia who were on their way home via Route 6 after an inspection trip over Pennsylvania's new super-highway. Your secretary and his wife find life in the country preferable to life in the city; the most recent additions to their constantly growing family are a kitten and a puppy.
Born to Lou and By Dodge, a second daughter, Deborah Ann, on October 8; By was with us at the first '28 dinner in New York on October 7 when a call came to hurry home! .... Ed and Millie Heyn have purchased a lot in Scarsdale, N. Y., and are going to build; they have offered Bush and Makepeace a chance to get some exercise chopping down trees Mab and Roy Milliken are planning to build in Summit, N. J., where they are now living.
Elwood Drake is now assistant principal of the Newton High School, Newtonville, Mass., and is living at 41 Roundwood Road, Newton Upper Falls Jerry Goodwin, submaster at Laconia, N. H. High School since July, 1939, was named headmaster last June; previous to coming to Laconia, Jerry was principal of the Arlington, Vt., High School. ... . Dr. Al Kitts is now on the staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston George Cole has moved to 360 Highland Ave., Wollaston, Mass.; George is a food broker with offices at 148 State St., Boston
Hank Milton has moved to 281 Summer Ave., Reading, Mass Pop Walker is branch manager for the Universal Credit Co. in Portland, Maine Joe Smith is now living at 1080 Van Antwerp Road, Schenectady, N. Y Red Sanborn is master of Rockwell House, Phillips Acad- emy, Andover, Mass Heinie Buchtel has moved to 1153 Lafayette St., Denver. .... Ed Lilley is now living at 134 Dutcher St., Hopedale, Mass Elly Jones has been selling life insurance in Chicago for the past two years for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.
At the Princeton game your Secretary and Assistant Secretary sat in front of Lois and Jack McLaughlin, who reported that Pollock, Campion, Middlebrook and McLaughlin behaved very well on the Philadelphia special train. We also ran into John Phillips, Hammie Hammesfahr, Stew Hoagland (who hasn't smoked since Jan. 1, believe it or not), Paul Kruming, Ernie Wright, and Myles Lane. Myles was the guest speaker at a Yale-Dartmouth football rally in Westchester before the Yale game. . ... Under the sponsorship of Cal Billings, there is now a monthly '28 luncheon at the Dartmouth Club in New York, in addition to the usual dinner every month.
As we have said before, the more we hear from you fellows, the more interesting this column can be made.
Secretary, Troy, Pennsylvania
Treasurer, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., Inc. 80-8th Ave., New York, N. Y.
