1924*
Don't forget the week-end planned for some time in the spring, in the early part of May, at Jug End Barn. Your Secretary is pleased to announce that the next four paragraphs were in the class news for Jan. but could not be used by the editors because of lack of space. This is the first time that we have had sufficient news to fill our allotted space in the MAGAZINE. Please keep up the good work by sending me all the news you can find, whether you think it worthwhile or not. I'll be very glad to edit it. Thank you.
George Traver writes from Chicago that "1924 news is very scarce around these parts. I have seen very few of the classmates in recent weeks. As soon as I am able to scrape up some news I'll pass it along to you. I realize what a difficult job you have on your hands to try to dig it out."
Regarding class dues George writes "It's quite surprising in checking over the names of men who have sent in their class dues to find so many whom I never would have expected to pay them and, on the other hand, to see how many of those whom you count on in a project of this kind, haven't come through yet. It probably is just a matter of procrastination or forgetting it. At least that's what I hope." Come on, boys, send in that check.
Boyce Butterfield writes from Buffalo, N. Y. "Sorry I couldn't make the fifteenth. I was tied up in an important law suit and couldn't get away. I've been getting along fine. Have a daughter two and a half years old, Susan by name. Am also U. S. Commissioner for Western N. Y., in addition to being in the general practice of law. I see Ed Peterson, Harry Holmlund and Otto Grauer at Dartmouth dinners and they all seem well and prosperous. I saw Ed Willi in N. Y. City a year or so ago and he was made a partner in Chamberlain, Clark, Buckner & Willi. A short time ago had a very good chat with him and got a line on some of the N. Y. crowd through him. Will be looking forward to the twentieth, and hope to see you boys then."
I received a picture of Bill Buettner who is secretary of the National Pest Control Association. Just received a clipping from A. D. Gibson, head of the language department at Mount Hermon School, where he prepared for Dartmouth. The clipping was from a Denver newspaper about Bob Strong's visit there. Bob heard dozens of voices greeting him as he received former classmates in his suite at the hotel and was guest of honor at a dinner of the Dartmouth Alumni Association in the University Club, where he gave a fine address dealing with some of the problems of high school students and college freshmen.
Big doings in N. Y. over the week-end of the Stanford game. Jim White writes "There was a big turnout at the Dartmouth Club Friday evening for the smoker, held jointly with the Stanford alumni in N. Y. Here began a reunion of all the "Coast to Coasters," that is, the gang that made the trip on the special train to Stanford last year. There were about six "Coast to Coasters" who met, following the game, at the Dartmouth Club for dinner and an evening of big doings. Red Maloney and his wife seemed to know a good many of the Boston people, so we asked them to join the party.
"Needless to say, we had a grand reunion showing movies of the trip and talking over old times. There was a dinner dance at the Club that evening, and we had a chance to say 'Hello' to Bob Hall and his wife who were enjoying the party." Thanks for the letter Jim. Please send me that 24 Hour Notice about Commencement.
Just got a letter from Pete Wheatley who reports the arrival of Susan, their third child, last Oct. Pete reports she is doing very nicely. Congratulations. Pete says John Rogers is a proud father again, but didn't say whether it was a boy or a girl. How about writing us a letter, Jack, and giving us the news? Pete says he stopped in and saw Al Arsenault in Stoughton. Al is engaged in running a printing establishment and seems to have things pretty well under control. Pete took his wife to Jug End Barn a month or so ago for a few days. Pete hopes someone will undertake the job of getting the gang together, out there again. We are planning to do that the second week-end in May. Keep the date open, save your pennies for this giand party, and remember it's for wives, too. More about this in later issues of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Pete reports Ray Hopkins is living with his attractive wife and fairly new baby in Hanson. They have done a grand job in making over an old house. How about a little letter with all the news, Ray?
I understand that Bob Hall is running his own company called Hall Star. Bob has been able with his unusual knowledge and interest in oil and its byproducts to develop an extremly fine skin treatment. Most unusual effects are being obtained in practically all manner of skin conditions, and this is more and more being backed up with sound medical opinion, and testimonial. The corporation to date is a very small one and it is purposed that this condition will continue. Naturally, the interest of any classmen will be highly desirable and Bob would surely be happy to send samples to any of the boys who would like to find out the virtues of the products. Bob is now devoting his entire time to manufacturing, publicizing, and in general doing everything possible to broaden the activities of these three products, the shampoo, the cream, and the ointment. Please send your Secretary samples, Bob. Congratulations on the fine job you are doing.
Spud Spaulding writes that one of Bob Morgan's neighbors told him that Bob was breaking ground around the fifteenth of Dec., on his new house in Wayland with appropriate ceremonies. Spud says Iunderstand that it was his intention to relieve a jew WPA workers of their leaninginstruments and to put them in the handsof friends who might start digging hisfoundation for him.
Bill Blanchfield was one of that great horde who evidently attended the Cornell game and was never seen, according to his own testimony when spotted in Boston around the middle of Dec. Spud says Bill was on one of his infrequent trips for "This Week" to Boston.
Spud writes that the AP carried a story "about the city councilman in Muncie, Indiana who objected to the dressing and undressing of store manikins right in broad daylight, or in the brilliant arcs of the display windows, and caused Gordon Lockwood, Manager of the Muncie Press, no end of work. It seems that the paper was flooded with contributions. These ranged from outright gibes and threats, to some morsels of suggestive poetry. I contributed one of these myself, and Lockie replied that the situation was really farcical. Some of the stores went so far as to put wooden Indians dressed in full tails in their windows. Time, I believe, said that the situation was brought about by the councilman's wife walking down the street with her young son. The son remarked to his mother quite naively that he thought that was a funny place for women to be dressing and. undressing. The father evidently immediately grasped the moral issue at hand with the result as outlined above." Thanks for your newsy letter Spud.
Secretary-Chairman, 45 Chestnut St., Wellesley Hills, Mass.
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