1921*
Bob Burroughs has taken time from an unusually active life (and this is election year, too) to send some news of classmates recently seen. We quote from a letter bearing the date March 18: "About two months ago I had a nice visit with John Sullivan in Washington and talked with Gordy Merriam on the telephone just before I left. Somehow I just missed connections with him and also with Ellis Briggs Up here I see Randy Childs on skis practically every week-end, and want to assure you that he skis with the same courage and terrific speed that have characterized his wild dashes down the hills all these years Occasionally I see Dick Rolfe for a few minutes in Concord and Ken Bean here in Manchester, but not nearly so often as I wish The other day I finally caught Norm Crisp for a few minutes in Nashua, between his visits with patients. He keeps himself scheduled up so tightly all the time that no one can ever get him for more than about five minutes, though he does relax a little bit when anyone from 1921 blows in. Norm is building up a very fine practice and is most highly respected. He takes the situation of every patient very much to heart, and is most conscientious about dropping all social engagements or other side issues to look after the welfare of his patients in the hospital, even on Sundays and holidays. From various sources I have heard of some of the unusually difficult surgical cases which he has pulled through most successfully."
Warde Wilkins, outstanding Secretary of 'l3, forwards a clipping from TheStandard for March 9 reproducing a splendid photograph of Cory Litchard, beneath which is the caption, "Corydon K. Litchard of Litchard & Cook, Springfield, Mass., general agents of the Massachusetts Mutual Life, who was elected president of the Massachusetts Mutual General Agents Association at its recent meeting at Palm Beach, Florida."... .Ned Price gets honorable mention for sending a clipping of similar purport (but sans photograph) from The National Underwriter
Harvey Burton has a new address in Manhattan, 145 East 52nd St., but further information is lacking as we go to press.
It is our sad duty to record the death on March 8 of Paul Ladin, an account of whose life appears in the Necrology section of this issue Abe Weld has joined forces with the Gray Manufacturing Co. and moved to Hartford, Conn. Abe writes from 145 Oxford St., that city, to say that this momentous event took place on March 18, and that Gray manufactures telephone pay stations, "a line in which it has been engaged for many years; anemostats, a gadget for draughtless circulation of air, in which it has been engaged for about a year; and audographs, a device for the recording and reproduction of sound, with especial adaptability to business, educational, and government uses, in which it is planned to get into production and distribution within the next few months." Which is, by and large, a quite comprehensive statement.
Frank Taylor returned from a Florida wedding trip early in March. After settling in a new apartment at 206 Millburn Ave., Millburn, N. J., he wrote to this department that "the quarters at the new address are definitely not larger than the old, but are at least large enough so that we can give roving '21ers a cordial welcome if they care to drop in on us." Frank continues to be auditor for R. B. Davis Co. at Hoboken Dick Hill, veteran securities salesman, reports a new address at 717 Pine St., Manchester, N. H. He is with R. H. Johnson & Co. of 31 State St., Boston Cape Payson, having wintered in Florida, is back at 20 Payson St., Attleboro, Mass., until cold weather comes again Ted Hartshorn, chemist with A. J. Lindemann & Hoverson Co., Milwaukee, has moved his family to 4818 North Woodruff Ave. A more comprehensive report about the Hartshorn family would be very interesting to every reader of this column, Ted The same message hereby goes to James Werneken (Jim) Taylor, of Detroit, who checks in with new data regarding both home and business addresses, but goes no further. He is living at 14385 Stahelin and is zone representative for Kelvinator Division of Nash-Kelvinator Corp., Detroit.
R. Wilde, your energetic Class Treas., pens that he left Chicago right after the Furniture Market in January, driving to New Orleans with Caroline with the intention of spending some time there and then doing some fishing at Port Aransas, Texas. "The recent cold wave, however, went south with us, and in order to get some of the warm, sunny weather we were looking for, we changed our plans and took a short cruise to Guatemala and Honduras." While in New Orleans, Rog tried without success to reach Bob Elsasser; he did succeed in chatting with Minnie over the telephone One of our spies recently visited Carlton Van Cleve in his Manhattan office at 50 Church St. "Van" is reported to be looking very prosperous; is happily married and living on Staten Island. For going on 11 years he's been connected with Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Co., and Merco Nordstrom Valve Co., in the sales end; initially in Pittsburgh, the past three years in the N. Y. area Ernie Wilcox (known professionally as E. Hatch Wilcox, M.D.), who maintains regular office hours only from 6 to 7 P.M. at 424 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, N. Y., has had a third arrival in his family, bringing the score to two girls—one boy. Ann joined the clan on September 2, 1936, a fact previously unrecorded in this sheet. The boy, Dick, is nine and entered in the Class of '52 at Hanover. His father is an attending surgeon at Northern Westchester and Grasslands hospitals, spending most of his time in that way; hence the short office hours.
Once again the Alumni Fund campaign is getting under way, and by the time you read this you will have heard from the 1921 Committee, ably headed by Ort Hicks and comprising Bob Burroughs, Harry Chamberlaine, Red Kerlin, Rex King, Cory Litchard, Ned Price, Rynie Rothschild, Dan Ruggles, and Joe Vance. Our showing last year was excellent—we finished in 18th place, among 63 Dartmouth classes—only '26, 'lB, and '3O, among the younger classes, did better—but still we fell something short of the previous year's results. Let's all show our appreciation to the College, and of the hard work done by the 1921 Committee, by responding a little more promptly this year. Promptness, plus a small increase in gifts wherever possible, will do wonders when the final story of the campaign is written Andrew (Dutch) Kuehn II, vice president of Andrew Kuehn Co., wholesale grocers, writes that he is "still out here in Sioux Falls (So. Dak.) at the same job on which I started 20 years ago, 'selling prunes.' " Dutch adds that he's been married nearly as long, and has two fine boys, one in high school and the other still in grade school. After leaving Dartmouth, Dutch attended the University of Minnesota for two years Somewhat belatedly this column records the fact that the leather business (at least, tanning of uppers and importing of linings) is good, for Harold Geilich, president of Geilich Leather Co., Boston, not long ago built a new home which is said to be quite a chateau Ev Reid has recently been heard from, for the first time in many a moon. Long a resident of Metuchen, Ev commutes every day to Perth Amboy, N. J., where he is secretary of Fords Porcelain Works, manufacturers of porcelain all-clay sanitary ware Your correspondent hears that Josh Dale is with W. T. Grant Co., chain department store, in Alton, Ill. The Grant connection is not news; Alton, Ill., is. How about a letter crammed with dope about yourself, Josh?. .. .Walter Galvin has joined forces with North American' Cement Corp., 285 Madison Ave., Manhattan, and is living at 77-54 Austin St., Forest Hills, L. I It's all yours, George:
THE SPIRIT OF '2l
IN MAY, 1919 There was a two-day drive for the Victory Loan. Hanover had been given an allotment of $134,000. Hicks, as chairman of the sophomore committee, had early lessons in the art of raising money. Others were Briggs, Ege, Elsasser, Freeman, O. C. Frost, Griffith, Hasbrook, Hubbell, Lane, Mallary, Plumb, Sanderson, Vance, and H. H. Walker The Prom show was Oh, Doctor! with a libretto by Gene Markey '18, lyrics by T. Groves '18. E. M. Curtis '20, and F. McDuffee '21, and a dozen musical numbers by Werner Janssen '21. The scenery was designed by Rudie Blesh '21. Sophomore Thespians were Elsasser, J. L. Sullivan, Bird, Fleming, Cleary, G. L. Frost, and Embree. Thurdreau Centre (Joe Brewer '20), reviewing for The Dartmouth, praised particularly the acting of Bird as Mrs. Montgomery Spiffington and the dancing of Embree. Musical hits were Oh, Doctor,What Can You Do for Me? and The OlderThey Get, the Younger They Get 'Em
A. M. Green was chosen as editor-in-chief of the 1921 Aegis The Cercle Francais elected McDuffee as vice president, Newcomb as treasurer, and Spencer as secretary.
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