1930
In A previous issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE you must have seen the announcement that the reuning classes of 1921, 1926, 1931 and 1936 will gather in Hanover this June on the week-end after Commencement. During the week between the graduation festivities and these class reunions the annual Hanover Holiday will be held. As one of fifteen Thirtymen who enjoyed the Holiday last year, enough to plan on attending it again this June, we recommend it to all of you and especially to those who were unable to get back for our tenth. There will be quite a few of your classmates present and we could hold a small affair of our own in conjunction with the big party.
The Class of 1931, through its Secretary, Charlie McAllister, has extended a cordial invitation to our class to take part in the reunion week-end. The offer was expressed in a letter the sincerity of which is worth quoting in full:
"Last June during your tenth reunion,
Charlie Schneider, Frank McCord and I had occasion to be in Hanover and I can honestly say that I don't know when the three of us ever spent a more pleasant week-end. It was grand to see so many fellows whom we hadn't seen since they graduated from Dartmouth ten years before.
"With our tenth coming up this June, our Reunion Committee felt that many of the men in your class might like to renew acquaintance with some of their old friends in the Class of 1931 whom they, too, possibly haven't seen for over ten years. There are probably a lot of fellows in your gang who feel they would like to go back to Hanover during reunion but who hesitate because they wonder how many friends they might see. We would like to extend to you and to them the invitation that they will be most welcome at the '31 tent which they could plan to make their headquarters. We haven't figured for heavy expenses in our tax, but there will be ample beer and a friendly hand of welcome to everybody. We hope a lot of you will be able to make it."
Thirtymen from miles around were on hand to see and hear A1 Dickerson when he spoke before the annual dinner of the Northern New Jersey Alumni Association in West Orange on April 18th. Bill Blanchard arranged the program for this affair, which included Tuss McLaughry as the other principal speaker. An engagement the following week in Philadelphia, plus his appearances at the Class Agents' Dinners in Boston, New York and Chicago earlier in the month, qualify A 1 as a seasoned campaigner. You all saw his picture in last month's MAGAZINE on another joint billing with Tuss at Worcester.
Ben Finch is now back in this country, and although he is not in New York at the present time, his address, from which mail will be forwarded to him, is care of the National City Bank, 55 Wall Street, New York City.
There was a picture in the SaginawNews of Buzz Morley at Fort Custer, learning how to pack an army trunk. And we hear that Lieutenant Ed Conklin has been ordered to Fort Hancock, which completes our military news for the month.
Charlie Raymond sends in the following items to prove that the Boston boys are still alive:
"Doc Waters is now with Monsanto Chemical Company in Everett and has established his residence in Stoneham.
Warren Phinney seems to be a real estate operator in Wakefield because his ads appear in the Boston papers frequently.
Chick Pooler is now in New York and probably your local scouts know of his whereabouts Bob Walker has been so busy with government and civilian orders at his knitting mill in Windsor Locks. Conn., that he has almost forgotten how to ski this year. His specialty is winter underwear for the army, so if any of our class wind up in Alaska they'll probably be wearing Walker's shirts and drawers The Ryders, Crawfords and Raymonds have done quite a bit of skiing together this winter, including several days in Hanover around Christmas when it did nothing but rain Dick Bowlen, en route by plane to New York, found time for lunch in Boston a few weeks ago. He is in the Brown Company's comptroller's office in Berlin New Hampshire Joe Hancort, who is with Brown Bros. Harriman, is a member of the Massachusetts State guard in the motorized division. The guard is filling in while the National Guard is on Federal duty."
The arrival of spring weather gave Kirk Jackson and his wife the urge to spend an April week-end at Holt's Ledge cabin. For a year or so Kirk has been with the Marsales Company in New York, manufacturers of hotel gauge, bandage rolls, etc., and he is now sporting the title of assistant sales manager. War department orders are keeping them very busy.
Harry Casler and one of his associates at the Herald-Tribune received an accolade from PM for spotting some fake German photos recently. It seems the pictures looked a bit familiar to them so they searched back through the files and found that the same shots had been published in the gravure section of the paper fourteen months ago.
Just before moving from Wilmington to no South Moss St., Martinsville, Virginia, Dick Peabody announced the birth of George Robert, on February 11. And the Snub Poehlers are proud of their first child, Ann McPherson, who arrived at 3:15 p.m. March 25th, at the Orange Memorial hospital, a few days too early to be the 200,- oooth baby born in that institution.
Ernie Latham sent us a postcard from Havana, where he went on a forced vacation to recuperate from a spell of double pneumonia. He wrote on the back that he had started a travelog for us (in a weak moment of Santiago rum, perhaps), but to our regret claimed that he recovered his senses just in time.
George Tunnicliff has switched connections and now is one of the fold in New York where he is with the National City Bank at their main office. George heralded his return by turning up at the class dinner where we saw the reunion movies for the premiere class showing.
The new secretary of the Eastern Connecticut Association of Dartmouth Alumni is our own Rip Vogt, better known in New London as assistant judge of the City Court.
Hank Embree reports that he has seen several visiting elks as they passed through Chicago in recent months. Among these were Paul Maguire, up from Houston, Texas, Walt Rosenberry, on one of his usual quick trips and educator Fran Horn, in town for a convention. Hank is the current president of the Chicaaro Retail Lumbermen Dealers' Gold Association, whose annual tournament is scheduled for late Tune.
In the March issue of the Survey Graphic an article on "Hemisphere Solidarity" appears, written by Nelson Rockefeller. This information was received from the Baker Library just in time to be included in the column. The author, naturally, is an authority on the subject and we shall look forward to reading it.
This year's Alumni Fund is to be known as the Ernest Martin Hopkins 25th Anniversary Campaign. This anniversary of President Hopkins' twenty-fifth year as president provides a glorious opportunity for 1930 to achieve for the first time its goal of 100% of contributors. Alex McFarland and his assistant agents are aiming for that objective and with your cooperation the class will reach it. Send your contributions in now so they can concentrate on the few irregular givers whose support this year will assure success.
Secretary, Simons & French Cos., Inc. 99 Hudson St., New York, N. Y.
Class Agent, 1 Federal St., Boston, Mass.
