1926*
Never let it be said that the Class of 1926 does not reune on the slightest provocation, or on no provocation at all. Despite all the difficulties of travel, business, war and the wee ones at home, the Secretary Chairman under the authority granted him by the Class Constitution (Page 183, Section 413, sub-heading A, paragraphs 3 and 4) hereby calls for an informal Hanover reunion over the week-end of August 28th-September Ist. Extra cars will be added to the Boston and New York Thunderbolts so there will be plenty of room for everyone. Bring old clothes or fancy clothes—it makes no matter—and come back to Hanover for a couple of days of loafing and fun. About a dozen men (and wives) already have signed up so make your plans to be on hand by Friday night, August 28th.
THERE ARE STILL MORE
To the list of '26ers in active service or in Washington as given in the last issue of "1926's 400" there already are additions. Larry Kennison is now Captain Kennison of the U. S. Navy, with special duties in Washington. And belatedly let me add the good news of the arrival on the 9th of last October of Jane Lawrence Kennison. Brother John incidentally is now almost four.
Syl McGinn has been in the Navy since last December; he's a Lieutenant (Senior Grade) and has been stationed at Newport, R. I. Bob Minton also is in service but details are lacking and will be supplied later. George Snodgrass who has been at Camp Meade, Maryland, recently wrote "Always glad to see, hear or read anything concerning Dartmouth, especially about '26. Saw Kier Boyd in Pittsburgh recently when I was home on furlough."
Pat Allen has been appointed Chief Business Specialist in the WPB in Washington. Pat is on leave of absence from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. where he is chief supervisor of efficiency. Nilita (Mrs. Allen) joined him last month but no Washington address is as yet forthcoming.
From Courtney Brown, deep in the archives of the State Department,
"—it is true that work we are doing here is interesting and in its own terms has considerable significance. Briefly it involves procuring essential materials for the war effort through negotiations with officials of foreign governments. Many of the items with which we deal are not popularly known and I confess that the terms were not a part of my vocabulary prior to taking up this work."
As you can see, it's not quite fair to place upon him the entire blame for the rubber shortage. Courtney, by the way, was one of the chief speakers at last winter's annual conference of the Vermont Bankers' Association.
Tom Treadwell reports upon himself—
"Yes, I am still with Du Pont but I've been transferred from the Leominster Plastics Division to the Remington Arms Company here in Bridgeport. In Leominster I dealt directly with production but here I am office manager for a large group of engineers. As to my family I have an eleven-year-old son and a seven-year-old daughter. They make life pretty busy for my wife and me."
From Bill Wolfe—
"Kindly change my address to Addison, Somerset County, Pa.—reason being that Somerfield has been 75% bought up by the U. S. and is to be submerged in a $10,000,000 flood control project Midge (Mrs. W.) presented a fine baby girl February 24th for my hearty approval. Our daughter is being called Elizabeth Burd but I must admit that she hasn't coherently answered to the name."
On May 16th Ed Miller and Patricia Arnold were married in Christ Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut. We don't know as yet where they will live but Ed is in business in Stamford so the address shouldn't be far away.
Under letterhead of Lamson Bros. & Co., 802 Commerce Trust Building, Kansas City, Mo., Pete Barnes writes
"My own personal history for the last fifteen years has been somewhat stereotyped. I got a job in Chicago with Lamson Bros, a month after we graduated in June, 1926. It was a lot of fun then. Stormy Hartley, Ed McNamee ('25), and several other Dartmouth boys all lived together at the Claridge Hotel in Evanston. We had several wealthy friends, including Jack Cannon, Norrie Williamson, etc., who used to take care of us over the weekends.
"In April, 1927, I was sent to the Kansas City office, and have been in Kansas City ever since with Lamson Bros. I went off the deep end in 1932, and since that time have acquired two doubtful future Dartmouth students—present ages three and six.
"The Dartmouth organization here in Kansas City, I am sorry to say, is not particularly active. I was the president of it for two or three years, but only because of the fact that we could never get a quorum together to elect a new president. We did have a good turnout for the Dartmouth-Stanford basketball game last month. About 30 Dartmouth alumni came from St. Louis, and several came from various other spots in the Middle West, including Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas, etc."
Bill Volkhardt is busy at the Bethlehem shipyards on Staten Island—very busy, as a matter of fact. Including special work in the evening, his schedule is from seven in the morning to eleven at night. Bill's address is 104 Townsend Ave., Stapleton, Staten Island, New York.
The attractive little news girl shown elsewhere in these columns is Barbara May —seven year old daughter of Bob May. The headline and feature article tell their own story and a happy one it is (Joanna arrived March 30th). Bob and Virginia live at 1317 Hull Terrace, Evanston, Illinois; he is assistant advertising manager of Montgomery Ward. Bob's story "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" already enjoys a circulation of 2,400,000 copies—despite the fact that it has not yet been reviewed by Herb West.
Through a mix-up in signals, John Horan's picture appeared in the May issue with no report as to his whereabouts and doings. Johnny finished up at the University of Virginia, married Virginia Mary Hackett in October, 1939, lives in New York City (Riverdale). He's a partner of the New York firm of Gallagher Bros., purveyors of sand, gravel etc.
FOOTBALL
The Holy Cross game next October is to be played at Worcester rather than Hanover and there will be a healthy turnout of '26ers. Sun Tilton is chairman of the reception committee, assisted by Dick Sagendorph, Ken Semple and George Tully. If you have any thought of seeing the game drop Sun a line (Sumner B. Tilton, 332 Main St., Worcester, Mass.) and he will tell you when and where to meet for lunch before the game.
At the 15th reunion last year Bob Riotte and Nick Nickerson '26 (left) relax at acampus ball game. At right is a self-explanatory message from Bob May '26 whosedaughter Joanna rates a special edition.
Secretary, Holsapple & Co. 30 Pine St., New York City
