1919

We have a message for you from Spider Martin, fresh from a visit to the College on the Hill: "I have just returned from a vacation of one week spent in Hanover. While the time was short, I never have had a vacation which I enjoyed more. On leaving New York, and before going to bed, I asked the porter if he wished to take orders for breakfast. He flabbergasted me by saying a diner would be attached in the morning and it was no longer necessary to eat a cold breakfast put on at Greenfield. In the morning I went for breakfast and there was Chet DeMond who, with his wife, was on his way to Whitefield. Chet's particular complaint was his golf game was not good. He summed it up by saying, "Some days it doesn't pay to go on a golf course."

After getting settled in the Inn, we went to see Coddy and Kitty Larmon. Coddy is OPA Director for the State of New Hampshire and is only in Hanover Saturday night and Sunday. During the week, Kitty and their son John hold down the fort with the help of a dog and two pigs. On Monday I visited Bill McCarter who, as you know, has been ill. While he still must take care, he is very much on the road to recovery. During Bill's illness, Ruthie has had to give up golf, but now he is better she is making up for lost time. I saw Max and Helen Norton several times. As always, Max is extremely busy. Their two daughters are away at college but their boy John is still very much on the job. After school, he works as a page in the Administration Building. Spen Dodd checked in and out on several occasions. He covers New Hampshire and Vermont for some insurance company and manages to get into Hanover frequently; While crossing the campus one day, I ran into John Williams. Due to change in the curriculum, John is now teaching math. The day before we checked out, Bob Paisley and Hattie arrived. They tried to persuade us to stay over, but we couldn't. This news about 'l9ers we saw wouldn't be complete if I failed to mention Adele Ives, still at the Inn and as charming and gracious as ever.

BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR ALUMNI MAGAZINE NOTES NEXT, WILL YOU GIVE A PLUG TO THE 25TH REUNION GIFT. AT THIS TIME I CAN'T TELL WHAT OUR PROGRESS WILL BE BY THE TIME THE MAGAZINE COMES OUT. I'M VERY HOPEFUL HOWEVER OF A SPECTACULAR RESPONSE BECAUSE I THINK EVERY MAN HAS A KEEN SECRET DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING BIG FOR THE COLLEGE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. TO MOST, THIS IS THE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO SATISFY THIS DESIRE AND REALLY SPREAD OURSELVES. PLAY UP THE POINT THAT, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, WE SHOULD KEEP OUR SIGHTS HIGH WHEN MAKING OUR 25TH GIFT DONATION."

Here are quotations from other letters: StubbyStoughton: "In Sept. I resigned my position with Carolina Coach Co. to become business manager of Saint Mary's School and Junior College here in Raleigh—an Episcopal school for girls, one of the oldest and best in the South. The change, after 21 years with Stone & Webster, including seven years as Asst. Treas. of the Coach Co. and more recently as one of the directors, is a decisive one and involved selling my home and moving my family to a home on the Campus. My present address is Saint Mary's Campus, Raleigh, N. C. I haven't been on the job long enough to know all the answers but have already discovered that numerous answers will have to be found. We are very comfortably situated and Mrs. Stoughton and I will be delighted to receive' any '19ers who happen to be in the vicinity."

Col. Bill Eddy USMC: "I suddenly realized I've neglected my contribution to the Dartmouth Fund this year. Enclosed is my feeble blue-seal contribution. It is a.pleasant reminder that I belong to 1919 (by adoption) and that I'm lucky to have my family so happily located in Hanover. I convened Dartmouth men in my outfit recently and sent a signed greeting to Prexy. The copies of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE that reach me are dog-eared and worn to bits as they are passed around the circle for all to read. At our recent reunion, we sat on the terrace and sang Dartmouth songs. A man put his head out of a nearby window and shouted, 'I don't like those songs. I'm a Yale Man.' He was thoughtfully ignored."

Chet Gale: "On Oct. 1 I will be associated with the investment firm of Trubee Collins & Co. of Buffalo, which will bring me to New York more often, as all Exchange business is cleared through Fahnestock & Co."

Slim Huntqon: "Conditions for the past few years have been such that there has seemed no time for anything but work and I have had my nose on the grindstone. Have seldom seen any of the boys around town although on a recent trip I did meet Spen Dodd who is in Concord, N. H. Have just returned from one business trip and leave again Wednesday, which doesn't give me much time at home, at present. If this war would end soon it would take the pressure off many—especially the boys who are doing such a grand job on the other side of both oceans."

Ernie Rautenberg: "While in Dallas in June I looked up Gene Neely, the only member of our class living there. He is connected with FHA, I believe, as Asst. Administrator for that district. Gene hasn't been back to Hanover since before the last war so he appreciated having someone-to talk to about those happy days twenty-five years ago."

Bob Roland: "I'm leaving today to establish a branch office for the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists in Washington and at least for the next three months will practically my entire time there. On one recent visit to Washington, I saw Johnnie Chipman just before he left for the Pacific to take Gene Markey's place on Admiral Halsey's staff. I will look forward to attending the Dartmouth luncheons in Washington and catching up with any of the boys that are there."

Through a friend of his, Jim Wilson sends lis news of Ax Warden, Great Falls, Mont. Ax. is quite a man about town, has one of the finest printing establishments anywhere in that vicinity, and is publisher of the Great Falls Tribune.

The South Bend Indiana Tribune recently carried this headline: "D. H. Eldredge succeeds King as Cap Chief." Here is part of the story: "Active command of Group 522, Civil Air Patrol, covering the eight northern counties of Indiana, has been given Ist Lt. Donald H. Eldredge, with the announcement of his promotion to rank Of captain. He has been Executive Officer of Group 522 since its inception, is president of Geo. W. Wyman & Co. of South Bend, and during the last war served as an aviator."

Russ Potter, formerly New York District Director of OPA is associated with Craven & Hedrick, advertising agency, as head of Public Relations activities, at 522 Fifth Ave., New York.

Bill Picken made yachting history again this year. Here is a brief note from the Herald Tribune: "In a thrilling finish at the end of the 10-mile test, Bill Picken, the local yacht club's pride and joy, sailing Harold Halsted's Chuckle V, one minute and four seconds ahead of Halsted, sailing Picken's Fo Fo. These two premier skippers of Great South Bay had picked the names of their respective boats out of a hat in a blind draw this morning."

Bob Proctor is back in Washington as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Force.

With a wholesome pride in their record of accomplishment, we report the following promotions: Mike Godman from captain to major, Army Air Corps. E. M. Howard, from lieutenant to lieutenant commander, Navy. Hubert E. Johnson from lieutenant colonel to colonel, Army Air Corps.

Secretary,2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.