1922
Greetings Twoters:
Tom Lend has been given control of the financial end of the General Printing Ink Cos., New York City. After twenty years of selling, Treasurer Tom will view the biz from the other side of the fence. That experience should stand him in good stead when he is confronted with some "wonderful" deals cooked up by his erstwhile associates. Congratulations on your new responsibilities, Tom! His older boy Dexter, by the way, had hoped to graduate at the Twenty-fifth of '22, but the Navy had other ideas.
Chris Suttmeier is with the Ford Instrument Cos., Long Island City, in the purchasing dept. The oldest of his five offspring is in the Army Air Corps.
And Bill Rex is with Clark Dodge & Cos., 61 Wall St., New York City, and still commuting from Scarsdale.
It is with regret that we tell you of the recent death of Kenneth Hogle, who was with us for freshman year only. He passed away suddenly in Montreal on February 22. Further comments may be found in the obituary columns of this issue.
Jim Moody, as you know, is with the CBs, and after a tour in Algeria, has turned up "somewhere in France." A postcard to Gray Bates mailed March 9 speaks of southern France, "land of inflation and good wine."
Fred Noyes reports from RR No. 2, 5715 Winkler Mill Road, Rochester, Mich. Fred is with the Jam Handy Organization in Detroit.
I had the pleasure of lunching with Chick Busher, major Bronx realtor not so long ago. A few weeks before President Chick spoke to the Bronx Real Estate Board which assembled for their annual dinner.
Lt. Philip B. Gove USNR has left Florida for the West Coast—is . npw at Pasco, Wash., as station gunnery officer at the Naval Air Station. Grace and their three children have found quarters at 3923 E 105, Seattle 55, though the family is looking forward to returning to its real home at Yorktown Heights, N. Y., later on. Al Curtis is one of Grand Rapids' betterknown citizens. He's with Electric Sorting Machine Cos. there—home is 444 Morris Ave., S.E. -Two daughters are at Bennington College. A summary of news of the Threshie familyPhil is assistant to the president and general manager of Northeast Shipbuilding Cos., Quincy, Mass., which is building wooden tugs, tow-boats and deck barges for the Army. Phil Jr., eighteen, has graduated from New Hampton Prep School, and John, fifteen, is winding up his sophomore year there. Mr. and Mrs. T. send their regards to all Twoters.
After having been on active duty since 1942, Lt. Col. John Wood has resumed his position as vice president of B. Altman, New York City.
On my return from a western trip, during which I said hello to Chuck Vose in Oklahoma City, I was a weekend guest of Gene and Jeannette Hotchkiss at their hospitable Highland Park (111.), home. On that .March Sunday afternoon some of the North Shore Twoters within A-card driving distance dropped in for a drink. A grand old bull session started at once as you might expect, and with Dartmouth records on the victrola and Dartmouth glasses filled, the hours passed all to quickly. Frank, Gene's oldest, and home for a short leave, shot a couple of pictures of the gang—one is reproduced above. Surrounding your sec'y, in the usual order are—Butch Spiel, Jack Taylor, Spic Saunders, Gene Hotchkiss, Les Wagner, John Bray, Ted Davidson, Chet Clifford, Modie Spiegel, Walt Aschenbach and John Weare.
One of Herb West's valuable services to the College is his activities as secretary (and founder) of the Friends of Baker Library. The Library Bulletin for February 1945 details some of the accomplishments of the Friends during the past year. As perhaps all do not know, Herb and a few others associated with him interest collectors and donors in giving rare books, first editions, etc., to the Library. Occasionally they raise a fund to purchase a special item. What must be very convincing to those who are solicited by Herb is his own generosity. In the past he has given several fine collections of certain authors which he made over a period of years, and during the last year he gave the Library fifteen first editions of George Santayana, twenty-five first editions of the poets Auden, Spender, DayLewis and MacNeice, thirteen first editions of Roy Campbell, and sixteen first editions with an original manuscript of the books of T. F. Powys. He also gave other books to augment his collections of Cunninghame Graham and other writers previously given to the Library.
See you next month.
Secretary, 1837 Arlington St., Bethlehem, Pa. Treasurer, 143 East Ave., Norwalk, Conn.
