1923

From Wheeling, W. Va., comes some welcome news of Wade Kepner, whom we haven't seen for lo! these many years. We remember him best from bull sessions amid the unmistakably culinary atmosphere of College Hall, where he roomed with many of the rest of us sedentary freshmen whose desire to be near the feeding place overcame our aversion to the frequent and odoriferous reminders of its proximity.

Wade's activities since then have been many and varied. He now owns three funeral homes in Wheeling, an 800-acre stock and dairy farm in Orangeville, Ohio, and a milk business in Sharon, Pa. A former commissioner of the Fire Department, and of Playgrounds and Public Recreation, he is vice president of the Wheeling Automobile Club, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ohio Valley Industrial Commission and the Ohio Valley Board of Trade. Active since 1924 in the Wheeling Lodge, BPOE, Wade is now up for election as Grand Exalted Ruler of the organization. He'll be attending the session of the Grand Lodge in New York in July, which will give those of us near the city a chance to renew old acquaintance.

"When the war is over and the pressure in Detroit eases up," says Art Everit, "maybe I'll reform and tell what little of general interest is current and choice." Meanwhile, Art sends along some news of Ralph Staley.

Ralph was married for the second time three years ago to Ena Tucker, ivho is, by all accounts, very talented. She was born in Mexico but moved to Los Angeles at an early age; is a pianist and linguist; has a B.A. degree from UCLA and a Master's from USC. The Staleys are living at Long Beach, Calif., but Ralph says they are planning to go to South America. (Sao Paulo, Brazil), after a short stay in Miami in which to brush up on Portuguese and flying. On arriving in Brazil, Ralph expects an assignment as instructor with the Air Ministry. He mentions running into Vic Cannon in Cleveland some time ago, and says he saw Cap Palmer, Bevo Beveridge, and Carls Lundberg and, Stadlinger at a Dartmouth Dinner in Hollywood recently.

Publication of the hockey picture in the February issue brought a swell letter from William P. Kelly Sr. 'B6, of St. Petersburg, Fla. He writes:

As my son is a member of the class of '23,1 often look at your Alumni notes. May I correct an error in listing the members of the Pick-up Hockey Team depicted in the February issue? The unidentified man second from the left is Art Scullion, now a practising physician in Cliffside, N. J. The one second from the right is Bill Kelly '23, now a practising physician and roentgenologist in Carmel, N. Y. Bill is still fond of winter sports and for two years has promoted a community skating rink in Carmel, last year on Lake Glenida, and this year on a pond built by subscription for the purpose of affording greater safety to boys and girls. The girl in the picture was one of a pair of professional skaters who put on an exhibition at the Randolph, Vt., winter sports carnival where the hockey team played and where the picture was taken.

Thanks a lot, Bill Sr., for setting us right about the picture, and for giving us the opportunity to look in on Bill Junior's current doings.

Treasurer Bill Whipple of Rye (Paul Jones by preference), N. Y„ contributes a recent letter from Tay Smith. Tay writes from Indianapolis:—

Under doctor's orders I have had to undergo the almost unbearable ordeal of spending the past winter loafing around in the southern Arizona sunshine, from which we just returned a few days ago to the sublimity of Indiana's smoke-laden atmosphere. Mrs. Smith and I became enamored of the climate, appearance and people of Phoenix, and, to make a long story brief, we have returned to Indianapolis to sell our home and attend to other details incident to moving out there. The Valley National Bank, at Phoenix, has taken a long shot, being desperate for help, and agreed to put me on the pay-roll beginning May first. I look forward to being with them with ever so much satisfaction, having acquired a very great deal of admiration for the institution during my stay in Phoenix. So before long I may be calling a steer a 'critter,' and despising fences. Please do extend to any of the class my very sincere hope that they will get in touch with me if in that vicinity. No doubt the Dartmouth men down that way are mighty scarce, so it would be far more than just an ordinary treat to see any classmates there.

John and Helen Moore of Kew Gardens, L. I.» have announced the birth on March 6 of a daughter Valerie. Their other children are Helene, aged 13, and John Jr., six years old.

Major Frank Merriam Jr. has returned to McCall Corp. as subscription promotion manager after two and a half years of active duty in Washington with a division of the War Department General Staff. Seems strange for anyone from Washington to complain of the housing shortage in New York, but Frank and Mildred have been storming all real estate agents hereabouts, so far without success. Their daughter Gina is a freshman at Mt. Holyoke.

Lt. Comdr. Brad Smith is now stationed at Buzzards Bay, Mass We've just heard that Chuck Calder has been promoted to the rank of major. Congrats, Chuckl .... Sherm Clough writes:

I'm still going through the "six-day and threeevening week" routine of shipyard work with Bethlehem Steel at Quincy (Mass.),—having been at it now for three years—and expect to be until such time as the Navy slows down on its heavy shipbuilding program, and Frigidaire can start regular production again. This is the year I'd been looking forward to for a long time—when Sherm Jr. would be ready for Hanover. But since he's eighteen next month, he'll go into the service as soon as he graduates from high school in June. So it looks as if Dartmouth will have to wait another eight years (when the young fella, Galen, will be ready) to get a member of this family!

Sherm says the following men attended the Boston Alumni Dinner on February 28: Herb Home. Jim Broe, Bert Prouty, Doc Stern, Phil Segal, Nat Harmon, Johnny Griffen, Luke Callen, Fred Clark, Ly Harding, Frank Doten, Chick Burke, Walt Friend, Ted Caswell, George Fuller. Frank Mackedon, and Sherm hisself.

It is doubtful that Dartmouth, in our lifetime, will ever again stand in greater need of our support. If each of us will give an extra dollar, or ten, or fifty, according to his financial ability, we will all know that '23 has done its best in a critical year to perpetuate the highest expression of an educational process that, more than any other single force, will guarantee a decent and peaceful world in the future. Send your contribution to the Alumni Fund now, and send all you can.

Secretaryy 84 Hillside Ave., New Rochelle, N. V, Treasurer, 32 Ridgeland Terrace, Rye, N. Y.