1927
The football fortunes of twenty years ago were reminiscent of the current season, or vice versa. "Brown Wins First Game over Green Since 1919," "Bruins Down Hard-Fighting Indian Eleven 10-0." "Dr. Dallas Preaches Sermon at 50th Anniversary of St. Thomas Church." "Outing Club Releases Names of 1927 Carnival Committee." The committees were headed by F. C. Fellingham, F. K. Ward and J. P. Williams. "The Players Set Mark for Future Productions," "Open Season's Program With Admirable Performance in 'Capt. Applejack.' " The leading role was played by Bobo Williams. From the outside world we learned that a would-be assassin's bullet had missed Mussolini by a fraction of an inch. One can only speculate on how recent history might have been changed had that embryo hero been a better marksman Harry Houdini, the famous magician died at the age of 52. "President Coolidge Goes to Vote in Northampton." "Al Smith elected Governor of New York for Fourth Term."
In a post-election editorial entitled: "The Republicans Are Slipping," The Dartmouth says, "The returns, taken as a whole, seem to indicate a Republican defeat. Are we to have another deadlocked Senate? And is Coolidge to meet the same fate as his predecessor Roosevelt? Three term Presidents just don't happen." President Hopkins announced that George F. Baker donated the new library. Basketball candidates called out with the names of Picken, Dey and Oliver heading the list. Harvard breaks athletic relations with Princeton. Rev. J. R. Straton tells us: "Evolution Not Based on Facts of Science." These are but a few of the many interesting items carried by The Dartmouth in November 1926.
Paul O'Connell writes from Worcester that at the Holy Cross game he saw Charlie Allen, Don O'Hara and Seth Besse. Seth is about to move to New York City where he will work for Slatersville Finishing Company. Charlie is with Chas. G. Allen Company, manufacturers of machine tools in Barre, Mass. Don O'Hara works for Cannon Mills in their New York City office.
The Hartford, Conn., Times recently carried the picture of a most attractive young lady over the announcement of the engagement of Miss Laura Mallory Griffin to Lt. Col. Albert V. House, Jr. Miss Griffin is a graduate of Wellesley College, and during the war served in naval communications in Washington as a member of the WAVES with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. Al holds the degrees of M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. House served with the Army Air Corps Intelligence in Texas, Washington and Italy. He was a member of the faculty of the U. S. Army University Study Center estab- lished at Florence, Italy. He served before the war as lecturer in U. S. history at the Johns Hopkins University. Al has now returned to his position as assistant professor of history at Wilson Teachers College in Washington, D. C.
The following article of interest to '27 men recently appeared in the Oregon Journal'.
Capt. George Friede, Portland lawyer and legislator, has come home from the war and, after a brief vacation, will resume practice of his profession in Portland.
Friede enlisted as a private in the Army, received part of his initiation as a truck driver with a tank destroyer outfit in the Mohave desert, later was sent to Stanford University for intensive training and through various stages landed in France, then in Germany with the administration of military courts.
Assigned to the French army he went into Germany as the only American in the district controlled by the French, where he acted not only as a member of the court but as a quasi-American consul.
Early in 1945 he became assistant to Major Charles Howard, who prior to the war was and again is a member of the law faculty of the University of Oregon. Howard was chief of the administration of military courts in Baden, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Mannheim and smaller cities in the area. The court had jurisdiction over all Germans and displaced persons (except Russians who were assigned direct to the Russian military authorities) who had broken any law or regulation not involving the death penalty.
When Major Howard retired from service in November, 1945, Capt. Friede stepped up to the head of the administration which post he filled until February 1946. He next served as president of the intermediate court of Wurttemberg, with jurisdiction over Germans and displaced persons violating military law. He held that post until June 1946, when he started toward retirement from the service.
George has been awarded the Army's Certificate of Merit "in recognition of conspicuously meritorious and outstanding perform- ance of duty."
Staid old Boston came suddenly to life for us country folk a few week ends ago when Dean and Iris Askew and Bill and Elo Abbott spent a few days at the Ritz, where they topped off a vacation trip which had included Manchester, Vermont, and Hanover. It was swell to see them all after a long hiatus caused by the war, and we hope their pilgrimage to the "Hub" will be more often in the future. "Dean resigned from Vock Chemical Company about a year ago, and since then has been somewhat "under the weather," but we are happy to report that he is feeling much better and looking in the pink at the present time. Bill is out of the Navy and is back at work with Automatic Signal Corporation. He and Elo are living in Winnetka, Ill. On Saturday of that week end Bill, Charlie Bartlett and his two older sons and your scribe drove to Providence to see the Brown game.
Walt Bowlby is now living at 5791 S. W. 19th St., Miami, Fla., and with winter coming on that sounds like a good address to us.
Phil Fowler is now back in civilian clothes and he and Pal are again living at their former address at 176 Marlborough St., in Boston. Just returned from a flying trip to Hanover to see the Harvard game. Except for a lot of company, your scribe and bride included, Josh and Jill Davis and Sykes and Helen Hardy were comfortably ensconced at the Inn. We saw Rog and Midge Salinger in the distance, and at the game had a brief chat with the Kelehers and Funkhousers.
Hooker Horton and family have moved from Pittsburgh to Hudson, Ohio. Hooker is working in Cleveland for Frank W. Winne & Son, Inc.
Johnny Pfanner is living out in Cornwallis, Oregon, where he is assistant professor of marketing in the Division of Business and Industry at Oregon State College. Ed Miner, now out of the Army, is living up in Sheldon, Vt. Eddie Redcay's latest address is Cumberland Head, Lake Champlain, Plattsburg 2, N. Y. Ray and Gretchen Reed are living at 20 Oakland St., Lexington. Ray is a pharmacist and is still operating his. store at Davis Square, Somerville.
Phil Thompson has moved to San Francisco, and is living at 407 Walnut St. Frenchy Abbott's latest address is, care of S. W. Reyburn, Katonah, N. Y. Harry Dwyer appears to have moved to Worcester, Mass., for his latest address is, 8 Chalmers Rd., in that city Leslie Jones is still living in Brockton where he is a model maker in the shoe manufacturing business Charlie Townsend is a Major in the U. S. Army and is presently stationed at March Field in Riverside, Calif.
In closing, Marie, Louis, Barbara and the Old Man wish for you and your good families a Very Merry Christmas!
A REMINDER TO 1926. Here is your class treasurer, Herb Darling, with his good wife Bert. Have you sent him your class dues for this year yet?
Secretary, 501 Boylston St., Boston 17, Mass.
Treasurer and Memorial Fund Chairman
Box 101, Westfield, N. J.
