1916
REUNION AGAIN
The latest dope is that our Reunion is to be extended one day. This is good news, especially to those of us who remember the Twenty-Fifth with so much pleasure. The dates, according to my most recent information, are July 12, 13, and 14. Undoubtedly, before long you will be hearing from the reunion committee.
MEMORIAL FUND
Figures from Cliff Bean, our Memorial Fund Chairman, show that on December 1, 1945, the Fund reached $7653.97, as against $4313.97 on December 1, 1944. This is all to the good, yet 1916 ranks a poor fifth among the classes from 1911 to 1920, inclusive. It is hoped that those who are able to do so will contribute substantially to this Fund, which, after all, gives some indication of the interest of 1916 in the College.
PHONE GALL
It is always a thrill to talk to a classmate unseen for many years, and so 1 really got a kick out of a telephone call from Larry Davidson, of Sioux City, lowa. Larry was in Cleveland, but had to leave too quickly for us to get together. He is in the department store business and sounded well and happy. Call again, Larry.
DINNER
A couple of weeks ago Marg and I had dinner with Susan and Carl Holmes. Carl is still headmaster at the Hawken School, Cleveland, and looks little older than when he was in college. Carl's oldest daughter is married and lives in Chicago, and his other children are away at school. He expects to spend next summer at his camp, which, if memory serves correctly, is in Maine..
Telling of dinner reminds me that I ran into Ruby McFalls at a Dartmouth luncheon given some weeks ago for applicants, their parents, and local alumni and undergraduates. Ruby, too, looks well and is full of pep. LETTERS
A good letter from Colonel John Ames, written from Frankfort, informs me that he saw Louis Bell and expected to see him again shortly. In a recent issue of the ALUMNI MAGZINE, I referred to John as a "gay bachelor." Concerning this characterization, John writes:
"With all the publicity given stateside to frauleins and fraternization, I am undecided as to what attitude I should adopt in respect to your characterization of me as a 'gay bachelor'. There have been no repercussions, so I shall bask in the reputation you are building up for me!"
Jack English writes me an interesting letter, some of the information in which I obtained previously from "outside sources," and have included in a previous column, for which reason I will not insert it here. I cannot help purring over Jack's laudatory remarks about Cleveland. Coming from an easterner, they are doubly satisfying. Jack expects his two sons back by May 1. Bob, the older son, expects to return to the University of Idaho. Jack, the younger, hopes to go to Dartmouth, rather than return to Amherst. Jack writes, "If he gets in, he will satisfy one ambition of an English will write a Dartmouth song. He is a good musician—has done some composing, writes well, so he would be able to write his own lyrics."
Dick Parkhurst writes to thank me for sending him my congratulations and those of the class upon his appointment to the United States Maritime Commission. He writes, "One thing I am sure we all hope to do and that is to be back in Hanover in July." You really can't afford to miss this reunion!
I am happy to report that Stirling Wilson has been promoted to Commander USNR. The boys of 1916 didn't do so bad in this warl
HANOVER INN
My disguised Hawkshaw (the detective) sends me the following information concerning visitors to the Hanover Inn: Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Bean, February 15 to 17: Ray DeVoe and son, January 29 to 30; and, once again, that Hanover haunter, Herb Lord, February 15 to 16. Mr. and Mrs. Art Conley checked in on February 11 and, according to my card, have never checked out. Now that is my idea of the way to spend a few months. I hope they're still there on July 12, 13, and 14, which, you will recall, are the REUNION DATES!
CHANGES OF ADDRESS
Arno M. Behnke, c/o Amerada Petroleum Corporation, Box 1348, Fort Worth, Texas; Dr. Phillips N. Davis, c/o H. N. Davis (Scotts) Tangerine, Fla.; Walter J. Devine, 2303 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Arthur G." Fiske, 172 Nesmith St., Lowell, Mass.; J. Erwin Gifford, 41-46 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, N. Y.; du Val R. Goldthwaite, Interchemical Corporation, 350 Fifth Ave., New York City; Leslie W. Leavitt, 600 West 113 th St.,_ New York 25, N. Y.; Martin Linihan, 237 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.; Herbert Lord, 351 Essex St., Lawrence, Mass.; Luke S. Ollis, 637 West Flagler St., Miami 36, Fla.; Professor Karl E. Shedd, 33 Faculty Apts., Rugby Rd., Charlottesville, Va.; Allen F. Stoughton, Fryeburg, Me.; Prentice Winchell, c/o H. G. Hoffman, Mt. Stirling, Ky.
BACK TO THE NEWS
Ev Parker speaks of his pleasure in seeing Ruth and Gran Fuller, who spent a Saturday evening with Clare and Ev, which, apparently, lasted too late for the milder type like your secretary. Anyhow, a planned trip to the mountains on Sunday was called off because the visiting team had colds. Ev says that people don't have colds in Denver, so "it must have been the altitude or the liquor or the mixture." Knowing the participants as I do, I am sure it was the altitude. Further information on Ev discloses that he is manager of the Wilda Realty Co., and that his children (two girls and one boy) are aged 3, 7, and 8, respectively. Ev hopes to get back for Reunion.
Current news matters now being exhausted, we reach into the file of returned questionnaires which you filled out in response to the request of our worthy dues collector, Alex Jardirie. And, by the way. HAVE YOU PAID YOUR DUES?
Hobey Baker's questionnaire is too good to hide in the archives. After stating that his business is OPA, in answer to the question "Position Held," he states "Precarious." He has one boy and says he would "rather not mention" grandchildren. (Cheer up, we're all getting along.) Asked whether he would send a recent photograph of himself, he replied, "Lord forbid," and in answer to the request, "Add any further details concerning yourself for the Secretary's permanent record," he announces, "Would only detract from Class record." If this is a sample, there is going to be a gold mine of snappy material in these questionnaires.
Cliff Bean, as practically everyone knows, works at the William Filene's Sons Co, where he is assistant to the store manager. He has one daughter who was a first lieutenant in the WAC's.'
Max BernkopE is still practicing law. He has a married daughter, but does not admit having reached the grandfather class as yet.
A SMALL BUT REPRESENTATIVE SECTION OF 1916 at the annual Boston Alumni Dinner. Left to right are Rod Soule, Bob Steinert, Fred Bailey, Dick Ellis, Gran Fuller and Frank Bobst.
Secretary, 2542 Stratford Rd. Cleveland Heights 18, Ohio
Treasurer, 34 White Oak Road Wellesley Hills, Mass.
