1919
At the Boston Dartmouth Alumni Association banquet at the Copley-Plaza, Wednesday night, February 27, twenty-two members of 1919 were present and, according to Nock Wallis who was there, all those present will be at Hanover in June.
The meeting was excellent, with President Dickey doing an outstanding job on his first appearance in Boston, ably supported by Meryll Frost '44 and Don Aldrich '17.
According to Nock, reservations were made for twenty and, at the last minute, two more were squeezed in, Phil Bird and "K..C." Bevan. I quote: "Some job of squeezing! I hadn't seen 'K.C.' for a number of years. Bigger than ever, if anything, but there's no apparent aldermanic front."
In addition to the three '19ers above mentioned, there were present the following:
Bunny Burnett, Jock Murray, Jim Stone, Clark Ingraham, Howie Cole, Herb Fleming, John Shelburne, George Bingham, Elmer Pillsbury, Bill White, Henry Clay, Bunny Collins, Al Googins, Jack Clark, Guy Cogswell, Ray Hinds, Leland Bixby, Johnny Chipman, and R. A. Hayes.
Bill Cunningham was originally scheduled to speak, but an assignment in Florida prevented his appearance.
Further news from Boston indicates that Jim Davis who has been feeling a little bit under par has left, with his wife, Mary, for an extended trip to California. Jim expects to be on deck for the June Reunion with fully recovered health and vigor.
Red Colwell, who, incidentally drove his daughter-in-law and newly married son, Ted, back to Hanover on March 5, where Ted will resume his college studies for a degree, announced that there are 330 men, women, and children of our class who have indicated that they will attend Reunion. We venture the guess that some all-time record for all reunions, for any one class is now in prospect. Someone may prove us wrong, but it looks like the postponed Twenty-fifth has hit the jackpot.
It is with extreme sorrow and regret that we report that Francis G. Allen, Healy Ave., Hartsdale, N. Y., died February 8, at the age of 48. Francis was present on one or two occasions recently at class functions at the Dartmouth Club in New York. He was a Sales Executive for the General Aniline & Film Corp. Additional information will appear in "In Memoriam."
Ralph Hayes is now living at 31 Oberlin Ave., Swarthmore, Pa., and expects to return to the Bell Telephone Co., of Pennsylvania, upon his release from active service in the Navy about the first of April.
Pictures of the home recently purchased by Jack Clark in Framingham Center, Mass., indicate lots of Colonial charm and also lots of room. Jack invites his 1919 pals to stop off and say hello any time.
Ray Legg, former executive of Nash Kelvinator, has become a Director of a new company, called the Jack and Heintz Precision Industries, Inc.
Listed among recent visitors at Hanover, at the Inn, appear: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCrea, San Francisco, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. James C. Davis, Framingham Center, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. John W. McCrillis, Newport, N. H.; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dudensing, Bronxville, N. Y. and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Chad well, Washington, D. C.
Because some of our modest classmates rarely send news of themselves and their families, the secretary has taken the liberty of stealing a few scattered bits of information which appear in a recent class questionnaire.
Fred Alden, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Natick, Mass., has a boy, Bradford F., 17 years old in Harvard, and Fred E., 14 years of age, in Junior High School.
Bill Alderman, of Springfield, Mass., accountant and business consultant, admits the worthy hobby of breeding cocker spaniels, whereas Ed Bailey, Civil Engineer of Middleboro, Mass., includes golf, hunting, fishing and poker among his several interests. Oldest son, Wallace, Jr., of Wally Baker, Attorney of Shaker Heights, Ohio, is now 19 and USNR V-12 at Dartmouth.
Freddy Balch, President of Schuylkill Paper Co. of Philadelphia, claims that golf, horse racing and bridge are right hobbies. Fred has three children. Beany Beaman reports two daughters in college and his son, Ralph G., graduate of Dartmouth, Class of '44, an ensign in the USNR, and now at School of Oriental Languages, University of Colorado. Beany holds a record of some kind in Plymouth, Mass., for membership in more Lodges than we ever knew existed.
Jim Bear of Detroit, member of the WPB, promises to put in an appearance at June Reunion with wife, son, and daughter. Jim still enjoys a game of tennis and has a yen for collecting U. S. and Canadian stamps.
Charlie Biddle, popular bachelor, with the National City Bank of New York, has been in New York during most of the War, following Internment by the Japanese in Dairen and Yokahama. Charlie has been a Bank Official for many years in foreign service, attached to Branch Banks at Tokyo, Yokahama, Osaka, Kobe, Shanghai, Hankow, and other Far Eastern cities. His hobbies? Golf, tennis, and swimming (with the "wimming"—editor's note).
Bix Bixby, Watertown, Mass., has two sons in service, Curtis W., 22 in V-12 at Oberlin College, after 16 months with the Marines in the Pacific; Robert, 20, U. S. Army, 8 months in Germany, hopes to enter Dartmouth next September.
Nels Bowles, of Eureka, Calif., raises Pure Bred Cattle in Eureka and boasts of wonderful fishing, his hobby:
Art Brentano (Bren), head man in the book business at 586 Fifth Avenue, New York, which bears his name, can be found enjoying a game of golf in his spare time, or so they say.
Bunny Burnett, Middleboro, Mass., blessed with a large family, 5 daughters and a son, 27, Sherwood, Class of 1940, Dartmouth and Lt. Col. Army Air Force, is about to have an operation to correct an old thyroid condition.
A 1946 V-12 graduate at Dartmouth in February '46, Jesse Chadwell owns up to Washington, D. C., as his home town and Chad Chadwell as his old man. Chad is also the father of a daughter, Margaret Anne, graduated from Swarthmore in '45.
Rog Clark, Pittsburgh General Agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance-Company also has a Dartmouth son who saw service in the Army and a daughter, Joan, now at Smith College.
Lou Cody, Cleveland Manufacturing representative has a high regard for tennis and figure skating. His son, Bill, now 18, in the U. S. Coast Guard, wants Dartmouth. Many sons of '19 fathers have been, are, or want to be graduated by that school in Hanover, that Home of "Hoppy," that all too short time Happy Home, for many of us, Dartmouth College.
Bunny Collins, U. S. Plywood Company, Somerville, Mass., is Grandpa Collins to Stephen W. Blair, a daughter's child, and Dad to Clark Jr., second Lt. AAF, flying a C-46 between Japan and Manila. Bunnny reports Clark entered in Dartmouth for September '46.
Hal Davidson, New Rochelle, N. Y., secretary of Cheesebro-Whitman Co., Inc., Construction Equipment manufacturers, has a son Bob, who is a member of Dartmouth Class of 1949.
Bill Eads, Fort Smith, Ark., President of Eads Bros. Furniture Co., reports his daughter Nancy, a graduate of Colby Junior College, New London, N. H., and Bill Jr., Culver, now U. S. Marine Corps.
Snake Felton, Worcester physician, has one son, 18, in Dartmouth, and a daughter and son of high school age at home. And a great hobby (horses).
Moe Freedberg, Boston, Life Insurance broker and pinochle player, tells us of a son, Bob, in Dartmouth and the U. S. Army Signal Corps, and a daughter Helen at home.
Gene Gluek, Treasurer of the Gluek Brewing Cos., of Minneapolis, has a daughter Jeannette, 24, in Minnesota, a son John, U. S. Navy, and a son Robert, in high school.
Rog Goodnow, owner and operator of the Keene, N. H., Oil Co., reports a son Walter in the U. S. Marine Corps, a daughter Virginia at Duke and another son Chandler, 18, just enrolled in Navy V-5.
Bill Grant Jr., Dartmouth '46, has two younger brothers, McLean M. and George S., both prospective Dartmouth students, but now at home with Dad, Bill Grant, vice president of Delane Brown, Inc., of Towson, Md. Bill Jr. saw action in Dutch New Guinea and the Philippines Don Graves, Hollywood, Calif., with Northrop Aircraft, Inc., has one daughter in training with Nurse Cadet Corps in Los Angeles Bri Greeley of Otis Elevator Cos., New York City, and making his home in New Rochelle, has two daughters, ages 9 and 5.
Lou Haerle, Zionsville, Ind., Treasurer of Hibben Hallweg & Co., Indianapolis, has one married daughter and makes his home on an 80-acre farm where he enjoys his favorite outdoor sports, gardening and fishing.
Dr. Bill Hainlen, assistant director of the Mt. Morris, N. Y., Tuberculosis Hospital, finds some time to play tennis, to swim, take pictures, and collect stamps.
Maury Hall, with Kidder, Peabody and Co., Investments in Boston, Mass., has two sons, 14 and 16 years of age.
Cliff Hayes, vice president of Pacific Mills, has three sons, two in the Army and one in the Navy and makes his home in Lyman, S. C.
A short note from Ken Johnson, who is still at 3111 Hall St., Dallas, Texas gives us the news that Stanley C. Fitts is now manager of YE Olde Tavern, West Brookfield, Mass.
Ken also indicated that Gene Neely who had suffered a heart attack awhile back is up and around and doing nicely again.
Secretary, 103 Aviemore Drive, New Rochelle, New York
Treasurer, Hanover, New Hampshire
Help When Needed THREE DARTMOUTH MEN are active in the venerable New England Society in the City of New York. Charles K. Woodbridge '04 is President, Thomas W. Streeter '04 a member of the Board of Directors, and Windsor C. Batchelder '19 is Secretary-Treasurer. Established in 1805, this organization aids New Englanders who need help, and has recently established at six New England colleges, including Dartmouth, small revolving funds which may be used by the College Deans to assist students faced with some unusual emergency which requires immediate financial aid.
