1924
REUNION PROGRAM
Friday—lnformal class gathering at the tent. Evening—Banquet at the Inn—Wives at the Outing Club House. President's Reception. Alumni Dance.. Saturday—General Alumni Association Meeting. Class Picnic—Ross McKenney's cabin, Oak Hill. Sunday—Memorial Services with '23. Dartmouth Players entertainment.
Leon Rothschild, the demon secretary of the Southern California Dartmouth Alumni Association, is the Guest Editor for this issue. Leon hasn't written very much about himself, but we all know he is one of the top life insurance men of the country, representing the Northwestern Mutual as a special agent in Los Angeles. He and his wife and daughter, Ann, age 6, live at 647 Thayer Ave., West Los Angeles. Here Leon has a garden and is particularly interested in camellias and carnations. He has been most active and interested in Dartmouth affairs in the Los Angeles area and will welcome any '24 men who visit Southern California. Thanks, Leon, for the interesting data on our classmates in faraway California. We wish you all could join us in Hanover for the Postponed Reunion. Remember the date—July 25-27.
DEAR JIM: At long last my report on the '24 men in Southern California is ready! It is interesting to note that most of the classmates came West soon after graduation—a few have arrived since, but in the years to come, we expect our West Coast contingent to be augmented by those who have collected unto themselves enough of what it takes to retire comfortably in this land of perpetual sunshine.
In the March Class Notes, you "scooped" me on Mar Joslyn, Ashton Castle and "Stubby" Jones. However, additional information on these men should serve to bring the records up to date.
Mar wins first place in the baby derby—he has sired five, ranging from a son of 17 to a daughter 6 months old. Since graduation, he has been connected with the Joslyn Cos., of California, has studied law and been admitted to the California and Illinois bars, and before his stretch in the service was a rancher in Utopia, Texas. At the present time, he is marking time in Los Angeles and plans to return to Utopia to operate his project as a guest ranch.
Ashton served in the Navy as a supply officer on the aircraft carrier, Shangri-La. While the ship was being conditioned, Ashton and Halene moved to Norfolk, Va., where he spent many long hours stocking the ship with all necessary provisions. Ashton's main duty aboard was to see that 8,000 quality meals were prepared and served each day.
"Stubby" Jones sent me an interesting note telling me of his service in the army, and here it is:
I enlisted in the Army July 23, 1942, and served about five months as an enlisted man at Kearns, Utah, going to OCS at Miami Beach in December of that year and graduating as a second lieutenant in March of 1943. After spending eight weeks at Harrisburg at the Army Intelligence School, where I met up "with Whitaker of our class and became acquainted with Jack Phelan of the Class of 28, I was sent to Davis Monthan Field at Tucson, Ariz. In October I was transferred to the 459 th Bomb group as a Squadron Intelligence Officer, and after training for two months at Westover Field, Mass., we were shipped overseas and landed in Taranto, Italy, just about two years ago. Spent 19 months overseas and terminal leave was up November 17, 1945, at which time I had become a captain (you know, up in the BIG money???).
Since November 1, I have been attending UCLA doing graduate work and expect to continue here for some time yet. We finally DID find an apartment right in Westwood, close enough for me to walk to the University, and we are quite comfortably situated. Recreation now consists of becoming adjusted to the regime of studying after being away from the books for many years. We see Bevo Beveridge, Class of '23, quite frequently.
Harry Brough lives in Glendale and operates an appliance store—those hard-to-get articles—at 120 S. Central Ave. Harry has three boys, 10, 18, and 22 years old. The oldest son saw service in the Navy and the 18-year-old in the Merchant Marine. Harry spends his spare time raising orchids; his vacation days are devoted to hunting and fishing.
After many years of silence, Al Vincent has finally appeared again. Following an interesting stage career in New York, he turned his ability to writing and the last few years has had several assignments in Hollywood. At the present time he is at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and is working on a screen play for the Director, Clarence Brown. He says his work is practically a Dartmouth reunion, in that his associate at the Studio is Ralph Steiner '22.
"Hobey" Holbrook father of Susan, age 7, and Charis, age 4, left Los Alivos Boys School and moved to Santa Barbara, where he is teaching in the local high school. He can be reached at 201 Coldsprings Road.
Bob Morrill has been employed by the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineers for many years. He spent much of his time working on the development of freeways in and around Los Angeles. He and his family, including daughter Gloria, age 15, and Dick, 12, moved to Honolulu in 1941. The rest of the story is his:
We had grandstand seats for the opening of the war—the bombing of Pearl Harbor—as we were living in the defense housing adjoining Hickam Field. We were evacuated with anti-aircraft shells, barely leaving the road and later returned to Hickam only to be evicted by the Army. We carried gas masks and enjoyed perpetual black-out for six months, and embarked for the mainland when the Midway battle was just starting, and after zigzagging every ten minutes for seven days arrived safely in San Francisco.
Jim Moore still heads the Personnel Department at Firestone Rubber Cos. During the war, Firestone was a busy place, and the tempo of Jim's job was stepped up accordingly. However, it left no scars on his eventempered disposition. Jim commutes from Fullerton, down in the Orange county, where he lives with wife, Clara, and son, Jim Jr., age 10. Jim, in one of his more philosophical moods, regrets the dearth of class reunions in these distant parts, and points out that "Now that the war is over, I am looking forward to again seeing my classmates at some of the college get-togethers which really do more to keep the class together than anything else. I firmly beleive that one ounce of scotch is worth more than a gallon of printer's ink."
John Fleming, member of the firm of Sanner, Fleming and Irwin, has his shingle at 5658 Wilshire Boulevard. The nature of John's practice—representing mining interests in Montana—and his avocation—ranching near San Diego—keeps him traveling a good deal of the time. John's twin boys are now 16 years of age and his daughter is 13.
Frank Rolfe since the days of post-graduate study at Harvard and London University, has been a member of the English Department at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is now chairman of that department. From whispered reports of the students, I am able to judge that he is one of the most popular profs on the campus. Frank and his wife Kay still have a deep attachment for New England and manage to spend vacations and sabbaticals in or around Boston.
Fred Eaton has lived in Pasadena for many years and can now be found at 416 S. Chester Ave. He has three girls to his credit—9, 6 and 3 years of age. During the war, Fred worked as an engineer on several war projects under development at the California Institute of Technology, and at present he is with the Naval Ordnance. Fred's hobbies have not changed; he is still an Outing Clubber at heart and spends his spare time skiing and mountain climbing.
"Red" Newell now in Shanghai, arrived from Caracas, Venezuela, last year and established his home in San Marino, particularly for the advent of his second child, Emily Louise, who arrived February 12. "Red's" family intend to stay in their California home until living conditions in Shanghai improve to the point where they can again join "pappy".
Al Hilparn served with the USO in many different localities during the war. For the past two years, he has been stationed in Fresno. In a recent letter, Al told me that both he and his wife have become so fond of California that they have decided to stay. A 1 has become a merchant in Selma, Calif., near Fresno, where he operates a store specializing in children's wear.
Herb Hoffman worked at Lockheed during the war as a dye-maker, and is still employed by the same company. He lives on a ranch in San Fernando Valley, where his spare time is taken up with the care of his citrus grove and horses.
John Barlow manages the Mayflower Hotel in Los Angeles. For fear any additional comments about him and his job will give him too much publicity, I'll just say he is a. good man to know.
Because signs defining the city limits of Los Angeles have been found in all parts of the world, it will not be difficult to include our two Arizona residents.
Richard Harrison has carved out a career for himself as a cattle rancher near Nogales. His family includes three children two girls ages 18 and 19, and one boy age 16.
Walt Larkin is an M.D. in Phoenix, specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat work. He has been blessed with two children, Margaret, age 12, and John, age 9. He now plans to send John to Dartmouth. Although, he, like most other doctors today, finds little time for recreation, he still gets in a few rounds of golf each week and finds relaxation in music.
An announcement just received from Walter A lien tells of his marriage on February 16 to Miss Mary Gail Parks. This is the first news we have had about Walter for many years and I hope more will be forthcoming.
IOTH REUNION
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