1926
Hope you all had a fine summer! Last spring, just missing the deadline for our June notes, Monk Bourne out in Santa Monica sent us an excellent report of the big Dartmouth shindig at Walt Disney's Studio in Hollywood. It must have been quite a party. Bobo Williams and Charlie Starrett were in their usual fine fettle and one of the features of the evening was a showing of cuts from their recent movies, Bobo as a Civil War army officer and Charlie riding in one of his Westerns. Monk says that Bobo and his Mrs. have built a cabin up in the mountains for relaxation every week-end and that Bobo is still making a lot of movies. Bob Loomis and his charming wife, recent arrivals from Cleveland, were on hand despite the throes of househunting. Bob is engaged in business management consultant work and at the time of the party was thinking of moving north to San Francisco. Frank Appleton and Bill Gamble came in from the suburbs out Pasadena way, both looking hale, hearty and prosperous. Reg Gresley, who is a faithful attendant at all Dartmouth meetings in Southern California, arrived at the party (it says here) "accompanied by an attractive blonde." (Monk was obviously doing a good reporter's job of looking the situation over carefully despite being wellchaperoned by his good wife, Kay.) Reg had himself a strenuous time in the Navy during the war; he received quite a write-up in "Yank Down Under" for his part in shooting down five of eight Jap planes which attacked his ship. That made seven of our boys at the Disney party, a good turn-out even though they missed others who live 100 or 150 miles away (out near the LA city limits) and were unable to make it, such as Hump Campbell down in Long Beach, Hank Greeley out in Palm Springs, Bill Lary in Glendale, Les McFadden up in Santa Barbara and Bus Heydt who is still temporarily and profitably detained on Broadway. Monk ends his report with the promise of a '26 party for any easterner who finds himself in the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers, which is no small proposition the way they do their parties out there.
Does anyone in the class acknowledge responsibility for more than five children? If not, George Peirce wins the cut glass nursing bottle, for he now comes home at night to six of them. All of which is by way of congratulatory announcement that on May 16 George and charming Helen Wyatt Edwards were married in Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, thus effecting the merger of Helen's two sons and daughter with George's three boys. Their wedding trip included a blind and stormy flight from Pittsburgh to New York and a quick survey of the bright lights under the tutelage of Bus Heydt. Life has been similarly calm and collected for them ever since. Helen and the six youngsters spent the summer at George's camp at Belgrade, Maine, with George getting down for week-ends whenever he felt he could take it. His reports on this three-ring circus have been the highlight all summer of our weekly Boston luncheons. It has been a real pleasure to welcome Helen into the '26 family, as you all will agree when you meet her.
Hub Harwood could not get to Hanover for our August meeting so he did the next best thing and sent along a newsworthy letter about our Washington delegation. Last March the New York Central System announced Hub's appointment as Executive Assistant, with headquarters in the Shoreham Bldg. Before that Hub's title was General Agent, and he says the new appointment "is more in the nature of a consolidation of our various departments for one representative in Washington." Despite his modesty it sounds very much like a bigger and better job. Hub reports that Marty Brand has been made Manager of the main store of Edmonds, Incorporated, leading opticians in the District; that Chet Morton has returned to New York after a year in the Washington Bureau of the N. Y. Sun, covering the Capitol; that Bill Willard has wound up his Navy career and resumed his post of Vice-President of the National Savings and Trust Company; that Clyde Hall is Mayor of Garret Park and President of the Municipal League of Montgomery County, Maryland, as sidelines to his regular work with the U. S. Civil Service Commission; that Bo Vermillion has been promoted by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Cos. to Staff Engineer in charge of Long Distance Rates and Contracts. Ted Sullivan carries on his fiscal accounting with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, happy and proud of Timmy, 15, Jerry, 10, and a beautiful two year old daughter, Kathleen. Old family man Sullivan, who'd a thunk it!
BLOCKS OFF OLD CHIPS DEPT. Congratulations and best wishes from the Class of 1926 to the following sons who start their Hanover Adventure this fall as members of the Class of 1951: Charles W. Collins Jr.
Andy Drury (Dan and Sally's second son; Sonny, their oldest, is President of the Senior Class this year).
Hillman Oliver Fallon Jr.
David Spencer Hall (Dutch and Doe's second; Harry A. III is a sophomore this year).
HANOVER HOMECOMING DEPT. Last May Nate and Jane Parker (Athletic Council), Herb and Bert Darling (Class Treasurer), Paul and Grace Venneman (Sec. of Buffalo Club), George Algar (Sec. of Hartford Club) and your secretary were in town together for the various class and club officers' meetings on which Sid Hayward does such a fine job each year. A pleasant and worthwhile week-end was enjoyed by all except Gracie Venneman, who was down with a tummy ache. Hadn't seen George Algar in years; he looks fine, just about as he did in college, and still has plenty of the old zip altho the proud papa of a 21- year-old daughter. In June AI Louer came on for the Alumni Council meetings. The annual informal class get-together we had planned for that week-end was postponed, because of crowded conditions in Hanover, to August 16 (hope the word circulated around to all of you who planned to be there). On the latter week-end the Chuck Abbotts, BobClearys, Harry Fishers, Don Norstrands, WaltRankins, Paul Vennemans, Salingers and PaulAllen joined the local contingent of Drurys,Haywards, Morrisons, McKennas and HarrySavage for plenty of fun and fancy, the high spot of which was a meeting and supper party out at Moose Mountain Lodge on Saturday night. At various other times during the summer the following were either registered at the Inn or in touch with Sid on their way through town: Charlie, Edith, Barbara andDick Bishop, on a family tour of northern New Hampshire: Stew and Loretta Orr at the Inn for a week in August; Don Hoffman and his wife, son and daughter en route from Chicago to their camp in Maine; John andElise Manser on from Detroit for their annual visit; Bob and Marianne McConnaughey up for a brief respite from the Philadelphia heat: Louis and Muriel Ingram and their son Louis Jr. on from Wooster, Ohio; two families on from San Francisco, believe it or not, Bill andKate Nigh with Kitty and Bill III, and Mr. and Mrs. Jud Bellaire; Jud and Mackey McCarthy (Baltimore); Bob and Fran Riotte and their youngsters (East Orange); Les and DotTalbot (Millburn, N. j.}; Dave and Mrs. Rawson (N. Y. C.); and from various parts of the Bay State, Dutch Hall, Bob and ClytheroePatten, Hal and Marion Marshall, Hal andMrs. Rosenberg and youngsters; Tom and Mrs.Littlefield; and George and Mrs. Yaffe. Looks as though we had better coordinate these visits, folks, and have a formal reunion every year.
LODGE NOTICE: Class luncheon in Boston every Wednesday at 1 P.M. at the Ambassador Restaurant on Winter Street. We continued to meet throughout the summer and there were never less than five on hand. Prof. Ed Cole of the Yale Dramatic School was a welcome visitor in July; Ed was production manager of the Wellesley Summer Theatre, a successful new venture on the Wellesley College campus.
PETE'S GUESTS: Here are some of the thirty-eight '25ers and thirty-three wives who were Pete Haffenreffer's guests at a recent gathering held at Mount Hope, R. I.
NEW COLLEGE DEAN: Frank E. Bailey '26, former professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, has been made Dean of Kenyon College, Gambier, O. A Navy lieutenant commander during the war, he retired from active duty after 23 months overseas.
Secretary, 140 Federal Street, Boston 10, Mass. Treasurer, 131 California Drive, Williamsville, N. Y. Memorial Fund Chairman c/o Lord and Taylor, 424 Fifth Ave. New York 18, N. Y.
