1922
As you all know the Alumni Fund is under way. Aiding class agent Stan Miner in this highly important campaign are the following group of assistant area agents who did such a swell job last year Howie Almon, Los Angeles; Gray Bates, Boston; Rog Eastman, Bronxville, N. Y.; Bob Clark, Hawleyville, Conn.; Ted Davidson, Evanston, Ill.; LouisGluek, Minneapolis; Dick Willis, Manchester, N. H.; Nig Hayes, Oklahoma City; CharlieThroop, Monessen, Pa.; and Pat Tobin, Baltimore. When these boys call on you for the Fund remember that this is the year we're going over the top on our quota! This is our 25th anniversary year! So let's go and close our ranks behind Stan and his gang.
Leland and Hoyt report additional progress on our own reunion plans. As of March 1, 86 Twoters, 74 wives and 72 children are coming back for our 25th. That is great news and certainly should be reason enough for some of you boys to make up your minds to join that great gang. Plans are being laid for a well organized childrens' program—and Chucky Olsen, charming daughter of Olie and Elspeth, will have a definite hand in the plans. So hurry—hurry—hurry and write or wire Leland, 273 Summer St., Boston, that you are bringing your family.
At the time of the Boston Alumni dinner in February, Fran Leland spent time with PhilThreshie, Olie and Elspeth Olsen and daughter Chucky going over reunion plans and dope.
Another recent visitor to Beantown was Roy Ball, with Dorothy and their two daughters who enjoyed dinner and the theatre with the Lelands, Herm Carlisle, Spenny Smith and their wives.
Hal Tayntor has been elected vice president of the Dartmouth Club of New Britain (Conn.). Congratulations!
Did you know that Harry Griswold has moved to Chicago and is assistant director of public relations for Walgreen Drug Stores of 744 Bowen Ave. His family have recently moved to temporary quarters at 7038 East End Avenue, Chicago, but are hoping to find a permanent home in or around Evanston. Harry's younger daughter, Gene, has entered Ferry Hall in Lake Forest and Joy, the older daughter is at Monticello College, Alton, 111. Harry is already looking up mid western Twoters in his travels and has dropped in on Cec Burnham,, ass't v. p. of the First National Bank of Minneapolis.
Howie Almon, the B. B. D. & O. man from Los Angeles was in the East and New York City in late February for the first time in 23 years, according to my scout Bill Morrell. Several of the boys—Miner, Healy, Dodd,Morrell and Haas had lunch with him, and he was an overnite guest of Larry Healy and Charlie Earle. Bill says he looks fine and is the same old Howie. Damn it, man, why didn't you let me know you were in N. Y.? Bethlehem is only 88.4 miles away and a phone call! I sure am sorry that I didn't get to see you!
I know that you all will be interested to know that Frank Horan has had recent word of Don Donavanik. A friend of Don's, secretary-general of the Siamese Cultural Institute and Princeton '23, called on Frank recently while in the U. S. A. on business, and gave him first-hand knowledge of our senior picnic champion high diver (remember the spring of '22?). Don is in the banking business in Bangkok, and came through the Japanese occupation O.K. I'm hopeful that by reunion time I'll have a letter of greeting from the baron Donavanik to his old classmates.
Your correspondent had the pleasure of having lunch at the Worcester Country Club with Colonel Jake McKoan of Worcester in early March, while on a flying one-day business trip to that flourishing community. Mrs. Mac and lovely daughter Joan 18, were very kind to this traveler. They'll all be in Hanover for Reunion and I'll bet my bottom dollar that Joan will be a very popular gall
I hope that all of you Twoters with 8 or 16 mm movie cameras (and also owners of still cameras too) will bring 'em to Hanover in June, plus plenty of color film. I want you to take a flock of movies and then send the films to me for donation to the class archives. I'll arrange to insert titles (if you haven't done so) and put them all together on large take-up reels, so that at future Reunions we may have the great pleasure of seeing ourselves and families disporting ourselves in the prime of lifel I have a color film of our 20th and will bring it and my 8 mm projector in June. You should see the shot of Bullen and Leland!
Cec Goldbeck tells me that he has had only 127 replies to his requests for biographical data (as of March 3rd). We must have at least 100 more! Won't you please crash through? This is an important and cooperative program and needs YOUR support. Send the dope sheet to Cecil Goldbeck, CowardMcCann, Inc. 2 W. 45, N. Y. City.
And now a word from this correspondent's favorite correspondent Gray Bates, reporting on the highly successful '22 gathering for the Boston Alumni dinner on February 16:
While my mind is still fresh after last night I'll briefly recall the highlights of the pre-dinner party at the University Club and the dinner at the Copley.
For cocktails there were 33 in number: Bob Baldwin, Bill Bullen, Carroll Dwight, Carl Davis, Larry Farnham, Bill Gallagher, Carter Hoyt, Fran Leland, Dick Litchfield, Len Morrissey, Rufus Stevens, Phil Threshie, Bud Winkler, Al Crampton, Nick Carter, Haskell Cohn, Olie Olsen, Doc Hallett, Hal Tucker, Charlie Hart, Ed Lane, Dick Stetson, George Stanley, Ced Porter, Jack Strauss, Dick Bowler, Jim Carroll, Ed MacLaine, Arv Gunnison and Gray Bates.
Hal Tucker and Bob Baldwin were "first timers" and both went home talking to themselves about what a good time it was. You can really count in Bob Hight and Dick Willis who were in the band in the ballroom. Dave Caldwell, Bob Booth, Misty Fogg and Paul Peters were to have come but last minute plans prevented. Again, many thanks are certainly due to Fran Leland for his making possible the University Club and for providing an added feature in the way of some very edible ors dervers.
President John Dickey and Al Dickerson were the honored guests and the boys who came were all pleased at the opportunity to meet and know them better.
All in all 'twas quite an evening for TwentyTwo for when we adjourned to the dinner at the Copley, instead of being tabled over under the eaves, our spot was a key one right bang up in front of the head table. (Last year they put us up in the bifocal range too at the New York dinner—we must be getting old! A. M.)
The only local news of interest I picked up was that Doc Hallett has a son he expects to get into Dartmouth in a couple of years and plans to send him to Tabor Academy first.
The dinner itself, of course, was a huge success with a record attendance; in fact, some were hanging from the rafters it was so crowded. I didn't stay for the speeches as I went to the Dartmouth-Harvard hockey game, although those that did enjoyed the program. Fran Leland and Phil Threshie, according to their reports, were the last to leave, which is understandable in view of the fact that they had the shortest distance to go, as both boys put up over night at the University Club.
Well, Twoters, that is about enough for now. Do your best for Miner on the Fund, for Bullen on our anniversary gift, for Goldbeck on that biographical booklet, and last but not least, for Leland and Hoyt on coming back to Reunion. Now that's a big program for each one of us. Let's make it 100%.
See you next month.
Secretary, 1837 Arlington St., Bethlehem, Pa. Treasurer, 143 East Ave., Norwalk, Conn. Memorial Fund Chairman 38 Newbury St., Boston, Mass.
