1918

Danny She-a (who spent March in Delray and Nassau) in the early days out of college, confirmed Gerry Geran's account of the days thai he, KarlHutchinson, Swede Youngstrom and Benny Mugridge were living in Boston. Karl, Swede and Bennie at that time were working as tough day laborers in the Converse Rubber Plant (maybe even at that early date Bennie was trying to get labor's point of view) and visited one evening GerryGeran's rather luxurious quarters. (Gerry then was a top notch leather salesman with pockets bulging with gold). They thanked Gerry for the pleasant evening. Without any warning the following day, the three arrived with a triple decker iron bed, set it up in Gerry's living room—-where Swede, Karl and Bennie continued to live. These three tough day laborers, says Gerry, came home of an evening knee deep in dust—and coated with rubber soot so that Gerry made it a point to dash home early from his office to reach the bath tub before the three laborers arrived. On one occasion when Gerry had a dinner engagement and came home later, he recalls trying to open the door to his apartment. Cautiously the occupants opened it a few inchesand remarked, "Would you mind coming back in a couple of hours—the room is now occupied." Get Bennie Mugridge to tell the story of the flush days when Gerry Geran came back from France, having sold all the leather in the U.S. and his pockets were bulging with money. Gerry paid a visit to Bennie in the local suburbs of Boston, driving out in his high powered, imported car, with a dashing French blond—"I shall never forget what a dashing sight Gerry Geran presented with his doeskin gloves" said Beonie.

We haven't been promised, but we hope to have, a picture in one of the forth-coming ALUMNI MAGAZINES of our co-Chairman of 'lB's 30th Reunion, 12 months away, the prominent Boston realtor, Eddie Ferguson and the former President of Newton Community Chest Drive, Tom Shirley. Tom, a sturdy combination between former President Edward Heriot and Gene Stettinius, is rumored to be an unwilling but sought-after candidate for Mayor of Newton. One of the top communications men in the country (puts efficiency in an organization's telephone and wire communications, saving them thousands of dollars) Tom can count as his clients some of the biggest concerns in the country. A farmer boy from Manchester, N. H., who had to collect garbage for the pigs from the adjacent summer hotel. Tom so dreaded the shame of the girls who might see him, that he rose before dawn and completed his mission before any of the guests were up. With a healthy touch of the soil still in his bones, Tom can be seen on spring mornings in the backyard about 5 spading up his quarter-acre patch for 12 different vegetables, while son Bobby feeds the chickens (restrictions in Waban won't allow them to have a rooster). With a deep-freeze packed with Tom's garden vegetables and HOOD'S ice cream, the four children with their many friends, are prepared for a party at any time.

In Monk Cameron's Ulster County News of February 16—"Congressman Jay Le Fevre has been assigned to the Congressional Sub-Committee on land, territories, insular possessions, mines and mining." .... We were pleased to hear some months back that Marion Lee (Lewis's wife) was out of the hospital and we hope by now is enjoying excellent health.

Pounding out his sound fundamentals of fund raising, Dick Holton, swinging the mighty load of the Alumni Fund for the entire college, made the Boston, N. Y., Chicago circuit talking to 100's of class agents and did a most effective job. Said the N. Y. D. Club News, "Our own Dick Holto-n '18, the first class agent to come from the ranks to mastermind the annual Alumni Fund drive, then laid down the principles on which the 1947 campaign will be carried through. He took as his keynote the angle of participation. His definitions were clear and his lucid exposition of the values of concentrating on participation was an eye opener to many. He pointed out how a passive resistance becomes a rigid resistance, how a cohesive class spirit is built and how the problem of increasing annual gifts may be met." Let's show Dick that we appreciate his untiring efforts and sound leadership by pouring out to Dave Ganatt before June 30th (195 Broadway) the highest contribution we ever made to the Alumni Fund.

From Tommy Tarrant, 347 Madison Av., N. Y. 17, "Just had a nice lunch with Syl Morey—Barbara and myself announce the arrival of Miss America, name Jean Tarrant—the Tarrants adopted Jean who is now 2 months old, and I add that if she is as pretty and vivacious at 20, as she is now, I see where she is going to be busy chasing the Gene, Markeys of the class of 1966 away from the door. Jean won't be able to disrupt the Harvard line, at least on the football field, but I'm counting on her to gum up some May pole party at Smith, Vassar or what have you. Since I have entered the diaper derby, I am really busy. Just had the pleasure of seeing Tommy O' Conn ell, whom I last saw at Tour, France, in World War I" Billie Duke(F. Dussosoifs boy) is now at Clark School—a good swimmer and a better jumper—15 ft. so the old man says Tilly and Herm Whitmore visited Lena Pounds a few weeks back and remarked how fine she was looking. Lena went out to Oregon to see daughter Carol who is in college there and report has it that Lena may live in Hanover in the fall while sons, Arthur and Lewis are still at Hanover Johny Simmons and Isabel were in Florida in April and Mouse & Johnny O'Gara headed for a vacation in Tucson, Arizona.

In Stanley Jones' 25 th year report regarding Eddie Ferguson (co-Chairman of our 30th—mentioned here previously), we find this—"While we are in Massachusetts, let us look in on another native son Eddie Ferguson. He sent back a fine, fat questionnaire from Needham. 'Now leading a normal suburban life,' the former hockey flash states: 'After college, I became an Ensign and made four trips, to France. Am now in Civilian Defense, taking a course in Radio. I am a real estate broker—have been through the depression in that line and am now enjoying the upturn. I combine a trusteeship in the Webster Street Realty Trust with a membership of the Boston Real Estate Exchange. About the best deed that I can recall is that fact that I have contributed to the Alumni Fund each year since I left.' Now, we do not want to start a run for the door, but Eddie has also worked at one time for the New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company. (He may still have friends there) Eddie writes further—'My brightest memory of ErnieEarley is that of Ernie hiding on the floor, under two tipped back seats on the train going to the Princeton game. He was scared to death that day.' Eddie says he caught his wife in an automobile at Wellesley—and she never knew till they were married that it was a rented car!' "

We find also in that report by Stan Jones some words about Ed Healy—"When you think of EdHealy, you think of hands—Eddie was built like an old fashioned Mosler safe—the kind they used to put the office stove in at night. But those hands! Ed's sleeve could never seem to quite get down to his wrist. And attached to those wrists were two of the goldarndest catcher's mitts you ever saw! Ed Healy could palm a Manhattan telephone directory the way a magician palms a card. And when he played tackle, all he had to do was grab a runner with his fingers. Small wonder that Ed put in a post-graduate course with the Chicago Bears, Class of '2B. He is now Pres. (1943) of the Chicago Bears Alumni Assoc.—which must need quite a hall for reunions. As Sergeant in Field Remount Squadron No. 303, Healy served 18 months in France. Now, though there can hardly be any connection between the two, Ed is Manager of the Indiana and Illinois Quarries for the France Stone Company. We shall never forget Ed Healy's grand Irish smile. And he has the gentleness which seems to be reserved for some men of huge physiques—and hearts."

Harry Collins' daughter Betty is training to be a nurse in the Nassau Hospital. Harry reports seeing a great deal of Spud Richmond and his wife Janet, in his activities concerning the Boy Scoutsand also is delighted to see Oma Ross (Ned's wife) in her activities connected with the Girl Scouts. Harry has some rare specimens of rhododendrons coming from China and said "I won't fool with such midgets as Iris which Fred Cassebeer fools with." Harry says his greatest enjoyment in life comes from his meetings with the Long Island Horticultural Society In the Pasadena-StarNews, appears a picture of our own Bill Wright, President of the Amer. Natl. Livestock Assn. Bill is & native of Los Angeles but lived in Sierra Madre in his youth—and then went into the stock business the hard way by starting his career on a Montana cattle ranch as a cowpuncher. Among other things, Bill said deep Concern of the Association is control of the hoof and mouth disease through complete elimination of all cattle affected—-This is the reason North America has been free of the disease." Bill pointed out that there is danger of this disease from old Mexico and that an Act of Congress may be required to enable this country to spend money and go into Mexico and help control it." .... One of the most speakingest talkers throughout the country, our own Les Granger, gave an excellent talk in Covington, Ky., and later spoke in Washington on "The Crisis on Racial Relations."

From Hort Chandler came a clipping of the Forever Amber squabble in Boston. The attorney for the prosecution read passages—"No," the professor would say, who was being cross examined'that wouldn't incite anybody'. 'You mean it wouldn't get people thinking about sex?' snapped the cross-examiner. 'Yes, it might,' the professor would say—'but here we all are—talking and thinking about sex, but nobody is excited that I know of.' " What would we do without Boston! Hort's letter reads . Fat Rowell is active in the planning of the State case and actions in the current dilemma over what to do about the Boston Elevated Transit lines." Clipping with the letter said . he was on the stand for the entire afternoon, as Asst. Atty. Gen. George B. Roivell read 21 "purple" lines from the book in this first trial under the new State law, under which the book itself, rather than the publisher or bookseller goes on trial." .... Evelyn and Pete Coltvell invited 'lBers and their wives out to New Rochelle when the Dartmouth Glee Club appeared there in March.

At Del Ray Beach, (Fla.) Adair and JohnnyThayer have a perfectly lovely place, modern, streamlined and very tastefully decorated. Lovely lawn and shrubbery, solar heat, a cyclone roof, air conditioning, ex-Mayor Johnny and Adair, can be dreamed about by Dan Shea, Stan Jones and the Earleys in their lovely surroundings. In their guest book, among many other names were Katherine and Ev Young, for whom Johnny located a place during the winter months. Anybody interested in real estate or insurance of any kind while in Florida, Tohnny is your man From Al Strout to Stan Jones—"Since I read a paper at the Modern Language Meeting in Washington last Christmas, my book on Hogg has at last appeared—issued by Texas Tech. Press, at $2.75. Please don't buy a copy yourself, but get any library you know to order a copy—lt's heavy of course, and has some frightful misprints—but it sure gives the dope on James Hogg, him of Ettick.".... The HanoverGazette indicated that Miriam and lorn Campbell were in Hanover in March—Tom attending a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Dartmouth Eye Institute where Tom has given invaluable help From Doc Angell, "Off the Board of Aldermen, last March—after 5 years—now Clerk of Finance Comm. trying to keep the town solvent. Norman attended reunion with Catherine and I last June. Norman is Ist year Junior High— a good student, may become a good ball player. In my spare time I'm teaching a class of 115 Gls some of the intricacies of accounting."

From a great admirer, Burt Wood 'l4, comes the clipping of the March 4th Arizona Daily Star, with our youthful Bob Fish pictured plump in the center, and with the caption "Osborn Names Commissioner—Two Tucsonians Nominated For Power Authority to Fill Roster." Continuing, it says ". ... The names of Robert Fish and Dr. Neil Houghton, both of Tucson, were sent today to the State Senate by Gov. Sidney T. Osborn, for confirmation for appointment as members of the Arizona Power Authority Commission. Fish is a new appointee, who upon Senate confirmation, would fill a commission vacancy which has existed for some time. He is a retired business man, a graduate and former member of the Faculty of Dartmouth College. The governor said Fish is greatly interested in the State power problems and expresses belief he will make a valuable addition to the Commission. During the war Fish served on the Pima County War Rationing Board, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Tucson Medical Center, as well as a member of the operating Committee which conducts this institution. He is active in local and civic affairs." All 'lBers and Dartmouth College know that the Arizona Power Authority Commission is fortunate in having a brilliant thinker like Bob one of its members. Said Bob in his letter of March 20th—"....The State Agency is charged with responsibility for distributing the power to which Arizona is entitled from Boulder Dam and other Colorado River developments. It is strictly a non-remunerative position. More importantly, the work will take me to Phoenix for no more than 2 or 4 days per month, and will be a new interest and a chance of breaking the boredom of waiting around for arthritis to become arrested. Connie has been having a grand time at Stanford, Joan and Bobbie are great to have around the house, Mildred is fine but my winter has been the achiest since '39." .... Congratulations to you, Bob, in the useful and interesting life you are leading—tell us about it when you come on East this summer.

We are indebted to the star Class Secretary Dick Pearson '20, for an extremely interesting clipping giving a most unusual tribute to our own AmosBlandin and which appeared in the Littleton, N. H., Courier, March 6th—At the head, of a 2-column wide tribute to Amos are 3 pictures— one of Amos being congratulated in front of the County Court House—one of the little school that Amos was reared in, with about 100 steps leading up to it, and the other a picture of two lovely New England homes with huge elms around it—a very attractive place indeed—and under the pictures it says—"Judge Amos N. Blandin Jr. of Bath, who Tuesday began his new duties as Associate Justice on the N. H. Supreme Court, is shown at the right being congratulated by C. Murray Sawyer, of Woodsville, Clerk of the Grafton County Superior Court, and mentioned as a Candidate for the Superior Court bench just vacated by Justice Blandin. The Grafton County courthouse in Woodsville is shown in the background. At top right is a view of the Bath High School where Justice Blandin began his education, with its "62 steps to learning," and at the bottom is shown Bath Upper Village, a residential hamlet which has been the Blandin home for 8 generations and where Justice Blandin will continue to do much of his legal business in the little brick building, right foreground, which has been a Blandin law office since 1830. At the conclusion of his charge to the Grafton County Jury, Professor Theriault of Dartmouth, Foreman of the Jury, read a tribute, which read in part ... No citizen undertakes with a light heart the duty of passing judgment upon his fellow man. You have done everything in your power to enable us to discharge our obligations as intelligently and wisely as was within our capacity to do Your appointment to the Supreme Court, announced this week, comes as no surprise to us, who have worked with you and have come to know the quality you bring to the bench. We congratulate you and extend to you our best wishes for success and on even higher achievements than has been yours in such abundant measure in this court."

FAMILY GROUP AT THE INN: Charles F. Palmer '18, noted housing authority, and his daughter, Jeannette, relax in the Hanover Inn lounge following the former's lecture on housing here last month.

Secretary, : 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y. Treasurer, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H.