1923
At the Dartmouth Annual Dinner held on April 16 in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Commodore, New York, '23 was well represented. John Moore, president of the Dartmouth Club, turned in his usual excellent job as Toastmaster, and Dean Pudge Neidlinger gave us some down-to-earth dope on the College, sharing speaking honors on the program with President Dickey. The 1923 cast, in the order of their appearance: Tom Norton, Nick Bernard, Kip Couch, Sam White, Ted Hellwig, Jim Broe, Brooks Palmer, Sol Cohn, Carl Granger, Ken Quencer, Bill Corrigan. Joe Schiffenhaus, Bill Gates, Phil Wagner, John Allen, Graham Whitelaw, Stuie Knight, Ed Crowley, Phil Keigher, Jim Landauer, Sol Levine, Ardie Herz, Stan Ungar. Jim Doyle, Fred Fisher, Clary Goss, Jack Taylor (the Jack from Buffalo, that is), Ruel Smith, Pem Whitcomb, Bill Kelly, Tom Burch, Bill Whipple, and myself.
Jim Broe and Stuie Knight placed their suite at the hotel at the disposal of '23 following the dinner, and entertained right royally. We had to fight nobly to catch a train ourself, and are acquainted with a ooodly number who missed theirs completely as a result of the Broe-Knight hospitality.
Fred Fisher received the accolade for coming from the greatest distance. Fred came east from Oregon to arrange the legal details of a merger of some utility companies, and we hope he'll be engineering another merger in these parts every year from now on at the time of the Annual Dinner.
Irish Flanigarc was unable to attend, due to the death of Alice's sister, and the class extends its sincere sympathy.
Plans aren't yet complete, but it's likely that Dr. Bill Kelly, who is Coroner of Putnam County, N. Y., will make arrangements for an all-day Dutch Treat co-ed outing some Saturday this month at the Carmel Country Club. More dope on this later.
Bill and Betty Corrigan have announced the opening of their adult and family camp at Job's Pond, Vt., for the nth season. Many of the Dartmouth family have had many satisfying vacations at this secluded but fully equipped leisure spot, and all indications point to another successful summer season.
Cap Palmer writes: "Sherm Baldwin's boy, Lyon, in the Marines and stationed at Camp Pendleton, has been staying with us a couple of weekends. Grand kid Sherm and Elly can be really proud of him. The payoff he hangs up his clothes and towels and makes his bed. We're hoping he'll be a shining example to our daughter, but so far it hasn't took."
The Dartmouth issue of April 30 on the front page headlines a photo of Pudge Neidlinger: "Dean shows 'Bambino' Talent, Hits for 'Friends of Library—Slugger for 'Friends of the Library' who collected three home runs and a triple to pace his team to a 12-11 win last night over the Navy." Pudge's team was playing the NROTC nine, and the rascal who wrote the account of the game for the paper said: "The fence sitters had it that McMichael had never arbitrated a better game; town patriarchs said that never had they witnessed a student body so evenly and impartially biased against two teams." Then, calming down to a serious reportorial effort, he goes on to say: "It was 'Pudge' Neidlinger's night.... he was a veritable Gibraltar on the first sack." Which goes to show that Pudge is in just as fine shape as every appearance indi- cates.
Here are some more quickies from the Skiddoo mailbag to bring you up to date ....
Eddie Lynch is with Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane in Minneapolis. His son is now 15 years old, and his daughter 12.
Bevo Beneridge reports from the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, Los Angeles. He has two sons; one 22 and one 17.
Dink Lundquist lives in Riverside, Conn., and is Assistant Director of New Business and Development for the Electrolux Corp. in Old Greenwich, Conn. Dink has two daughters: one 20 and one 18 years old.
Ken Quencer (whom we often run into at the Club) is a partner in the law firm of Budd, Bertine, Quencer and Hufnagel, with offices in New York and Bronxville. Ken's daughter is now 18.
Russ Carpenter is vice president of the Sanford Ink Co. in Chicago, and lives in Oak Park. He's been making so much on the sale of red ink to other companies that he recently completed a new factory. Russ's son, Bill, entered Dartmouth last fall.
Dr. Colin Stewart, pediatrician at the Hitchcock Clinic in Hanover, has six children; three boys and three girls. As you noticed in last month's issue, his son Colin Ill '48 has been named to the U. S. Olympic Ski Team for 1948.
Ruel Smith is in charge of financial, insurance and travel advertising for Time magazine. He has two sons, 15 and 9 years old. Ruel is a member of the New York State Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Scarsdale Community Service, the Propellor Club and the City Midday Club; committee-man of Troop No. 8, Scarsdale; and Director of the New York Financial Advertisers Association.
John Coonley is Director of Public Relations of American Factors Ltd. in Honolulu, Hawaii. His son, Bill, entered Dartmouth last fall.
Phil Stevens is President of the Maine Mfg. Company of Nashua, N. H. Phil has a son, 19, and a daughter, 16 years old.
Parker Chambers owns a successful orange and lemon grove at Escondido, Calif., and frequently attends Dartmouth dinners at San Diego. His daughter is 10 years old.
Wally Bassett is senior member of Bassett and Johnston, accountants and tax consultants of Roswell, N. M. Entering politics recently, he is now a member of the City Council. Wally has two sons, 9 and 5, and a daughter who is 12 years old. He sends in welcome reports on the following two classmates.
Syl Johnson is a successful sheep and cattle rancher, having sold his interest in a Roswell, N. M., gasoline refinery. Syl has two children: a daughter, 16, and a son, 14.
Lew Marshall is'in the fire and casualty insurance business in Silver City, N. M., where he lives with his wife and two children.
Vic Cannon was recently appointed vice president of the Jim Brown Stores, a mail order company which also operates 26 retail stores in Ohio and Michigan.
Now that the Mary Warren Carnival Queen Quiz has been successfully concluded, here's another one for you. Take a look at this month's special feature—a picture taken at the 1923 Father and Son Dinner held in Hanover recently. Some faces are hidden. Can you name anyone, father or son, whom we've missed in the following attendance record? Sons Fathers Lawrence T. Barnett Jr. Douglas K. Burch William H. Carpenter , Sherman M. Clough Jr. Sherm Clough Donald M. Cummings Roger H. Dickinson Jr. George E. Duffy II Ralph Duffy John H. Elliott Glen Elliott Robert C. Ferguson Walter A. Friend Jr. Walt Friend Harry H. Gates Bill Gates Carl V. Granger Jr. Dwight Haigh Jr. Wallis E. Howe Ill Curtis P. Kimball William W. Kimball Jr. Richard G. Lohnes Leonard I. Matless Jr. Miles Mills Jr. Miles Mills Simon J. Morand III James M. Osborne Jr. Winfield S. Peters Earle W. Putnam Lew Putnam Carl N. Reed Jr. Sumner M. Sollitt Sum Sollitt John F. Swenson David J. Taylor Jack (John D.) Taylor John E. Taylor John B. Teagle Richard P. Udall Louis J. VanOrden Jr. Lou VanOrden William D. Wallace Philip Segal Jr.
You'll also spot Pudge Neidlinger, Irish Flanigan, Sherm Baldwin. But remember, you're an old coot now. Just how good are your eyes? Can you name any others in the picture? If so, please send the names along.
Just to make you a bit homesick for Hanover, we'll wind up with a list of classmates (in addition to the fathers named in the preceding list) who were recent visitors at the Inn: Joe Schiffenhaus, Frank Donovan, Leon Sargent, Dr. R. A. C. Jefferson, Ted Hellwig, and Art Little.
Be with you again in the Fall. Meantime, have a swell summer—all of you!
THE SECOND DARTMOUTH GENERATION OF THE CIASS OF 1923: '23ers and sons of '23 who are at present undergraduates at Dartmouth recently held a meeting and dinner at the Hanover Inn.
Secretary, 84 Hillside Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y Treasure 32 Ridgeland Terrace, Rye, N. Y. Memorial Fund Chairman, 744 Broad St., Newark, N. J.
