1915
The big news for this month's column is the resignation as Class Agent of Jack Mason and his appointment as General Chairman of the Alumni Fund for the next two years. Your Executive Committee, after due consideration, has nominated Marvin Frederick to that post, and fie was duly appointed by President Llewellyn. Now let's all get behind Marvin and help him carry on where Jack left off. Jack has been a casualty from a recent auto accident that sent him to bed for about ten days. Two banged up knees, sore ribs, and a sore elbow were the aftermath of his experience, but the old spunk is right there and he says he will be at the football games this fall if he has to crawl. I know all you classmates will agree with me that the increase in Class Spirit, the inspiredleadership and tremendous interest in Fund-raising for the College we all love, and the preeminence of the Class of 1915 in the Alumni body these last few years has, for the most part, been due to Jack Mason. We shall miss him as our Class Agent, but with pride that Dartmouth has recognized his ability. It is comforting to know that his wise counsel will still be available in Class affairs.
From The Daily loumn of the State University of lowa comes the news that Priscilla Ann Mabi'e, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. Edward C. Mabie, was elected to membership last May in the honorary scholarship society of Phi Beta Kappa. Congratulations to Priscilla, and it looks as if the old man did absorb some knowledge at Hanover to pass on to his offspring. Ed is head man of the Speech and Dramatic Art Department of the University.
Lee Graham, the Squire of Hartland, Vt., wrote me a nice chatty letter in May, too late to mention in the column. Hope more of you boys can plan to drop in on him on your way to Hanover, as you will always find a warm welcome awaiting you.
It seems as though Casey Jones has a rival in the music composing field in the person of Wally Shambow. Wally is now a patient at the Soldiers Home Hospital in Chelsea, Mass. This last season he attended the Massachusetts University Extension course under Keith Crosby Brown, and at the recital given at the end of the course had the pleasure of hearing two of his compositions sung and played. His first "Love Is Here To Stay" has been very popular as played and sung by Ray Dorey, Randy Weeks, over WBZ radio station, and at the Atlantic City Auditorium. The second called "LET GEORGETTE DO IT", is a parody, sung to the melody of Tit Willow from Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado.
Phil Pelletier was elected to the School Board in New Britain, Conn. His daughter, Mary, graduated from High School last June, and will enter Colby junior College this fall to take a secretarial course. Probably just another excuse for Phil to get up to Hanover.
Casey Jones, the eminent composer of Bangor, has been busy with his music this summer. He reports that one of his compositions was on the official list of the All-New England and All-Vermont Festivals this summer. With many of his other compositions already published, he is finishing a new song called "Men of Andover." Now the question is, when are we going to get that inspiring 1915 song, Casey? On May 24, Casey was honored by 50 members of Anah Temple Shrine Band on the occasion of his birthday, and was presented with an electric alarm clock.
By this time Russ Durgin has landed in Japan to continue the YMCA work which was so rudely interrupted during the war. Russ managed to see a couple football games last fall and meet some of the boys,, during his stay here. Thanks for your farewell letter, Russ, and let us hear from you often.
Cloughie reports that Stick Parnell is moving to Manchester in September and I hope you Fifteeners will give him a royal welcome. The GeorgeSimpsons, Chan Fosters, and Nut Norwood represented the Class at the clambake of the North Shore Dartmouth Club. Chan has been making his annual visit to Hanover to audit the books of the College. The regulars at Pattens have been joined this summer by Duke Sullivan, Charlie Griffith and Joe Comstock's son, Dave, who was attending the Phi Sigma Kappa Diamond Jubilee Convention. Duke's eldest son, a graduate of Harvard and now an intern at Mass. Memorial Hospital, was struck by a truck some weeks ago. It was feared for awhile that his limbs would be affected, but fortunately that proved untrue, and he has recovered. His youngest son, a student at Dartmouth, is spending the summer at a lumber camp in Washington. Charlie Griffith again headed the summer school at Lasell Seminary in July. Sid Bull is now associated with Cloughie at the Boston Mill Remnant Cos.
Bill Huntress spent the summer with his family at their summer home in North Hampton, N. H. George Simpson is again working as District Chairman of the Republican State Finance Committee. His younger son, Whitcomb, has been accepted at Penn Military College. His Older son, Parker, is a senior at Rollins College, Fla. Art Nichols has sold out his interest in the Delval Construction Corp., and has been taking life easy. Has just returned from a trip to Havana, Panama, and Guatemala. At Panama the Nichols and O'Days had a reunion and took in all the sights. One interesting thing he reported was that, while on a train from Puerto Barrios to Guatemala, he came to a small clearing named "Dartmouth." Evidently the boys get around. He also visited Turk Turner and ran into Otis Hovey, who was at his sister's home in Albany, where he had come on account of the sudden death of his mother. Stick Parnell writes that Don and Fannie Bennink called on him recently as well as Walt Meader, whom he hadn't seen for 35 years. Russ Livermore has been summering at Westhampton Beach and in between times, along with Red Folan, Kell Rose, and Charlie Comiskey, has been busy on the Parents Program of the Hopkins Center Project. Stan Llewellyn has been appointed Chairman of the Research Planning & Development Board of South Carolina. With Stan's southern drawl and Chopsticks Potter s Texas twang, we certainly are in for it the next reunion.
Joe Pitman's weight-lifter son, Joe Jr., twice lightweight U.S.A. champion, was a contestant in the recent Olympics in London. He is a Navy veteran and an upperclassman at Teachers College in Shippensburg. Jack Bowler writes that he has just returned from a tenday cruise off Cape Cod and also spent a few days with Johnnie Johnson. Cloughie also visited Johnnie this summer and both report that the Squire is as spry as of old. HarryBurnett has been appointed to Draft Board No. 39 in Worcester. Harry spent most of last fall at Gerrish Island, Me., and last spring went to Naples, Fla., where he tangled with the denizens of the deep sea. His prize beauty was a 126 lb. tarpon that he caught on a 12thread, 9 oz. tip line. Guess Harry and CarlSwenson ought to get together and swap yarns. He also tells me that he may spend the winter with his brother in the Virgin Islands. Lucky Guy. Hal Davidson writes "Turk Turner has had bad hemorrhages in each of his eyes and has been for more than two weeks in a hospital, totally blind. It is not known whether this will be a permanent condition or not, but it certainly is a very serious one. Turk has not been in very good health for some time." I hope this news is not as bad as it sounds and that I will have a more favorable report to make in the next issue.
From Hollywood comes the news that a daughter was bom last July to Joan Bennett, wife of Walter Wanger. The child weighed six pounds, four ounces and is their second deduction from the income tax. Congratulations and best wishes to the Wangers.
Change of address: Arthur Hornblow Jr., 822 Whittier Drive, Beverly Hills, Cal., Tel. Crestview 64066, M. G. M. Studios, Tel. Texas 03311.
THEY KEEP THE 1915 WHEELS TURNING: In Hanover last May (I to r) were Chan Foster, class treasurer; Sid Crawford, class secretary; Jack Mason, class agent, now general Fund chairman; and Charlie Griffith, Memorial Fund chairman, also president of the Dartmouth Club of New York.
Secretary, Paul Revere Rd., Westwood Hills, Worcester 5 Mass. Treasurer, Ames Bldg., i Court St., Boston 8, Mass. Memorial Fund Chairman, CHARLES E. GRIFFITH 128 Essex Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J.
