1915
This is the month when football is King. As near as I can discover, the only representatives from the Class of 1915 at the Penn game were Jack Mason, Jack Ferguson, and Pete Pray. The first two also attended the smoker the night before. Pete Pray writes: "spent some of the summer at Chatham and the Belgrade Lakes. Ran into Johnny Johnson a number of times and also saw Zeke Carpenter at Wianno." Pete has borne up bravely since he was recently presented with another grandson, Peter Pray Bradley, last August. And along with this comes a letter from Zeke: "I did see Thornton Pray in August at the Wianno Club on Cape Cod. Thornt still looks well in a bathing suit and catches many admiring eyes from the feminine side. He is pretty tough competition and always was on that score."
From Howie Fuller comes the following: "I am now in New York City as Asst. Deputy Administrator of Branch Office No. 2 of the U. S. Veterans Administration. Branch Office No. 2 has jurisdiction over 6 Regional Offices and 10 V. A. Hospitals in New York State, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands." Classmates, here is the good news you have been waiting for. Received a letter from TurkTurner in which he says:—"l am very glad to be able to report that things are not nearly as serious as would be indicated by the article which appeared in the MAGAZINE. I have for the past several weeks been able to be at the office a good share of each day and reports are very favorable for a rather complete recovery."
The first official gathering season for the Fifteeners was the Holy Cross game weekend. Among those present were the following: Austin, Bowler, Crawford, Ad English, King,Lafferty, Mason, Meader, Montsie, Norwood,Porter, Richardson, Sargent and Low. I understand that Roy Johnson spent a couple of weeks in Hanover, but did not run across him. A week later came the Colgate game. In between games I spent a few days in Portland, Me., where I had a chance to enjoy a pleasant evening with the Al Clevelands, and a chat with Red Parrott. Returned to Hanover in time to share in the enthusiasm of Dartmouth Night, bonfire, red and green torches, and the speeches. At the game were the following: Austin, Bowler, Gib Campbell, Chase, Clough,Connelly, Crawford, D. Davis, Ferguson,Henderson, Huntress, Low, Mason, Montsie,Porter, Richardson, C. Sargent, Shaw, Stevens, and Tower. If I have omitted anyone, blame it on the fact that I have misplaced my notes and have had to depend on my memory. After both games we Fifteeners repaired to the Inn bridal suite where Jack and Kay Mason hold sway during the month of October. Those who have enjoyed their hospitality before eagerly look forward to it with a great deal of pleasure. Heard that Gus Braun visited Hanover that same week, but did not see him. Chuck Ingram writes that he had the pleasure of receiving a visit from Bill Reynolds and his wife, who came through there on their way to visit their daughter at Mendocino, Calif. He adds that he frequently sees Justin McCarthy, Chief Engineer of the St. Regis Paper Cos., who is making a real reputation in his line.
The evening before the Harvard game, the classes of 13, '14, and '15 held a joint dinner at the University Club. Among those present were Dale Barker, Eb Clough, Sid Crawford,Chan Foster, Bill Huntress, Walt Maeder,Nut Norwood, Russ Rice, George Simpson,Leon Tuck, Jack Ferguson, Jack Mason,Dexter Davis, and Kike Richardson. Cloughie entertained the gathering afterwards in his own inimitable way with his fund of dialect stories. Saturday morning was the annual luncheon at Kike Richardson's law office on State Street. The Richardsons are always charming hosts and each year I think the newest one is the best ever. Among the guests who enjoyed the hospitality were Chan andDorothy Foster, George and Mae Martin, Donand Fannie Bennink, George and CharlotteSimpson, Jack and Kay Mason, Eb and Marjory Clough, Jack Ferguson, Jim Henderson,Nut Norwood, Dexter Davis, and your Secretary. We then trooped out to the Stadium where we saw one of the most closely fought contests of the present season. Also seen at the Stadium were the Casey Joneses, Tom Connelleys, Lee Smiths, Chink Chamberlains, RussChases, Ray Russell, Harry Burnett, BobBigelow, and Howie Wing.
Howie Wing writes in this news: "On Sept. 11 my son Pete (Howard W. Wing Jr.) was married in a beautiful 4:30 afternoon ceremony at the Brandon Congregational Church to Miss Mary Jane Churchill of Brandon, Vt. An informal reception followed at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Howley Churchill of Forestdale. The bride is a graduate of Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., and spent three years with the Eastern Airlines in the Boston office following her graduation. Pete's brother Dan was best man and a couple of Dartmouth men were ushers. The young folks are now nicely settled in No. 3 Wigwam Circle, where Pete is in his Senior year at Dartmouth." Howie Sr. is now connected with the Lowell office of the Prudential Insurance Co.
A card from Johnny Johnson, the Squire of Cape Cod, regretting that he was forced by circumstances to miss both the Harvard eve dinner and game. Mentioned seeing Bowler and Pray on the Cape this summer. Also that another Cape Codder, Warren Montsie, tried his hand at fixing his roof this summer and ended up by falling off onto the ground. Fortunately, outside of a few bruises and general shaking up, Monte escaped serious injury. On one of his periodic trips to the Hanover Hospital he ran into Johnny and Flo Kimball. Johnny Kimball has been seriously ill, but upon examination the report was favorable, and he is now convalescent.
A nice long letter from Phil Murdoch with excerpts as follows:
"I hesitate to outline my progress down through the ages since graduation. Let it suffice that it involved habitats in Bridgeport, New York, Cuba, Chicago, Holland (Michigan), several sections of Texas, back to Chicago, then New York again, Stamford, Conn., and again New York. (I omit the AEF of World War I.) I am presently located on the staff of the New York Board of Trade, becoming deeply involved in the intricacies of trade association activity. I can recommend it for anyone who wishes to test his powers of versatility in meeting and handling all kinds of the genus homo. I am living in the lair of "Dem Bums," which I can assure you, is a challenge to any graduate of a liberal arts college. I haven't had as much contact with the Clan Dartmouth as I would like, which is probably my fault. I run in on Kell Rose occasionally, see Carl Gish once in awhile, and, once in a blue moon, some of the other boys at the Yale or Princeton games. It's the end and aim of my ambition to foregather with the Boston gang at a Harvard game, but, so far, haven't been able to make it. The account of Saturday's jamboree at Cambridge, with its encumbent pre-and post game goings-on in the general vicinity of the Copley Plaza, Parker House, and Tremont Street, arouses nostalgic memories. Shades of the night that Milt Ghee tried to drive a horse and cab into the Georgian Cafe."
Guests of the Hanover Inn in October were: —Dale Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Castle,Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Chase, Eben Clough,Mr. and Mrs. Sidney C. Crawford, Jack Fer-guson, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Lanterman, Mr. andMrs. John R. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Perry H.Stevens, Kike Richardson.
Changes in address: Brig. General Howard E. Fuller, Veterans Administration, 3 Peter Cooper Rd., N. Y. C. 10—Thomas D. Hamson Jr., 591/2 Front St., Marblehead, Mass. —Dr. Dwight O'Hara, 46 Greenwood Lane, Waltham,, Mass.—Carroll A. Parnell, 327 Orange St., Manchester, N. H. Hubert E. Sargent, 16 Maplewood Ave., Barre, Vt.
1915 SONS NOW IN COLLEGE were entertained at dinner in the Hanover Inn Ski Hut last month. The 15ers present (I. to r., second row) were: Prof. Warren Montsie, Howard Sawyer, Prof. Fletcher Low, Assistant Bursar Roy Porter, Jack Mason, class host, Chan Foster, Dr. Jack Bowler, Sid Bull and Jim Henderson.
Secretary, Paul Revere Rd., Westwood Hills, Worcester 5, Mass. Treasurer, Ames Bldg., 1 Court Sq„ Boston 8, Mass. Memorial Fund Chairman, 128 Essex Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J.
