1919

This month's report on the activities of lgers must of necessity be of the doings at football games at Philadelphia, Hanover and Cambridge (the report on the Yale game will come later, due to your Secretary's temporary absence from home and inability to get the dope in time).

Freddie Balch reports on the Penn game at Philadelphia as follows: "Ralph Hayes, Gordon Meader, Denny Sullivan, and 1, all very carefully under the control of our respective wives, were the Philadelphia 'l9 delegation at the Penn game, and George Bingham, under the same supervision, enhanced the group by coming up from Taneytown, Md. to join us. Ralph arranged a class dinner at Schmidt's brewery. Excellent food, good beer, and some products obviously not made in any brewery, and the addition of the Paul Erwins (1918), to the group, all contributed to a fine affair.

"With our ultra successful class dinner last winter, a good free-swinging summer outing, and a top flight football party safely behind us, we claim 'l9 has come to life in this area; so much so we now challenge Boston, New \ork and the points West for a championship battle whenever the old men in those areas can get themselves up to it."

Ralph Hayes states that the seats were "smack on the 50 yard line" with a bow to Bill McCarter. And we suggest that Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Los Angeles take note of the Philadelphia challenge regarding class activities.

Before starting on the games in Hanover, it is suggested that those of you distant from the Hanover scene like, for instance, KenJohnson in Dallas, John Kunkle in Greensburg, Pa., Bill Warner in Chicago, John Stokes in Los Angeles, Norm Sterling in Jacksonville, Simon Stein in Muscatine, lowa, Shorty Lyon in Little Rock, plan your next trip to Hanoverin October, preferably during the middle two weeks of the month. This year the foliage in New Hampshire and Vermont was simply beyond description in its beauty, the weather wonderful, and the whole College scene never more attractive try and make it next year. It will be a trip you'll remember.

In attendance at the Holy Cross game were Ken Gilchrist, Prexy Jack McCrillis, Guy Cogswell, Stan Fitts (glad to see you, Stan, after so many years) Stew Russell, Jack Reilly, JimDavis, Bill White, Rock Hayes, Bob Proctor,Herb Fleming, Phil Bird, Fat Jackson and the secretary. Incidentally, for those of you who do not know it, Fat is back with his old firm, the Ward Baking Co., as general Sales Manager, and doing a swell job.

Max Norton, our perennial and hard working treasurer who somehow keeps the Class finances in order, reports the following lgers in attendance at the luncheon before the Colgate fracas: Jock and Edna Murray, Dick andKathleen Dudensing, Bill Allen, Ken andMarge Huntington, Cotty and Kitty Larmon,Ruth McCarter, Bob and Anne Lewis, Spiderand Bea Martin, Chug and Dot Sears, Winand Harriett Batchelder and our treasurer and Helen. The Martins, McCrillises and Sears celebrated their respective wedding anniversaries on October 16, which caused a few extra Cotty specials" to be consumed. HalAvery, Bob Paisley, Harold Stacey and DonSiebert were on hand for the game, which was a most enjoyable affair.

The pre-Harvard game goings-on consisted of a stag dinner at the Hotel Puritan (arranged by the expert raffler, Mr. Bird) and a "doe" dinner at the same time at the Lafayette. On Saturday a luncheon at the Hotel Commander in Cambridge was staged before the game. Visiting firemen included Lou Munro, Batch,Fat Jackson, Fred Balch, Larry Eastman, JackMcCrillis and your Secretary. At one function or another, the Boston representatives were Bix Bixby, Herb Fleming, Phil Bird, BillWhite, Jim Davis, Art Havlin, Bob Proctor,Spider, Jack Clark, Bunny Collins, Jock Murray, Moe Freedburg, John Chipman, RipPierce and our genial and successful Class Agent, Rock Hayes. After the game Rock and Alice Earle threw a cocktail party at their home in West Newton that was a "diller" and was attended by most of the aforementioned lgers. All the class attending the game were invited and all present had a wonderful time. Some hosts, the Hayes! !

After recounting all these pleasant events of part of the football season, your Secretary can almost hear the groans from lgers in the South, West and Far West saying, "Imagine some of those lucky stiffs seeing three Dartmouth football games in one season!"

Bill Cunningham has been appointed Massachusetts State Chairman of the 1949 March of Dimes. This is Bill's fifth consecutive year as head of the fund raising campaign in Massachusetts.

Jim Wilson's son, Jim Jr. was married on September 18 in Newtonville, Mass. to Miss Nancy Morrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kenneth Morrison of Wellesley Hills. The young couple will live in Salem, Ohio, after a wedding trip to Bermuda.

Coke and Babe McCreery are now living in Washington, where Coke is a food broker, and also organizing his own business.

Chet Caswell is keeping busy with the activities of the Worcester, Mass., Y.M.C.A. Chet is chairman of the Health and Recreation Dept. Committee, and as vice-president was one of the speakers at the opening dinner meeting on September 22.

King and Alice Cole have been among the fortunate ones visiting Hanover on numerous occasions since the big 30th. There is an added attraction in Hanover for them now, a grandson, Don the 3rd, son of Dr. and Mrs. Donald P. Cole Jr. Dr. Cole is a resident physician on the staff of the Hitchcock Clinic.

Dartmouth 41—Yale 14, wow! !

Secretary, 1273 North Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer, Hanover, N. H. Memorial Fund Chairman 2 Park Ave., New York 16, N. Y.