1919
March 6 might well be described as a Preview of Reunion in these notes due largely to excellent attendance of fathers of 1919 Sons who spent that worthwhile weekend in Hanover. Perfect weather, cold, still and clear with sunshine from cloudless blue skies blessed the occasion of 1919's first Father-Son gathering in Hanover. Twenty-three Dads, 37 Sons of '19 and honored guests assembled for dinner Saturday evening at the Dartmouth Outing Club to enjoy a swell feed prepared and served under the able direction of Jeanette Gill, Club Manager. We were fortunate to have with us for dinner as guests President Emeritus Ernest M. Hopkins and Professor Francis J. A. Neef, 1919's original Class Officer. Prexy John Sloan Dickey came in before dinner to meet and mix before leaving for a previous dinner engagement.
And the McMahons were really there. Bill '19, Bill Jr., '42, Jerry, '51, and Bill III, 1-year old (possibly Class of '69).
Bill McCafter as toastmaster made an award of a Ticknor Print of the College to Murray Hawkins who traveled the greatest distance (Los Angeles) to be present. John M. Murray '48 was awarded a set of Richardson's Historyof Dartmouth College for having the best scholastic average of the sons to date.
Several 1919 wives appeared, praised Adele Ives hospitality at the Inn and enthused over the pure beauty of Hanover, set in its carpet of white snow. Jack McCrillis and John Williams were with us for dinner. Jack claims to have signed up at least 99 9/10% of the fathers present for June Reunion.
Those who were fortunate in arriving Friday were guests of Adele Ives for cocktails and were privileged to visit with Max andHelen Norton, Cotty Larmon and Adele. We recall the Pierces, Capps, Collins, Huntingtons and Win Batchelder at that affair.
Here are those who were at dinner, with thanks to Max Norton, Bill McCarter and Miss Gill.
Fathers Attending Other 1919'ers McMahon, William G. Williams, John Garrison, Lewis F. McCarter, William Pilsbury, Elmer K. McCrillis, John Moore, John F. Felton, Lester M. Guests Pierce, Winthrop L. Hopkins, Ernest M. Ransom, Philip W. Neef, Francis, J. A. Cavanaugh, John C. Merrill, Will—another Collins, Clark W. son of C. D. Merrill Hawkins, William M. —not in College. Holley, Henry O. Norton, Max A. Sons Attending Merrill, Chauncey D. McMahon, William M. White, William A. Jr. '42 Adams, Forrest Ray Gerrish, George B. '47 Batchelder, Windsor Huntoon, David D. '47 Capps, James G. Garrison, James R. '48 Fuller, Glendon A. Laird, Norman M. '48 Halloran, Paul J. Pilsbury, Robert P. '48 Wright, James Howard Moore, John F. Jr. '49 Huntington, James K. Felton, Lester M. Jr. '49 Smith, William T. Pierce, Robert W. '49 Davis, James C. Ransom, John S. '49 Cavanaugh, James H. Batchelder, David E.'51 '5O Capps, Robert G. '51 Collins, Clark W. Jr. Fuller, Christopher '51 '5O Gray, Malcolm D. '51 Featherston, Daniel F. Grey, Spencer Y. '51 '5O Halloran, Richard C. Grant, McLean M. '50 '51 Hawkins, William M. McMahon, Gerald P. Jr. '50 '51 Holley, Wayland J. '50 Moriarity, John F. Jr. Mauk, Clinton A. '50 '51 Norton, John W. '50 Wright, Alan F. '51 Merrill, Willard D. '47 Wylie, James R. III '51 White, William A. III Farrar, Louis V. '49 '49 Huntington, James K. Murray, John M. Jr. '48 Jr- 49 Jeavons, Robert W. '48 Smith, Alexander T. Adams, Forrest R. Jr. '49 '51 Davis, James C. Jr. '47 Dale S. McQuiston, realtor, is now at 644 Cedar Point Drive, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. "Mac" has been in Wheaton, Illinois, most of the time since War I.
Harold J. Morse is now at 440 Pleasant Street, a move within Winthrop, Mass., where Hal continues in the field of education. Walter S. Aylesworth has moved to Ocean City Road, Salisbury, Maryland, from Princess Anne, his former home in the same state. Harry C. x Glasheen, 146 Winthrop Ave., Lowell, Mass., has returned after wartime duties in an Ordnance Plant in La Porte, Indiana. Harry is connected with the U. S. Government Postal Service. Ray Legg, Edward R., has taken up residence in Wade Park Manor in Cleveland, Ohio. As vicepresident of Jack & Heintz, he has transferred from Nash Kelvinator in Detroit to Cleveland.
Phil and Helen Bird were recently guests of the Fred Balches in Philadelphia. They stopped in New York at 70 Park Avenue, opposite the Dartmouth Club, where both George Rand and Win Batchelder spent some time with them. Spider Martin reports himself fully recovered from a losing fight with the Flu Bug which knocked him out in early March upon his return from a two weeks' trip.
Murray Hawkins has recently had his name added to the securities firm where he has long been a partner. Young & Koenig of Los Angeles has become Koenig, Hawkins and Kimball, Inc.
Skinhead's Club according to International Secretary, Phil Bird, is in danger of losing many members. The reason, "Two Japanese Professors from Nagoya University claim they can grow a 'luxuriant' head of hair on a bald man in three months."
Bill Grant, Jack Moriarity, San Treat, Ken D. Smith, Jock Murray and Spider Martin, who had hoped to visit the College in March, sent regrets. Jock was in Florida, K. D. stayed home due to his wife's illness, while business still keeps some of us from doing as we wish.
We were saddened to learn that Archie H.Ranney, of Cleveland, died in Huron Road Hospital on his 51st birthday. Arch had been ill for a time and had been so reported by Rabbi Raible. He lived most of his life in Cleveland. He is survived by his wife Hazel and two daughters.
Visitors at Hanover Inn this winter included Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs.C. D. Merrill, Russell Potter and family, Mr.and Mrs. San Treat, Spen Dodd and RockHayes.
Jack McCrillis has plans well shaped for Reunion and promises to combine interesting events with ample time to relax. The Picnic scheduled for Sunday, June 20, will be held at the Lake Morey Inn, Fairlee, Vermont. An excellent menu has been planned and the Inn's facilities are open to all. Swimming, boating, canoes, tennis as well as golf, the latter requiring a moderate greens fee. Don't miss this weekend if you can avoid it as you will have to wait six years for the 35th, and that is too long.
Philip K. Watson of Detroit, who spends his summers in North Sandwich, Mass., was appointed a member of the Quimby Trustees, bringing the board's full strength of three. Phil spent his early boyhood in Sandwich. He is now an Investment Banker in Detroit and has been active as secretary and president of the Dartmouth Club out there.
Dr. Josiah R. Eisaman, 121 University Place, Pittsburgh, Pa., spent part of last summer in remote canyons of Southern Utah with an archaeological expedition from Carnegie Institute of Technology. Joe, accompanied by his wife and daughter Anne, worked among excavations of ancient ruins, bodies, and artifacts. All returned, no worse for wear, but for a few saddle callouses.
Louis A. Stone, Chicago, Ill., was recently elected senior vice-president and treasurer of Eversharp, Inc.
Robert J. Bard, Friden Automatic Calculators' representative in Louisville, Kentucky, was in New York City at Christmas-time. Bob wrote to Batch that he would miss Reunion but sends regards to classmates. He has helped make headway with the Class Fund Program. A note from Jack McCrillis encloses a clipping which is quoted below:
"Washington, D. C., March I—J. Harold Stacey of Windsor, Vt., Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Vermont, F. & A.M., was elected president and. chairman of the national Grand Masters Conference held here last week.
"He succeeded Past Grand Master J. H. Stewart Jr., of Kansas, as head of the largest conference of its type in the history of Masonry in this country. Forty-seven of the 49 Grand Masters in the United States and five from Canadian lodges attended the session.
"The occasion marked the first time a Vermonter has been elected head of the Grand Masters Conference.
"Prominent in local and state affairs as well as in Masonic circles, Grand Master Stacey has represented Windsor in the state legislature for three consecutive terms."
It was fine to have a letter from RobertButler who is American Ambassador to Australia, with Embassy Headquarters at Canberra. Bob's statement that meeting a Dartmouth man in Australia adds to life's pleasures down under is quite understandable.
Arthur C. Havlin, 39 Boylston St., Boston, has put in a few days fighting a cold. Art claims that his life is quiet and sober (due no doubt to rest needed after snow shovelling) and that he and Madeleine will be there in June. Hanover, that is!
K. C. Bevan has become a country squire, having moved away from the center of And over to his new abode on Sunset Rock Road, two miles southwest of that Academy village.
If you who live some distance away from New York City are in town on April 14, be sure to join us at the New York Dartmouth Club, 37 East 39th Street, at 5 P.M. and later for dinner at the Commodore Hotel Grand Ball Room. The Dartmouth Annual Alumni Dinner for the New York area will go on at that time.
1919 FATHER-AND-SON BANQUET: All present and accounted-for look happy and well-fed after the dinner held March 6, at the Outing Club House, for members of the Class of 1919 and their sons. The fathers are shown above with President-Emeritus Hopkins, center, while the sons are pictured below.
1919'S PRIZE FISH STORY: If the reader will look real carefully, he might be able to discern the smiling profile of Chet Gale '19, proud owner of the robust-looking lake trout shown hogging most of the picture. Peering from behind the big fish is Chet's rotund and robust-looking guide.
Secretary, 103 Aviemore Drive, New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer, Hanover, N. H. Class Agent, 37 Lansing Rd., West Newton, Mass.
