1914

A Wah-Hoo-Wah for Mat Hallett with his recent election as president of Pelzer Mills, Pelzer, S. C. He was also made a director.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Kendall Cos., Pelzer Mills operates two cotton mills. Hallett has directed operations of the Pelzer division from the company's executive offices at Paw Creek since 1936.

For a short time after graduation, Mat was with first the Langley Mills and then the Draper Corporation. He then became overseer of carding at the Hickman Mill, Graniteville, S. C., and in 1917. became superintendent of the Wateree Mill at Camden where he remained till 1924 associating with the Pelzer outfit at that time. He has been a director of the Kendall Cos. of Boston since 1947.

Have you ever considered how many of our class live within a short radius of Hanover and how infrequently we see many of theml Wherein do we fail in not getting these fellows back with us more often?

Squire Mart Remsen, our genial president, who since selling all his cattle last year at auction, cows, bulls, heifers and young stock, has been called the leading bull shipper in town: John Piane, outstanding merchant and manufacturer and most valuable guide and trouble shooter: Warner Bentley who always joins with us. Then across the river at June is Maurice Harvey, always glad to loan money or cash bad checks, who usually drops in for a much too short visit. Then, too, Bob Noble occasionally comes around but rarely brings his wife. Hard to say which is the greater disappointment!

But what about Prof. McCallum Narramore, our latest member, over in Leb? Where are P. C. Smith and John Lewis from Lebanon; Carl Howland, up in Haverhill: Richardson and Tilton, only a long jump from Littleton? Gould over in Northfield, Flinn at Springfield and Piatt at Highgate Springs are all Vermonters that we need and want to see. A little further away are Willand in Wolfboro, the Woodmans in Milford, Plummer in Laconia and the Manchester delegation of McAllister and McLaughlin, Kehayas and Flanders, but of course Rocky is a regular. Maybe some of these boys can tell us the answer and help us to make things attractive to them.

It has been suggested that Jack Conners, that indefatigable workhorse from Bridgeport, is an expert psychologist and public relations man. For some years, one of Jack's headaches has been the neighborhood kids climbing the company fence. Recently a bad fire broke out in an adjoining plant and with a favoring wind, sparks were setting innumerable small fires.

That," says Jack, "was when the neighborhood youngsters went into mass action, scaling fences and using their hats and coats to beat out sparks threatening to cause a grass fire which might have spread to oil tanks and piles of lumber if the youngsters hadn't been on the job, etc."

How's that for diplomacy?

Have you given thought to a memorial for that classmate who passed away several years ago, a memorial that would endure for years and at the same time be within reach of all of us? This can be done through the 1914 Class Memorial at Baker Library. Established last year, this Memorial is retroactive only to three years ago. A ten-dollar bill with instructions to either the class secretary or treasurer will see a book placed in the library in memory of any classmate who may have died previous to that time. 1914 started it but others are following suit.

Between the ever-present arthritis and a sciatic nerve that is far from friendly, the writer has had plenty of aches and pains for the past month. Twice the old cane has been in evidence (not the senior one). All this on top of one of those virus lung infections but no lost time (not brains enough for that) has not made the late winter or spring too enjoyable and has led to his being very remiss in letter writing and other class duties. Please forgive. In the meantime have finished a thirteen-pound Potsdam cheese. Didn't think cheese could be so good! And it wasn't stolen eitherl One has to be so careful in referring to That Cheese from Potsdam because some tender people would try to make an issue out of it. Please don't ever elect Sisson to any office where he is free to write what he thinks—it's bad enough now with his private letters and he is so sensitivelll

We see that Houston, Texas, won the Loudon Trophy last April. This trophy was presented by Red when he was president of the United States Hockey League and, ironically enough, it was Minneapolis that was defeated for the championship.

This week's report on the Alumni Fund doesn't look so hot,—second in the Derby but around thirtieth in participation. Let us hope that by the time this gets in print that we will have a different story to tell. Like everything else, the cost of operating Dartmouth College has gone to unprecedented figures. Fuel and food, frogs and faculty are all much higher. Invested funds bring in no more, tuitions are up a little. The living endowment must make up the difference.

From The Tulsa (Okla.) Tribune:- "W.R.Holway and Associates, internationally known,Tulsa firm of consuting engineers, today (April 16) was awarded the contract for all engineering services on the recently voted $15,000,000 water bond projects calling for a second Spavinaw Lake, a second flow line to the city, a storage reservoir and other items."

The firm handled the first project which has now become insufficient due to rapid growth of the city.

For 32 years, Bill has engineered waterworks, sanitary and other projects throughout the United States, Russia and Cuba. He has two sons, one of whom went to Dartmouth and the other to M.I.T. Incidentally, the May third issue of The Tribune carries a picture of Bill's new secretary. Not bad, Bill, not bad, in fact rather special! Glad for your sake that the democrats won and the republican mayor had to give up his secretary.

Next week, the Secretaries' Association and Treasurers' Association meet in Hanover, and I have to personally meet Sisson and take more abuse, even if crippled. But you know there are some people that you just enjoy having their abuse.

Alumni Fund-Don't put it off longer-and if possible just a little bit more than usual.

Very little news this month-punishment for slipping on letters.

BACK IN HANOVER: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davidson '14 shown against a Hanover background. Fred is Memorial Fund Chairman for the Class of 1914 and was recently elected a member of the Board of Governors of the Dartmouth Club of New York.

PICTURE OF THE MONTH: Dudley Colby '14 is the man. How do these boys keep their youthful appearance? Most of us 14ers are struggling with the last of Shakespeare's Seven Ages. Just like his "Aegis" picture, except for a few gray hairs at the temples.

Secretary, 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth, Mass. Treasurer, 26 Garden Street, Potsdam, N. Y. Class Agent, The Stanley Works, Bridgeport, Conn.