1926
According to word from New York scout EdHanlon, attendance at the big annual dinner of the Dartmouth Club of New York was not spectacular, but the following gathered around the '26 table: Charlie Jost, Louis Neuman,Charlie Singleton, Bill Viall, Ed Simmons,Gordon Opdyke, Larry Wolff, George Scott,Ed MacDuffie, Nick Nickerson and Ed Hanlon. Reports are that John Dickey made a splendid talk and Tuss McLaughry revealed a less lugubrious outlook for next fall than in the past.
A Wah-Hoo-Wah for Wee McClintock who recently marked the tenth anniversary of his Episcopal ministry of the Church of the Messiah, Auburndale, Mass. During this time, the press reports, our popular Reverend made nearly 12,000 calls, conducted more than 2,000 services, 149 confirmations, 81 marriages, 129 burials and 164 baptisms. He also led his parish in rebuilding the church after it was destroyed by fire several years ago. (We might also add, we trust not irreverently, that Wee and Dot can always be counted upon for '26 reunions and round-ups and they appear to enjoy these services, too.)
Joe Kinney of Ingomar, Pa., is president of American Clodmetals Cos., Carnegie, Pa. Few families in the class include five children, but this is the situation with Joe in Ingomar.
Ed Dreier is national brand manager in the sales department for Schenley Distillers Corp., 350 Fifth Ave., N.Y.C..... Another successful New Yorker is Bayles Minuse of Stoneybrook, L. 1., where he makes his base of operations for nationwide lumber activity, and he is also president of the First National Bank of Port Jefferson, L. I. "Cupe" had charge, before the war, of rebuilding Stoneybrook Village in the widely publicized project sponsored by Ward Melville, and during the war he was O.P.A. rating administrator for Suffolk County, servicing 350,000 people through 11 local boards.
News from Miami is that Ben Watts (wife Marion and daughters Beatrice and Ann) is in the insurance business on Florida's east coast.
Following his jaunt of nearly 10,000 miles, visiting 13 cities and attending numerous Dartmouth alumni dinners, luncheons, and conferences, Sid Hayward summarizes the news of Twenty-sixers as follows:
"It all started in Chicago with a splendid weekend at the home of Al and Ellen Louer in Highland Park. Barbara accompanied me on the first two weeks of my journey, as far as Los Angeles, and we enjoyed a visit with Carle and Betsy Blunt at the Louers, together with other Dartmouth folks who are not members of '26 owing to circumstances beyond their control. The next stop was Spokane where Art and Connie Cunningham pitched a party for the whole Dartmouth crowd in Eastern Washington. During the Spokane alumni dinner, which included the ladies, I was able to give the charming Connie an account of Hanover in 1922-26 which her husband, affectionately called "Curly," had only outlined in sketchy form. Art, and not at all incidentally, is a top medico of this big and thriving city, being the outstanding plastic surgeon of the Spokane region It was also good to see Fred Rowe in Portland.
"San Francisco is not only a great Dartmouth town but it seemed to be practically a '26 village. Ritchie Smith, Bill Nigh, RalphSmith, and Jud Bellaire were lavish in their hospitality to the Haywards. My meetings came thick and fast and our stops were brief, being in their beautiful metropolis only about 30 hours. It was fine to view these stalwarts on their home grounds during the hours between alumni meetings.
"Escorted to the train in San Francisco by Ritchie we were met the next morning in Los Angeles by Gob DesMarais who was south combining business with a school vacation for the family. Gob placed himself utterly at our disposal—unpacked suitcases and took care of laundry and other arrangements, delivered a five-pound box of candy, and except for the pressure of my alumni business schedule, would have been with us every waking moment, if there had been any free waking moments. Monk Bourne told me there are 22 members of the class in Southern California, scattered from Les McFadden in Santa Barbara to John Thompson, San Diego—with Tommy we had a fine visit learning of his top job with the navy at that tremendous base where he is civilian-in-charge of industrial relations. Dexter Wilbar left Brockton some time back on account of ill health, has been gaining weight and strength in San Diego, and hopes to renew his law practice there (mean temperature of 70-80 doesn't vary more than a few degrees per year—l was impressed).
"Jack and Laurie Reeder '25 drove Barbara and me around the Los Angeles suburbs and we called at the ranch-type home of Charlie and Mary Starrett whose swimming pool looked inviting but the folks were East on a personal appearance tour complete with Sam, who is not a member of the class but is the "Durango Kid's" heroic white charger. Bob Williams says that he has been having a "good year" in the movies. He is Dartmouth song leader in Los Angeles like Gob in San Francisco. Others at the alumni banquet were Bob Loomis, successful consulting engineer; Francis (Hump) Campbell of Sears Roebuck Cos.; Reg Gresley, with whom it was elegant to have a visit about our common trout fishing enthusiasms and who reached Japan on an LST during the war; Frank Appleton, Southern Cal. representative of the Metals & Control Corporation of Attleboro, Mass.; and Larry Bourne, mentioned above, who is Al Louer's assistant class agent for that region. At this point Barbara flew overnight to New York and thence to Hanover to collect the children from kind neighbors and I wended my traveling salesman's way to successive oneday stands in Tuscon, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans. A very enjoyable occasion was the afternoon I spent in Dallas with Mr. and Mrs. Waggener, who are so keenly interested in all those who were associated with Leslie Jr. We drove out to their handsome home in the country where I found generously displayed the inscribed greeting that we sent the Waggeners at our last reunion. And no member of '26 is prouder of his status than is Mr. Waggener of his honorary membership in the class.
"There is something very special about seeing a classmate. It always was good, 25 years ago, hustling into Commons or sitting leisurely on the senior fence watching a May afternoon ball game. It gets better every year, this meeting classmates, and we enjoyed our renewal of old friendships on the Coast."
Thanks Sid for the report. This is the last class column until fall and best wishes to all for the summer. Here are a few items in conclusion: Ward Benton sees Bob Goss and Phil Blood occasionally in Minneapolis where he is a bach, labors for the Minnesota Mining and Mfg. Cos., and is bouncing back from a tough case of infectious jaundice, no fun...., Steve Millard has been promoted to business, manager of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, sees Sandy Martin sometimes, liked the Dartmouth Glee Club at their Long Island concert, and gives his spare time to interviewing applicants for the Big Green FreemanMetzer, physician and surgeon in Riverside, N. J., reports the birth of Robert, last Oct. 10 Andrew J. (Okie) O'Connor has Andrew Jr. and George and Spouse Helen at home with him in West Orange, N. J., and is New York City representative for the Imperial Paper & Color Corp., selling washable wall, paper.
Secretary, 140 Federal St., Boston, Mass. Class Agent, 1 North St., Chicago, III.
