1918
Jim Salisbury is doing a fine job in the Adv. Dept. of Johnson and Johnson (New Brunswick, N. J.), commutes at dawn from N. Y. City but enjoys luxuriously a millionaire's breakfast returning by train up the Hudson to his beloved home in Catskill, N. Y. over the week-end In the news published by the Nat. Fed. Sales Executives appeared the picture of your own Em Salisbury, former Director of this Assn. and Pres. of the Minneapolis Sales Mgrs. Assoc.
Em was recently awarded a prize, for which he gave all credit to his wife Frances. While on a trip to NY., Frances joined the studio audience for the radio show "Second Honeymoon" and when asked about her own honeymoon experiences, Frances told the judges this story: "27 ye aS° we wanted to spend our honeymoon in Helena, Mont. When we got in about midnight, we dis covered that the State Legislature was in session. The only space available was a cot in a room with 17 other men. We sat up that night in the hotel lobby and the next day found a room in the shabbiest hotel in the whole State. The only window in the room faced out on the elevator shaft. Every time the elevator went up or down, we could see the people and I suppose they could see us too. We stayed there for two whole weeks, and that was our honeymoon." This amusing story as told by Frances on the radio won them a second honeymoon in the Pocono Mts. (thanks for the sleuthing, Eddie Felt and Reed Montgomery).
Howie Park, the 28ish 'iBer of the real estate dept. of Socony Vacuum, is always on the alert throughout the country to study efficient, streamlined office buildings. In Kansas City, a few weeks back, he heard of the famed Bruce, Dodson Co. Ins. office, and calling there, asked for the Office Mgr., who was out. However, they said the Gen. Mgr. would be glad to show him about, and suddenly there moved into the picture a forceful lantern jaw, mighty, mighty familiar to Howie and who should it be but our own Bill Montgomery? Howie says, "Bill did the remodeling and it's the most efficient office in Kansas City, and when the firm heard of Bill and his accomplishments in N. Y. City, they just made it too damned attractive for Bill to stay east."
Alert news gatherers, Ruth and Curt Glover, and Ned Ross, reported seeing Edith Holton and tennisstar daughter Mary Louise at Yale game, also Holyoke haberdasher Eddie O'Connor and a lady, and Evie and Pete Colwell. Ned Ross, Bill Christgau and Steve Mahoney drove up to the Yale game in Steve's new pullman (after a snapshot to appear later of the three around the crib of Steve's tiny granddaughter) and enjoyed dinner together afterwards at Scarsdale's swank golf club where Steve rates tops. Glad too was everyone to see official Yale photographer Al Street. Indebted is the class to others, as well as to the thoughtfulness of Pixie andTom Bryant who sent us many snapshots of last June's reunion (maybe others will do so and maybe these can be reproduced for the class) and, added Tommy, "Pixie and I certainly enjoyed that Pomonok party in N.Y. I have been especially impressed with the genuine cordiality and friendliness among our class. There is a natural heartiness about it which is as sitmulating as the Hanover air from which it originally sprang."
Congressman Jay Le Fevre and Mildred are back in Washington, where attractive daughter Elaine works in a govt. dept. Young Jay's at home and in everything Lena Pounds, after taking care of her 2 or 3 grandchildren during the summer, flew out to the coast with Peggy's baby and relaxed her duties Cher Ned Ross called up to ask how our new uppers were doing Stan Jones will never get caught with the earmarks of his own generation. The ad man's delight, outmoded beltstyle jackets are out for him. Among his 12 razors is the latest Remington Rand, MartyStraus' streamlined job, and as copywriter for G.E., sleeps under the latest electric blanket, wears the hottest Sanforized shirts, bedecks himself with Arrow ties and is just the commeil faut man about town Bill Rosenfeld, whose son is doing a grand job in dept. store merchandising, is serving on an Admissions Committee with Frank Clahane Remember the N. Y. City '18 dinners on Jan. 13 and Feb. 17 how about a Boston, Chicago and Washington dinner, Ed Ferguson, Cort Horr and Dick White?
In the Springfield, Mass., Nov. 7 newspapers was the picture of our distinguished Dr. LesterB. Granger, chief speaker at the 35th banquet of the Dunbar Community League.
A former teacher, he continues his educational interest as a Trustee of Hampton Institute, and as a Corporator of Springfield College. In '47 he received from Wilberforce U. his Honorary Doctorate of Humanity, in recognition of his contribution to the field of Negro education. From the national CIO, he has received a certificate of recognition for "Outstanding Service to the Cause of Economic and Political Democracy in the field of Race Relationship." ....
Star Co-Chairmen of '18's last June Reunion, Eddie Ferguson and Tom Shirley turned over to the class treasury a surplus from reunion of $465.88. Few men ever did so much that others would have to do so little and enjoy themselves. Alert Fergie thinks '18 should plan now for the biggest of all reunions, the 35th, in 1953 when, for the first and last time in our lives, '17, '18 and '19 reurie together
'18ers will enjoy dropping a line to Dr. GeorgeDaniels, leading psychiatrist of N. Y. City's Medical Center, now at the Veterans' Hospital in Sun Mount, N. Y. where he has been since last Sept. and hopes to be back in N.Y. in March
Jake Bingham, Sec. of Merrimac County (NH) Nat. Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, regrets missing Dick Aishton, who was east getting son Andy installed at Dartmouth. Upon return, the elbows-out-of-sweater Dick Aishton, V.P. of huge Continental, Ill. Bank of Chi, headed off for Bermuda. Jake regrets not having the privilege of more time with '18's distinguished story teller Jedge Amos Blandin, who had the class in stitches at reunion over his wonderful Vermont stories. .... Jake reports seeing Leon Dodge and that he looks fine Ted Hazen has come back fine and may be back to work again already In front of us are newspaper pictures of Al Lucier's lovely daughter as well as Phil Sanderson's daughter both mighty attractive. Al would have been at reunion only his daughter was married just at that time. Al is now defending a client in a very important case of Statewide interest
A delightful letter was received from our own Walt Wiley from Istanbul, Turkey (Walt conducted the very beautiful memorial services at '18's 25th) and in his letter, he says, in part
how we wished you could have looked in on us last Easter Day. The church was filled with people, many standing in the aisles, while some went away because they could not get in. It was Communion Sunday; we had two choirs, and twelve young people were received into membership; Swiss, German, Russian, Greek and American Louise and Carol had a most interesting time in college last year. They made many friends with whom just to play and work was a liberal education for the days ahead. Both our girls took part in one intercollegiate dramatic production 'What a Life!' And both have begun to get a usable knowledge of Turkish. Louise was accepted at Wheelock College in Boston much to her delight. .....Our son Lincoln, at the North American Aviation Corp. in California, has had a promotion. He boasts the finest collection of kodachrome slides of his own taking in our acquaintance gathered from the national parks of California and the southwest. Many of these he has sent out for his Dad's projector in Istanbul Educated people here feel very close to America, and they are glad, not just that we are giving military and economic aid to them, but that America seems to be really interested in Turkey. It is the ambition of many of the best' students to go to America for graduate study, and many of them are realizing that ambition. There are now some 800 Turkish students in American universities "
A bit of doggerel from Denver's John Cunningham, reading in part "I cannot drink much whiskey; I never drink the most, two drinks, I'm under the table,...evoked this note from Stanley Jones when he kindly sent the piece to us:
"This revealing piece of doggerel has just come in from J. 'I-oughta-buy-some-likker' Cunningham, the alleged Denver Flash. If possible, it sheds an even more unsavory light on his proclivities than I had supposed. Everyone who attended reunion tabbed him as a likker-moocher and as a man who clutched a nickel until the buffalo bellowed. But this .... what should we do about it? He's married to a grand gal. What more does he want? Let's not tell any member of the class about Johnleast of all, his wife Kay. Perhaps we can write T. P. (Campbell) and Chuck Hilliker to get him to a psychiatrist. Disgusting, isn't it? Used to be such a nice man too "
Looking almost like the lovely setting of Balch Hill in the distance, and Dartmouth's football field, was a snapshot we received from Doc. Clem Mac Mcßride, Supt. of Schools in Dawson, N. M. The snapshot (to appear later) would indicate that Mac, in the ceremony, was receiving the keys to the city for the fine job he no doubt has done in making their stadium possible; "and," says Mac, "coal operations here extend back 10 miles from this picture. Our football team ranks 5th in the State and moved up by the end of the season. Have 8 to 10 Dartmouth men out here and would like to see more." Red Wilson enjoyed immensely seeing these snapshots and wrote Clem a nice letter congratulating him on "how well he carries his advancing years." .... On a postcard from Al Zulick, with a cutely drawn sketch of a dog's rear, he adds "Rewolwer, a talking dog, in answer to your Orwigsburg, Pa. correspondent's inquiry, says 'no news' " .... Dick Pearson, alert '20 class Sec., sent us a clipping that our own Al Gottschaldt had been named a V.P. of Badger and Browning, Adv. in Boston, then as of Nov. 29, a card from Al says "Goodbye snow! On the 28th of Dec. we head for Florida permanently. I've resigned up here to become Pres. of a Miami adv. agency, which is to be renamed Gottschaldt, Morris, Slack, Inc. Beck and I are enthusiastic. Will miss seeing a lot of you but mebbe you too will become converts." With Roy Cleveland, Pat Case, Charlie and TomJones, Phil Lownsberry and Johnnie Thayer all in Florida, '18ers wishing to spend the winter months there will be easily accommodated.
George Carpenter and Helen (the girl with the spiffy Parisienne hats) and daughter Sally (studying painting with a prominent artist) enjoyed driving to Hanover for the Columbia game and had a nice visit with son George III (takes the regular Navy course 5,000 accepted throughout the country; 100,000 applied). Rest assured his house party gals get the proper panning or praise from sisters Sally and Nancy. Big George looks fine and is handling a lot of farms around his area in lowa which have tons and tons of corn this year. George turned down an office job in Wash, in the last war and headed out for the rugged amphibious training groups and distinguished himself as a Lt. Comdr. (Ensign in the Ist World War). Chic Helen, in midnight blue {Pat and George Stoddard had seen them the night before Red Wilson wished he had seen them), told of the delightful life in Indianola (pop. 4000) where Helen has the pleasure of seeing Douglas, the garbage man who was her high school classmate, and Daisy who does the cleaning was also in her class. Whether it's in Indianola or in N. Y. City, the graciousness of the Carpenters brings a "hello" from the hatcheck girl at N. Y.'s St. Regis, or from the Crosstown bus driver on 59th St., NY' who says "hello, where have you been?" to Helen, who frequently has ridden with him.
A postcard from Doc Hal Ellis, Chico, Calif, says "after leaving X. Y. last summer we spent 10 days in Boston, then took a trip thru New England, including Hanover; my first trip there since 1917. If Al Mag hadn't kept me posted on the changes, I would never have recognized the place." ....
SEEN AT THE PRINCETON GAME BiIIChristgau and daughter Jeanne (working for the French Consulate in N. Y. brother Bill in the grandstand hadn't told the folks he was coming down), and Ned Ross with daughter Oma were driven down by Steve Mahoney and pretty daughter Dorothy Jane (Smith) and upon return to N. Y. City they had a wonderful feed at a Jewish restaurant and wound up at the Salle de Champaigne in the Village. Seen also were robust Pete Colwell and Evelyn, Marty Straus, who has done such a wonderful job with Eversharp, Ellen and Duke duSossoit (Ellen is Smith College: Editor McCall's magazine). You should see how they're fixing up their place at Hanover Center maybe the Duke will retire and help coach the football team or teach Greek, Belgian, or whatnot.) Also seen was Stumpie Barr's lovely sister, KayBenesch and genial Henry, Edith and DickHolton (a Carnegie Award for Valor was given to Dick for rescuing a child who had fallen into the goldfish pool in the lobby of their bank—and Dick went floundering in after him). Also seen were trim looking Miriam Morrison, and in lovely tweeds, Anne andJohnny Johnston; jovial Elizabeth and DaveSkinner, Pat and Killer George Stoddard (son Skippy, an able cartoonist, is with Donohue and Co. Adv. in N. Y. City), Dan Shea, StanJones, Bill Rosenfeld, Al Rice, Virginia andAndy Ross with daughter Jane.
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