1918

GOINGS AND COMINGS: EV and Kathy Young enjoyed themselves in Feb. at Del Ray Beach, Fla. in a nice apartment arranged for by '18s Florida rep. Johnny Thayer Admr. PaulMather had a glorious Xmas in Alabama with daughter, where he was made Grandfather for 3rd time Charlie Benesch has joined Steiner, Rouse & Co., brokerage, N. Y. City. .... Dick White has been gallivanting all over the country; N. Y., Conn., lowa, Ill., Pa., Mich, and Va Reed Montgomery too—Chi., Los Angeles, San Fran., Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs and probably visited daughter in Houston, Tex

Peggy and Ty Tyrrel were among the elite in Florida Harvey Hood was conventioning down in Georgia; lucky Ann and JohnnyJohnston sail for England April 22—Johnny a Grandpa again Les Granger with marvelous endurance, was on extended trip to the west coast Margaret and Jim Duffy stepped up the gangplank of the SS Vulcania on Feb. 4 for 2 months in Italy and France. Marvelous send-off at the boat by attractive daughters (4) and young Johnny FrancisChristy had an extended 6 weeks' trip in England sometime back—son Arthur now out of Columbia Law—son Chris at Yale may teach; loves English Hubie McDonough made a stirring speech to the Rotary Club in Concord, N. H.Hubie can lay it on the line; but powerful At Hanover recently were Sibyland Doc Ray Barrett—Al Piper, Edith andDick Holton, Harvey Hood—the latter attending the Alumni Council Meeting.

TOUGH BREAKS' Al Gustafson (Louisville, 2,Ky.) Ky.) had a heart upset—blood pressure now down, feeling better and on the mend (1/28/49)—says Al's wife, Ruth "18 friends have given him a great lift in writing to him and we certainly appreciate it." ... . Doc George Daniels feeling better—may be back here in the fall—thanks classmates for letters (Vet. Hospital, Sun Mount, N. Y.). .... Sympathy to Cap Hanley on the loss of his sister (3 sisters and 2 bros. still living) Helen Miner (159 Berkeley PL, Glen Ridge, N. J.) had a tough disc operation in Dec.—now on the mend Hort Kennedy (14 Place Vendome, Paris, France), still in hospital (Jan.) peritonitis and gallbladder removal Nipper Knapp had the same job done 2 years ago Judge Harry Collins, forever carrying the load of 10 men, Pres. of N. Y. State Juvenile Court Judges, on his back (Dec.). Coming along fine and probably already back on the bench now (grateful for Bill Christgau's thoughtfulnessgetting messages rrom the N.Y.D. Al. dinner—said Harry "considerable time was spent trying to decipher the messages. I asked myself— 'have these men gone to college?—or should they be beginning kindergarten?—Then the thought occurred to me—during what part of the evening had these messages been written?" And thoughtfully he winds up saying "they were wonderful messages you'd be surprised how stimulating they were." .... Johnny Martinez is on the mend, we heargoopl Samaritan Rog Howland visited him at Bellevue .... says Henry Oppenheim (No. 29 So. Manning Blvd., Albany, N. Y.) had a heart upset in Oct.had nice letters from Neil Sheldon, StewBurns, and old Chris.

Was it cold in Dec. and Jan. in Colorado? Says Johnny Cunningham "Men on the spot say that rabbits and pheasants were sitting out in the open as erect as if they were resting and were frozen on the spot—storm lasted 2 days with northwest wind of 60 miles an hour in zero weather. It froze the cattle's eyes shut and the breath from their nostrils froze as large icicles—When food was brought to the cattle they had to hold warm gloves "over their eyes so they could see to locate the hay. I don't be. lieve the Great White Father Roosevelt, if he were here, could have stopped this blizzard." .... That New Year's party that Ann andJohnny Johnston always throw is a honey Miriam Morrison was there—Evelyn and PeteColwell. Says Pete "I'm on a strict diet and also on the water wagon n0w.".... If yoll want to buy a wonderful set of Hanover Reunion pictures, drop a note to thoughtful Bill(WR) Pepin, MD, 540 Merrimack St., Lowell, Mass. Agnes and Harry Collins' daughter Betty gets her B.S. and R.N. in June Bill White is Pres. of Danbury-Neurs Times Co., Conn, and Admin. Director Union Mines, Div. Union Carbide Co.

Pat and Killer Stoddard throw a wonderful '18party: Present were Admr. Paul Mather, Fat Sheldon, Dan Shea, Gerry Geran, Bill Christgau, Harvey Hood, Dick Holton, Johnny Johnston and Jim Austin (adopted) .. . Pat and George gave us back, in all its flavors, last June's Reunion, when we listened to Amos Blandin's wonderful Vt stories—wonderful new recording in the next issue, an episode; mighty welcome Fat Sheldon was snarling at Stan Jones and Dan Shea for the publicity New Yorkers get, and especially the Publiccaught in a corner, Stan was being worsted and suddenly his steel-ribbed fingers caught Fat's nose in a pinching grip, like squeezing an avocado. Stanley, who had claimed he was not feeling well, was picked up like a sack of meal by Bill Christgau and rushed to a taxicab with all 10 'lBers behind Bill. No one could force the little runt into the cab—'twas like sticking a 12 legged crab into the top of a milk bottle. Said Fat Sheldon later "what a wiry wizard he is! Before our next meeting I shall spend time with a trainer working out complete strategy how to put said Jones in a taxi." Said BillChristgau "the little son-of-a-gun is tough i shouldn't have gone through that struggle" and Bill wheezed again Stanley skiied, skated, squashed, and sipped for a whole week in Hanover in Feb.

STUMPIE BARR'S BIG FATHER AND SONS DINNER, MARCH 4—news about this in the next issue a wonderful Hanover party.....Lang Robinson is now Gen. Mgr. of Wiedlocher & Sons (milling Co.), Springfield, Ill.! after spending most of his life in the metal business, and as an army officer Knowing that LesGranger was to be the top speaker at the Annual Meeting of Urban League in Springfield, Lang thoughtfully arranged for many Dartmouth men and their wives, including Bill Dutelle and Gene Clark '18, and they had a very enjoyable time. Says Lang "we enjoyed having Les as a guest personally and appreciated the opportunity to get to know him better than we were ever able to know him, either during college or later. I also feel that it is interesting and encouraging to note the impact which he made on the people here in Springfield, who heard him talk at the Urban League dinner. He is not only one of the outstanding members of his race but, in my opinion, has done more for his people through the urging of moderation and the use of good common sense, than anybody, either white or black, in this country."

Dick Holton there's a man. How much does he get paid for handling the Alumni Fund for '18? Give him a break—send in your check today. There's probably no keener Comptroller than Dick who fills that spot for the $300 Million E.N.Y. Svgs. Bank. Dick, who ran the funds for the entire college for 2 years gathering in the maximum dollars—is a member of the Al. Council—a shrewd and astute bond man, and still finds time between his many meetings (Pres. Pomonok Country Club) to lecture on banking and investment problems. Give those sturdy shoulders a break. Let's send in our check today.

'18wins the Cup for three years running. N. Y. Al Dinner, Commodore Hotel, Jan. 26—Mighty welcome out of towners, to put it over, were EricBall, (son '43 there—wife Rose, feeling much better),' Jim Carpenter, the Kaplan Cutlery Co. himself from Syracuse (had just flown in from Chicago), the lovable Ed Healey from Niles, Mich. (bombarded Swede Youngstrom to pull him down—in vain)—just adopted a 6 yr. old German lad that Luke was taking to school for Ist time that very day; brought along with him famed Capt. Eddie Hart, Princeton '12 football team; enjoyed by eveiyone. Also there was genial Chaunce Hood (JimDuffy was asking all about you, Chaunce) Chaunce was on his back at Reunion with pneumonia, at Mary Hitchcock Hosp., George Hull, the new groom, all the way from Washington (son Dick, speaking fluently German, French, English and Italian, takes Hanover in an easy stride), JudgeDon Macauley (all the way from Springfield, Mass.; just had 10 divorce cases that morning; found time to buy pretty Laura some pearls on sth Ave. got 8 o'clock train back to Springfield). AlStreet, from New Haven (Yale official photographer had a nice snapshot of Commodore Tom Sturgess), Phil Tusting, the writer, welcome addition to the N. Y. Group and all the way from Asbury Park, N. J., Henri vanZelm (note the "i" in Henri) —was everybody glad to see Van! Looked like a European Count—a damned smart Consulting Engineer and Al Z.ulick all the way from Orwigsburg, Pa. whose quality kids' shoes are exclusively distributed by Best and Co. in N. Y. and Marshall Field in Chicago, and Hort Chandler from Boston who promises at the big Pomonok '18 Fiesta next Sept. 30 at Dick Holton's Pomonok Club, to have Alberta and Amos Blandin down.

Other '18ers present were: Red Wilson, topnotch Syndicate man of Wall St. Van Van Raalteson Johnny on Varsity Squash and Tennis teams at Hanover; Art Stout '17, always a lot of fun; the Killer himself (George Stoddard, a wonderful host), Dan Shea (who from Florida wrote "have run into no bull-mooses down here, but several 'dears'—also a girl from Cleveland Finishing School—ask Stanley Jones"), Dwight Sargent, AndyRoss, King Rood, Spud Richmond, Spike Pur year (with body guard to keep him from drinking black coffee or smoking, but no bans on liquid diet) and Howie Park (came to the party, but had to pull out later to see "Kiss Me Kate")

Others milling around in '18s cocktail party in their special room were Walt Nelson, Asst. Mtg. Officer of $300MM E. River Bank Bennie Mugridge, looking like a Rahjah with towels around his head—at other times like a wild Banshee when his hair was disheveled (gave Gerry Geran the leg in the lobby and Gerry sprawled on his chest, breaking those 12 watches he carries in his vest) Sylvester Tobey Morey later on a biz trip, headed for Texas and Florida; Lewis Lee, who quietly smoked his peace pipe—Paul Miner, super N. J. prodder, to whom the proddees are very grateful—SteveMahoney, who acted as a real host to famed Princetonian, Eddie Hart, Wart McElwain (who rejoiced as did we all in his old friendship with SpudRichmond) and Red Hulbert who will be one of the fathers on deck at the Fathers' and Sons' Dinner on 3/4

Enjoying themselves were: Rog Rowland (and there's an AAA prodder for you), who hopes some day to bring along to these parties good old N. H. Hallar Oscar George, who, because of some larynx upset, can only talk in a whisper; Curt Glover (champ swimming son Bill at Yale—Kiputh trying hard to get other son Johnny), Gerry Geran, the teetotaler (we sought Gerry's assistance to lug a couple of cases over from the Dartmouth Club. Getting a splinter in his hand, Gerry pulled out of his back pocket a set of tweezers; enabling him to open a case of grog without a hammer, he pulled out of the other back pocket a screw driver; to stop the bleeding, Gerry pulled out of a side pocket, a first aid kit—the other side pocket, a pair of scissors; hailing the taxi-cab, he pulled out a whistlesays anyone should carry the same when walking around the dark streets of New York think of the thugs here!

Yes, for the 3rd year '18 won the attendance cup the greatest pleasure of all was that of Vour observer in acting as bar tend and receiving the cup—and another year when '18 receives the cup Dick Holton has promised to do the receiving and Pete Colwell to handle the bar. Other welcome guests at the party were Len Shea 17, and Dick Remsen '12. Few men on earth rank with the highest of friendships and loyalties, as does Ed Healey; much beloved in the sports world from coast to coast. .... After the party, back in Jim Carpenter's room, there was clinking of glasses in the blue smoke, and on and on went the talking, until Steve Mahoney, Bill Christgau and Jim Carpenter were snoring, leaving famed Eddie Hart and Ed Healey still talking said Ed, "about 5 a.m. I got sleepy and somewhere around 7, Eddie Hart nudged me; appeared to be still talking although I could find no one awake in the room, and wanted someone to talk."

Appreciated telegram from Jack Slabaugh and Ted Hazen, who couldn't attend. Those with perfect attendance for 3 years are: Eric Ball,Bill Christgau, Pete Colwell, Gerry Geran, CurtGlover, Dick Holton, Red Hulbert, Stan Jones,Syl Morey, Dwight Sargent, Dan Shea, VanVan Raalte and Red Wilson. In this vast assemblage of some 700 alumni, '18 won out with 40 present. At the presentation of the cup. the speaker at the Head table (Dick Holton sat on the dais) announced that the cup had been presented originally by Sam Spalding, '83, from Dover, N. H. who was asked to stand up. What a wild cheer went up when youthful, whitehaired Bennie Mugridge stood up!

PROUD GRANDPA Steve Mahoney '18 (right) displays his new granddaughter, Deborah Ann, to classmates Bill Christgau (left) and Ned Ross.

CHARMING ARMFUL: The young ladies sunning with their father, Howard S. Webster '19, at Southampton, L. I., have the equally charming names of Madeline and Pamela.

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