1911
The annual "June-it" 1911 gathering was held at the Mountain View House, thanks to Mary Dodge, with the following members in attendance for some part of the week:
Alice and Ben Stout, Dorothy and Jack Steeves, Miss Steeves, sister of Jack, Hazel and Jack Russell, Margaret and Spim Norris, Muriel and Shorty Mayo, Les Hawkridge, Hazel and Fred Harvey, Eunice and Bendy Griswold, Esther and Sarge Eaton, Duke Dunning, Mary, Schuyler, John, Mary Alice Dodge, plus Schuyler's bride, Ginnie, Lillian and Burt Cooper, Elizabeth and Ken Clark, Polly and Josh Clark, and Nat Burleigh.
It was a happy family, as you who were or were not there can understand. There were tea parties practically every evening before dinner. The first and very delightful one was given by Mary Dodge to introduce her daughter-in-law, Ginnie.
Then the Ken Clarks, Sarge Eatons, FredHarveys, and Jack Steeves had everybody together with all the necessary hors d'oeuvres.
There were the usual porch gatherings, golf foursomes, and lounge talk, where everybody sat in a great circle and lived in the past, the present and the future. "Duke" Dunning, fresh from the Alumni Council Meeting, gave us some of the high spots of the College and its doings as only he can relate. Muriel Mayo gave us her ideas of what can happen to a wife when her husband retires. Purely educational, even though it did perhaps have a tendency to keep us working longer than we should. Bendy Grisxvold at one of the porch parties suddenly gave forth with his newly acquired medical knowledge gained from a medical book which somebody must have thrown at him. In fact he bubbled so with his new toy that he is now affectionately called "Doc" Griswold. Hazel Russell had private conferences with various wives having to do with well-being through the assistance of vitamins—so watch out! Alice Stout was very generous and gave a piano recital one night in the lounge, playing two of her own compositions. The best is none too good for the 1911 group and she certainly can be so classed.
This report cannot be completed without a little statement that there was much conversation about "grandchildren" joined in by all the "grandparents" which at times seemed to be too many. The general impression is that the second generation of Dartmouth 1911 graduates is probably not to be surpassed anywhere in the world!
So, that's the story and for the benefit of all who were not present let it be put in the record at this time that Mary Dodge has extended the hospitality of the Mountain View House to all who can join with her as of June 1950. Try to make it. It is great. The following poetry is the result of two of the 1928 wives who were reunioning at Whitefield with their husbands giving the commission to three of the 1911 husbands, "Get us some beer when you are down in the village." The answer to their offering is anonymous, written by one of the more brilliant 1911 members. Hope you enjoy the poet laureate's offering!
Here's to the class of 1911 They're smarter by far than their '28 brethren, Witty and sharp as the proverbial knives They have the acclaim of the '28 wives. For wit and for puns, you can't find their equal So Gertrude and Ellen are hoping the sequel Of Mountain View House in the month of June Will gaily continue for many a moon.
Reply The pleasantest thing in any man's life Is to win the esteem of another one's wife, And when beauty and charm in her person are found And her husband a person of views quite unsound, An arrogant oaf, and to labor unfair, Such a gal, Gert and Ellen, won't get in our hair.
Sexagenarians though we may be, We could peregrinate with you under a tree Or perambulate, or examine your thesis Together exploring its exegesis.
The next 1911 gathering will be the annual dinner along with 1910 at the University Club in Boston on Friday evening, October 21, before the Harvard game. Those who have attended these excellent dinners in the past will surely want to be at this one. Last year particularly was one of the nicest 1911 gatherings the class has held in many years.
George Morris, noted authority on tax law, was selected by Thomas W. Chrystie of New York, Massachusetts arbitrator, and Robert W. Upton of Concord, arbitrator for New Hampshire, as the neutral arbitrator in the legal battle between New Hampshire and Massachusetts over $400,000 in inheritance taxes on the $7,000,000 estate of the late Mrs. Larz Anderson. The question relates to Mrs. Anderson's legal domicile at the time of her death in 1948. She claimed Webster, N. H. as er legal residence while H. F. Long, Massachusetts Tax Commissioner, contends that Mrs. Anderson was a legal resident of Brookline.
Jack Ingersoll is extremely happy in his new position as Field Representative with New England Council in Boston.
Russ Patterson was retired with the rank of Colonel in the U. S. Army because of physical disability. Russ has had a pretty serious time, having been in Walter Reed Hospital in Washington since the 5th of May, 1948. He writes he has had three operations for cancer but his latest reports show that this difficulty has been overcome and he has now learned to walk all over again, having been without the use of his legs for three months.
Russ was transferred from Cavalry to Adjutant General Department in 1936. Was AG of the old V Corps Area '36 to '38 with Hq. at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. Then AG of Harbor Defenses of Manila July '38 to July '40 at Corregidor. Then AG V Corps Area until Oct. '41 when he was AG Second Army at Memphis, Tenn. Then AG V Corps in England, France, Luxemburg and Germany until March 10, 1945, when he became AG Fifteenth Army in Germany. Returned to States in March '46 after heading the Secretariat of Theatre General Board under first General Patton, then General Allen. AG, Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. until Jan. '48, then AG Second Army with Hq. at Ft. Meade, and until his retirement March 31, 1949.
Upon his retirement he was given a farewell luncheon which was attended among others by Brig. Gen. G. W. Rice, Lt. Gen. L. T. Gerow and Major Gen. R. B. McClure. He was presented with letters from Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Lt. Gen. L. T. Gerow, and Major Gen. Witzel. General Bradley wrote: "My warm good wishes are with you as you retire from the Army after more than 36 years of outstanding service to the nation. Your lengthy record attests to the imposing list of difficult positions you have filled so capably. In the early stages of the late war, your fine performance as Adjutant General, Second Army, was of inestimable value in relieving the Army Commander and his staff of many administrative and personnel duties. Your subsequent selection to be the Adjutant General of V Corps when that unit was to engage in combat on the Continent was but another indication of the faith -and confidence that have always been placed in your abilities.
"I know how very much General Gerow depended upon you to unravel the complicated bulk of administrative matters which accumulated during the across-Channel assault and the subsequent drive into Germany. The record shows what a great assistance you were to him in the formulation of plans and policies instant to these operations and while serving with him in the Fifteenth Army.
"More recently, your performance as Secretary, Theater General Board, in Europe and as Adjutant General of the Command and General Staff College was characteristic of the zeal that has marked your entire service.
"May you find the happiness and good fortune you so richly deserve in your retirement."
The letters from Generals Gerow and Witzel paid equally high compliments to him for his outstanding record.
RETIRED SEARS ROEBUCK EXECUTIVE: "Eck" Heistand '10 shown in Los Angeles with Mrs. Heistand and two grandchildren, "Eckie" Heistand Watts and Laurence Whitemore Watts.
Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, Howland Dry Goods Co., Bridgeport 2, Conn. Memorial Fund Chairman, j This Week, 420 Lexington Ave. New York 17, N. Y.
