1912
A colorful report of the Dartmouth-Harvard "get-together" is authored by LymeArmes:
"Just checked with Pett to see if he had sent you his customary bulletin on the D-H "Night Before' .... caught him on the way to bed just in from Pittsfield, county seat of Berkshire county in the far north-western part of the State, fagged out with several hundred miles of motoring the past two days, as one of a committee of three Bay State County Treasurers on some mission involving scheduled visits to every County Treasurer in the Commonwealth. All the distant ones have now been covered. Since Pett has been too busy all week, I told him I'd drop you a line.
"95 Twelvers within hailing-distance of the Harvard Stadium received double postal-card invitations to attend a reunion round-up dinner the 'Night Before Harvard-Dartmouth Game', Oct. 21, at the University Club, Boston, to meet with men of Dartmouth 1913, 1914 and 1915, see a first-showing of high-light motion pictures of the Dartmouth-Pennsylvania and DartmouthHoly Cross games and hear the latest intra-mural report on the team from Backfield Coach Milt Piepul. Each one of those notices arrived all equipped with a postage-paid reply card already addressed to me—ready for a checkmark, brief scribble and Sig. Exactly 31 of them came back.
"Of these thirty-and-one warm-hearted ones, 11 planned to join us around the festive board: Queechie French from Springfield on the west, Pike Childs from Manchester, N. H., and from nearer points, Pett Pettingell, Ben Hunt, CaesarYoung, Mike Norton and Ed Luitwieler were the ones who had a mighty pleasant and vocal evening with a total of about 50 of our four-class contemporaries on the campus.
"Ray Cabot made a happy switch in his plans when his son 'phoned he was bringing two pals down from Hanover hoping Dad would date his girl for him and some of her friends for an athome party. Vem Parmenter had to miss out and so did Jack Park, both delayed returning from business trips. Bill Shapleigh of Portland and Chet Haycock were among the Twelvers eyed at the Harvard game.
"Here are a few items gleaned from scribbles on those cards: a new address for Ben Hunt, 27 Bay State Road, Wellesley Hills 82, Mass., where the Hunts have joined the landed gentry in a new home recently completed Vem Parmenter autumn-touring Canada on Dennison Paper Co. business Stan Weld wangled a week-off to visit Hanover and attend the Colgate game Joe Doyle sending you his best regards from Providence.... Roy Lewis, the Leb orple achard tycoon, vowing This is the week we baby-sit. Best regards to all' .... similar regrets and greetings from Randy Burns and Babe Hartshorn ....Hal Belcher, obliged to spend that weekend in Minneapolis.... Bush Mens el, back in Northampton, Mass., after a long summer at his Cape Cod place and saluting all you Twelvers .... same high-sign from Hal Fuller.... also from Harry Trapp, Laconia, N. H., who attended the H. C. and Colgate games and plans to be in Hanover for the Cornell meeting so did the babysitting to let Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jr. attend the Harvard game.... and more 'regards to all the gang' from Henry Van Dyne, who flew the Atlantic via TWA the day we all foregathered in Boston, heading for Paris and a short vacation, thus missing the Harvard game for the first time in years.
"The Babe Hartshorns, by the way, have acquired a big old farm 'way out back', 75 miles north of Hanover adjoining ancestral acres of his boyhood, and have moved to a new residence address in Hanover. Pett and I hunted them up after the Holy Cross game, the same day he and I and Chris and Emma P., along with Alice (Mrs.Chub) Hitchcock dropped in for a sudden visit with the Doc Burnhams in Leb and barged in on the Roy Lewis luncheon hour to set up our picnic kit on a bridge table in Roy's den and gab and gobble right along with 'em."
Roy Deferrari, Secretary-General of Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C., has been named the winner of the ItalianAmerican Charitable Society's annual award of a gold medal to an outstanding American of Italian origin. The presentation was made at the Society's annual dinner, Columbus Day Eve, October 11, at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston. Roy was selected by President Truman as one of four educators in America to go to Japan to revise its educational system.
Richard P. Lena '53 of New London, Conn., youngest son of the late Hug Lena, is a member of the new Dartmouth freshman class. His picture was one of those printed last month in the feature on the Class of 1953.
As Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the Dartmouth Women's Club of Boston, Chris Armes sponsored a bazaar for the benefit of the scholarship fund at the Hotel Vendome, Boston, on November 16.
Honey Brooks, who is an old hand at the job, is regarded as one of the best of that host of Dartmouth men who annually perform the arduous duties of Alumni Admissions Committees. He has done a wonderful job in Brooklyn, New York, and at the Admissions Committees meeting at the Dartmouth Club in New York City on October 26 he may have been the oldest graduate there but looked as youthful as any of the others.
In reporting his brand new address, 306 Lakeview Avenue, Apartment 305, Orlando, Fla., Dick Plumer writes:
"We did not have to move on account of failure to pay rent, but because our landlord offered us a unit on the lake shore, better suited to our needs than the one first occupied.
"The only other change is that I have undertaken the job of teaching a course in Business Law for the American Institute of Banking. Classes started last Wednesday in the assembly room of the Florida Bank at Orlando and will continue for a period of about four months. The above described activity and that at Rollins College set up a work load which does not appear to transcend the limits prescribed by the medical fraternity for persons with my physical shortcomings. Arrangements are being made for a meeting of the local Dartmouth Club in the near future and I am looking forward to attending."
Charlie McCarthy's daughter, JoAnn Barbara, was married to Walter Granville Stoneman on October 25 at Washington, D. C.
Ev Gammons writes: "With admirable promptness I am hastening to reply to your letter of last December extending birthday greetings. Many thanks for your thoughtfulness. I am still located here in Cohasset and have not moved more than 100 feet from where I was born somewhat less than a century ago. Both of my parents are living and are in good health, so through all the years we have had a lot of fun being good neighbors. My wife and I are still showing a reasonable degree of compatibility. I find that if I admit she is always right much wear and tear is avoided. Our two daughters are married, the older in 1935 and her sister in 1936. They each have three children—ages running from 12 down to four. Unfortunately prospects for adding to the future student body at Dartmouth are not bright, since there is but one boy among the six grandchildren. As his father is a loyal Cornellian he will surely show up at Ithaca. The kid is a lefty with a good whip—I should like to see him head for Hanover.
"I still hobble around the golf course on week ends—(that's not supposed to be a pun but either interpretation is correct) but my main avocation is gardening. Hooks, slices and shanks dont bother on that job. Businesswise, I'm still at. Franklin Savings Bank in Boston and am winding up my 25th year there. The staff at the Bank have shown great forebearance but will, I expect, be relieved when I am turned out to pasture some few years hence. If any of the crowd land in my vicinity I certainly would be glad to see them."
Sam Hobbs took a vacation and business trip to Seattle, Wash., in Sept. He had a very short visit with Mark Allen who seemed to be in fine fettle.
Ralph Whitney's daughter, Charlotte, Middlebury College '47, was married January 22,1949 to William H. Smith who graduated from Babson's Institute in June, 1949. Ralph's twin sons are still students, Ed a junior at Colby and Bill, after the two-year course at Wentworth Institute, is at Bryant and Stratton taking a general business course. Ralph is completing about 30 years with C. W. Whittier & Bro., Boston, as Building Manager.
After attending the Dartmouth-Penn game, Dutch Waterbury went to Denver, Colo., to visit his grandchildren before returning to his home and job in Puerto Rico.
On a label of "Fruit From The Land of Canaan, N. H., Trewald Crest Farm Inc." Roy Lewis writes: "It sure beats hell the way apple prices go down the minute we get into the game. Guess we will have to be content with the blue ribbons and deductibles this season. Anyway we've had fun and are getting enough apples to do a job on DoctorBurnham."
Joe Richard's daughter, Nancy Levering, was married to Sergeant First Class James Mckinley, U. S. A., on October 8. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the immediate families at the home of the bride's uncle, Walter F. Furman 'OB in New York City. Mrs. Clifford E. Osborne, sister of the groom, was matron of honor, and J. Dudley Richards, '39, brother of the bride, served as best man. The bride is a granddaughter of William F. Furman, 'BO. Sergeant McKinley is a veteran of nine years' service in the Army Medical Corps and is on the Medical Administration Staff at the Brooklyn Army Base. Further news of the Richards family is that J. Dudley Richards Jr., born July 5, 1949, named for his father and greatgrandfather, seems likely to be another candidate for Dartmouth.
Change of address for those keeping their directories up to date: Leonard A. Wood, 82 Elm Street, Lowell, Mass.; Roswell E. Hall, Frew Hall Travel, Inc., 67 E. 59th St., N. Y. C. 22; Benjamin H. Hunt, 49 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Home, 27 Bay State Rd., Wellesley Hills 82, Mass.; Arthur E. Miller, Beaver Island, St. James, Mich.
Secretary, 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.
Treasurer, Court House, Dedham, Mass.
Memorial Fund Chairman, Box 521, Troy, Pa.
