1919
This month's news must, of course, be a report, in a large measure, of lgers attending the various football games in Hanover and elsewhere. Before starting on this recital, we would like to repeat a suggestion made a year ago, that all of you who, by any chance, read this dissertation on nothing in particular every month, plan a trip to Hanover next fall, for whatever game there is in October, or go anyway. As an ex-Hanoverian, it seems as though this is the best time of the year to review the Hanover scene, what with the foliage, which, this year, was as gorgeous as ever, and the fall New Hampshire weather which made Hanover a most pleasant place for a few days' vacation.
The class got into action officially with a pre-game luncheon before the Holy Cross game at the Outing Club House & this event was adjudged a great success. Cotty Larmon was master of liquid ceremonies & Max Norton supervised things in general, particularly collections, which came out even, despite the secretary's efforts to ball things up. Present at the luncheon were the Hallorans, Paul Catherine with Joan, Dick '51 & David '53, Max ir Helen Norton & Mary, Ken if MargeHuntington, Louis Isabelle Apteker, BillAllen, Jack ir Hester McCrillis with Sally, Jim Mary Davis, Jock Edna Murray,Batch ir Harriet, Rock Alice Earle Hayes,Dick Spike Dudensing, Bob Anne Lewis,Spider ir Bea Martin & the aforementioned Cotty with Kitty. In town for the.game were Al Googins & Morris Freedberg who couldn't make the luncheon. Before going any further with this review, there is going to be a repetition of names, which is unavoidable, & which will of course, burn up the lgers in Chicago, Los Angeles & points south & west. They would like to have seen one game.
The following week-end, the Colgate boys came to town to get a thoro going-over from a rejuvenated Dartmouth team. Spotted in the stands & elsewhere around town were Stew ir Dot Russell, Hal Avery, Batch, Maiif Marie Drane, Ken if Marge Huntington (that Orford farm is very handy for a long fall week-end—10 days!!) & Jack McCrillis.Chug ir Dod Sears were supposed to be in town—hope they made it.
The Harvard game week-end is always good for a big 1919 reunion & this year was no exception! If those of you from distant points can't make Hanover, you ought to try Boston —you will have a swell time. Before the game the following checked in at the luncheon staged by Rock Hayes at the Hotel Com- mander in Cambridge—out-of-town visiting firemen included Stan if Alice Mauk, Dr. Dan& Mrs. Featherston, Chet Demond, ErnieRautenberg, Freddie Balch with daughter & son-in-law, Lou if Harriet Munro, of the Syosset Munros, George Bingham, the big Maryland rubber man, & Ben if Alice Wylie. Localites and nearby New Englanders included Jack if Betty Clark, Phil & Helen Bird with daughter Fabia, Casey if Laura Bevan from Andover, Edith Bixby with son Kurt & wife, Jack & Hester McCrillis, Morris & BirdieFreedburg, Bunny if Madeleine Collins, Jockif Edna Murray (Jock, did you have any trouble with Featherston—-Freddie Celce should have been there), Bob Proctor, Bill ifMarion White, Al Googins, Art if MaddyHavlin, George if Betty Ludlow, Jim if HelenHitchcock, and three gents who have done more for the Class & College than most of us —namely Rock Hayes with Alice Earle, JimDavis with Mary, & Spider if Bea Martin. Most of the classmates just mentioned attended a stag dinner on Friday night, where Ray Hinds if John Chipman added to what must have been a swell evening.
Speaking of igers who have done a lot for the Class & College, Batch is, of course, one of the top men, and, currently, on the Alumni Council are Murray Hawkins from Sierra Madre, Calif., one of the representatives from the Western States, & Nick Sandoe from the New York area.
All of which brings us to the Yale gamethe joy of the N. Y., Westchester, New Jersey & Connecticut lgers—particularly if the weather is good—and this time it was almost perfect. Your See's report on this most satisfactory afternoon is rather incomplete because the Bowl is as big as ever and the class was scattered from one end to the other. Sighted at one time or the other were Fat &Hon Jackson, Lou if Harriet Munro, Tom &Claire Bresnahan, Boston representatives BillWhite, Jock Murray if Jim Hitchcock, DickSpike Dudensing, the touring Mauks from Toledo, Mai if Marie Drane, Cap'n EddieFiske & the big advertising man from Chicago, Red Washburn with Trudle, seeing their first Dartmouth-Yale game in many years. LouStone, likewise from Chicago, was reported in attendance, & there must have been a flock of other 19ers that escaped the eyes of this reporter. Additional Westchesterites present were Harry if Lil Colwell & Ken if MargeHuntington, & the Hal Parsons from Brooklyn.
Owen (Shorty) Lyon, the old tennis player, writes from Little Rock, Ark., that he is mailing in his subscription to the ALUMNI MAGA- ZINE—hope by this time our list of subscribers has reached its all time high & those of you who are receiving it for the first time get the bang out of it that the rest of the class has had for years.
San Jane Treat have moved to Los Angeles, Calif., whereby New York loses a loyal 19er & a regular attendant at all class tunctions. Their address is c/o Treat Distributing Co., 1709 West Slauson Ave., Los Angeles, lgers take notice.
From Providence, R. I., comes a letter from Bob Smith giving out on some news of himself & family—why don't more of you do the same? Bob has been inactive for some months due to illness but is coming around rapidly. He is engaged in the investment business with G. H. Walker & Co. & has three daughters & three grandchildren, which continues the 1919 tradition of threes, mentioned last month. Bob has been active in civic affairs in Providence, having been treasurer of the Auto- mobile Club of R. I. & chairman of the Disaster, Preparedness & Relief Committee of the local Red Cross. Here's hoping your recovery is complete by now, Bob, & that we will see you at one of the Boston or Hanover gatherings of the class.
Budd Welsh reports seeing his old roommate Ken Rice, in South Deerfield, Mass., recently. He states that Ken is a very successful physician & enjoying good health, wealth & happiness. Ken has two sons, both of whom are registered at Dartmouth, the older boy being a sophomore at Deerfield Academy.
Hal Parsons, a regular at the N. Y. dinners, notes the receipt of his birthday card on time, which is a miracle that only the Post Office Dept. can handle. He sends his best to all & sundry classmates.
West Hartford, Conn, comes thru with AtRayner reporting on his nice family, who attended our last reunion. Two sons, William & Donald, are married, & Connie makes up the usual three children of the traditional 1919 family. Al is associated with the Whitlock Mfg. Co., Elmwood, Conn., as head of the Time Study & Methods Dept.
Cliff Belknap of Salem, Mass., acknowledgesreceipt of his birthday greetings from the class and, quote "when one arrives at the age when both their hair & stomach are comingout, they are appreciative of the little courtesies such as you have extended." Cliff with George W. Pickering & Co., distributors for General Electric products in Salem.
John Scammon from Portsmouth, N. H., hopes that son Robert, now in New Hampton School, will enroll in Dartmouth in 1952. John & Harriet are the proud parents of four other progeny, John Jr., Marianne, Richard & Janet—thereby running a close second to Grogan McMahon & Dennie (Doc) Sullivan.
Although it seems a little early, as these notes are being thrown together in early November, a Very Merry Christmas to you all & a Happy New Year, & don't forget that all of you make the news for this column, & if you don't come thru, there just isn't any report on one of the best classes ever to walk the Hanover plain.
Secretary, 1273 North Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.
Treasurer, Hanover, N. H. Memorial Fund Chairman,
2 Park Ave., New York 16, N. Y.
