1918
Pandemonium broke loose! No one could find the huge silver cup won by '18 at the big N. Y. Dart. Alumni dinner at the Commodore Jan. 26. Where was it? Suspicions of the Commodore staff strained relations. HortChandler had it. "It seemed an awfully good idea to take the cup when Bill Christgau was sort of at a loss what to do with it. I thought we could use it in Boston to whip up the same enthusiasm we had in N. Y." (N. Y. had 40 out; Boston 11.) Dozing Westchester commuters that night were amazed to see this man rocking along the aisles brandishing this huge trophy. Hort thought the commuters should know about it—and they did.
Due to the courtesy of Hort's boy Harvey, whose picture is in the Fathers' and Sons' group, we have the writeup about the enjoyable affair at the Outing Club, so successfully run each year by Stumpie Barr. Stump was Wall Streeting in Feb. Ethel and Stumpie enjoyed Mary Olive and Stan Jones at their cocktail party in Hanover over Feb. 22 when Dusty Soit Sikes and classy Ellen pullmaned the Jones back and forth in their Cadillac. Freddie Cassebeer's baby "already looks like a beer-drinking German Burgomeister" loves people. Dues payers are up from 125 as of 11/15/48 and were over 200 as of 1/25 /49- Yes, you've sent in your dues, haven't you?....
Johnny Van Raalte is doing a swell all around job—got an A in his senior thesis and a B plus on a thesis he wrote on political conditions in France and Russia (Johnny was all through Eu- rope last summer). John won his letter in varsity Squash and Tennis—is on the spring trip right now. It was Janet Van Raalte who thoughtfully kept us posted on Germaine and Hort Kennedy in Paris; both of whom must have some good breaks up ahead.
Dick Pearson '20 was a Psi U legacy, and in his own words "as green as green could be," when he first landed in Hanover. His Dad, a Psi U, had advised him to look over the Psi U crowd. As he approached, the door seemed filled with a huge hulk in a striped suit, puffing a big stogie. Trembling, Dick announced himself. Slowly, the big cigar was removed and the mouth opened and said, "Here, have a cigar." Having only smoked corn silk 2 or 3 times in his life, Dick trembled at the thought of a cigar, and must have showed it. The voice, cigar, striped suit and the words all belonged to our own Fat Hardy That N. Y. party at the Commodore, enjoyed most by yours truly caused George Dockstader,Henri Van Zelm, Lewis Lee, and Al Street to send in more than their assessment.
Very welcome news: Rosamond and Jack Hurlbut are happily located in a lovely spot at 72 Ridge Road, East Longmeadow, Mass. Says Jack, "My wife and I returned from France last June, bringing all of our lares and penates with us with the idea of settling down permanently in our own country. We are located on a high ridge, overlooking the Conn. River valley on one side, the Wilberham Mts. on the other. We are mad about it. Have just been reading in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE the successful results of the 1948 Alumni fund—it was a grand effort and we sure owe Dave Garratt and Dick Holton a big debt for the part they took in it." ....
When Al Rice, our illustrious 3-Striper of World War II fame, was in Chicago re- cently, to be honored by the Naval Airmen of America, a luncheon meeting of Chicago '18 was held at the University Club.
Dick Aishton locked the doors of his Continental-Illinois Bank an hour earlier and honored the Commander with his presence. Hi Belding showed up with an extra-large Psi-U pin claiming that he was to be on hand in the evening to help install the new Psi-U chapter at Northwestern. (As usual the Dekes beat the Psi-U's to the draw—this time by exactly one year.) Em Morse, the Lever Bros, big shot, was there making the boys envious of his New Hampshire estate. A big surprise was "Robby" Robinson, the Westfield (Mass.) "Reminder" manufacturer, who was in town selling Cort Horr a carload of his product. All these men except Em and Cort have had one or more sons at Hanover recently and Em will have a boy there in a few years, the Chicago Tribune to the contrary notwithstanding.
Al Rice's boy is at Colgate and his charming daughter Rosemary is progressing nicely in her stage and radio career. Al was kidding Cort that he would retire on Rosemary's earnings before Judy's income would let Cort quit work but admitted that Cort started his daughter working at a much earlier age! (Will the child labor laws please take note.) The boys all admired the group picture of our 30th Reunion and some good snapshots taken by Marian Horr at the class picnic. Greetings were read from the follow- ing who could not attend: Gene Clarke, BillDutelle, Lang Robinson from Springfield, 111.; Mike Davies, who sailed for Europe on the same day; Lymie Drake in Florida; RayHurley, who just returned from California; Marty Strauss from New York City, and Dr.George Woodruff from Joliet. The Chicago group will repeat the performance with pleasure for any other illustrious '18er who visits the Windy City.
Les Granger is one of the best ambassadors the class has. After visiting Lang Robinson in Springfield, 111., he chatted with LymieBlack, (Seattle); tried to contact Joe Converse, (Portland) and says in part "I also spent several minutes looking up SezvallStrout and the Canal Natl. Bank in the phone book, only to realize at sad last that Sewall is in Portland, Maine, not Oregon. In San Francisco, I could find no trace of FredMorse, then I got on the merry-go-round of official visits and was unable to call McMahon or Bill Mudgett. I had an interesting month on the road which wound up by getting snowbound on the Union Pacific train, which I deserted after days of sleeping and eating at the railroad's expense, to fly back to X. Y. and Salt Lake City."
Fat Hardie and Ed Healey pitched wonderful cheering letters to Gus Gustafson and Hort Kennedy. (Do keep us posted, Ruth and Germaine). Eddie Butts, in San Francisco, reports he's now Mfrs. agent for top accounts having to do with the paper converting industry Zip Zabriskie is still up on the old farm at Campbell Hall, N. Y., but has spent most of his time the last 3 yrs. as Chairman of the Orange County Bd. of Supervisors at Goshen, N. Y Probably right now, Margaret and Jim Duffy Jr. are returning from their 2 months' vacation through Europe, the first real vacation Jim has had since before the war. Jim has had an amazing career. In the language of banks; in on many reorganizations, Jim is a 6 percenter—and capable all around man who can go into most any situation and turn it from the red to black. We understand Jim put a suspender mfg. co. back on its feet—and did an amazing job for Read Machy Cos., York, Pa., building up the volume tremendously during the war, making sandwiches for the atom bomb. Now Jim is completing a good sized building project—made up of 82 apartment rentals in York, Pa. Jim, an old roomy of Carlton Potter and Sig Judd, is a member of the Agate Club of Phila., the Lafayette Club, Country Club, Rotary Club all of N. Y. and was the originator and permanent Chairman of York (Pa.) Horse Show Comm. where he's done an outstanding job.
Let's break in here to give Harvey Chandler a chance to tell about the Fathers and Sons dinner pictured below:
The second annual Fathers and Sons banquet of the Class of 'lB was held at the Outing Club House on Friday, March 4. In attendance were 12 '18ers, 27 sons, and two guests. Those present included Red Hulbert and his son Dick '51, Steve Mahoney and Steve Jr., Syl Morey, just back from a trip to Florida, and this night with his son Clayton, now a senior at Dartmouth. Chris Christgau was the hit of the evening, performing an Apache War Dance with the assistance of his son Bill Jr. '50. The evening started for many with a rendezvous in the Inn room of HortChandler and Eddie Ferguson. Present there, in addition to Hort's son Harvey '49, and Ferg's son Ben, were Charlie McCarthy and Charlie Jr., Herm Smith and his son Len '51, all of the aforementioned group, and last but not least Stump Barr who arrived to shoo everyone up to the Outing Club and liked the party so well he was twenty minutes late himself. To Stump goes the credit for organizing the get-together, and making it an even better success than last year. At the Outing Club the group grew to include representatives of the faculty Ed Booth and RolfSyvertsen, and Art O'Donnell, now in his second year at Tuck School, Dick Hule '52, Andrew Aishton '52, John Doty '52, FredCarleton '52, John Tucker '52, Jeff O'Connell, president of the class of 1951, Dave Skinner '51, Charlie Hood '51, Champney Smith '51, Bruce Magoon '50, and George Carpenter111 '50.Very much in evidence was Fat Sheldon with his son Roger. Also present were Scotty Whipple '49, representing also his brother Dave '46, who graduated in February, and father Hugh '18, Pete Reilly Jr. '50, JimMytton '49, Ray Peppard '49, John Erwin '49, and Bob Teaze, son of Stu '18. Guests at the banquet were Hank Beals, Cornell '19, and his son, who hopes to enter Dartmouth next fall. It was a very congenial party, with a delicious ham-or-fish dinner, songs, beer, do you-remember-when groups everywhere, and the whole Outing Club had an aura of a reunion-in-miniature.
Henry Oppenbeim, recovering from a heart upset, enjoyed letters from Neil Sheldon (wasting away to a slender 235 lbs.—50 less than in college) and old room mate Stew Burns and BillGristgau. Says Henry, "... . part of my occupational therapy is to keep busy 3 or 4 hrs. a day at my typewriter. I have one letter a day to my boy in college. This psycho business is sure funny. They want me to keep very busy to keep my mind from worrying. Anything is okay except my own business which can't be approached. I can get head over heels in your business and it's good for me, but the merest thought of my own is poison. Sounds crazy to me and also crazier to the people who carry my disability insurance." A wonderful rest was enjoyed by Helen and Henry during March at Daytona Beach News at last! Haven't heard a thing from Al Buswell in ages, and wonderful to get this—"At present Mgr. Kingfisher Water Cos., Kingfish, Okla. Albert 3rd lost leg in Germany, now has Bachelor Degree from Okla. U. '48 and working on Masters in music ed. at U. of Mich. 2nd son Arthur W. vet. of Burma-India theatre in medical corp. Now Ist yr. medical school, U. of Okla. Daughter Enid May in school of Fine Arts, U. of Okla. Sidney a senior in Kingfish High School, and Ted 15 is a Freshman." Sure sounds, Al, like a wonderful and extremely interesting family.
The Cooley's Inc. of 34 Newbury St. Boston 16 is one of the grand, old, substantial firms that swanky Back Bay relies upon in picking gifts for friends. No one can deny that Dick and EdithCooley have done an amazing job. Dick had a slight operation last year but is feeling fine now. ....Swanky broadside mailings have appeared in envelopes of Gottschaldt, Morris and Slack, Inc., 234 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Fla. Maybe later we can tell you how Beckie and the great ad man Al like the change from Lyme, N. H. and Boston, Mass. to Miami, Fla. for keeps
Not in ages have we received a card from Earle Johnson (RR No. 6, Scipio, RD, Hamilton, Ohio). Earle tells us that after 4 years service in the army, he returned to the Surety Bond business. Says he, "for diversion—and I hope for profit as well—I am raising Herefords—'The Beef Breed Supreme.' Who have I seen? 'Tis answered thus: 'I see nothing, I hear nothing, I try to eat and sleep for nothing. My bestest best to all the men in the class of '18' " . . . .Town Supervisor Henry {Monk) Cameron, is mighty busy as Supervisor of Ulster Park, N. Y.—tending Legion meetings in Albany and N. Y. State Horticultural meetings in Kingston, N. Y
A happy addition to our ranks after years in China, is Mel Southwick, who reported on Feb. l—"my wife and children just arrived in N. Y. and we had to rush to get back to Middleboro to get the children started again in school, get luggage home, etc. etc. No plans yet for the future which seems hazy to me at the moment." After Mel gets his wind, somebody could certainly use the marvelous experience and ability that Mel has shown over the years in his very successful operation in the Orient Johnnie Thayer's wife Adair was up in N. Y. a couple of months ago and a card from John in Feb. said, "expect son Jack and wife here next month .... expect son Charles here in 2 weeks, back from Shanghai and Tokyo (Navy). Hope to see Stan Jones and Earley ere long." . ... 'iB came awfully close in getting to our N. Y. party Simeon Gordon One of the smart financial men of Paris, a friend of PaulMiner's in the ist World War, handles all the funds for the fabulous Aga Khan, and perhaps was the chaperon of Aga and Rita Hayworth
At the big Boston D. Al. dinner Feb. 9, were Hort Chandler, Stubb Stanley, ReedMontgomery, Joe Quincy, Dick Cooley,Chaunce Hood, Al Piper, Eddie Ferguson,George Kapf, Ken Jones and Harvey Hood (at the head table). All scribbled a note of greeting to the N. Y. gang.
MEMBERS OF 1918 AND THEIR DARTMOUTH STUDENT SONS STRIKE A PRE-DINNER POSE AT THE D.O.C. HOUSE ON MARCH 4.
Secretary, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y.
Treasurer, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, 2644 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn 7, N. Y.
