1921
Our note to Class Agent Rog Wilde brought a reply from his secretary that the great man was away on a business trip and would not return in time to prepare a pastoral communication to the flock in re the impending Alumni Fund campaign which will be starting about the time you read this. His absence gives us a fine opportunity to do some talking behind his back. First, consider the position of our renowned Class in the drive this year. We are defending champs of our Green Derby, with harpies in all the adjoining classes just itching to give us the business. Rog and his Assistant Agents need every bit of help we can give them and at the earliest possible moment. What are the objectives? First, same as last year to get gifts from more Classmates than ever before, because every statistic shows that is the only way to make the grade. Second, to get your contribution in early, for every prompt check makes it just that much easier to handle the paper work which gets very rugged near the end. Third, give the boys a hand if they ask you to help out in your locality. There are a lot of Classmates we hear from very infrequently and we want to keep in touch with them for a lot of reasons other than the Fund. Next month we'll have a message from Rog himself, but until then how about giving him a flying start in the Derby, and that goes for all the Assistant AgentsPick Ankeny in St. Paul, Harry Chamberlaine, New York; Furb Haight, Los Angeles; George Harris, Manchester; Cory Litchard, Springfield, Mass.; Bill Perry, Boston; HermSchulting, Passaic; Nels Smith, Washington; Ken Thomas, Chicago; and Joe Vance, Detroit. We're in the big leagues now. LET'S GO.
This is second hand from Charlie Stickney so don't hold us to the corporate names or the technical details. In his travels Mac Johnson ran across Frank Livermore and learned that he has joined the Donut Corporation of America, Inc. We didn't know the sinkers were incorporated, but Frank's company makes and leases equipment and machines for making those good Downy-Flake hot cakes that you can buy anywhere—almost. They also furnish the patented mix and formulas which makes the product so uniform. Frank is attached to the New York office at 393 7th Ave. and is manager of heir merchandising department. How about testing samples for the class, Frank? Incidentally, what do you do with the holes and what did you do with your Class Questionnaire? RalphPendleton was laid up in the hospital for several months last summer but is feeling a lot better. He is back at hs old job of Consultant on Training and Personnel, and still lives in West Boylston, Mass. The GeorgeHarrises ran up to Hanover from Manchester for a couple of days over the February 11 week end to see the boys, and Don Sawyer of Boston was a guest at the Inn on the 14th. John Sullivan probably never knew he made the Worcester Gazette on January 21. He is depicted in all his glory, at the Inaugural Ball in Washington autographing a program for two beautiful young ladies from Worcester. Happens that one of them is a neighbor of ours and they thought John was "simply Won-derful!' Some wag had printed "No comment" on the pix, but that certainly was not the tone of the autographees.
At Tom Cleveland's suggestion the Class held a pre-dinner cocktail party at the Viking in Boston on February 9. Present were DanRuggles, Dick Barnes, Don Sawyer, Jeff Lawrence, Rus Bailey, Fran Cosgrove, Bob Burroughs, Charlie Stickney and Reg Miner. Prexy Tom, much to his disgust, finally had to pass up the festivities because of a bad cold and sore throat. Don Mix was unable to attend because of his Company's annual meeting which conflicted again this year. After an hour or so of good fellowship, the party adjourned to the Statler for the Annual Alumni Dinner. They were joined there by Ed Page, BillFowler, Phil Noyes, Bill Perry, Jack Campbell and Walt Prince*.
While on a business trip in January, RegMiner had lunch with Rynie Rothschild*, now a real estate tycoon in St. Paul and still a top-flight golfer. He also saw Dewey Gruenhagen*, another St. Paulite, whose comings and goings, we, alas, hear little about. Over in Columbus, Ohio he spent some time with Ken Sater, who is practicing law out there, (ten was District Attorney and doing alright politically until the roof fell in last November. Reg reports he has a few gray hairs like the rest of us but is full of pep and anxious to get back to the 30th reunion. Ken's older boy is assistant manager of the Ravine Camp on Mt. Moosilauke.
The second Annual '21 Cocktail Party staged by the faithful in the New York area, came off on schedule at the Dartmouth Club of N.Y. on Saturday, February 26 under the able management of Cliff and Gladys Hart and their committee. Regional honors for attendance went to the delegation from Suffolk County and the Eastern tip of Long Island. The TracyHigginses and Speedy Fleets with Speedy's guests totalled eight. Mac Johnson, who is rapidly becoming the Class "little man who is always there" was on hand primarily to give the Federal Reserve Bank of N.Y.C. a going over and incidentally doubling as traveling representative of the District of Columbia. Homer Cleary brought along Kip Orr '22 who officiated at the flash camera .... a trifle unsteadily as it turned out. Ort Hicks, unable to attend because Carol was home from Pembroke recuperating from german measles, sent Haven Falconer '39 to operate the movie projector (courtesy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer PixAdv). Homer Cleary and Glady Hart provided the Steinway antics while Bill Barber regaled one and all with the story of his initiation into the exclusive ranks of the Class Grandfathers. Dave Plume* refused to be impressed, having been a member of the Order for some time. Others o'ft hand included Herrick and AvalitaBrown, the Henry Fleets '25, Judge and Mrs. O'Keefe (Speedy's guests) , Red arid RoweneKerlin, Rex and Micky King, Sumner andBetty Perkins, Ann Brockhorst (Betty's sister), Harry and Frances Printz and Abe Weld*.
Coot Gardner, out of town on business in the afternoon, joined Ort Hicks, Speedy Fleet and Cliff Hart at the Columbia game that night and saw the boys from Hanover knock the leaders of the Ivy League out of first place in a rip snorting win which left them with their vocal cords in a badly stretched condition. Ort Hicks Jr. is doing the old folks proud on the Hanover Plains. He made Phi Beta Kappa, was elected to Casque and Gauntlet and is on the Governing Board of Tuck School. Another case where the sprout takes after his Mother, no doubt. Harry Printz' son is finishing up at Columbia High School and heading for Dartmouth .... he's six-four.
Word comes from a "vox clamantis in Dixie" via Ort Hicks,—Bob Elsasser writes him from New Orleans, "Give my best to the '21 group that you run into so frequently and tell them that from the Deep South it surely looks as though Dartmouth produced a generation of big shots. I glory in the reflection of such luminaries as Sullivan, Smith, Chamberlaine, Janssen, Bausher, Storer, at el." Bob isn't doing so badly himself. We hear he is the leading Management Consultant of Louisiana.
* No class questionnaire as yet.
'2l FEST IN NEW YORK: A February cocktail party attracted these merrymakers: Front Row (I. to r.) Dave Plume, Bill Barber, Rowene Kerlin, Homer Cleary, Rex King. Second Row: Cliff Hart, Ann Brockhorst, Betty Perkins, Sam Perkins, Herrick Brown, Avalita Brown. Third Row: Tracy Higgins, Gladys Hart, Mac Johnson, L. Higgins, Red Kerlin, Abe Weld.
Secretary, 340 Main St., Worcester 8, Mass.
Treasurer, 2519 Ridgeway, Evanston, 111.
Class Agent, 1870 Merchandise Mart, Chicago 54, 111.
