1919
Winter travelers & vacationers among the class were quite numerous & they covered wide areas both at home & abroad. Maddie & ArtHavlin had two weeks of fishing in Florida & Art is now back on the job in Boston & fully recovered from his illness mentioned in a previous issue of the MAGAZINE. Will Levy spent several weeks in Guatemala on a business & pleasure trip. Will is an executive of the Schenley Industries with headquarters in New York. Mary 8c Jim Davis sojourned for about a month at the Elbow Beach Surf Club at Paget, Bermuda. A postcard from St. Petersburg, Fla., indicated that Ruth and NormJeavons were enjoying themselves. Norm recently sold his big home in Cleveland Heights & has purchased a smaller one to which he and Ruthie will move in April. Alice & StanMauk reported in from Honolulu & stated that the Islands were even more beautiful than they expected them to be. Marie & MaiDrane & Lil 8c Harry Colwell spent an enjoyable week in Atlantic City during February. Harry reports having had difficulty in keeping Malcolm under control & out of some of the "hotter" spots of the town, but finally succeeded.
From classmates overseas came two interesting letters, the first from Henry Siegbert to Batch. Henry is with the Economic Cooperation Administration on a special mission to the United Kingdom. Parts of his letter follow,
"I have been in England since the first week in July & came over as a deputy to Tom Finletter who is the chief of the E.C.A. to the United Kingdom. .... Our work involves continuing contact with the top level British Government officials in practically every angle of their economy & I can assure you that it has been a very liberal education for me "We have been fortunate in welding together an extremely capable, well-knit unit comprising approximately 65 Americans & 19 British. Hours of work mean nothing & all of our group are imbued with the one basic problem of seeing Britain recover because we feel that the British economy is the cornerstone of the Eurpean recovery picture & that in order for the overall program to be a success, the British recovery is fundamental British accomplishments to date have really been astounding, but the fact that they have recovered so much in so short a time does not of itself mean that the rest of the road will be an easy one. Actually the recovery so far has been accomplished by absorbing all unemployment, & further progress can only be made through increased productivity, reduced costs & increased sales to the hard currency areas."
The other letter from abroad was from Charlie Biddle in Singapore to Lou Munro. Charlie says in part
". . . . I am winding up my third in Singa- pore & am due for home leave again in August. As I may not be coming out East again I do considerable cogitating these days on the subject of where it would be best to locate at home, as I am more or less free to settle where I please. There is quite a conflict between the clear, compelling call of old New England & an increasing aversion in my latter years to be buried in snow six months in the year. (Note—Charlie should have seen New England this past winter! !) I seem to have missed quite a lot in this past year, what with another Reunion & those seven spectaailar football games. But I have a good time in Singapore which I find a very enjoyable place to live & work Well, Lou, please pass on my regards in a lavish manner to all & sundry friends whom you meet & say that I hope to see them later in this year. About the nearest connection I have had with the class of 1919 was last year when Chadwell's extremely attractive daughter, on her way to Java to be married, called at the Bank to give me Chad's compliments, & I later met the son-in-law, a prepossessing & likable young man, in the Consular service. I understand they are now located in Bali, which is by no means a fate worse than death! ! !"
Don Lovejoy's picture appeared in the New York papers recently, marking his entrance to the firm of Bache & Co.. as a general partner. Don has been a member of the Stock Exchange since 1933.
Spider Martin likewise appeared in the news again. Spider is now New England district sales manager of the Graybar Electric Co., & will supervise activities of Graybar's centers in Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Providence, Portland & Manchester, N. H.
Marriages of Class Daughters—Mr. & Mrs.William Day Washburn announce the marriage of their daughter Patricia Anne, to Mr. Samuel Everett K. Chapman on Saturday the 26th of March in Winnetka, Ill.
Recent visitors at the Hanover Inn were Bill Cunningham, Guy Cogswell, Jack Reilly from Lowell & Jim Hitchcock from Boston.
On March 30 the Westchester County (N. Y.) Dartmouth gang had a get-together & smoker at the Bonnie Briar Country Club in Larchmont & the surprisingly large number of 250 men showed up. Prof. Al Foley was the principal speaker & was in his customary form which is excellent. Al is always most welcome at any Dartmouth gathering. Movies of all the football games were shown with Milt Piepul, the backfield coach, pinch hitting for Tuss McLaughry, who was ill & could not attend, lgers present included Dick Dudensing, Bri Greeley, Vaughn Little, Nick SandoeKen Huntington, Mai Drane, Chet DemondFat Jackson, Harry Colwell, Ed Fiske, PaulHalloran & your secretary.
If you have not already done so, give Rock Hayes & his hard working assistants a hand by sending in your check or pledge for the 1949 Alumni Fund. "Give early, give generously if you can, but give something," & help the class come out number one in our group
GRANDAD: Harry Colwell '19 is rightly proud of Linda Lillian, daughter of "Ted" Jr. '44 and Olive.
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