1919
Last call for the 1949 Alumni Fund—as you all know, your contribution has to be in by June 30—do the best you can, but above all, give something. Rock Hayes and his assistants, Chet DeMond, Nick Sandoe and Fat Jackson in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas, Stan Mauk in Toledo, Rabbi Raible in Cleveland and Phil Watson in Detroit, deserve a big vote of thanks from all of us for their hard work and for what (we hope) will be the best job the class has ever done.
Bob Paisley hit the N.Y. papers with the announcement that the Hard Fibres Association has elected him president of their group, at a meeting held early in April at the Biltmore in New York.
After many years of silence, Norm Sterling came through with a very nice letter and it was certainly great to hear from you, Norm. Norm's letter:
"It was very nice to get your card yesterday on the 53rd anniversary of my arrival into this wellknown world. It seems to me birthdays come around faster in one's later years, but from what I hear, I don't have a monopoly on that thought. As you request, I will bring you up to date on myself. I have lived down here in the well-known deep south for about 14 years now and have no yen to go back to the ice and snow. After being ® widower for 11 years, I married a Nashville, Tennesseeite and acquired a step-son who served in the Pacific area during the late unpleasantness and now is a Junior at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. My daughter graduated from the Master's School at Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. and is now a Junior at Wheaton College at Norton, Mass. We live in a house on the ocean at Ponte Vedra Beach, a winter and summer resort community about 25 miles from Jacksonville (see's noteNorm is a partner in Sterling Courtney and Ewing, Investment Securities in Jacksonville). My last stay in Hanover was for a few days in June _ 46 when we went north for my daughter's graduation. I may go up there this Fall for a couple of the football games and will hope to run across you and others of my old friends "
Incidentally, it will be a great help i£ more of you will emulate Norm and drop your struggling secretary a line on what you are doing. How about our former president, BobStecher in Cleveland? No word in a long time, Bob. Among the many others we all would like to hear from are T. Kingsbury in Keene, N. H., "Kipe" De Boer in Bishopville, Md., Burp Austin in Naugatuck, Conn., TedTownsend in San Francisco, Jack Ross in Portland, Ore., Frank Strout in Portland, Me., Larry Milligan in Lake Forest, 111., JakeWetherby in Minneapolis, John Stokes in Los Angeles, Mose Forrest in Highland Park, 111., Charlie Guy in Mansfield, Ohio—there are many more from whom a few words will be most welcome.
The rumor persists that Lou Stone, the perennial bachelor and Vice President of Eversharp in Chicago, has gotten himself married—how about a confirmation of this happy event, Lou??!!
Holden K. (Lefty) Farrar, partner m Smith, Barney & Cos. in Chicago, wrote Ken Huntington a few month's ago—part of his letter follows: ....
"I was particularly interested in the arrangements you fellows are making for a father and son week-end for February 26. If my plans don t miscarry I shall be pretty close to Florida around that time and, therefore, shall be unable to participate in the Hanover activities. However, our middle son, Louis V is a senior at the Phi Kappa Psi House and if any one is looking for a stepson for the festivities, I hope you won't fail to give him a ring. If all goes well, he will make two of our three boys who have lasted out the four years, unlike their old man. There is one more to go but he won't be ready until a year from next Fall. He will be Captain of the North Shore Country Day School football team next year. (See's note—Attention, Bill McCarter and Tuss McLaughry).
Tom Bresnahan, the big advertising man(McCall's) still gets out to his old haunts inWestchester county, although Tom and Clairehave been living in New York City for about five years. At the Pelham (N. Y.) Country Club, Tom takes on his old golfing partner Fat Jackson occasionally, (official results not reported by either contestant). Son Dana is finishing up this year at the Harvard Business School. "Jack" Jackson, Fat's son, is taking post-graduate work at Columbia with a view to continuing his teaching career (at Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass.) or taking a fling at the business world.
Attention lgers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut—we have tentative plans on for a golfing afternoon and dinner sometime in June—details and announcements later. The party staged last year at the Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, N. Y. was a corker and enjoyed by all, and we hope to repeat. Dick Dudensing and Horace Hitchcock were our hosts on this occasion.
A nice note from Cliff Hayes, another V.P. in the class (Pacific Mills in Lyman, S. C.) states that he gets to New York fairly frequently and your secretary hopes to see him again soon, and possibly round up a few 'lgers for a luncheon.
Bill Allen, the squire of Brandon, Vt., is another member of the class who gets to the big town occasionally on business or for a change of scenery and makes the Dartmouth Club on 39th Street his headquarters.
Lou Garrison's boy Jim, after two years in the Navy and three years at Hanover, decided to see the world a bit more and has taken a year off from his studies, to work as a carpenter for a steel company in Tucson, Ariz. Lou claims his talents as a carpenter have been carefully hidden from the family, but that Jim has been doing all right for himself. He returns to Hanover this Fall to graduate with the class of 1950.
Reg (Dutch) Brummer is executive secretary of the Northwest Appliance Dealers Association with headquarters in Portland, Ore.
King Cole, public relations expert for Clark University in Worcester, Mass., reports that Dr. Lester M. (Snake) Felton, eminent urologist of that community, had the misfortune to break a leg while horseback riding. The "doc" was last reported on the mend and a patient in the Hahneman Hospital, where he is a member of the staff. King also reports that Bill Cunningham has been named national chairman of rules and regulations governing selections for the National Football Shrine and Hall of Fame. Col. Earl H. (Red)Blaik, of West Point, honorary member of the class, is also a member of the committee.
A swell summer to all of you and don't forget that a postcard or a note to the secretary is a great help. If those of you in the Middle West, South and Far West get sick of reading about the Eastern gang in this column, it's your own fault, so give with some news!!
'19ERS CHET GALE AND NORM JEAVONS with Ruthie Jeavons last summer at Norm's place in Winding River, Va.
Secretary, 1273 North Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.
Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, 37 Lansing Rd., W. Newton 65, Mass,
