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Taking the count twice in '4B then again in '49, Al Gustafson wrote Nov. 4, "thank all 'iBers for their wonderful letters—tomorrow I leave the hospital for home. Thank the fellows a lot." And on Nov. 21 from wife Ruth, "Al is so much improved! He's using Indian clubs to strengthen his arms and using leg and feet exercises, and still on a rice and fruit diet; down to 158 lbs. (bet you you're back to your old football weight of 200 now, Al). You 'iBers are a wonderful class. Little Gus, (6'i" tall) was married 12/17 and Al stood for him with a small family party. Many thanks to all 'iBers for everything. They'll never know how grateful we are for all their kindness and friendship."
Marty Straus' present address: President, The Advance Corp., Empire State Bldg., New York Schuyler Huntoon is doing a grand job at Deerfield Academy,—sometimes wishes he were home to enjoy the lovely new house that Louie and Alice built Bill Wright, from Mary's River Ranch, Deeth, Nevada, tells us that 6', 168-lb. young Bill, who never played football before, worked up to 2nd string fullback for Andover last fall and won his letter in the Andover-Exeter game* Remember, Bill, after Andover, Dartmouth wants and needs you.
Big news—just broke in the N. Y. newspapers—Van Van Raalte (J. R.) moved to the top of the heap on Nov. 2, with his picture in all newspapers, as he passed from executive V.P. to Pres. of the huge Thompson,- Starrett Cos. Inc. Ned Ross and many others enjoyed calling or writing Van to congratulate him; for as Ned Ross, Nat. City Bank star credit man, put it, "when you climb to the top of that outfit you must have what it takes." Congratulations, Van.
Lenah, Fred and Fat Sheldon had a thrill in Nov. when "all the family talked via short wave to Roger at Oxford. The British regulations wouldn't allow him even to say 'hello', can you beat that? So we did. all the talking to the operator and he relayed the questions and answers." .... From Grizzy Griswold, 1847 Loch Shiel, Baltimore 4, Md., ". . . . have never seen any of my class since I left Cleveland in '3sand if any of you get to Baltimore, give us a ring and I'll buy you a drink. I am sales rep. of the Berger Mfg. Div. of Republic Steel selling kitchen units .... just closed 2100 units in Wash."
Jim Carpenter is staging a wonderful comeback. On his back in the hospital around the middle of Nov., we received a happy, cheerful letter from Mary Ellen saying Jim was out, recuperating slowly but sure (by the time this breaks, let's hope Jim and Mary Ellen are in their new Packard Pullman heading for Florida). Steve Mahoney thoughtfully sent flowers to Jim at the hospitalothers have pitched him notes of cheer. One from Curt Glover: "the other day Ruth and I were talking about your feat at Pomonock in Sept. putting away that filet mignon ....
with no teeth. That was a champion gumming job; shows what a man can do if he has the will. I'm getting the address of the Amer. Gumming Society from my great uncle who is 90 and has been a member for 20 yrs. I'm writing him to have a medal sent you to become an honorary member."
Curt Glover and others were hoping to have a nice visit with John O'Gara before he left for Wash. News is that temporarily thehouse in Sands Point is closed and the address in Wash, is 1414 35th St. N.W., Wash. 7,where John will reside while serving hiscountry as Deputy Asst. Secy, of State forEconomic Affairs.
'lB dinner, N. Y. City, Thursday, Jan. 19,6 p.m. D. club welcoming Johnny Cunningham of Denver and Dick White of Washington, both headed for Hanover to attend theAlumni Council meeting.
Johnny wrote the Ist of Dec. "Am writing Jim Carpenter. Tom Campbell is in a dilemma regarding the paving of our Denver downtown streets .... whether to use concrete or asphalt. . . . the oil interests want asphalt, the cement interests concrete, and Tom has to make both of them happy. Chuck Hilliker is driving around in a brand new Cadillac convertible, looking for bigger trucks to put on the highways between Chicago and Los Angeles, so that no one can pass them. Now that I'm a member of the Council, I will have to expect more dignified treatment from such scum as Jones. I wonder if I can afford to be seen with him even at the Dartmouth Club. Isn't it too bad that you have to feel that way about someone from whom you expected great things while he was an undergrad?"
Ray and Hazel Dart took a house in La Jolla, Calif., 6126 Vista de la Mesa. Last summer they had a wonderful 6 months' European trip before pulling up stakes from Evanston, 111. where they had lived while Ray, as a top notch investment man for First Securities Cos. of Chicago, did his stuff and did it well Like retirement, Ray? .... Prof. Ed Booth's son, Phil '47, having gotten his MA at Columbia, is instructing in English at Bowdoin, Last Sept. attractive daughter Lee was married to ex-Marine Dan Woodward '53, son of the late Evan Woodward '22. Dan is one of the first recipients of Hopkins Scholarships. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the D. Outing Club house and Jean and Ed are happy that they're living in Wigwam Circle near by.
Seen at the Cornell game, son Johnny, Janet and Pres. Van Van Raalte; Madeleine and Don Scully and son Skip '49, Capt. Lacrosse team; Marion andFat Rowell (and what a lovely daughter Dorothy!); Al Rice, Edith and Dick Holton (Richard on his best behaviour—and the charmer of all daughters Mary Louise with a Harvard man, mind you! Olive and Tommy Groves, Cath and Eddie Ferguson, Henry and Kay Benisch, Ellen and Duke Duke (the hilltop Duke himself), Man Mountain BillChristgau, (George Stoddard became a grandpa right there in Hanover when son Skip had pretty Sally Ann on Oct. 30 ... . the mother is doing fine too); Alberta and Amos Blandin, Ethel andStumpie Barr and Rose and Eric Ball,
At theTYale Stan Jones reported extending his arm tq„ pass f'a bottle of liniment to DickHolton, whereupon Edith slapped his hands and said thit RicHa-rd should have none of it. Bill in reporting th:s game told of the protecting arms of Winifred and Spike Pur year and Dick Holton, as they had enjoyable time at Spike's Union League Club nursing a few dry Martinis. Seen also at Yale were Anne and Bub Frost, Catha.nd Ev Young, Tillie and Herm Whitmore, Helenand Paul Miner (have a secret parking space outside the Bowl), Peg and King Rood (that N. Y. telephone executive who goes to swanky fishing; clubs in Canada every spring; they attended SouthPacific night before .... just imagine!) Night before the Yale game, 'lB dinner at D club. Dick Holton, Bill Christgau, Marty Straus, and Van Van Raalte were a wonderful group and loaded with power. Bill humorously remembers later going to a lodge meeting, where the Grand Worshipful Father called on him for a few words, which all reported very inspiring, but nobody could remember any of them. Chris had a delightful time running into Kay and Jack Storrs, who drove him back to Westport, where his gracious host showed him a fine time and the freshman football picture with Sieve Lehman, Hal Eadie,Paul Mather, Duke and others.
That ''Princeton football week-end fiesta! Seen there were Janet and Pres. (there he is again) Van "Van Raalte, Phil Tusting and another President, Marty Straus, Lebanon's Ned Ross and Bill Christgau basked in luxury, driving down in Steve Mahoney's streamlined, red-leathered Olds. Marge and Al Rice attended buffet lunch before the game at Tiger Inn Club (ruffled two grouse while hunting two weeks before). Also seen were Peg and King Rood, Minetta and Syl Morey,Reed Montgomery, the famed beer Baron of Boston Beer Cos. (Christgau—"the ale!—four drinks and you're everybody's friend—so mild too!"); Shamus Shea, Stanley Jones (how Stan loves that all day fiesta—the fastest day in the year!), Ann and Johnny Johnston, Anna and Bub Frost, Edith and Dick Holton. Meeting Harriet Granger without Les, brought to the surface that Les was in Mt. Sinai Hospital. Visited about Thanksgiving by the writer and Rog Howland, fine now-was a guest speaker on Dec. 15 at Hanover in the Great Issues Course. Also there were Mary and Paid Erwin, Caroline and GeorgeDockstader, Margaret and Jim Duffy (Jim is an amazing person—builds apartment houses, makes cases for Swiss watches, made munitions during the war, has headed large bakery mfg. organizations—guess there's nothing he can't do); Evie and Pete Colxoell and last but not least, in fact the biggest brass hat in the State of N. J., Supreme Court Justice Pups Colie and Rosalie.
'lB dinner at the D Club, Dec. 2 $1.25 each, while new Pres. Van (JR) Van Raalte, dined at the $lOO a plate Jeffersonian dinner at which V.P. Barkley was guest speaker. Welcome guest from Boston was Hort Chandler, whose Betty had had a delightful visit with Helen and Paul Miner, related the outstanding job John O'Gara did at the Personnel Meeting of Amer. Mgmt. Assn. in Sept. when John gave the fine report of the exceptional job Macy's has done, improving the relationship between races. Amazing prodder performance was shown by Bill Christgau, Rog Howland, Paul Miner and Ned Ross. It's gotten so that if and when these prodders fall down the proddees get lonesome and mad and feel neglected and just won't come to the dinner.
Bill Christgau seemed very sombre without bis pal Richard Holton, who that evening was attending a church supper, which seemed to leave Chris bewildered; Chris who enjoyed, at the Fathers and Sons dinner last March, Paul Liscord's son (Paul died 4/9/27) now at Hanover, was urging all 'ißers whether their own sons are at Hanover or not to come to this grand occasion. Bill, as always, found time to pick up cheering notes from 'ißers to send to Jim Carpenter of whom we keep informed through Mary Ellen,loyal; Fat Sheldon and Mac Macßean.
Others at the 'lB dinner, Dec. 2, D ClubN. Y. City, were Lewis Lee (goaded SylMorey to give up his church meeting to attend the boxing matches—and nearly won).Russ Smith, expert Safety Supervisor (3 sons,Russell Jr., Bill, and Cy) said if he didn'tmake this column they'd withdraw theirapps from Dartmouth—Russ is one of theJerseyites who has given us pleasure by turning out frequently and Paul Miner looks forward with pleasure to when his proddeesfrom Jersey (Cap Hanley, Johnny Simmons,Larry Warbass, Pups Colie, Don Axtell, BillWales and Doc Noone) will also show up.
Next big event at the dinner.... the biggest being Van's Presidency .... was the vast improvement of Jim Carpenter and Ler Granger; next, the welcome guest from Boston, Hort Chandler. Pleasing was the news that Peggy and Red Wilson and "Elizabeth and Dave Skinner, both top notch highly respected Wall St. executives (VPs, Union Securities Corp. and Harriman Ripley, respectively) were taking off the next morning for Investment Bankers Assoc. 10 day meeting at the Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, Fla. Ned Ross, who showered praise on Red as one of 'lB's most successful men, couldn't concede that the Betas ran this rear's football team. The not too distant problem of retirement came up and Red thought this would be no problem for him, for there're 1000 things he's itching to do. Steve Mahoney called Dusty Rhodes (fresh from 6 weeks on the wagon) America's Noel Coward. Russell's presence among wives of 18ers becomes disturbing to their husbands; for they all say "he's the most cultured Dartmouth man I've ever met." If there's anything worth while in art, drama, ballet, the stage, opera, books and literature, the famed editor of the column "Make Mine Manhattan" ranks near the top of intelligent commentators despite the envy of all husbands. Steve Mahoney, ex Pres of the NY Chapter Amer. Assn of Newspaper Reps and elected 12 /5 as Dir. of the Natl Assn. Newspaper Reps, key man of his $4 million (billing) business, related how at the Harvard game, either Harvey or Kenneth Carpenter (Jim's youngest) nearly laid hands on our Bill Crlsco as Bill cordially laid his arm on the shoulder of his mother, pretty Mary Ellen Carpenter.
Days in the Davison Block were reviewed. The crapshooter that Fat Hardy was. How he talked to those dice! Red Wilson reported the pleasure of seeing Bill Bemis occas:onally in Cleveland, and hoped always to see Hal Doty. Westchester's loyal Pete Colwell, Johnny Johnston, GeorgeDavis, Curt Glover, and Walt Nelson must have been sunk without a trace .... not a one showed up. At the end of the dinner a long distance call was received from Grandpa George Stoddard and Pat from their 140-acre farm behind Millbrook, NY (George spends Saturdays at the DeLaval plant in Poughkeepsie ... . . tussles with AFL labor problems). K:ller George and smart horseback rider Pat, sitting by an open fire listening to the wire recorder of 'lB's. last reunion and the mar- velous stories of Judge Amos Blandin felt lonely for 'lBers .... and thought in turn that the 'lBers might have wanted that very night, as they did hap- pily before, to call up delightful host and hostess George and Pat at their cozy ranch apartment in the Essex House and come on up. All 'lBers at the dinner talked with Grandpappy George.... missed Paul Mather, as did we all.
A few months back, Jake Bingham represented Boston & Maine RR at the R.R. Fair in Chicago. Jake saw the old basketballer, Dick Aishton, VP, Continental Bank, who looked fit. Phyllis Sanderson, daughter of Doris and Phil, was on the Dean's list at Colby Jr. college last year. Lovely indeed is the picture of Ellen Lucier, attractive daughter of Mayor AI and Katherine, whose engagement was announced a few months back. Pretty indeed is Jesslyn Mary O'Connell, whose picture was in the papers a few months back when marrying James W. Mc-Namara Jr. Stumpie Barr has often expressed the desire of most 'iBers that those not now getting the ALUMNI MAG (the seldom-if-everheard-froms) should all receive it, financed by class dues.
AL GUSTAFSON 'IS, whose interest in amateur sports has become his hobby, scans the headlines. President of the Park Football League, he is active in civic affairs in his home town of Louisville, Ky.
Secretary, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y. Treasurer, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H. Memorial Fund Chairman, Gibson Island, Md.
