1918
Jim and Mary Ellen Carpenter no doubt will be in Miami when this appears—Jim plans to attend the big 1918 N. Y. City Dartmouth Alumni dinner at the Commodore Hotel April 12 when '18 has a private room and a real party. Said Jim, as of Dec. 14, "it isn't everyone who is fortunate enough to belong to such a swell class as '18—eventually I hope to answer all cards—so far they amount to 518 from all parts of the U.S." Back in Dec., Jim was on the operating table for 5 hrs.; weight dropped from 180 to 139 lbs., but in Miami in the hot sunshine Jim's picking it all up again. Jim's Dad was D '87, Thayer School '89; spent most of his life in Puerto Rico as V.P. of Central Aguirre Sugar Co., which he developed into an outstanding institution, with more native goodwill than any other sugar property in the island. Jim's grandfather received an honorary degree from Dartmouth the same year Jim's Dad graduated. His grandfather was a noted Congregational Minister who had gone to Labrador with Grenfell as a missionary for many years, and because of his wonderful work there, was given the honorary degree at Dartmouth. A mighty distinguished career, Jim! Mac Macßean Jr. was a devoted friend of Jim's through his illness, as well as Fat Sheldon.
Sad indeed it is to report the passing away of our much beloved classmate KingRood, on Dec. 23. The class had sent flowers to the hospital. The memorial service was packed with King's many friends and was attended by Evie and Pete Colwell and other '18ers. Peggy and King had been at the Yale and Princeton games; and King came out to practically all Dartmouth gatherings. He was in everything that was worthwhile. He served as Class Secretary for many years, and as Alumni Fund agent, and although he was a busy executive of AT & T, he still found time to work on admissions and give of himself unstintingly to the community of Briarcliff where he was a town father. We are all better men for having known King.
What's new in Washington ? Grand Stirling Wilson, able 'l6 Sec'y, wrote us a few weeks back —"an affaire of eclat and distinction was tossed by George Hull at his residence near the battlefields of Dupont Circle. Present were Mary and LarryPope, Admiral and Mary Mather, Helen and StewTeaze; missed were Dick White and Clarence Opper. George and his Frau are wonderful hostsmuch gaiety, plenty to eat and drink, and some of the lousiest barbershopping I ever heard" (thanks, loads, Stirling) . . . Doc Angell (own accounting firm in Boston) is mighty busy as Chr. of Board of Trustees of new Memorial Hospital in Needham, Mass Bill Brewster, the outstanding Headmaster of Kimball Union, says his 2nd son Pat is now a Senior at Dartmouth and a member of C&G—.... Dusty Rhodes, in his N. Y. City column "Make Mine Manhattan" had a very interesting article about Sadler's Wells Ballet from the Royal Opera House, Covent Gardens, London; says Dusty—"one of the reasons why ballet, along with other forms of show business, has ploughed such a hard row in this country is because it had no security to make its members feel that they shouldn't take off for some job that would pay them two dollars more a week. That's why the Sadler's Wells outfit, subsidized by the British Government, has achieved, such esprit de corps and a perfection of ensemble work."
From Les Merrell in Nov. "Am now Director of $7,000,000 Rochester Hospital Fund. Zack Taylor, the only other 'lBer here, but local alumni club is wide awake and just launching scholarship program which I was able to help them on." .... Priscilla and Tom Shirley, with several friends of theirs from Waban, Mass., had a wonderful week-end in New York, taking in "Kiss Me Kate," "Miss Liberty" and other sights .... Judge HarryCollins elected again (as always) is one of the leading volunteer firemen on Long Island and is a favorite judge at all Firemen's Tournaments Dooie Doolittle (Painesville, Ohio) Republic Steel Cos., whose daughter Marcia Lou is a Skidmore Grad., was up at Hanover with Lou (wife) where his son is a Senior (they'll hit Hanover in June for graduation) Vassar just can't keep Ned Ross' attractive daughter out, all of her marks are A plus Nebraska slickers who have been eating out of the gravy trough with all losses underwritten by us tax payers get a lot of iron in their carrots as witness a note from good old Al Sibbernsen saying "now listen, Earley, you just can't be that 'lovely' and what to hell, you old poops couldn't do anything about all the 'lovely' women anyway." And enclosed, torn from the ALUMNI MAG., was 'lBs November notes, in which Sib had underscored the word lovely 10 different times in connection with our charming Fraus. Well, the Nebraska model acreage is going to the bow-wows this fall, for Grace and Sib and the two sons who do all the work on the farm anyway are planning a gander over Europe this fall! It will be simply lovely to see you Sib.
Bill Chisholm, seasoned investment man, and one of the few Phi Betes in the class, ex-roomey of Dwight Sargent, also Director of Dramatics in his under-grad. days, is Pres. of Salem Mutual Fire Insur. Cos. (congratulations, Bill) Had a nice letter from JackDraper in Auburndale, Mass. telling of what a pleasure it was for him and wife Ruth to learn of Jack's roommate and attorney, Frank Harrington (Ned Ross also Jack's roomey), who has made such a success in life, and who, in the memoirs of Gerry Geran, tells of their enjoyable comradeship with Frank as they hopped freights up and down the Connecticut Valley.
Let's remember when the Alumni Fund comes up that Dartmouth wants to take its rightful place with all leading Universities in giving many helpful scholarships to good boys who could not otherwise go to college.
Bob Ritter (Koch Bros., Allentown, Pa. leading clothiers) has had a big building operation and despite his generous service to the community already he says, "I rather hope a few years hence, I might have affairs so shaped that I could swing back to the political picture again and run for Mayor. Our oldest is married and recently transferred to W. Va. The twins work in the store and Peggy is in H. S. looking at boys with a special interest. My meeting with Frank Clahane was thoroughly enjoyable and all too brief. Phil Tusting paid us a visit weeks ago and we made a pledge to attend the next New York dinner together." Well, it's N. Y. City, Commodore Hotel, April 12—see you then, Bob Pretty smart girl is Brearley product Alice Hesse, daughter of Henry and Alice, who won a four-year scholarship at Rochester.
One of the big journalistic feats of 1949 was getting Eleanor Rossevelt signed up by McCalls Magazine—and Ellen Duke, as you all know, is the Editor. As difficult as it was to operate with his new uppers, Duke said Eleanor Roosevelt is a grand person to talk to Jake Bingham Jr. is now a soph, at 8.U., ran cog R.R. to Mount Washington last summer—daughter Jane a Cheerleader in H.S. and hard to beat Hal Glendenning spent 2 months in Europe last summer—over on the Queen, back ori the Elizabeth^—saw the British and French courts and was made a barrister of law at the Inner Temple on June 29. Visited Oxford, Ascot, Wimbledon, Gloucestershire; spent 3 weeks in Paris, visited Versailles, Thielly, Ste. Germaine and visited Hort Kennedy at Amer. Hospital Pixey Bryant and son Clark still keep the heat on Tommy to keep up with his golf despite his roundhouse slice Jack Slabaugh remarked last fall, "just finished moving into house with three mortgages—instead of customary two. Change address to 118 Mayfield Av." .... A very successful man indeed is Paul A. Sperry, V.P. and Sec. Pond's Lilly Cos., textile finishing plant; also Pres. Guider Specialty Cos., Mfgs. of textile equipment for the textile finishing trade, and Pres. of Sirocco (commercial advertising photographic studio)—congratulations, Paul!
'18's ANNUAL N. Y. CITY REUNIONWED. APRIL 12—(Easter Sunday is the gth) COMMODORE HOTEL. This is the most enjoyable D. Al. Dinner, at which '18 has won the big attendance cup for several years —and will again this year. You'll see old friends here you haven't seen in years. Starting with luncheon at 12.30 at the Dart, club, then going to '18's private room at the Commodore, we'll reune from 3 to 7 with cocktails for all. Then comes the delightful dinner with entertainment and with President Dickey giving us a wonderful talk, as he always does. Count Henri van Zelm, the swanky consultant engineer of Hartford, Conn., wrote us last year after this party "that 1918 private room is a grand idea, and that's a blowout I want to attend each year."—See you then Van.
Delightful news from Murray Baldwin, Fargo, N. D., who said he tried to get hold of GeorgeStoddard and Johnny O'Gara and was sorry he missed them Fat Sheldon reports son Roger, 49, entered Oxford for 2 year course, specializing in international government and economics and said .... I heard Monk Cameron talking on palmology radio sometime tack, and he did a fine job." .... Reports have it that in the early hours Eddie Felt was poured on the train from N. Y. City after hearing the wonderful recordings of Amos Blandin's Vermont stories Killer Stoddard's son, Skip, Asst. Sec. of the college, has bought a lot over near Balch Hill and plans to build some day—... a wonderful place as a base for safaris in the future," said Papa George.
Rear Admiral Paul Mather is constantly adding lustre to his illustrious career even though he and Mary pjan a 2 or 3 months' trip to Europe in the early part of 1950 taking in the Scandinavian countries, France, Berlin, England, Switzerland, Italy etc. Nevertheless, the War Assets Administrator (WAA liquidated Dec. 31), who at one time had more assets under his wing than any industrialist ($27 Billion), has found time to be General Chr. of the War Memorial Athletic Center for the American University, Wash., D. C., where I believe Paul's boys attended Bill Reilly, that stalwart of the Courier Citizen of Lowell, Mass. with a real family of two girls and two boys, former Director of the Lowell Chamber of Commerce and very active in the American Legion and Knights of Columbus (ex-roomey of Charlie Benisch, LewisLee and Boh Williams), visited Hanover in Dec. . . . . Other Hanover visitors were the inimitable Harvey Hood, whose life is pretty much dedicated to Dartmouth (God bless him) and McCalls Ellen and ex-Time and Lifer, F. Dusossoit Duke Those playing key rolls interviewing candidates for admission to Dartmouth are 18's two council members, Dick White from Wash., D. C. and Johnny Cunningham from Denver, Colo.; sturdy Pete C.olwell (has always done a wonderful Dartmouth job in Westchester), and on the firing line Frank Clahane, Ed Dwyer, Curt Glover, Syl Morey,Robbie Robinson, Jack Slabaugh and our grand classmate King Rood, who was in there pitching to the very end.
"Industrial chaos usually results when Unions move into management's jurisdiction,' so said Labor Relations specialist Bennie Mugridge before the huge Am. MGM Assoc. when he spoke in Chicago on Nov. n. Big headlines in the N. Y. Times referred to Bennie as Labor Coordinator from Pittsburgh Plate Glass Cos. and the LibbyOwens-Glass Cos. Also into our hands came a splendid picture of Bennie in the program of the Institute of Heating Appliance Mfgs. where they say, ".. .. under current labor unrest, it is natural that the delegates be especially eager to hear Mr. Ben Mugridge on the subject of 'The Pension Dilemma.' Mr. Mugridge is one of two speakers who was asked to make a return appearance .... before the Convention." When this item, given to us, was mentioned to Stan Jones, he denied it. A report from the ad agency where Stanley holds forth, admits that the elusive Welshman has a technique baffling the best of them. While in the office, Stanley has hanging on his coat rack a hat and a coat. Obscured around the office, while he's there, is another hat and coat. When elusively he evaporates to see a client, the extra hat and coat go on the coat rack—"yes, he's around somewhere," the office reports, but everybody there has given up trying to find him! .... Hort Chandler, who left the Commodore Hotel last year in a merry mood after the Annual Alumni dinner, having swiped the attendance cup that '18 had won, treated Westchesterites on late train home to a rare spectacle. This handsome man wandering through the aisles with this 2 ft. high beautiful silver cup was something to behold! Already, he's started frothing at the mouth with the 1918 Reunion the 12th of April in N. Y. City with the idea of loading a car full of 'lBers in Boston and driving to N. Y "We'll have plenty of smokes now, and for free," said Ned Ross, when he handed us a clipping in all the newspapers of the stalwart son of Evie and Pete Col-well announcing the engagement to the very attractive Virginia Sidley, who is a granddaughter of Mr. Whelan, founder and V.P. of United Cigar Cos When the roses bloom in May, P.S.M. and his wife are headed for 3 weeks in London and Paris.—"You can mention my name," he said, "after I've gotten aboard ship, please." Bon voyage, Phil.
Herm W hitmore mentions it and other '18ers think it, "wish we could see more of Duke at these class dinners." Duke's youngest son, Winslow, is Marshall of his class at Tufts Last Dec. 5, Hort Kennedy reported himself "back at my desk now for 2 months, and feel well after 14 months illness and 9 operations. Conditions in Europe are confused, but we, who live close to it, can't think everything is as black as it is sometimes painted by the press in America." .... "Cheerio" came from Al Gustajson with the Yuletide verse: "Light of light that shineth, Ere the world began, Draw thou near and lighten, Every Heart of man." .... Snow birds fly south; Shamus Shea flew to Miami before Christmas and got back to N. Y. City after New Year. Kath and Ev Young are now enjoying reservations made for them by Johnny Thayer at Delray Beach Peg and Red Wilson and Elizabeth and Dave Skinner had a wonderful time for ten days at Hollywood, Fla., being two of the 91 most fortunate outstanding bankers and investment men from leading firms all over the country, who were entertained at the expense of H. W. Higgins, Pres. of Florida Power Corp. The tab picked up by Higgins was a measly $50,000.
Again we call to mind the distinguished sons of our much beloved Mary and TomO'Connell. Young Tommy '50 is Pres. of the Undergraduate Council, and Jeff '50 is Pres. of Green Key.
RAPIDLY RECOVERING from a serious operation, Jim Carpenter 'lB, shown here on the sands of Miami Beach, is having a successful vacation from his job of directing the sales of the Kaylan Cutlery Co., of Syracuse, N. Y.
Secretary, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y. Treasurer, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H. Class Agent, East New York Savings Bank, 2644 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn 7, N. Y.
