Philadelphia

On December 29 the Philadelphia Dartmouth Club's annual Christmas holiday luncheon was held in the William Penn Room of Gimbel Brothers' Philadelphia store. There were 61 fathers, undergraduates and alumni in attendance. Club President Ernie Wright '28 officiated and Dr. George Hahn '32 greeted the undergraduates and their dads on behalf of the Club. Bill Kane '50 spoke for the undergraduates. Mr. Frank Binswanger, a Dartmouth father and prominent Philadelphia real estate man, addressed the group for the dads. We were also favored with a word of greeting from Mr. Ellis Gimbel, grand old man and only surviving founding member of the nationally known Gimbel Brothers' department stores.

Attending the luncheon were: Bill Mackinney '32, H. B. King Jr. '33, J. Paul Erwin '18, John P. Erwin Jr. '49, Victor C. Smith '127, Laurence D. Smith, Penn State '52, Tom Peirce III '30, Ed Macßurney '49, Bruce Gilmore '53, W. Homer Gilmore, Temple U., Lowell S. Thomas Jr. '53, Lowell S. Thomas, University of Pennsylvania, W. C. Miller '46, "Smiley" Schoder '53, Tom Dixon '53, Wales S. Dixon, Trinity College, John C. Heston '28, John C. Heston Jr., Edward K. Rose '53, Edward Rose, University of Pennsylvania, Winston K. Shorey '41, Gilbert Gyorgy '51, Donald J. Meenen '50, Richard C. Pugh '51, William Pugh '25, H. Stewart Young '50, Thornton C. Pray '15, Joe Flounders '47, Herman Obermayer '46, Bill Kane '50, George A. Hahn '32, Ernie Wright '28, Frank G. Binswanger, Robert Binswanger '52, Charles W. Lake '50, H. Crawford Kay '53, R. A. Walser '45, Gilbert H. Fall '05, George H. Farrington '12, Richard R. Frame '28, Arthur B. Jopson Jr. '45, Edward G. Merritt '53, Richard W. Badger '53, Robert Robinson '5l, Robert J. Robinson, Stephen D. Brown, Doug Brown '53, Robert F. MacNally '53, Dave Larson '52, Pete Larson '47, Jack Young '47, Roy F. Larson, Vernon C. Dilks, Russell C. Dilks '51, Ronald C. Scott '52, Harold W. Scott, Bob Malin '53, Bill Price '52, Bill Stewart '52, Bill Peterson '52, and Burt Flounders '52.

We were profoundly shocked by the sudden death of Herman Davidson '14, one of Dartmouth's most willing workers. Herm passed away on December 2.

The annual meeting of the Philadelphia Dartmouth Club will be held Thursday evening, April 13. President Dickey will be the honored guest and speaker of the evening. We urge the Philadelphia alumni to mark this date on the calendar. Details of time and place will be announced shortly.

Acting Secretary, v 5643 Pine St., Philadelphia 43, Pa.