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Christgau will always remember last Jan. when on the 16th he became a grandfather of a husky lad by the name of Derek Amos— "named for good old Amos Blandin whom I love," said Chris. The same month, Rose and Bill celebrated their 33rd anniversary and Bill's 25th year record of achievement for the Metropolitan Life,—and we venture to add that few, if any, of the District Managers of that great company, could spread around as much cheer and helpfulness as does our 8i11... . 'Twas the eagle eye of Dusty Rhodes who spotted a release that "Universal-International has bought The Great Companion, an original story by Gene Markey, well known film writer and producer, who returned last Jan. from his 3-year trip to Europe. This story will appear in an early issue of LadiesHome Journal." (Thanks, Dusty).... We were sorry to miss Lang Robinson while he was East—also Bill Montgomery who is doing an outstanding job.
One of the truly great experiences each year is to have the pleasure of Ed Healey at an '18 gathering. Ed is sales and plant Mgr. of the huge France Stone Co., one of the 2 or 3 biggest in the country. Luke and Ed adopted a German boy 3 or 4 years ago (their 2nd) when he couldn't speak a word of English; but now he's completely transformed and 100% Yankee. Few people realize what troubles Ed had in college, none of which originated with himself. As everybody knows, after leaving Dartmouth, he became one of the greatest professional football players of all times.
When Dawson, N. M., became a ghost town, '18ers wondered what would become of our Supt. of Schools, George McBride. Here he is now, Supt. of Schools in Des Moines, N. M., and he says "I had a pleasant surprise about a week ago when my daughter's high school principal received word that my daughter Mary Frances won the $1000 Seven College Conference Scholarship to Smith this fall from the southern areas of Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. It is certain that she could not have the opportunity if it were not for the scholarship, which is renewable each year of her college career, provided she makes good." We know the McBride fibre will not fail. We're rooting for you, Mary Frances.
You should have seen the lovely picture of Elaine LeFevre "daughter of former Rep. and MildredLeFevre . . . married in St. Matthews Cathedral, to George F. Mahoney Jr."—a mighty pretty girl. . . . Clara and Eddie Felt are now grandparents—Jane Krueger, daughter of Richard T. and Elizabeth Felt Kreuger, born 4/29/51 (feel your age, Eddie?). ... A lovely wedding took place, last May 12, at Oakdale, Chadds Ford, Pa., when HaroldGlendening's son Alan Sanford was married. .. . King and Peggy Rood's daughter Alison had a lovely wedding last June 23 at Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. . . . Ethel and Stumpie Barr made their first trip west of the Mississippi to the Rockies last summer. "In Denver we saw Miriam and TomCampbell, Chuck Hilliker, and Kay and JohnnieCunningham. They gave us a great welcome and took a lot of interest in showing us the sights. I am enclosing snapshot of 2 of the best all round cowhands in Colorado—Cunningham and Hilliker —where they go each fall for the round-up."
We lost four good classmates during May, June, July and August—Jim Carpenter, May 24; Arch Robson, June 30; Henry Oppenheimer, July 13 and Oscar George, August 4. (See In Memoriam column.) Pete Colwell always enjoyed so much looking up Jim, every May, when he went to the Annual Convention of N. Y. State Assn. of Ins. Agents. It was May 9 that Pete told us Jim had but a few days more. Jim loved everything Dartmouth—and men loved Jim. (see In Memoriam July ALUM. MAG.) We had received an announcement from the N. Y. State Heart Association that Clara and Eddie Felt generously made a contribution in honor of Arch Robson, who passed away from a heart attack. Arch was one you could always count on, and he will be missed. Henry Oppenheim was voted a lifetime honorary officer of the Dartmouth Alum. Assn. around greater Albany, N. Y., for his steadfastness, loyalty and industry for Dartmouth over the years. After a heart attack a couple of years ago, he enjoyed 2 winters at Daytona Beach, and we had hoped that he was coming back strong. Who can say that prodder Rog How land detracted one iota from that abiding warmth one gets when you know you have a friend? It was Roger who religiously phoned OscarGeorge to come out to '18 affairs. He always wanted to, but an infection of the vocal cords made it hard for him to talk and it was that infection that brought his end. ... A great man and dean of realty men in Westchester County, long active in civic affairs, Pete Colwell's Dad passed away July 3, and the class extends sympathy
In Cholly Knickerbocker's society column there was a picture of Al Rice's attractive daughter Rosemary chatting with a notable at the Stork Club. Rosemary was on the weekly TV show I RememberMama with Peggy Wood. Our Les Granger, Executive Director of the National Urban League, set a precedent and made front page news when he was elected Pres. of the Nat. Conference of Social Work by 600 delegates attending the 78th Annual meeting in Atlantic City. ... A warm welcome came from Reed Montgomery, to "look us up when you're in Boston"—and he says he plays a lot of golf with bachelor (immune to the wiles of ladies) Ed Stanley, and enclosed a picture from the June 13 BostonTraveler showing our own atty., George B. Rowell, receiving an honorary degree from Pres. Burse of Suffolk U. at Commencement exercises.
Wasn't it nice to see Amos Blandin get that honorary degree last June? The citation is beautiful! .. . "It is a fine thing when a man and a job are well met, and never were two better met than you and the law. Graduated from Harvard law, seasoned by 20 years of general practice, for 10 years you have graced the bench of N. H. courts, as a Judge ... understanding of the human interests at stake in every trial and every argument. First as Justice and then Chief Justice of the Superior Court, and now as Justice of the Supreme Court, you have exercised judicial power with a concentrated sense of dedication and saving sense of proportion." So man>y wrote in and were pleased to see Amos so honored. We were pleased to hear that Alberta, who was not too well in June, is now excellent. Pete Colwell always catches those things in the papers. Pete tried in vain to locate Em Morse's lovely farm when in Hanover in June, but did have a nice visit with Stumpie Barr.... At the Inn a few months back, from the Stanley Works in New Britain, Conn., were Ellis and Mrs.Hatch and daughter, and we hope to see more of Ellis at 'lB gatherings. Also there were Barbara and Harvey Hood (Manchester, Mass.), Bill Reilly, Peg and Red Wilson, Hazel and Doc Ed McDowell as well as Pauline and Paul Sperry, V.P. of textiles finishers in New Haven, Pond Lilly Co., and Dora and DonSnyder, whom we hope to see more of.
How about enjoying some football games these nippy, fall days?
Date Team Place Remarks: 10/6 Penn Philly Ring in Phil. Tom R. B. Bryant or J. Paul Erwin or reach them in Landsdowne or Merion, to see what's up. 10/13 Army West Point Cocktails after game at Ship Lantern Inn at Milton 6 miles south of Highland, N. Y., on 9W—l2 miles north of Newburgh. 10/20 Syracuse Hanover '18ers in town meet—say, College Hall 5-5:30. 10/27 Harvard Cambridge '18 dinner night before, University Club—dinner with wives after game—always a grand weekend. 11 /$ Yale New Haven On our own, we guess. 11/10 Columbia New York After game, cocktails at Ernie Earley's flat, IW. 85 St.—if you can squeeze in. 11/17 Cornell Hanover '18ers in town meet, say, College Hall—s to 5:30. 11 /24 Princeton Princeton Say we duck behind the stands between halves.
The ol' wrangler Johnny Cunningham didn't make it last June at the Hanover Council meeting because of the air pilot strike; also because his daughter Virginia decided to get married on June 19 (excerpt from letter to Stan Jones)—"from now please address any letter to Tom Campbell as Honorary, etc.—none of this classmate stuff. Damned if he hasn't the bull by the tail and just working his pants off for the city." Said Stanley, "Isn't it fine, that men with the ability of Tom and the time will give so much of hard work and labor to the cause of good government?" Johnny reports that at their annual Denver stag picnic, Chuck Hunker's Cadillac convertible was a beautiful thing to see, if anybody could see, with Rye and Bourbon available. . . . From Cholly Knickerbocker's column 5/17/51, "Martin L. Strauss 11, the Tintair Tycoon, hosted a party last night at the Stork Club, after he and his guests had attended the Junior League Golden Follies—everybody talks Tintair, so Marty again has shown his business acumen and ingenuity. . . .
At least three '18ers took part in the May Chamber of Commerce meeting in Wash., D. C. BillWright, newly elected member of the Board of Directors of U.S. Chamber, now V.P. Nevada State Cattle Assn., member Elko Chamber of Commerce, Natural Resources Comm. Past Pres. Amer. Natl. Livestock Assn., Ist V.P. Amer. Natl. Livestock Assn., Organizer of Nevada State Cattle Assn., etc. Jake Bingham (from Concord, N. H.) representing the Concord Chamber; Dick White, who participated as Chrm. of Trade Assn. Dept. Comm. of the Chamber, and also one of their panels at luncheon devoted to Citizen Responsibility. Dick White, who has done a wonderful job for Dartmouth in Wash., D. C., reported Larry Pope set an all time high at '18s gathering last spring, with Clarence Opper and George Hill, by consuming all the food on the table, and enjoying 4½ servings of strawberry mousses—and Dick added, "Although I do not think by that time, Larry knew what the flavor was." . . . The Saturday "Review, last May 12, carried an article by Dusty Rhodes on We Barrymores by Lionel Barrymore—and all the N.Y. papers carried large advertisements with liberal quotations from Dusty's piece. . . .
Dan Shea, who again as always was smoking hot on the golf course last spring, and who summered quietly (?) away from the habitats where his brethren can check him up, received a nice note from Joe Seacrest, in which was enclosed a newspaper clipping, headed "N.Y.U. Alumni Honored—JOE W. SEACREST, Lincoln, Chrm. of the U. of Nebraska Class Agent Plans Comm. presents honor award to top class agents for 1950." Joe's old classmates in '18 would certainly love to see him and are proud of the job he is doing for the grand U of Nebraska. . . .
A newsy item from alert Pete Colivell—"Evelyn and I enjoyed a lovely cocktail party at the Glovers; their 25th wedding anniversary. Their oldest son Bill was married a short time ago and I enjoyed meeting his wife. She is a very lovely girl. Son Johnny is entering Dartmouth this fall. Phil andMarge Boynton also were there. Phil looked fine even though he had a serious operation when he got back from Florida last spring. Son John was married a few weeks ago and daughter Barbara already has two grandchildren—Johnny Johnston was there but Ann was not as she left that morning with daughter Irene to pick up Gordon in Maine who is doing wonderfully well in engineering and knocked out a handsome salary in the summer in a N. Y. City engineering firm. ... In front of us, thanks to Jake Bingham, we have a picture from the Concord, N. H., newspapers saying "Col. Horton L.Chandler, Commanding Officer of the 369th Genl. Base Depot, is shown conferring with his headquarters staff on plans for summer training of the local army reserve unit." As Asst. to the Pres. of New England Gas and Electric Assn., Hort has done an amazing job, after, his years of rugged service in the South Pacific in the artillery in World War II.
Steve Mahoney went to Paris last summer to see his son. Both may have had the opportunity in Paris to see Hort Kennedy, who is Pres. of the American Club in Paris, the one all Americans are acquainted with, and Hort has been doing a wonderful job, helping on the problems of Americans in France, and none would be better than Hort and Germaine to foster good relations between the two countries. . . .Em and Carol Morse enjoyed their lovely swimming pool in Greenwich, and although Em took an important flight to England for his company, famed Lever Bros., he was still dreaming always of that lovely swimming pool.
It was her father, our own Dick Holton, who represented the '18 class at Oscar George's funeral. ... Les Badger was reelected Supt. of Schools, Peterboro, N. H.—Jack Bingham has been tied up in legislative work and hopes yet to run into Bill Colbath. Bill Colby was reelected Sec.-Treas. of the N. H. Bar Assn. Regrets and sympathy from the class to Charlie and Tom Jones, of Fla., on the loss of their mother. . . . Al Kendall, the Squire of Surry,. N. H., is a Director of the Cheshire County Taxpayers Assoc. . . . Doc Ray Barrett picked the ice to go out of Lake Winnepesaukee on Fri., April 13, but he didn't win the prize. . . . Hubie McDonough's daughter Jane was married June 18. . . .
Herm Smith's son graduated from Hanover last June. . . . Rolf Sy verts en presided at the Annual Meeting of the N. H. Chapter of Jackson Laboratories Association in Durham, N. H. . . . Sandra Willand, Waifs daughter, was elected Pres. of the Methodist Youth Fellowship, Portsmouth, N. H. . . . Ruth Bingham is mighty busy in the summer writing her column for the Boothbay Harbor (Me.) Register, about doings on Squirrel Island. Daughter Jane enters Colby Jr. College, New London, N. H., this fall, after being Counsellor all summer. Jake gets in on U.S. Chamber of Commerce for being a National Councilor of the Concord,. N. H., Chamber. Em Salisbury was, possibly still' is, a Director of the U.S. Chamber.
New addresses of Gene Mar key and Ed Garvey are 10421 Witon Drive, Los Angeles, 24, Calif., and Box 21, Guam, M. I., respectively. ... HermWhitmore, and Tilly, on their trek across the Continent last spring, were granted the privilege of going through the vast studios in Hollywood. had hoped to run into Gene Mar key but at least had5 the pleasure of having his office pointed out to them. On their way home from the Rockies Ethel and Stumpie Barr spent an evening with gracious Thelma and Jack Slabaugh, renowned for their warm hospitality. Jack's only crab was, "I was the first one of the damn easterners who had stopped to' see him."
THE BIG CHIEF, believe it or not, is not the one in the fancy suit. Thomas J. O'Connell 'l8 poses with his son Jeff '5l, who gave the Sachem Oration at the Class Day exercises in June.
Secretary, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y. Treasurer,: Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H.
