1908
Memorial Fund Chairman, JOHN HINMAN 257 Loring Ave., Pelham 65, N. Y.
Gardner Marion of Concord suffered a heart attack in a Boston office on December 12. He passed away before his arrival at the hospital. Gardner was President of the Pope & Cottle Lumber Co. of Chelsea; Treasurer of the H. B. Church Trucking Company, Boston, and founder and past President of the Pre-Built Housing Company, Revere. Since 1912 he had been associated with the lumber firm which was founded by his father-in-law, the late Benjamin Pope. He became President in 1928. Henry Stone had seen Gardner several times at meetings of lumber dealers during the several months period before his death. He seemed to be in good health at those meetings, so his passing was a shock to his associates and acquaintances as well as to men in the class. The funeral was held at Meeting House First Parish Church. PercyGleason, Gene Jordan, Pete McCarthy and Art Wyman attended. Gardner is survived by his wife Margaret, a daughter Elizabeth, a son B. Pope, and a sister, Mrs. C. Pratt Harrington. Always a good Dartmouth man and a regular and enthusiastic attendant at all reunions Gardner will be greatly missed. The deepest sympathy of everyone in the class goes to his widow and family.
Charlie Severance of Cortland, N. Y., reached home safely after his invasion of Rockford several weeks ago, but subsequently gave the doctors a little work and had an operation in New York City. He is now back on the job a few hours each day and probably will soon be in shape to throw those slow wide out-curves when the season opens.
Freddie Munkelt is now in business with Lamb & McMullen, Inc., East Calais, Vt. He lives at 114 State St., Montpelier.
Ralph Crowley has retired and lives at 328 B Lewers St., Honolulu, T. H. It would seem that with the lapse of time, it is now entirely safe to disclose Ralph's whereabouts. Some of us with elephantine memories still recall the unhappy experience which Ralph and his Beta brother Jack Stilphen 'O7 had when they returned from Woodstock late one evening with the horse and buggy which they had rented from Hamp Howe's competitor, whose name escapes us, whose place of business was on the north side of the street running east from South Main Street where the corners are now occupied by the Bank and the Postoffice. It seems that the horse died a few hours after Ralph and Jack brought him in. The liveryman harassed Ralph sporadically during the balance of his time in college for the price of the nag. Some of us who were standing near him in the line, in our caps and gowns that hot last Wednesday in June, 1908, recall being confided to by Ralph that he had a check for the nag in his pocket which he was going to give to, the liveryman if he showed up at that late moment as we were about to march into the College church for our sheepskins. Ralph apparently had in mind a college rule or tradition that a student could not get his degree if he had any outstanding bills. One of the men standing near Ralph that hot forenoon nearly gave Ralph a heart attack when he whispered to him that the liveryman was coming up the street towards the senior fence. But the liveryman did not come. Ralph received his sheepskin. Forty-two years have passed and with Ralph now living in Hawaii the story can again be told. It is now the considered seriatim opinion of Corcoran, Cowee, Crosby, DeAngelis, Gleason, Mason Lewis, McCarthy, Sherburne, John Thompson and the Class Notes Editor that Ralph is now safely beyond the jurisdiction of any New Hampshire process.
The Ashland (Ky.) Daily Independent contained the following editorial a few days ago:
It has been nearly three months now since Richard R. Peebles assumed the office of "acting" City Manager. Since that time I believe it is only fair to say that he has done a very good job. Mr. Peebles is an unassuming fellow and has never sought the limelight. He has been a successful business man in other fields. In fact, Mr. Peebles is strictly "all business." If he has a job to do he does it in a quiet manner—but a very efficient one. Fellow workers at the City Building say one would hardly realize Mr. Peebles is around. However, business is carried on and things get done with the least of effort. Before becoming associated with the city government, Mr. Peebles was active for years in the steel industry. He held a high position with the old Ashland Steel Company before the days of "Armco" and later on engaged in the manufacture of structural steel. Under Mr. Peebles' guidance we should see further improvement in Ashland's city government.
Inquiry develops that these duties were taken on by the modest Colonel in addition to his regular duties as City Auditor, which position he has held for a long time. The Colonel's son Dick Jr. '42 is working in New York City. It is to be hoped that they both take a trip to Hanover together in 1952, which will be the Colonel's 45th and Dick Jr.'s 10th reunion.
Tat Badger and his debutante daughter Mary Jane again broke into print when their picture was taken together at a Debutante Assembly and appeared in the Baaston Herald.
Parson Bill English recently completed 18 years as Minister of the First Congregational Church of Norwood, Mass. During his soulsaving tenure there he has been President of the Norwood Council of Churches, Moderator of the Suffolk South Association of Congregational Churches and member of the Executive Committee of the Congregational Board of Ministerial Aid. On February 17, 1950, Katharine English Anderson was born. She is Bill's second granddaughter.
It now develops that Howard Cowee, the sage of Worcester, scouted the Harvard-Dartmouth and the Harvard-Army games for us. Howard opines that next year Harvard should be a much better team.
A communication recently came through from Jack Everett. The roads in Kennebec County from Augusta must still be open. Sydney Ruggles spent most of December at home in Danbury. He was scheduled to return to Goose Bay right after Christmas.
Mort Hall and Tat Badger were in Hanover the first week in December. With both of them there, there must have been a Theta Delt dinner and/or initiation and another payment due on the Theta Delt mortgage.
An eighth grandchild was born to Mikeand Annis Sterns in August when their daughter Nancy had her fourth child. After having three sons, Nancy and the grandparents were delighted to see a daughter arrive. Always a slow starter, even when he started the Princeton-Dartmouth game at right end in 1906, when he weighed 172 lbs., Mike seems to be gradually making progress and perhaps is in a position to overtake Tread and Art Wyman. John '48 is in his second year at Harvard Law School.
Presumably the clogging of the mails by H.S.T., Independence, Mo., High School '01, has contributed to the delay in our learning that Wink and Dorothy Fisk combined, on a trip to Baaston, attendance at a meeting of the American College of Surgeons and the Harvard-Dartmouth game. The Doctor and Dorothy spent the week-end with Art andNaomi Lewis at Medfield. Hank and PaulineO'Shay were there at the same time. Wink reports that his host's Old-fashioneds were excellent. That coming from the doctor is a real tribute. Wink and Dorothy hope to make Tread's party in Florida.
Hazel McClane Clark is spending the win ter in Bermuda.
Percy Gleason's son John is the Sales Representative of Lewis-Shepard Products in Columbus, Ohio. He is associated there with Lewis K. Johnstone '41.
Word has come through that Jack Corcoran's son John had a freshman average of 3.2. He can't be rooming at the Beta House. John was captain of a strong Roxbury Latin team, but a concussion received while in Prep School is keeping him from coming out for football in college. He is out for the crew.
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