1919
On April 13, New York 'lgers gathered at the Dartmouth Club for a long overdue Class Dinner, and the affair was voted a big success. Exactly 19 of the class checked in—Chet Demond, Win Batchelder, Nick Sandoe, Bob Paisley, Bill Smith, Harry Colwell, Ken Huntington, Lou Garrison, Ray Legg, San Treat, Mose Robinson, publisher of Scholastic Magazines, which won honors in 1950 for "out standing contributions to freedom," Lou Munro, Bri Greeley, Hal Parsons, the Sec., and four other classmates whom most of us haven't seen in a long time, namely Avedis Miridjanian, Charlie Guy, Larry Milligan and Art Palmer.
The possibility of an off-year reunion was discussed, as our next regular reunion comes in June, 1953, and those present were unanimous in thinking it was a good idea.
As these notes are being written (April 30), the affair is not set but the general idea is as follows—the tentative date is the weekend of September 28, 29 and 30. In order for the gang to be together, Ken Huntington is negotiating with Frank Ward of the Lake Morey (Vt.) Inn for all of us to be there. The opening football game of the season, Fordham, is the 29th. The whole thing would be informal—just a chance for the class to renew old friendships and enjoy a fall weekend in Hanover. You will hear more about this later on, but meanwhile hold that weekend open. As most of you know, the Class has had, for the last few years, a luncheon preceding some game in Hanover, which has been a most enjoyable gathering. We had one scheduled for October 20 at the Outing Club House, and may try to change it to coincide with the proposed reunion, or have it anyway for those who can make both.
From Chicago comes a nice letter from ErnieRautenberg of the Celotex Corporation. Ernie states,
". . . My travels still take me over half the country, but it is all in the West and South contacting our branch offices, distributors, etc. Of my three daughters, my oldest is married and presented us with a grandson six months ago; so while I never had a son that 1 could plan on sending to Dartmouth, I may live long enough to help my grandson join the class of 1972. My second daughter is taking graduate work at Columbia University and our 'baby' is a sophomore at Illinois. I know it is quite a chore, but I still suggest that you get out a new class directory not later than our next reunion. A few of us must travel, and it would help us look up members of the class when we are in towns where they reside."
Art Stackpole, director of the public relations division of Will, Folson and Smith, at 25 West 43rd Street, New York, notes that,
"Although birthdays have long since ceased to be an occasion for rejoicing, the annual message of greetings trom the class is a pleasant feature of the day. I was transferred to New York from our Boston office about three years ago, but still miss 'the home of the bean and the cod.' Our company does public relations work and fund raising lor hospitals, and we meet many a good Dartmouth man serving his community as a member of its hospital's governing board.'
Our eminent doctor, Jock Murray, has been covering a lot of ground lately. Jock accompa- nied a military mission headed by the Surgeon General of the Air Force to Japan recently as consulting psychiatrist. In addition to inspecting various Japanese bases, the party made stops at Guam, the Philippines and other spots in the Far East. Despite all this activity, Jock found time to give a Great Issues lecture at Hanover on April 23—the title "Individual Adjustment to Modern Society."
One of New England's industrial tycoons, Jim Stone, of Brockton and Bridgewater, Mass., was one of the principal speakers at a convention in Atlanta of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His wife Paula accompanied him on the combined business and pleasure trip. Jim is assistant treasurer and general manager of the Independent Mail and Packing Co., and is extremely well known in this highly specialized field.
Bill Goldberg, prominent New York attorney, located at 30 Broad St., sent in a nice note -"My best thanks to you and the class for the birthday greetings. Although my contacts with all of you have been extremely sketchy over the years, I am always happy to have a reminder of times and places and people that I recall with warm affection." Thanks for the letter, Bill, and we hope that you can make the next New York dinner.
Echoes of this same dinner—Harry Colwell, New Rochelle insurance man and real estater, was sporting a 30-year button presented to him by the New Rochelle Rotary Club of which he is a Past President. Ed Fiske, SamJenkins, Gin Mullen and Dick Dudensing promised to come, but for various reasons couldn't make it. Dick was in Hanover, with Spike, trying to arrange for the building of a house on some property he has nearby, and his negotiations with the local Yankees delayed his return to the city.
From Rome, Italy, comes a note, via RockHayes (Rock's son Ranny has just been accepted for admission to Dartmouth, which pleases the old man and Alice Earle no end), from John Fornacca, associated with the American Express Co. there for many years. John states among other things that "my elder son Paul is in Columbia and will be getting his Master's Degree in Commercial Science in June. My son Peter is a sophomore in Yale and my daughter, who got her Ph.D. a year ago, is an instructor at Bard C011ege...." Congratulations, John, on your very scholarly family which must be a source of great pride to you.
Charlie Mills of Cleveland writes,
"I want to thank the class once again, through you, for the birthday greeting. It is nice to be remembered. I wonder, however, how many of the fellows remember me, and I am afraid I would not know many of the class now as I have not attended any of the reunions. Usually I am teaching when the reunions are held. I have been in the same school, John Adams High School in Cleveland, for 26 years! As the years pass, I find my work more difficult since so many pupils want rewards without much labor. (See's note—isn't that a commentary on a lot of the young fry these days, or are we all getting old??) But of course, there are many attractive students—which is some compensation. Sherman, our son, is enrolled for Dartmouth —he is finishing his first year in Senior High. Our daughter Phyllis was married a year and a half ago, and is living in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. We make frequent trips to Texas now, at the expense of New England, where I was brought up. Last summer we drove to California and had a wonderful experience in country unfamiliar to us all."
Many thanks, Charlie, for your letter, and try to make the 1953 Reunion.
A social item of special interest to the class is the announcement by Bill and Doris Cunningham of the engagement of their daughter Marcia to George S. Bissell '51, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Bissell '24 of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Marcia was graduated from Garland Junior College in 1949, is a member of the faculty of the Park School in Brookline, and is studying at the Nursery Training School of Boston. George, who gets his Dartmouth A.B. this June, is completing his first year at Tuck School. He is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx.
Well, this issue of the MAGAZINE winds up your See's efforts along this line until fall, October, to be exact. During the summer, how about a post card, note, or what have you, on your summer activities, whatever they may be? After several years on this job, one fact stands out—that your classmates are really interested in what you are doing, your family, your business—so give with some news so your Sec. can post the rest of the class and remember, we thought and still think that it is one of the best classes that ever trod the Hanover plain.
Last call for the Alumni Fund—how about an additional gift in memory of a departed classmate whom you remember with pride and we all have many of those. It will keep their name alive on the roster of those who believe in the College and want it to carry on, come what may.
And if you haven't sent in your check yet, do it now—surely before June 30—send whatever you can but be sure to do something.
SONS AND FATHERS OF 1919 AT THEIR HANOVER DINNER ON MARCH 3
Secretary, 1273 North Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.
Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, 37 Lansing Rd., West Newton, Mass.
