1924
After sitting in a trance for some 15 minutes trying to think up a brilliant opening paragraph, we have come to the conclusion that there is no beginning at this season of the year. We're in the middle of everything! As we sit here tonight, the World Series is even- Steven at one game each, we are in the middle of the football season, and a twist of any dial will prove beyond doubt that we are in the middle of a red hot political campaign. So what are we waiting for? Let's jump right into the middle of the news.
The Jones boys, Bill and Ed, are very much in evidence this month. Bill Jones proudly announces the arrival of a grandson born to his son Richard and his wife last March. Like all grandparents, Bill is getting a great kick out of watching the young man develop, and no doubt is making a shambles of parental discipline. Bill has been on the staff of the Boston Globe for the past 25 years where he is now financial editor. Putting his business training to good use, Bill serves on the Town Finance Committee, and helps to keep tabs on the financial well-being of Wake- field, Mass. Bill may be reached either at the offices of the Boston Globe, or at ome at 29 Lafayette Street, Wakefield.
Ed Jones, our perennial world traveller, and man of a hundred interests, has just recently ventured into matrimony. Ed was married on September 13 to Miss Jean Kilmer, of Grafton, Mass. The announcement stated that the newlyweds would be at home after October 1 at their new home at 3103 S.E. Fourth Street, Pompano Beach, Fla. This news came just in time for those of the brethren who may be Florida-bound for the winter season. Just by chance, Spud Spaulding happened to meet Ed and his bride-to-be in Boston, and we have it on his testimony that friend Ed is the world's champion, youngest- looking, 50-year-old that he has ever seen. There seems to be a little something wrong with that sentence structure, but that's the way Spud wrote it, and anyway, you get the general idea. No doubt it's the result of the rugged outdoor life Ed has led in his journeys to faraway places. Our congratulations and best wishes to our latest benedict and his bride.
During the summer we were favored with a letter from Stan Chittick, who is cutting quite a swathe with Simonds Saw and Steel Company. Stan occupies a plush office in the Executive Department of the Company at 470 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass. At the moment he is Secretary of the outfit, and doubles in brass as Assistant Treasurer and a director. Like Bill Jones, Stan puts his vocation to good use in civic affairs by serving as a trustee and a member of the Board of Investment of the Worcester North Savings In- stitution, as well as on the Budget Committee of the local Community Chest. Stan and Barbara have four children, three boys and one girl, all of whom are in the active stage, and help to keep their parents young. Stan reports seeing Warren Whitney and HankHartshorn occasionally, as well as Dick Lawrence, who is in the lumber business in Fitchburg.
Dan Pingree, denizen of 45 Cheever Circle, Andover, Mass., can match Stan's record, child for child. Dan and Elizabeth also have four children, and again, three boys and one girl. The daughter, Sarah Jane is a recent arrival, for this young lady was born last February and, as Dan says, "is now learning what to do with fingers." The oldest son, John, is in the Army and undergoing basic training at Camp Dix. David is a student at Harvard and "is mixing such fancy subjects as Sanskrit and High Tibetan with dishwashing at the Union. Peter is still in high school at Andover." As for Dan, he keeps the whole show going in his capacity as Fire Prevention Engineer with the Factory Mutual of Boston.
Another welcome correspondent is VaughnG. Berry, long-time resident of Milwaukee, Wis., and a most active member of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Wisconsin. Vaughn is working for the City of Milwaukee, and has the tidy little job of managing some 750 units of Veterans' temporary housing. That in itself might well account for the gray hair Vaughn mentions, for as he says, "Each one of the two-bedroom units is the castle for a living, breathing, and sometimes howling mob and/or family of from two to ten children." Oh, Brother! Just a quiet, peaceful spot to call homel Just by way of variety, there are the changes in occupancy to supervise. "Often the problem becomes that of trying to give the family moving out a running start and at least a fighting chance to get out ahead of the stampede of bag and baggage on the way in."
Vaughn reports a visit with Ken Harvey at his charming home in Clearwater, Fla., earlier this year, and of seeing Bill Buchanan occasionally when Bill comes to town as Chairman of the Board of the Marshall and Ilsley Bank of Milwaukee.
Every now and then something happens which gives new meaning to the age-old expression, "It's a small world." We experienced such a reaction this summer when we received a fine letter from Bill Hartman, resident of Pontiac, Mich., and member of the law firm of Howlett & Hartman. In his letter Bill writes, "Interestingly, George Booth was at one time a member of the City Commission of Bloomfield Hills, and as attorney for that city I worked with him several years before learning that he was a member of the Class of '24. It turned out that he was at Dart- mouth for his first two years of college, whereas I was there for the last two, so our paths never crossed." What a story! Two men, both members of the same class, at the same college, yet they never met until years later when their work brought them together half way across the continent. Truly, it s a small world 1
Bill is married and has two daughters, 11 and 8. The Hartmans have a home on a lake about seven miles out of Pontiac, which they enjoy the year round. Bill, like so many of our Class, has been active in civic affairs and is presently chairman of the local Selective Service Board. To keep time from hanging heavy on his hands, Bill also acts as Secretary of the Board of the Pontiac Area United Fund, Vice President of the Pontiac Boys Club, and was recently appointed to the Board of the Kingswood School for Girls at Cranbrook. Quite a schedule. When Bill and his wife were in Florida last winter they spent a few days with Mike Branch and his wife at Lake Worth. Bill and Mike roomed together at Dartmouth, and this was their first personal reunion.
George Avery, director of the Brooklyn Botannical Gardens, was recently quoted in a write-up in the New York Times, in connection with a special showing of the Gardens' famous roses.
Odds and Ends from Here and There: ... Abbott J. Liebling, well-known author and editor of The New Yorker, has recently published another book, Chicago: The SecondCity which has received the customary complimentary reviews. Congratulations.... BillDußois, vice president of the Chase National Bank was one of the key figures in a recent merger of banking facilities of importance here in the suburban New Jersey area. Bill is now Chairman of the Board of the Citizens Northern Valley National Bank, a strong and influential banking institution resulting from the merger of local banks. .. .Ted Lamb, publisher, radio and television operator, has been granted another television license. The new license was awarded to the Midwest TV Company which will operate a new station in Massillon, O. The TV signal is expected to cover Akron, Canton, Massillon and other cities in central Ohio. Ted is already the owner of two television and three radio stations, so it is apparent that his sphere of influence is rapidly expanding Spud Spaulding has just been appointed chairman of the Interviewing Committee for Worcester. ... Harry D. Wolfe, one of the big gears with Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company, recently celebrated his silver wedding anniversary. Our best to Harry and his bride of 25 years.
That takes care of things for the moment. We'll be around with more news next month. See you later.
'23 IN BOSTON: Af its annual reunion '23 had as guest of honor Ernest Martin Hopkins '01, President Emeritus. Among those attending the dinner held at the Hotel Bradford September 24 were (I to r): Dr. Hopkins and C. Norman Fay; back row, Ivan Martin, Walter Friend and Sidney Flanigan.
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