1918
At the 55th annual meeting of the DeWitt Clinton H. S. in N. Y. City (alumni 70,000 Dartmouth's over 25,000) our Bill Christgau was one of 5 receiving plaques for life achievements. The citation read in part: "Chris, to untold thousands of Clintonites, yours is a story of devotion to your Alma Mater. A great athlete Capt. of baseball and basketball teams, member of the football and track teams, you did not limit your activities to athletics, which was evidenced by your election as G.O. Pres. Football, basketball teamsat Dartmouth profited by your skills upon returning from the war in France as Lt. of Field Artillery, social service work called you working for underprivileged boys and achieving a great satisfaction by wisdom and tact of seeing tough East Cambridge kids turn from other paths to high school and later to useful citizens. ... Ever enthusiastic about the young as the hope of the world, you are tireless as a Moderator at your church of the Young People's Group and as Sunday School Supt...."
Other distinguished Clintonites were EddieGarvey, Al Gottschal.dt and Bob Fish appointed by the Gov. of Arizona in '47 to important 3-man Arizona Power Authority. Ned Ross's brother Wally '09, helped to interest Chris in Dartmouth. Also at DeWitt C. was Jake Cann, distinguished basketball coach at NYU for 32 yrs., and said Jake, "I'll try to make the 35th next June and will indeed be glad to see some of the boys."
Said a Dartmouth man who is in a position to know, "Chris used to come to high school after scrubbing floors in a bar room until 3 in the morning." Your classmates salute you. Bill. We are all better men for having known you. Have you paid your class dues? Not you, Chris but you and you? Come up paid up next June, at '18's greatest reunion ever, the 35th, with 'l7 'l 7 and '19. Chris voices a wonderful reunion idea, when he says, "I hope to write letters to 20 or 40 men telling them I'm looking forward to seeing them next June at Reunion and if everybody did that, everybody would want to come back."
At the Army game at "West Point were Mildred and Jay LeFevre, Katherine and Ev Young, Evelyn and Pete Colwell, Alice and Louie Huntoon, Janet and Jules Vanßaalte, Edith and Dick Cooley, Ruth and Curt Glover, Helen and Paul Miner and PatStoddard, sans the Killer. A note from Indian Head, Art Stout, '17 and '18 lookout, says in a note to Stan Jones (Sid Hayward said they're considering Stanley's application for ass't janitor in Crosby Hall upon his retirement to Hanover) "re. G. Chaffee Stoddard, George just returned from an extended trip to his old hunting grounds at Lac de la Tortue; goes to Milbrook doctor for tetanus injection. On way back to Slipdown Hollow, George's country estate, tangled with another car head-on (Oct. 5) result: broken ankle plus 1 G damage to car. Went to Mary Hitchcock this week for repairs possibly killing day with that staid old Phi Psi Ed Felt and Clara, who were expected to hoist elbows with us in Dutchess County later this week."
Johnny Johnston and Gerry Geran rejoiced by phone calls and clippings on the new distinction which has come to Paul Mather.N. Y. Times of 10/8/52 says, "Buyer in Far East for U.S. is named; Retired Admiral to head office in Singapore of Defense Procurement Agency. The agency has completed its network of buying officers to acquire strategic materials from friendly foreign nations, with the appointment of Rear Admiral Paul L. Mather, US Navy, Retired." Congratulations, Paul. You have brought honor and distinction to the USA, Dartmouth College and the class of '18. Said Gerry Geran, who saw him off as he flew to Tokyo, "He really ranks higher than a Minister and I believe his headquarters will be in Tokyo."
'18 Class Dinners
Boston —Wed., Jan. 21—Univ. Club N. Y. City Wed., Jan. 21 Dart. Club. Boston —Wed., Mar. 11—Univ. Club. N. Y. City Wed., Mar. 11 Dart. Club. Hanover Fri., Sat., Sun.,— June 19, 20, 21
Doc Bob Ryan, So. Weymouth, world-known now that he delivered quads 6/18/52, says they have received gifts from all over the country, and their most recent gift has been a guaranteed college education for each infant. ... Brother Deke, Ned Ross, eagerly watched the newspapers and kept us posted on Gene Mar key, "who was supposed to have been married yesterday, 9/25" anyway, we all wish Gene happiness in his marriage to Mrs. Warren Wright, whose picture was in the N. Y. newspapers Sept. 20 and who looks very charming and attractive.. . . Sad indeed to lose another grand '18er, Freddie Carleton on Oct. 15. see In Memoriam.
Attractive Debbie Stoddard, daughter of Mary and George Stoddard, was for the 2nd year on the Smith Choir tour of Europe, where she did some solo singing her picture was in Aug. 11 Life. Understand her fan mail has been terrific.... Isabel and Johnnie Simmons stopped off and saw their son Jack in Dayton, 0., on their way to a Board of Directors meeting in W. Va.... More honors are heaped on the capable shoulders of Les Granger. Postcard Oct. 7: "Recently jumped from the frying pan (which was Pres. of Natl. Conference of Social Work) into the fire Chairmanship of the U.S. Comm. for International Conference of Social Work which meets in Dec. in Madras, India. With Fred K. Koehler, Director of Welfare of Illinois, will serve as Co-Chairman of the U.S. Official Conference Delegation Expect to return in Jan. or Feb."
N. Y. City '18ers were delighted with a visit from Russ Howard, Pres. of the Mahaska State Bank in Oskaloosa, lowa. Coming back from the Annual Bankers Convention in Atlantic City, where Andy Ross of the Chase Bank and DickAishton of the Cont. 111. Nat. B. & T. (Chi) were busy hosts, Russ one of the youngest looking men in the class, enjoyed on a Fri. night, a gathering of '18ers, with Dick Holton, Wart McElivain,Dan Shea and Bill Christgau. The "Doodles" (famous clan of Phi Doodles) such as Harry Collins and George Dockstader wanted very much to be there also. Jean and Russ wanted to have a cocktail party for '18ers but had to leave N. Y. City rather hastily, but Paul Miner enjoyed the privilege of having Jean and Russ to lunch with him. . . . Tom Proctor, whose boy is in last year at the Gilman School in Baltimore said, "Recently he took a decomposing pile of scrap out of an automobile graveyard and by his unaided efforts has made it into a very serviceable little car, something his old man could never do."
Dick White reported from the Hanover meeting of the Bequest Committees that excellent results are being shown. What better way to leave this joyous span than to leave something to Dartmouth in our wills that deserving boys from humble homes may revitalize the richness of our Dartmouth heritage. Says Dick, "I've been on the go for the past month. Seattle, Portland, Catalina Island, tried but failed to hook a marlin, got a 105 lb. shark. Then went to Toronto, Hanover and Winter Haven, Fla." ...
"We all plan to be in Hanover next June for the 35 th" says Johnny Thayer. ... Paul and HelenMiner joined with Timber Top Shamus Shea and the Earleys in a toast to Stanley B. Jones on his birthday Oct. 12 —to which Stanley commented, "Alors," and added sadly, "Stanley B. Jones 11, the prize bull purchased by Ellen and FlorimondDuke, is about to go on the market, for Col. Duke now says, 'What's the use, you can buy it in test tubes for $6 a throw.' " Ned Ross, in enjoying a few days of his vacation in Hanover, said he felt mighty proud of Col. Duke as he took care of his Air ROTC assignment in very imposing fashion.
From Johnny Cunningham: "Hilliker and I are getting ready to ride the fall round-up in Utah. At our age, we take more medicine than clothes: rubbing alcohol, pills for plain headaches, pills for sinus headaches, pills for butt aches, chap balm, eyewash, long, light underwear, heavy long underwear, 2 pair of boots, leather jacket, leather breeches, chewing tobacco, but no whiskey." ... On War Dept. stationery, headed "Signal Corps Ground Signal Service," Mandy Crothers writes us from Spring Lake, N. J.: "Married since 1947 so you can hardly call that news by now. Enjoyed seeing Chris and others Dartmouth night at the D. Club and hope to see a lot of others at Princeton."...
Tommy Bryant, in a recent trip to Chicago, chatted with Jack Rosnell, who apparently covers a wide territory from Wyoming to Ohio and Kentucky to Canada."... Lang Robinson from Springfield, 111., says, "Martha and I did not get East this summer but will be there next June if our body, the bank account and Mr. Oldsmobile holds together." "Expect to be in Hanover in June," signed by Dick Aishton. The class is happy to contribute the extra $120 to send this MAGAZINE to the '18ers who haven't enjoyed reading it in the past.
Shorty Alden, at Vet's Hospital, Providence, R. 1., was grateful for a visit from Louis Huntoon, and Paul Moyer, and in a determined fight to lick t.b. he says "... I have had 3 dilations to date but that doesn't seem to be the answer; understand it requires treatment by a neurologist." They're true blue in our class; an SOS was sent out; all the doctors in the class will try to help. DocGeorge Daniels, left Pomona in Aug. and we're happy to say has returned to his large practice in N. Y. City where he enjoys an outstanding reputation. Doc Leon White came out with some wonderful suggestions, and others including loyal Doc Joe Quincy, who says daughter Sally is working at Dick Hall House with Miss Dunn. What good men there are in the world who are so anxious to help their fellowmen!
Ever loyal contributor George McBride tells us that daughter Mary Frances did a good job at Smith and made the necessary grades and goes back again with her coveted scholarship. . . . Marge and Eddie Butts always send in postcards inviting '18ers to their place in San Francisco, "looking over the Golden Gate and seeing the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz too." They say they won't come East for a long time but, Marge and Eddie, you've got to change that tune we'll never have another 35th reunion so get planning now for June 1953. You've got a host of friends here who'd love to see you. . .. Bill Colby went to San Francisco to attend Conferences on Inter-state Cooperation as Chrmn. from N. H. and later the Amer. Bar Assoc. . . . Again, thanks, Jake. With all his various interests, one of which used to be Ass't. State Chairman of Natl. Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, Concord, N. H., Jake Bingham always finds time to send in news, and with a clipping sent now, says "Isn't this story on BillWright just terrific?" Dick White, Hort Chandler,Jake Bingham, and maybe others sitting astride the news from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, were all proud to send us a splendid article of Bill Wright's outstanding career, with the caption "Once Montana Cowboy Now Owner of Nevada Cattle Ranch." On Oct. 9, Bill introduced Eisenhower in Las Vegas, and he and Linda visited her family, after which they took off for Mexico for the Annual Meeting of the Mexico-U.S. Committee, of which Bill was Chairman this year, at Acapulco then flew down to Mexico City.
Jim Duffy, member of the Racquet Club of Phil., who rehabilitated the Reed Machinery Co. of York, Pa., and then Riverside Metal Co. of Riverside, N. J., has just taken over Camden Forge Co., Camden, N. J. Jim is the kind of a man bankers love. They put a problem in Jim's lap and they know he'll solve it.
... The two prize bachelors of the class, FatHardie and George Arnold, were in Hanover a few weeks back.... Pups Colie, officially known as Judge Frederick R. Colie, made the N. Y. Times headlines with this, "New Jersey Judge throws out a suit to void cigarette price-setting law." ... Ruth Gustafson tells us that Al is happy and comfortable, and those who would like to write him, do so at Pee Wee Valley Hospital, Pee Wee, Ky.... At the exercises marking the 100th Anniversary of Daniel Webster's death, in Marshfield, Mass., Reed Montgomery and Chaunce Hood attended.... Helen and Robbie Robinson's Jack, a freshman at Hanover, was one of the lightest men on the freshman football team, but they seemed to use him about 60 minutes both on the offensive and defensive.
That Harvard Weekend Party. Hort Chandler,Dick Cooley and trusty Edith Cooley arranged everything beautifully. Harvey Hood, Paul Miner,Eddie Ferguson, Hort Chandler (with daughter Posey and son Harvey) and Dick and Edith Cooley were most helpful in telling about the pleasures of that weekend. Those seen in addition to those mentioned, were Hugh, Helene and Scotty Whipple, Helen and Paul Miner, Ed Wilde (really honorary '18 refers to that "super superb rooter, PaulMiner," and says his early interest in Dartmouth was aroused weekends around Boston in 1912 and 1915 when the cry went up "Wah Hoo Wah for Elsie Janis") Edith and Dick Holton (daughter, Mary Louise made Phi Beta Kappa her junior year at Wellesley, an honor seldom attained, but we do recall that Dot and Steve Mahoney's son and Lenah and Fat Sheldon's son gained such a distinction). Others present were Bill Christgau, Hazel and DocEd McDowell, Cort Horr, Ann and Marty Strauss, Elizabeth and Tommy Robbins (doing a fine job on the Medina Board of Education) Johnny Johnston (son Gordon got out of college in June as a trained engineer, joined the Air Corps and last we knew was at Camp Sampson), Don Davis, Barbaraand Harvey Hood, Ken Jones, Reed Montgomery and Fat Roivell (writes, "I certainly shall be looking forward to the 35th having become a 'Nice Old Gentleman.' ",).
Others present were: Stub Stanley, George vonKapf, Or in Hart (everyone was glad to see him out) and Kathryn and Al Lucier and Olive,. Tommy Groves, of whom Bill Cunningham '19 said in the Boston Herald, Oct. 24, "It must have been my friend Tom Groves, as I recall it, and now the distinguished Cape Cod pedagogue. He was the first of a long line of extraordinarily consecrated Green athletic publicists." Others present at Boston were Carol and Em Morse, Sam White '17, from Seattle, Betty and Ray Baldes, Marjorie and Phil Boynton, Tom Shirley and daughter Betty (Patsy had been married week before will live in Key West otherwise Priscilla would have been along). Added Hort Chandler (always comes to N Y. City with the Amer. Mgmt. Meetings on Social Personnel Problems), "We also welcomed Johnnie Campbell, genial Cambridge business friend of Chris, whom we have made an honorary member of the class, at least so far as Boston is concerned, and Mutt Ray '37, Tay McGowan '17, C. B. Huffaker '16, Dr. Jack Farrington '33 and R. F. Baril '34. Following the cocktail party, the Boyntons, Cooleys, Glovers, Holtons and Robbins' went to dinner together at one of Boston's few lively spots featuring good food, wine and entertainment."
Harvey Hood reports that Doc Ray Barrett has come along fast after his operation in Boston, and went back to Springfield to recuperate. Good luck to you, Ray, and we're all rooting for you. ... Doc Angell whose son Norman is a freshman at Hanover and whose wife Catherine is a painter of distinction was recently elected V.P. of the Mass. State Exchange Club and Pres. of Needham Chapter. Hard luck hit Homer Hill this summer when somebody slammed the door of the car and took an inch off his finger. Homer looks mighty vital and when it comes to Municipals and the bond business, Homer knows what he is talking about.
N. Y. City '18 dinner night before Yalegame. Steve Mahoney's enthusiasm for '18s 35th reunion next June with '17 and '19, helped to bring out more and more '18ers. Steve has his soul in this work and is doing a knockout job. This was a record turnout. Curt Glover and Pete Colwell were figuring our reunion taxes. More about that soon. Steve Mahoney leans on both of them heavily (seeing his 82-yr.-old father over the Harvard weekend, Curt Glover added "He seems to have more beans at 82 than I do at 56." Those present were Red Hulbert (Admin. Asst. to the Genl. Mgr. of General Motors Overseas Div. son Dick '51, commissioned 2nd Lt. Artillery, Anti-Aircraft and Guided Missiles, assigned to staff and faculty at Fort Bliss, Tex.), Gerry Geran, and Marty Straus who predicted the Eisenhower landslide and will make '18 the youngest of all classes by sending each a package of Tintair.
Other notables present were, Walter Ross, HenryHesse, (we're happy to report that Fred Cassebeer's Butazoledin, Geigy Co., N. J., has helped his arthritis and both keep asking when Bob Fish will be on, for they wonder if he knows of the marvels of this antibiotic). Others there were DanShea (recently shot a 75 on a brand new course in Westchester), Bob Knowles, Ned Ross (daughter Omie at Vassar as a soph and Judith at Alfred U. studying to become a R.N.), Paul Miner, BillChris tgau, Syl Morey (son Clayton works in Raymond Loews' office, studies architecture 3 nights a week talented), Pete Calwell, Dwight Sargent (enjoyed his assignments at Hanover has talked four times at Tuck School), Steve Mahoney, sparkplug of '18s 35 th Stan Jones, the retired bull, Judge Harry Collins, Andy Ross, GeorgeDavis, Jules VanBaalte, Dick Holton, Wart McElwain, Walt Nelson, and happy indeed was everyone to see Hort Chandler. Russ Smith wanted to come but the new Dodees were selling like hotcakes and he couldn't leave.
1918 Fund Contributors
263 Gifts (Participation Index 91). Total gifts: $15,248.00 (115% of objective). RICHARD A. HOLTON, Class Agent.
Anonymous Aishton, Richard A. Angell, Cyril N. Arnold, George C., Jr. Axtell, F. Donovan Badger, Lester B. Baldes, Raymond C. Baldwin, Murray A. Ball, Eric T. Barr, Donald L. Barrett, Raymond L. Bates, Stanley R. Bemis, William H. Bickford, Ralph D. Bingham, James C. Black, Lyman H. Blanchard, William, Jr. Blandin, Amos N. Bliss, Don C., Jr. Booth, Edmund H. Booth, Edmund W. Boynton, Philip F. Brewster, William R. Brown, Leslie M. Bryant, Thomas B. R. Burgess, Lyman T. Burnham, Brainerd C. Butts, Edward, Jr. Cameron, Henry M. Campbell, John C., Jr. Campbell, Thomas P. Carleton, Fred P. Carpenter, George C., Jr. Carvell, Clinton W. Case, Mourton D. Cassebeer, Frederick W. Chandler, Horton L. Chisholm, William Christgau, William R. Christy, Francis T. Clahane, Francis J. Clark, Eugene S. Colie, Frederic R. Collins, Henry J. A. Colwell, Robert C. Cooley, Richard L. Coon, Mortimer F. Coulson, William H. Cousens, Lewis H. Cowan, Leo Crothers, Mandell Cunningham, John M., Jr. Dalton, Laurance M. Daniels, Clifford LeR. Dart, Raymond H. Davies, Marshall Davis, Donald C. Davis, George G. Davis, George M., Jr. Day, Harold C. Derosier, J. Edward Dessau, John H. Dockstader, George H. Dodge, Leon T. Donohue, John B. Doolittle, Marshall C. Doty, Harold B. Drake, Lyman M., Jr. Drake, Robert A. Draper, John R. Dumll, Herbert E. Duffy, James T., Jr. Duke, F. Dusossoit Dutelle, William M. Dwyer, Edward R. Earley, Ernest H. Eastman, Harold A. Edson, Dwight J. Ellis, Harold O. Emerson, Edward F. Erwin, J. Paul Everett, Philip E. Farmer, Warren A. Felt, Edmund J. Ferguson, Edwin Fieldler, Frank G. Fish, Robert Foss, Hugh Frost, Carlton P. Fuller, Walter T. Garratt, David L. Garvey, Edward T. Geran, George P. Gleason, Howard F. Glendening, Harold S. Glover, William C. Gordon, Ellis1 Gordon, Simeon L. Gottschaldt, Allan C. Granger, Lester B. Gray, Daniel C. Groves, Thomas Hardie, Francis C. Harrington, Frank A. Hart, Orrin T. Hatch, Ellis J. Hazen, Edward E. Healey, Edward F. Hesse, Henry R. Hill, Homer B. Hilliker, Charles E. Hobbs, Louis H. Holton, Richard A. Hood, Chauncey R. Hood, Harvey P. Horr, Cortland B. Howard, Russell S. Howland, Roger L. Hulbert, William C. Hulbert, Woodward D! Hull, George R. Huntoon, Louis H. C. Hurlbut, John B. Isbell, Charles W. Johnston, "Harold A. Jones, Charles C. Jones, Kenneth W. Jones, Stanley B. Jones, Thomas R. Kendall, Albert H. Kennedy, Horton P. Knapp, Norman G. Knowles, Robert S. Kozminski, Charles Langley, James M. Leavitt, Marshall W. Lee, Lewis H.2 LeFevre, Jay Leland, Maurice A. Lucier, Alvin A. Macaulay, Donald M. Mcßride, George C. McCoy, David E. McDonough, John E. McDowell, Edward S. ' McElwain, Leicester K. McEwan, George McMahon, John J. Mader, C. Edward, Jr. Magoon, Mayo McK. Mahoney, Stephen P. Markey, Gene Mather, Paul L. Merrell. Leslie C. Merry, Frederick B. Miner, Paul S. Montgomery, T. Reed' Montgomery, William J. Morey, Sylvester M. Morrison, Robert F.3 Morse, Emerson G. Morse, Fred W., Jr. Moyer, Paul E. Mudgett, William A. Mugridge, Clayton F. Mytton, Tames A. Norton, Ralph G. O'Connell, Thomas J. O'Connor. Edward J. O'Donnell. Tohn E. O'Gara, John E. Olney, Max H. Opper, Clarence V. Palmer, Charles F. Park, Howard M. Pelton, Leonard D. Pepin, William R. Phillips, Charles L. Piper, Allison N. Poole, Gerald A. Poole, Lyman C. Pope, Lawrence F. Potter, Carleton A. Proctor, Alexis C. Proctor, Thomas W. Prowattain, Ivan Quincy, Josiah E. Rau, Frederick L. Reilly, Peter W. Rhodes, Russell Rice, Albert F. Richmond, Edward G. Robbins, Thomas B. Robinson, Donald G. Robinson, H. Langdon Robinson, Howard S. Rood, Kingsland T.4 Rosenfeld, William 1., Jr. Rosnell, John E. Ross, Andrew S. Ross, Edward M. Ross, Harold K.5 Ross, Walter S. Rowell, George B. Ryan, Robert R. St. Clair, Guilford P. Salisbury, Emmett D. Salisbury, James M. Samuels, Fred E. Sanderson, Philip H. Sargent, Dwight S. Scully, Donald B. Seacrest, Joseph W. Shaw, Edward P., 3rd Shea, Daniel F. Sheldon, Neil O. Shellman, William E. Shirley, Thomas E. Sibbernsen, Albert H. Simmons, John A. Skinner, David L. Slabaugh, Harold W. Smith, Herman L. Smith, Ray W. Smith, Russell Y. Snyder, J. Donald Southwick, Melvin L. Sperry, Paul A. Stanley, Edwin W. Stoddard, George C. Stone, Benjamin Storrs, John W. Straus, Martin L., 2nd Street, Albert B. Strout, Alan L. Strout, Sewall C. Sturgess, Thomas A. Syvertsen, Rolf C. Tarbell, Raymond P. Tarrant, Thomas R. Taylor, Walter N. Teaze, Stewart J. Tripp, Curtis C. Tusting, Philip F. Tyrrel, R. Tryon Valentine, Gordon A. Van Raalte, Julius R. van Zelm. Henri B. von Kapff, George R. S. : Wales, William C. Wall is, Lawrence B. Weston, Charles F. Weston, Melville F. Whipple, Hueh S. White, Leon E. White, Richard P. Whitmore, Herman Willand, Walter G. Wilson, H. Warren Woleben, Wilbur T. Woodman, Paul D. Woodruff. George H. • Woolworfh. Richard M.6 Wright, William B. Young, B. Botsford Young. Everett T. Zabriskie, Allan J. MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM: 1 Cousin, Simeon L. Gordon '18.2 John W. Storrs '18.8 Airs. Morrison.4 Airs. Rood.5 Brother, Joseph K. Ross'22.6 Airs. Felix M. Woolworth.
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