1915
Well here we go! Your new Secretary tackles this job with muoho gusto and some slight trepidation. With all the good wishes, however, and cooperative spirit you fellows have already shown who wouldn't be enthusiastic?
It was my privilege to spend a pleasant afternoon with Art and Charity Nichols before they sailed on their cruise, getting briefed on this job. Art's enthusiasm has given me a lot to live up to. We regret his having to leave and wish him Godspeed and quick success in getting back on the health beam.
Adolph and Margaret English are happy over the arrival of a third granddaughter, Dorothy Ann English, bor August 14. The proud parents are Bill '41 and Genevieve English. I am wondering how this stands recordwise in the Class. Can any classmate top a third grandchild? Let's hear about it.
Marv Frederick, our own Class Agent, beamingly anounce.s the maniage of his son Peter '51 to Nancy Dann at Katonah, N. Y., September 17. The young couple will make their home in Schenectady, N. Y., where Peter is employed by General Electric.
It is reported on good authority that EbenClough built a new cellar under his summer place to keep it from falling down, and used that as an alibi for not being more neighborly this summer in visiting various and sundry friends in that area and including the Cape.
Leon Tuck has retired to Princeton, N. J. Watch out for them Tigers! Remember the early days of Palmer Stadium, Leon? Here's luck!
Johnny Bache-Wiig, him of the "flying skis," was reported discharged from the Veteran's Hospital, only to have to return again recently for a further spell. His good wife Catherine says he's been having a rough time with his heart for the past couple years. Some of us teamed up to send him a Round Robin note recently. Drop him a line c/o C. Bache-Wiig, R. 1, Hallowell, Me. It'll help a lot. Catherine will see that he gets it. Good luck, Johnny!
Male Macdonald was shanghaied out of Boston by Kike Richardson and Eben Clough up to Hanover for the Rutgers game. Returned safe and sound!
Pete Pray reports a nice vacation browsing through southern New England. Pete and Ginnie included an overnight visit with Carland Helen Gish at Westport, during which Johnny and Jean Mullen dropped over, making a nice little reunion all 'round. The Mullens were getting ready for a European jaunt to be gone until October i. How these '15ers do get around! Pete was quite taken with the Gish youngsters, Bee and Mike. Mike has been recalled to the Marine Aviation and has received orders to Willow Grove Air Base. How'll you bet that Carl and Helen will be checking in there too, off and on this fall! The Prays also saw Johnnie Johnson and report he's "unchanged, hospitable as ever, and in fine fettle." They also ran into Shorty Hitchcock and wife - "cresting the waves at the Surf Club Beach at Madison, Conn." Part of the Pray's vacation was spent cruising in Buzzard's Bay and around Martha's Vineyard in a delightful '42-foot yawl. Boy! Wotta life!
The Roy Laffertys and the Phil Murdocks trekked up to Culvers Lake one fine (?) Saturday and helped Gus and Clara Braum perpetrate as luscious a young turkey barbecue as ever sizzled off a rain-soaked grill. Gus has his own sauce recipe which is out of this warld. 'Tis said it was hatched out of the prohibition era! Gus's place, with its huge picture windows looking out on the lake, is the result of 30 years unstinting effort. Maude Lafferty, with able assists from Gus and Mrs. Ray Perry, gave us .some delightful renditions on his fabulous new electric pipe organ. Until you hear and see Gus tickle the ivories of that intricate instrument, you "ain't lived yet!"
Speaking of hospitality, Johnnie Johnson reports that Russ Rice and Isabel and Daleand Bess Barker dropped in recently for "sundinner." The following morning, the DickWymans stopped by to pay their respects. Every so often, someone writes in: "Johnnie Johnson sends his regards." I understand that over the Labor Day weekend, that "little shack by the sea" down at South Orleans was as full as the Junction House on Firemen's Ball night! Such is the lure of the sea and old friends!
Columbus Day visitors in Hanover viewing the foliage included: Al and Mrs. Sherman, Carl Whiteley, Dale and Bess Barker,Charlie and Susan Griffith, Kike and PearlRichardson. Jack and Kay Mason combined a fall vacation with business in that glorious spot. Sid and Mrs. Bull were spotted among those attending the Holy Cross game. KellRose, our own Bequest Chairman, taking advantage of "enforced" attendance at the Bequest Chairmen's meeting, likewise enjoyed the beauty of fall in Hanover over a recent weekend. If we occasionally miss recounting the visits of some of you to that wondrous spot, please be lenient. Our sources of information are sometimes piece-meal.
A passing note on the Army game your Secretary and Earl Blaik came up with the same answer. It was a double-header, with Dartmouth losing the first 37-0, and winning the second 7-0! Don't shoot!
Further vacation notes:—-Leo Burt writes that he had a card from Al and Dorothy Livingston from some place in Japan where they are cruising leisurely. Ed Sheds note said he had just returned from a fine vacation with his wife in Quebec and White Mountains. Al Sherman says Johnnie Johnson sends his regards to the gang (see what I mean about echoes from Cape Cod?). Did you make the Cape and Hanover on the same trip, Al? Ash andWinnie St. Clair visited their daughter Priscilla in Portland, Ore., where her husband, Berle Green, whom she married a year ago, is practicing law. Ash and Russ Rice are the only '15ers living in Needham, Mass. Incidentally, Russ and his wife wound up their vaction with several days at Nantucket. There's a spot, too! Your Secretary (what again?) has fond recollections of a couple of summers bell-hopping down there way back when! Russ and Isabel spent a memorable Sunday out with Bud and Tex Doe at their orchard place last July. Bud and his two sons run a big-time apple business and the fall of the year really finds them busy. An apple a day keeps the doctor away eh, Bud?
Doc Noyes writes that the rapid growth of his suburban area keeps him stepping to keep up with the increased detail of his job. He hopes, however, in about four more years he will be in a position to stop work and go fishing. Move over, Doc you've got a lot of company! His daughter Ann has one more year of college, and son Peter graduated from high school this last June.
We regret to report the death of Ed Spalding. Ed was in Hanover only one year, but those of us who were close to him down at the Theta Delt house retain mighty pleasant memories of him and his sunny disposition.
David Rice, third and youngest son of Russand Isabel Rice, is registered in the present freshman class. Dave is rooming at 202 North Fayerweather with two other Needham boys. Russ got a kick out of the new style crew type freshman hats quite an improvement on the skull caps we started in 1911. Russ says: "These kids look awful young —or could it be us!"
Sons of other '15ers now in College are: Gibson V. '53, George Dyke's son; Richard D. '54, Dale Barker's son; William '54, BillRoger's son; W. Eugene '55, Gene Bissell's son; Carl L. Jr. '55, Carl Swenson's son. In seeking information about 'jeers' sons now in College, we made the pert remark that we would have thought that era had passed by now. Much to our surprise (and amusement), back came the equally pert remark from Hanover: "Do not give up hope on this, as the Class of 1901 has a son in the class of 1954." No comment!
We had a pleasant visit recently with JimKilleen, now in the printing business in midtown New York. Our reminiscing included our separate parts in running the New York Worlds Fair!
Johnnie Kimball, after spending the summer in Wolfeboro, N. H., returned to "the sun, sand and sulphur of Florida." He and Florence like it so well they have bought an apartment there to make it permanent. Tough! A late report says that Bob Bigelow was spotted at the Holy Cross game in Hanover.
Hal Davison of Woodsville has been elevated to the Chairmanship of the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, succeeding another good Dartmouth man, Ed Hunter. This takes Hal to Concord, N. H., five days a week.
Turk and Helen Turner spent a week on the eastern shore of Virginia this fall. Turk's father passed away in September as he was preparing, at the age of 84, to attend a Rotary convention.
The Harvard-Dartmouth weekend was without doubt the crowning essence of Dartmouth fellowship! Any account of it would have to be kaleidoscopic, impressionistic, and tinged with sentiment. See you '15ers who haven't partaken in recent years put it down as a MUST on your calendars. The Friday "Night Before" dinner at the University Club, where 'l5 combined with 'll, 'l2, 'l3 and 'l4 in as warming a reunion-fest as ever loosed the tongues of reminiscing, brought out top attendance.
Here were the lucky '15ers: Dale Barker, Eben Clough ('15's fixer of the affair), Charlie Comiskey, Doc Davis, Chan Foster, Johnnie Johnson, Casey Jones, Tack Mason, Ed Dewing, Walt Meader, Phil Murdock, Roy Norwood, Russ Rice, Kike Richardson, Harp O'Hara, Ed Shea, George Simpson, and Ash St. Clair. Close harmony beyond description! The guys who engineered this one came up with a honey! Then there was Kike Richardson's pre-game office shindig Saturday A.M., where luscious edibles (thanks to Mrs. Kike) heaped high in bounteous quantities, and Kike's solicitous (and experienced) "pourers" greeted you with an inquiring eye which said, "Name your brand."
The game? A good one to watch we'lHeave it to the experts to alibi! Post-game? Gatherings galore! Your scribe can only report on the one he attended. Dale and Bess Barker held open house to a group of 'lsers at their very pleasant home out in Arlington, where Bess served a most delightful buffet supper with all the trimmings and candle-lit background that make a home party such a treat. The fortunate ones present were: the Bud Does, Jack Ferguson, the George Martins, the Phil Murdocks, the Roy Nortons and the Russ Rices. A number of momentous questions were aired and undoubtedly settled to everyone's satisfaction! Oh yes —-Dale poured!
The above is but a small cross section of this year's Harvard-Dartmouth weekend. One has to be experienced to be appreciated. If you haven't done it —don't miss one!
Now —to you all may I point out that news of all of us, which is what we're after, must come from all of us. Write your Secretary and spill the news. We all like to see it in these Notes.
And so as we conclude our summer and fall doings, we find Christmas looming up in the offing. I know I am expressing the sentiments of every one of us in wishing each and all of us a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a happy HOLIDAY SEASON!
1915 Fund Contributors
247 Gifts (Participation Index 100). Total gifts: $20,153.29 (171% of objective). MARVIN L. FREDERICK, Class Agent.
Adams, George W. Alexander, Philip K. Aronowitz, Leon Atwood, August S.1 Austin, Albert M. Ballou, Frederick B. Barker, W. Dale Bartlett, Fred H. Bayley, Henry F.2 Bemis, William C. Bennink, Donald C. Bigelow, Robert C. Blaisdell, Herbert C. Blodgett, Philip H. Boggs, Arthur G. Borella, Benjamin V.3 Bowler, John P. Boyd, Ernest C. Bradley, Albert Braun, Gustave A. Bridge, G. Donald Brown, Ralph W. Brownell, Tracy C. Budd, Harold H. Bull, Albert S. Burgess, Ralph L. Burnett, Harry Burt, Leo W. Byers, Vincent G. Cahn, Albert, Jr. Campbell, Bushrod H. Campbell, Gilbert M., Jr Cannon, Peter H. Carpenter, Isaac W., Jr. Castle, Lester D. Cavanaugh, J. Harrison Chamberlain, S. H.5 Jr. Chase, Russell D 4 Child, Fred S. Claflin, Harold H. Clarke, Robert G. Cleveland, Albert C. Clough, Earl E. Collingwood, Frank MacF. Comiskey, Charles W. Comstock, Herbert F. Comstock, Joseph B. Connelly, Thomas J. Cook, King Corwin, Harold E.° Crawford, Sidney C. Daisy, George D. Daniell, William I. Davis, D. Dexter Davis, Winsor R. Davison, Harold K. Dennen, Frank E. Dennett, Sumner F. Dewing, Edmund R. Doe, Orlando C. Douglas, Edward B. Downing, Earle N. Dunn, Leslie C. Durgin, Russell L. Dyke, George E. Edgerton, Lawrence F. Ehinger, George Ekstrom, Frank C. Ellms, Harold S. English, Adolphe W. English, Alpheus Ferguson, John L. Fitts, Robert L. Flood, Hartwell W. Folan, Leo M. Fonda, Beecher H.6 Ford, Arthur W. Foster, Chandler H. Foster, Frank H. Frederick, Marvin L. Fredericks, Robert B. Frothingham, Robert Fuller, Howard E. Fuller, Wyman Z. Ghee, Milton P. Gibson, Paul S. Gish, Carl K. Graham, Lee H. Granger, William R. R. Grant, Denison W. Gray, Matthew R. Griffith, Charles E. Hall, Julian W. Harlow, Harold C. Harriman, John N. Harris, Joel G. Harwood, Channing E. Haskell, Merrill Hatch, Arthur C. Hayes, Perry Healy, John J. Heist, John A. Henderson, James M. Herrman, Henry Hill, Stuart M. Hitchcock, David I. Hoffmann, Philip Horton, N. Dabney Hough, Woodbury7 Hough, Woodbury8 Hovey, Otis W. Howe, Donald K. Howland, Malcolm G. Huntress, William C.7 Huntress, William C.8 Huntress, William C.9 Hutchins, George W. Ingalls, George F. Ingram, Charles H. Jahn, Edward W. Johnson, Albert E. Johnson, Russell C. Jones, Heywood S. Jordan, Chester B.8 Kendall, Raymond H. Kennedy, Walter J. Kimball, John C. King, Raymond T. r. Lafferty, James LeR. • Lamson, Everett C. Lang, William A. Law, Donald E. Learoyd, Philip C. Leonard, Arthur H., Jr. Livermore, Russell B. Livingston, Alan C. Llewellyn, A. Stanley Loomis, John U. Lounsberry, Harold H. Low, Fletcher Lowe, Frederic P. Lyman, William E. Mac Andrews, Erl P. McCarthy, Justin H. Mac Hale, Lee R. MacPherson, Kenneth W. McTigue, Andrew C. Maloney, Denis W. Marcy, Henry S. Markham, David H. Martin, George H. Mason, John R. Mattison, Harold H. Meader, Walton B. Mernstein, Maxwell H.10 Merrill, Boynton Miles, Howard M.11 Milmore, Norville L. Monheimer, Henry I. Montsie, Warren E. Morey, Willis B. Mower, Clarendon Mowry, Jared J. Mullin, John M. Murdock, Philip K. Nichols, Arthur C. Nissen, William C. Norris, Ralph H. Norton, Allan S.12 Norwood, Roy M. Noyes, Edwin M. O'Day, Bernard V.13 O'Hara, Dwight O'Keefe, Walter F. Parnell, Carroll A. Pearce, Frederick L. Pelletier, Philip H., Jr. Pendleton, John D. Pinkham, Harold B. Pitman, Joseph P. Poor, Francis L. Porter, Leßoy G. Potter, Herbert S. Pray, Thornton C. Priddy, Allan L.14 Prior, Reginald A. Putney, Willis R.15 Putney, Willis R.16 Read, George E. Redfield, Richard W. Reynolds, William R. Rice, Russell J. Rich, H. Thompson Richardson, Garald K. Rockwood, Otis F. Rogers, Caleb F. Rogers, William N.17 Rohrs, Franklin H.18 Rose, G. Kellogg, Jr. Rothery, Paul R. Rowe, Arthur M.11 Rowell, Hugh G. Ruml, Beardsley Ryan, Earl F. Ryan, Harold C.17 St. Clair, Ashley Sanborn, E. Cummings Sargeant, Paul E. Sargent, Charles W. Sargent, Hubert E. Sawyer, Howard P. Sawyer, Ralph A. Scharmann, Richard A. Schroeder, Edgar H. Sharp, Eliot R. Shaw, Gerard F. Shea, Edward J. Sheldon, Arthur E. Sherman, Allen Sibbernsen, Drexel J. Simoneau, Antonio A. Simpson, George W. Sisk, James H., Jr. Slade, Benjamin J. Smith, Harold L. Smith, Kent H. Smith, Leland B. Stearns, Howard O. Sterling, Arthur E. Stevens, Perry H. Stone, F. Wayland19 3 Strickland, Daniel L. Sullivan, Alfred B. Swenson, Carl L. Taplin, Charles R.8 Thyng, Elmer F.7 Tideman, Harold F. Tobin, Benjamin F., Jr. Tomfohrde, Andreas H. 3 Tower, Arthur A. Trumbull, Charles H. Tubby, William 8., Jr. 1 Tuck, Leon P. Turner, Harold S. Vining, Paul M. Waggett, Frank G. Waite, Alan F.17 Walcott, Harold B. Walker, George E. Wanamaker, Clarence L. Warren, John D. Waugh, Dan F. Wentworth, Stacy H.17 White, Raymond S. Whiteley, Carl F. Whitney, Cecil E. Whitney, Lawrence A.20 Wilcox, John M. Williams, Arthur P.21 Williams, Leon E. Wilson, Edward H. Wing, Howard W. Winship, Roger22 Wyman, Richard Mcl. Young, George B. MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM:1 Mrs. Ativood.2 Airs. Bayley.3 Brother, Victor Borella'30.4 Leo W. Burt '15.5 Robert C. Bigelow ' 15.6 E. Page Junkins '14.7 Chandler H. Foster '15.8 John R. Mason '15.0 Mrs. Huntress.10 Mrs. Mernstein.11 John L. Ferguson '15.12 Brother, Max Norton'1913 Robert B. Fredericks'15.14 Mrs. Priddy.15 Friends, Elizabeth H.Putney, Mr. and Mrs.Robert T. Platka,Mrs.Ruby H. Watson.18 Mrs. Putney.17 Proceeds from NewYork Dinner.18 Mrs. Rohrs.19 Friend, Mrs. KatherineR. Wallace.20 Mrs. Whitney.21 Mrs. Williams.22 Mrs. Winship.
Secretary, 301 East 53rd St. New York 22, N. Y. Treasurer 60 Stevens Rd., Needham 92, Mass.
