1918
Steve Mahoney's successful piloting of '18's 35th Reunion last June resulted in a surplus of over $1000. $100 was added to '18's Memorial Fund and $597.67 was put back into the '18 treasury. In these days of deficit financing, Curt Glover, treasurer of the Reunion and elected treasurer of the class, did a splendid job. Send your dues to him: W. C. Glover, White Inc., 420 Lexington Ave., New York. Stumpie Barr, as you know, has a big job with Diversified Investors Service, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Cort Horr, George Kapff, George M. Davis,Evelyn Colwell and others were most generous in making available their snapshots of reunion. Cort Horr, Johnny Johnston, Dave Garrett, Jack Slabaugh wrote splendid accounts of what they saw at reunion and these will appear in a later issue. The ones appearing here were most generously contributed and the class appreciates your efforts to try and keep this column interesting.
Ever so many Dartmouth men enjoyed the fine talk Alberta's Judge Amos Blandin made at Andover Academy. The title: "My Client - Impartial Justice." While Dick Holton and wife Edith were being acclaimed last June at the 35th for the amazing job done for the Alumni Fund, daughter Mary Louise, Phi Bete Wellesley grad, was receiving a scholarship for graduate study in math. Mary Louise will pursue her studies but Edith and Dick insisted the scholarship funds be given to someone in more need of it. Everett Sazerac has just begun his 11th year out of a job. Everett at present is sponging off his wife's relatives.
Some Recollections of the Torrid 35th (Anonymous: Perhaps the most vivid - the gracious manner in which the lovely wives of 18 have matured with their mates and, according to Evelyn Colwell, one and all, thankful that the Green Mountain Boys married them.... I he four lovely Syvertsen girls trailing their Mother and Dad to all class functions. (Hey, hey, Shamus — watch out for Al Sibbernsen you've already used "lovely" twice.) Shades of former Big Green forward walls Ed Healey, Swede Youngstrom, and the Duke quietly conversing together. They look as though they still could be tough HarveyHood who, the class is delighted to hear, has developed into quite a Saturday night chorister.
Jasper Johnston who acquired an indoor sunburn which began to peel by Sunday's picnic. The impeccable Bill Bemis, cool and collected, wearing a tie at all functions despite the heat.... Christgau, his usual quiet self on all occasions.... Lymie Burgess and his yen for public speaking.... Hubie McDonough and John Donahue "bodyguarding" each other all through reunion.... Lou Cousens (the leather man from Peabody) scrutinizing the shoes of his classmates and bawling out those with composition soles.... Jack O'Donnell (US Rubber footwear) shadowing Cousens and telling the "composition" boys they were on the right tract. ... Dick Holton, close to tears when he accepted his gift.... The class bachelors, Ed O'Connor, the fashion man from Holyoke, and George Arnold from Providence.
...The Slabaughs with their gorgeous daughter, who was pursued by practically all the '18 sons old enough to wear long pants and affect those dirty buckskins so popular with Joe College these days.
Fat Hardie, one of the most loyal "eighteeners" with his usual array of long stogies.... Amos (Judge) Blandin with a new crop of wonderful stories about those dyed-in-the-wool New Hampshire "Vermonters." ... BillMontgomery with his wife and daughter whom we were all glad to see in from Kansas City. Probably the Hanover heat made them feel right at home Pee-wee Jones and his crew haircut.... Meatless Gerry Geran trying to win converts to his pills and vegetables. ... Johnny Cunningham and his saddle-bowed legs, and his Rocky Mountain stories (some of them stale, incidentally) The long-distance travellers who joined us for the 35th: Eddie Butts from the west coast (unselfishly entertains many Korean returnees); Al and Becky Gottschaldt, who flew up from Miami; from Texas, Dwight Edson and his son (a coming golf champ).... Missed were the '18ers within 2 or 3 hours driving time from Hanover.
Our "Liquor Committee" who provided beer galore but served hard liquor only at Friday's cocktail hour, missing the picnic and rendezvous at the tent before and after the hot class dinner. But they had a surplus on which they asked for bids.... Neil Sheldon who obviously put to good use his Tuck School training, in addition to running a very successful business of his own, is a director of bank and insurance outfits.... The Siamese twins, Ben. Stone' and Sime Gordon, inseparable in college and at reunion.... The New Paltz boys, when you find one, you find the other Jay LeVevre and Eu Young.... George Stoddard who had the "idea" of the year, the class present to Dick Holton.... Tom Bryant who made us think of the pole-climbing 5th reunion.... George Davis and his clicking camera; we'll probably see his shots at future gatherings.... Red Hulbert and his heavyweight woolen slacks on the golf course (temp. 98 deg.) "they don't tell me about these things." ...Ned Ross and his "date" daughter, Oma, who testified to a "grand week end."
Some Reunion Reflections by a man who chairmanned the very successful 35th Reunion last June, Steve Mahoney: "Some outstanding things in my recollection were the football anecdotes that Ed Healy and Swede Young-strom were swapping, some of Hubie Mcdonough reflections on Fat Speers and the football team's personnel from 1914 through 1918. The snappiest Cadillac was Jack Donahue's convertible. Jack said he had never yet had the top down. The nattiest dresser was Haberdasher Eddie O'Connor, from Holyoke, whose slacks and sport coats were breathtaking. ...Lang and Mrs. Robinson from Spring-field, Ill., seem to fit into the Hanover scene perfectly by keeping everything around them social as it could be. Oma Ross acted as the committee to get dates for the daughters of the reunion with those undergraduates who were still around. She succeeded amazingly well. Almost as large a reception committee turned out to meet the planes for Bill Bemis,Rudy Hesse and Al Gottschaldt as had appeared at the flying field the week before when President Eisenhower flew in....
1918 Class Dinners
Oct. 23 - Fri. University Club, Boston Oct. 29 - Thurs. Dartmouth Club N. Y. City Dec. 3 - Thurs. Dartmouth Club N. Y. City Jan. 14 - Thurs. Dartmouth Club N. Y. City Feb. 25 - Thurs. Dartmouth Club N. Y. City April 1 - Thurs. Dartmouth Club N. Y. City
The class meeting, 35th Reunion as told by Stan Jones: "The members assembled for the meeting in a straggling and haphazard fashion. Meeting was called for 10:30. But, like everything at reunions, it was held later and later. Chairman Earley finally mounted the hen house. He wore a rumpled brown suit and a worried look, and held a few bits of paper in one hand. He was greeted with derisive remarks from all sections of the amphitheatre. He bowed his head as though this straw was too much to bear. The members catcalled. Mr. Earley, rousing himself from his torpor, finally requested quiet. This was howled down. He then asked that the lodge members proceed with the business at hand.
Mr. Lymie Burgess rose and talked, coherently but with little marks of sense, for three minutes. He sat down. Mr. Whitmore mopped his head all the way from his eye-brows to the back of his neck and said, "Christ, it's hot!"
Mr. Christgau rose and talked unintelligently for some minutes. Mr. Burgess then said something else. Nobody listened. Mr. Christgau made a spirited rebuttal, speaking as though he had 5 or 6 walnuts in his mouth. Mr. Dave Garratt rose and said something, but the general conversation drowned it out. Mr. D. F. Shea presented the nominating committee's new slate of old members. It was voted. Mr. Haruey Hood moved for adjournment. Everyone got up and lumbered out. Mr. Earley, looking like a tired sheep, followed. He still look troubled. The meeting was over, for another five years."
Reflections of Dick White: "It was a great 35th we had, but I missed many of the old faces who usually show up, including BillPepin, Bill Wright, Ray Barrett, GeorgeDaniels and others. However, it was good to see and talk to Dwight Edson, the oil Baron from the deep southwest; Danny Shea, CurtTripp, Gerry Geran and Eric Ball. Marion and I were more than happy to see the Le-Fevres again, as we miss the good old Republican here in Congress. I had not seen CurtTripp since he graduated; but he hasn't changed either. This is the youngest class ever.
"Sorry the rest of the Washington contingent outside of George Hull, Bill Coulson and myself were not there. The reunion was not the same without Larry Pope, Judge Opper, and Dave McCoy. Good to see Stew Teaze, ex-Washingtonian there at least. Beer Baron Reed Montgomery who contributed, I understand, 12 bottles of beer was seen pawing around the beer tub, complaining because all 12 bottles of his beer had been used up. Stopped on the way back and saw Ray Barrett and found him in excellent spirits and looking none the worse for his recent illness. Stan Bates I hadn't seen since graduation either and think he still has the same pipe. It is certainly aromatic. What a nice tribute to a grand guy, Dick Holton."
Enjoy peering out of the eyes of '18s warm Grover Whalen: Big Bill Christgau: "21 beloved classmates passed away since our 30th in 1948. Life begins at Forty (get ready now for the 40th). A statistic-minded New Yorker in the life insurance field was unable to point out the error of their ways to some 60 or more '18ers who could have but did not (some 18½ of that 60 will never be able to make the 40th. SAD!)"
Now all the good ladies whose '18 spouses were too old (or what have you) to get to the 35th missed one H - 1 of a party: I believe the gals present had more fun than our very much older classmates (of course there were a few exceptions). The girls sure made this a real party. Standing in front of Streeter were three serious minded 18ers — an eavesdropper heard them discussing transurethals and diosectomies; one would think Curt Tripp and Bob Ryan had run into Doctors Joe Quincy, Ray Barrett, Leon White (whom we missed) instead of Doctors Dan Shea,Em More and Christgau. Ah, but nevertheless, Life (you gals did it) was so beautiful at our 35th reunion —on to the 40th.
1918 NOTABLES: Top: Reuning in Hanover last June were (l to r): John Shelburne '19, Freddie Husk '17, Ed Healey '18—football stars. They are with '18ers Dick Holton, Class Agent; Bill Coulson and Judge Don Macaulay. Below: An '18 picnic at the home of George Stoddard, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. L to r: Pat "Stoddard, Pete Colwell, Ann Johnston, Johnny Johnston, Steve Mahoney, Ruth Glover, Curt Glover, Art Stout '17, Bill Christgau and George Stoddard.
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