1915
The accompanying photo-snap is an echo of the Harvard-Dartmouth game. Mine host, Kike Richardson, is showing the boys how to dig into the victuals at his office party. Oh those Vermont cheese sandwiches!
Danny Waugh produces an entry in the Grandchild Derby. Danny wants to know if we count classmates' wives! Muriel, whose (late) first husband was Harvard '16, has six grandchildren so far, and two more promised for 1953! So —Harvard '16 leads the field (at this sitting).
Art Hornblow Jr. has informed Metro that he will not renew his association with them after the expiration of his present contract in March. Art, who has been with the studio ten years, plans to enter independent production, following a trip around the world with his wife. He recently completed the musical Million Dollar Mermaid and is putting the finishing touches to Remains to Be Seen.
We are greatly shocked to learn of the death of Ted Wilson. His outstanding accomplishments as orthopedic physician and surgeon made him internationally famous. His passing gives us all a distinct feeling of personal loss. Details will be found in the InMemoriam section.
Your scribe had to turn down an inviting lunch with Bob Bigelow along about midDecember because of one of these "horriblehuman-mess" colds. Bob was a good sport and agreed to a raincheck. He and his Mrs. were in the Big Town presumably sampling its Christmas shopping facilities. Try again sometime, Bob.
Charlie Griffith was spotted at Hanover Inn along in December. Incidentally, Charlie was called on to brief Johnnie Johnson on how to get around in Tokyo preparatory to Johnnies global tour, now well 011 its way.
Other visitors at the Inn in recent weeks included Marty and Mae Martin.
Another card from Art Nichols tries to sell Jack Mason on starting a branch in Durban, South Africa "just to have an excuse for the ride. Art says he is feeling better every day.
The engagement is announced of TommyTomfohrde's son Robert to Miss Mary Clay of Paterson, N. J. Miss Clay is a senior at Wellesley where she is a member of the choir, Madrigal Society and Christian Fellowship. Bob '51 is now a sophomore at Tufts Medical where he is a member of Phi Chi. A summer wedding is planned. I understand Bob is such a dead ringer for his father that more often than not he is called Tommy.
Jack Ferguson reports a good visit with RedStevens, who was in Tulsa on business some time ago, and that Red was in fine fettle. Jack says he enjoyed his trip to the Yale game even though he saw a "fairly sloppy" game. (Jack phoned your secretary early that morning to inveigle me into accompanying him to the Bowl, but previous commitments prevented.) Jack further reports that while in New York he finally caught Kel Rose at his bank. Being the first time he had ever found Kel '.'on the job," they went out and celebrated slightly. (If this be libel, remember I'm just a reporter!)
Beardsley Ruinl has edited The Manual ofCorporate Giving, a comprehensive and nontechnical volume seeking to stimulate augmented corporate donations to educational, scientific and welfare activities. What with fathering the "withholding tax" and instigating "political funding," Bee certainly cooks up "easy" ways for us to dispose of our earnings!
Jack Mason, who travels hither and yon about this country of ours, ran into the Marvin Fredericks some time ago in Charlotte, N. C., where they managed to work in a pleasant breakfast together. Marv, whose job also entails a lot of traveling, revealed they were gradually working their way North from a convention down in Georgia.
1 am sure every classmate joins me in expressing our deepest sympathy to Leon Tuck in the loss of his wife. Joyeuse on December 21. Flowers in behalf of the Class were provided at the services which were held at the Church of the Epiphany, Winchester, Mass., Saturday, December 27.
Bob Fredericks, Hastings-on-Hudson, is building a new house getting into smaller quarters, as his daughter is away at Syracuse Medical doing research work in bio-chemistry. To us "cliff dwellers" in New York City, building a house to get into "smaller quarters" sounds like a paradox!
It seems we have a bowling champ tucked away in the modest confines of 1915. JohnnyPendleton of Washington, D. C., bowls on the Dartmouth Alumni team in the Intercollegiate League and wins prizes. Johnny must have swapped his eagle eye from hockey to ten pins!
Stan (Daddy) Llewellyn comes up with a good one. Referring to nostalgic memories, he writes: "You young fellows may not, for a few years yet, become 'looker-backers.' You know, when we were in College, I was Dartmouth's oldest living undergraduate." How about that! Stan, however, is already looking ahead to our fortieth asks about DudRogers, who was back to the 30th but missed the How about it, Dud? Stan also refers discreetly to the near-revolution in South Carolina (election-wise).
15ers in Boston gather round the festive board for lunch every Wednesday at Patten's. Regulars usually include Chan Foster, EbenClough, Doc O'Hara, Walt Meader and Johnnie
Johnson (when he stays put!). The new College vice president Justin Stanley sat in at a December gathering. One lost member put in a reappearance recently Duke Sullivan back again with that same old winsome smile. Duke reports a heart condition seance in the hospital back in September, which ended up not too serious, is feelingfine now and looks it. He was due to be back teaching accounting after the first of the year. Drop in on the Patten gang when you're in Boston on a Wednesday.
It was gratifying to see the "new" names in the Alumni Fund Contributors List in the December issue. Keep 'em flyin'!
This is not a plug for Dun's Review but if you want to read an interesting, informative and comprehensive article on "Junior Achievement" a movement which is sweeping the country-see the October issue of Dun's. The author? None other than KelRose. If this be considered a plug for Kel, it certainly is for a well-written and inspiring exposition of a subject of interest to us all.
A refreshing letter from out where the "tall corn grows ' George Hutchins in Sioux City. George puts in a plug for more news help to your secretary (which I heartily second). Wish I could quote some of his remarks anent the election but, this column being what it is, I am glad to report he is quite optimistic about this year's corn crop. George says: "Tell the fellows 'Hello' from me and I'm wishing the whole class all they deserve in the New Year." Atta boy, George!
Among those present at the marriage of Ray King's daughter, recounted in the January notes, were Clair and Gib Campbell and Therese and Paul Rothery. Paul reports a very beautiful wedding, with Ray, by this time well posted on exactly what the Father-of-the-Bride should do, very much at ease. Senatorelect Kennedy, for whom the groom acted as. campaign manager last fall, was one of the ushers.
Dick Clarke writes in: "I wish the Clarkes. did something that would be of interest to the rest of the classmates then I could help you with your job. Perhaps Ann and I could take a trip to South Orleans would that help?" It's worth a try, Dick - wait'll Johnnie Johnson gets back in the spring and reads this!
Flash! Another Grandchild Derby entry! Patricia (Mrs. Donald W.) Crance of Milwaukee writes: "Although he is no longer here to enjoy them, X should like to report that my Dad, Pete Winship, could proudly claim eight grandchildren for the Class of 1915. I, Patricia, have 3 girls; Jacqueline, my sister, has 2 girls;' Addison, my brother, has 1 boy and 2 girls." Patricia adds that she can see only one Dartmouth graduate in the future from that galaxy, but if the girls do as she and her sister did - marry Dartmouth men - the love of Dartmouth will endure nonetheless. Sort of "Dartmouth Undying" —as it were! Thanks, Patricia.
To all those who have written in many thanks. Your contributions are what makes these notes possible. If you don't get a personal acknowledgement, I'm sure you'll understand why. Your reward will be in seeing your contribution in the notes (I hope).
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