1919
The big class event for February is the annual Father's and Son's weekend in Hanover on the 28th and Jack McCrillis wants to emphasize the fact that all classmates are welcome, son or no son. This annual get-together is always most enjoyable, what with the various athletic events and the stag dinner in Thayer Hall. Below are listed the proud papas with sons in the College: Father Son Glendon A. Fuller Christopher B. '51 Maurice A. Hall Danforth A. '52 Chester F. Caswell Chester F., Jr. '53 Herbert P. Fleming Richard T. '53 Maurice A. Hall Richard A. '53 Paul J. Halloran David G. '53 Lester S. Morse Richard P. '53 Eugene J. Gluek Robert K. '54 John F. Reilly John F., Jr. '54 Windsor C. Batchelder John T. '55 Chester O. Gale Chester O., Jr. '55 Roscoe A. Hayes Randolph J. '55 Edward F. Heydt Edward E. '55 John F. Reilly Philip S. '55 Wm. C. Grant George S. '56 Edmond A. Heller deceased Robert J. '56 Kenneth H. Rice Kenneth H., Jr. '56 John R. Williams John R. '56
Robert A. (Fat to you) Jackson kicks in withthe following (incidentally, Lou Garrison isresponsible for the new birthday cards): "First I want to thank you and the Class of 1919 for remembering my birthday and then I want to compliment you on the card itself. It's a peach and now if there were some way you could get the word Tip in there coupled with 'Top' I could use it in my business. You know well that Tip Top Bread is my meal ticket. I love the 1000 count for loyalty but resent only a 19 count for deportment as, while perhaps I haven't been too good over the years, for the last six months of my 55 years I've tried hard to do better, perhaps with the exception of football weekends at Woodstock, etc. Anyway thanks for thinking of me and the good thoughts expressed. I appreciate them."
From Stormy Lake, Conover, Wis., comes amost interesting letter from the retired advertising tycoon, Red Washburn:
I retired from active business last June 1 at the tender age of 55 (10 years to Social Security) for several reasons. Some of the pill-boys said it was a good idea and frankly, I was tickled to get out of that rat-race sometimes called the advertising business (Ref. Munro, Ted Townsend & Bresnahan, etc., etc.). So far I have not been bored one minute' We are way up in our favorite north woods counJry We , County, wis., about 9 miles south of Land-O -Lakes and the Wis.-Mich. line. Have several acres of virgin-timbered property on the shores of one of the most beautiful, clear, deep, springred lakes you ever saw. Stormy sounds treacherous but this lake is really just about the right size for our tastes. About 3 miles long and 2/3 of a mile Wide-large enough to be interesting and proper tor a 16-footer with a heavy, fast motor but not so large that you can't fish it or shoot birds during windy weather.
Last spring saw a lot of building activity for our lay-out and we are real happy with what we now have all the conveniences of home and then some. In fact, if things ever get tough, the little woman - what with two washing machines, clothes dryer, etc., etc., has been informed that she goes into the laundry business while I cut wood with my power-saw! We heat, etc., with gas 500 gal. bulk tank and everything is automatic, even the johns work perfectly!
"Yes, this is really the life! We plan on about eight months of the year up here and the balance in a climate— haven't made up our minds yet whether it will be Florida, Arizona or So. Calif, we shall do a bit of shopping around this winthose sections. Any '19ers have anything to sell?-modest and cheap please note!
"As I scribble this the snow is beginning to pile up outside so we shall drain the pipes and close up next week. Xmas in Minneapolis with my daughter and son-in-law and our two more-than-pertect, of course, grandsons. My son Bob will come up from Evanston to join us, then Trudel and 1 shall baby sit while Pat and her husband fly to Ft. Lauderdale for ten days and upon their return the old couple head for sunny Florida. Bob, in Air Service O.T., is a senior.in Business Administration at Northwestern and finished his Junior year as no 1 in his class straight A's can't call him a chip off the old block, for I still have to carry around my telephone number in writing. Naturally 1 brag about him, especially since he's so damm big!
"Well, George, this is one heluva long letter for such as I, but at least you can now save my exSecy the trouble of forwarding your' always welcome letters, birthday cards, etc., and I shall appreciate it if you will change the class records to show my new and permanent address as Stormy Lake, Conover, Wis. Say hello to Red Colwell, KenHuntington and the rest of the N.R. contingent including Eddie Fiske if he is still about."
On stationery reading Capt. Ralph S. HayesUSNR Ret., Ralph notes,
"Thank you for the birthday card, with its tactful omission of the age; but tell me, just how did you get wise to my low score in deportment ? Have recently retired from the Bell Tel. engineering here, on 30 years of service. Retiring twice must be nearing some sort of a record, which is not to be envied, however. I expect to do consulting work for 6 to 9 months a year and mend my fences the rest of the time. Twelve months full speed a year has been too much for me since the war. Best regards to any '19ers you see, and thank you for the card."
Cleveland reporting, in the person of Dr.Bob S tec her,
It is not nice to be reminded of my advancing years but I can tell you without hesitation that I am pleased no end to receive the annual birthday greeting from the Class of 1919. I am grateful to think that someone still cares and shows their interest by this bit of friendliness. As a group project it seems to me that it is one of the nicest things that the Class does, and I want to express my appreciation to you as secretary and to the others who have had any hand in it.
"Time marches on and our conditions in life change slowly and gradually. The accumulation of many years of such changes result in substantial alteration in our habits and views. My contact with Dartmouth College has become less intense since it became apparent that my son would not be interested, and I have had to transfer some of my allegiance to his alma mater of Ohio Wesleyan University. He is due to graduate in January when he will receive a commission in the U.S. Air Force and, as he says, go to work for Uncle Sam.' That my children are growing up was emphasized by the fact that he brought his girl home for Thanksgiving vacation.
"I have had some contact with social life at Dartmouth through my daughters. Sally, our younger, is now a junior at Connecticut College. Her older sister Mary graduated from there in 1949. After working a year in New York she married a boy from Yale and spent her first year of married life in Fremont, Neb. After a short trip to Europe they then spent a student year while her husband got a Master of Arts degree in journalism at Columbia. They are now living at Ann Arbor which is quite handy. Mary brought her three-months-old baby home for the week, and while we no longer have the patter of baby feet at our house, for a short while we had _ the frantic cries of infantile hunger. Thanksgiving is over and our house has settled back to its quiet and peaceful routine.
"My professional life continues at pace. As president-elect of the Ligue Internationale contre leRhumatisme I am expected to go to the annual meeting in Geneva in August 1953 to assume the administrative head of the organization. In preparation for this responsibility it seems necessary that I take my wife to a rheumatism meeting in Montevideo in March. The duties of such a position may be strenuous but it is also pleasant.
"I see Greif Raible occasionally but unfortunately was out of town for a recent party he gave for his younger daughter. Norm Jeavons and LewCody are the only other classmates whom I see at all."
And thanks, everyone, for the birthday cards —as of this writing (January 2) your Sec. has not traced the originator of the idea but the greetings on number 55 are greatly appreciated.
INTREPID VACATIONER: Joe Eisaman 'l9 who combines his profession of M.D. with strenuous vacation voyages is shown pulling an oar and (be- low) masquerading as one of the giant tortoises encountered on a trip to the Galapagos Islands. As ship's surgeon he sailed with six other adven- turers on a 70-foot British ketch, to collect pictures, some lively snakes, tropical fauna and adventures. He is on the staff of the Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital and Associate Professor of Obstetrics at the University of Pittsburgh.
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