1924
The word is out! Dick Morin and JimWhite, 1924's famous Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside (of Hanover, that is!) have done it again. As announced in this column last month, Dick and Jim agreed to put on the annual Father and Son dinner again this year, and they have things simmering on the back burner right now. They are cooking up a party that gives promise of surpassing their best previous efforts, and that is going some. This is written far too early to make announcement of a definite program, but Mr. Inside is lining up some of Hanover's finest talent for this gala event. The date has been set for March 14, so you Dads better put it down in your diary right now, and plan to be with us.
At first, the date of March 14 posed a problem, for as you will remember (who could possibly forget it?) it precedes our annual accounting with Uncle Sam by just one day, and it was thought that some of our more affluent brethren might be too busily engaged in last minute prestidigitation with credits and debits to attend. Wiser counsel ultimately prevailed, for it was realized that the men of 1924 were renowned for their forehandedness, and that Uncle Sam would receive his due long before the deadline. In any event, banker or broker, mark the date well, and figure on ways and means to be in Hanover on March 14-
Word has reached us by a rather circuitous route that Bill Baettner, long time resident of Brooklyn, has finally seen the light and moved his family to the Garden State. For the benefit of you outlanders, that means New Jersey. The Buettner family may' now be found at 67 Dodd Street, Glen Ridge. Bill's associales took advantage of this situation to present him with a very handsome grandfather's clock in honor of his 20 years as Secretary of the National Pest Control Association. It is a real pleasure to welcome Bill to '24's large and growing Jersey delegation.
During the past month we received a most interesting letter from Howard E. Clark, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat specialist in Monterey, Calif. Howard's son Elton is a member of the Class of '53, but the rest of the family haven't journeyed so far away from home. Our medico reports that, with his wife and daughter, he resides in Carmel by the Sea, that famous resort town reputed by some to be occupied solely by "the newly-wed or the nearly dead." (Local Chamber of Commerce please do not copy.)
Howard writes in part,
"The war took me into Haile Selassie's country for a couple of years and a life-time of adventure, including a personal interview with a spitting cobra. He won, and I spent some little time in the hospital in order to save my left eye. The fact that it happened to an ophthalmologist puts me under suspicion of having arranged the affair, I think. Returning home before the war was over, there came a call to go back and take over the medical care of the Selassie family in Addis Ababa. It was a very difficult thing to turn down, but I returned to private practice here in California."
In the long run Howard no doubt made the right decision for with the way things turned out, working for the Selassie family could hardly be considered permanent employment, whereas from latest reports there is no scarcity of patients out in California.
At the close of the late, lamented football season, Dartmouth alumni were somewhat cheered by the news that the Freshman team had some pretty good material that would help in filling some of the gaps in the varsity squad. It is of interest to note that two sons of '24 played on the Little Green which operated with considerable success last fall. Donald H. Gray Jr., son of Donald H. Gray of Darien, Conn., won his numerals playing offensive end during the season. Young Don stands 6' 2" and tips the beam at 184. With a few more pounds on that lanky frame he ought to bring a gleam to Elmer Lampe's eye next fall. Jonathan Strong, son of Bob and DotStrong, played tackle on the B squad, and got into one of the A games before the season closed. Knowing something of Jon's liberal proportions it is not hard to believe that he will make his weight felt in the varsity line before he's through. Our congratulations to both the boys.
More recently, still another son of '24 has been making the news coming out of Hanover. With the appearance of snow in the more northerly areas, Ralph Miller '55, son of Dr. Ralph E. Miller, went to work at his favorite pastime. Young Ralph is one of Dartmouth's most accomplished skiers, and has already made his presence felt in many of the preliminary meets. There isn't a doubt but what he will be a valued member of what is expected to be Dartmouth's greatest winter sports team. More power to him.
With a nod to the Wall Street Journal, plus an assist to Bill Bullen, genial Secretary of the Class of '22, we are able to report to our parishioners that Bill Buchanon, president and treasurer of the Appleton (Wis.) Wire Works, has just recently been elected a director of = Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Cos. The appointment adds one more honor to an already imposing list, and serves to point up still further the high esteem in which Bill is held out there in his native State. For once at least the old saw that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country" has been thoroughly disproved.
Well, that seems to wind things up for the time being. We'll be around again next month with more news from the highways and byways. In the meantime, if you haven't sent George Anderson your dues, he'll be glad to hear from you. We lose money on each transaction, but, as one of our local merchants once said, "We make it up on volume!" See you later.
Secretary, 328 Orchard PL, Ridgewood, N. J. Treasurer, 1312 Greenleaf Blvd., Elkhart, Ind.
