1910
Harry Mitchell and "Dutch" Wagner, veterans in the service of our Washington government on loan from industry, Eck Hiestand, new member of the House, and "Inky" Taylor now have a new addition to make up a Tenner quintette. Mac Kendall, assistant vice president (Operation) Chicago & North Western Railway Co. has been honored by his employer's loaning him to the Defense Transportation Administration. This is one of those dollar-a-year jobs with the railroad footing the whole bill. Mac is Director of the Railroad Transport Division with office in room 5117, I.C.C. Building. He will serve until mid- year. Looks like a grand way to top off a successful career in railroading which began in 1907 with our old friend the Boston & Maine. Mac entered the C & N W Rwy. Co. right after graduation and has literally been "through the mill:" telegrapher, dispatcher, trainmaster, supt. of telegraph, division supt., assistant vice president (operation). We hope under the new general management of government there will not be so many headaches for Mac. We Tenners enjoy the honor of having Mac selected and we congratulate him and the DTA.
A fine tribute to one of our very modest Tenners has been called to our attention by the alertness of Jack Fox '12. It is an editorial in the Mansfield (Mass.) News from which the following sentences have been taken: "It would be fitting recognition at the appropriate time, while the man lives to enjoy a measure of public acclaim he well deserves, to name the new million-dollar high school for Everett William Robinson who will have completed 40 years as teacher, principal and counsellor of hosts of young people in Mansfield High School come next June.... Few men in Mansfield will ever go down in the smalltown annals, as having had a greater influence on as many people. Few men in all Mansfield history will ever have demonstrated so well the attribute of humility. Few men will ever be more generally accepted as a gentleman and a scholar in the truest sense." There say we, is recognition of a genuinely fine record. It recalls that observation by Lincoln: "I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man so live that his place is proud of him." And we, too, are proud of Everett Robinson for so living!
Otto Taylor, veteran in community service, has now added the responsibility of a directorship in the Summit (N. J.) Trust Co. to his activities as president of the Common Council to which post he has been reelected. What he does not know about the economics of Summit's government, probably a lot of politicians there would like to know. CharlieNoone, with wife and daughter Margaret, sailed early in the year on a trip of several months, visiting India, Burma, Indo China, Ceylon, Indonesia, Philippines and Japan. Right now those appear to be hot countries. We hope the Noones make the circuit before something blows up. Leo Sherman, enjoying this year (his last before retirement) in the brand new science building at Grinnell College, tells us that the arrival of another grandchild last summer brought the total to 12 four of them boys. Vic Willis, with no thought of retirement, will be in Baton Rouge, La., until spring. He is general superintendent for the J. G. White Engineering Co., on construction of a soda ash plant for Allied Chemical.
Ray Gorton wrote to Treasurer Jess Wilson, "Now that you have retired it is a good idea to have the job of chasing delinquents like me." We don't like to use that term for any Tenner but we do admit that there are some "delayers." Jess hasn't asked for this plug, but we know that like Earle Pierce he appreciates seeing more and more samples of handwriting in the form of checks without an undue amount of urging and reminding on his part. Better get that dues item cleaned up before Andy Scarlett starts his Alumni Fund activity.
You may recall that we needed only eight Tenners at one dollar each (not just eight dollars) to make 100% of participation quota after making the dollar quota last June. Suggestion: If every Tenner who gave last year will start action just two weeks earlier this year, it will give Andy more time to work on the slow movers. Andy deserves this kind of support, to say the least. How easily we could reach and pass - the Tenner goals if we determined to do it.
Bill Taylor, one of Andy's real early birds, sent in his check in December, saying, "While it is available, I had better send along some cash." Of course, it does have to be "available." That could be a reason why some of us delay.
"Wish I could have arranged to see more of the Class in the last several years; there seems to be always something to interfere." This is the sentiment expressed by one Tenner and it will probably find a lot of fellows who will echo that popular expression, "You can say that again." That is the reason why more and more men are looking with favor upon the "informal reunion" idea. Billy Williams and Al Meehan regretted that they could not make it last June and are hoping to be in Hanover in June '53. When, as a member of the Class Executive Committee, Billy wrote approving of the '53 informal, he said, "A vote for annual reunions and a hope that I can attend 'em." Al wrote, endorsing the '53 event, "... certainly I will make a special effort to try to be there. If we are going to see each other much more we will have to do it more often than in the past." As they used to say when a new recruit for air service showed up (World War I) "You'll like it!" Start planning now.
The Ted Smiths came up from Havana in October and on to Montreal for son Edmond's wedding. The bride was Teresa Baraibar, daughter of the Spanish Consul General. Edmond is president of a printing concern in Havana. On the way North Ted saw the West Point-Dartmouth game and he enjoyed a ten- day visit in New York before returning.
Jack Richmond's two sons, Jimmie and Russ, are back from overseas service. Jimmie, making a career of it, entered the service in '41 after graduation from Western Military Academy, has been in Far East most of the time except when wounded on Guadalcanal with the Ist Marines. He was one of a group who was awarded the Legion of Honor by General Ridgeway. Jimmie is now assigned to instructional duty at Fort Monmouth, N. J. Russ Richmond was a young lieutenant in the 1st Army in Africa and Sicily and was in the Normandy Invasion. He won honors galore. He has been serving with the High Command in Berlin. Jack's other son Deane was lost in the action at Metz. Well might Jack be proud of the records of his three grand boys.
Brown Cooper reports that he has been unable to sell Dartmouth to his son Cyrus. He leans towards a Midwestern college which he will likely enter next fall.
Jess and Gladys Wilson and Larry andMiriam Bankart are taking their meals in Clearwater, Fla., sometimes together. And, of course, they run into a lot of Dartmouth folks, including Hap Hinman. From Larry we learn that Dick Tobin, Tobe's youngest son, "seems on the way to conquering his illness after the series of operations two years ago." Ed Higbee admits that "it's hard to pry myself off this little island" (Jamestown, R. I.), but "any Tenners down this way should look me up." Jack Bates regretted missing the Harvard game dinner but it is a little too much of a jump from Tulsa to Boston. Jim Everett had to leave for the north just about that time because the New Hampshire bankers were convening at White field. Whit Eastman and Ken Phelps were together at the Christmas party of the Minneapolis alumni. Easty's nephew Glendon French played freshman football and has been elected class president. Easty now has three Datmouth prospects in the forms of grandsons.
The Ed Keiths found it "too cold up here (Mass.), so we are going back to the old country (Puerto Rico)." They sailed in December. Ed did not mention it, but knowing how thoroughly he enjoys reunions, we'll wager he will be just as anxious to get back to Hanover.
A letter from Art Lord brought some fine tributes to Irving "Scotty" Scott and HaroldWinchester by people close to them in their daily work. Boston Guidance News, published by and for the department with which Scotty was connected for so long, said, "There are countless young men, and some not so young, in and about Boston today who owe a great deal to the efforts of Scotty to set them on the right path in their younger days." The comment on Winch came from Art's brother for whose family Harold was the physician. He wrote, "His death is a very great blow to many people, for few in this region were as loved and respected and needed as Dr. Winchester." We plan to give more of these comments in the next Tenner Topics, together with some of Hap's observations from Florida, on how the community showed its respect for Winch.
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