1919
A nice note from Oscar Lewis of Toronto, Canada, states that "There is nothing very much to report from Canada except it is a booming country and I am managing to coast along with general business activity and make a living therefrom. One would hardly think of this as the frozen North this year as it has been an entirely open season, very good for driving automobiles, using lots of gasoline, including the product I sell - Ethyl antiknock compound. We are quite happy up here but miss the Dartmouth associations which were made so readily when we were in Larchmont and New York."
Via Jack McCrillis, our class prexy and headman on the father and son annual dinner,comes a letter from Bob Heller '56, son of thelate Edmund (Abe) Heller. Your Sec. feels thatif only one of the sons of 'lgers in the Collegeappreciates the idea of the father and sondinner as much as Bob does, it should be continued as yearly event.
"I received your invitation to the party to be given by the Class of 1919 today. I shall be only too happy to attend. I think that were my father still living, he would be there and most certainly I would be there with him, however it is still very heartwarming to know that his old classmates have not forgotten him. I know that he always treasured the friends he made while at Dartmouth and spoke frequently of them. He never lived to see me matriculate here, but I know he would have been very proud of my choice, for the bond that existed between himself and his Alma Mater was one that neither time, depression nor distance could break. After a few short months in Hanover I am beginning to see the reason for this deep loyalty. Many thanks again for the invitation, I shall be looking forward to attending."
Tracy Kohl, manager of Oak Park Arms (Illinois), checks in with the following: "The two months whirled by and eventually I find myself back in the groove with a very happy recollection of that trip in the Mediterranean. An important part of it was seeing you in New York and the quick trip to Hanover.
"I read with interest the story of another Woodstock party and evidently the interest is such now that I would think it could be an annual affair. If I see Ax Warden this winter, I shall needle him with the idea of attending next year. Now that he is an air line director, it should be easier and faster for him.
"I had hoped to see you on the return trip but I got back just the day before Thanksgiving and flew to Oak Park immediately in order to be here for the big day. One of the classmates I see irregularly is Ernie Rautenberg. Last Saturday night, he was in The Arms on the occasion of a very lovely wedding reception for his beautiful daughter Althea.
"I think of no other news at this time but I am trying to keep that contact warm that we renewed on that afternoon in The Gotham."
Class daughters - here is where the Sec. lets Bill Cunningham take the ball:
"Greetings, and all such, including thanks for your ALUMNI MAGAZINE mention of the Thanksgiving Dinner with your folks at your home back there at a time when I really could use one. I meant to thank you when it was published but, as somebody once so truly said, expecting a newspaper man to write letters in his spare time is like expecting a ditch digger to bury an elephant on his day off. That's about the way it seems, too. . . . However: The present effort is to submit for possible use in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, the enclosed nuptial photograph. There's really a lot of Dartmouth in it. I've listed it on the back of the picture, but in case you can't read my writing, here it is again, with some extra addenda. I don't know much about editing society copy, as we call it in this business, but here are the running gears. The bride is my and Doris' daughter Marcia, our younger and last. (We had two, the other, Lydia, married a Harvard man, and a lawyer - that's like an egg twice laid - seven years ago.) Marcia's the head of the Kindergarten at Park School, Brookline, is an alumnus of (wait a minute, alumna) of Garland School, and special courses at Vassar and Boston University. The groom is George Seymour (Suds) Bissell, of Shaker Heights, 0., Dartmouth '5l, now finishing his second year in the Harvard Business School. At Dartmouth, what looked like a great football career went to smash his freshman year with a broken leg, but he was a varsity southpaw pitcher on the baseball team. He was a Deke, a Sphinx, and has held several offices in the Harvard B. School. His father, Howard Bissell, a prominent lawyer in Cleveland, was a member of the Class of '24 at Dartmouth, was graduated from Harvard Law and is now Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hiram College in Ohio. Prominent in the wedding group here pictured was John Clayton '51, the great football classmate, fraternity brother and close friend of the groom's. John is now a 2nd Lt. in the Air Force stationed at Dayton, O. He flew on to be an usher and is third from the right in the photograph. Dartmouth undergraduate Pete Kenyon '54, a cousin of the groom, was also an usher. He's the kid on the extreme right. The matron of honor, Ina Smith, is the widow of Steven (Stephen William) Smith of Dartmouth '36. A Naval Lieutenant (a doctor), he was killed in World War II and their son Steve Jr. is slated to be one of the Hopkins Scholars at Dartmouth.
"The wedding, called by Boston papers, 'the most important of the Christmas season' - ahem!- was at the Trinity Episcopal Church, Newton Cen ter, and the reception, at which this photo was made, was at the Brae Burn Country Club, of which I am a member.
"I don't know how much, if any, of this you'll want, or that distinguished publication will use, but here's the whole shooting match - including the Dartmouth pine tree motif used in the decorations. The couple flew to the Caribe Hilton for their honeymoon, and then returned to an apartment in Newtonville while the groom finishes his grind at the celebrated B. School.
"I might add that the groom is a dead duck in the draft and hopes to beat it come June and his graduation by enlisting in the Air Force. Being in the publishing business, my heart won't be broken if this fails to show, but I'm forwarding it through channels for whatever break it can get."
Congrats to Art (Dr. Arthur S.) Gibson Jr. associate Professor of Physiology at the Washington University School of Medicine, on his election to the presidency of the Washington University Medical Society for 1953.
Also Congrats to Spider Martin on his election to the board of directors of the Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Bob Proctor has been mentioned as a likely appointee to the position of Under Secretary of Air, according to the Boston Herald. During World War II, Bob was executive officer to the late Hap Arnold, commanding general of the Air Force, and has long been active in aviation circles.
Hal (J. Harold) Stacey of Windsor, Vt., was recently elected president o£ the Northeastern Retail Lumberman's Association.
Chuck (Charles W.) Eaton has become associated with Hayden Stove & Co., Boston, as their retail Sales Manager.
At a recent gathering of the English High School Alumni Association (Boston), JohnShelburne was one of the prominent alumni who attended.
Eddie Edwards, whom we all enjoyed seeing at the last class dinner in New York, has moved back to Chicago, where the sales offices of Eversharp are now located.
To repeat, reunion dates are June 19, 20 and 21 and Ray Legg has everything lined up to make it a most enjoyable weekend. Also, let's celebrate our reunion year by giving early and generously to the 1953 Alumni Fund.
PARTY GOERS: Paul Halloran's party featured such 'l9ers as Fat Jackson (feeding Sherry, the dog) and Will Levy.
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