1918 Holds Its 35th

CLARA and Eddie Felt were there for Hanover Holiday before Reunion and enjoyed it immensely ("Don't miss it," said both). Eddie is therefore the logical man to start us off:

"The whole idea of reunion is to get back together again and so the beginning is the very best part, seeing these guys for the first time in you don't know when and giving and getting the GREAT BIG HELLO. Some can't "ait and move to Hanover Duke and Morse and Booth and Syvertsen live there and Edson and Felt beat the gun by coming to the Hanover Holiday ... just greedy for culture, these fakers.

"Reunion Phase the First. Outside, Thursday night, there was a clamor as if seventeen Arab caravans had collided. The gal friend stuck her head out and reported, "Your reunion has begun; Christgau is here." With him were Ned Ross, Chairman Mahoney, Stew Teazes, Ted Hazen and EdHealey. Out of earshot of milkman HarveyHood, Gerry Geran sidled up to dairyman Ed Healey's charming wife Luke and gave her that commercial about milk being bad for adults. Ed got so mad he thinks he had better sell his 50 cows and 200 acres with nearly a mile on Lake Michigan. It made a nice, quiet evening.

"Phase the Second. Friday morning, right after breakfast, cars began to turn in on the grass in front of Streeter and Lord. There was Colwell, Glover, Tom Shirley (but no bananas). Somebody said, "Gottsch is landing at the West Leb airport, special plane from Miami. Let's all go." So we piled into cars. There was a plane overhead and when it landed out stepped Bill Bemis. A few minutes later another plane arrived and this time it was Rudy Hesse and family. Finally Gottsch and Bee arrived."

"Phase the Third. Back in Hanover, there was Eddie Butts beating Gottsch's long-distance record, just minutes afterwards, arriving from San Francisco, then Ernie Earley,Paul Erwin, Lang Robinson, Cort Horr, PhilBoynton, Jay LeFevre, Ev Young, and then, all at once, no reporter could keep track. Every time you looked up there was a new face of an old classmate. And that kept up for hours all through the cocktail party, the buffet dinner in the tent (what a good idea that was), the President's reception (it was surprising how most of the class got smoothed up and attended) and so on, far into the night." Thanks, Eddie.

Duke and Ellen, Carol and Em Morse, Jean and Ed Booth and Rolf and Margaret Syvertsen were gracious hosts to many '18ers at their attractive Hanover homes. Everyone enjoyed '18's adopted member, Bill Coulson who has done a distinguished job in making 750 Dartmouth fathers happy enough to give the College $45,000 for the Alumni Fund. Happywas everyone to see courageous Lymie Burgess who was sitting beside a Connecticut banker when a doped bandit entered and shot the banker dead. Then Lymie got both barrels in the shoulder when he pursued the bandit. In another year or so Lymie's paralyzed left side will be o.k.

Now, '18's star Boston Globe reporter, PhilSanderson, takes over:

"Arrived back from reunion at Portsmouth, N. H., Sunday night shortly before 7:00 after a wonderful weekend. When we reached the N. H. seacoast, we found a beautiful sea breeze, nearly 30 degrees below the sizzling heat at Keene's. After a good night's sleep, I'm back on the job today with a lot of wonderful memories of two grand and long-to-beremembered weekends at Hanover.

"I was proud of the part that 1918 played in the Commencement weekend. Our EdBooth had a most important duty in placing the hood over the recipients of the honorary degrees, including, of course, Ike. Also our own Dr. Rolf Syvertsen as Dean of the Medical School acquitted himself nobly in presenting certificates to the members of the class of 1952, who, had completed two years of medical training. And of course, HarveyHood, Trustee of the College, was seated on the platform with the others. I feel that 1918 was in the foreground at the 184th graduation exercises.

"It is my feeling also and the feeling of the numerous members of the class with whom I talked, that Chairman Steve Mahoney and his able committee of Pete Colwell, BillChristgau, Dick and Edith Cooley, CurtGlover and Stan Jones, Syl Morey, Dan Shea,Tom Shirley, George Stoddard and many others, deserve a long DARTMOUTH for their efforts in making it possible to have such a fine reunion. Probably the highlight of the whole reunion occurred at the class dinner when Harvey Hood poured out his soul in presenting to Edith Holton a lovely corsage and to our much beloved Dick a silver cigarette box, trays, lighter and a book of messages from his brothers in 1918. Every '18er knows Dick Holton has done a most difficult job in expert fashion to lead us to the heights. Let's all thank Pat and George Stoddard for their generous thoughtfulness and hard work.

"Those able to drive up to Lyme before the picnic Sunday and enjoy the hospitality of Carol and Em Morse were well repaid. Both Carol and Em and their sons were wonderful hosts. Among the '18ers there were Betty and Ray Baldes, house guests of Carol and Em over the weekend, Hitty and ReedMontgomery, Marion and Dave Garratt, Marion and Cort Horr, Jack Storrs, Betty and Herm Smith, Doris and Phil Sanderson, BillChristgau and George von Kapff.

"It was the first time in 20 years that Dr.Robert Ryan and wife Helen had been back to the reunion. He has a big practice and because of this had to leave late Sunday forenoon, thus missing the picnic. It was nice to hear first-hand from Dr. Curt Tripp (he was seen being congratulated by Doc Walters '17 of the Mayo Clinic for being elected President of the Mass. Medical Ass'n for this coming year), that Ray Barrett, the Springfield medico, is now better than he has been for some time, following a series of major operations. We missed you, Ray. Leave it to Gerry Geran to make a quiet departure. Gerry had to take the 1:30 a.m. train Sunday morning from White River Junction and left Hanover shortly after midnight with but a few of his classmates aware that he would not be on hand for a Sunday morning breakfast in the tent. (In the tent? Never! He had his six soft boiled eggs at the Inn). Bill Christgau, George von Kapff, and Phil Sanderson went to White River to see Gerry off."

At the class dinner Evelyn Colwell expressed 1918's wishes when she very graciously slipped over and kissed President Hopkins after Chairman Steve Mahoney had led a rousing cheer for Hoppy. Evelyn then very prettily announced, "We are glad our husbands are Dartmouth men and that they married us."

Here was Ike making history only a few days before. Here we had the liberating experience of three or four years at Dartmouth College. Here we began to appreciate that most precious good fellowship that needs no words. This was our Dartmouth again - it was good to be here. And we thought of this as Prof. Ed Booth gave us, at the Sunday morning Memorial Service in Rollins Chapel ('18 was privileged to join with 1913 and 1919) a beautiful passage on faith. And then -how appropriate the hymn was for all of us "at home" once more "Be Thou our Guard, while life shall last, and our eternal home."

Leon Carl Stowell, a good friend of CurtGlover, Cort Horr, Paul Miner, Carl (Mutt)Ray '37, Dartmouth's famous "bare-armed" Ail-American center, and other Dartmouth men and a great admirer of Dartmouth, was made an honorary member of our class. He was at Andover when our Jess Hawley coached football there. His first boss was King Woodbridge '04. He is president of the Underwood Corp., has lectured frequently at Tuck School and enjoys his visits to Hanover.

What fun it would have been in the tent after the President's reception, if the class could have enjoyed the flashes of undergraduate days and past reunions which GeorgeM. Davis had with him. Lifelong Keeper of the Pictures and Class Historian, George has given 25 years of his life to the school board of New Rochelle. Keep the recordings and pictures safely, George. The whole class looks forward to enjoying them soon.

In the '17 tent beside us, were so many we all loved to see. Then across Tuck Drive was the 1919 tent where you could enjoy more good fellowship. This was the chance of a lifetime to be again with the men on either side of us in '17 and '19.

All the way from California came Marge and Eddie Butts; from Denver Alumni Council member Johnny Cunningham and Kay; from Texas, Dwight Edson and his son David; from Florida, ever loyal Bee and Al Gottschaldt; from Kansas City, Eve, Terry and Bill Montgomery; from Tennessee, Mel South-wick with Frieda and Barbara. Those who had had a bit of tough luck, who would have loved to be in Hanover, were Shorty Alden, FrankClahane, Phil Everett, Cliff Meredith, SpikePuryear, and probably some others. For several years now, Pat Case and Louise had been planning a trip from St. Petersburg, Fla. The last minute came a note of regret, and he wanted to be remembered to Cort Horr,Herm Whitmore, Val Valentine, George Stoddard, Bill Christgau, Gene Markey and PenCarolan.

All the way from Istanbul, Turkey, came a lovely letter from Edith and Walt Wiley, saying they were with us in spirit. Then came a telegram from Mayo Magoon, principal of Framingham High School: "Greetings to the young men of '18 and may your spirits ever remain high and successes and happiness of such high quality that the physical changes in waistlines are of no significance, etc. Then one from Carle "Pots" Potter: "Hoped to the end to be with those I knew best during the formative years. But I have recently been playing the horses, that is entering the publishing field, about which I knew nothing and it is necessary for me to be at the track and whisper in the horse's ear, etc." A joint telegram came in from two men who would have dearly loved to have been there, namely Eddie Ferguson and Doc Joe Quincy.

So many more were the joyful happenings at reunion that we would like to recount them all. But space has already run out. We are sorry if your own thoughtful reporting is not here. Watch for later issues of this MAGAZINE.

BIG FALL 1918 REUNION AT HANOVER, OCTOBER 17-COLGATE GAME. At the class picnic on Sunday your secretary and Pete Colwell were working on Louise Keene for lunch at their lovely place and having mild success, when Louise spotted her old Garden City friend, Ned Ross. They kissed and right then and there Ned Ross was made a committee of one to negotiate from here and work with gracious Ellen and our Florimond Duke who gave such a swell party last year to have another grand football party. A visit at Keenes' from 10:30-11:00, cocktails at 12:00, lunch to 1:15, then to Hanover for the 12:00 o'clock kickoff. Following is the list of those at reunion:

Arnold, George Baldes, Ray and Betty Ball, Eric and Rose Bates, Stan and Mildred Bemis, Bill Bingham, Jake Blandin, Amos and Alberta Booth, Ed and Jean Boynton, Phil and Marjorie Bryant, Tom and Pixie Burgess, Lymie and Kay Butts, Eddie Cameron, Monk and Ethel Col well, Pete and Evie Chandler, Hort and Elizabeth Christgau, Chris Cooley, Dick and Edith Coulson, Bill Cousens, Lew and Helen Cunningham, John and Kay Davis, George and Dotty Donohue, John Duke, Florimond, Ellen, Winslow Drake, Bob, Jeanette, Marilyn Earley, Ernie and Mary Ellen Edson, Dwight and David Erwin, Paul

Felt, Ed and Clara Garratt, Dave, Marion, Martha Jane Geran, Gerry Glover, Curt and Ruth Gordon, Sime and Gertrude Gottschaldt, A1 and Bee Groves, Tom and Olive Hardie, Fat Hazen, Ted and Helen Healey, Ed and Luke Hesse, Henry, Hilda, Alice, Barbara Holton, Dick and Edith Hood, Chaunce, Caroline, Billy Hood, Harvey and Barbara Horr, Cort, Marion, Judy Hulbert, Red Hulbert, Woody and Clifford Hull, George and Clara Huntoon, Louis, Alice, Scotty Johnston, Johnny and Ann Jones, Ken Jones, Stan and M. O. Knapp, Nipper and Helen Knowles, Bob and Ethel LeFevre, Jay and Mildred Macaulay, Don and Laura McDonough, Hubie McDowell, Ed, Hazel, Florence Mahoney, Steve and Dorothy Miner, Paul and Helen Montgomery, Reed and Hitty Montgomery, Bill, Eve, Terry Morse, Em, Carol, Pete O'Connor, Ed O'Donnell, Jack and Josephine Piper, A1 and Lucy Rhodes, Dusty

Rice, A1 and Marge Robbins, Tom Robinson, Don and Bobby Robinson, Lang and Martha Robinson, Robby and Helen Rood, Chris (son) Peggy (Mother) Ross, Ned and Omie Ryan, Bob and Helen Sanderson, Phil and Doris Sargent, Dwight and Peggy Scully, Don Shea, Dan Sheldon, Fat and Lenah Shirley, Tom, Betty, Bob Slabaugh, Jack, Thelma, Judy Smith, . Herm and Betty Smith, Russ and Judy Southwick, Mel, Frieda, Barbara Stoddard, George, Pat, Skippy Stone, Ben and Ella Storrs, Jack and Kath Syvertsen, Rolf, Margaret, Margaret II, Rosalind, Caroline, Astrid Teaze, Stew and Helen Tripp, Curt and Gladys Van Raalte, Jules and Janet von Kapff, George Weston, Charlie and Marion Weston, Mel and Marion Whipple, Hugh White, Dick and Marion Whitmore, Herm and Tilly Wilson, Red, Peg, Dixie Woodruff, George and lone Young, Ev and Kay Youngstrom, Swede

1918 TURNED OUT STRONGLY FOR ITS ON-THE-BEAM 35TH. WITH 96 MEN BACK, IT HAD THE LARGEST CROWD FOR CLASSES OF ITS VINTAGE

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