1921
By the time you read this you should have received at least two issues of the Smoker by its new editor-in-chief, Hal Braman, who made an excellent bow with his October 2 issue. He has given you a detailed report of our 1954 class meeting at Hanover on the Navy game weekend. For the benefit of our friends in other classes, however, the highlights included: a short informal talk by "Hoppy" and a personal handshake for each of us; a breathless but warm greeting from President Dickey on his way from one committee meeting to the next; some helpful suggestions on class organization from Sid Hayward, Secretary of all Secretaries; a salutation and invitation from the Chicago classmates to visit their windy city, delivered in person by Ken Thomas after a long absence from Hanover; a vote to extend the best wishes of the Class by telegram to RexKing, vice president, still suffering from a long illness; and the unanimous vote to make Rear Admiral Walter F. Boone USN, Annapolis '21, Superintendent of the U. S. Naval Academy, an honorary member of the Class of 1921 of Dartmouth College. Twenty-four of us enjoyed this session under the flawless direction of John L. Sullivan.
At the Ski Hut we found thirteen more classmates and 54 wives and friends, a total of 91 people. Genial Jim McFate, manager of the Inn, had two bartenders on hand and provided a hot roast beef buffet lunch with all the fixings - the biggest roast on the outdoor table that most of us had ever seen. John L.s personal letter certainly brought out the largest group yet for a football weekend. The many cordial replies included news from several men long silent.
Faces not often seen in Hanover included Hal and Doris Braman, Herrick and Avalita Brown, Al and Marghie Dunn, El and Helen Harper, Jeff and Fran Lawrence, Hugh and Marion McKay, Dud Robinson, Jim and Florence Taylor, Ken and Eloise Thomas, Dolph and Elizabeth Alger, Frank and Ida Ross, and Marsh and Priscilla Whelden. Bob and Dot Burroughs arrived in time for the game but missed the party. Harry Chamberlaine, Tom Cleveland, Dick Hill, Ray Mallary and Alex Thomson all planned to come but were prevented at the last minute. As for the game, our team looked good for three periods; then the roof fell in. But nobody suggested rescinding our vote for Admiral Boone, our new classmate. Who expected to beat Navy?
Before the luncheon was over Don Sawyer shyly confessed that he had consented to be our head Class Agent for the Alumni Fund of 1955. Whereupon a cheer arose, for Don is the ideal man for the job; indeed a worthy successor to Rog Wilde and Bill Perry.
Resolutions of praise and gratitude had previously been expressed to Bill Perry and JackHurd for their outstanding work as class agent and Smoker editor respectively. Bill broke all records for 1921 giving. Jack has produced 76 Smokers during his six-year tenure, all enjoyable reading.
Back in July Ellis (Rollo) Briggs, Ambassador to Korea, returned to Washington to pre- pare for the subsequent visit of President Syngman Rhee of South Korea. After all the excitement was over and the guest had departed, John Sullivan persuaded Ellis to spend a few davs with him and Priscilla at their summer home, Rye Beach, N. H., where Ellis' son, Everett '56, joined them. The first week in August John and Priscilla invited a few '21er.s and their wives to dinner. The Burroughs, Perrys, Fowlers, Childs and Miners enjoyed a happy reunion with Ellis who seemed calm and confident in spite of his many present problems and the trying experiences he has undergone in some of his previous posts. His conversation would indicate, however, that his principal occupation in South America was skiing, and in Korea, shooting pheasants. A skilled diplomat. The Perrys and the Miners each bore home afterward a copy of Landmarks, Bill Fowler's third and latest book of poetry, described in the July Smoker.
Other 1921 men in the news: Joe Schultz was elected to the job of assistant vice president of the Central National Bank of Cleveland, 0., and officer in charge of the Rockefeller branch office. Joe has been with this bank thirty years. His club activities include the secretary-treasurership of the Marine Luncheon Club, and membership in the Propeller Club of the U. S., the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland. Ray Mallary was re-elected president of the Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, Mass., and one of the three speakers at the Farm-Industry Family Field Day, August 26, at the (Vt.) State Agricultural School, Randolph Center, Vt. JackHubbell, Simmons V.P. in charge of sales, was speaker at a luncheon in Newark where s101,-740 in prizes were distributed to the top salesmen of Beautyrest mattresses, including a 1954 Lincoln Cosmopolitan as first prize. Corey Ford, who joined us at the Navy game luncheon, is back from Hong Kong with embroidered silks and brocades to decorate his Hanover home which he calls his doghouse, because his setter, Cider, lets him live there, provided he shares it with three students and three of Cider's pups. George Frost, whose current interest in a member of the opposite sex waxes so warm that he failed to show up for our luncheon. Don Sample, in whose memory his brother Paul has given to Dartmouth a striking oil painting of Beaver Meadow. RexStark's widow Helen is the liaison between the business end of Better Homes and Gardens in New York and the editorial offices in Des Moines.
Seen at the Hanover Inn in September were Leighton and Crete Tracy, Dr. and Mrs. StanOliver, Dr. and Mrs. Ernie Wilcox, Frank andEvelyn Foster, and Speedy Fleet, who shows up in Hanover every few weeks. Joe Folger, at the Ski Hut alone, said Marion was helping out at the football ticket office during the fall rush. They survived the hurricane on Nantucket but the family car had its windshield permanently pitted by flying sand.
Jack Campbell's Personal Book Shops in Boston outgrew its headquarters and recently moved to its own building on Commonwealth Ave. The firm name is now Campbell and Hall, Inc. Jack is super-modest about the tremendous success of his original venture but Doris' pride in him may reveal the full story one of these days.
Last May Ort Hicks wrote:
"This past week I was in Dayton on the Defense Department survey, so I took the opportunity of phoning Bill Keys and getting him to meet me at the station for a drink half an hour before my train left. He has changed surprisingly little, and I spotted him in spite of the 36 years' lapse.
"Bill left us in April of freshman year to accept a Presidential appointment to West Point. One year later he resigned from the Academy in hopes of returning to Hanover, but Tuck would not accept West Point credits so he went to Wharton, graduating in February 1922 with Gene McCabe.
"Bill has been tremendously successful in the general insurance field with his brother. His first wife died in 1940 and he married a childhood sweetheart the following year. She is a widow with a son who recently graduated from Miami. Bill's own boy got his degree at Ohio State and is married.
"We had a great time reminiscing about the Phi Doodles and especially Werner Janssen, for he and Bill were the only two freshmen on the Musical Clubs. Bill still retains his talent on the saxophone, clarinet and piano, although I judge he confines his activity to the Dayton Country Club parties. It was a most enjoyable reunion."
Ort also sent a letter from Andy Kuehn:
"I am enjoying my sickness very much; in fact my wife and I have had a very fine time the last few years. Both of our sons came back safely from the Korean conflict. One boy was wounded but was sent back again to the front line and came through the second spell of fighting safelv. The other boy flew over forty missions and got back safely. We are very thankful for that.
"We are leaving next week, I hope, for our summer cabin on the Canadian-Minnesota border. I hope the ice will be out by then. Had a letter from one of the guides today but he did not say anything about the weather so all we can do is hope.
"If you ever get out here be sure and get in touch with me as I would like to talk oyer old times with you. I do not think that I will ever get to New York as I have nothing to go there for and really like my home too well to want to make any trips any more.
"I have been a coin collector for the last few years and every once in awhile I get stuck in trying to get any coins minted in Philadelphia. About the only ones we get out here are those minted in Denver and a very few minted in San Francisco. If I really get stuck I am going to ask you to watch out for a few recent coins for me. I will let you know when and what to look out for if I need help."
Much more news but space limited. See your Smoker.
GIANT KODIAK BEAR felled by Bob Hight '22 last April on Kodiak Island, Alaska, weighe 1200 pounds, with a standing height of ten feet.
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