1905
Friday evening, December 11, there was a pleasant gathering of eleven '05 men, with one son and a smaller number from '04. The occasion was the annual '04-'05 dinner at the New York Dartmouth Club, where we enjoyed a delicious meal under the direction of Ned Redman '04, and where Tub Besse presided as toastmaster with his inimitable good humor and grace. The men came from varying distances: Tub and Allen Graves from closest by, Walt Emery from out in Long Island, while from the New Jersey side came Walt Conley, Charlie Goodrich, Ed Gilbert and your scribe. Sliver Hatch, C. C. Hills and Doc Loder, with his son Halsey Jr. '35, made the long trek from New England, while GibFall journeyed over from the opposite direction. Nostalgic reminiscences were interspersed with the customary keen repartee and hopeful remarks as to the Dartmouth prospects.
At noon of that day, to make sure that C. C. didn't get lost in the deep canyons of the great city, I understand that Tub with Emery, Conley and Hatch met C.C.'s train at the Grand Central and the five had a happy lunch together.
A letter of regret from Cy White at not being able to attend the dinner states that he had spent a week in Maine hunting and had brought home a 107-pound doe. They had enjoyed a delicious venison roast the previous Sunday. He and Hilda spent Thanksgiving at Shelburne, N. H., and expect to go away the latter part of January.
Charlie Goodrich lost a sister, October 11, in Dorchester, Mass. He spent some weeks there, busy with duties as executor of her estate. He and his wife, Ruth, spent October 15, 16, and 17 in Hanover, where he attended a meeting of the Board of Overseers of the Thayer School, and they saw the Colgate game. They are to spend the winter in Westfield, N. J., with their daughter and family.
Gib Fall, whom Mildred and I had the pleasure of entertaining at our home the night of the above-mentioned dinner, has passed on to me various letters sent to him in response to his friendly requests for dues. The following notes are chiefly from this source.
George Stevens spends his summer vacations with his family at Harwichport on Cape Cod.
In the beautiful hill country of southern New Hampshire, John Bell spends his summers with his wife on Island Pond on a shoulder of Mt. Lovell at an elevation of about 1500 feet. Winters he spends at home in Washington, N. H.
Dick Tolman expected to leave with his wife for Clearwater Beach the day after Christmas to join the ranks of those who bask in Florida's winter sunshine. They expect to stay until the middle of April.
Fortunately enjoying excellent health and still active in the (Va.) State Department of Health, Dick Messer is nevertheless looking forward to retiring within a year or two. He and wife Blanche Esther are living in a modest dwelling, as he writes, situated a mile and a half west of the city limits of Richmond.
Jim Mulally, rather exultantly I feel, notes the arrival of his thirteenth grandchild. He wonders if that isn't a class record! Congratulations, Jim!
Back in his old haunts in Los Angeles, Walter Nourse is spending the winter again near his daughter, son-in-law and grandson. His address is 4256 Angeles Vista Blvd., Los Angeles 8.
We do get reminded once in a while that our class is one of the older ones now. IkeMaynard represented the oldest class present at Dartmouth night last fall at the University Club in Detroit.
Carroll and Clara Campbell spent Thanksgiving with his nephew in Wilmington, Del. Camp reports that they are in fine health and are enjoying retirement, though, like many of us "retireds," busier than ever.
Harry Peyser is still active in his law practice — he has to eat, he says! He retired from the bench last August, as previously reported.
Herford Elliott tells us that rural life still maintains its attractions. He and his wife Priscilla find their little estate - twenty acres of reforestation, orchard and gardens - a peaceful refuge from daily problems of the work-a-day world.
Each retired from their respective occupations - he in the ball-gum vending business and she as a reporter in the Los Angeles County Superior courts, Harry and BessieLill took advantage of their unwonted leisure to take an extensive and unhurried trip last fall. Space restrictions prevent giving all the interesting details, but included were Utah, Colorado, where they drove to the top of Pike's Peak, Kansas, where Harry had lived as a boy, Texas, the Carlsbad Caverns and Cuidad Juarez, Mexico.
We are sorry to learn that Henry Thrall had fallen and broken his hip. He had gone to California for the winter. At last account he was in the Scripps Hospital in La Jolla. Best wishes for your recovery, Henry!
Henry Thrall is one of several '05 members who have a dual class allegiance. Owing to his early and considerable membership in '05, it was felt that by contagion he had qualified himself for a degree. When it was suggested that it might be an honor for '06 to be the class to do the actual awarding of his degree, '06 graciously acceded.
Native of Derby, Conn., son of a clergyman, emanating from Pepperell, Mass., via Worcester Academy, Henry arrived at Dartmouth with the notable Class of '05. Friendly, enthusiastic and throbbing with love of life, he joined the track squad. In sophomore year, in the meet with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he distinguished himself in the half mile. Dartmouth's captain was expected to win this event, but down the home stretch a Tech runner had overtaken him, well ahead of the pack. Inspired by the cheering crowd, up came Thrall through the pack out into the open, as if wearing seven-league boots, until he passed both leaders just before the tape, bringing a victory for Dartmouth. Thus he won his letter in track. He has continued doing great things for Dartmouth.
Upon graduating, he devoted a year to the advertising department of Scribner's magazine in New York City. Then he turned westward and made Minneapolis his permanent home. There he grew in stature and success in the banking business. With the Minnesota Loan & Trust Company, starting in 1907, he remained 26 years until 1933, much of the time in its bond department. By 1916 we find him the bank's secretary, by 1921, vice president, and by 1927, vice president and treasurer.
In 1933, entering the investment securities business for himself, Mr. Thrall became president of Thrall, West & Company for ten years until his retirement in 1943.
A civic leader in Minneapolis, during World War I, he was manager of the last four Liberty Loan Bond campaigns. In World War II he was from the beginning associated with the War Finance Committee in charge of large subcriptions.
A lover of out-of-door life, Mr. Thrall long maintained a summer camp at Red Lodge, Mont., in the Beartooth Mountains, where fishing and hunting absorbed his great energy. In the city, golf was his diversion. He and his fellow townsman and '05 classmate, the late Jimmy Vaughan, were pals.
In late years a victim of paralysis, Henry Thrall has made many long motor trips, often to Hanover. His cordial and friendly enthusiasm, his cheerfulness and his great courage conquer his physical handicap. A favorite with both his classes, he always finds a welcome at their gatherings, whether in the Midwest or on the Atlantic Coast.
In 1928 he was on an important committee of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. With no fanfare, Mr. Thrall has long been rendering substantial help to the College, directly and through both his classes.
Today, with handicaps that would defeat many another, he is looking forward to and planning to attend class reunions.
On October 10, 1910, Henry and Corinne C. Ball of Minneapolis were married. Their two daughters are now Mrs. Elizabeth T. Foster and Mrs. Corinne T. Burns, and Henry is grandpa to their eight children.
In Minneapolis, Mr. Thrall is an elder statesman and senior citizen, long an active leader in civic programs. He enjoys an extraordinarily wide acquaintanceship and circle of friendships, well beyond the bounds of his home city.
WHO'S WHO IN '05Henry Dutton Thrall '05
Secretary, 358 North Fullerton Ave., Upper Montclair, N. J.
Treasurer, 8027 Seminole Ave., Philadelphia 18, Pa.
Bequest Chairman,
