1915
A congenial group of '15ers was rounded up for lunch at the Dartmouth Club in New York to pay respects to Pete Alexander when he favored the Big Town with his smiling presence back last November. This being his first visit in fourteen years, the big Denverite was kept plenty busy trying to work in a few business calls while catching up with other important phases of life in our fair city (Schwarz's Toys and the United Nations were high on the agenda!). Fred Child had lined up a goodly bunch to make Pete feel at home and those who tossed off a few at the tasty London Broil included - Charlie Comiskey, Bags Wanamaker, Russ Livermore, Art Nichols, Red Folan, Carl Gish, Johnnie Mullin, Kell Rose, Bete Cannon, Charlie Griffith, Phil Murdock, Fred and Pete. Pete's a cagey guy! It wasn't until days later that our attention was called to a news spread in the DenverPost (with picture 'n' everything): "Denverite Gets Bond Award - P. K. Alexander, vice president of the First National Bank of Denver, was presented a specially designed lapel medal, honoring his service to the savings bond program, by Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey at a recent conference in Washington." Murder will out, Pete — but you shoulda told us about it!
Charlie Griffith was headed on another business trip 'round the world — about three months this time. That boy sure gets around!
Ray King was re-elected president of the Springfield Community Concert Association last September - a post he has held since 1931. Harvey Hi Moses '22 is treasurer.
Bags Wanamaker was the principal speaker at the annual dinner back in October of the 25-Year-Club at the Fisk Tire Plant Div. of the U. S. Rubber Co, in Chicopee Falls. In reporting the afFair, which included gold watch awards to forty-year employees, the Transcript-Telegram of Holyoke states: "In addition to his career in the rubber industry, Mr. Wanamaker, who is production facilities coordinator for U. S. Rubber's Tire Division, starred in football and hockey at Dartmouth, was head coach of the ice hockey team at Yale during the 1920s and was one of the founders and first president of the Connecticut Board of Football Officials."
Howie Stearns of Wellesley Hills says he occasionally gets reports of Hanover direct from some of his students, particularly at Winter Carnival time, that in spite of sprains and even broken bones, they like Hanover - and probably the young men they see there!
Milt Ghee reminisces a bit about a fake line-buck he and I used to pull - "It used to work, too - could you do it now? Not me!" Nor me either, Milt. He had lunch with AlLivingston, Tommy Tomfohrde and MarvFrederick on his birthday and, "Did the chips fall and the hot air rise!" Milt sends best to all.
String Downing was seen escorting a baby sitter and youngster in a two-wheeler around the cinder track between halves at the Cornell game last fall. String seemed oblivious to strident calls from various classmates in the stands - mebbe he didn't hear 'em!
The latest from Stick Pamell is this definition of a bustle — a deceitful seatfull!
Thornt Pray reports that wife Virginia is recovering nicely from a serious operation back in November. Said he had a good chat with Al Bradley some time ago when he discovered him at a business conference they were both attending. It's a small world!
1915 is glad and proud to contribute its share and participate with a number of other classes in erecting a memorial tablet at Alumni Gymnasium in honor of Dr. John W. Bowler - a project instigated by the Class of 1914. Jackie's dad probably had more to do than any one man with arousing interest and raising funds for the erection of the Alumni Gym, and it is fitting that his name become a part of it. "Doc" influenced the lives of countless Dartmouth men who passed through his classes or otherwise came under his supervision, and none more so than our own class. With our contribution goes our blessing!
Joel Harris, with his health improved and business much better, reports that his daughter - after a year abroad on a Fulbright - is now in Kansas City as assistant curator of Far Eastern Art at the Nelson Gallery of Art.
Dr. Boynton (Dick) Merrill, pastor of First Congregational Church of Columbus, Ohio, since 1943, is the author of a sermon published in the October issue of The Upper Room Pulpit, according to an announcement made by the editor, Dr. J. Manning Potts.
Ralph Brown, vice president and general counsel of New York Telephone Company, hesitantly reports that he is getting ready to go into their third postwar rate case, which will probably keep him busy until April or May. "I don't suppose this proceeding will serve to increase either my own popularity or that of the Telephone Company; but it seems very necessary if we are to continue to provide high-grade telephone service and give our stockholders some small protection against the ravages of inflation." Ralph says he saw more football games last Call than for some years past, probably due to the fact that his youngest son is a freshman at - Tch! Tch! - Columbia. His selection of games to see, we'll have to agree, was pretty good — Yale, Columbia and Princeton! "Perhaps the new Graduate Manager of athletics can find ways and means for the team next fall to do in all games what they did in these three. ... We enjoy living in Greenwich where we have been for the last two and a half years, all except the commuting - which I find a little rugged." (Do I dare mention, Brownie, your cordial standing invitation to drop in for cocktails or anything else I have time for?)
The following quote from an official of the College speaks for itself: "I thought you would be interested to know that Jack Ferguson of your Class attended the highly successful southwestern regional conference in Dallas in December. This man has given generously of his time and money to make Dartmouth even a stronger national college." Full reports and photos of the regional meetings appeared in the January ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Eben Clough has a slight amendment to his statement, quoted recently, about these "new-fangled" fluid-drive cars - "One of these cars can be started, as and if it is all dry, etc., by pushing same at about 30 mph. The guy that was driving that day was not only in deep water - he musta been in a deep fog too." So - there you are!
Bags Wanamaker and Chan Foster were spotted at the opening of the new Hockey Rink in Hanover and saw Dartmouth win both opening games. I'll bet Bags got a particular thrill out of this new development in Hanover hockey.
Hal Claflin was welcomed like a long lost brother by the Patten lunch gang in Boston one fine day last December. Says he plans to make it often.
Another loyal group gathered at the Dartmouth Club in New York for an informal dinner on December 17. It was a good gabfest and those who did justice to the gabbing — as well as the liquids and solids - were Dick Clarke, Red Folan, Marv Frederick, Bob Fredericks, Roy Lafferty, Phil Murdock, Art Nichols, Bill Nissen, Kell Rose, Dutch Scharmann, Bags Wanamaker and Ralph Brown. Comiskey and Gish showed but didn't place - they had previous dates.
Denis Maloney had good reason to pass up the dinner - his son, a doctor from Texas, was passing through headed for a new assignment in Austria.
Kell Rose has been elected president of the National Advisory Council of "Junior Achievement," succeeding Mr. Bayard Colgate, chairman of the board of Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company. You will remember that Kell wrote a very interesting article on this nation-wide movement mentioned in the February 1953 issue of these Notes.
To whom it may concern - anonymous notes can hardly get the kind of recognition they deserve — in these Notes!
Dr. John P. Bowler, chairman, Hitchcock Clinic, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, is the author of an article, "Rededication," appearing in the December 3 issue of the NewEngland Journal of Medicine.
Beardsley Ruml has been elected a director of National Securities & Research Corporation. Bee will also act as economic adviser for National Securities Series, a mutual investment fund with assets in excess of $ 130,000,000.
Attorney Don Bennink of Lawrence addressed a meeting of the Stoneham Republican Club in December on the subject, "Effect of Political Parties on Government Today" (state and municipal).
Late news flashes (December) report LesDunn in Europe; Charlie Griffith in Pakistan; and Fran Poor again winning out over a hospital siege in Jacksonville.
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