1918
In the Florida circuit at this time are Bee and Al Gottschaldt and their lovely, attractive daughter Kay, all highly skilled specialists in jai alai, Betty and Benny Mugridge and Alice and Bill Bemis, who enjoyed tremendously Becky and Al's invitation to their tropical jungle cottage in Coconut Grove and after expertly following the inside tips of Al on the probable jai alai winners and losing steadily, Alice, Becky and Bill conceived their own system and in no time knocked off $140. DanShea, who shrugs his shoulders like Charles Boyer and quivers his lips when about to speak and emotions erupt, was swimming at Miami during the holidays. Peg and Red Wilson were at Jamaica. Sliding over easily from Rockport, Me. (in retirement, Don?), DonScully got over twice to see his son at Hanover. Also there were Kath and Eddie Ferguson, as well as Harvey Hood who so generously gives of his valuable and capable time to the College.
Before their holiday in Florida, Betty and Ben Mugridge (one of the nation's foremost labor relations consultants) had a delightful weekend at Hanover, at which time Bennie was the speaker in the Bradley Seminar, talking on the "Strategy and Tactics of Collective Bargaining," at Tuck School. The hour of questions was relished by all of Tuck School and by Benny. He says they are a capable bunch of undergraduates, and Bennie is strong in his praise of the increasingly great contribution Tuck School is making to the business world. Engaging in conversation at the Hanover Inn one evening with the mother and father of an undergraduate who had just come from the cocktail lounge and were decrying the presence of liquor and girls all over the college, Benny assured them it was all on a healthier plane now because he remembered that in his day many of the men would save up for six or eight weeks, then send an emissary to Springfield to purchase all sorts of liquor and buried it somewhere at Wilder, and then they always had a job finding it when the night of the big debauch came. "Much healthier as it is now," Benny said.
Treasurer Curt Glover (whose handsome son Johnny at Hanover was an All-American last year and a college record holder in the 50 yd. freestyle swim) reported as of the end of November, 140 dues payers of $5 amounted to $700, and 21 paid $25 (total $525) for the years to the next reunion, or a grand total of $1225. You've paid your dues, haven't you? Send $5 to W. C. Glover, Write, Inc., 420 Lexington Ave., N. Y. ... It was reliably reported that State of N. H. Senator Harold Kendall, from E. Surrey Rd„ Keene, N. H., at his big party after the parade for the bi-centennial Committee and City Council, had as his companion Miss America of 1953. ... Cort Horr who enjoyed a while back a delightful visit in Minneapolis with Ethel and Stumpie Barr, and found them fine, has been taking his vice presidency of the 2nd largest stationers and supply company in the country, right in stride.
A most enjoyable time was had by Martha and Lang Robinson, Springfield, Ill., when Elizabeth and Hort Chandler were out there. Hort was attending a utilities meeting. ... Gene Clark, one of the top men in the Illinois State Dept. of Sanitary Engineering, Springfield, Ill., flew East a couple or months back because of the death of his father.
Phil Sanderson and Doris will miss their frequent visit to Key West in the winter time, to see their daughter Shirley, now living in Virginia. ... Good old Doc Waltham Waters '17, Mayo Clinic, says "... In our trips abroad, we have spent many pleasant hours with Germaine and Hort Kennedy in Paris, and they have been our guests in Rochester. It was nice to visit with the DuSossoit Dukes,Curt Tripp, Stan Jones and Fat Hardy.” ... A lovely picture was in the Akron newspapers or the attractive Judy Slabaugh, so much enjoyed by all or those who attended our last two reunions. Her engagement was announced at a party given by Thelma and Jack. Of attractive Judy, the account says, "She was graduated from Old Trail School, Hood College, Frederick, Md„ and Mass. Genl. Hospital School of Nursing in Boston. She is presently a staff nurse at People's Hospital, and is a provisional member of the Junior Leagueot Akron." The lucky man, Mr. Draff on, brings into the Slabaugh family a fortunate Princeton man who has found a wonderful girl.
What a joy it is to have reported by HarveyHood that Doc Ray Barrett, Springfield, Mass., after "a long and serious illness, conquered by his constant determination and optimism, together with good care," is back on full duty giving even greater medical service than before, and with an unusual understanding of his patients' point of view." ... Old Doc McBride, Lebanon crony of Cher Ned Ross, says, "Only news I have is that the kid of mine is 14th in the class of 1955, and got in the upper scholar group at Smith." Mac used to walk or bicycle, or hitch a ride the 5 miles to Hanover all during his youth, and witnessed lots of the games via a hole dug under the fence or from a nearby peach tree. Says Mac "such names as Blaze, Main, Schildmiller, Tobin, Rich, the three Jacks, Marks, Ryan, and Ingersoll, Hawley, Ghee, and Eddie Dailey, all stick in my mind." Continues Mac, "Pictures of old New England are pretty good too, and the title 'Who can forget its sharp and misty mornings.' Not me - for besides their rare beauty, I had a little difficulty making chapel, either due to oversleeping or taking too much time eating cornbread and muffins at Haggerty's Grill."
Mayo Mazoon (Mac) has been 31 yrs. in secondary schools, 26 of which he has been principal of the Framingham High School. Son Thomas D. '44 is now working for his Ph.D. at U. of Minnesota Bruce D. '50 works in local bank, daughter Jean' attends Wheelock College. We still have the cat and dog at home."
Ellen Duke gave an interesting talk at the Hanover Women's Club: "Editors of women's magazines have unlimited respect for good taste, good judgment, basic horse sense of the women who read them." An interesting article appeared in the Keene, N. H., papers about Ellen and Duke's attractive farm, six miles north of the Chapel on the Lyme Rd. - "and after much talk 3 yrs. ago Mr. Duke closed his advertising agency, Mrs. Duke resigned as managing editor of McCall's, and they piled a few odds and ends into their auto and started out. Now they've got pigs and puppies, beef cattle and Jerseys, hens and bantams, cats and dogs, calfs and maple syrup."
Good news — the latest report is that PhilEverett is now getting down to his office quite regularly at 60 E. 42nd St. N. Y. ... Al Zulick s daughter Margaret was the bride of Frank Morey '20. ... It's good news on Shorty Alden, too (Veterans Hosp., Providence, R. I.), who had a 72-hr. pass in Dec. after being in the hospital for many months, and said, "I felt about 100 when I got outside the 1st time in 18 months. Hope to get home sometime this year. I'm collecting U.S. stamps so if you know anyone similarly engaged, would like some of their duplicates." How about it, some of you philatelists? ... A card from Dwight Edson:
"Recently happy to have a visit from Ray and
Bonnie Smith over from Europe, on vacation. The Hanover holiday and golf course were a fine intellectual and physical workout for reunion and I recommend both. Dwight recently attended the highly successful Southwestern Regional Conference in Dallas. He's given generously of his time and money to make Dartmouth even stronger as a national college. We're proud of the work you are doing, Dwight.
By the time you read this maybe Mildred and Jay LeFevre will be gracing the ballroom floors of The Breakers at Palm Beach - no doubt Katherine and Everett Young will be at their nice place at Delray and enjoying seeing Tommie and JohnThayer. Maybe Dorothy and Sig Judd will be there. We had the pleasure of seeing them down there one March. ... Stirling Wilson tells us that he practices once a week with a quartette in which Larry Pope sings bass, and that if he was as much worried about the notes as he is about getting a good name for the quartette, they would be world beaters. ... Eddie Butts was rejoicing again over the delightful time he had last reunion says, "- especially to have good old Bill Montgomery straighten me out on what happened with Foster Sanford, Rutgers football coach, when we played the freshman team at Syracuse, 39 yrs. ago. Marge and I picked up an auto at the factory and had a wonderful trip back to California."
An enjoyable note from Bob Fish and a clipping from the Tucson, Ariz., Citizen, with big headlines so nice to see: "Bob Fish brings varied background to column. Starting Fri., Nov. 13 and every Fri. thereafter, Bob Fish will write a column of personal observations called Room For Argument.” Commenting on the time after World War I when Bob was teaching economics, he says, "Teaching economics is a fine refuge for people who don't know what they want to do." After teaching Eccy at Hanover, Bob became a director of the Industrial Management Council of Rochester, N. Y., Chamber of Commerce, and secy, to George Eastman on the community conference board. Bob says, Actually my arthritis hasn't been an affliction, but a boon - for I have been able to turn from things I had to do to the things I like to do. It took my mind off money and put my vision on me. I wouldn't have been able to draw a blueprint for living as well as it has been done for me through my illness. For I have been able to raise my family instead of being only the provider for it." During the ten years Bob has been a Tucsonian, he served on the war price and rationing board during World II, has been on the board of directors of the Tucson Little Theatre, and for five years was chairman of the executive committee for the Tucson Medical Center. In 47 he was appointed by Gov. Sidney Osborn to the Arizona power authority and is still serving on it. For the past four years, he has been a member of the city planning and zoning commission. We would all enjoy reading that Friday night copy of the Quick-Lunch-Professors, who helped so many of us in those zero hours before dawn when we filed to the gym for those final exams.
Steve Mahoney, Stan Jones, Dan Shea, FlorimondDuke, and all the notables were present at the housewarming of Fat Hardy at the Biltmore in Dec. With nostalgic songs of World War I in the background, 26 of the 35 men who have led Post #8 of the American Legion in New Rochelle, were present at the big dinner, and of course one of the outstanding Commanders is our George M. Davis, of whomwe are all proud. And Bob Fish said recently,as he passed on to me an editorial from theNew Rochelle Standard Star, regardingGeorge, "I'd recommend reproducing it infull; it would make one excellent column ofclass notes — there is no one in 1918 who isbetter entitled to such emphasis."
Clara and Eddie Felt report their fourth grandchild - "all doing fine." ... Red Hulbert's son, Lt. Richard K. '51, after 2 yrs. in the Army, is enjoying his 2nd yr. at Tuck and will finish up this June. Red comments, "We summered last summer at Cape Ann, Mass., and I turned out a few canvasses immortalizing a few of the glorious spots on that rocky shore." ... Tommie Tarrant writes, "The only guy I see is Tom Tarrant and he's getting to be an awful bore. I guess any guy would get on your nerves after you tied up with him the length of time I've been with Tom." ... From the Minneapolis Morning Tribune: a good picture of our Lester B. Granger, and in part, his always worthwhile comments read, "... It is not that (the reason his profession has never palled on him), I pin my faith upon either my profession or the agency that I serve, for these are only a means to an end. The end that engages my wholehearted conviction is the unreserved faith that I hold in the importance of what I'm doing. That faith is in the function and destiny of the human race as it contributes to the working of God's plan." And more: -
"This fundamental faith, therefore, requires me to believe in the dignity and equality of the human spirit, and, therefore, a free personality. It naturally follows that I believe in an after-life - that afterlife which we create for ourselves in handling our responsibilities towards ourselves and others. To me the after-life is just as much here on earth, in the future of my community, as it is in what may happen to the spiritual me after my physical death."
Frank Griswold, who won the College golf championship our freshman year, and roomed at one time with lantern-jawed Bill Montgomery sent us a mimeographed Merry Christmas from his newly staked out claim at 365-3rd Av. North, Naples, Fla. Enclosed was a good picture of Frank, runner-up in the golf championships there in Naples. Frank adds:
"After traveling up and down the East and West Coast, we decided on Naples because it has everything we're looking for in order to make retirement a real pleasure - beautiful sunshine, swimming in the Gulf, fishing from a 1000-ft. municipal pier or in the surf, and a golf course with greens and fairways equal to most any course in Florida. For the first month, I played golf every day but since then I've been building a guest house on the back of our lot and have been really busy. I am my own contractor, and it is some fun learning all the building codes and restrictions and whatnot. It will be ready by Jan. 1 and we'll rent it by the day, week, month or season."
Bet you'll be swamped after this, Frank, with appeals for accommodations by '18ers, all of whom would like to see you.
Our adopted classmate, Bill Coulson, who has been doing such a magnificent job in parents relations for Dartmouth College, said in a letter a couple of months back, "I am very proud of my 1918 class affiliation. One of the things that keeps me moving along in the field of constructive effort for the College is the earnest desire to be worthy of that honor which came to me over sixteen years ago. It was nice to enjoy the fellowship of Dartmouth with you fellows in Hanover, on my first visit since 1941. I had a fine feeling when I left for home, and so expressed it to my son Jack '39, on the ride down from Hanover early Monday morning — that '18 was in fact my class, and that I was returning home after a fine visit with friends of many years standing. And that is, of course, the way everyone in the class at reunion wanted me to feel. Thank you very much for your contribution to a wonderful Dartmouth weekend." How often it is true. Bill, that adopted children do more for those who have brought them up. We're proud of the honor you have brought to Dartmouth College and to the Class of 1918.
Dick Pearson '20, pres. of the Secretaries Asso., and indeed a model for all secretaries to follow, sent us this note: "As I was writing my notes about my call on Sherm Adams at the White House, I realized I was making mention of an '18er — to wit, James Langley, whose oil painting of a Concord, N. H., scene (including dome of the State House) adorns one of the walls of Sherm's office." With all you do, Jim, in running your great newspaper, how do you find the time?
Out of a possible total of 366 in the Class, 118 different names of '18ers were given in the news items of the January ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
HANOVER WELCOME: Ernie Earley '18 visits two College friends: Aloyse Duffy (left), secretary for Plants and Operations, and Mrs. John W. Bowler, her sister, widow of Dr. Bowler Sr.
TOGETHER AGAIN: Reuning '18ers gathered on the Common at their 35th reunion last June. L to r: John Cunningham and his wife Kay, Ted Hazen, Bill Bemis, Paul Erwin and Steve Mahoney.
MUSICAL INTERLUDE: Dr. Charles (Henry) Clay '19, Assistant Director of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, relaxes by teaming up with his son Paul who has taken up the guitar.
Secretary, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y.
Treasurer, 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y.
Bequest Chairman,
