1926
PARENTS-SONS WEEKEND FEB. 13-14
Henry Bixby succeeds Doug Everett this year as chairman of the committee on arrangements for our Parents-Sons weekend on February 13-14. However, Ted Everett '54 remains as head of the committee of student sons in Hanover. Stew Orr is on Henry's committee and as usual Sid Hayward is lending a helpful hand for a fine program which features the following principal events:
Friday, February 12 Cocktails and dinner at the Inn.
Saturday, February 13 Class meeting in the morning. Luncheon as you wish. Varsity track meet with Harvard - afternoon. Freshman swimming meet with Deerfield Academy - afternoon. Parents and Sons banquet at the Inn. Varsity and freshman hockey game with Brown - evening.
Sunday, February 14 Breakfast at the Inn. Relaxing and reuning until departure time.
As you will note, the date has been moved forward, but this was deemed advisable for the other alternative would be in March, which is too close to spring vacation. This weekend offered the best athletic program and comes the week after Carnival which means, barring a thaw, all of the snow sculpture and other decorations will still be in evidence. For those who wish to take up where the ski teams left off, there should be plenty of snow. To our more sedate members who have put away their hickories, there are many other pleasures to be had at this winter reunion. It is not necessary to qualify by having a son in college for all class members and their families are more than welcome. It is still not too late to make your reservations at the Inn.
Here is the latest count on 1926 fathers and sons now in College.
Father SonCharles W. Collins Allen V.'53 Russell W. Clark Rescott M. '54 Douglas N. Everett Edward F. '54 James H. Grady James H., Jr. '54 Donald B. Hopkins Nathaniel R. '54 Richard Major Richard III '54 Horace M. Moderwell John C. '54 Andrew J. O'Connor George W. '54 William F. Pitney William N. '54 Clark Weymouth Clark, Jr. '54 Ralph B. Bristol Calvert C. '55 Herbert F. Darling Herbert F., Jr. '55 Edivin B. Dooley Edwin 8., Jr. '55 Andrew J. Oberlander David H. '55 Maurice H. Weil Harry H. '55 Prentiss Carnell, Jr. Prentiss III '56 Warren L. Fellingham Warren L., Jr. '56 Walter Granville-Smith Walter III '56 Richard P. McClintock Richard P., Jr. '56 Abner Oakes (deceased) Abner '56 Clark Weymouth Theodore S. '56 Oliver L. Barker Peter S. '57 Frederic P. Barnes Peter C. '57 G. Henry Bixby George H. III '57 Thomas Herlihy Thomas III '57 Charles J. Mac Donald George B. '57 Stewart G. Orr David E. '57 Herbert J. Redman C. Dana '57 John W. Roberts John W., Jr. '57 Frederick F. Seely Jonathan F. '57
As a matter of additional interest since last month's announcement that George Bixby '57 (6'-3", 212-lb. tackle), son of our chairman, captained the freshman football team this fall, he has been elected vice president of the freshman class. Sid Hayward reports that the other sons are doing equally well in their respective fields of activity.
My denture Hasn't made me shun Adventure, Bifocal Visions hasn't kept Me local, But staging A chase for a bus is proof I'm aging.
And so the following turn to the half-century mark during February. Gordon Linke and Ed Becton on the Ist; George Champion and King Dickason on the 8th; Sandy Martyn, 11th; George Bellaire and Frank Oakes on the 13th; Dick Lamb, 14th; Sidney R. Williams, 15th; Ed Chaffin and Charlie Jost on the 19th; Kermit Nickerson, 21st; Charlie McKenna, 23rd; Charlie Collins, 26th; DickMajor, 27th. (Addresses furnished on request.) Best wishes to all for the next fifty years.
It is good to hear from those who write of their experiences on this great occasion. JackMcIlwraith, president of Associated Box Corporation at Newcastle, Pa. (factories at New Eagle, Pa., East Chicago, Ind., Warren, Ohio, Martins Ferry, Ohio, and Delanco, N. J.) comments:
"Fifty years! It's sort of like touching second base, isn't it? Anyway, next year I'll be 49 and 48 the next and so on. I hope. ... I still break 80 occasionally, got my share of partridge in Michigan last fall and, in general, manage to stagger on after a fashion. My beard gets in the soup once in a while and I don't sing as well as I used to think I did. And so it goes."
And from George Starke, vice president for Sales, Sperry Gyroscope Co., a most welcome letter ending:
"During the twelve years that I have been associated with this company I have learned that time is the most precious commodity. I have not been able to enjoy the pleasures of old friendships. Any contacts are mere coincidence and brief. I look forward to seeing you and my other classmates and catching up."
Art Wilcox writes:
"Thanks for the birthday wish letter from you and the rest of the class. It expresses a feeling I have always had for the rest of my classmates. I spent my birthday with my wife Madeline and daughter Bunny in Hollywood Beach, Fla. Several of our neighbors were also vacationing there and they had a surprise party for me which my 14-year- old daughter had engineered. While in Florida we stayed one night with Chip Chipman whom I suppose you know is moving back north and out of the hotel business."
As you will recall from our speculations in the December issue, we were wondering about Gordon "Chip" Chipman. It has been good to hear from him again in New York. He is now sales manager of The Denominator Co. at 261 Broadway. He brought back so much pent-up enthusiasm from his Florida stay that he and Chuck Webster promoted a 1926 dinner at the Dartmouth Club in New York on January 15 which honored CourtneyBrown on his appointment as Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Administration, taking effect the first of this month.
And speaking of Florida, Don Church, whose picture appears above with one of his distinguished guests of the Belleview-Biltmore, informs us that Harry and Mary Fisher are coming down on March 10 for their spring training on the golf course. He is also hopeful that Al and Ellen Louer will be able to come with their boys for the school spring vacation period. So March is 1926 month at the Belleview-Biltmore. Write or wire Don now for reservations.
The mention of Florida golf brings to mind for the shut-in golfers of New England that spring is only two more months away. JoeBatchelor's son Charlie is eyeing the title of Massachusetts Junior Champion that his father won thirty years ago. The BostonGlobe had a fine article on Charlie and his golfing and other athletic abilities at Kimball Union where he is presently a senior. As you all know Joe has gone from the Massachusetts Junior Championship in 1923 to one of New England's golfing immortals today. He won the New England amateur title in 1931 and has since been a president of the Massachusetts Golf Association. He has also been president of the Francis Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Fund and presently head of the New England Golf Association. Joe writes as follows:
"My daughter Ellis is a junior at Mount Holyoke this year and our youngest, Joe, is 14 and going to Marblehead High for another year anyway. Last winter he and his partner won the Massachusetts State Junior badminton title. He hopes to go to Dartmouth and is a fair student so far. My wife Peggy is fine and playing some tennis to keep occupied. I try to play a little golf, at least twice a week - but don't seem to get around the course as fast as I used to - the holes seem much longer and the hills much higher, if you know what I mean. However, I know I enjoy the game more than ever though the scores are not as good.
Don Hoffman has been in Cleveland again and reports that he has joined the ranks of class grandfathers with a set of twins. But lo! on the same day that Don arrived at this venerable estate, Tom Colt became the father of a baby daughter, Penelope. 1926 never ceases to break records!
The Press Herald of Portland, Me., had an article on Nick Nicherson, who has been Waterville superintendent of schools for the past nine years, and was named professional services director for the State Department of Education. Nick served eleven years as high school superintendent" and principal in Winterport, and eight years at Oakland as superintendent. This is a fine recognition by the State of Maine for his good work in their many schools.
Recent social notes include the announcement by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Benner Hopkins (cur Assistant Class Agent) of the marriage of their daughter Carol to Mr. Robert Davis Brown on January 9 at Upper Montclair, N. J.
Dick Husband starts his new teaching assignment at Florida State University, Tallahassee, as professor of psychology on the first of this month. Like George Snell in Texas, he seems very happy with the prospect of oranges instead of snow and fishing all year round where streams don't ever freeze over. As you will note in the Wah-Hoo-Wah column, Dick was also honored by his professional colleagues in being chosen president-elect of the Division on the Teaching of Psychology of the American Psychology Association and will take office at the national meeting in New York next Labor Day. That is, indeed, a nice honor, Dick!
HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT THE PARENTS-SONS WEEKEND ON FEBRUARY 12-13-14.
DISTINGUISHED GUEST: Don Church '26 (second from left), manager of the Belleview Biltmore, is host to the Duke of Windsor in Belleair, Fla. Others are Tommy Harmon (l), golf pro, and Bernard F. Powell.
J. EDWARD KNIGHT '27, who was recently appointed Judge of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, for the State of New Jersey.
Secretary, 500 Terminal Tower Cleveland 13, O.
Treasurer, Kennedy's, 30 Summer St., Boston 10, Mass.
Bequest Chairman,
