1927
Bequest Chairman, LEON C. GREENEBAUM
It may be February to you by the time you read this, but as I write it it is the beginning of January, and if any of you have ever gone through a Christmas season in the jewelry business, you'll be able to realize that there hasn't been much time in the last month to give thought to Dartmouth and the Class of 1927. Next year, if I can remember it in time, I think that I'll get a guest editor to do the February column. That way you'll be spared having to put up with something like this, which by necessity has to be put together at the last minute in order to meet the deadline.
A few days ago I received a fine letter from Ray Reed. You probably remember that Ray recently moved from Lexington, Mass., to Lacoma, N. H., and it was very interesting to me to learn the story behind the move, and to get some up-to-date information about his activities. Ray has been in the drug business in Lexington ever since his graduation from Dartmouth, and all that time has had a hankering to return to New Hampshire. Recently he and his wife Gretchen decided to make the move, and so they purchased a spot on Lake Winnipesaukee, consisting of a lodge and a group of cottages, located about half way between Alton Bay and Laconia, where they are operating a resort catering to vacationers, hunters, skiers, and fishermen. It is called Pine Ledge Lodge and Cottages, and the address is R.F.D. 4, Laconia, N. H. Ray is very enthusiastic about this new venture, and I'm sure that this is a case where he will be truly glad to see any of his classmates who would like to drop in on him. Ray's eldest daughter is married, and recently presented him with an entry in the grandfather's derby. His next daughter is a senior at the University of New Hampshire, and plans to be married in June. His third daughter is a senior at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, and the only one left at home is his youngest, Donald, who still has a few more years before leaving for school.
Gus Cummings writes that he has recently returned from a trip to the West Coast, where he visited with the Abbotts in San Francisco and with the Coulters in Los Angeles. Gus reports that both Bill and Duke are looking very well, that their hospitality is unsurpassed, and that neither of them think that there is any place in the world except California. Roy and Anne Flannery, and Sykes and Helen Hardy had preceded the Cummings by a few weeks.
Ray Ring seems to be setting some sort of record for long-distance commuting, as he lives in Short Falls, N. H., and operates his studio in Boston. I'm not quite sure how he does it, but maybe he will shed a little light on the subject. Ray finally explains his absence from the 25th reunion by the fact that his daughter was married at that particular time, and someone had to give the bride away.
The engagement of Hal Starbuck to Miss Helen Margaret Pease was announced on November 12.
Red Cleaveland was chairman of the first session of the annual convention of the National Retail Dry Goods Association at the Statler Hotel in New York on January 12. Red is president of the W. W. Mertz Co. of Torrington, Conn., and has been very active in this organization, as well as being recognized as a leader in his field.
Last month brought the latest edition of Cary Stiff's Dogwood Farm Doin's, which, for the benefit of those of you who have never seen it, is Cary's very novel and interesting Christmas card, put out in the form of a newspaper, reporting the doings of the Stiff family during the past year. This year's issue has as its lead story a trip which the Stiffs took last June, the highlight of which was a visit to Hanover at Commencement time, when Cary's eldest son, Dave, graduated magna cum laude, and, of course, as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Though his son's graduation was the most important part of the occasion, Cary reports that the visit of the President of the United States to. Hanover, and the informal address that he made to the graduating class were most impressive and something to be long remembered. The Stiffs live on an old farm, which they have extensively remodeled, at Ada, Mich., and Cary operates dry-goods stores in Lowell and Grand Rapids. Their daughter, Winona, is attending the University of Michigan, and their two younger children, Cary Jr. and Martha, are still at home.
Dr. Jim Mullen has temporarily forsaken his practice in Benham, Ky., and is at present doing graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. His address is 200 N. Wynnewood Ave., Wynnewood, Pa. I hope that I will have more news of him to report soon.
Other new addresses are: William P. Elliott, 2 Gracewood Park, Cambridge, Mass.; William B. Fryberger, 201 Ridgewood Rd., Duluth, Minn.; William B. Crane Jr., 106 Stamford Ave., Stamford, Conn.; Ernest E.Field, 1804 D Anispuni St., Honolulu 14, Hawaii; Joseph D. Gay, 1 Ship Channel Rd., South Portland, Maine; Arthur B. Keleher, 171 Pine St., Garden City, L. I., N. Y.
During the next few months you will all be hearing a good deal about the part that all of you will play in the success of the 1954 Alumni Fund. The Class of 1927 has the opportunity this year to demonstrate to the rest of the alumni body what a really great Dartmouth class can do. Your contribution to the Fund should be measured in terms of your interest in Dartmouth and your ability to give. It is something to which each one of you should give a great deal of serious thought between now and June. The days are long past when we could meet this obligation by a last-minute token gift. Our support of the Alumni Fund is a vital part of the effort to maintain free education in the United States, and as such merits the most serious consideration that we can give it. Merely making a contribution isn't enough - ask yourself if you honestly feel that you are -doing your full share.
Secretary, Pine Hill Farm, West River Rd., Perrysburg, Ohio
Treasurer, Box 1927, Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
