1918
Good news of Mildred and Bob Fish. After maybe taking a cruise this winter, "if Mildred has her way which is a good bet," they'll be east in May or June and probably stay the whole summer, possibly somewhere in N.H. or Vt. Said Bob, "It's at least 6 months since I covered my section of the waterfront, so let me summarize. July was pleasantly spent at La Jolla, Cal., where we saw something of Ray Dart and his lovely wife. August found us in Colorado Springs standing by as such time as young Bob would allow us from his duties at Broadmoor Hotel. Sept. was the month for touring the Rockies and waiting for the heat to subside in Arizona. October, when we returned here, was good for a hospital stay caused by the abscessed elbow; a 'gout' expert tried to prove that I didn't have rheumatoid arthritis; we both lost!"
"Last month I started a column in the Tucson Daily Citizen, called "Room for Argument" - but of course I fill it up so solidly with type if not with thought that I am sure all I do is talk to myself; still it's fun to do (so far) and even more fun to find a new sort of respect from the wife and kids. As you well know, you really have to sweat to earn that."
We wish Dotty Davis' man — he who is '18's historian with pictures of all '18 reunions would send in the clippings promised of Quick-Lunch Prof. Fish's column - for his old roomies Dr. Ray Barrett and Phi Diddles Bill Montgomery and Dan Shea want to see if his cranium is now up to the jet propulsion of Hanover days.
A Wah Who Wah for Herm Whitmore! The Board of Directors of Robert Gair Co. Inc. gave a luncheon in the fancy Cloud Club in the Chrysler Bldg. on Dec. 22, 1953, for Herm upon his retirement, as tribute to the wonderful years of capable devotion he has given to the success of that great company. Then Herm flew back to his lovely home in the hills of Laguna Beach, overlooking Catalina Island - and there with Tillie and daughter Jean they are enjoying a much deserved retirement - and to make things interesting for Herm, a small plant of the Robert Gair Company, Inc., recently acquired in California, will make it possible for Herm to make periodic visits there some 50 miles away and give them the benefit of his outstanding judgement. George E. Dyke '15 is Pres. and Raymond F. DeVoe '16 Vice Pres.
Stan and M.O.'s pretty Nancy Jones will be displayed in the magazine "Secretary of the Month" - a job she negotiated entirely on her own, where she is the secretary of Dave Garraway's show, one of the most popular on TV. Now's the time to retire, Stanley - you're in clover.
James M. (Jim) Langley, editor of the outstanding Monitor Patriot in Concord, N.H., had a splendid editorial about the closing of the Old Howard Theater in Boston. This tidbit you'll enjoy, especially if the very name "Old Howard" could not be mentioned in your household:
"The Monitor yesterday reported closing the Old Howard Theater by Boston authorities. After 108 years the famous burlesque house was found guilty of presenting performances of a strip-tease nature which were against the law. A cop had taken furtive movies from a balcony to get the evidence necessary to conviction.
"Our recollections of the Old Howard go back to 1914, when we were just coming of age. We had flunked out of college and through the goodness of a friend of father's we got a job on a delivery truck at $6 per week. We lived in a top story room just around the corner from the Old Howard, the cheapest place we could find. Tucked into a tiny corner under the stairways in the Old Howard theater was a tiny lunch counter, and it was there we ate most of our meals. On our earnings, we had to be frugal. But for ten cents we could buy an enormous plate of beans and a cup of coffee, and for an additional expenditure of one cent, we would get a large frosted coffee roll."
Bill Colby was recently appointed to a new term on the N.H. Commission on Interstate Cooperation. Sure enough, Harvey Hood was at Hanover at the dedication of the new hockey rink Stew Teaze, the old roomey of Cap Hanley, the Jersey City Sam Snead, was in New York in Jan. attending a trustees meeting of their R.I. Conanicut Yacht Club. Helen and Stew Teaze (economic analyst for Socony Vacuum in Yokohoma before retirement) were so much enjoyed by the MelSouthxvicks, Red Hurlbuts, Janet and JulesVan Raalte, during the sizzling heat of the last June Reunion, when they all tore out of the sizzling gym during speeches and plunged into a deep, cool pool up at Orford, above Carol and Em Morse's and Ellen and Jo Flo Duke's place.
A grateful note was received from ImogeneKozminski reading, "...when I received the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for Dec. 1953, a day or two before Christmas, I set it aside for a leisurely hour after the excitement of having my son and his wife here for the holidays, and when I picked it up a few days ago, I immediately turned to the class of '18 news. I was so surprised, and very happy to see my Darling's name among the list of donors for the alumni fund. Some anonymous donor had given in memory of Charlie. How can I ever find out who it was?" Many of the contributors like to give something extra in memory of somebody in the class whose name they would love to keep ever alive with us.
A nice Christmas card came in from Grace and Al Sibbernsen in Binnington, Nebr. saying how much they wanted to come to the reunion last June. Sib, contour-planted to hold water and not night club gin; a strip cropper of conservation where Nebraska looks to the solid Dane for an example of christian brotherliness, stood by smiling at the 30th reunion as his plane and clothes took off without Sib.
One of the most enjoyable class dinners in a long time was at the Dartmouth Club Jan. 14 when George M. Davis showed us colored stills of last June's reunion - they were a lot of fun. Outstanding event of the evening, was the attendance for the first time ever of Chuck (Charles F.)Palmer, who is Chairman of the stupendous, multimillion dollar project, "The Hall of Our History." It will rise above the Georgia countryside at one of President Roosevelt's favorite spots on the crest of Pine Mountain. The Hall will be a new marvel of the universe, comparable only to the pyramids of the Egyptians and the Incas. Some of the most famous architects, historians, sculptors, writers in the U. S. have been working on the plan for years; and our Chuck is the motivating spirit behind the whole thing. It was a great honor to have Chuck at this '18 dinner and we hope now to see him often.
Chuck originally was in the real estate business, in Pasadena, Santa Barbara and San Diego and while reading the Dartmouth College catalogue one day he noticed they offered attendance to special students, so Chuck with the catalogue in hand came across the continent and went in to see Dean Leaycock. Apparently Chuck didn't fall into the groove of special students that Craven Leaycock had in mind, but the fact that a man would jump a train and come all the way to Hanover was irresistible to Craven. Chuck has organized so many things in Atlanta, Ga. that his successful activities would cover a whole page. He was Defense Housing Coordinator, under the Natl. Defense Comm. and Executive Officer of the President. In '40 and '42, he was representative of President Roosevelt and Head of Special Housing Mission to Great Britain.
Among George Davis's colored stills of last June reunion one of the most enjoyable was a group of The Irish — Ed Healy, Paul Irwin, SteveMahoney, Ed O Connor, Hubie McDonough, JohnDonohue, and Dan Shea. Other enjoyable pictures were Helen and Stew Teaze, a wonderful one of Evie and Pete Colwell, and of the family so many enjoyed, Judy, Marion and Cort Horr. Of course, there was a wonderful picture of Hilda and HenryHesse, and their two nice daughters, Alice and Barbara, - then came the vital looking up-Staters - Congressman Jaysus Le Fevre, and Mildred; Ev and Kay Yotmg. Then a good one of Olive andTommy Groves, without Nicky. Bill Christgau would approach the illuminated screen in the darkened room and point out something, when bang - biscuits would flap against the screen and it sounded like the bombardment of Soissons.
That sterling wheelhorse, Tom Shirley, who with pretty Betty and son Bob did so much of the real hard labor and planning, to make the reunion so enjoyable (but we missed Pracilla) last June were cheered as they appeared on the screen.... We recall an awfully good colored one of Lucy (served as a Volunteer nurse in the hospitals at Keene, N.H.) Piper, with Al (former roommate of AlWard, and Al Zulick), both of whom are boasting of at least 3 grandchildren which the score was a year ago - then a splendid one of Martha and Lang Robinson, with Betty and Hort Chandler. Oh it would have been so enjoyable if everyone could have seen these pictures. One of the unfortunate parts of reunion was that George Davis had stills there of many past reunions that are such fun to see once again, and yet there just wasn't an opportunity found for George to display them.
Another good one was of Peg and Dwight Sargent, and Helen and Paul Miner, as well as Kay and Johnnie Cunningham all the way from Denver, and Eve, Terry and Bill Montgomery all the way from Kansas City. There were the Siamese twins, Ben Stone and Sime Gordon, with Ella and Gertrude; a wonderful picture of Ellen and FlorimondDuke, the Belgian tulip king, and Hitty and ReedMontgomery, as well as Eione and Doc GeorgeWoodruff who had just come back from Holland. The colored pictures were so wonderful and so much enjoyed that everyone began planning on some gathering soon where all can enjoy these pictures of past reunions. Ethel and Bob Knowles contributed some of these wonderful slides, and no doubt many others helped make it a most pleasant evening.
How sad again to report two of our class recently passed away! One John C. Fleming, in the V.A. hospital, lowa City, lowa, last November; the other Doc Joe Quincy - the old roomey of Louis Huntoon, who in a nice letter from son Schuyler, who many will remember at last reunion helped at the desk at the checking-in dormitory, reported that Louis had "fallen down some stairs and gotten a bad bruise, and quite a bump." You be careful, Louis, and take good care of yourself.
Joe Quincy would frequently drop a line tous and to many others in the class - expressing concern over the illness of someone else,and expressing gratitude and thanks for theservice anybody had been rendering to theclass and to the College Murray Baldwin,elected Mayor of Fargo, N.D„ in 1950 - 2 to1 over his 2 combined opponents, writes thathe'd love to see '18ers at any time. Pat andGeorge Stoddard had a most enjoyable visitwith him a year or two ago, and Murrayturned out the town for their enjoyment.Last year Helen and Murray were in SouthAmerica, and this winter they'll be at home.
Anyone know where Chief Walkingstick is? We want to keep in touch with the man who meant so much to all of us on the campus. Some misunderstanding must have taken place a few years ago, for thoughtful Cort Horr, when he too was living in Syracuse, looked up Chief Walkingstick, rang the bell, and to the woman who came to the door, asked, "Is Chief Walkingstick around?" "Well, I hope not," she shot back. We never heard the rest of the conversation or what became of Ralph. Lost also to the class, and who we'd like to find, are Bill Bowie, Culver Cook, Duffy and Frank Lewis, and Lawrence E. Weingold.... Joe Gerst, who has been married three times already, and whose fourth wedding took place on Feb. 15, says this time he can retire for good. Said Joe, "My last three wives, all fine girls, and still about, did not support me in the manner to which I was accustomed, but Gracie will. Our cabin cruiser sleeping 10 is now vagabonding through the lovely islands in the Caribbean."
All the N.H. papers carried a picture of Col. Florimond duSossoit Duke, receiving a hero's award, in the form of a Certificate of Service, for parachuting into Hungary during World War II. Duke, now retired after 30 years in service, jumped into Hungary in 1943, where he surrendered according to plan, to the Hungarian Army, after which he was to contact certain Hungarian officials to negotiate a separate peace. Unfortunately, the Nazis made prisoners of both Duke and the General to whom he surrendered, thus spoiling the plan and causing Col. Duke to spend the rest of the war in a concentration camp. Duke joins a select group of reservists, only one in 3000 having the Award. Duke as you know was Capt. and end of our football team, former adv. Director of Fortune magazine, was in the First Amer. Aero Squadron in France, World War I, and after he spent 6 mos. in a fortress, reserved as a jail for special enemies of Germany, and with other prisoners, many of them under sentence of death, they were rescued in April 1945 by the dramatic dash of a special task force, tanks ana infantrymen.
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