1918
A most enjoyable letter from Tom Bryant tells of a delightful Father and Son weekend in Hanover:
"Last weekend '57 dads had a chance to be with their sons, living again the life of a student. Em Morse and his wife thoughtfully had us at their home in Lyme for cocktails and a buffet supper. The men did justice to Em s private stock while the boys shattered the generous supply of food. In addition to Clark and myself there were Tom Shirley and his lad, Don Scully's John, EdBooth of the faculty, Cliff Daniels and his Joe. Em and his wife were the perfect hosts and the evening with them proved to be the high spot 01 the weekend.
"Having seen Em, Ed and Tom at reunion, it was especially good to see Cliff, who flew in from Wisconsin. The next day Don Scully and his wife arrived in time for the freshman hockey game with Harvard and watched their son star as goalie. Clark and I joined them for dinner that evening. So all in all it was a 1918 weekend and with Cliff, Tom Shirley and myself from Chi Phi, a house affair, too."
Martha and Dick Aishton enjoyed three sons at Dartmouth: Dick, Preston and Andrew. The two former started as trainees at Sears & Roebuck after graduation, working from the bottom up, and are already showing those Aishton qualities which took Dick's father to the top of the American Railway Association and took Dick himself to the important vice presidency of one of our very largest banks, the Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust of Chicago. Russ andJean Howard enjoyed a Caribbean Cruise and a stay at Lauderdale by the Sea. Son Rusty as a lab. tech in Osaka, Japan since July will be home in August. Russ is president of Mahaska State Bank, Oskaloosa, lowa.
Francis Griswold (Capt. of '18's freshman golf team, formerly in Baltimore and now retired at 365 3rd Ave. N., Naples, Fla.) is grateful that Alys and he met "such nice people, sent down by the though tfulness of StanJones." They're both crazy about Florida. Maybe Frances and Em Salisbury winter at Clearwater, Fla., for thoughtful Hap Hinman '10, the dean of class-notes writers, sent us a clipping of a grand talk Em made at a Clear-water Rotary Club luncheon. Em lauded the country's salesmen and "preceded his talk with a running comment of gags and threw out to surprised Rotarians minature pillows, a method of advertising Salisbury mattresses and innersprings." To visit Helen and OttoKubin at Stuart, Fla. (his boat tied up at his own dock on the beautiful St. Lucie River) is to run the risk of your wife's throwing in the sponge and refusing to leave Florida. Otto and Helen have a terrific zest for living and are grand folks to see.
In Florida just as we left (and we were very sorry to miss her) was Mrs. Felix W. Woolworth who with the late Mr. "Woo!worth (father of Dick '18 Chester '16 and Dud '15) were so much enjoyed at our 25th reunion. Both loved Dartmouth and loved to help deserving boys wanting to enjoy that Hanover experience which has been our rich inheritance. A most pleasant evening was enjoyed with Kathryn and Ev Young at their charming place in Delray. Kathryn not only raises prize thorobred dogs (Peekskill, N. Y.) but has a touch of genius in her green thumb, raising white orchids and orange, grapefruit and avocado trees. Through rows of blooming hibiscus and poinsettias, quails in formation march to their bird feeding station over their Simmons innerspring bouncing lawn. In addition to luxurious $100,000 homes built by Everett and his construction co. he has enjoyed the confidence of the Reader's Digest for whom he has done a tremendous amount of building over the years. We again missed Mildred and Jay LeFevre who always stay at the Palm Beach Breakers.
We enjoyed a toast to Johnny Thayer at a cocktail party on his birthday March 26. Florence and John have one of the cutest houses in Florida, buried in the lush Florida vegetation on exclusive Viste Del Mar. John had just closed another deal in Delray Beach where he served the town well as mayor and where now he is not only V.P. of R. Bruce Puckett Inc., realtor, but handles advertising and writes a column for Palm Beach papers. What a nice Sunday afternoon visit we enjoyed from Becky and Al Gottschaldt who both look fine and thoughtfully brought us many unusual magazines to read. Al's getting younger; has taken off pounds,; loves his work and once he lights up that cigar, and gets to unrolling the wonderful living of Florida (he took Alice andBill Bemis to jai alai with Betty and BennteMugridge and in no time the astute Pres. of Flamingo Hotel (Bill Bemis) had garnered over 100 of Fat Hardie's "tea leaves"). Al paid great tribute to Atlanta's famous citizen, '18's ChuckPalmer, who visited him a year ago ('18ers in N. Y. City enjoyed Chuck Palmer at a class dinner during the winter) and who may soon be publishing his book on slum clearance throughout the world. .
A most pleasant surprise in Florida was to witness a glistening low-slung shiny black Cadillac a block long, pull up with Fat Hardie, knees under his chin, at the wheel and Moody's Investors Service V.P. Dan Shea snappily togged out in the back seat. Fat is down close to 200 and looks fine. When better steel salesmen are built it won't be Buick that builds 'em—it will be Fat Hardie, a man loved and respected and enjoyed for his graciousness, grand good fellowship and the heavy guns he carries in the steel industry where they know he started on the open hearth of the steel mills and has won his laurels.
No sir, Ruth mid Curt Glover (Write, Inc.) are not out of business with the headlines flashed in the papers about Natl. Cash Register coming out with some sort of chemical paper that did away with carbon paper; as a matter of fact, Curt's shipments are touching a new high. Ruth and Curt had a March vacation in Haiti, Puerto Rico and Florida. HectolMacBean, bless his soul, wounded in action in World War I, Marine Corps famed 2nd Division, had his picture in the papers as Deputy to the County Auditor in Syracuse.
Referred to as one of the most prominent Negroes in U.S. our own Lester Granger was the principal speaker in Boston Lincoln's birthday, and as always, did a wonderful job.
Never can we forget last June how happy the class was to honor Edith and Dick Holton for their tireless efforts for Dartmouth College over many years. Dick has stimulated and encouraged 1918 until today we enjoy the reference, "one of Dartmouth College's greatest classes." Let's do our part to keep us up there. Make this the year everyone gives to the Alumni Fund. June 30 is the last day. Edith and Dick Holton are rightly proud of the outstanding job daughter Mary Louise did at Wellesley, making Phi Beta Kappa by junior year, and awarded a scholarship (but didn't take it) for graduate study.
Just by luck, we caught the news from Chaunce Hood, ever alert on Boston '18ers, who reported a good turnout of '18ers at the Dart. Alumni dinner, Boston, Feb. 17 - EddieFerguson (enjoyed visiting his many friends in the other classes); Lew Cousens who was haggling with Reed Montgomery about his prowess on the golf course; the workingest husband of the '18 class, Dick Cooley, who with Edith runs their marvelous shop in Boston known from coast to coast; Hort Chand-ler; Stub Stanley; Ken Jones; George Kapff and Tommy Groves had bused all the way from Attleboro. The former Hyannis pedagogue Daily Dartmouth columnist of note, is now head of the English Dept. in North Attleboro. ... Judy Ross (Oma and Ned's youngest) is doing a great job at Colorado U., was elected to Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Johnny Cunninghatn was Wahoo and snooky fishing off the Florida Keys after attending the convention of Hoppy's famed National Life of Vermont at the Hollywood Beach Hotel. Al Gottschaldt, enjoying luncheon at the Seven Seas Restaurant in Miami had a good laugh on John who was still unnerved from driving into what he thought was a garage next door ('twas an outdoor bank) and when John asked, "How much?" the banker replied, "We'll take all you want to give me."
Thanks to the administrative head of the editorial dept. of the Providence (R. I.) Journal,Paul Moyer, whose sons Bob and Norman, both Dartmouth, did graduate work at Columbia and Boston U. respectively, has been wonderful in keeping us posted on Shorty Alden and says, "The news is much better. I saw Shorty just before Christmas —he was in good spirits, marked improvement in appearance, and hopes to be discharged this summer. Recovery from his serious operation has been good. Shorty was allowed to leave the hospital three days for the first time, since he entered 1½ years ago, but it gave him a wonderful holiday season with his sister in Cranston, R. I." Wonderful, wonderful news, Shorty.
Wish we could see something of HaroldKendall, our State Senator from N. H., who is reported "as the likely choice of the position of N. H. Dir. of Federal Housing Admin- istration." ... The Phil Sandersons are happy now that their son-in-law is being discharged from the Air Force, and is now announcer of WHEN TV, Syracuse, N. Y. We enjoyed a newspaper picture of Portsmouth, N. H.'s star basketball team on which Phil Sanderson was one of the truly greats.... Gerry Geran reports that "the Admiral" (Paul Mather) never looked more fit after taking off about 75 lbs. and is really in the pink - belief is the Admiral learned some Yogi tricks in the Far East - maybe he's rope climbing. Anyway, chances are less chutney and curry is going into his middle. And reporting on Dick Holton, Gerry adds, "Dick learned like the Japanese to keep a barrel in the air by his feet by eating a lot of rice." The address of "The Admiral" who bought a rambler type house and quite frequently visits the vast Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H., is 9603 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 14, Md.
At 1918 dinner Dartmouth Club. N. Y. Citystar prodders reported Marty Straus, alwayshappy to join the gathering when in town,was played out and flew to the Bahamas inMarch, maybe to see his Tintair displayed bythe bathing beauties Jules Van Raalte,Pres. of the huge Thompson-Starrett Co.,building contractors, and who waxes strongerin tough competition, was in Beverly Hillsquoting on a big job, while Janet was inMexico's Cuernavaca and Acapulco, and enjoyed the country tremendously.
Among those at the N.Y. City class dinner was Svl Morey, whose son Clayton, instead of doing the customary architectural work for the famed Raymond Loewy, has been designing complete homes, filling them with miniature furniture and people....Al Rice's talented daughter Rosemary has announced her engagement.... Red Wilson's secretary called to inquire about the date of the N.Y. City dinner, so Red intended to attend, but he like Dave Skinner is a prominent Syndicate Manager (wouldn't you know the Betas would have a monopoly on Wall St.!) and we were sorry he didn't make it. Also at the dinner was BobKnowles who still hopes to get Francis TaggartChristy as well as Hal Glendenning out to gatherings. We hoped Red Hulburt would be out (he's in charge of the choir of his church where he formerly was Pres. of the men's class a year or two) but we didn't have the pleasure of seeing him. Evelvn and Pete Colwell enjoyed driving down to Biloxi, Miss, and to Jacksonville, Fla., and then following spring up on their way back to New Rochelle.
Had the Class dinner in N. Y. City been later we would have had the pleasure of CortHorr, who attended the Stationers Convention. On that occasion Cort was host at an enjoyable luncheon attended by famed Carl Ray '37 (Mutt — the all-American center), Tracy Higgins '21, L. C. Stowell, Harvard '14, D '18 honorary (Pres. Underwood Co.) and '18ers Pete Colwell, Ned Ross, Paul Miner, BudFrost and the writer. Last fall Cort was elected V.P. in charge of sales for the Assoc. Stationers Supply Co., Chicago, and few people have done more selling throughout this land in every town and hamlet than has Cort over his thirty years of successful effort in this industry. Bud Frost, retiring from A.T.&T. and a third generation Dartmouth man has an uncle, Edwin Frost '86, who was the famous "Blind Professor" at the Yerkes Observatory in Green Bay.
'18ERS WINE AND DINE: In New York members of '18 and their guests met at the Hotel New Yorker for dinner. L to r: L. C. Stowell (Harvard '14, honorary '18), Ernie Earley '18, Tracy Higgins 21, Carl Ray '37. Standing, Pete Colwell '18, Cort Horr '18, who gave the party, Ned Ross '18, Paul Miner 18 and Bud Frost '18.
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