1923
October has arrived once more and with it comes the announcement that 1923 has again sent a goodly delegation of sons to Hanover. In the October issue last year we inaugurated the practice of listing the sons with the dormitory rooms they are occupying. Apparently, many members of the Class found this a convenient way to locate these "Sons of '23" and wrote in, stating the idea was a good one. So here goes for the boys who are in college now.
Class of 1959: Frederick M. Putnam, son of Lew Putnam of Barre, Vt., graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre last June and will occupy 209 South Massachusetts.
Preston R. Allen, son of Johnny Allen of 19 West 73rd Street, New York City, attended McBurney School, graduated from Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., and will live at 111 Massachusetts Hall.
John S. Perley, son of Dr. "Russ" Perley of Lakeport, N. H., Graduated from Laconia High School and will live in 104 North Fayer Hall.
William D. Robinson, son of "Robby" Robinsonof Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from theUniversity School in Cleveland and will reside in Room 211, Fayer Hall.
Letters have gone to these four members ofthe Class of '59 congratulating them on havingbeen accepted and enrolled in the Class.
Class of 1958: Jack Durkin's son, John, resides at 309 North Massachusetts Hali; JohnnyFoster's son, John, lives in Room 102, SouthMassachusetts Hall; Win Travell's son, John,in Room 211, Massachusetts Hall; Phil Weinseimer's son, Philip, in Room 203, WoodwardHall.
Class of 1957: Chet Bixby's son, Ben, livesin 403 Hitchcock Hall; Sherm Clough's son,Galen, in 308 Streeter Hall; George Mason'sson, Dick, in 111 Gile Hall; Al Taylor's son,Alson, in 409 Massachusetts Hall; and LeeYoung's son, Herbie, lives in 5 Lord Hall.
Class of 1956: Henson C. Robinson's son,Charlie Beard, lives at the Kappa SigmaHouse; Nonnie Fay's son, Peter, at the SigmaChi House; our late classmate, KerchHolt's son, Henry, at the Phi Delta ThetaHouse; Pres Leavitt's son, Frank, at the ThetaDelta Chi House; Win Wadleigh's son, Theodore, lives at 207 Gile Hall. Arthur Little's sonSteve '55 will reside at 25 School St.
Sam and Miriam Home sailed for Europelast March for three months of sightseeing.Ken Quencer, Woodie Gauss, and your secretary, with wives, gave them a suitable sendof On Sam's return, he carefully notedHuddy Hudson's and Florence Miner's (wifeof Babe) poetry in the MAGAZINE. Feeling thathe could easily out-do these contributions andseeing thus an opportunity to make a bidfor the job of Class Poet, Sam went to work.Here is the result:
While roaming about overseas We ran across three '23s.
At the Bahia Palace on Palmas Bay Miriam and I came a week to stay, After dinner we had passed the coffee bar When from it stepped a famous star Of New York medicine men, by gar! None other than Dr. Stanley Ungar. He said, "I am a sailing mate And I landed here to recuperate...."
For the Iberian mainland we sailed one night. Headed straight for Barcelona's light. We booked ourselves at the Avenida Inn An early breakfast the day to begin. Then who walked in all neat and spruce It's n'est pas, oui! oui! Joe Scbiffenhaus. So on to Paris, it became our fate To meet for the Frolics at a later date.
From the Frolics we went to the Crazy Horse, Woke up next morn with great remorse. After two weeks of the Paris Strand (Unable to stay the docker's hand) We flew to London for our final land.
For Stratford one is wont to strew To taste the famous Flower's brew. Across the street from the Flower's pub Sat William Shakespeare's visitors' hub. And in that very well-known place I met another familiar face. "Pembertonsaid I, "is this a game?" Wbitcomb is his other name. There with wife and her sister, too, We old friendships did renew.
For days in London we wined and ate, Really enjoyed "Merry Olde's" foggy fate, Underproof Scotch and flat, warm, bitter, Down in Shephard's Market e'en to flitter,
Strange lands where wait on '23, But to find them there is a joy to be!
A report has come in this summer concerning the appointment of Nat Harmon as Professor of Economics and Business Administration of Curry College in Milton, Mass. Nat has a good background for this job with his eleven years at Albany Business College and his Tuck School training.
Tom Norton is again in the news, this time as newly appointed Professor of Management and Dean of the New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance.
Bob Hess, who started working for the Washburn Company of Worcester, Mass., and Rockford, Ill., in 1923, is now general manager of the company and its subsidiaries. Bob has steadily climbed up through the ranks of this wire goods company to reach this top job this summer.
Johnny Foster has recently been elected a vice president of Boyden Associates, Inc., management consultants. We are very proud of Johnny's progress with this firm since 1953 when he severed his connection with George Fry & Associates and joined the Boyden firm.
We have a letter from Clarence RobbyRobinson of Cleveland, Ohio, which I will quote in part. Robby writes that he has a report for the secretary that makes him very happy:
"My son David, whom I feel sure you met in 1948 and 1954, was accepted at Dartmouth in the Class of '59. My wife, Alice, and I are delivering him bag and baggage to Hanover Plain on September 14. You had this thrill a couple of years ago, so you know just how I feel.
"I suppose a good part of my happiness is a little on the selfish side, for already I am laying plans for several business trips to the East during the coming year. With David in Hanover, I have hopes of being there for the Harvard game, and most certainly the Father-Son Weekend and I'm a lousy businessman if I can't find good reasons for a couple more trips.
"I'll be looking forward to having more contacts with '23 this year than in all the years since we graduated."
Late information about Roy Brown arrived just as I was dispatching this to Hanover to beat my September 7th deadline: On May 27 Roy flew out of New York City to take over his new duties as Head of the Asbestos Properties of AMVECO in the city of Tinaguillo in the State of Cojedes, Venezuela, located 100 air miles west of Caracas or a short 45-minute drive from Valencia. AMVECO is part of the World Commerce Corporation of New York City.
A wire just came in from Butch Kimball, vice president of the Chicago area, which reads as follows: "Hold weekend September 23rd annual '23 night party this year at Whitesides, Janesville, Wise. Details will follow." I sure hope I can concoct a business trip to Chicago that weekend as I remember well the swell time I had on Sum Sollitt's Chris-Craft that Saturday afternoon in September, 1954, and at the Metzels' for dinner and the evening.
Learning that Art Little's son, Lester, was to be in Europe this coming school year, I wired Art for information and received the following reply:
"Lester is a member of the Sweet Briar College 'Junior Year in France' group. He will have six weeks of intensive language study and practice in Tours. Then on to Paris (lucky kid!) where he will enroll in the University of Paris which opens about November 1. He will study History, his Dartmouth major. Back to Hanover for his senior year.
"Might as well bring you up to date on son Steve: He left college after his freshman year in June '52, enlisted in the Army, lived through O.C.S., spent a delightful eighteen months in Germany, and got back here two weeks ago, a first lieutenant. He is re-entering Dartmouth this month. So, we will keep the ball rolling with a son in Dartmouth for the ninth consecutive year. (During three of those nine years, we've had two kids up there at once.)"
In my birthday letter writing I continuously find twins in the class and occasionally a set of triplets. But now we learn that the Sherm Baldwins of the Orvis Inn, Manchester, Vt., became grandparents twice in the month of June. On June first, a daughter, Lisa, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Lyon Baldwin and on June 9, a daughter, Jane Lyon, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Utiger, nee Sally Baldwin.
Now Major General, Walter I. Miller '22 has a second star pinned on his shoulder by Lt. Gen.Charles B. Stone 3d. With the Army Air Force since 1942, Maj. Gen. Miller in 1951 was namedDirector of Accounting at Air Force headquarters.
Among those sailing from San Francisco forHonolulu on the SS LURLINE July 1 wereMr. and Mrs. Kenneth Quencer '23 of Bronx-ville, N. Y., and their daughter JeannetteRuth, whose engagement was announced thissummer.
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