1921

Some new 1921 names in the news this month. A recent issue of the Washington Report, published weekly by the Chamber of Commerce of the U. S., carried a good picture of C. D. Bassett, chairman of the Budget and Audit Committee, one of 31 committees which provide research and analysis of problems in their specialized fields and report their findings with recommendations to the Chamber's Board of Directors. C. D. is vice president of First National Bank, Minneapolis.

Bob Patterson, division manager in Huron, S. D., for Standard Oil of Indiana, also had his likeness in the Standard Torch, employees' magazine, in a list of top executives of that company who worked to help pay their way through college. While proudly admitting that he waited on table, worked in mines and sold insurance, Bob asserted that self-help teaches the student to learn the value of a dollar, become more self-reliant, acquire maturity of thought and action and to impress potential employers favorably.

Abe Weld, pictured in Western Electric's GHQ magazine as the Dean of Headquarters squash men, led his team to a 3-3 tie against the squash experts of the N. Y. Dartmouth Club. Maybe he has inherited Hicks' Iron Man title.

Gene Leonard has been elected regional vice president for the Minnesota area of the Old Shads' Association, made up of alumni of Shattuck School, Minn. Ort Hicks and RynieRothschild are other Old Shads.

While watching still-attractive Ann Harding give an excellent performance on TV the other night, we were proud to recall that she had the good sense to marry a '31 man, our top composer and orchestra conductor, Werner Janssen. Although most of us knew that Merrill Shoup is president of Holly Sugar Corp., a recent statement shows that company to be a $42-million outfit earning a net income of over $2 million annually. And that's only one of his activities. We understand his oldest daughter, Mary, was married last summer and is living in Denver.

When Ellis Briggs received his honorary degree last June he remembered the desire of his former chauffer-houseman-handyman in Seoul, Korea, to come to America. Neither Ellis nor the College was an acceptable sponsor, so Syd Hayward took over individually. Sung-Kook-Chung, a 35-year-old Korean, his wife and three children, are now living in Wigwam Circle while Chung works for the department of Plant and Operations. There's probably no happier family in Hanover.

Doug Storer's smiling face pops up again in a four-page article on Bion, Believe It. or Not, in the September 1955 issue of Lion, the magazine of Lions International. Most of the article is a biographical sketch of the fascinating career of Robert L. Ripley.

Among those lucky enough to get to Hanover last summer were Ort and Lois Hicks, Billand Alberta Embree, Harry and Helen Chamberlaine, Ing and Martha Baker, Dick and SueBarnes, Don and Jessie Mix, Frank and EvelynFoster, and Guy and Keysie Wallick.

Which reminds us that Chicago reports RogWilde, Ned Price, Ken Thomas, Bill Embree and Bob MacDonald already planning to be on hand for our Than-this-there-is-no-other 35th.

Many '21ers have acquired new addresses, which we hope to give you in December, but Doc Fleming really pulled out of his home town of Elkhart, Ind., where he was born, raised and had practiced medicine since 1930. Doc is now Associate University Physician at the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, and resides at 1546 Borah Ave. He claims it's a slow-down from the rat-race of private practice. Moscow is in beautiful country with hunting and fishing second to none, but only 85 miles south of Spokane.

A less fortunate physician is Ev Bishop who obtained his M.D. degree in 1924 at University of Penn. Ev then combined teaching in that medical school with private practice until 1943 when he contracted multiple sclerosis. In spite of being confined to his home for the past twelve years, he keeps up his interest in the class and in all Dartmouth affairs. He deserves our cheers for his plucky fight. It was good to hear from Pick Ankeny, vice president of Hamm Brewing Co.:

"I can report briefly that I have a wife and four children. My main job is with the Hamm Brewing Co. in St. Paul, but we have various outside interests which keep me fairly busy and makes it necessary for me to do more traveling than I like. I can complain at the moment that I am having bad Princeton trouble. My oldest daughter is married to an ex-Princeton man and they have three charming children, which makes me a very proud grandpapa. My oldest son, Class of '54, graduated from the Tuck-Thayer course in June. He was married that month into an ardent Princeton family. However, my new daughter-in-law is a most enthusiastic Dartmouth supporter. She even sat with her family on the Princeton side in the game last fall and cheered for Dartmouth. You will have to admit that that indicates deep loyalty.

"My second daughter, Sally, was married in July to a Princeton graduate, Class of '50, who is now finishing up at the Yale Law School. You gather from the above, that this was not my summer. My golf game has gone to hell in a hay basket, and I am just an 85 to 90 player, with emphasis on the 90 part. I do quite a bit of sailing in the summertime which interferes with what improvement my golf game might enjoy.

"In the course of my travels, I had lunch with Warren Ege in Washington about six months ago, and he seemed in fine health and good spirits. It was great to have a session with him and discuss the activities of the various class citizens."

About the time you read this, you should receive from President Sullivan, or in the Smoker, a report on the class meeting held in Hanover on October 22 before the Harvard game. Maybe these notes will have the story in the December issue if Jack Hurd will write the copy. Your secretary will otherwise have to compose them en route to San Francisco and Los Angeles via plane and train. If we don't see Guy Wallick, Jake Garfein, Red Kerlin, Jim Wicker and Furb Haight, we will at least have tried. See you at the Cornell game?

Will F. Nicholson '22 elected Mayor of Denver for a four-year term, resigned as state senator and as president of a Denver real estate firm to take office on July 1. He was twice elected to the Colorado State Senate and has an active record in civic affairs. His administration slogan is, "Now let's get to work."

Secretary, 21 Chestnut St., Wellesley Hills 82, Mass.

Treasurer, 2519 Ridgeway, Evanston, Ill.

Bequest Chairman,