1918

For many a year we have missed the good company of Ed Noyes. He has done a tremendous job in Natick, and in front of us is a picture of his wife Gretchen and Ed as they welcome industry to their city. Ed is Town Moderator - at the occasion was Gov. Herter. ... Last fall at the meeting of Savings Banks Assoc. of N. H., the guest of honor at the head table at the banquet at Mountain View House, Whitefield, was A. Harold Kendall, N. H. Dir. - Federal Housing Administration. Attending were Ruth and Jake Bingham also. ... Pixie Bryant keeps mighty busy with her practice and Tommy says that his son Clark had good experience as an orderly at Delaware County Hospital last summer, which all helps in his medical training. Tommy said he had a good year last year in Hanover and much better results than the old man. They enjoyed considerable golf at the Rolling Green Golf Club, and Tommy's always trying to catch up with Clark.

Got a minute sometime? Scribble a note to Don Scully, Union St., Rockport, Me. Thank goodness he's feeling better and he'll enjoy hearing from his classmates... . When first we got a change of address from Ed Shaw (attorney, 294 Washington St., Boston 8, Mass.) we thought Westwood, Mass., was retirement in the interior, and enjoyed writing Ed; to which he replied, "Thank you very much for your letter. X do resent the idea that I am so antique that I have retired, and I do hope that sometime when you are in Boston you'll look me up. We have not yet had a cow, but wild rabbits, pheasants, roam in the vicinity." Now we find Eddie Ferguson gives us his new address as also in Westwood, Mass., 50 Pleasant Valley Road.

Weeks ago, Pat and George Stoddard were in Hanover, also Herm Smith and Lucy and Al Piper Say it isn't so, Bill Bemis! N. Y.Daily News, last Nov. 8 - "The Flamingo changed hands last week; there'll be about six other shifts." What will we do for an '18 gathering place, Bill? On last Oct. 23, their very charming and pretty daughter Becky (Rebecca W.) was married to Arthur L. Amiot Jr. Lots of happiness, Becky.. .. From Mildred andBob Fish, 1750 E. 10th St. Apt. 3, Tucson, Ariz.;

"After more than five months in Europe, we're back in Tucson (Nov.). Had planned to return via New York and have a good visit with all '18ers, but instead we flew back to Boston to see Joan, Bud and Bob, then on to Pomona, Calif., where Connie presented us with our first granddaughter, Nancy Arnosti on Sept. 26. We had a month in Sweden, one in Denmark, two in Germany, including both sides of Berlin, one in Switzerland and to top those off, a week each in Rome and Paris.

"Incontestable highlight of our European exposures was a day with Hori Kennedys in Paris, where as you know, Hort is V.P. of Morgan & Cie.; looks like a slightly thickened version of Anthony Eden. As you probably don't know, he's been given the Legion of Honor after four years' service as Pres. of the American Club of Paris (as well as for other services to the French people). It makes a man feel good to be able to crack the imposing Morgan establishment on the Place Vendome (which is harder to get into than the Quay D'Orsay). What makes him feel even better, however, is to be entertained by the Kennedys in their home on Avenue Lannes. All that wonderful food and drink I hadn't been able to find in French restaurants were on the Kennedy table, presided over magnificently by the ever-charming Germaine. Under such skillful lubrication, our fading memories came up with a whole evening of recollection of the idiosyncrasies of 1918. The Kennedys send their best to all."

At the Red Rolfe luncheon at the Hotel Statler, N. Y., Nov. 12, were Don Robinson,Bub Frost, Johnnie Johnston, Bill Christgau and the writer. If all of us did as much as Bill Christgau to bring to Hanover good menscholastically and athletically, then we'd winmore games.... A recent card from MurrayBaldwin says, "I'm about half retired but recently was elected to the State House of Representatives." Murray was elected in 1950 asPres. of the City Commission, which really isMayor, of the largest city in North Dakota,and was elected over two to one against histwo combined opponents.

Send 'em A Cheerful Note: Cliff (C. L.)Meredith, 8 Old Military Road, Saranac Lake,N. Y.; Spike (E. E.) Puryear, Has.sayampaHotel, Prescott, Ariz.; Don (D. B.) Scully,Union St., Rockport, Maine. Referring to DonScully, P. 507, '18 Aegis Butts from the GoatRoom has this to say about Don and KappaKappa Kappa:

"Meeting opened with Bro. Cousens, the Arlington Tango Master, presiding. Bros. Mather and Rowell voted the best all-round men in college. Bro. Morrison sends word from the Town Hall at Leb that he is attending meeting there. Bros. Bingham, Chamberlain and Sturgess apply to be sent to get him. Refused. Bro. Scully detected chewing tobacco. Obliged to surrender remainder of plug to Bro. Cousens. Moved and passed that a statue of Bro. McCall be set out on the lawn, in a bed of forget-me-nots. Bro. Carlton, looking like Messrs. Hart, Shaffner and Marx, pleads for more recruits for the Lincoln-Douglas. Bro. Blandin wants to know if Lincoln-Douglas was not one of the brethren. Was thinking of Bro. Dan Webster. Bro. Johnston admits that he is a good bowler. Bro. Carpenter censured for speaking of the official insignia as a "hitching post.' Bro. McDonough urged to say something. Refuses, and continues cutting his initials in his pew. Bro. Zabriskie sticks head in door. "How're you fixed for writing paper?" - Meeting adjourned, progress impeded by Bros. Mather and Rowell seeking egress simultaneously."

From Lang Robinson:

"Have just been retired by the Army after 37½ yrs. service. Don't feel any older but the calendar says it must be so. Martha and I are staying pretty close to Springfield, Ill., since our daughter Sally is doing graduate work in anthropology at the U. of Chi., close by. See Gene Clark occasionally and Bill Dutelle, frequently, as he and I are both members of the local Rotary Club."

Twice a year, in the financial canyons of Wall St., Stumpie Barr appears as he did the week before Thanksgiving, bundled up in a heavy coat and a muffler for he had just left 20° above zero in Minneapolis. Stumpie supervises a huge portfolio of securities. Stump's sound approach to investment made it possible for Investors Syndicate, as well as Dartmouth College, to have in their portfolios now some very profitable properties. Ethel and Stumpie love it out there, and in their neighborhood "just because you're a neighbor" you're invited to all cocktail parties and gatherings, and it's mighty friendly, for it has been said as you get farther west the handshake becomes a bit warmer, and the smile a bit brighter.

Johnny Simmons thoughtfully rang HalDoty when out in Dayton;' and Hal, in N. Y. City Thanksgiving time, thoughtfully enough rang us, but we were out of town. We're all indebted to Hal for loaning us his bound copies of the daily Dartmouth - Howie Park, too. '18s Aegis, P. 502: "Stump Doty appears with the Grenadier's fur hat in the effort to attain the height of 4' 3. No chance. B'Gawd!" Sorry we missed Walt Wiley going through N. Y. City.

Irene Johnston, charming daughter of Ann andJohnny, certainly beamed on November 28, as did the host of their guests present at the Rye Beach Club, Covleigh Club, where Irene's engagement was announced and a happy time was had by all. Bob Morrison's wife, Miriam, was there, with a host of other friends, and the champagne made merry the great gathering. Irene got her B.A. at Alfred U., is a grad of Barbison School of Modeling and Berkeley Secretarial School. Warren Gaudineer, lucky groom, is Lafayette '51 .... Ex Mayor of Delray Beach, Fla., and the Florida real estate tycoon, Johnny Thayer, writes, "Town growing prodigiously. Thousands of winter visitors expected here this winter. Fine summer here; no hurricane like they have in the north; no bad blows since 1947. See me for rental or purchase of lovely house lots, etc. etc." Florence and Johnny have the cutest house there in Delray. Stop in if you're passing.

From Ray Smith, Koblenz, Germany:

"I hope to be back in the States not later than the beginning of May. If the Paris agreements are ratified early this year, we will be able to wind up the Military Security Board and I can come back where it would be possible to see classmates and attend reunion once in a while."

It was Ray and Jim Duffy, you will recall, who In the New England Intercollegiates followed Capt. Thompson into the tape. Again at the National Intercollegiates at New Haven, the scorers were Ray Smith and JimDuffy.

Elizabeth and Hort Chandler must be very happy, for we have a picture in front of us of a lovely girl, whose engagement has been announced to Horton Lloyd Chandler, their son... . Chaunce Hood is practically the entire sales staff of Teiner Engineering Corp., and Chaunce is a wonderful salesman. His firm is making these huge radar listeners along the radar curtain of the far reaches of Canada.

Yes, sir - he's Asst. Attorney General of U.S.A. now - that's Hal Glendenning, and his work is in the Anti-Trust Division of Dept. of Justice. For about 20 yrs. Harold has served on the other side, and now he'll see it all through the government angle. He is doing something now he has always wanted to do a bit of public service. Address, Hay-Adams House, 16th at H St., N.W., Wash. 6, D. C. It all happened together — on Sept. 27 he became a grandfather - his granddaughter being Lee Marston Glendenning, born in Wilmington, Del .... In Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 7, Les Granger, Executive Dir. of Natl. Urban League spoke on "Community Problems in a Growing Democracy." Les, we're proud of you. You've moved the USA fast along an enormous road of improvement.

Thanks to Ned Ross's daughter Judy, who is very popular at Colorado U, we were touched off that Johnny Cunningham had blown a fuse - Betas were alerted; thoughtful Red Wilson gave us a peek at Johnny's letter of Dec. 23.

"Chuck Hilliker and I went to my brother's ranch for the Fall roundup - for 2 weeks in Oct., rode around in nice open air, back to Denver Nov. 5, and a terrible bellyache hit me. Rushed to hospital, white count was up, nasty appendix, operation - nurses around the clock 4 days, then 4 days at home, some internal hemorrhaging x-rayed from stem to stern, I feel good again now. We've enjoyed Judy Ross (Ned's daughter). She's got a good deal of leadership ability with the girls at Kappa Kappa Gamma."

Ray Barrett's gone, passed away Dec. 10- so many wrote in about Ray - they all loved him. Says Dick White:

"Both of Ray's sons were in service in World War 11, yet Ray gave up a very fine practice in Springfield and voluntarily enlisted in the Army and went to Ft. John Hancock on the Cape and stayed in service for the duration. He even took his own equipment from his office with him, since he went down there just as soon as the hospital was opened and before the government had fully equipped it."

Evie and Pete Colwell's son Bob works on admissions, and is Sect, of the Westchester Dartmouth Assn. and like his dad is a hard worker and extremely conscientious ... .What a joy to see the Thunderbird Homer Hill swing into the H&H club, coat ajar, all 260 lbs. coming along like a snow plow. After all Homer weighed about 185 in college. He and Dave Skinner, Red Wilson, Dick Holton, these fellows who trade in securities, all have a language to themselves. Homer is ever and anon sopping up knowledge, listening to lectures by Marcus Nadler on money, always learning something new.

Thank George Stoddard for a wonderful idea. So many times George says he's been at Hanover, never realized some friend or classmate was up at the hospital, so in a splendid letter to John Dickey, he suggests: "Here is my solution. Why not have a special bulletin board somewhere in the Inn, with a heading something like 'Alumni Undergoing Repairs,' or Alumni In Drydock' where name and class of the fellow would appear under a sub-heading Dick's House or Hospital." Splendid idea, George. Thank you.

Marge and Eddie Butts are always graciously inviting '18ers in San Francisco to stop in their delightful home overlooking the Golden Gate at 2472 Vallejo St. The model class secretary, Alumni Council member and ardent Dartmouth worker, Dick Pearson '20, sent us a nice picture of Babette Skinner saying, "Your eye must have caught this picture of Dave Skinner's lovely daughter, in today's Herald Tribune. These ads were part of the Annual Junior Leaguers' Campaign for the Westchester's Children Assn. - a fine cause." You should see her. She's lovely! Jean andRuss Howard are tickled silly over the new bank building, built just across the square in Oskaloosa, but busy as they are we gather they'll be down to Florida sometime this winter. When the Class of 1918 had the privilege of adopting a good friend of the class and particularly a good friend of Em Morse and George Stoddard, namely Bob Hebert of Scarsdale, George Stoddard wrote him in part:

"I note from the No. Thetford Bladder that the greatest class in Dartmouth history has lowered its previous high standards and elected you an honorary member. It must be that the class treasury is in much worse shape than I had been led to believe. Anyway, I now feel safer in cutting my annual donation, thanks to you." Then with an invitation to George's ranch, 100 miles up the Hudson, from N. Y. City, George winds up, "Salud, pesetas amour y tiempo para garstarles as we used to say in the Honduras Navy."

FLAVOR OF FRESHMAN YEAR: A house party girl's memory book produced this 'I8er picture, taken in ipis. Left to right: Keyes Page '77, Johnny Thayer '18, at the wheel; Hi Beldinr'18 and Dusossoit Duke '18.

Secretary, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y.

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