1919

Recent visitors to the Hanover Inn were Chet and Emily Gale and Ken and CharlotteRice, presumably to see their fine sons, Chet Jr. and Kenneth and David. Southern travelers include Bill and Doris Cunningham, who are spending most of March in Florida, vacationing to an extent while Bill covers the Boston Red Sox and the Grapefruit League ball clubs. As you all know, Bill is an ardent worker in behalf of the March of Dimes. He recently was the principal speaker at a state wide meeting of the chairmen of the county chapters of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis held in Manchester (N. H.). Incidentally, a must for your Sec. on Sundays is WOR at 12:30 P.M. when Bill states his views on world affairs, politics, and any other subjects that he thinks might be of interest.

Phil Bird, squire of Hingham, Mass., has added to his other business connections the agency for Niagara Manufacturing and Distributing Corp. at Adamsville, Pa. It is a complete line of electrical equipment, most helpful to himself, concentrating on blood circulation, easing nervous tension, inducing relaxation, etc., and widely used by executives and athletes. Phil, that sounds like something that a lot of us need. Also the following "Owed" to Rand is quoted with due modesty, mainly to show that we have a poet in the Class:

"Birthdays seem to come and go. Lately, faster, as you know. But your card with all its class, never lets a milestone pass. George, you're tops at keeping track of years we'd like to welcome back. I'm still hoping very soon, once again I can re-une. In the meantime, keep your health; it's more fun than gaining wealth. This may reek of off-beat words, But many thanks from me - Phil Bird."

Rowland Pollard of Newton Center, Mass.,writes the Sec. (again Lew Garrison is thatman responsible for the birthday cards and heis working up a new one which is most unusual):

"I want to congratulate you on a very clever birthday card and a very memorable one. It is now a long time since I have looked at a 'Births' with anything but the most detached interest. However, time goes on and I am beginning to think again about that section, with another generation coming on. The year last has treated me rather well with a healthy appetite, a noble thirst and enough to keep them satisfied. Rowly '55 getting by at Hanover, my youngest looking at catalogues from all kinds of Ladies Colleges keep us in the collegiate group. It is hard to pick up threads cut years ago but I do see some '19ers on occasion. I met AlCoo gins and had a good talk with him in the Tremont St. district, and I see Rock Hayes and Spider Martin from time to time. Ray Adams and Ray Hinds come in my orbit occasionally, and so I look forward to the regular and chance reunions with all the more pleasure."

Going West, Si Stein, chairman of the Central State Bank of Muscatine, lowa, and head of the Grain Processing Co. of the same city, notes:

"Your annual reminder of being one year nearer the old rocking chair finds me back home after a five-week stretch near Ft. Lauderdale. We had to take our vacation earlier than usual so we would be available to help care for three active boys while their mother presents us with our thirteenth grandchild. Geometrical progressions were amazing to me even in college."

Freddie Balch, president of the SchuylkillPaper Co. of Philadelphia, checks up on theSec. with the following amusing letter:

"You recall the crisp sunshiny September days in Hanover in the fall of 1915? And the brighteyed eager young gentlemen matriculating with the imperishable Class of 1919, Dartmouth College? Seems a long time ago, doesn't it? Well, all those many long adventure-packed years my name has been on the illustrious rolls of our Class and College as Frederic S. Balch. Imagine my consternation when reading your gracious notice of Jr.'s marriage to find you had added the 'K' to my given name, a 'K' I have spent 57 years crossing off sales slips, reservation forms, police summonses, and the assorted casual documents one collects in a long and stormy career. After you have fired the printer I will accept your apology over the loudspeaker in Grand Central at 5:10 any p.m."

Herb Fleming very thoughtfully sent in a clipping of Don Siebert's death, of which we all were very sad to hear - notice of this sad passing of another '19er appears in the InMemoriam column of this issue. Herb also states,

"Nothing exciting to report about Sally and myself. Our son Dick '53 is an ensign in the Navy and completed a trip around the world that year. As of this date the destroyer division to which he is assigned is on maneuvers in the Caribbean. I am sorry to have missed the Boston alumni dinner last month, but was on a business trip to the Middle West."

Congrats to Tracy Kohl - the following from a Chicago paper:

"Tracy Kohl, general manager of the Oak Park Arms Hotel, was elected president of the Greater Chicago Hotel Association at the annual dinner of the association held in the Walnut room of the Bismarck hotel recently. He succeeds A. M. Quarles, vice president and general manager of the LaSalle Hotel, who was made chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Kohl's election marks the first time in the history of the association that it has been headed by a hotel man outside the corporate limits of the city of Chicago. His election emphasizes the importance of suburban hotels to the hotel industry in the Greater Chicago area. Mr. Kohl is also serving as chairman of the residential hotels committee of the American Hotel association.

A card from Lou Stone indicates that he and Jean were enjoying their annual trip to the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and that they saw the Raibles.

In connection with giving to the support of the College, it seems to your Sec. that one of the most important things to remember is that all of us, whether we were in Hanover four months or four years, received in effect at least a 50% grant of financial aid as a student. What we paid in tuition covered only half the cost of our education; the balance was provided by the gifts of those who went before us. Isn't that in itself a good and sufficient reason for giving realistically?

A FEBRUARY BRIDE: Ova Huntoon '19with his daughter Mary Priscilla, who wasmarried in Wellesley Hills to Donald W. Keller of Syracuse, N.Y.

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