1923
Charles H. Moody has recently been made general superintendent, the "big boss as his employers put it, of the Dwight Manufacturing Company located in Alabama City, Ala., a suburb of Gadsden, the largest mill of natural greige goods in this country and probably the world, employing over 2,700 persons and producing over 90 million yards yearly. This mill started over 110 years ago in Chicopee, Mass., and moved South some 25 years ago. It is one of the largest units of the twenty-mill operation of the Cone Mills Corporation, who are the country's largest cotton textile Pro" ducers. Charles married Margaret Edwards of Maryville, Ohio, and their daughter Mary Margaret Moody is now a sophomore at the Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga.
When the Broadway stage hit The SolidGold Cadillac played in Boston in February, the '23ers there were delighted by the performance of Betsy Jones, daughter of Matthew G. Jones of the State Department, Washington D. C., in her role of a most attractive model.
Two errors of omission and one of classification occurred in the March 31st issue of doo through no fault of the Guest Editor. The names of William J. Gratz, St. Paul, Minn., and the late Walter L. Jones were omitted from the list of the Class of 1923 Phi Beta Kappa members and J. Dudley Pope, Chicago, was classified as a deceased member. Both Gratz and the late Walter Jones received the unusual honor of being elected into Phi Beta Kappa during their junior year and both graduated magna cum laude.
We are reproducing Dud Pope's letter as it was both amusing and interesting. It bore the impressive letterhead of A. C. Nielsen Company, Chicago, World's Largest Marketing Research Organization, known for their excellent industrial accounts and for their radio and TV index services.
"I received a letter from one of our good classmates George Morrell of Ottumwa, lowa, the other day asking if it was true that I was now among the deceased of the Class of '23. It seems that in your Skiddoo of March. 31, you listed the living Phi Betes with a group of three deceased, or which I was one. I would like to take this opportunity of saying that the report of my death has been grossly exaggerated. ... So I would appreciate it if you would advise the Class in the next issue that I am still hale and hearty, still living in Glencoe, ill., and am a vice-president of this company with which I have been associated for fifteen years.
"Bunny Metzel is having a birthday dinner for Truman tonight, at which we also expect to see the Sumner Sollitts. Incidentally, Metz is negotiating a three-month lease for a house in the Austrian Alps this coming summer which they will make their headquarters for poking around Europe It's the same village that Joe and Ida Pick stayed in las summer, and they were so enthusiastic about it that they sold the idea to the Metzels."
Sam and Mim Home are at the moment travelling all over Europe. Barbara and I drove them over to New York and put them on the Andrea Dore with the help of Ken andJeannette Quencer, and Woodie and LibGauss. They walk down the gangplank in New York, June 29.
Jim Young of Barre, Vt., reports in his modest way that a couple of organizations recently got hard up for someone to fill their presidencies. They picked on Jim to fill ColinStewart's shoes as president of the Vermont Conference of Social Welfare, Inc. Jim holds down a similar job with Vermont Association for Mental Health, Inc. The following salute to Jim was published in the Bulletin of this agency:
"President James Gordon Young III has had a distinguished and enviable background and career. Mr Young was bom in Barre, Vt., and is a graduate of Spaulding High School. He has done graduate work at the Suffolk Law School, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, and Norwich University. He is married to a charming lady and they have two children; a daughter who is on the staff 01 Time and Life magazines and a son who is in the U. S. Army. .
"Our president has had a rich and varied business experience. He was associated with the Bell Telephone System in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Boston. He was also connected with the Dennison Manufacturing Company in Framingham, Cleveland, and Chicago.
"His service on committees, state and local, are too numerous to list, all of which indicates that we have a civic, social, and unselfish-minded citizen as president. Currently, Mr. Young is director of research and statistics for the Department of Social Welfare. Statistical reports are made in eight social areas and research projects in ten areas.
On December 1 last, Frank O'Gara completed thirty years with R. H. Macy & Company. Anxious to find out how people live outside department stores, Frankie plans to move to Florida this spring. His daughter Patsy, Duke '54, is helping Ike run the government in Washington, while his son Kevin is a sophomore at Emory University.
A letter chuck full of news came in recently from Vic Cannon. This is his report:
"I heard recently from Art Everit. He is married, believe it happened some time ago. The lucky lady's name is Betty. Art shows a Grand Rapids address - 1464 Burch N.E., so I guess he has moved there from Detroit. He still sells for Osborn Mfg. Company of Cleveland.
"I see and talk to Heinie Bourne frequently. He still runs the successful Henry T. Bourne advertising agency.
"Ray Barker became a grandfather, this summer. His son Bud is the father. Bud was a member of the Class of 1952 at Dartmouth. The grandson is named William H. Barker.
"I haven't talked to Jock Osborne recently, although I have seen him walking up the street. His offices are near me. Will have to call him for lunch soon. As for myself, with my wife and daughter, I took a six weeks' European trip, leaving early in December and returning about January 12. The chief purpose of our trip was to see our son, Vic Jr. '53, who is stationed in Verdun with the Army. He had a ten-day leave which he spent with us touring the Riviera and Italy. After he left, we went to the Bavarian Alps, Paris, and London be- fore sailing for home. Had a fine trip but a lot or miserable weather. Saw Irish and Alice Flanigan in New York before we sailed in December. '
Truman Metzel, chairman of the Bequest and Estate Planning Program, reports continued success:
"Three years ago when this activity was set up, it was established that there were sixteen known bequests by '23 men. This number has increased to 25 as of April 1. There are, in addition, a number of men who are giving the subject serious thought. Most of the bequests, quite normally, provide something for Dartmouth after the last survivor of the donor and wife, and this is the approach that is suggested to those who wish to do some thinking on this subject."
Jim Hurley's recent letter from Stuttgart, Germany is one of the most interesting epistles received since becoming secretary. As no information has come in from Jim since 1923, I am quoting his letter in its entirety.
"Sometimes at this juncture of life I would like time to slip quietly by without such things as birthdays to mark its passage. Nevertheless, since you were kind enough to wish me well on my 55 th birthday, I can hardly do less than express my gratitude for your good wishes and, at the same time, volunteer a little information about myself. Later, if developments permit it, I shall try to make a financial contribution to the Class funds. In this time of unconvertible currencies that's not as easy for me as it may seem.
"Excepting for several months in 1946 and again in 1952, I have been in Europe since March 1944. Most of the time has been spent right here in Stuttgart, where we set up military government for the State of Wurttemberg-Baden, one of the curious political entities dictated by the quadripartite division of Germany. As the enclosed summary shows, my area of interest and responsibility was public safety, and for a time, denazification. The former activity persisted through the various phases of Military Government and High Commission for Germany until March 27, 1953, when I was 'riffed' (Washingtonese for 'reduction in force'). Actually, the phasing out of the function was part of the carefully planned relaxation of controls over the agencies of the various levels of the German government. A collateral activity was assistance in establishing a parole system for prisoners sentenced by the United States Courts in Germany, and for a time I served as a member of the Parole Board in Wurttemberg.
"Before coming to Stuttgart, I had been assigned to Dachau, ill-famed as a concentration camp, which I reached on the heels of the U. S. units which captured it. The spectacle of death and suffering in those first days defies description! My job of helping to screen the inmates continued until the end of June '45. During this period I met my wife, an Austrian, who had left Prague as the Russians approached, hitch-hiked to Marienbad, and then walked to Munich, a stroll of over two weeks' duration. We were married sometime later, August 26, 1947, to be exact, and have one child, Katherine, now 6 years of age.
"Since leaving the Foreign Service, I have represented my father-in-law, who is a manufacturer of tapes, ribbons, and elastics with factories in Vienna and Linz, in Germany. What with competition and customs duties, I hardly expect to get rich, but I like living here and hope to be able to stay. Incidentally, if you happen to know of any concern (s) requiring a reliable representative for European or German operations, I am available. My wife, an actress, plays quite regularly at the Wurttemberg State Theater, and our interests and friendships center about theater, literature and art. I try to keep informed about affairs by reading not only the German newspapers but also the Tribune, Times,Time, etc., as well as other periodicals which are available either on the stands or at America House.
"As you might suspect, not many '23ers cross my path. Somewhat over a year ago Larry Miles, who was then Chemical Warfare Officer for the 7th U. S. Army, called and we had lunch together. Unfortunately, I was then engrossed in making the adjustment to the, for me, quite new aspects of life, and the contact did not wax as otherwise it might have. Should any of the Class happen to be in the vicinity we would be very happy if they visited us. The area is full of historical and cultural interest, and abounds with very good wine places."
Fourteen years have elapsed since any report has come in of the whereabouts of AubMiller. The following letter will bring everybody up to date on this long drink of water:
"After leaving Hanover I spent one summer at the Madison Social Club (Wisconsin University), worked in the bank for a year, spent a year at the National Cash Register Company school and worked in the field for them ten years as office manager at Grand Rapids, Mich., Montgomery, Ala., East St. Louis, Ill., and Niagara Falls, N. Y. Since that time I have been teaching school at Fairview High School here in Dayton where I am now treasurer and head of the commercial department. Also I am putting in my time teaching night school at the Patterson Co-op High here and that is where I am now with a class in session.
"I haven't seen too many of the boys since graduation. Ran into Dick Towns end in San Francisco, Pearce in Portland, John Allen in Montgomery, Frank Doten and Carl Gray here in Dayton and once in a while I see the illustrious red head (Leon Sargent). Tottie paid me a very nice visit here in Dayton and Tom Burch called to see me at school and we had a fine chat. All contacts were way too short.
"In 1941 I finally finished my A.M. and since that time have done very little studying except on income tax (one of my sidelines).
"I met a red head in Madison in 1923 and in 1937 she said yes, so we were married in 1938 and now have a red-head boy in the freshman class at the other building of our school. Although I give the Dartmouth cheers every night and my wife tunes in with On Wisconsin, he still likes Ohio State. I am hoping to change this because he has been entered at Dartmouth since the day he was born.
"My wife Kay Stoppenbach (Kay Selden to Hollywood) is a Wisconsin girl. She was born in Appleton but since the present controversy will not admit it. She attended Chicago Art School and then Walt Disney offered a job drawing his comics. From there she went to First National where she designed for Bebe Daniels, etc. From there she went to Portland, Ore., and opened a studio. That is where I caught up with her.
"Every year we talk about going East in the summer. So far we have not gotten past Niagara Falls. "We go to the West Coast about every year. Within the next two years, though, I believe that we will be headed toward the White Mountains. I sure am anxious to see that country again and to see the boys."
FISHING IN ACAPULCO last March were Bunny and Truman Metzel '23 and to the rightof the hammerhead shark, Susie Nilsen, with mother and dad, Harriet and Ted Nilsen '24.
Secretary, 170 Washington St., Haverhill, Mass.
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