1927
Whatever percentage o£ the automobile market the Ford Motor Company hopes to have in the coming year, they will have a hard time coming up to the share they must have had in the middle Twenties, if the number of you who claim the ancient Model "T," which appear on the birthday cards that you have been receiving for the past year, are any indication. As I recall, cars of any sort were more or less of a rarity in Hanover in those days, so the number of you who recognize this particular Lizzie as your own, rather startles me. As a matter of fact, I think that it belonged to Bus Turpin and me, having been purchased from a graduating senior whose education in the economic facts of life had not been neglected. At any rate, thanks to all of you who have written to claim ownership, I've heard from quite a few of you who haven't been heard from in far too long.
For the past twenty-two years, Jim Chandler has been telling other people what they should have in the new houses that they build. At least, Jim has been working for the Cleveland Press for that length of time as general reporter, makeup editor, copy editor and real estate editor. Three years ago he developed the Press Home Magazine, in which he told Clevelanders all the new developments in home planning and construction. Now Jim has built a new home for himself, in Richfield, a suburb of Cleveland, and if his house isn't the last word in what a house should be, Jim should look for a new field of endeavor. Jim has been active in the National Association of Real Estate Editors for many years and in 1944 his series of stories was responsible for the first real estate tax reappraisal in thirty-four years, and won him the Cleveland Newspaper Guild Award. A year later he was named honorary vice-president of the Cleveland Real Estate Board.
Superior Court Judge J. Edward Knight of Interlaken, N. J., has been appointed as assignment judge for Middlesex and Mercer counties. Ed served as recorder in Neptune Township from 1931-35, and then was elected to a term in the General Assembly. He was named judge in the Common Pleas Court in Monmouth County in 1935 and was ap- pointed to the Superior Court in 1953.
Frank Strong has been appointed assistant treasurer of Chase Brass and Copper Co. Frank started with Chase in 1927 in the cashier's department. From 1929 until 1940 he was general accountant in charge of the sales and warehouse division. In 1940 he was made chief administrative assistant to the treasurer and became chief accountant in 1946. Frank is a member of the National Association of Cost Accountants, has been active in Community Chest work, and is a deacon of the North Congregational Church in North Woodbury, Conn., where he lives. His son Frank Jr. graduated from Dartmouth last year, and is studying for his master's degree this year at Tuck and Thayer. His daughter Nancy is a freshman at Skidmore College.
Bill Smith has resigned as principal o£ the Beverly (Mass.) High School to accept a similar position at the North Plainfield (N. J.) senior-junior High School, having been chosen from more than 100 applicants. After graduating from Dartmouth, Bill received an M.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire. He later studied at both Harvard and Boston University. He formerly was submaster at the Laconia High School and master of the Tilton-Northfield High School, both in New Hampshire.
Ray Reed has begun a new competition by claiming that his five grandchildren constitute a record for the Class. Will any of you who have more please put in your claims? Ray is still operating the Pine Tree Lodge and Cottages near Laconia, N. H., and reports that they had a good summer, considering the unusually cool weather. Guy Bostwick and his family spent two weeks with Ray during the summer, and quite a bit of their time was devoted to discussing plans for the 30th reunion next June.
With fall just getting well under way, June probably seems a long time off, but the months have a way of sliding by, and it won't be too long before' we'll all be starting out on that trek to Hanover. It isn't a bit too soon to start making plans, particularly for those of you who have a long way to travel. Remember the dates —June 10 through June 12.
Seth Besse, who used to uphold the honor of Dartmouth on the golf course, is still taking them in his stride, having won the club championship at the Whippoorwill Country Club.
Charlie Bartlett was named one of three trustees to operate the Boston Post. Chuck Brewster spent his summer vacation at Georgetown, on the coast of Maine, far from his home grounds at Yankton, S. D., and was surprised and pleased to find that Norm Swift was occupying a cottage on the next point.
Lovey Lovegrove, who is with the Terminix Co. of New England, took time-off from his battle with the termites to attend the New Hampshire game in Hanover.
Bob Bliss says that his newspaper is still keeping him busy, but that he finds a little time for relaxation, as attested by the fact that he is using a 46 inch musky, which he caught in northern Wisconsin this past summer, as a paperweight on his desk. His daughter Cynthia, who graduated from Smith in 1954, was married last May to James Leute of Janesville. His son Crandell has a new daughter, Bab's third granddaughter, and his younger daughter Barbara is attending the University of Wisconsin.
Frank Cloran and Joe Kelly have been working on the organization of a Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod which Frank reports is still in the baby state, but growing.
The Class must be settling down - at least there haven't been very many of you who have changed locations in the past few months. As reported previously, Gus Cummings has moved from Pittsburgh to Baltimore. You all know his address - it's on the bill for dues that you received a little while ago. Gene Sullivan has moved from Bedford, Pa., to 800 Corbin Ave., New Britain, Conn. Ed Knapp has left Toledo and now lives at 331 Morris Ave., Mountain Lakes, N. J. Hank Hancock has moved from North Conway to Colebrook, N. H. Ray King has moved across the country from Jamestown, N. Y., to 16474 Lashburn St., Whittier. Cal., where he is with North American Aviation. Charlie Town-send has left Washington and may be reached at 6930 th Sec. Group, A.P.O. 331, New York. Paul Hileman is now at 2441 S. Oak Knoll Ave., San Marino 9, Cal. Bill Macauley has deserted Newton for Needham, Mass., and Doc Harvey has switched his allegiance from Bryn Mawr to Villanova, Pa.
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