1920
There is a good piece about Al Foley in the January issue of Yankee magazine, written by Ed Lathem of the Baker Library staff. Well and fully illustrated, the article offers a true-to-life likeness of Al delivering his famous Vermont lecture and also includes a remarkable portrait gallery of some of the Vermonters who come so readily to Al's mind. There is, for example, the storekeeper just in the act of answering the stranger's question, "Have you lived here all your life?" There is the local wit who is about to tee off on the poor lost gent who is asking him how to get to Wheelock. And there is the sinister looking Mr. Spence, who has just been asked by his altogether too-new neighbor, "How are you this lovely morning?" If you do not know the answers to these and dozens of other similar questions about native Vermonters, you can't afford to miss Al's Vermont Humor talk when he next gives it in your neck of the woods. He is bound to be there one of these days for in ten years he has delivered the lecture, with effortless variations, in more than 150 places all over the United States and Canada.
As luck would have it, our other Hanover Al - Don't-tell-'em - sell-'em Frey - is likewise the subject of a current magazine article. The February i issue of Advertising Agency Magazine presents a profile of him under the title, "Who is That Man Frey?" Does a shudder seem to run through those words, as admen contemplate the investigator whom they have turned loose in their own midst? The writer, John McCarthy, seeks to set their minds somewhat at ease by describing Al as "easy to approach, an attentive listener, a genuine individualist whom you would like to know much better." He even quotes Al's publisher in his favor implying that this indicates an unusual relationship between publisher and author. In substance, Al is portrayed as an all-Dartmouth man, a lover of the outdoors, a guy who travels every chance he gets, takes a liberal position politically, by habit makes the other fellow feel more important than himself, and remains his own man and nobody's fool.
Twenty's womenfolk have been doing all right by themselves, in both headlines and by-lines. Liz Bernkopf's photograph, looking judicially handsome, is now standard equipment for her regular column in The Boston Globe for which she is operating under the title of Fashion Editor. She came down to New York to find out about the shape of things to come and sent back Christian Dior's word for it that the "lyre silhouette" is IT for this year. Better study up on this one, men The late Ray McPartlin's daughter is also an important cog in the Globe machine, spreading herself over considerable territory in her capacity as Education Editor. Her coverage of the Dartmouth Winter Carnival and the Great Issues Course will perhaps be educational for Joan as well as for her readers. She strayed a little farther afield when she handled the Eisenhower Inaugural for Globe readers wanting the feminine point of view on this event.
Bud Weymouth's wife Alice is getting plaudits these days for her work in supporting roles with the Dartmouth Players. On top of the good job she is doing for Dartmouth's Education Department, Mrs. Weymouth is making a name for herself for the way she handles such juicy parts as the nurse in "Romeo and Juliet," put on by The Players in January....The latest news photo of Rachel Adams shows her posing at a fashion show put on by the League of Republican Women in Washington. The ladies in the picture are taking the parts of notable women at inaugurations long past and Rachel, as Angela Van Buren, sports by far the longest train in the group.
Ralph Gibson, after many years of work in New York and play in suburban Tuckahoe, has settled down in Detroit as a salesman for the Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. Gibbie almost surely becomes our first international commuter, since he has taken up residence in Amherstburg, Ontario, across the river (and the international border) from his place of business.
On a recent visit to Boston Charlie McGoughran had dinner with the Charlie Good nows. Mrs. Goodnow was about to take off on a grandmaternal errand in Tokyo, where their son and his family are located. Talking later on the phone to Tom Davidson, now chiefly a farmer of York Village, Maine, Charlie brought back reports of no complaints from that source on the toughest New England winter in a generation. Charlie also called Dolly Elliott, who is staying on at her South Duxbury place and remains much interested in all that 1920 is doing.
Some cheerful news has come to hand from Laddie Myers: "I gave up bowling a year ago but at the moment my hip and leg feel so much better that I'm looking forward to playing golf this summer....Hinsdale has several boys making application for Dartmouth this year and I believe four or five will make the grade, including a very clever quarterback whose team won the West Suburban championship every one of the three years he played."
Sherry Baketel and Sherm Adams were fellow attendants at a function in Philadelphia, which has a 100th anniversary of something to celebrate almost every day of the week. Mid-February activities for Sherry included a welcome to the Dick Kimballs who were scheduled to make the full cross-country trip from Long Beach, California, to attend the annual convention of the Club Managers Association. With all his other comings-and-goings it is still not unusual to be reminded that Sherry is one of the most effective of the Dartmouth group of Bequest Chairmen. He contributes heavily to the group's thinking and planning and is recognized as one of its leaders. Up to now, as you know, 1920 has been high up among the classes participating in the College's Bequest and Estate Planning Program.
Twenty lost two more of its members late in December when Hub Duffy and Bob Van Iderstine passed away. Both had some successful experience in politics. Hub, the youngest member of the Class, was twice elected Attorney General of Ohio, something of a distinction for a Democrat in such a solidly Republican state. Bob was a popular Mayor of Tenafly, N. J., before his semi-retirement to Gibson Island near Baltimore. Obituary notices of both men will be prepared for an early issue of the MAGAZINE.
Secretary, Blind Brook Lodge, Rye 17, N. Y.
Treasurer, Tuck School, Hanover, N. H.
Bequest Chairman,
