1918
Phil Sanderson the ever alert Boston Globe reporter (also editor of the Periscope (Portsmouth, N. H. naval base) and now the new '18 Class Newsletter Editor was Program Chairman of a big dinner in Portsmouth, at which an outstanding authority spoke on "Nuclear Power." Phil spoke enthusiastically at the '18 Wives' Dinner, about his new job as Editor of the '18 Newsletter, and the class is fortunate to enjoy his talents.
Stone-Tarlow Industries, Inc., purchased the 100-year old Field and Flint Co. in Brockton, Mass., thus combining two of the biggest names in the New England shoe industry, with Ben Stone as president.... Among officers elected by Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Boston, was Fat Rowell as Oriental Guide.... Ida and Frank Wulp drove EviColwell down to visit her sister in Jacksonville and rest up, then drove back with her from Florida... . Hal Doty has been encouraging Howie Egan to come back to 1918's reunion in June 1958. Hal's son Ed '42 is personnel director for the Electronics System division of Sylvania and lives in Wellesley, Mass. Son John '52 is in Dayton with the Ohio Bell Telephone Co.
Enjoy your privilege of helping Dartmouth College and Dick Holton by sending today your gift to the Alumni Fund. Why cause extra work and worry by waiting until the June 30 deadline?
Barbara and Harvey Hood, on a 2-week skiing vacation in Feb., reported Bob Fish had dinner with them in Boston and said, "He is the youngest looking member of 1918 seen in 10 years." There has been an average of 63 different names in the '18 column in each issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE since October. Many might say the same 63 - hope not. The class is wonderful about sending in news from all corners of the country, and few classes show more friendly interest in all members of the class.... Jim Duffy, Pres. of Kellett Aircraft Corp.. Willow Grove, Pa., manufactures a one-man helicopter called "Stable-Mabel" - built for the Offices of Naval Research and U.S. Army.
This nice letter from George E. Liscomb '07 is interesting: "The enclosed clipping from our church calendar notes that your Clint Carvell has been on the job for over 32 years, and has been doing a fine job. Clint will be Master of Ceremonies at the Ridgewood Cemetery in North Andover, May 4, when we will 'mark Richard Hovey's grave with a block of New Hampshire granite and an inscribed plaque. Clint is a very fine person and looks more like a successful business executive than a minister." . . .Al and Marj Rice are doing nicely now. Bill Christgau, Stan Jones, Gerry Geran and other thoughtful '18ers, phoned Cap Hanley at St. Francis Hospital, Jersey City, when Cap had a heart upset — he's getting stronger and doing fine now.
Many old cronies of Gene Markey are looking forward to May 17 when he'll be here, 2 days before Lucille and he sail for Europe. On Feb. 25 "Rollins College conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on Rear Admiral Gene Markey. U.S.N. (Ret.) Dartmouth 1918." Hialeah, Gulf Stream, Calumet Farms - why the class is getting very race horsey now - and Ned Ross sends us clippings of the winnings of Mrs. Markey's Fabius, and another Calumet star, Barbizon. Then came the March 31 sporting page headlines: "Gen. Duke Wins Florida Derby," another Calumet Farm record winner.
Bill Christgau sure has his heart in '18 June 1958 reunion. Chris has been writing '18ers all over the country, and, says Al Sibbernsen, "I'm looking forward to '58. All of us have reached the age of reflection — so many things I wish I had done better - and a lot of them I couldn't have done worse - all in all, it has been a good life with the Christgaus, and the likes of him.".. Ruth and Curt Glover may move from Westchester to Connecticut, commuting then to Bridgeport for Curt's business (they're so happy with son Bill in the biznessand living nearby).
In Feb. Marg and Phil Boynton enjoyed their annual stopover with Ruth and Curt on their way to Coral Gables, Clearwater, etc. and with their station wagon loaded with everything including electric blankets. My how they look forward to this trip to Florida each year! Phil and his son work together in their own fine business which gives Marge and Phil a good chance to get away. We enjoyed a nice visit with Al and Becky Gottschaldt in Florida and saw Al's spacious airconditioned office on beautiful Ponce de Leon Blvd. in Coral Gables, just five minutes from their shady tropical home. Al, like Jack Slabaugh, sports a car license number 1918, and Becky 3656, their home address on Palmetto St., Coconut Grove. Daughter Kay is having fun at Miami U. studying dress designing and daughter Mary Louise (husband Gus Pratt '44, trained expert in frozen foods) lives in Clearwater, Fla. with her brood of four. Al thought Sy and Minetta Morey were sunning themselves in Winter Park, Fla. in March.
Mildred and Jay LeFevre were at the Breakers in Palm Beach again in March much to the pleasure of Mildred and Jay's many friends. Jaysus who hasn't changed a bit since college, last year worked very hard indeed as President of the Northeastern Retail Lumbermen's Association - predicted in his talk at their convention: "Marriages will make heaven for lumbermen." Reed Montgomery (old roomey of Stub Stanley), the man who was President of the Brewers Association of America and who has since sold out his brewery interest in Boston, has in the last few months been visiting with Hitty out in Colorado Springs While on Federal Grand Jury the deputy foreman beside him seemed a pleasant man to Jules Van Raalte, and later Van discovered he was President of New York Life — anyway, Janet and Jules got back in March after a month's delightful stay in Jamaica, 8.W.I.
Freddie Morse, the old goalie, was skating last winter at Bear Mountain; got himself on skates and seemed so cocky that he said even Geran couldn't get a puck past him. Edna and Freddie both went up to Stowe for some skiing but were 50 depressed by the number of old people there skiing that they headed south to explore Florida, and down there he thinks people are younger.... Muriel and Johnny Campbell had a nice visit in St. Petersburg ... and Stan Jones had a delightful time in Sarasota with a lot of the circus people whom he got to know - enjoyed his stay at the Gulf Beach Motel.
Rev. Walter Wiley, who conducted '18'sMemorial Services at Hanover at past reunions, writes interesting letters from Istanbul, Turkey, where he and Edith are dedicated to making the world a better place tolive in. He writes,
"Dear Friends: When you remember us, pray not for our safety. So far we live as normally as anyone could expect. Some things are missing from the shops, and gas and fuel oil have gone on ration. But pray that we may be used powerfully to Bring about goodwill and understanding among the many different kinds of people around us. A huge game of chess is going on around us in which the pawns are trying to open the way for principal actors. Turkey is much more with the West than with the East in this game, for she has not too much love for either the Arabs or the Israelis, and certainly none for Russia.
'"Our Union Church brings together 6 to 10 nationalities and several faiths every Sunday morning. This year the Arabs have the largest number of students at Robert College. Protestants, Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, and Anglicans all think of each other as close friends here."
The American Heritage Foundation elected our Lester B. Granger a trustee, along with Mrs. Roosevelt, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Adlai E. Stevenson, and other nationally known persons. Recently New York newspapers flashed a picture of Les at the Waldorf Astoria where the Grangers were honored at a luncheon before their departure for Africa to be present when the Gold Coast became an independent member of the British Commonwealth under the name of Ghana. Said Les to us before dinner, "Lefty (Harriet) and I are planning to be at the 40th reunion, provided we are in the country. Chances of my being around and pitching for the 40th are much better than the 50th at the pace I'm obliged to keep at the present time."
Senator A. Harold Kendall, who has a beautiful home only a short distance out of Keene, N. H., was shown in the February papers as Director of the New Hampshire FHA, signing the final acceptance and eligibility statement for $15 million needed for approval of acceptance for bids for the Capehart Housing for military personnel at Portsmouth A.F.B.
Dartmouth College has announced the receipt of gifts totaling more than $3,000 from 8 companies, and one is Mike Davies' Davies Supply Co. of Chicago Willoughby (Bill)A. Colby, was nominated for a 3-year term to the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. With his territory as Maine, Mass., N. H., and Puerto Rico, Helen and Bill should have some nice winter vacations in the Caribbean.
Ringling Circus correspondent Stan Jones had an enjoyable note from Al Strout, Texas Tech, Lubbock, Tex. In sending it to us, Stanley said, "Al Strout is a rara avis if your Latin does not fail you. I correspond a few times with his Mother, a grand old lady with an intellect as well honed as a fine Stuttgart razor - and if this isn't a fouled up sentence I am a horned toad." Now, Al to Stanley: "I gather that your wife is as charming as ever, and that you are as well as you look from your picture in a yachting costume recently. You are skinny but wiry, whereas I am dieting to get rid of false pregnancy. The Doc has told me to quit everything I like and life is ever so much more fun now because I constantly yield to temptation: when I consume a gum drop on the sly I feel as if I were robbing a bank - and when I eat a piece of chocolate cake with real fudge frosting, I feel as if I were getting into bed with a strange but ardent female.... Habby now teaches near Phil - and Dickie just got his Master's degree in Gov't from the U. of Texas and may teach next year."
We got a most cordial letter from Ted Booth who indicated his wife Martha and he might come back to '18's 40th in 1958 in spite of his short-lived connection with the Class of 1918. Then he sent a splendid photograph "of Siegel Judd at the airport some months back when as representative of the French Society, he extended a welcome to the French Ambassador to the U.S." Ted also wrote, "My old roomey Marsh Leavitt, who rightly resented such ruffians as Lew Cousens always stacking our room, reports: 'Oldest boy, Bill, is a Mass. Pharm. grad. Came home from Korea a ist Lt. Air Force, Med. Corps, and is a dentist after finishing Tufts Dental. Doing well, married, has a son. Son Paul got out of Navy, married, has a son. Mabel and I both teach math at W. Hartford. Our son John shows I.Q. of 150. Mabel and I go to Rangeley, Me., every summer to work'."
When the French Ambassador to the U. S. visited Grand Rapids, Mich., Ted Booth '18 (left end) met him at the airport as chairman of the Mayor's Welcoming Committee, and Siegel Judd '18 (center) was there to extend the welcome of the French Society.
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