1919
By now, you have all heard, via the Smoke Signal, from Dan Featherston, the new Editor. For some time, your Sec. has felt that you were getting too much of one Rand, and that a new approach and new ideas would be good for all of us, so what happened? We picked on a busy surgeon to do the job. After all, in his undergraduate days, Dan was President of the Press Club and associate editor of The Dartmouth so who was better equipped for the job? Besides, he does not live so far away from New Rochelle that he and the Sec. can't get together occasionally and split up the news. So keep the letters, cards, etc., coming either to Dan or the Sec. - in fact, keep them coming a little faster than they have been of late. Dan's address is Dr. D. F. Featherston, 601 Grand Avenue, Asbury Park, N. J. Dan is one of our most loyal classmates, helping Fred Daley on the Alumni Fund, among other things, so how about giving him a lot of support in the way of news, not forgetting that the old Sec. needs news too.
The Paul Hallorans had a small gathering a short time ago, mostly in honor o£ Fat Jackson's boost to the presidency of the Ward Baking Company. On hand were Fat and Hon Jackson, Ken and Marge Huntington, Harry and Lil Colwell, Fran Little, widow of Vaughan, and your Sec. Paul demonstrated at length his new tape recording apparatus, which produces everything from music to your own conversation. So all are warned to be careful of what you say when in the Kalloran menage, Oran Hall, because it may be used against you. Another social event took place at Harriet and Lou Munro's establishment in Syosset, L. I., in honor of Norm and Ruth Jeavons, who were in town on their way to Europe. The Jeavons were in fine fettle and have already made their reservations for next October 11-13 for the Woodstock-Hanover festival. Also on hand to partake of the Munros' hospitality were Toni and Casey Bevan, who flew down from Andover, Mass., especially for the occasion, Norma and Dan Featherston, Helene and Clarence Buttenweiser, Lil and Harry Colwell, Virginia and Chet Demond, Chet being the newest bridegroom in the class, Spike and Dick Dudensing, Claire Bresnahan, Tom being out of town, Catherine and Paul Halloran, Marg and Ken Huntington, Hon and Fat Jackson, Florence and Ray Legg, Jane and San Treat, Marie Drane and your Sec.
Henry Siegbert reports seeing Alice and Stan Mauk on a recent trip to Jamaica, where, after about eighteen years, the Siegberts and the Mauks had a fine reunion. The aforementioned Jeavons recently wrote the Sec.:
"Once again the 1919 card arrives and is welcomed to commemorate another unwelcome birthday. I don't mind the birthdays but I do wish the interval between them could be stretched out a little longer. I've had 61 of them now but I don't think I can count on more than 25 more. My last great aspiration is to be thrown out of a night club at the ripe old age of 96 and to retaliate by throwing a brick thru the window. What a glorious way to go down fighting - to be arrested for disturbing the peace and have an enviable police record."
A card from Jack and Sylvia Taylor, '22, reports a call on Paul and Adelaide Clements at the Country Store in Sarasota, Fla. A note from the Champ states that the Clements will shortly be on their way north to Nantucket to get things in operation for the summer. Jim Wilson, head of the Salem Tool Company of Salem, Ohio, writes in:
"The birthday greeting from the class of '19 arrived on the minute and believe me, I always look forward to hearing from the group through the good offices of yourself. Time no longer worries me as there isn't a thing I can do about it. Every birthday is more precious than the last. I was in Florida for a couple weeks and while staying at the Hollywood Beach Hotel had the good fortune to meet President Emeritus Ernest Martin Hopkins. I had a short chat with him. He has as much punch as ever. He was there on business for the National Life Insurance of Montpelier, Vt. Polly and I are definitely planning for the October week end at Woodstock this fall and have no convention interfering, so have put a big circle for that week on our calendar. Had a nice telephone conversation with San Treat and by the way, our little town of 15,000 is becoming quite a Dartmouth center. There are four graduates here now."
Jack Childs, '09, perennial news editor for his class, sent in a fine picture of Bob and Mrs. Stecher, quoting Jack:
"Your classmate, Doc Stecher, isn't confining his energies entirely to being a specialist in arthritis. He takes time out occasionally to don the soup and fish and attend the opera when it hits Cleveland, accompanied by his charming helpmeet. A picture of the distinguished couple appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on April 22, along with other distinguished members of the gay social set. I hope this finds you well and prospering. That was a good shot of Jack Shelburne and the other ' 19ers in the April issue. I understand that Bill Cunningham will give an address at the Richard Hovey memorial services at North Andover, Mass. on May 4."
Charlie Mills, also of Cleveland, writes the Sec.:
"It was certainly a pleasure once again to receive the attractive birthday card from the class. I am probably like everyone else - not too keen to have the time slip by quite so fast! In a way, I feel as if I had been in college the past four years for my son Sherman has been following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and will be graduating in June. Although geology has been his major, he is postponing any work in that field since he will enter the army after commencement. He has been a D.M.S. in the Army R.O.T.C. and will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Engineers of the Regular Army. My interest, therefore, will be transferred from the Hanover campus to the Ft. Belvoir barracks in Virginia. Sherman is a Sigma Phi Epsilon and has just completed his term as president of the chapter. Mrs. Mills and I will not be going to southern Texas this summer as we usually do to visit our daughter and family. She will come north with the two grandchildren and will join us for the Dartmouth commencement. Later my wife and I may go to the Northwest and use several weeks of our long vacation from our respective schools."
Bill Warner, V.P. of Intag, a Division of Interchemical Company of Chicago, notes:
"Thanks very much for the very unusual and clever birthday greeting. A look over the names really brings back fond memories. It is difficult to realize that this is the 60th. This card really makes it official and there is no question about it. Where the years have gone and how fast they have gone is amazing. Mrs. Warner and I have iust returned from a month's tour of the Caribbean and it is difficult to get back to, what I laughingly call, work, especially in view of the fact that my birthday celebration started several days ago and apparently has a few more days to run its course. If you or any other '19ers ever get into Chicago, please give me a ring. It would be a pleasure to see and visit with any of you and the chances are better that way than my getting East."
Ernie Rautenberg, also of Chicago, and associated with the Celotex Corporation for many years, writes that he will definitely be on hand for the big 40th reunion in June, 1959. ,
And now so long until the October issue, but keep the news coming to either Dan or me and keep us posted on what you did during the summer. Put down October 11-13 on your calendar as the dates for the big fall roundup of 1919 and make your reservations early at the Woodstock Inn. Let's make 1957 the banner year for the class on the Alumni Fund by giving generously and realistically.
Four '19ers enjoying the cup that cheers at a class gathering last fall: (l to r) Win Batchelder, DickWerfelman, Cotty Larmon and Nick Sandoe.
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Class Agent, Shelton, Conn.
