1918
It's thrilling to see Clarence Opper, Pres. of the Alumni Council and Prof. Edmund H. Booth as the new Faculty Representative. Clarence, as you know, is Judge of the U. S. Tax Court and succeeds Guy P. Wallick '21.
After visiting Ruth and Swede Youngstrom on the way from reunion thanks to Kay andJohnny Campell driving him there, somewhere Chris picked up "contusions of the ribs" at some Legion post banquet, and thereafter resided for a few days in St. Francis Hospital, recharging his batteries. Meanwhile he had been elected vice commander of his American Legion Post - and reelected as Pres. of the DeWitt Clinton H.S. alumni to which Gene Markey gave a very generous contribution. Marge and Al Rice spent the summer on the Cape, Al flying back and forth weekends from New York. Stan Jones and M.O.'s Nancy (husband is Irving R. Levine, NBC Moscow correspondent) got a month's vacation and had a wonderful time in Spain - the hope is that their next assignment might next be in Rome. Stan and M.O. spent a delightful month in August at Point 'O Woods a month after the Dave Skinners were there. The Jones were chased out the week before. Labor Day, as the nightmare of 20 years ago again occurred - and hurricane warnings went up. Water came over the dunes and the Coast Guard drove the folks off the Island.
Kent Lownsberry has had some very interesting travels, and in a letter some months back, he said:
Italians did some wonderful restoration of the Old Walled city built by the Knights of St. John, who came to Rhodes when they had to leave Jerusalem during the Italian occupation of Rhodes from 1912-1947. Izmir was called Smyrna by the Greeks, and now the Turks have changed it to Izmir. It is Turkey's 2nd largest port, next to Istanbul. It is amusing to see Russian, Israeli, Egyptian, Yugoslav ships, all docked side by side in perfect peace and harmony.
Opportunities to gather with '18ers at the N. Y. City Dartmouth Club and have fun are Thurs., Oct. 30 (that's just before the Yale game when everyone is in town); Thurs., Dec. 4; Thurs., Jan. 15; Thurs., Feb. 26 (1959) Wives' Dinner; and Wed., April 15. '18 has a splendid large membership at the Dartmouth Club, including such out-of-towners as Johnny Dessau, Eddie O'Connor, Chuck Palmer, Fat Sheldon, Jack Slabaugh and Paul Sperry - all of whom would give the rest of us 18ers a lot of pleasure if they'd stop for cocktails and dinner.
Bennie Mugridge did a magnificent job, with Chris, in running one of '18s greatest reunions, and he told Kelly Hill '38, Dean of Tuck School, that it might well be that James Hoffa, of the Teamsters' Union, would make a talk at Tuck School soon. When last seen what most was on Bennie Mugridge's mind was a high pressure 10 days in Miami Beach, Fla., the first of September, where, for his clients, Libby-Owens-Ford and Pittsburgh Plate Glass, they negotiated and hammered out a contract with the Union. Mascot of our 35th reunion, Omie and husband, Jerry Ross, drove in their station wagon, packed to the roof, across the desert and had a blowout. When they got to San Raphael, Calif., they were ready to sell out for a dime. Now some of Ned's old friends in the ambulance service in France in World War I took care of them and things are brightening up. Grandpa Jake Bingham seemed very happy on his two weeks' vacation to Canton, Ohio, and reports that Jane had her Jane Lisa, weighing in at 7 lbs., on July 6. Jane's husband, Randolph R. Fawcett, Thayer School grad, '56, is very happy in his location there. Peggy and Red Wilson with son, Dixie (who attends Cornwall School in Conn.), went for a week's fishing in the North Country after Reunion. Red said he found in a dump in Kent, Conn., pictures of the days when Eric Ball was an important person with Cheshire Academy in Conn.
Most of the papers carried the very sad news that one of Dartmouth's most loyal sons, and ever generous contributor, Martin L. Straus 2nd, died of a heart attack on July 17. Marty was a very successful man, and he was known far and wide for his accomplishments.
After reunion the Smiling Irishman, JohnDonohue, headed for the Emerald Isle.
By the time you read this. Bill Christgau's Jeanne will have presented him with a new grandchild. We were glad to see in the Dartmouth Club News that Chris held a hand in the Dartmouth Club Bridge Team and glad to see '19 claiming '18's anchor man.... Reference is made in the N. Y. City Dart. Club News, that the Permanent Fund of the Club has increased to almost $22,000 - thanks to regular contributions of many Dartmouthites, among them Leceister McElwain and Dick Holton.
Al Zabriskie in his 13th year as Chmn. of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, in Goshen, N. Y., says "... I came into politics through the back door. Someone asked me to run for Justice of the Peace (1931) and I did, and got elected. Been hanging around ever since." Zip has done a magnificent job. The article in which the splendid picture of him appeared goes on to say "in an informal discussion with the press one day, Mr. Zabriskie expressed his feelings about a good life. Such a life, he felt, was one in which hard work resulted in an adequate income and one in which there was time for community service through government, the Church, and other organizations which contribute to society. A family was also a requisite." Zip chose farming for his lifetime occupation. Through his building program, establishment of the Orange County Community College was possible.
Still in the front ranks with at least 7 grandchildren, Ann and Johnny Johnston celebrated their 35 th wedding anniversary with conscientious son-in-law Warren, and daughter Irene. The papers announced a few months back that Larry Warbasse's son was engaged to a very attractive Greenwich girl, and stated that "Dr. Warren Whaley Warbasse is chief resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York. He was graduated with honors in 1950 from Princeton U. and in '54 from Cornell U. Medical College. A lieutenant (j.g.) with the Maritime Service in World War II, he is a captain in the Army Reserve."
The Curt Glovers and the Phil Boyntons again celebrated that great day of August 25 (Curt's birthday) together. Curt has been doing an outstanding job as Treasurer of the class of '18 and his office girls, and Thelma Aqualino in particular, have been all working hard for Dartmouth 1918.... Edna and Fred Morse, the old '18 hockey goal tender, and Surgeon of the U. S. Public Health Service, Regional Medical officer in N. Y. City, enjoyed several months in England. He remarked "... saw a few people in Eire who looked like you, and were likewise young for their years. We're having a delightful time loafing through England. I kissed the Blarney stone so don't trust anything I say or write from now on. You kissed it 40 years ago or more; saw your name on the list."
On May 16, Gene Markey and his wife sailed on the United States for France and Italy. They thoughtfully invited some of the '18ers to a delightful cocktail party at Club 21 on May 14. From the Hotel Hermitage in Monte Carlo on July 28, Gene wrote:
We're off for Paris again tomorrow, then to Baden-Baden, to try to help the encroaching arthritis. I'm hoping to see Hort Kennedy in Paris, where he stands very high in banking world, and a fine guy he is too. In November, we may be back. We have forsaken California; permanent address is now Kentucky. From Dec. 15 to April 1—• 9944 Collins Av., Miami Beach (bought an apartment there).
Secretary, 67 Annawan Rd., Waban, Mass.
Treasurer, Write Inc. 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y.
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