1923
1923's representation at the Ernest Martin Hopkins Dinner testifies to the spot Hoppy has always occupied in the affections of our class. Charlie Zimmerman, Nick Bernard, Irish Flanigan and Clary Goss planned well for this dinner. The Pillement Suite on the fourth floor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was engaged for the class cocktail party prior to the dinner. The following made reservations:
John C. Allen, Mr. & Mrs. George M. Billings, Dr. & Mrs. John D. Booth, Ray Brown, "William B. Corrigan, Thomas H. Cullen Jr., Charles W. Curts, Mr. & Mrs. James S. Doyle, Mr. & Mrs. Sidney J. Flanigan, John E. Foster, Leon L. Freeman, Clarence E. Goss, Mr. & Mrs. Theodore A. Hellwig Jr., Peter C. T. Hellwig, Mr. & Mrs. Wallis E. Howe Jr., Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kelly Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Karl Otis Klaren, Mr. & Mrs. James D. Landauer, Mr. & Mrs. Leonard I. Matless, George R. McKee, Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell May Jr., Joseph A. S. Miller, John E. Moore, Dr. Theodore R. Miner, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd K. Neidlinger and Guest Mrs. Warner Bentley, Dean Thomas L. Norton, Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Rise, Mr. & Mrs. Julius A. Rippel, Charles W. Rivoire, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Schiffenhaus, Mr. & Mrs. Theodore D. Shapleigh, Mr. & Mrs. Ruel S. Smith, William C. Strong, Louis J. Van Orden, Pemberton Whitcomb, Mr. & Mrs. Louis V. Wilcox, Roger M. Wilkinson, Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Zimmerman.
The latest 1923 bridegroom is none other than Skinny Matless, who married the former Mabel Williams of Germantown, Pa., on January 25. Mr. & Mrs. Matless sat with our class at the Hopkins Dinner. Skinny has recently invented the first explosion-proof refrigerator which can be used in areas where there are highly explosive gases. The explosion at the Monsanto Chemical Company in Texas City a year or so ago ruled out the use of home electric refrigerators in that area. With this invention of Skinny's, electric refrigerators can again be used there.
In behalf of 1923, Jim Broe again found his way to the head table to receive, for the class, the attendance loving cup which is presented each year to the class having the largest number of paid reservations at the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston's annual dinner. Those of our class in attendance included Akin, Joe Baldwin, Behan, Broe, Caswell, Clark, Clough, Crowley, Friend, Harding, Jones, Knight, McMillan, Malone, Prouty, Riley, Sammis, Segal, Temple, and Veit.
At the November meeting of the Trustees of Bradford Junior College Pete Jones was elected Vice President of the Board. In March he was named chairman of the all-important planning committee of the college. Pete and Peg are now in the Bahamas for a brief vacation.
Ed Lyle brings to us the latest information concerning Jim McCabe. Jim says his family is in fine fettle. Oldest son, Jim, a graduate of Amherst, finished his forty-week engineering course for Pratt and Whitney at R.P.I., and is now back at this institute for further training at company expense. He has two wonderful kids; lives in Glastonbury, Conn. Pete, the second son, also a graduate of Amherst, is with Bell Laboratories. Jim and Betty have part-time jobs; are rebuilding an old and very dilapidated 150-year-old cottage next to their home. They are doing this "piecemeal and by ear." It should be highly rentable by summer. Jim plans to cut his herd of Angus down to twenty head so the chores after work "won't be onerous."
Stan Richmond becomes the eleventh person to date in Boston to undergo surgery for Parkinson disease. His condition has greatly improved.
William B. "Bill" Welch figures conspicuously on page 17 of the January issue of Bill Taylor's Yachting Magazine. Commodore Bill has a U.S. 1 and a 35-foot cabin cruiser at Marblehead Harbor, and is a racing enthusiast of renown. The boys tell me Yachting Magazine is the bible to all those who own any sort of boat.
To all members of the class who would like to by-pass Florida's cold, windy and rainy weather this secretary recommends a trip by plane to Rio de Janeiro where Frank and Gladys Doten, South America's most wonderful host and hostess, live. My brother Henry and wife Margaret were wined, dined and escorted by the Dotens during their recent visit to the capital of Brazil. Through Frank they were invited by Ambassador and Mrs. Ellis O. Briggs '21 to attend a party given at the American Embassy during the Carnival season for Hollywood stars visiting Rio.
Early in February the National Association of Real Estate Boards announced Bud Freeman's appointment to the Build America Better Committee.
Ellis Wilner continues to be prominent in the cotton textile industry. He is President of the Board of the Textile Fabrics Association and treasurer of the Cotton Guild. Ellis heads Henry Glass & Co. which features Peter Pan cotton fabrics sold throughout the world. He finds time to be active in community endeavors, serving as a director of the Hospital for Joint Diseases and as Executive Vice President of the United Cerebral Palsy Association.
One of my most efficient grapevines brings word that all '23 men should hunt up their November 25 issue of "Look." There Brooks Palmer, our master mind on clocks, has an interesting article. Incidentally, Funk and Wagnall's and others call on Brooks for authoritative information on clocks.
Connecticut newspapers recently announced the appointment of Frank (J. Francis) Smith as director of the Connecticut National Bank. This bank recently consolidated with the Waterbury Trust Company, with which Frank has been active for years. Frank's list of activities includes a directorship of Connecticut Light and Power Co., Waterbury Ready Mixed Concrete Co., Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Co., United Corp., First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Waterbury, and True Temper Corp.
As the MAGAZINE goes to press ten sons of 1923, two fiancees, and a score of classmates, their wives, and several daughters, sons-in-law, and nephews are assembling at the Inn for another of those long-to-be-remembered winter reunions. Alvin F. (Doggie) Julian is to be our speaker.
Our adopted classmate Ben Milberg and wife Eve are having a wedding in their family this spring. The engagement of their son. Leonard, to Suzanne Phillips of Scarsdale, N. Y. was recently announced.
At long last your secretary decided not to run again for the Haverhill School Committee, so the news that Charlie Rivoire was reelected to the Board of Education of Glen Ridge, N. J., for a three-year term was doubly interesting. Charlie is presently Secretary of W. T. Grant Company and a member of the Board of Directors of that company.
Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill, Mass.
Class Agent, 980 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn.
