1926
A MONTH OF GET-TOGETHERS
February saw as many '26 get-togethers as a football month like October or November. Biggest reunion, of course, was the memorable Hopkins Dinner in New York ... so vividly described in Chip's Bulletin. We counted 34 classmates, 22 wives, and several "small fry." The "came-the-greatest-distance" prize was won by Herb and Bert Darling, from the West Indies. Since they were on their way home to Buffalo, their prize (very logically) was a snow-plow!
Hub Harwood, undeservedly demoted to Class Correspondent from Boston, recounts the Dartmouth dinner in that city:
Fourteen of the '26 regulars met beforehand for a couple of Scotch-and-Sodas, and enjoyed a very pleasant evening, despite the fact that our usual merry-maker, Randall Cox, was not present. In fact, we are getting worried about Ranny, as no one has seen him since the Harvard game. The following men were present: Joe Batchelder, Herb Redman, Bob Patten, John Arenowski, Steve Mitchell, Russ Clark, Harold Trefethen, Bill Blanchard, Charlie Collins, Stew Orr, Bob Salinger, Henry Blake, Jim Sullivan, and Hub Harwood.
'26-ers represented at Chicago's annual Hanover Holiday evening included: Warren and Dot Fellingham, Hank and Jane Parker, Mod and Ruth Moderwell, Tubber and Mary Weymouth and Betsy Blunt. President Dickey, in his talk, called special attention to the fact that with Carle Blunt snow-bound on his Florida golf course, Betsy had enough Dartmouth spirit to come by herself!
A Florida letter from Don Church vigorously denies Florida weather reports like the above, and mentions several smaller '26 gettogethers. Heck and Helene Norcross spent several days at Don's Bellaire Biltmore Hotel. And Harry and Mary Fisher were to arrive for a 3-week visit March 10. The Norcrosses also reuned with King and Irene Dickason.
From Merrick, L. I., N. Y., Art Nathanson reports another '26 meeting:
Whenever I read in the class column about certain of our classmates getting together, I have been somewhat envious of the men who have been able to keep Dartmouth fellowship alive in this way. Somehow or other, I never seemed to live near anyone from the Class. Well, mirabile dictu, I discovered recently that Steve Millard has been a fellow resident of Merrick for the last ten years. I discovered this under rather unusual circumstances. My older boy has applied for admission to Dartmouth. When he was called for his Alumni interview, the chairman of the interviewing committee was Steve Millard. We have since gotten together, and I hope will see each other frequently in the future. This incident made me feel that Dartmouth has come to my home town. Needless to say, the family is holding its collective breath until we hear from the Admissions Office in Hanover.
Art received his Law Degree from Harvardin 1929, and is now a partner in Munn,Liddy, Nathanson & March...New York.
MISCELLANEOUS
Ed Hanlon and Fred Hurd were in the audience when their classmate George Champion addressed the New York Society of Security Analysts. No fellow '26-ers were present, however, when Patten D. Allen, Director of the European Division of the U.S. Commerce Dept.'s Bureau of Foreign Commerce, addressed the members of the Export Committee of the American Paper and Pulp Association.
The New York Times Sunday Magazine Section carried a lengthy feature article, "How They Discovered Venus et al.," by Richard M. Haywood, Professor of Classics at New York University. Mayor Hynes of Boston recently appointed Herbert H. Harwood Chairman of the Boston Waterfront Rehabilitation Committee. (All you Boston rats, watch out!) Dick Gunthorp has been named a Director of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago. A note from EdPoole, from Winston-Salem, N. C., advises that he has been with the Western Electric Co. ever since his graduation. And a letter from Bob Rogers, who is in the real estate and property management business in Rockport, Mass.:
Please note change of address from 27 to 11 Granite Street. I lost my Dad in August and have moved here to take care of my mother who is nearly 87 years old. My wife has been very sick and I nearly lost her. I wasn't at Dartmouth very long, but I still do love the place.
LOST AND FOUND
Dartmouth's diligent Alumni Recorder, Charlotte (Mrs. Hugh '26) Morrison, has asked our Class' cooperation in locating a "lost" '26-er, Lindsley S. ("Rusty") Hartwell. At last report, he lived in and around Philadelphia; prior to that, in Cheswick and Beaver Falls, Pa. If any of you have any idea of how or where he could be contacted, please get in touch with Charlotte or with us.
Charlotte's persistent sleuthing, aided by Ed Hanlon's follow-through, resulted in the finding of another "lost" classmate, Stu Hollister, now living at 25 Minetta Lane, New York. Charlotte and Ed again, helped by Bob Rogers, located Carl Stanley's current address at 587 Jefferson Avenue, Chula Vista, Cal. Other new addresses: E. Paul Venneman, 520 Franklin St., Buffalo 2, N. Y.; HenryT. Meneely, 85 Market St., Annapolis, Md.; Robert S. Wilson, Rovern Motels, 19050 Collins Ave., Miami Beach 54, Fla.
IN CLOSING
Aside from obituaries, we'd say a class secretary's most difficult writing occurs when he's forced to report something about himself. (For this item, we'll drop the "secretarial we!") After seven years of self-employment, ending in two years of unintended semi-retirement, I've returned to Montgomery Ward, as Promotional Editor of their catalogs. (One of the company's slogans: "Ward's will take anything back!") Some of you may recall that I was with Ward's for fifteen years, till Rudolph whisked me away in '51 But Rudolph's been flying slower and slower these last few years ... so I was very happy to accept Ward's offer. An unbalanced budget and deficit spending may or may not be sound at the National level... but at the home level, believe me, they're both unsound and unpleasant!
Secretary, 9301 Hamlin Ave., Evanston, Ill.
Class Agent, 31 Downing St., Hingham, Mass.
