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Summer is pretty well on the wane as I write these notes for the October issue. Since this is the first column since last June there is a bit of ground to cover and quite a few news items so I'll have to be necessarily more brief than would otherwise be the case.
Belatedly but nonetheless sorrowfully I report the tragic death on January . 14, 1959, at Palo Alto, Calif., of Ted (Win. T.) Weis '51, only son of Ted (Erwin T.) and Margaret Weis. His passing was a tremendous shock to his family. Young Ted had just taken on a new position with Lockheed Aircraft in California, when he was hospitalized with a bad case of flu. Within days after his recovery from that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, was operated on and passed away, never realizing the seriousness of his illness, nor that he was to leave his wife and four young children, his loving parents and sisters. I know the entire Class joins me in heartfelt condolences to his family.
In the June issue I fluffed when I reported that Dusty Miller was the only son of a 'so man in the Freshman Class at Dartmouth. I hasten to apologize to one of the nicest girls I know, Isabel Morse, widow of Bob. Their son Jim is in the same class and he, too, graduated from Deerfield Academy. See you at reunion, Isabel, to apologize in person.
The Boston Daily Globe on Wednesday, June to, displayed the handsome features of Colonel Hibbard Richter, stating that on "Dorchester Day" commemorating the 300 th Anniversary of the settlement of Dorchester, and incidentally the first settlement in Suffolk County, Mass., Colonel Richter, President of the Dorchester Historical Society, would be the principal speaker. I am sure he did an up-and-coming job. Hibb is a member of numerous historical organizations and frequently speaks to patriotic and historical groups in and about Massachusetts.
It is with sorrow that I bring to your attention the death o£ Dr. Earl E. (Flip) Fipphen at Worcester, Mass., on May 10, 1959, after an illness of three months. Memorial services were held at the First Baptist Church in Worcester and were attended by Ben Ayres and Doc Miller as representatives of our Class. Fip is survived by his wife Harriet to whom I extend sincere sympathy on behalf of the entire Class.
Yet another of our classmates has passed away. I report with deep feeling the death of J. Newton Nash on July 12, 1959, after a long illness. Many honors came to Newt in his chosen profession - admiralty law. He was always loyal to the Class and to Dartmouth and could always be depended upon for gatherings here in New York. His genial good nature made him a universal favorite and we shall miss him sorely. Elsewhere will appear the formal obituary. To his family I send the very sincere sympathy of the Class.
I have reported previously that Hersh and Ellie Chandler ventured to the Far East on a vacation trip. In a note from Hersh I learn that of the twelve passengers on board the ship three of the six men were Dartmouths - Albert Shiels '17, S. R. Barnett '25, and Hersh. I'll bet it was tough for the rest of the passengers!
I have noted before in this column that we have a 1920 gal who is a topflight golfer. Kay Mayer, Frank's wife, won the Chicago Women's District Golf Association championship in the 36-hole final match at the Westmoreland Country Club in July. The Chicago papers wrote glowingly of the close match which Kay won one up. Congratulations, Kay.
Sig (Wendell P.) Sigler is back in New York again and we are glad to extend a hand of welcome, such as it is, to this vale of tears.
Art Earle, who formerly lived at Bernardsville, N. J., has moved up to Woodsville, N. H. Perhaps you New Hampshireites will be seeing something of him.
Don MacKay's wife Ruth, editor of the Chicago Tribune's column "White Collar Girl," recently was guest speaker at a luncheon honoring Chicago's twelve top women in the business and professional world. As my correspondent writes "Our little Ruthie is quite a gal!" We agree wholeheartedly.
After 36 years with General Motors John Felli has retired as Assistant Treasurer of that company. John had been Treasurer of General Aviation Corporation, Treasurer of North American Aviation, Inc., and in July 1936 was appointed Assistant Treasurer of General Motors. We all hope John enjoys his retirement years.
Right out of the Lost and Found Department comes a note from my old friend Gugger (George A.) Fiske. It seems he and Josephine recently went to dinner at the home of Arvin Gunnison '22 and there encountered the seldom heard from "Bing" and Jane Witaker among other Dartmouths present. Gugger reports that Chet Wiley, Ford Dealer extraordinary of Newton, Mass., sold him a fine Ford car. He also mentioned that he had talked with Bud Phillips at Ellsworth, Me. You will remember that Gugger and Bud played on the Hockey Team freshman year. Scout (Francis H.) Lee and his wife Alice, Red Tillson and Gugger get together two or three nights a week for "five o'clock tea."
Jerry Stone reports Ben and Ellen Ayres running a Dartmouth taxi service and annex to the Hanover Inn. It seems they met Jerry at the airport and put him up at their resplendent home.
The National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vt., has commissioned Paul Sample to paint a huge mural for the lobby of its new home office building. The mural will be 50 feet long and 8 feet high and will cover one wall of the main lobby. It will depict historical scenes and events of both the Green Mountain state and the 109-yearold National Life. Paul will paint the mural in his studio at Hanover. Incidentally, at the Class Officers Meeting last May a new Dartmouth movie "Mountain Farm" was shown. It delineates, from the first stroke of the brush to the finished landscape, the painting by Paul Sample of one of his fine pictures. The occasion was particularly interesting because Paul was on hand and conducted an informal discussion after the showing of the picture.
H. Sheridan Baketel Jr. was elected Vice President of the Bequest and Estate Planning Committee at the Alumni Council Meeting in June.
Doc, pardon me, "Doctor" Miller is reported deep behind the Iron Curtain. I am sure he'll come back with a lot of interesting ideas - medical and otherwise.... Harry Sampson has been trout fishing in Colorado, while Al Frey has been teaching at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Michigan.... Bill and Laura Carter are visiting their son Doug in Chile. ... Charlie Sargent was in Hanover for the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the local chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon... .Jack Mayer had a very pleasant visit with Bill Farnham in Spokane, Wash.... Hal and Liz Bernkoff were strolling arm in arm on the Appian Way - three delightful weeks in Italy.... Len Davis' boy Harry has finished first year Tuck.
Dorothy and I recently took in the show at the Radio City Music Hall to hear the Dartmouth Glee Club do its stuff. I am told that this is the first theatrical appearance of the Glee Club in its go-year history. The theme was built around a Salute to Alaska. It was marvelously done and as I prepare these notes the boys have been over there some six or seven weeks. They sing against a Dartmouth backdrop showing the Old Row. We have been there twice and each time they have had a marvelous ovation.
I have just learned the distressing news of the death of Beardsley Foster Jr. on August 8. A formal obituary will appear in this or a later issue of the MAGAZINE. On behalf of the Class I extend sincere sympathy to his sorrowing family.
About the time you read these notes the venerable Albert Wesley Frey will be sending out bills for Class dues. As a group we do pretty well on the matter of sending in dues but that doesn't mean that we couldn't do a lot better. The few bucks involved will never break anyone, so when you hear from A 1 obey that urge arid send in your dues. We are going to need the money more than ever this year with our 40th Reunion in the offing. Incidentally, if anyone in the Class has novel or unusual ideas for our 40th Reunion, June 13-14-15, i960, please get in touch with Paul Richter, Reunion Chairman, 212 South Street, Concord, N. H.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The 1920 class secretary this month has not included all the news that's fit to print. We therefore add that Charlie McGoughran recently was elected president of Sphinx and was appointed a member of the board of chapter advisers of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He also became a newspaper columnist in connection with the Centennial of Oil, August 26, and wrote "It All Began at Dartmouth" for the centennial edition of The Titusville (Pa.) Herald.
Attending a June meeting of the 1920 reunion committee in Worcester, Mass., were: (seated -left to right) Gerald S. Stone, Arthur F. Smith, Benjamin W. Ayres, Hibbard Richter, Charles F. Crathern, Samuel R. Center; (standing) Murray C. Harvey, Roger A. Horton, Erwin C. Miller, and Harold F. Bidwell.
Secretary, 350 East 57th St. New York 22, N. Y.
Tuck. School, Hanover, N. H. Treasurer,
