1923

Sammy Sammis releases the following plans for our June 15-16-17 reunion. 1. We should arrive in Hanover Sunday afternoon, June 14. 2. We will be residing in North Massachusetts and Hitchcock halls. 3. The class cocktail party and dinner will be Monday evening. 4. Class meeting, picture and Alumni luncheon, Tuesday. 5. Top feature is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon when we rendezvous at the Lake Morey Inn for an afternoon of golf, swimming, tennis for the young and frisky, and shuffleboard, croquet and elbow bending for the old crocks. Prizes will be given all winners and then comes a delicious outdoor buffet.

Sammy wants to hear from you at once with a personal letter, containing name of spouse, sex and ages of children, addressed to: Howard D. Sammis, 195 Mountain Rd., Pittsfield, Mass. He wants suggestions and new ideas that will make this "Thirty-Sixth" one of the best.

Sammy scheduled the first meeting of his reunion planning committee at Charlie Zimmerman's home in Hartford on Saturday, January 17. Watch for further announcements in Irish Flanigan's "Skiddoo" and in the 1923 section of the March issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

Stuart L. Robinson's name is a very welcome one in this column. It has never appeared before. Stuart and Agnes live in Akron, Ohio. They have one; son, Stuart, who has three children and another, Russell, who is single. Stuart operates the Robinson Clay Products Company in Akron.

Johnny Harkins has really co-operated in his efforts to fill in the last thirty years since the name Harkins was mentioned in this MAGAZINE. His letter, too long for this column, will appear soon in Skiddoo. Briefly he drove west in 1923 in Sum Sollitt's patched up Ford with Don Moore and Ev Baker. John and Don spent a very enjoyable month at Sum's farm at South Haven, Mich.; then went to work briefly as a reporter on the Baltimore News. From 1924-1927 it was work on the New York Journal, Morning Telegram and American. In between newspaper jobs John toured North Africa and the Mediterranean for a shipping company and spent a hectic spell as press agent for Billy Rose. In 1937 came his shift to the movies, doing publicity first for Warner Bros, and then for David O. Selznick and United Artists. In 1947 John lost his health and since then he has devoted his time getting back on his feet physically. Two years on the Mojave Desert, sixty miles from the town of Mojave and the past ten years at San Clemente, Calif., in an apartment across from the beach there. Here John does free lance writing, doing a couple for Marford, the T.V. subsidiary of the Mary Pickford Company.

Roy Hayes is connected with Hershey Chocolate Company and lives, with wife Marion and their two daughters Lois and Karen, in Kenmore, N. Y.

Ted Swartzbaugh is now foot loose and fancy free having gained his divorce last June 6. He now has his five-and-a-half-acre property back in his name after a sizable settlement, is thirty pounds lighter and is in excellent health.

Doug Curry's whereabouts was last noted March 1930. After graduation he went three years to Harvard Law, graduating in 1926. Doug has his own law office in Harrodsburg, Ky. His wife's name is Kathleen and they have two sons, Frank D. Jr. and William D.

Thomas P. Durivan lives in New London where he has a dental office at 302 State Street. His wife is Lorraine, they have a son Donald and a daughter Nan.

Bill Evans represents the Baker Furniture Company in the South. Pete Jones met him in a New Orleans restaurant in 1934 when he took his first swing through the South for this Grand Rapids Company. Since then Bill and his wife Clifford have raised two children in Columbia, S. C. Fran is a Junior at U. of Carolina and George entered Proctor Academy last September. With a son in a New England prep school Bill, at long last, may be expected to bob up at the reunion in June.

Warren Gladstone, for many years in the mortgage business on Lexington Avenue, New York, has for the past two years been a patient at Central Islip State Hospital, Central Islip, Long Island, N. Y. He would deeply appreciate a visit from a classmate.

John H. Keenan and wife Virginia live at 41 Hillside Ave., South Portland, Me. John is head of the Economics and Sociology Departments of the University of Maine, in Portland. They have three children, Stuart, Ann and Martha. We are all pleased to hear about John's activities after 26 years.

Clint Raynor and Hollis Riddle were ushers in each other's weddings in 1926. Since then Holly moved away from his native New England to Akron, Ohio, and has been associated in many capacities with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. In its foreign department he journeyed to South America in 1932; India, Sumatra, China, etc. in 1936, and then to Africa. In 1942 Holly was transferred to the Goodyear Aircraft Corp. and is now assistant controller of the company. There are three sons and one daughter in the Riddle entourage.

Clint Raynor lives in Westmoreland Hills, Washington, D. C. He has been in department store work since graduation with Jordan Marsh Co., Boston; and Lord and Taylor, New York City; Wolf and Dressauser, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Broadway Department Stores, Los Angeles; and since 1936 Woodward & Lothrop, Washington, D. C., where he is now one of their vice presidents. Clint and Dorothy have two sons, Clinton Stuart Jr. and Donald.

Frank Roby breaks a long silence when he writes that he has found a fun and sports-like place to live in Battle Creek, Mich., where he fishes off his front porch daily but catches few fish. He is an accountant for Michigan Carton Company. Frank and wife lone Ardell think time is drawing near when they can fly every fall to their California home as continuous winter is too much for their advanced ages.

Our super analyst, Jim Broe furnishes us with the following interesting statistics. There are 133 sons of 1923 who followed their father's footsteps to Dartmouth. Of the 121 fathers 83 were graduates and 29 non graduates. One father, namely Art Little had four sons, '51, '53, '55 and '57. Two had three sons; namely Lew Putnam, '50, '54 and '59; and Colin Stewart, '48, '52 and '55. Fourteen had two sons, namely Thomas Burch, '47 and '49; Frederic P. Clark, '51 and '54; Sherman Clough, '50 and '57; George Ferguson, '50 and '51; John Foster, '44 and '58; Walter Gates, '50 and '54; Frederick Haigh, '49 and '53; Kerchival R. Holt, '51 and '56; William Kimball, '47 and '50; Leon Sargent, '51 and '53; Sumner Sollitt, '48 and '55; Louis Van Orden, '46 and '51; William H. Wallace, '50 and '55, and George F. Weston, '53 and '54.

In the March issue we will print the fathers with one son.

Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill, Mass.

Treasurer, Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Co. Whitman, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,