1923
Class Reunion - The 36th Hanover - June 15, 16, 17
"Hurray, Hurray, it's the first of May The final summons is on the way"
By now, the brochure with a painting by that old master "Chuck Carey" has been sent to all members. It speaks for itself. All checks are to be made out to: Howard D. Sammis, Reunion Chairman; 184 North Street; Pittsfield, Mass. Since the last roster, the following names have been received. Jane - wife of Bill Wallace (my apologies to Jane); Charles and Margaret Moody; Hollis and Lois Riddle; T. S. and Jane Barston; Henry and Marjorie Moore; Fred Bailey - possible; B. K. and Maggie Way; Swede Swenson; Leif and Sally Nostrand; John McGrath and wife, John and Mary; Bob and Dot Whittinghill; Leonard and Gloria Bronner, Billy and Deirdre; Clinton Wells - possible. The total is climbing, but we especially want those lads in the hinterlands to be present.
It's been a long, cold winter for most of us, except for Florida, Southern California and Hawaii. Think of basking in the June sunshine in Hanover, bending your elbow, and swapping lies with your old buddies. "The festivities are all set, from the Outing Club Sunday to Lake Morey on Tuesday. The bite will be: - Couples $50.00; Stags $35.00; Juniors $15.00 (over 18); Juniors $10.00 (under 18). When you reply, be sure to: - 1. Enclose check; 2. List names. coming; 3. Tell me how many will arrive Sunday. See you in June, Sammy."
John Farnham who has been urging his classmates to visit him in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, for the past four years, through the medium of the secretary writes to Jim Broe as follows, "It was a pleasure to hear about Jack Titcomb. He and I ran the Mt. Moosilauke summit camp hotel during the summer of 1921." To the secretary he writes,
Do you carry the names of Warren Gladstone and Charles Cooley on the list of the class? These were my roommates. Cooley during our first year in good old Reed, Gladstone during our second year in Topliff. Still active in business, have been taking it a bit easier, and in spite of several devaluations in our French Pacific franc I find enough time for trips to Europe every few years My last visit to the USA was in 1950 when I visited my son in Houston, Tex. I plan to visit New Hampshire in 1960 and will be very interested to see all the changes in Hanover, Exeter, White Mountains and the top of Mt. Moosilauke.
Art Scullion's name has not appeared in these columns since 1929. Art became a fellow in the American College of Surgeons and practiced his surgery until 1945 in Cliffside Park, N. J. As one drives along the West Side Drive into New York City, below the George Washington Bridge one sees the sign West Side Park on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. This is the area of Cliffside Park. Art helped to organize the United National Bank in 1934. He became a director and after he retired from surgery in 1945 he was elected a vice president.
John Guppy designs and estimates steel bridges for the American Bridge Company which is a division of the United Steel Company. John is in charge of this department in the New York office at 71 Broadway. He deals principally with structures in Latin America.
Lou Grover reports that he is as good as new after a second operation within a year. Lou is with the Citizens Savings Bank of Providence where he is a vice president.
James Noel (Jim) Brown's business address is Bunting and Associates, Inc., Penthouse, James Robertson Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. Not too long ago Advertising Age described Jim as a hard-driving salesman who "habitually works on the toughest accounts in the shop."
Cy Aschenbach's permanent address is now West Hampton, N. Y. Here he is lining up some business interests which he hopes will not take too much of his time.
Jack Myers took time out from his daily duties with Veterans Administration and problems of thrifty folks, seeking to procure a $25,000 house with spare cash of about $1000, to spend six weeks at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia having his right great toe renovated and reconditioned. Jack says the people he deals with in his real estate pursuits are the wholesome type who desperately need help because they are paying out tremendous sums of shekels per month to equip their deserving families with foreign cars, scattered mink stoles, television sets (custom made), etc.
Nat Austin has been following the carpentering profession since the early 40's in Torrance, Calif. Wife Helen and son Jonathan, now thirteen, make up the Nat Austin household.
George W. Bird started out with the A & P in 1929 first in Montreal, then in Toronto in charge of purchasing for the Canadian subsidiary. George now lives in Birmingham, Mich., and is Director of Purchases for the Central West Division of the company. George and Helen have three children: Jocelyn, now married, Lieut. Thomas Cushman Bird, USNAF, and Patricia. With the Ivy championship in football, basketball and hockey George should be well able to hold his end up with his Princeton and Yale associates.
Dud Hawkins writes he is going to attend his 35th reunion at Yale this June. Dud roomed with Jim Landauer in 1919, in Hanover, then transferred to Yale. Dud is Sales Engineer at Continental Can Co., Inc., in Boston. His home address is 983 Highland Street in Hamilton, Mass., but his mail address is R.F.D., Ipswich, Mass.
Our athletic teams have covered themselves with glory this year. First an Ivy championship in football, then basketball and hockey. Now it's squarely up to Tony Lupien's baseball team to provide a clean sweep of the major sports titles. He'll hate us for saying this, but his chances look pretty good. Among the top men returning are lefty Art Quirk, voted most valuable player in the league last year for his 8-2 record and 2.17 earned-run average. You will remember Art is our 1923 scholarship boy.
Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill, Mass.
Class Agent, 980 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn.
