1923
The Class of 1923 is very proud of its long list of grandfathers and grandmothers. Space permits our listing only those with four or more grandchildren. As those with three, two or one find additions to their fold we will appreciate the announcement of this important information.
Will and Dorothy Kimball 12; Edwin and Katharine Flindell 11; Alfred and Marjorie Merritt 10; John and Eleanor O'Brian 10; Harold and Emeline Ballou 9; Philip and Ella DeBernard 9; Henry and Ana Keith 9; Starr and Edith Murphy 9; Joseph and Mary SchifFenhaus 9; Hartley and Virginia Caldwell 8; Luther and Mary Elliott 8; Lloyd and Marion Neiglinger 8; Colin and Elaine Stewart 8; Stuart Summers 8; Roger and Ruth Billings 7; Frederick and Olive Caswell 7; Francis and Mildred Donovan 8; William and Edith Rice 7; Maxwell and Florence Wild 7; Norman and Jean Fay 6; Archibald and Audrey Giroux 6; Sylvester and Geraldine Johnson 6; Wendell and Ruth Monger 6; Martin and Doris Suydam 6; Paul and Ruth Carver 5; Henry and Leslie Freeman 5; Clarence and Priscilla Goss 5; Charles and Margarets Jones 5; Harold and Grace Malmquist 5; Frederic and Madeline Clark 4; Donald and Vivian Morse 4; George and Priscilla Musk 4; Donald and Helen Russell 4; Erwin and Elizabeth Schultz 4; Louis and Constance Van Orden 4. To the above we must add the name of one of our adopted class members, John McGrath and Mary with 13 grandchildren.
Norman and Jean Fay (see above) also have a two-year-old daughter.
Nineteen of the above did not utilize the stamped envelope for reply and so the above statistics may not be up to date. Six replied they expect additional babies in January, February and March.
At my request, Mary B. Foley, many years secretary to Jim Broe, wrote the following profile on Jim, our assistant secretary.
"It was a lucky day for both Jim Broe and Dartmouth College when Jim left his home town of Portland, Maine, for Hanover, N. H., way back in 1919. The two have been most compatible ever since! "Good-will ambassador, public relations man, and fund raiser, to Dartmouth he is all of these.
"He has helped many young men finan- cially and given freely of his time to advise them in choosing courses, encouraging them when, the going got tough, urging them to study just a little bit harder, and counseling them on fields of employment. Notes and Christmas cards received from all parts of the world attest to the devotion and sincere admiration of his many Dartmouth friends of all ages.
"Jim since 1923 has been a successful insurance broker and there are numerous wellknown individuals and corporations in his list of clients. He has been awarded top honors by the John Hancock Insurance Co. on occasions in recognition of the fact that he has sold more insurance than any other representative in the United States for a given year. With his endless list of friends and his vast store of knowledge it is not surprising. Also, having been his secretary for many years, I can assure you that he put considerable time, study, thought and effort into each case - whether large or small.
"He has worked untiringly for the several Dartmouth Funds, such as the Alumni, the Memorial, the Scholarship or, most recently, the Dartmouth Development Fund. The Thirtieth Reunion was a tremendous success and no one could appreciate better than I how very hard Jim, as chairman, worked to bring about such a favorable conclusion.
"Jim still finds Hanover the best place to relax and 'get away from it all.' A few days at the Hanover Inn, among his local friends and the environment he loves, is the best tonic in the world for him."
Barbara and your secretary sailed on February 3, on the "M.S. Oslofjord" on a 49-day Mediterranean cruise. They took Mother Bixby with them. The cruise stops at eighteen ports. They return to New York City March 23.
Metty and Kay Morse are still boating. They had a fine cruise to Florida in November and expect to return to the "Caravan" in mid March and bring her north for the summer. Besides their home in Ouissett they have eight others that they rent. Metty is still active in Conover-Mast Publications in which firm he is vice president. He goes to New York City every two weeks in this connection.
Sherm and Bert Clough's son Galen is now fully recovered from his siege with polyneuritis, is doing graduate work at the University of Indiana for his Ph.D. Galen is being married in June.
Gladys Carbaugh writes she and her daughter Connie have just returned from a trip around the world. Her door at 3128 Allendate S.W. Roanoke, Va., is wide open to her 1933 friends. Gladys confesses she never liked the nickname Red for her husband.
Walter and Connie Dodge bought a place in Francestown, N. H., two years ago. They now shuttle back and forth. When Walter retires the Dodges hope this will be their permanent home as they think this area is a wonderful one for prospective retirees.
Bill Kelly has been gaining steadily in weight and strength since the reunion and is now back at full-time work. He has an assistant to help him in his general practice of medicine. The latest is that Bill has made this assistant his partner and has turned over his home and office to him. Bill is building a smaller house for himself. As evidence that Bill is right back pitching for Dartmouth we have a quotation from his recent letter, "I brought our #1 high school senior at Carmel High School to the Cornell game last fall. He was the star tackle" etc., etc.
In the Lawrence Eagle Tribune we read the following news item relating to the will of Mrs. Priscilla Barkhouse Wilkinson, widow of our classmate Ralph B. Wilkinson. "To Dartmouth College in Hanover, N. H., in memory of Ralph B. Wilkinson of the Class of 1923, to be added to the Alumni Scholarship fund to be known as the Ralph B. Wilkinson Fund, the interest to accumulate and to be used for a worthy student from Andover, Mass., $25,000."
W. Bradlee Smith '23 (left), manager of the U.S. exhibit at the International Trade Fair in Salonika, Greece, with U.S. Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs '21 at the exhibit.
Harvey P. Hood '18 (r), on behalf of the Dartmouth Trustees, presents Charlie Zimmerman '23, capital campaign chairman, with a box made of wood from Dartmouth Hall and the Old Pine.
A close-up of the inscribed box.
Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill, Mass.
Treasurer, 960 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow, Mass.
