1923

Twenty-five classmates, 23 wives, four guests, two sons, and one stepmother gathered at Hanover's Golfside for dinner on October 13. Dr. Jack Booth sparked the dinner with his song leading. Seeing Jack in action that night one would never believe he is not the current leader of the Glee Club. Lou Wilcox was unanimously elected Class Agent at the brief business meeting following the dinner. The attendance roll follows:

Roger and Ruth Billings; Chet and Barbara Bixby; Jack and Mary Booth and son Pete; Jim Broe with guest Harriett Maycock; Ted and Olive Caswell; Fred and Madeline Clark; Fred and Elizabeth Davis; Walte and Connie Dodge; Frank and Gladys Doten; Irish and Alice Flanigan; Walter Friend; Clarence and Priscilla Goss with two guests Lyman and Louise Johnson U.S.C. '24; Sam and Mim Home; Bill and Dottie Kimball; Art and Edith Little; Bob and Natalie McMillan; Al and Marge Merritt; Tru and Bunny Metzel; Babe and Florence Miner; John and Catherine Read; Charlie and Jean Rice; Charlie and Dorothy Rivoire and Charlie Jr.; Joe and Nancy Schiffenhaus; Bill and Jane Wallace; George and Jo Weston and Mrs. Perry.

On Saturday night the class had dinner at the White Cupboard Inn in Woodstock. Here again Jack Booth, ably assisted by Charlie Rice and Bill Wallace, provided much melody.

Dues statements mailed out by our treasurer, Babe Miner brought to light the deaths of the following classmates: James B. Doxsee on March 6, 1961 in Islip, N. Y.; Warren Gladstone on August 2, 1961 and F.Douglass Curry Jr. on Sept. 17, 1961.

Babe Miner is doing an excellent job as class treasurer. For '60-'61 he produced an overall 68% dues paying record against a college average of 60.9%. In doing this he added 39 to the total of dues paying classmates. Several deaths during the year made this accomplishment more note-worthy. In breaking down this 68% duespayers 77% of our graduates paid their dues while the college average was 69.3%. 50% of our non-graduates paid their dues as compared to 33.2% for the college as a whole.

In years to come when our class becomes smaller and smaller and more money is needed for our Memorial Book program the work of Pete Jones and Babe Miner will pay off in a very conspicuous way. In the current year '61-'62 Babe has two new dues paying men who have not been on the list for over ten years.

The statistics of the class are as follows: Graduates, 331; Non-graduates, 220 equals 551 total. Of this total there are eleven with addresses unknown and 23 who are not interested, all non-graduates.

Bert Teagle is now retired from his responsibilities with Standard Oil of New Jersey where he was supervisor of European refineries for many years. For thirty years he and Rosalie lived in every country in Europe and since 1941 in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Curacao. Now they are happily situated on their ranch in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. His 700 lemon trees, golf and Rotary keep Bert well occupied. For relaxation it is conversational bridge and the TV which is still a novelty to the Teagles.

Pete Howe celebrated his sixtieth birthday recently by winning the doubles tennis championship of his local tennis club, just 37 years after his first doubles victory in 1924. Pete says it was purely a coincidence that his partner is currently captain of the Williams tennis team. And it might be added that the day after the match, which was played in a temperature of 96 degrees, Pete spent the day in bed. Pete is working hard but says he likes it less each year. He hopes for strength to roll his wheel chair to Hanover in June '63.

John Krumme '63, our current 1923 scholarship recipient in Hanover, has played outstanding football all fall. John put on an excellent performance for the fifty-odd '23 men and their wives during the Brown game. The New York Times on October 15 wrote as follows:

Leading the Dartmouth offense was John Krumme, a 184-pound halfback from Milwaukee, who apparently believed in moving in only one direction - forward. The hard hitting, 5-foot 10-inch junior rushed 92 yards in eighteen attempts and sparked the Indians' assault. Krumme also contributed a 13-yard run for a touchdown in the third period.

1923 SONS IN COLLEGE

George M. Billings, George M. Jr. '62; Austin C. Eaton, Austin C. Jr. '62; CharlesW. Rivoire, Charles W. Jr. '62.

Those who attended Jim Broe's 30th 1923 reunion will remember Paul D. Paganucci whom Jim pulled out of a hat to be business manager of the party. Paul has formed the stock partnership of Lombard, Vitalis and Paganucci, 30 Wall Street, New York City, and has purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

History repeats itself. Walt Friend and Ken Way have been close friends since they were in Melrose High School in 1915. Now their sons Walter A. Friend Jr. '48 and Kendall S. Way '51 live in Duxbury, participate in golf tournaments of the Duxbury Yacht Club, and are close friends, continuing the remarkably close bond which has existed between their fathers.

Les Stevens, who was a member of our distinguished group for two years and then moved to B. U., is a Ridgewood, N. J., resident. For many years associated with Okonite Callender Cable Co. of Paterson he is now with Manhattan Shirt Co. His wife Ruth has a Brown and Columbia background and now his daughter Pamela has earned her B.S. in Education from Drake, with general honors, departmental honors and election to Kappa Delta Pi.

Aub Miller was recently admitted to the Quarter Century Club of Fairview High School in Dayton, Ohio. A special edition of this school's periodical reviews Aub's 25 years with the school. His main job is heading up the commercial department. He is coach of tennis. His teams have won several state championships. Aub's ambition is to return to New England when he retires.

Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill, Mass.

Treasurer, 960 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,