1920
Secretary, 350 East 57th St. New York 22, N. Y.
Class Agent, go Iron Mine Dr., Staten Island 1, N.Y.
Hi, Folks! Hope you had a nice Easter.
Al Frey is presently headquartering at the University Club in Bridgeport, Conn., but come September will report for duty on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh. A lucky break for the University, I would say.
Following the IC4A Track Meet in Madison Square Garden on March 11, Tommy and Ann Thomson joined us for a drink at the Madison Square Garden Club. We had a very pleasant visit and engaged in some highclass long distance reminiscing. Tommy's boys did pretty well, finishing in fourth place among the 54 teams that were competing.
Wes Carr and his wife have just returned from a Caribbean cruise on the "Hanseatic." They spent quite a bit of their time on board reminiscing with Mr. and Mrs. Hiram J. McLellan '16. The Carrs are now getting ready for their annual summer vacation at Provincetown, Mass. Wes suggests that classmates who may be passing through that town look them up. They are in the phone book.
Ben Ayres checked in from Delray, Fla., after two months of ideal weather and plenty of golf. While there he saw Jack Brotherhood and Buttons Hill, both of whom were well tanned and healthy. Ben says he missed his annual chat with Carroll Hill at St. Petersburg. He wanted particularly to find out why Carroll didn't show up at reunion last June after he had promised to do so!
Sherry Baketel was in Washington around inauguration time and lunched with Tomand Mary Ainsworth. He reports that Tom seemed very well and enjoying himself as a gentleman of leisure. Young Tommy is in his last year of high school with a real interest in Dartmouth as well as the University of Virginia. Sherry says he is a dandy boy and he hopes his application will be regarded favorably in Hanover. I do, too!
On his return from a trip to the West Coast Jerry Stone decided he had had it, packed his bag and started for Florida where he no doubt is lapping up the sunshine. More power to you, Jerry. Incidentally, Jerry reports that while in San Francisco he attended the weekly luncheon of the Dartmouth Club of Northern' California at the Fly Trap Restaurant, 73 Sutter Street. Jerry urges that if any of us find ourselves in San Francisco we make every effort to attend one of these luncheons. Upon arrival you'll be greeted by the esteemed Secretary of the Association and our beloved classmate "Abe"Winslow, who, incidentally, has been Secretary of the Association since 1922.
Word comes from Tom Glines that he has sold his Vermont property and has returned on a full-time basis to his insurance and real estate firm. Tom suggests that some thought be given to another joint stag dinner of the Classes of 1919, 1920 and 1921.
Gugger Fiske continues to be one of my most faithful correspondents. His most recent newsy epistle reads as follows:
After quite a long lapse in time I dutifully take pen in hand and report as follows: Sad news first - Paul Hutchinson and Yours Truly were the sole members of our Class at the Annual Boston Alumni Association dinner last night at the StatlerHilton Hotel. In fact, to make up an individual table of ten we were seated with Reg Miner '21, Len Morrissey, Haskell Cohn and Carter Hoyt, all '22, plus some others whose names I am not sure of. The whole attendance seemed to be off about one-half of the number who used to attend. Maybe the $8.00 tab has something to do with it. The guest speakers were Al Rozycki '61, Red Rolfe, President Dickey and others. When I asked the gathering for a great big Wah-Hoo-Wah for Al Rozycki some of those present turned and looked at me as though I had completely flipped my lid!
I suggested to President John Benson '31, just before the dinner, that maybe what we needed were a few door prizes, such as a $10,000. annuity donated by Bing Whitaker, $.10,000 worth of "solid" bonds offered by the Brothers Hutchinson, and probably Billy Riley '46, that demon ex-hockey player and star auto salesman, might like to put up a "solid gold" Cadillac! That ought to increase attendance. As a matter of fact, I phoned John Benson a couple of weeks ago and offered a small door prize of one new Electrolux Cleaner. He took the matter up with his Executive Committee and they nixed the idea for this year, but thought the idea had merit if given some publicity in advance, which made sense.
Have a new lease on life businesswise, since just a week ago we introduced on the market two brand new 1961 models. Recently I had two interesting sales at Hanscom Air Base, Bedford (Red Tillson's town), one to the Raytheon Company to be used on a 40-passenger company plane that commutes daily to Washington with company executives, and the other to the U. S. Government Geophysics Building to blow up balloons twelve feet high and twelve feet in diameter for weather observation and so forth.
Last summer I had a phone call from my old sidekick George Loehr of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was in Hartford, Conn., picking up a new boat in which he was cruising back to Florida. In the summer of 1920 George and I rowed in an 8-oared shell for the Detroit Boat Club. We used to row around Belle Island every night - seven or eight miles, as I remember. Gus Sonnenberg was in Detroit then and in the fall he regaled us with some of his experiences playing football for the University of Detroit.
Spent last Christmas with brother Bob at Hamburg Cove, Conn., where he recently completed a lovely new home overlooking the Connecticut River. I would say he has recovered very nicely from his Paris experience with NATO.
Keep up the good work, Gugger. It's always a pleasure to hear from you.
When last heard from Ed and Vera Curtis were planning to take a Mediterranian cruise on the "Gripsholm." While they were in Florida Ed took in the annual dinner of the Dartmouth Club of Greater Miami. The guest speaker was Warner Bentley, new director of Hopkins Center. Ed also ran into Bob Mortimer '47, Don MacKay's stepson, Chuck Garnsey and Hib Richter.
By the time this column appears Leo andAlice Ungar will have returned from a five-week stay at the Oro Valley Country Club in Tucson, Ariz. Leo says they definitely will be on hand in Hanover for the Alumni Council meeting in mid-June.
Phil and Hilda Gross spent Christmas in Hanover with their son, Captain F. Philip Gross 3rd, U. S. Army and Dartmouth '50, and his family. Young Phil is Assistant Professor of Military Science at Dartmouth. Phil reports that one morning while they were there it was 20 degrees below!
Just as these notes were about to be sent off came the sad news that Roger W. Pope had passed away on March 23, following a heart attack which he suffered while in San Francisco on a business trip. I am sure all of you will be as shocked as I am since Rog seemed to be in the best of health when we all were together at reunion last June. Rog was a loyal and devoted Dartmouth son and he will be sorely missed by all of us. On behalf of all Twenties I extend heartfelt sympathy to Marjorie, his children and his brother.
In conversation with Sherry Baketel I was gratified to learn that his hard work as Chairman of the Class Bequest Program is bearing important fruit. More than 100 classmates have returned the bequest questionnaire. The number of new outright bequest and new contingent bequests reported by various and sundry brethren is highly encouraging. Sherry is particularly happy about this because the program was slow-balled during the Capital Fund Drive and has been reactivated only since last fall. By the way, if you have not yet returned your questionnaire, please be sure to do so, and if you have lost or mislaid it drop Sherry a note and he'll be glad to send another one along.
Keep your eyes focussed on that 45th Reunion. 1964 will be here sooner than you think!
