1923

Major Bird is a man of many hobbies, which he has pursued with great tenacity during his leisure hours, while not engaged in the practice of law in Adrian, Mich. One of these is railroading, not only the history of this industry, but also the building of freight cars, locomotives and diesel switch engines, which he builds from blueprints on a scale of a quarter-inch to the foot. Major has in his collection a wind-up model of a train that came from Germany and is far superior to the electric train, which was introduced in the toy shops fifty years ago.

Another hobby was the identification of the source of a Greek lonic column in Adrian's Civil War Park. With great persistence, Major tracked down the original resting place of this column. It proved to be one of twelve Greek lonic columns, which adorned the front of the Bank of Pennsylvania, which was constructed on plans of the English architect, Benjamin Latrobe, between 1798 and 1801 in Philadelphia. Watch for a full report of this discovery in the next issue of Skiddoo.

The eighth reunion of Illinois-Wisconsin-Michigan 1923 men and their wives took place September 19 through September 22 at the Sollitt farm in South Haven, Mich. Newcomer to the party was our president, John Moore. Wires came in from some of the former attendants, plus a welcome phone call from Ted Swartzbaugh at his new home at 3220 N. E. 15th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The attendance broke all records.

On October 1, Art Everit retired from the Osborne Manufacturing Company, after nearly forty years of service with this industrial brush company. During this time he for many years managed the Detroit office. In recent years, his territory was expanded to take in a large industrial section of Michigan. Art and Ada plan to spend the fall at their fishing camp and will be duck shooting with the Phil Smiths in late November.

This year marks the 20th year that JohnKeenan has headed the Economics and Sociology departments of the University of Maine, in Portland. Virginia backs up her husband's efforts by her activity in the Portland College Club. Les Gerrish is in the coal, oil, and bottled gas business in Auburn, Me. Last winter, the Gerrishes spent several months in Florida. On August 24, Les and Helen celebrated their 35th at Sebasco Lodge on the Maine coast.

Clarence and Priscilla Goss have sold their Saddle River farm and are settled in their new home at 3 Sealand Drive, Newtown, Conn. By so doing, they have eliminated mowing an acre of lawn, are near son Donald, who lives in Westport, and are only fifteen minutes from a golf course. They spent the summer in Vermont.

The Springfield area '23 men celebrated the 44th anniversary of their matriculation at Dartmouth with a banquet at the Long-meadow Country Club, September 26. This year, Chairman Babe Miner asked the '23 men living in the Hartford, Amherst, and Greenfield areas, and the fifteen following men were in attendance: John Moore, Summit, N. J., Class President; George Weston, George Ferguson, Len Truesdell, Gus Ryan, Bill Gates, Den Pope, Charlie Rice, Fred Davis, Chet Bixby, Howie Alcorn, Hull Maynard, Jim Hennessey, Herb Beehan, and Babe Miner. Betty Davis, Jean Rice, and Barbara Bixby were entertained by Florence Miner.

John Moore outlined his plans for 1923 for the coming year. He asked the men to consider the following projects:

1. A carefully planned reunion in Hanover at some major football game in fall of 1964. 2. A resumption of '23's family reunion some weekend next February when there are interesting athletic events. 3. An active executive committee that will meet in New York this winter. 4. Emphasis on the part of the officers and executive committee on TruMetzel's bequest program for 1923. 5. Many more area get-togethers. 6. The publication of a hard cover book containing pictures of '23 men and their wives (similar to the Aegis) and a compilation of forty years of Irish's Skiddoos. The latter would then give every man in the class a history of the class covering this forty years.

There have been some questions raised regarding the disinterested men in our class. To these, your secretary has an explanation. When a man who spent only a few months in Hanover, before transferring to another college, writes to the secretary, explaining that he graduated from another college, and therefore owes his allegiance and support 100% to that college, and asks that his name be removed from all Dartmouth alumni and class rolls, your secretary thinks his only course is to comply with his request.

Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill; Mass.

Treasurer, 960 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow, Mass.