1920
We are still enjoying our first lengthy stay in Florida and although every day is not a beach day we are missing the snow tires, galoshes, and parkas; in fact we rather like it and think we will stay another month returning in time for the Class Officers meeting in Hanover the first week in May.
Bun and Dot Harvey have both had a bout with the flu and although they have been housed-in a part of their stay in Florida they have seen Warrie and FlorabelChamberlain, Charlie McGoughran, Doris Richardson, and Ellen Ayres who are all on the Florida east coast. Ellen, by the way, is now on a trip to Australia and New Zealand. From Gugger Fiske we hear that there was quite a turn-out for the Alumni Dinner at the Harvard Club on Tuesday, February 2. The only other '20 man, however, was Mugs Morrill. From neighboring classes were Rock Hayes and Spider Martin '19, but '21 had the biggest turnout and won the award.
Hib Richter has probably arrived in Florida and his temporary address will be 2401 N.E. 12th St., North Pompano Beach c/o Hodges. Al Frey is scheduled to go to Peru on a consulting job just about now and although we may not know it he may be flying over some of our heads. The Boston Sunday Herald (Feb. 7, 1965) showed a committee picture on its Society Page of Mrs. Richard H. Southwick, she being the daughter-in-law of Dick and Martha South wick and the daughter of our late classmate Roge Pope and Marge.
In December, the Chicago Tribune carried an article about Frank Mayer, a member of the Weymouth Kirkland Foundation's committee on awards. The committee interviews and screens the scholars and makes recommendations to the trustees for five or more Weymouth Kirkland law scholarships which will be available for qualified freshmen entering law schools in five midwestern states this next summer and fall. Frank has served on this committee for some time and is in good company as the committee consists of a number of distinguished leaders in legal and academic fields.
Both the Boston Globe and Boston Herald-Traveler have recently carried very in- teresting articles on our Ben Pearson, he being tycoon of the snuff business which has been carried on by the Pearson family for nine generations. This is an unusual business as they can't (or don't) talk about who their customers are but they have them as this has been an old and stable business. Another Ben Pearson, Ben's grandson, 10 years old, is coming along to enter the business when the time comes.
A letter from Gregory (Pat) Tobin just before Reunion told of a series of operations which prevented him and Martha from being in Hanover for the 1964 Reunion. That was not good news but his recovery has been remarkable and now that he is feeling better he is already looking forward to the big 50th in 1970.
From Charlie Sargent we hear that he often sees Dick Southwick when buying dress shirts; Phil Kitfield whose office is across from him in the Little Building, and RalphSunergren with whom he sometimes commutes; and that he sees Mugs Morrill at the Savings Bank gatherings. Charlie travels locally much of the time and he wound up at the end of a business trip in Hanover last fall in time for the Brown game although nobody reported having seen him. His schedule was to take him farther afield to New Orleans the end of January, and this fall he will go to the Biennial Meeting of the Masonic Relief Association in Reno, Nev., at which time he will retire as president of the Association. His work in "Humanics" has been both taxing and rewarding as he has had much to do with solving the problems and lifting the morale of those less fortunate.
We spent a couple enjoyable evenings recently with Tink and Esther Lombard. They had dinner with us one evening and we were invited to a cocktail party and dinner at the Yacht Club which turned out to be in celebration of Tink's birthday. They will not be in Florida to attend the Blackman dinner as he had to hurry home to repack for a trip to the West Coast and Honolulu.
Carl Newton, being a New York attorney, has been playing a leading role in the Boston & Maine R. R. hassle. An article in the Wall Street Journal recently announces that although he had been slated to become the road's chairman, he declined to stand for election to the board, telling the directors that his primary value to the road was as counsel. He has represented the road in legal actions concerning the curtailing of passenger service, a bond refunding and an at- tempt to obtain lower rates per diem on rail cars.
Paul Richter spent a couple days in Hartford, Conn., and while there stayed with Hal and Harriette Bidwell in their lovely new home at 23 Brook Drive. Bob and EleanorSteinholtz entertained him at a cocktail party and dinner. Paul didn't say whether or not Lillian was with him. Perhaps he was in Hartford on an insurance errand. Paul is enthusiastic about the Midwinter Frolic planned for March 6 in Concord, N. H., which, by the time this issue reaches you, will be a thing of the past. They expect about 35 couples and I believe ShermAdams was to be the speaker attraction.
Again we come to the sad part of this job. Notices and clippings have been received of the deaths of Chet Wiley of West Newton, Mass., and Lew Darling of Hampstead, N. H. Chet died suddenly at his home of a heart attack but had not been feeling up to par for about a year. The last I heard from Lew he was carrying on his job at his store and as Postmaster, but was not too rugged. He died in the hospital. An In Memoriam on these two classmates will appear in this or a subsequent issue.
Official notice has not been received of the death of John Allen in Seattle, Wash., but through Leo Ungar we learn that Johnny died sometime in January. He lived in Council Bluffs until 1939 and attended the same grade school with Leo. Johnny was a Phi Gam and also a Phi Bete while at Dartmouth and received his Master's from Tuck School. I believe Al Foley was a house guest of Johnny and Katherine while he was in Seattle for the World's Fair in 1962. An In Memoriam will appear in a later issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. I send personal sympathy as well as that of the '20 class to the surviving members of these three classmates.
The Dartmouth Club of Sarasota is an active group. They had a dinner March 9 at the Sarasota-Terrace Hotel at which Coach Bob Blackman gave a very interesting and entertaining talk. The hotel is the home of the White Sox and both are owned by Arthur Ailen '35, which assured all of a fine dinner and fine accommodations. This meeting had the largest attendance (92) since President Dickey visited Sarasota some time ago. From the '20 Class there were Charlesand Margaret Stevens of Siesta Key, Charles(Boots) and Jean LeBoutiller of Englewood, and George and Hazel Macomber from Long Boat Key.
Secretary, Longboat Key Post Office, Fla.
Class Agent, 90 Iron Mine Dr., Staten Island 1, N. Y.
