1908

Roland "Pop" Chesley reports to your editor that he was "one of forty people to participate in the so-called 'Dartmouth Horizons' which took place last August 6-7-8. About half of the group were Dartmouth graduates and the other half outsiders.

"We were taken for a tour from one end of the College to the other. The additions to the physical plant of Dartmouth are simply astounding. At the different buildings, for example, the Medical School, the Baker Library, Hopkins Center and the Engineering School, there were speeches by the heads of the Departments.

"It was a most instructional survey of the College activities of today, and all of us were thrilled from beginning to end.

"I am confident you all remember the Indian, Tortes. Ralph Glaze was instrumental in his coming to Dartmouth. Later on he became Chief Meyers with the New York Giants and as the catcher of the famous battery of Mathewson and Meyers he became famous. Away back in 1914 the star pitcher of that time was a Hamilton College man by the name of Steve Rogers. I happened to sit next to Steve one Saturday afternoon at the Polo Grounds and we struck up a friendship then and there which has lasted over the years.

"After the game I took him to the Club and introduced him to the Chief. The result was that McGraw offered him a contract. Steve remained through the year and had a very good record but he decided at the close of the season that he wanted to study law and he gave up baseball forever.

"He married the daughter of a wellknown hotel man and his life work has been in that field. For years he has been Managing Director of the Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif., and of the Royal Hawaiian in Hawaii. Chief Meyers lives in California and every year Steve picks him up and entertains him at the Huntington."

John D. O'Shea Jr. '68, son of John D. O'Shea '40, and grandson of our Arthur D.O'Shea made the Dean's list for the winter term.

Fred Munkelt wrote on March 17; "One of Jessie's sisters, both of whom followed us to Montpelier, fell and cracked her femur, so for seven weeks we have visited the hospital daily. At present we have her with us for perhaps six weeks."

Lewis-Shepard Products Inc. of Watertown, Mass., of which our Arthur L. Lewis is president and oversees marketing and administrative activities, the nation's largest exclusive manufacturer of electric-powered industrial trucks, is observing its 50th anniversary this year - with both partners still putting in full days at their desks.

"Arthur L. Lewis and F. J. Shepard Jr., the former a Dartmouth educated assistant stockbroker and the latter an electrical engineer trained at M.I.T., founded their company in South Boston in April, 1915. The firm, whose employees now number 1,000, has been based in Watertown since 1925.

"Noted for its advanced engineering and product development program, Lewis-Shepard claims the most diversified range of industrial trucks in its industry. The company has pioneered in the design of rider-type electric fork-lift trucks, electric 'walkie' trucks, high level electric order picking equipment, electric rider tractors and a wide variety of hand-operated material handling devices.

"Lewis-Shepard also is recognized for its capacity to design and produce equipment for special applications. It was first in its field to build machines for use on the sales floor of supermarkets. For the cold storage industry, it developed unique machines capable of operating efficiently in extremely low temperatures.

"Surveying a half-century in business, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Shepard agree that their company's success pivoted on two critical decisions in 1940, when they decided to undertake the production of powered ridertype fork-lift trucks and discontinued the manufacture of gasoline-powered lift trucks.

"Mr. Shepard, the firm's treasurer (and uncle of pioneer astronaut Alan Shepard) directs Lewis-Shepard's production program at the sprawling Watertown factory and a smaller plant in Crawfordsville, Ind. Lewis-Shepard industrial trucks are marketed throughout the nation by more than 50 independent sales representatives."

Arthur L. Lewis '08, pArthur L. Lewis resident and co-founder of Lewis-Shepard Products, Inc., ofWatertown, Mass., celeWatertown, Mass., celebrted his firm's 50th anniversary. He still directs the growthand development of thiand development of this pioneer firm in manufacturing materials handling equipment.

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