1929

Two such high-grade reports have just been received that they are recorded herein as prepared with no further comment than grateful thanks for contributing to the improvement of this column. The, first one comes from Herb Ball: "The difficult done at once; the impossible takes a little longer. Evidently our secretary feels that this maxim applies to your New York correspondent, for he allotted less than a week for the preparation of the 1929 Class Notes. Because of some misguided conception, he had the impression that '29ers make the Dartmouth Club of New York their headquarters. Unfortunately, this is not the case. However, during the past month your correspondent has had the pleasure of seeing Moe Heath, Jim Hodge, JackHubbard, Karl Pittelkow, Dick Barrett, TedBaehr (Robert Allen), Ed Walsh, TrunkieBrittain, Jack Blair, Art Rose, Harry Enders, and several others whose names but not faces escape me. The Dartmouth luncheon table is always a gathering place, and it is recommended that "visiting firemen" to New York drop in to the Club for luncheon. Your correspondent, after a hard campaign of some six months and a 3 to 2 vote of the House Committee, followed by a 3 to 2 vote of the Board of Governors, has succeeded in acquiring a television set for the Club. Out of deference to Jerry Swope, a General Electric "video" was selected. Last night your correspondent had dinner with Dick Barrett, the Boston-New York legal tax expert, and Ted Baehr, formerly of "Showboat," now "between engagements." Ted has moved away from the hustle and bustle of New York and is now known as the Squire of Locust Valley. To the uninitiated, Locust Valley is a most at- tractive rural section of Long Island. Barrett reported having breakfast at the New York Club with President John Dickey the other day. As usual, John was his affable, interest- ing self. At dinner, Baehr and Barrett spent most of the time reminiscing about their early days in New York. With great glee they told of their escapades and "entertainment" in Greenwich Village when a dollar bill was an enormous sum. Barrett reported that his brother-in-law Jack Blair is 22 pounds lighter, and ascribed the improvement (noted with envy by your correspondent) to the fact that he had learned to keep his elbow in a rigid position. Our secretary, Squire Andres, he said, was a man of willing spirit but weak flesh. Although he had joined a Boston Health Center for the purpose of getting back into shape, on the one occasion during the past year that he put in an appearance, his face was red and his breathing hard. Ted Baehr seemed anxious to leave the stage and get into some business enterprise. He said that he recently looked up Dick Owsley at Sewick- ley, Pa., but found that in the intervening five years Dick had moved away. During the reminiscing Ted said he would like to get in touch with John Henry Calver. Although he displayed considerable interest and promised faithfully to appear at the Club, John Min- ary, Columbia Broadcasting Company's "fi- nancial genius," has been notable by his ab- sence. The Secretary of Military and Civil Affairs of the State of Vermont, Judge WillsieBrisbie, recently honored your correspondent with a communication. Needless to say, the imposing letterhead was in keeping with the dignity of the sovereign state of Vermont. During the summer, Dick Robin, President of "Dartmouth College at Palo Alto," put in an appearance on a flying trip east. The cause of a "double take" is Jack Ackley's brother and Bill Keyes' brother seen around the Club, both of whom bear a marked resem- blance to our classmates. The New York Dart- mouth Club is a nice spot to operate from; the food and liquor are good, the companion- ship and conversation have the tang of Dart- mouth, and if all other forms of enter- tainment fail, your correspondent can us- ually be found in front of the television set, at the bar, or in Room 3A. As a newly ap- pointed member of the House Committee, your correspondent urges '29ers to visit the Club at 37 East 39th Street."

The next report is from Morton Jaquithof the law firm of Casey & Jaquith, Clinton,Massachusetts:

"Dear Bill: I am writing in accordance with your suggestion to give you a brief account of the ramblings of a Class Memorial Fund Chairman during recent weeks. After working all summer to earn the rights, both moral and financial, to a brief vacation, Peggy and I set sail by automobile for Cleveland late in September. The three-fold purposes of the trip were to attend the American Bar Association Convention at Cleveland, to do some ground work for the Class fund, and enjoy a change in scenery from the demands of a fairly active country law practice. On the way out we stopped in Buffalo where I saw Al Caoley surrounded by the vacant show room and busy repair room of his Ford agency. We also visited Niagara Falls fifteen years late but worth the price of admission even so. "We arrived in Cleveland on Sunday, the twenty-first, and remained until Friday, the twenty-sixth. One of the highlights to me of the Bar Convention was the statement made in the report of the retiring president, Carl Rix, that one of the most encouraging signs for the future of American education was the "Great Issues" course to be given at Dartmouth this fall under the personal supervision of President John Sloan Dickey. Walt Bergstrom arranged an afternoon meeting at the Statler to which he invited all the members of the Class in Cleveland and vicinity for a discussion of the Class Memorial Fund which Walt is going to handle for that area. It was worth the entire trip to meet the fellows who turned out—Morrie Hartman, Red Flynn, both prosperous appearing bankers; Dr. Jack Martin, Cleveland's leading heart specialist; Bill Strangwood and Al Fricek. We had, between refreshments, a thorough discussion of the Class gift, and I was most happy with the enthusiasm and the cooperation shown together with the sound suggestions made as to procedure. Later in the week we spent an evening with Bill and PegStrangwood, and I also toured the foundry of which Bill's father is President and Bill, Vice President. He has an excellent practice and a very pretty and level headed boss at home. We also spent a very pleasant evening with Walt Bergs trom and his charming wife Mimi and met his two handsome children, Barbara and Tobey. Barbara has a talent for painting which is the most striking I have ever seen on the part of a thirteen-year-old youngster. We drove back through Kane, Pennsylvania, spending some time with the Henrettas and their four plus children. When the fifth arrives at the end of the year, I believe that Bill and Adelaide will hold the class record for progeny. Adelaide will also hold the record, I believe, for the youngest appearing mother in the class. Bill took us through the Holgate factory where the prominent signs of "Quality and Accuracy" displayed on every side were in keeping with the fine workmanship of which that company is noted. Kane is a remarkable community of 6,500 people highly selfsufficient and most hospitable, with Bill its most popular and promising younger citizen. We drove back from Kane to Clinton, 500 miles in one day, the lure of our children outweighing considerations of distance and fatigue. We had to burglarize our home in order to gain admittance but received a most welcome reception, from the children whose fondness for their parents had increased considerably during our absence. We covered a lot of territory but were not able to visit Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown as I had originally hoped to do. Last Friday, I attended a meeting-in New York at the Dartmouth Club of the Class Gift Committee there and we had a good session with Jack Hubbard, Jerry Swope, and Jack Blair. Dick Barrett on our Boston group also turned up in New York on that day and was a welcome addition to our company. We missed Art Rydstrom who was on vacation and unable to be present. The Class Gift Committee is going to start soliciting this month and we intend to get out a full report to the class of our organization and plans. This will come through Bede Brisbin's esoteric publication which we hope to get out before the end of the month. Before closing I might mention an unexpected encounter with Dick Clark in Boston yesterday, the first since his return from the Navy, which gave us both an excuse for a brief stop at the Parker House where Dick reported on his very active trial practice and his growing family. Thus ends the rambling account of my rambling on the latter of which we will look back with pleasure during the winter months."

One further affair relating to the Class Gift which Jake attended took place last Wednesday evening at the Harvard Club of Boston, when John Dickey spoke on the subject "American Education and Its Effect on America's Place in International Affairs." Jake made good use of the occasion to further his plans for the Class Gift and at the same time to provide John with a tableful of familiar and friendly faces: Frank Foster,Herm Liss, Squeek Redding and Bill Andres.

Good news for those of us around Boston is Ellie Cavanagh's announcement that he has moved to Northampton where he will be associated with Dr. James Lincoln Huntington in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. Ellie writes that he will make his debut by attending the Harvard game. He also writes very enthusiastically that Jimmy (The Class Baby, with apologies to Jimmy) is a member of the freshman class and is delighted with Dartmouth. The second '29 son in the Class of '51 is a stout young fellow like his dad, Jack Brabb. And at this point we all ought to pause for a minute and acknowledge that we really have passed a milestone when for the first time sons of the class have arrived in Hanover.

A note from that happy optometrist, Dr.Gene Davis, of Manchester, Connecticut, announces that "in a weak moment, Governor McConaughy saw fit to name me to the State Board of Examiners in Optometry for a term of three years. Outside of that there hasn't been too much happening. I am going to try very hard to get to Hanover this month and see how the leaves look when they turn."

It is with great regret that we report the death of Johnny Schabacker whose obituary notice appears in the In Memoriam section of the MAGAZINE.

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