1911
35TH REUNION AT THE DODGES,
WHITEFIELD, N. H., JUNE 15-19
Frank and Mary Dodge are inviting the class to have its reunion at Whitefield this year instead of Hanover. There are many advantages to this, both from the point of view of the class and College. The only ones to suffer will be the Dodges. You will read elsewhere in this MAGAZINE of the tentative plans for reunions. According to these, 1911 would reune with 1908, '09, and '10 on the weekend of either July 5 and 6 or July 12 and. 13, There will of course be a Reunion for such classmates as want to come to Hanover at that time in addition to the one at Whitefield. With the College anticipating a full enrollment for the term ending in June, as well as the one starting in July, the facilities of Hanover will be so overcrowded by the many thousand alumni anxious to return that it seems smart to be by ourselves in comfort in the beautiful and luxurious accommodations of the Mountain View House. A reunion in Hanover without the usual Commencement activities and with only three other classes does not seem to have the same appeal that previous ones have had. We should accordingly feel ourselves Very lucky that Frank is willing to take us on at Whitefield. Frank has just ended his biggest and most successful season, one in which he has had to turn down several thousand wouldbe guests. He is booked full for next year but is reserving accommodations for the class for the first three days that the hotel is to be open. Accordingly he hopes that the class will arrive Saturday afternoon, June 15, and stay through breakfast on the morning of Wednesday, the 19th. That will give us three whole days plus to be together and with all our wants and needs taken care of.
Frank moreover will charge only enough to cover the cost of food and laundry which he says will probably be about five, but not over six, dollars a day. Now, if any of you can figure out a cheaper reunion where it will be possible to have as good a time together, just let the executive committee know, and they will be glad to see if they can make arrangements accordingly. Otherwise, please advise the secretary at once what you think of this plan, whether you are likely to go to Frank's, and if you also intend to attend the reunion in Hanover on the July weekend. It is impossible to combine the two and have a postreunion at Frank's as we have done heretofore, because by the time that it is possible to have our reunion in Hanover Frank will be so filled with guests that he will not be able to take care of the class.
Also, it would be a help to Frank if you would write him as soon as you decide whether or not you intend to go to this reunion at Whitefield, how many of you will be present and any other data you can give him. If any classmate plans to stay longer than the prescribed time, it will be necessary to write directly to the hotel to make such arrangements, as Frank has the hotel practically fully booked immediately following our reunion.
This probably is the best news that 1911 has received in many years and surely will outdo any of the post-reunions which so many of the class have enjoyed for a day or two.
A number of the class have Visited the Mountain View this summer, among them being Ted and Hazel Harvey, Ben and Alice Stout, Warren and Marian Agry, Libby Butts, Fred and Marguerite Eaton, Walt and Tib Reilly, and the entire Sterling family with all the in-laws, seven of them altogether. The Sterlings made this their first peace party following the return of the two boys and the son-in-law from service.
It is reported that Bud Morris, who was attached to the Marine 6th Division and was wounded at Okinawa, is recovering at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. It seems that Bud tangled with a Jap just as the latter was about to release a hand grenade and pinned his arm behind him so that when the grenade went off the Jap was between it and Bud, the principal damage being to the Jap, but Bud injured his hand and was threatened with the loss of the sight of one eye. However, the report is that he will be fully recovered.
Libby Butts took a month's vacation from her activities where she assists in running the Buddies' Club on Boston Common in Boston. This is the club that both she and Chet were so much interested in. Those of you who have seen it on the Boston Common are aware of what a splendid recreational center it has become.
Inez Adams is still a house mother at one of the sorority houses at the University of New Hampshire.
Dick Paul Jr. with his wife, accompanied also by his brother, Ted, were enjoying Hanover after Dick's discharge from the Army. Dick was a navigator engaged in some forty odd missions over Europe. He said he was in plenty of hot spots but managed to get out each time. Ted is starting a greenhouse business in Fitzwilliam, N. H.
The Ken Clarks are again back at White Plains, Ken having settled down again at his law practice at 70 Pine St., New York, and Elizabeth and family having returned from their summer home in Cambridge, N. Y.
The following clipping from The NewYork Times gives news from Ted Stafford's younger son:
Lt. Peary D. Stafford, of the Naval Reserve, plans to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, Admiral Robert E. Peary, and stay in the naval service. Holder of two Distinguished Flying Crosses and seven air medals, he was headed toward Tokyo on a bombing mission when the end of the war came. He was within five minutes of his target when ordered to drop his bombs in the sea and head for a carrier. He entered the Navy in 1942 after being graduated from Bowdoin, where his grandfather attended.
Howard Clute has given up his Chestnut Hill home and has moved to 1180 Beacon Street, Brookline, Mass. He still continues to practice his profession.
The Hooker Electro Chemical Cos., of which John Bartlett is treasurer and assistant secretary, has just received a special ArmyNavy "E" award for their work in connection with the atomic bomb. It may now be told that they built and equipped one of the buildings at Oak Ridge. The company has previously received five Army-Navy "E" production awards for their war production.
The Warren Agrys have moved to a new home in Rye, N. Y., located at 29 Cayuga Street.
Jack Ingersoll, now Director of Personnel Administration for the Milner Hotels, Inc., 3500 Book Tower, Detroit, Mich., is living outside Detroit at 47 Wellesley Drive, Pleasant Ridge, Mich.
The Les Waldrons have settled down at 52 Grand Ave., Dayton, Ohio. You will remember that Les is sales manager of the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Cos.
A recent letter from Jim Gaylord's older boy, Francis, says that his mother is still living in Springfield; that he is married, was graduated from a small Springfield college in 1942, has been employed by the Springfield Ordnance Department, and a manufacturer of war materials in Springfield. His younger brother, Jim, hopes to enter Dartmouth upon his discharge from the service.
Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace, Hanover, New Hampshire Treasurer, 631 Walden Road, Winnetka, Ill.
