1914
In spite of a morning drizzle and a heavy shower just before game time, Hanover was as beautiful as ever the day of the Holy Cross game. The writer was greeted by Mrs. and Ted Main on the steps of the Inn, and by Ev Barnard as soon as he got in the door. "Bill" Taft was there too, and it was reported that Dr. and Mrs. "Rocky" Flanders, Robert and Mrs. Hogsett, and Herb Austin were at the game. As Al Dickerson said in his recent bulletin, "Holy Cross got its winning 13-point margin before Dartmouth discovered that the Crusaders' famed No. 77, Koslowski, so highly estimated in the pre-season dope by various commentators (including Koslowski)was just a mortal back."
In a recent letter, John Piane reported that Charles Crandall was in Hanover the middleof September. John was out of town and didnot see Charlie when he dropped in to sayhello.
Following the announcement of the engagement of Janet Leach, in last month's issue,comes the formal announcement of her marriage to Captain Ryder, on Thursday, the27th of September at Washington, D. C. Theym'ay be assured that they have the best wishesof the class of 1914.
We sometimes save letters for weeks ormonths to use when news is scarce, so let's goback to last April and read extracts from aletter of Jack Field to Rufe Sisson:
Sit down and have a bottle of ale with me and I will try to bring you up to date on the Field family's doings as you asked, and as I should have done long ago. The last heard of me by the class was a year ago After that, in August, to be exact, I took my first vacation in three years, because' I badly needed it, and went back to Maine. I actually loafed around in the woods for several days, when I got a telegram saying that my son, Robert E. '43, was home for his first furlough. I flew back from Boston, to find that he had become a lieutenant (jg) on his birthday, and was here with a very lovely wife, whom we are all delighted to have in the family. They had been married, as we knew, November 25, 1943, but since she was Miss Helen Pauline Sharp of El Centro, Calif., we had never met her. Now there is a Robert E. Jr., born February 17, 1945, just about a month after his dad sailed from Frisco. He now is with the 58th Task Force, and by the news, today, I imagine is seeing plenty of action He is assistant communications officer was commissioned at Notre Dame, the eleventh high man in 1133 graduates out of 1200 who started. I shall never forget the sight of all those young men, the cream of our grand youth, marching in to final exercises in their white. You have to see a thing like that to appreciate it, but what a crime that it had to be. God grant that our sons may never have to watch their sons going through the same thing. Jack Jr. '39, is manager of the Plastics Research Department of B. F. Goodrich Company, and if your purchasing agent ever buys any Koroseal products, my boy is responsible for that rubber substitute. He was married in 1941, and on March 20, 1945, was presented with a daughter, our first granddaughter.
Nancy, my daughter, couldn't be a Dartmouth man very well, but did the next best,—went to Dartmouth's off-spring, Bates College, where she was graduated in '4l. Last December 12th, in spite of blizzards, blocked roads, etc., she was married to R. H. Ahlquist, E.M.2nd, Class of the Seabees, which make mine a strictly naval family.
Again last month, I had dinner with Mark Batchelder, who, when I saw him last, just_ a couple of days before Joe died, was in bed with rheumatic fever. He is fully recovered, or at least as much as he can be, and has stepped into his dad's place, in the business, after getting his honorable discharge from the Merchant Marine. Joe Jr. is still in the Air Force as an instructor down in Florida, and when I saw Mark he was about to become an uncle for the second time..... While in Chicago I did get a chance to talk on the Phone with Walt Netsch, and Parker Margeson, whom I had to drag out of bed.
Major L. P. Spore is out of the Service and again back home in Sandusky, Ohio. It is only forty miles from here, but that news came indirectly through a salesman that calls on me and on Lee's company., You know he had been in the service since the start, and went from his reserve officer's status of lieutenant up to his majority.
I do want to say that our Class News Letters Me one of the finest things that have been done 'o get the old class spirit re-awakened. We had a grand class, and we certainly should be able to *2 an outstanding record as Alumni. I believe ®e reason we have not is that we have not had °ur regular Reunions sufficiently well attended, ?nd we hadn't, until recently, done anything about
Ernie Earley 'lB informs me that Ender Voorhees is president of the Sewanee Harbor Golf Club where he has a great many admirers and where he has done the same wonders for 'he Golf Club as he has with U. S. Steel.
After months of search, and at long last through Dean Emerson's efforts, we have finally found the whereabouts of Harold Morse. He is living at the Tiffany Apts., Aberdeen, South Dakota. Harold is married, has two children, and as reported by Dean, is well and happy.
Some time ago we mentioned the fact that Caleb Niles was doing an outstanding job as Superintendent of Schools at Berlin, N. H. The writer has reason to know that this is true. In fact, he recently heard a school man say that Caleb was one of the two best superintendents in the state. It is a pleasure this month to be able to present a picture of Caleb in a rather informal pose, with the family pup, and the only regret is that we could not have had Grace with him.
Probably by this time you have received your bill for class dues, and most of you have paid it. To those who haven't, just remember that although we like to hear from Rufe, it means extra work for him when these accounts are kept open. So please send that check, clipped on to a long letter.
In closing, remember the February 22d gathering of the clan in Hanover. The officers and executive committee will have their meeting at that time. All who were there last year will be there, and we want as many more as possible to join us that weekend. It is a swell party. Remember! venison steaks, personally cooked by Rufe Sisson; so write to Peggy Sayre now, and make that reservation.
A LEADER IN HIS PROFESSION, Caleb Niles '14, shown here with the family pet, was rated recently by a colleague as one of the two best school superintendents in New Hampshire. He heads the Berlin, N. H., schools.
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