1911
PICTURES WANTED. Pictures of 1911ers at Whitefield or elsewhere, particularly in groups and with or without families will be most welcome to the secretary for future use in this column.
Hearty congratulations to all of you and our Chub for 191 l's excellent record in the Alumni Fund this year. Don't forget that Mac Rollins, who takes over at this point, is going to need a lot of help and encouragement too.
Two deaths have saddened the class—that of John C. Mayer, notice of whose death on June 16, 1945, has just been received, and that of Henry Hubert who died July 5, 1946. Both men were loyal and well liked members of 1911.
A bitter blow fell on Marie and Ted Stafford when their son, Peary, was killed in an airplane collision near Patuxent Naval Station, Md., on August 5. Peary was the younger son and named for his grandfather, Admiral Peary. He was a graduate of Western High School in Washington and Bowdoin College in 1942. He is survived by his wife, the former Lois Jane Waite of Binghamton, N. Y., and an 18-months-old daughter. Peary received two Distinguished Flying Crosses and seven Air Medals during the war. He took part in 45 missions in the Pacific as a Corsair pilot on the carrier Essex and participated in the assault on Okinawa and the final attacks on the Japanese home islands. On the 36th anniversary of the discovery of the North Pole by his grandfather he downed a Kamikaze plane in a head-on run. He also brought his plane through a Japanese ambush of 35 planes so riddled with holes it was junked when he landed. He was co-pilot on the Beechcraft bomber when it collided with a test fighter plane.
The funeral services were held at Ft. Myer Chapel, and he was buried in Arlington Cemetery beside his grandfather, Admiral Peary. The day following his funeral his father received his commission in the regular Navy to which he had transferred from the Naval Reserve.
Special news on grandchildren—Syd Beane's daughter is the mother of Betsy Anne Fall on May 17 Arthur Gray's second grandson, Brian Hugh Cossitt, arrived May 17 Ellen Gay Detlefsen made the Gooding household happy on May 31.
Speaking of the Gooding household—Bill's youngest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was married to Robert Spencer Hyde, September 18, in the Church of Christ in Hanover, N. H.
Bill's only son, John Gooding, recently discharged from the USMC and who will return to Dartmouth in the fall, has just become engaged to Miss Ethel Rogers Winston.
Rick Castle's wife, Marian, has been receiving much favorable publicity as the result of the publishing of her first book Deborah. Daniels and Fisher Book Shop in Denver isued the following invitation to its citizens: "Daniels and Fisher invites you to an Autograph Tea honoring Marian Castle, author of Deborah, on Wednesday, May fifteenth, two-thirty to four o'clock, in the book shop on the third floor. Come and meet Denver's new celebrity, whose Deborah is being compared to the novels of Willa Cather and Zona Gale. Already in its second printing and recommended by the Book of the Month, Deborah has finished running serially in the Woman'sHome Companion. You'll enjoy the sparkling humor, the gentle irony in Deborah's quest for gentility and culture."
Mrs. Castle's first composition when she was eleven years old was entitled "The Evils of Beer." Her mother published a book, TheMaking of a Minister's Wife, when she was seventy. Prior to the publication of this book she has had stories published in some of the magazines. Mrs. Castle has already begun work on her second book which will have a Colorado background.
Walter Morgan spent the month of July in Hanover during a serious operation on his eye from which he has made a splendid recovery. Just prior to this visit, namely early in June, he delivered the Baccalaureate address at the University of New Hampshire. Walter is located in Worcester where he is pastor of one of the largest Congregational churches in the East.
Ralph Blanchard recently turned up in Hanover looking his buxum self. He was on his way from sojourning in the mountains to his summer home in Plympton, Mass. There is one man who has changed very little in looks since leaving college. Being a professor of insurance at Columbia University must be a healthy job.
As a result of the consolidation of the three great church overseas service agencies into the Church World Service, Bob Barstow who was formerly director of the Commission for World Council Service now becomes Director of Service in the new agency. This agency is located at 37 East 36th St., New York 16, New York.
Those who recall Zuke Kassulker will be pleased to know that he has recently improved in health. He has since gone to Arizona where he may be addressed: c/o Agua Caliente Springs Hotel, Agua Caliente, Ariz.
Al Cleveland of the class of '15 was kind enough to write in paying tribute to Fred Harris who brought his Lightning Class sailboat with him by trailer from Spofford Lake to engage in the Maine Lightning Regatta in Casco Bay:—
He showed himself to be a real sailor and a fine sport and gathered in an armful of prizes. He took second honors with 21 boats racing in Casco Bay. All who met him here have spoken highly of his good sportsmanship and his modesty. He made a fine impression. Some of our younger members are skiers and when they heard who Fred was they spoke to him almost in whispers.
Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, Howland Dry Goods Co., Bridgeport 2, Conn.
