1904
Earl Herman sends his appreciation and best wishes to all the fellows who sent him cards from our Reunion headquarters at Hanover in July.
The class is on the move again .... since the new directory reached you in June these changes have occurred: John F. Sanderson, General Manager, Hotel Chelsea, Atlantic City, N. J.; John H. Watson Jr., 1649 Union Commerce Bldg., Cleveland 14, Ohio; Fred- erick J. Root, Box 366, Santa Cruz, Calif.; Harrie L. Muchemore, 500 Blaurelt Ave., Hohokus, N. J. Hohokus Hohokus Hohokus N. J. Muchemore cuss Ought four cuss Hooray Hooray!
Lucille Charron, daughter of Ike and Mrs. Charron, was married on Saturday, Septem- ber 21, at the family residence in Wellesley Hills, Mass., to Mr. Frank Alaster Record of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty. Lucille was graduated from Smith in 1942, and since that time has studied and taught at M. I. T. She is continuing at this work in higher levels of science than, fortunately for most of us, had been reached in our college period.
Mrs. Sophia Wallace Nolan, wife of our beloved Jack, died suddenly Friday, September 6, at the family home, 7 Ricker Park, Portland, Maine, where they have lived since over work demanded Jack's retirement in 1941. Their five children, Mrs. Frank Sellers of Longmeadow, Mass., Mrs. W. Bradford Chase, Herbert Nolan, and Mrs. Charlotte Crawford, all of Portland, and John H. Nolan Jr., of Portland, Oregon, literally spreading the influence of the Nolan home from Maine to Oregon, indicate the broad, sympathetic, and intelligent service which Jack and Mrs. Nolan have given the world through a busy lifetime devoted to the cause of humanity. We hope the satisfying memories of a full life together and the understanding thought of a hundred classmates may serve him well at this time.
Entering college with us was an attractive likeable youngster, immaculate in his appearance, droll in his humor, New Hampshire born, (Concord) and delivered to us in the fall of 1900 from Holderness school with Walter Russell. Bancroft Benner became "Bucky" to everyone overnight, and continued his natural bent for making friends during the two years he remained at Dartmouth, leaving us in 1902 to go to work. In 1904 he went to San Dimas, Calif., where he has lived ever since, marrying Mary Macy there in 1909. Their family consists of Bancroft Benner Jr., of San Dimas, Dr. William Benner, of Chicago, Mrs. Harriet Morris of Colton, California, and five grandchildren. Following an illness of several months, Bucky passed away Thursday morning, September 5, in the San Bernadino Community Hospital. The family residence was at 216 W. First Street, San Dimas. His brother, Tapley Benner, lives at Pomona, Calif.
There is a satisfying privilege in announcing that the class has recently delivered to the Tuck School a portrait bearing this inscription:
WILLIAM RENSSELAER GRAY 1879-1937 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 1904: AMOS TUCK SCHOOL 1905 TEACHER IN THE TUCK SCHOOL 1905-1937; DEAN 1919-1937 TRUSTEE OF THE COLLEGE 1926-1937
PRESENTED BY HIS CLASSMATES OF 1904
We are indebted to Tuck School's Professor Herman Feldman for his persistent and stimulating search for a good likeness of Bill which has the approval of Dean Olsen and other associates during Bill's administration; to Robbie and Tom for the appropriate framing with its brief but comprehensive inscription.
The absence of a fall football game discounts a fall Reunion. Let's have some suggestions for a substitute gathering .... would there be any enthusiasm for such a round-up at the Manchester Country Club or in Boston early in January? Or a concerted effort to increase our attendance at the Boston Alumni Meeting, generally in February? We shall participate in the Five Class gathering in May, and should renew at the end of the College year our long established custom of an Annual Hanover Reunion, interrupted by the war. Let's have the next decade full of such gatherings.
Secretary, Canaan Street Lodge, Canaan, N. H.
Treasurer, Morristown, N. J.
