1914
Did you ever sit under tall pines, near the end of a five-weeks vacation and try to get inspiration for class notes? A remailed notice just came from the ALUMNI MAGAZINE that the deadline for notes has now been pushed forward to the sth of the month. And right here the typewriter has gone sour and the rest has to be done in long hand. Profanity is in order, both at this end and in Hanover.
Bad news has come in during the summer. First, Chet Walcott passed away at his home in Bastrap, La., last April 19. Then, word came of the death of Allan Tukey on May 22, and this week, brings news from Pen Aborn of the death of Ernest Saeger on July 12. These men will all be missed and the sympathy of the class is expressed to their families.
Weddings have been noted as follows: from The Boston Herald, "Mrs. Norman Cuthbert Lowell, the former Phyllis Grant Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melville G. Hughes of Hudson, Massachusetts, was married Saturday afternoon, May 22, in the Martha-Mary Chapel, Sudbury, to the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Lowell of Wellesley Hills;"
Col. and Mrs. Carroll Andrew Edson announce the marriage of their daughter, Viginia Crane, to Mr. Regis Powell Deuel on Saturday, July 31. Congratulations to both and the best wishes of 1914!
Les Bacon writes that his wife has been ill for weeks with a painful malady—perhaps sacroiliac in origin—but at the time of writing there seemed to be a slight improvement. After tw'enty-odd years with one of those backs she has the writer's sympathy! We do hope she is better by this time.
Dud Colby is thoroughly disgusted with fate. He had a complete check up this spring and the M.D.s could not find a thing the matter! All hope of a long rest and vacation—with pay —gone with the wind. Red Loudon has been up and down and the last time I saw him in Minneapolis, late this spring, he seemed 0.K., but was limiting his hours at the office.
Dud's son, Norman, after one year at Colorado University prior to entering the service, has been accepted in this fall's sophomore class at Dartmouth.
"He is due to be discharged later this month (August) after two and a half years in the service. The good news made our vacation in Colorado all the more enjoyable. For my money that's the ideal spot for folks located in this section of the country. It is less than 600 miles from here, which, to a mid-westerner, is nothing at all although such distances in the east are really considered quite sizable. The weather was good while we were out there and we had excellent accommodations, the food being especially noteworthy. The mountain scenery is, of course, always superb and the air very relaxing. Not having entirely recovered from the effects of the 1947 telephone strike I was content to just rest. As a matter of fact I never was a 'pony bouncer' even though we were staying at a ranch where riding was one of the principal diversions. I divert easier than that."
After serving in Congress since 1944, Ellsworth Buck has announced that he would not be a candidate for reelection. This is a real loss to the country and to his district, but, rest assured, "Bucky" will be heard from in some other field.
ADDRESS CHANGES: Dr. Carl E. Buck, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Dr. Henry Haywood,49 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N. J., 146 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, N. J., Physician and Surgeon. Ralph M. Phelps, Apt. 808, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W., Washington 7, D. C.; Alexander J. M. Tuck, 370 Park Ave., N.Y.C. 22; E. Roy Kittredge, 85 Billerica Rd., Chelmsford Center, Mass.
A \'Vah Hoo Wah for Rufe Sisson who has been elected as one of the trustees of Vermont Academy! An ardent worker for V. A. for years, Rufe feels highly honored by this latest trusteeship and the school is to be congratulated. V. A. is one of the better prep schools, headed by Larry and Dot Leavitt. Mrs. Leavitt is the daughter of the late E. K. Hall.
Wag Green writes as follows:
I read about you fellows of my class in the MAGAZINE and I envy you in your frequent reunions. From time to time Em Barrett joins me in New York and, of course, I see Jack Delhnxer who lives in this part of the world. Fortunately John Dickey, Don Cameron and' Sid Hayward drop by here from time to time and keep the college fires burning brightly. Every year we have a boy or two going to Dartmouth from Dallas."
Pen Aborn recently dropped in on HowardCurtis at Palmer. He reports Howard appeared well, but when I saw son Bob in Hanover last week he said his father was suffering with acute facial pain of a neuritis nature.
Bob Noble has heard so much about the Sno-bird party that he and Anne are definitely going to be with us next February. Bob's second son has been accepted at Dartmouth and will enter this fall. Fine news.
We now have 207 graduates (not including deaths reported in this issue) and 105 nongraduates. The ALUMNI MAGAZINE will cost $2.60 this year as compared to $2 in the past. That leaves $.40 from your $3 dues to carry the normal class expenses and some dead weight in MAGAZINE distribution. The treasurer's report follows:
TREASURER'S REPORT. 1947-48
Balance on hand July 21, 1947 $1232.94 Dues Collected current and prepaid 377.00 $1609.94 Bills Paid: Stationery $117.09 Letter Service 28.64 Class Roster 6.83 Memorial Book (J. C. Taft) 10.00 Alumni Magazine 492.00 Sons' Dinner (Feb. Reunion) 54-60 709.16 Balance August 1, 1948 $900.78
Another '14 son accepted for this fall's freshman class is James Gail Gardner. He has a reputation as a deer hunter and will perhaps help us out with meat for the Sno-bird party in years to come when Nimrod Sisson succumbs to old age. Looks like the father-son nights would continue for awhile.
Which reminds me, that Loring and Marjorie Nichols, too, are entering a son in this freshman class. Both they and the Aborns have reservations for the February Party.
No picture this month and no more room for notes. Hope you all had a good summer and fall finds you in the pink. Shall be in Hanover at the Holy Cross and Columbia games, and Boston for the Harvard game. We'll be looking for you.
Secretary, 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth, Mass Treasurer, 26 Garden Street, Potsdam, N. Y. Memorial Fund Chairman 9 Keogh Lane, New Rochelle, N. Y.
