1917
Hope you will pardon the brevity of these notes but I am leaving today, the 23rd, on a fishing and hunting trip in Canada for a period of two weeks; therefore, I am shy of news items from both Hanover and you men, who occasionally have very generously sent in letters and interesting items. Usually, we secretaries have until the 5th of the month before the Class Notes go to press.
This trip to Canada is the same I took last year with three other men, and we hope this year to bring back plenty of trout, partridge and duck. It looks like a rather deluxe trip as we have individual guides and quite a staff of cooks and general help. If any of you send in orders we'll try to see that you are well taken care of.
Special thanks this month to Alott Brown who sends in the following letter. It is the only letter that has arrived to date and it does contain a world of news.
"Just to let you know that there are real fundamental pleasures to a life of travel, and that '17-ers do get around—as though there were a question on that score—l sat down to breakfast at the Statler in Cleveland recently and discovered that Sherm Smith was seated at the next table. Needless to say, the seating arrangements were altered immediately. I am sure the eggs tasted better thereafter, and I know of one working man who was much later than usual getting out and at 'em as a result of the meeting. Sherm, who as you know is the Advertising Manager of Bostitch, Inc.—Westerly, R. I., was just finishing up a trip, one of a series, in which he planned to keep the many offices in touch with plans and developments at the home office.
"A few days later Bill Sewall, the squire of Hudson, and his good wife Sally were kind enough to be lured into Akron for a dinner fraught with conversation on the subject of Dartmouth '17, both as the best gang of guys in the world and as individuals. Cynthia, who lives in Norfolk, Va., graduated Bill to the rank of grandfather on April 3, when she gave birth to a future Dartmouth of about the vintage of 1967. The other big bit of Sewall news was the fact that John '42 had met the nicest girl there is and that they planned to give up the singles game and play it doubles from about October on.
"Then, shortly after that, it was very easy to arrange one of Pittsburgh's nicest evenings by merely calling Bill Eaton and being invited out to a most hospitable dinner and evening of '17 conversation with Bill and his loyal '17 sister, Mrs. Eleanor Kelsey. We did not miss many of you and, as usual when '17-ers meet, we wished that more of us could have been there. Bill does have a host of Dartmouth friends and he does do a lot for the gang. Then, too, Pittsburgh is on the main line, and like the rest of us, he would be delighted to see you. Sincerely, Mott Brown"
Maybe I had better take this occasion tothank you "letter writers" because withoutthese news items it would be impossible toproduce any Class Notes. I wish some of youmen who haven't written in for severalmonths would take sufficient time to give usthe dope about you and your family.
Hanover Inn writes that the JohnnyWheelocks and daughter and the Mel Palinsand daughter were in Hanover quite recently.
A postcard from Sam White gives his newaddress as follows: 2426 42nd Avenue, No.,Apartment No. 182, Seattle (2) Wash.
Kindly note the following additionalchanges of address: Fred B. Alger, 199 So. Maine St., Middleboro, Mass. John V. Baer, 923 College Ave., Menlo Park, Calif. Robert C. Boynton, 56 Ives Ave., Rutland, Vt. James E. Fox, 19 Fox Road, Wakefield, Mass. Earle B. Robinson, 74 Colegate Ave., Johns.own, Pa. Frederick C. Ainsmith, U.S. General Acct. Office, Custom House Tower, 28 Colborne Road, Brighton, Mass., Cost Auditor Morris G. Hammond, Box 91, Burlington, Vt., 434 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt., Facilities Specialist, Veterans Administration Leonard J. Reade, 87 Orchard Rd., Shadow Lake Park, R.F.D. 1 Box 5A, Red Bank, N. J. Bradley N. Davis, 312 University Hall, lowa City, la. Harold B. Wendell, 4223 18th Ave., N.E., Portland (11), Ore. Russell L. Willis, 406 West 11th St., Sterling, Ill. I'll see you all next month and hope to finda whole bundle of mail when I return.
Secretary, 408 Frelinghuysen Ave., Newark 5, N. J
Treasurer, 9 Park Terrace, Upper Montclair, N. J.
Memorial, Fund Chairman, 77 Harrison St., Verona, N. J.
