1936

This month, the mail is stacked up to theceiling—with a single letter from Phyll England, one of the stalwart and co-operative '36fraus, without whom we .would be at a lossfor words—literally. Before we quote liberallyfrom her swell letter, we want to mentionthat Phyll is Mrs. Cliff England—in case youdidn't remember Writes Mrs. E.:

"Saturday, Sept. 17, the England's 'mansion'- better known as The Arches, Woodholm, Manchester-by-the-Sea —was the scene of a worthy gathering of '36ers and wives (Or!). The occasion —a picnic and cocktail party of the Boston 'luncheon' group—and of course—the gals! Credit for a superbly planned affair goes to Pete Fitzherbert (of cribbage fame) and to Cliff.

"The clan started gathering at 12-ish and greetings were made to the tune of an opener and the whish of purity-body-flavor." (Ed. Note: Here Phyll let herself go with a free-style rendition of the Ballantine trademark. . . . ball-point study of the famous 3 rings.) "Later, the box lunches were mingled with the whish.

"The impressive 'guest list' included Jinnie &Pete Fitzherbert, Laura and Tommy Thomas, Patand Ted Andrew, Jan and Dick Knight, Evvy andEd Nilsson, Kay and Jonsey Jones, Betty and DanPoor, Bets and Bob Ingersoll, Esther Schroder and Tony Muello and Jean Burke and Des Stewart.

"Supported by an extra case of you-know-what, we rolled down the hill to the meadow for the best game of disorganized baseball ever played—the battle between Jonsey's slugs and Ingersoll's sluggers. The lads all had to bat the reverse of their usual. I won't say this impaired their hitting too much, but as center fielder I managed to pick a small bouquet while in the field. Jinnie Fitzherbert was the one casualty of the game. A pulled muscle caught her sliding into first, where Big Pete swooped her in his arms and dashed her off to home plate (my impression is hazy as to whether or not this scored as a run). Doc, our Pitcher and Trainer ordered her to stay off her feet for at least 24 hours, and she solicited just the right amount of sympathy from all. Later, however, it didn't seem to interfere with her dancing too much. Until the copper tins were placed on base, it wasn't 'who's on first' but 'where's first.' The score—I doubt if it's settled by the Harvard Game.

"Manhattans and Martinis were used to entice the crew back up the hill, and all seemed to be in good voice en. route, as well as back on location. Several 'men of distinction' poured. And dancing was enjoyed when the strains of 'Some Enchanted Evening' managed to overshadow 'Dartmouth's in Town Again.'

"A grand gathering which I hope will be repeated annually. We made arrangements for the Harvard game on the spot; so there should be a good turnout for the reunion-year tickets."

Bless you, Phyll, and thanks for writing. Thanks, too, for having provided photographic evidence that the guys lived through it all. Unfortunately, the print doesn't lend itself to reproduction on these pages. Purely a technical problem.

Briant Patterson has been" appointed vicepresident of Canadian Linotype, Ltd. and takes over direction of sales of that company.

Paul Cleaveland has been named secretary of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation.

All good things come in threes, and it's applicable to three notices our clipping service spotted in the Society Pages during September:

(1) The engagement of Miss Ruth Williams of Larchmont, N. Y., to Bob Brenner. The future Mrs. Brenner' is a graduate of William and Mary.

(2) The engagement of Miss Shirley Phillips of East Orange, N. J., to Dave Fox. Miss Phillips is an alumna of Hood College.

(3) The engagement of Miss Dorothy A. Hall, of Hartford, Conn., to Bill Minsch. Miss Hall—also a graduate of Hood College- is with the Office of the Dean of Trinity College in Hartford.

Congratulations and best wishes!

Visitors to Hanover during a hot August were the lucky Mr. and Mrs. Don Andrus, Wenonah, N. J Dr. and Mrs. ClarenceLucas and son, from Indianapolis.... and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Oare, from South Bend.

Here is news to every '36 visitor to Hanover next summer—for our Fabulous Fifteenth: Bill McNulty, Reunion Chairman, is currently getting his committees together and is working out plans. You'll hear all about them, the committees and the plans soon.

What about hearing from you soon?

Secretary, 4 Sunset Drive, Scarsdale, N. Y.

Treasurer, 144-44 Sanford Ave., Flushing, L. I., N. Y. Memorial Fund Chairman, 197 Kibbe Rd., E. Longmeadow, Mass.