1933 Holds Advanced 20th
PEANYUT BUTTAH? WE'VE GAAHTIT!
WITH this rallying cry, 1933 closed its most successful reunion yet on Sunday, June 15, with an able assist from the weatherman who produced three perfect days. According to the guest book, 97 members of the Class appeared, accompanied by 67 wives and about 20 children. Headquarters at Topliff began filling early Friday afternoon, although some of the smarter reuners who remembered how nice Hanover can be in June showed up earlier in the week. By 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon the beer was running freely in the tent strategically placed north of the tennis courts and west of the Gym.
First formal activity was the cocktail party on the Outing Club lawn, followed by one of the famous D.O.C. dinners. First tip-off that this was our TWENTIETH and that we were really maturing as a group was the declaration by an older Hanover observer that this was the first time he had ever seen the entire Class of 1933 in shirts and ties at the same time.
Some of the boys looked just the same. Most looked, just about four years older than they did four years ago at the Fifteenth. And those gorgeous paradoxical wives all looked four years younger than they did in 1948. Of all departments in which the leadership of '33 is apparent, wifewise the Class has really gone to town, judging from the cross-section of the class wives who come back to Reunion. Smart looking children too.
President and Mrs. Dickey, aided by Sid and Mrs. Hayward, received the returning alumni in the Dickeys' lovely garden, and then came the Alumni Dance in Commons,
followed by a reunion with '31 and '32 in the '32 tent.
Saturday morning having a slight amount of natural confusion, the Class picture, Class meeting and Memorial Service were postponed until a later time. The luncheon of the General Association of Alumni at the Gym turned out to have even more of a picnic atmosphere than usual since great numbers of the reuning classes seized the opportunity presented by a perfect day of eating on the Gym lawn under the trees. MannySprague, V.P. of the Association, did a masterful job of presiding at the meeting immediately after the luncheon, and most of the wives had their first opportunity of hearing President Dickey speak a privilege always to be treasured, in our humble opinion.
Busses took the Class to Dewey's Mills at Quechee, Vt., for the Clambake, and what a Clambake! Clams, lobster, chicken and all the fixin's prepared by experts kept everybody busy and stuffed for hours. The Class picture and Class meeting were sandwiched in somehow, and from the usual steamroller tactics emerged your new Class officers: George F. Theriault, Chairman; Henry P.Smith, Secretary; William T. Dewey, Treasurer; and an Executive Committee consisting of the above members ex-officio, the new Class Agent and new Memorial Fund Chairman when appointed, and Lee Eckels, MelKatz, Don D'Arcy, Page Worthington, WoodFoster, Win Rowe and Marty Kerwin.
Any suggestions for the good of the Class during the next five or six years should be directed to this group, and may the Lord have mercy on their souls.
Saturday evening, one of The Players' inimitable productions was enjoyed by many before settling down in the tent to the raffle and auction for the benefit of our 25th Reunion Memorial Fund. Johnny Schneider presided, as only Johnny can, ably assisted by Burt Hack and the rest of the committee. A large and desirable bunch of loot presented by a great many individuals was disposed of with a wad of $481.00 resulting therefrom for the Memorial Fund. Added to what has been credited to this account in the past, 1953 will have about $1000 in the Fund as a nucleus to build upon for our 25-Year Gift.
It was announced at the raffle that the Class has a new Dartmouth honor, namely, the appointment of Justin A. Stanley of Chicago to a newly-created post as Vice President of the College. Further details will be found elsewhere in this issue of the MAGAZINE. JUS and Leigh have already rented a house and will move to Hanover in September.
Simultaneously with the announcement of Jus' appointment, the College announced that John Meck's title henceforth will be Treasurer and Vice President. Thus 1933 can be pardoned its evident pride in the fact that all of the Vice Presidents of the College have been selected from this best of all possible classes.
Unofficial votes established some of the following titles for Reunion: Most Relaxed Vern McKane; Most Furrowed Brow —Bob Niebling; Most Unchanged tie between BillHitchcock, Wes Beattie, Norm Payne and Hal Smith; Missed Most Trains Tom Hall; Happiest With Raffle Winnings GeorgeRide out, whose six little Rideouts will welcome the scooter and football or demand five more of the same.
Sunday morning was generally occupied with getting packed, saying goodbye and reluctantly leaving a perfect reunion and a perfect weekend. The comments were unanimous that the Committee of Hanover (and Norwich) Indefatigables which planned and executed this Tasty Twentieth had outdone themselves in their usual amazing fashion. Hats off and all thanks to Bill Dewey, BurtHack, George Theriault, Jack Manchester,Jack Wright, Forrie Branch, John Meek, BillMcCarty and Gordon Ingram!
After the dust had settled, it was found that some of the lucky ones who were able to stay on and enjoy Hanover for another day or so included Hunter and Marge Hicks,Jus and Leigh Stanley, Jim and Lyn Alder,Dick and Ruth Bee, Gus and Carolyn Babson,Dave and Delphine Russell and your scribe and Helen.
The complete (we hope) list of reuners in the order in which they signed the guest book follows: Monagan, John, and wife McCarty, William, and wife Hall, Tom Russell, David, and wife Goldberg, Morrell Krans, DeHart Marden, Ford Manchester, John, and wife Shineman, Everett, and wife Eckel's, Lee, and wife Theriault, George, and wife Connelly, Arthur, and wife Babson, Gus, and wife Milius, Gay Beattie, Wesley, and wife Bee, Richard, and wife, 2 children Fox, Robert, and wife Merson, James, and wife Smythe, William, wife, 1 child Branch, Forrest Kerwin, Marty Mackey, Hal, and wife Hack, Burt, and wife Dewey, Bill, and wife
Payne, Norman Rideout, George Doscher, Robert, and wife, and son Katz, Melville, and wife Doherty, Don Beekman, Alston, and wife Thurber, Ed Trickey, John, and wife McKane, Vernon Lapham, Ed, and wife Cunningham, Sam, and wife Dormon, William, and wife Black, John S., and wife Halligan, Edward Duby, James Crabtree, Norman Worthington, N. Page, and wife Oesterheld, Art, and wife Metcalfe, Tristram W., and wife Speare, Alden, and wife Salisbury, Arnold, and wife Thompson, John Teahan, William W., and wife Lade, Arch, and wife Ackerman, Russell, and wife Meek, John, and wife Wakefield, Lyman Erlandson, Norm, and wife D'Arcy, Donald, wife, and daughter Kimball, Whitefield Valensi, Randolph, and wife Worthen, Merrill, and wife Grob, Charles, and wife Evans, David, and wife Foster, "Wood Rugeri, Carl Burbank, Roland, and wife Farrand, George, and wife Goodell, Robert Alder, James, and wife Drowne, George, wife, and 1 child Chapman, Charles, and wife Okie, Ted, and wife Donner, Ward S. Smith, Henry, and wife Webster, Charles, and wife Hitchcock, William, and wife Niebling, Robert, and wife Donovan, John, and wife Kafka, Roger, and wife Dickson, Robert, and wife McDonald, Bob Lord, Ned Smith, Harold, and wife Osborne, Harry Field, Maxwell, wife and 2 children Davidson, John, and wife Bloomberg, Harvey, and wife Robinovitz, Harry Sprague, Mansfield Schneider, John, and wife Branson, John, and wife Hicks, Hunter, and wife Stanley, Justin A., and wife Quinn, William, and wife Jaquith, Wilber Paull, John, wife and t child Gass, Sam, and wife Merrill, Vin Starr, Bill, and wife Ripley, Frank Pierson, Jud, and wife Durgin, Larry, and wife and children
Again, thanks to the committee for a wonderful Reunion. Have a good summer and we'll be back with you next fall.
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