1919

Here we go again for another year of trying to keep you all posted on what goes on with the famous old Class of 1919 and the annual plea or suggestion that more of you drop a line to the Sec. once in a while and let us know what you are doing.

Last call for the fall get-together at Juniper Hill Inn, Windsor, Vt., Oct. 16-17-18. Come at the last minute or come to the luncheon on Saturday before the Dartmouth-Colgate game, at the D.O.C. House in Hanover.

Your Sec. would like to congratulate PhilBird, Rock Hayes and their assistant agents on the fine showing the class made in the 1953 Alumni Fund, with the largest dollar total ever. If we could increase the number of '19ers giving to the Fund from 267 to, say, 300, we would really go to the top of the heap.

Quoting in part from a fine letter from Budd Welsh, president of the Morris County Savings Bank, Morristown, N. J.:

"It begins to look more and more unlikely that I will be able to attend the reunion this year due to a number of complications and I am keenly disappointed. Lenora and I both recall the enjoyable times we have had in the past including the reunion at Woodstock last fall. It is always a pleasure to get together with your old friends and acquaintances.

"While attending our National Association Convention at Washington last month, I met LouieMunro and we visited briefly. He was there as a guest of his father-in-law from Newburyport who also is a savings banker. I had hoped to attend the meeting of the Washington Club but after visiting the White House on Tuesday morning and thereby missing the convention sessions, my conscience bothered me and I felt obligated to attend the luncheon session to hear Randolph Burgess speak. As usual, his talk was right up our alley and very good. We then journeyed on to Williamsburg for a little rest and vacation before returning home. On the way back, I was going into a restaurant and who should be coming out but none other than Dart Featherston so it is evident that the boys do get around.

"I can now boast of four grandchildren, two having arrived within the past two months. Budd Jr. '44 is now able to register his second son, born on May 16, and our older daughter, Skidmore '46 presented us with a grandson on Easter, April 5. She also has a little daughter 2½ years old. These additions indicate that the family is growing and some applications for admission to the college should be forthcoming.

Last week we had delivered to the house from George W. Rand & Son, Hanover, N. H., another Dartmouth chair. This represented a gift to the younger generation and fills a much needed spot in their home.

"I presume that you saw Murray Hawkins in New York while he was East from the Pacific Coast."

Thanks a lot, Budd. We missed you and many others at reunion.

Mose Robinson, President and Publisher of Scholastic Magazines, 33 West 42 St., N.Y.C. writes:

"I'm awfully sorry I'm not going to get up to reunion. I deferred sending in my card in the hope that I would be able to make it.

"Every year on the third weekend of June we have the annual meeting of our National Advisory Council. This group consists of superintendents of schools from cities like Chicago, Cleveland, Washington and other prominent school officials who meet with us every year to go over our editorial program for the approaching school year. This year, because of reunion, I tried to arrange to have the meeting the second weekend of June (namely, the 13th). We had tentative acceptances but a couple of weeks ago three of the group advised us that they couldn't work it out to leave their school jobs at that time. So again we had to move it to the next weekend, the 20th.

"This was a reunion that I really wanted to attend because we all have so many friends in the class of '18 which is reunioning at the same time. I shall miss it very much and shall be thinking of you."

From Portland, Maine, comes a welcome note from Frank Strout:

"I was greatly pleased to receive the 1919 Birthday Card and many thanks to all for the fond remembrance.... Sorry I will not make Hanover this June as that is our peak season, March to July Ist. After that, I let up until after Labor Day, and age dictates I take it easy.

"Give my best to Ken Huntington, BriGreeley and all the rest of the crowd."

Bill Hainlen, Medical Director of the Brandywine Edgewood Sanatoria of Marshallton, Delaware, was another member of the class who thought he might make reunion (along with Louis Haerle, Bill Stedman, Louis Apteker, Bill Alderman, Chan Brown, Larry Milligan, Bill Cunningham, John Stokes, Ed Warnke and Ray Adams), but something happened to prevent his coming. You gents missed a good party. Quoting in part from a letter from Doctor Bill:

"Thirty-four birthdays since I last saw you ... no, thirty-six, since I left the Plain in '17. Not a very good reunion record! My Hanover football trips have worked out better.

"It's nice to pet the customary birthday card. It sort of blends in with the Alumni Fund notices which practically arrive in the same mail. I had a new angle this year, a western angle so to speak, in a gentle reminder from Wilkinson in Yuma. Are they sicking him on all the medicos in the class?

"No nineteeners in Wilmington, but there's a live Dartmouth Club which just entertained the Glee Club after their concert. I had three boys overnight and that made me feel like a grandpaw. I miss Jim Capps and Utica, but I'll stick it out here for a few more years, or at least as long as we can keep coaxing the legislative budget committee to live up to our ambitions. If not, I'll surrender the fight to a younger and tougher man. They are doing pretty well so far with a 2½ million building program going on."

Henry Holley, principal of the Monson(Mass.) High School for the past 30 years, ismuch in demand as a speaker these days. Hespoke at a testimonial dinner in Amherst forCoach George Williams of Amherst High, andalso at a recent meeting at the Retail CreditAssociation in Springfield. Quoting Henry inpart, "I don't think that there is a teacheralive who couldn't make more money baby-sitting, so it isn't the salary that has keptthem there. And if you think teachers areteaching just for the money they get, youmay as well give up your faith in your doctorand your clergyman, because they get a littleof the same thing."

Fountain of Youth Department: Vera andGreif Raible are the proud parents of a husky baby boy, Michael, born on August 14 at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and already enrolled in the class of 1970.

NO ROMAN HOLIDAY: John J. Fornacca '19, "Administratore Delegato" at the Rome office of the American Express Cos., was recently elected Commander of the American Legion for Italy at a congress in Messina.

Secretary, 1273 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer, 184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt. Bequest Chairman,