1912
In a letter to Doc O'Connor, Jogger Elcock writes:
"I have just come out of the hospital where I spent ten days for an operation regarded as 'minor' but isn't, and I have learned one very serious lesson, that is, that the time has come to take it easy and I am going to do exactly that. The doctors have been warning me for a long time and I haven't paid any particular attention to them but this operation took so much out of me that I am fully conscious of the fact that I must follow their advice. I got into some kind of a minor tailspin last summer and as the result, Nancy and I took a trip across the water. We were only gone five weeks but it was of the greatest benefit to me. If the money holds out and I can get away, I have every intention of doing the same thing along about the first of September. I know you have been there and I hope you enjoyed Rome as much as we did. I thought it was a perfectly wonderful city. We went and returned on an Italian ship and liked the ship, the officers, the stewards and everybody else immensely. I don't know whether you have travelled on any Italian ships, although I would think you must have. If you did, I know you must have enjoyed it; if you didn't, give them a try on your next trip."
Word has just been received from his wife that Archie Haven died July 30, 1952. Her address is Vergennes, Vt.
In acknowledging Doc O'Connor's Christmas remembrance, Fosdick's Within OurPower, Bob Belknap wrote:
"Among my most recent activities has been acting as treasurer for the March of Dimes, which, I think made a remarkable showing here. This is not a wealthy community, and to a large extent is made up of retired Army and Navy officers and civilians and some poor, but proud, writers and artists (except for Yehudi Menuin, who is neither poor nor proud) and yet the the contributions will total in excess of $6,000 - not bad for a town of 5000 and with only about 15,000 families served by this post office. Had a nice visit with Jack Cronin last fall when he was out this way to visit his grandchildren."
Cap Allen has chided me on the paragraph concerning him that appeared in the February issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, based on an article concerning him in Who's Who InAmerica, saying: "Mine is not the leading law firm in the city; there are others of equal or greater prominence." Nevertheless, if I had an important legal matter in Springfield, Mass., or vicinity, I would have Cap take care of it. In connection with his election as president of the Springfield Kiwanis Club, his picture appeared in an early January issue of the Springfield Union, showing him receiving the official gavel of the retiring president, at Cap's installation ceremonies.
So that there can be no misunderstanding as to why efforts to increase our Class Memorial Fund are not being actively conducted, a recent bulletin of the Dartmouth Class Memorial Funds says that "Under the present Development Council Program, Memorial Funds of classes past the 25th Reunion are 'inactive,' that is, they remain open to any class members who wish to make gifts to them, but there is no longer active solicitation." Therefore any of you who desire to contribute to our Memorial Fund, or to make an additional contribution are at liberty to do so. The total amount of our Memorial Fund is now $16,320.
Boss and Esther Geller are the grandparents of their third grandson born to David and Violet Geller on November 10, a month after David returned from Navy duty to live in Owego. The new arrival was named David Philip and marks some kind of a record in that he is another son in an unbroken 75-year series of Geller boys. Boss reported a visit from Eddie Luitwieler who dropped in from Binghamton, following another "grand evening" when Emma Pettingell and daughter drove in. They all were enthusiastic for a Class Roundup in '53, and the boys at the Dinner the night before the Harvard-Dartmouth game heartily approved of the same suggestion. If I can get sufficient approval, I will get busy and enlist the necessary personnel to arrange such a reunion at Hanover for this summer.
Persis Clark, widow of Cupe Clark, finally received a copy of The Billboard and is desirous of remaining on the Class mailing list. Her permanent address is 511 Parkway Boulevard. Elizabethton, Tenn.
Stan and Frances Weld took a trip through the Southwest and West last fall, spending Thanksgiving in Phoenix, Ariz., with their older son Bob, who became the proud father of his first child last August, Patricia Jean. They then flew to Denver where Stan attended sessions of the American Medical Association House of Delegates and presided at a meeting of the Advisory Committee of the State Journal Advertising Bureau. At the meeting he saw Henry Viets looking in the best of health. Then down to Colorado Springs for two days of sightseeing behind Pikes Peak through the old gold mining country. At Phoenix they attended a football game between Arizona State College and Brigham Young University, and took in a scrappy hockey game in the Broadmoor's classy ice palace at Colorado Springs.
Lyme Amies is no longer with the BostonPost where he was Promotion Manager, and until further notice his address is his home at 11 Warwick Road, Brookline 46, Mass. Early in February Lyme had lunch with SydClark, Ray Cabot and Eddie Luitwieler, being a going-away party for Syd, who was leaving for a cruise through all the islands of the Carribean for revising and up-dating his earlier book on the Carribean.
Jake Orr wrote Doc O'Connor a facetious letter in response to an inquiry for the name, address, etc., of Jake's wife (which Doc is doing in bringing his personal information on classmates and their families up to date). Jake added: "I wish it were possible for me to see more of my good friends in 1912 as I consider them among the best I have and ever had. I get to New York infrequently and then would not be there if it were not for pressing business so I have little time to look them up."
Secretary, 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.
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