1915
And now to pick up the threads again after a summer full of heat, a reunion full of memories, and a fistful of news items!
Post-reunion echoes: I find there were some omissions in the July MAGAZINE listing of those present at reunion - for which I humbly apologize. It seems that some husbands neglected to register their wives at Reunion Tent headquarters and your Secretary's memory failed to fill the gap. For the record, those present should have included Mrs. Bill Bemis, Mrs. Gene Bissell, and Mrs. Bob Griffin. Two awards, jewel boxes fur- nished by Duze Lounsberry, went to Art andGertrude Boggs for coming the greatest distance to reunion, and to Frank and ThelmaEkstrom for having the youngest children. Russ Durgin says it sure was good to see so many of his old classmates and what memories came from reading over the signature list, name by name. Eben Clough reports the loss of a green derby, but Marv Frederick comes up with a glorious 9th straight win of "The Green Derby." Congratulations, Marv!
Incidentally, did you know that Eben was responsible for the classy "name-scribing" on the Reunion badges? Ned Shea refers to the signature list as a "memento well worth keeping."-Hal Smith says: "A wonderful half hour to go down the list and recall the fellows as they were forty years ago." Ed Mabie says it made him very sorry his work kept him from being there, and that he would like to secure whatever group photographs were taken. (Which leads me to suggest that anyone wishing the same — contact David Pierce Studio, Hanover, N. H.). Trace Brownell says: "Next to being there, it was.good to see the names of so many grand fellows as we knew them in college." Ev Lamson: "It sure made me feel good to be remembered - I read each signature and pictured in my mind what they looked like forty years ago." Joel Harris: "I deciphered them all - and envied all of you." One of the boys (name on request) writes: "I suppose a fella could copy off a few of them signatures and do a lotta business if he'd wanna—but I ain't gonna." So much for the "signatures" - except to add that it pays to "know the right people" - the mailing tubes for the signature mailings were made available to us at cost through the good graces of one of our classmates.
Other reunion aftermaths: A goodly bunch joined forces in South Fayerweather late reunion Sunday, with Doc Noyes and Gus Braun matching story for story in their own inimitable way to keep the gathered assemblage in stitches. Later adjournament to the Inn for dinner filled up a couple of big tables. Gus Braun took over at the piano and his performance was described as "superb, with some of the old favorites of the musical comedies." An unofficial count reveals the "gang" ineluded: the Bill Williams, the Kell Roses, the Dutch Scharmanns, the Doc Noyes, the SidCraw fords, the Red Stevens, the Adolph English's, the Bags Wanamakers, the Gus Brauns,Opie Horton, the Eben Cloughs, and the DaleBarkers. Another impromptu gathering met up with each other down at Williamstown at the Williams Inn and re-lieved reunion with gusto - including the George Dykes, JustinMcCarthy, and the Chuck Ingrams. Dale andBess Barker called on Lee Graham on the way up to reunion and found him much improved. Eben and Margy Clough stopped off to see Stick Parnell who sent his regards to all. Later, they drove Bea Johnson down to Lebanon for a visit with the Roy Lewis's '12 and brother Guy '12. Many of us remember the Lewis identical twins with fond memories!
The Phil Murdochs stopped off to see BobGuest at Walpole on the way back - sorry we missed his wife. It was good to see Bob again - he's busy as a paper hanger and regrets he had to miss reunion. (I wonder how many returning reuners got tangled up in the Bellows Falls local parade that day!) Can anyone ever forget Betly Gray's solo rendition of I LoveYou Truly that night in the Tent? The Russ Rices stopped by the Gene Bissells on the way back and were quite impressed with the farm layout —"big herd of cows, n'everything." The Ned Sheas treked up into northern Vermont after reunion and sent back a glorious pictorial view of Lake Willoughby - recalling fond memories to some of us who sneaked up there during campus days. A final consensus about reunion is—that six years is too long to wait for the next one - that an interim gathering is a must - and there wasn't time enough to get re-acquainted! So - there you have it! All those in favor, say - "Aye!"
The Dale Barkers spent a pleasant weekend with the Eben Cloughs down at their shore retreat at Ipswich, and the String Downings were called over to help "beat the heat." Dale says Bess put up enough string beans in jars from the mess they brought home to last through the winter! Eben and Margy took a trip up to York Beach and brought back some friends of Margy's for another weekend. RayKing and Dex Davis also dropped in on them recently. Sounds like that little retreat, known as "Wee Too," had a busy summer.
Kike and Pearl Richardson spent a spell up at their Littleton, N. H., place — Kike aiming to get in some of that fishing he likes.
Hal Davison was reappointed chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of New Hampshire back in July for another six-year term.
Bob Fitts has been elected a vice president of Robert Gair Co., Inc. and named general manager of the company's new Southern Advance Bag & Paper division of which he was president until the merger of the two concerns.
Dirk Wyman, Wyman's Garden Center of Framingham, offers some pertinent information on the "Copper Berry Tree" in a July issue of the Boston Herald.
Ralph Brown, vice president and general counsel of the New York Telephone Co., makes the New York headlines in the company's battle with the city on telephone rates.
Dr. Hugh Grant Rowell has received the Sleepy Hollow Medal, a special award of merit from Sleepy Hollow Restorations, of which he is executive director. Dr. Rowell is retiring this year after many years of service in this capacity.
Rosalind Sawyer, daughter of Dean andMrs. Ralph A. Sawyer was married to George Stoney Springsteen Jr. '44 in Ann Arbor in a Saturday ceremony back in May at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Announcement of their engagement appeared in the March issue of these notes.
Beardsley Ruml has purchased a villa in Italy, according to a Boston Traveler item Tuly 15, 1955.
Jerry Dewing, son of Judge and Mrs. EdDewing, teamed up with Jim Bailey, a Harvard junior, to win the finals of the first flight of the annual member-guest tournament at the Duxbury (Mass.) Golf Club, late in June.
Bob and Helen Griffin tendered the BagsWanamakers a nice little send-off party back in July in the form of an outdoor steak barbecue at their pleasant home in Tuckahoe. The Phil Murdochs were graciously included in the affair and I would say that Bags and Helen were properly fortified for their extended sojourn in Valencia, Venezuela. A more luscious steak was never turned on a grill - and Bob handles a good ladle!
Announcement comes from Thornt Pray of his association with the firm of W. H. Newbold's Son & Company of Philadelphia.
Sorry to hear that Russ and Isabel Rice wrapped their car around a tree, but mighty glad no serious injuries resulted. Fortunately, it happened near the Bud Doe's, who played the Good Samaritans.
With the Harvard game coming up on October 22, those '15ers fortunate enough to be in Hanover for the game will be pleased to know there will be a cocktail party for the class members at Madelaine and Jack Bowler's immediately after the game. Jack says this is practically the first summer they rattled around alone: "Our older daughter (now Mrs. Richard D. Leggat '48) is living in Boston; and Janet is spending the summer as a counselor at a girl's camp in Estes Park - which I guess she was sold by Ann Loomis, John's daughter - Ann and Janet are classmates at Smith. It's been a hot summer, what!" Hot — he says! Did y'ever try MELTED city pavements?
That's it - for this time. Changes of address: Arthur G. Boggs, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 152 Madison Ave., New York 16, N. Y.; Edwin B. Burgum, 175 Riverside Drive, New York 24, N. Y.; Harold S. Ellms, 1315 High St., Denver, Colo.; Lee H. Graham, Windsor, Vt.; Julian W. Hall, c/o Alexander Young Hotel, Honolulu 4, Hawaii; William H. Johnson, Bayberry Lane, Exeter, N. H.; Robert G. Ray, 2647 Irving Ave., S., Minneapolis 8, Minn.
Secretary, 301 East 53rd St. New York 22, N. Y.
Treasnrer, 60 Stevens Rd., Needham 92, Mass.
Bequest Chairman,
