1916
Getting this column ready for the first issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE in the fall of 1955 reminds me of how time is flying. By the time you read this I may be living in Florida, although all plans are subject to sudden and inconsistent changes.
Joe Larimer came through Washington dur- ing August en route to Philadelphia for the annual meeting of the American Bar Assn., and he was good enough to phone me during his very brief stopover, and we had a good little chat. |oe is an officer of the Bar Assn. of Chicago, that is, one of the permanent organi- zation staff. Neither Joe nor I could remember if I had announced the marriaae of his son, Emmet Nicholson Larimer to Mary Elizabeth McManus at Glenwood Springs, Colo., May 21. Since I find I have the announcement I think I must have given it to you, but since mv files are somewhat disordered (I am in the midst of a nation-wide study for the SPEBSQSA) I cannot be sure of what was in the Newsletters.
I am indebted to Dick Parkhurst for the news that Mrs. Carl Holmes is now living at 2646 No. Moreland Blvd., Cleveland 20, Ohio. We hope Mrs. Carl will continue her interest in the Class to which Carl belonged and which thought so highly of him.
A postcard from Col. Louis Bell, postmarked Mexico City:
"Mary and I are down here on a fifteen-day vacation trip - air both ways - and are enjoying ourselves hugely. It was an all-too-short reunion with John Ames when he came through Santa Barbara recently."
It is good to be able to note that Livy Cole is steadily improving at his home in the Chicago suburbs. I had a note from him, and so have others. Livy and Lucille both had some nice things to say about Ed and Mrs. McFalls, who stood by loyally with encouragement, sympathy and all that kincl of Dartmouth stuff. Livy wrote me that his boys are counting on joining the Chicago Mendelssohn Club, with which he has enjoyed singing for several years.
A letter from Heinie George started off by saying it was too hot a day to be writing (which reminds me that this summer went haywire, with Tampa, Fla., recording lower temperatures many days than Washington or Boston). Heinie had DeWitt Stillman and Dorothy at his summer place at Little Boar's Head for a weekend. The clan was assembled by phone, including the Gran Fullers, BillMotts, Larry Haywards, Cliff Beans, and of course the Stillmans and Georges, and a real reunion resulted. DeWitt and Dorothy had just returned from several months abroad, and were on their way home, with a stopover in Hanover. DeWitt declared his intention of coming back to Hanover for the 40th.
John Ames has been enjoying himself (during August) in Maine, and paid a visit to Hanover. He and Jack English lunched together in Boston.
Dan Dinsmoor was reported to be on his way to New Hampshire for a vacation at Lake Winnepesaukee, but I have no news of his having been seen in the flesh.
Jack English, the burr under the saddle of municipal officials in Stoneham, Mass., writes that he lunched with John Ames in Boston. They tried to locate Cliff Bean and FrankBobst, without success. Jack also had a letter from Livy Cole, who reported that while he was hospitalized in Cleveland, a young Methodist minister called on him daily, one Rev. Busey, who was a close friend of Jack English Jr., and of course, a Dartmouth man. BobEnglish, by the way, is with the Weyerhauser Timber Co. sales force. Jack credits Gran Fuller with an assist on this one, not that young Bob doesn't have plenty on the ball all by himself.
The weather in Washington is perfect right now. I hope you are enjoying the same.
Just before sending this in comes a note from Stew Pauljust back from a coast-to-coast trip on behalf of the Office of Defense Mobilization. He says:
"My extended trip is over. I had a busy but nice time. Twelve talks in 23 days. In Seattle Percy Burnham, Porter Blaney and I spent a nice evening together. It was fun. And in L.A. ShortyHitchcock showed at my Long Beach talk and I had an all-too-short chance to talk with him. I wasn't able to contact anyone in S.F. and of course in L.A. Louis Bell was heading for Mexico way and Danny Dinsmoor was back East. All wanted to be remembered to you."
Stew also sent me a page from the Sheraton Hotels house organ, with an article about our classmate Page (Gus) Browne, described as the "versatile Vice President." Page is in charge of sales, advertising, public relations and commercial properties for the Sheraton Corporation. It details his career after his discharge from the Army as a captain in World War One, his experience as a field representative abroad for Standard Oil, then on the advertising staff of the Saturday Evening Post, sales manager of Waltham Watch, and now, in addition to his business activities, holding offices of a civic and philanthropic nature in his home town of Concord, Mass. He is a founder of the World Trade Center in New England and a director of the New England Council. Page, the article says, is interested in yachting, gunning and fishing, and belongs to various clubs. He has two sons at Yale; these boys, not being familiar with the North Country, got off the train at the wrong station. We hope Page will take some time off from his many duties and join us at our 40th Reunion next June. As I always say, the reunion you miss may be your last. What do you say?
On Stratton Mountain, Vermont, where Daniel Webster spoke July 7, 1840, during that Presidential campaign, a Dartmouth three-some gathered on the anniversary date this summer to honor Dan'l. Exhilarated by this rite, Edward C. Kirkland '16 (center), Robert W. Winter '46 (left) and Edward S. Kirkland '46 then climbed the mountain. Mr. Kirkland '16, retired Bowdoin professor, now is a permanent resident of Thetford Center, Vt.
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