1904
Some four years ago, your Secretary was invited to come to the Royal Park Inn, Vero Beach, Fla., as the guest of L. G. Treadway '08, owner and director of this hotel and many other hotels in the Treadway system. He found a dozen 'OB men who for many years have been coming here for a spring Roundup and Reunion, a custom I wish '04 might adopt. Your Secretary was honored by being made an honorary member of the Class of 1908 and each year since has enjoyed the fellowship of as fine a group of Dartmouth men as can be found anywhere. This year, Gene and KateSewall and Johnnie and Augusta Fletcher have joined Sally and me here. Possibly Sidand Louise Rollins may arrive in a couple of days. With Pop Chesley playing the piano and fifteen old fellows trying to make harmony, the cocktail hour is a delightful, if noisy, period of the day.
Sunday morning, March 27, finds Sally and the Secretary at Vero Beach, Fla. We have just said goodbye to John and Augusta Fletcher who have been here a couple of days and are now starting North to their home in Chattanooga. Gene and Kate Sewall were here, too, for a couple of weeks and they started back home and should be back in Maine by now. The Sewalls and Johnsons drove over to Sarasota last week for a round-up with the Rollins, Bartletts and Fletchers, who had just arrived there. Sid and Louise gave us a dinner party and the Bartletts a cocktail party. The following morning we called on Harry Chase and had a short but pleasant visit with him in his home. It was the first time the Secretary had seen Harry in nearly fifty years. He looked well and was pleased to see us and sent regards to all classmates. After our call on the Chases, we drove over to Siesta Keys and visited the Bartletts in their lovely home there.
Last month the Secretary reported the Woods and Streeters were on a cruise to the West Indies. En route, Carl had a birthday - his 70th - the youngest man in the Class. Tom and Ruth gave a cocktail party in Carl's honor and wrote appropriate poems for the occasion. A good time was had by all.
The Sextons are at Orangedale near Jacksonville, Fla. Sorry we couldn't visit them or the Muchemores in Deland. George and SallyScales have spent several weeks in Daytona.
Nice letter from Clarence Gormly, Kendall Fla. I shall try to reach him by 'phone while here in Florida.
To get back to the cold and stormy North for a moment - it's 80 degrees here as I write these notes. Several letters have come from classmates and their families - Mrs. DavidAustin is leaving Canaan, N. H., and will live at North Berwick, Maine. Her daughter Deborah is now assistant professor in the English Department at Pennsylvania State College. It was just a year ago David passed away. As our Secretary for twenty years, we salute his memory.
Each month it has been my grievous duty to report the passing of a classmate. This month is no exception. I know classmates will be saddened to learn of the death of Johnnie Kirker, March 23, at the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, of a heart condition. His InMemoriam will be found in another section of the MAGAZINE. In my notes recently, I mentioned that Johnnie had called me by telephone from Baltimore to wish me a happy birthday. He never recovered from the loss he sustained when his Laurie passed away three years ago. Small of stature, but with a great heart full of love for Dartmouth and his classmates, we shall miss Johnnie from our ranks.
Keep the dates of June 13, 14 and 15 up front on your calendar. Send in your reservations to the College. These interim reunions of three days together are delightful experiences you will thoroughly enjoy.
A few of the boys have birthdays in May: Rich, Hall, Bartlett, Warner, Mower, Gormly,Colesworthy - May 4, 7, 12, 15, 19, 25, 28 respectively. Remembrance adds fragrance to life.
A nice note received from Mrs. John Cronin, who resides at 308 Waverly Place, Belmont, Mass. She speaks of a little granddaughter, born October 14. The mother is Mrs. Robert E. Rodes Jr., whose husband is an assistant law professor at Rutgers Law School.
Parson Hill has now settled in Long Beach, Calif. His letter of March 19 mentioned the pleasure he had in hearing the Dartmouth Glee Club on the Ed Sullivan Show recently. He is still in harness. Grand to hear from the Doctor.
Our beloved Class Agent, Squid Lampee, has just issued his first letter concerning the Alumni Fund. No finer tribute can be paid to Squid than loyal support in his tireless effort for Dartmouth.
Today, April 1, your Secretary called the office of Clarence Gormly in Miami and learned that he had sustained a bad fall and had been in the Pratt General Hospital in Miami for several weeks. He is still there, re-overing slowly. We're sorry to hear of your accident, Gorm. The Class sends best wishes.
Sid and Louise Robbins have-reached Palm Beach and Sid sends a clipping from the PalmBeach News, telling of Mr. and Mrs. LouisLeverone attending a large dinner party there.
Secretary, 100 North St., Pittsfield, Mass.
Class Agent, 9 Foxcroft Rd., Winchester, Mass
