1917

Secretary, 9 Park Terrace Upper Montclair, N. J.

Treasurer, 315 Oxford Rd., Havertown, Pa.

Bequest Chairman,

Reunion In Retrospect: One of the difficulties connected with reporting the story of a reunion is the pressure under which the story has to be prepared in order to meet the deadline for the July issue of this magazine in which all such stories are published. I find that my story of our recent reunion suffered because of this pressure. One omission was any mention of or word of thanks to Gail Boynton for the cocktail party at her home at which she entertained our wives prior to their dinner at the Outing Club. My apologies to Gail! Also, I most certainly should have mentioned the pleasant chat that Sumner Emerson and I had with Ralph Sanborn's father, Frank B. Sanborn '87, in the lobby of the Inn. As you read in the last issue of this MAGAZINE, together Ralph and his father celebrated their xioth reunion and I can vouch for the fact that the elder Sanborn was thoroughly enjoying himself when last seen. On the humorous side, I should have told the story about how Bill Cunningham '19 failed to recognize Fat Spears in spite of a face to face conversation with him. Bill's account of the incident was published in his column in the Boston Herald under the caption "They Don't Call Spears Fat Anymore" — all because Fat now is down to something like 190 pounds. Suffice to say, Fat took the incident good naturedly because similar ones occur all the time. We were very glad to have Mary Gile and Anita Stillman with us for reunion and subsequently to receive a good letter from Mary. Also, during the summer a very nice letter was received from Jo Weeks expressing gratitude to all of those who wrote to her after Hal's untimely passing.

These notes should have started off with "Greetings From Wyoming" because that is where your Secretary was when he started to compile them but now he is safely back in Montclair and, with your help, ready to go to work. As for Wyoming, we drove to Valley with old friends, Helen and Morse Smith, to visit my sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Carl Schultz, who have a small non-working ranch located in that part of the Shoshone National Forest known as the South Fork of the Shoshone River, 38 miles from Cody and a mere 5 miles down the road from Valley Ranch which some of you may have visited. It is a favorite spot for dudes. The views at Valley are truly spectacular with rugged mountains rising around you on all sides. The people are extremely friendly and all in all, it's a grand place to vacation. As a matter of fact, Mike Donehue is due at one of the neighboring ranches right now (early September) for some hunting. While I stayed at Valley, Helen drove west with the Smiths as far as San Francisco where she spent a few days visiting Eleanor (Brown) Shev and her husband, Ed, before flying back to complete her vacation at Valley. Enough of our vacation let's get on to something more important.

At the' invitation of the surgeon general of the United States Navy, four Mayo Clinic men including our own Walt Walters recently joined eight other Midwest specialists on a lecture tour of Army and Navy hospitals in Hawaii, Japan and Guam. It was a 16,000 mile trip and a highly successful one. And speaking of Walt, he has been chosen by the Alumni Council to be one of those to receive one of the Alumni awards at the September Convocation. Writing after our June reunion Walt said, "I think I enjoyed this one more than any of the others which I have attended. Perhaps maybe it is because as we grow older we appreciate more our Dartmouth 1917 class contacts." How very true!

I am sure that you all will be interested to learn that Sam White has retired from active business. He had been with Pan American Airways for some 25 years. His future plans are uncertain but in the meantime his address is 1000 94th N.E., Bellevue, Wash.

Frederick W. McReynolds who rather belatedly became a member of our class passed away on July 6, 1957, at Sandy Spring, Md. He was 85 years old at the time of his death.

On June 15 Ike Sprague's daughter, Frances Helen, was married to Seth Reynolds Bridge at Hancock, N. H. The newly-weds will live in Buffalo, N. Y.

Louis Cunningham has qualified and been appointed an account executive for Reynolds & Co. which was established in 1931 and has 98 offices from coast to coast.

On June 7 Sumner Emerson was elected President of the Bond Club of New York. Will Fitch has been re-elected President of the Dartmouth Club of Washington, D. C.

How he made out hasn't been reported to us, but we do know that in mid-July Al Emmons announced his candidacy for House majority leader in the 99th legislature (Maine). At the time Al was reported to be a member of the legislative research committee and the committee on labor and constitutional amendments.

The Cape Cod vacationers have been rather silent this summer. Mott Brown is the only one from whom word has been received but he reports having had a great time entertaining his grandchildren. Fran has been kept particularly busy but has loved it.

KeUl Udl ULUiany Spique and Ruby Maclntyre recently paid us an over night visit in Montclair. We all went to see Karl and Elsie K.oeniger at their lovely home in West Orange and while there Karl told of the fine visit they had had with the Forrey Emerys at their home at Durham, N. H.

Don't forget the weekend at Orford, N. H. - October 11-13. It's a wonderful time to be in New Hampshire and with the added attraction of the Brown game, it's a must on your calendar. And then there's the Princeton game luncheon at the Princeton Inn on November 23. That's another "must." Then of course there is the party at Bob and Anita Scott's after the Yale game on November 2. They are looking for a larger crowd than ever this year so be there and be counted.

To bring this to a close, let me tell those who did not hear about it while at reunion that the Brookses have purchased a home for retirement next year on the outskirts of Woodstock, Vt. It is on the South Pomfret road and we look forward to seeing many of you there come 1959, if not before. We are running a competition for a name that will describe this haven, of refuge for 17'ers. The winner gets a free weekend with ma's best menus — hi Don O'Leary - baked beans? and a chance to break your leg on Suicide Six if there is snow on the ground. Send in your suggestions by pony or post card and see you in Vermont.