1915
Echoes of summer:-Ben and Marion Slade, and daughter Betty, heading back to Fayetteville, N. C., from a long cross-country motor trip, stopped off for a weekend with the Herb Potters in El Paso and were properly indoctrinated into the wonders of that section. At last reports, they were headed for Carlsbad caverns. Betty has a fine position at M.I.T. with the government on one of those hush-hush affairs. Herb's daughter Julie, who summered on Cape Cod, flew in unexpectedly via Dallas, Tex. Rumor has it that she's flirting with Braniff Airlines for a course with them. These gals sure get around! The Stu Hills of Colorado spent August with the Duze Lounsberrys at the latter's estate on Deer Isle, Me. Pen Aborn '14 says he had the pleasure of driving the Hills to Maine and reports that Stu shot a nine-hole round of golf in 35. (What's your handicap, Stu?) The Phil Murdocks succumbed to the wiles of Florida on a two weeks' motor trip (watch out for a certain speed trap on the Maryland pike!) during which we dropped in on John Healy in Kissimmee. John has quite a spread of garden and lawn which keeps him in shape (behind a power mower). They pronounce Kissimmee differently down there! Cards from the motoring Eben Cloughs showed a September trail around western New England and the Catskills. Eben says they were looking for Rip Van Winkle! The Russ Rices were headed for Thousand Isles in late September. Johnny Mullin reports that nothing in Switzerland can surpass the Canadian Northwest-Lake Louise was the picture on his card. The Dale Barkers very evidently like that little garden spot down at West Dennis on the Cape. Eben Clough says Sid and Doris Crawford are living the proverbial "Life o' Riley" at their new place up in Kennebunk - says Sid sits down on the beach all day looking for Roselee the mermaid to show up - also says those pretty petit point things Doris makes are really sum'p'n. And that about brings us up to date on Summer-escapades.
To show the Class that we are not as old as we may think, Jack Ferguson sends me a letter - received too late for his Frontiersman News Letter-from Lee Smith of Attleboro, Mass., announcing the birth of a daugh- ter on August 12. Lee says: "I thought some of the '15ers might be interested as I am quite sure she has all the qualifications for the Class Baby. She is the youngest of our eight children- six boys and two girls." (If there are no further entries, we hereby declare the polls closed.) Lee goes on to say: "Some of our boys "will undoubtedly go to Dartmouth - and we should be able to provide two very attractive blind dates for anyone short at a future Winter Carnival. We always make an annual pilgrimage to visit our fellow classmate, Roy Porter, at the Administration Building. If we are favored with any more children, I will be glad to send you a group picture." Send one now, Lee, before you run out of film!
I have before me a very technical medical treatise co-authored by William R. R. (Speed)Granger which tells 2 dramatic story of how a life was saved at Brooklyn Hospital where Speed is assistant attending physician. I couldn't possibly "translate" it but it is very evidently a commendable piece of work climaxing years of practice and study. The title? "Prednisone versus Cortisone in Acute Rheumatic Fever."
Jack Mason's death was a shock to us all. He died "in harness," as he probably wished. His passing is a great loss to the Class, for he was a stalwart supporter of all our activities. The College loses a loyal son whose service went far beyond the knowledge of most of us. His absence will be felt from the campus which he would have visited frequently from his Woodstock home. He was a good friend to all of us and has left a great heritage for which we are most grateful.
Another classmate whose passing is deeply regretted is Duke Sullivan. Duke had been a consistent patron of the Patten lunch club in Boston and his genial smile and ready wit will be sorely missed.
Charlie and Susan Griffith have given up their home in Glen Ridge, N. J., and moved their goods to Journey's End, Norwich, Vt., with which many of the Class are familiar. They have rented a furnished house in Glen Ridge until the end of the year and will then move permanently to Norwich to start the new year. Many '15ers attending .the Convocation were entertained by Susan and Charlie for cocktails during that September weekend. It is rumored that Journey's End will play some part in the interim Reunion next year.
Quite a number of '15ers were in evidence at the Convocation in Hanover September 5, 6 and 7. Those spotted at the affair were - the Gene Bissells, the Jack Bowlers, the Fred Childs, the Dick Clarkes, Charlie Comiskey, the Marv Fredericks, the Charlie Griffiths, the Stan Llewellyns, the Fletch Lows, Kell Rose, the Bags Wanamakers and the Bill Williams.
Bags Wanamaker says it's great to be back in this country. They have taken an apartment in Stamford, Conn.
Dale Barker had a session with surgery late in the summer but says the 'blow-out patch' is stronger than ever. While "recuping" down on the Cape, they visited with nearby vacationers George and Charlotte Simpson and with the Bob Frothinghams and the BobFitts in Wianno.
Eben Clough says that Jack Ferguson's raves about lobsters are hardly to be taken seriously. He says everyone knows that lobsters of real class have left other waters and migrated to the vicinity of Cape Ann; that the shells of other lobsters are so thick you have to crack 'em with sledge hammers and they use 'em to pave roads with! Remember now - I'm just a reporter!
Doc O'Hara reports that his daughter, Mary, was married back in September to a young Dartmouth medical intern. Mary is going to study medicine too. Sounds like quite a medical combine!
While it is still tentative, indications are that the interim Reunion may be built around the weekend of October 12, 1958 - a non-football Saturday in Hanover. This is not official, however.
The country-wide tour of String and Grace Downing sounds like a travelogue-and one devoted to the interests of Dartmouth and 1915. With our Class Directory in one hand and a compass in the other, there were mighty few classmates along the way that String didn't reach, one way or another. Even the "El Paso Times" commented on String's "little green directory" and his boosting of Dartmouth affairs. Space doesn't permit a blow by blow account, but here's a brief recap: Dick Merrill and Al English in Columbus, Pete Alexander and Stu Hill in Denver and Boulder, Milt Ghee and Tommy Tomfohrde in San Francisco, Dick Redfield in Pasadena, Ben Slade (also touring) in Yellowstone, Herb Potter in El Paso, Phil Murdock in New York. Some that he tried but failed to reach included Kent Smith in Gates Mills, Joe Comstock in Los Angeles and Mrs. Al Livingston in San Francisco. The accompanying snapshot shows String and Grace with Ben and Marion Slade at Yellowstone. As an emissary for the College and the Class, it was an outstanding job that String and his good wife did in welding us all closer together. Changes of Address:
George F. In galls, Retired, P.O. Box 311, Boulder, Colo.; Roy M. Norwood, 52 York St., Hartford, Conn.; Fred S. Child, retired, South Road, Bradford, Vt.; Dr. William Granger, 1259 Pacific St., Brooklyn 26, N. Y.; Dwight O'Hara, Chief of Medicine, U. S. Vet. Admin., 30 Cornhill, Boston 8, Mass. or 6 Marlborough St., Boston 16, Mass.; Paul M. Vining, 12 Churchill Road, West Springfield, Mass.; Clarence L. Wanamaker, retired, 65 Prospect St. - Apt. 8-0, Stamford, Conn.; Herbert C. Blaisdell, 85 Willowcrest Drive, Mt. Carmel 18, Conn.; Warren E. Griffith, retired, 401 Magnolia Ave., Brea, Calif.
15ers shown together at Yellowstone NationalPark in July are, left to right, String andGrace Downing and Ben and Marion Slade.
Secretary, 301 East 53rd St. New York 22, N. Y.
Treasurer, 60 Stevens Rd., Needham 92, Mass.
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