1919

Your Sec. had the privilege of being in Hanover at the time of the Convocation on the Great Issues in the Anglo-Canadian-American Community and the whole proceedings were a great credit to the College and to those on the staff who contributed to its success, '19'ers present at most of the meetings, which were widely covered by the press were, Tom and Claire Bresnahan, Bea and Eddie Martin, Dot and Nick Sandoe, Henry Siegbert, Bob Proctor, Harriet and Win Batchelder, Ruth and Bill McCarter, Kitty and Cottie Larmon, Paul Halloran, Hester and Jack McCrillis, Mary and Jim Davis (there may have been someone that the Sec. missed). Reporting further personally, your Sec. took some time off in late August and early September, and spent a few days with the Jacksons at their lovely home at Sagamore Beach (Mass.) where the above mentioned Martins dropped in for a call — brother Joe's home being just around the corner.

A card from Bob and Anne Lewis of Lebanon, N. H, indicates that they had a fine time in Bermuda in late April. JohnFornacca, the Amministratore Delegato, of the American Express Company in Rome, Italy writes:

"Thank you very much for your best wishes for a Happy Birthday. Your very original card reached me exactly on my birthday and it gave me the usual thrill to hear from all the good class-mates. The tourist rush is on and I will not get away from here until October when Marguerite and I plan to go to South America. We will get to New York in the fall of 1958 and certainly we must get together. My best to all the fellows in the Class of 1919."

The squire of Evanston, Il., the inimitable Mose Forrest, comes thru with his annual message: "Another little reminder from the class via George that a birthday has come and gone - well, we confess to feeling no longer spry, but the books do say that one's health and morals do not improve in the late rounds — no complaints!! What the future has to offer? Quien sabe? Your deponent can only say that there are no regrets about the past. Saw your picture recently in the MAGAZINE-one of the maybe six that I would recognize-and I am not boasting. I can report with pleasure no more grandchildren- their parents say they have sworn off, but who can tell??"

Bill Grant of Ruxton, Md., has conjured up a new birthday card which you will be receiving shortly. In the opinion of Lou Garrison and your Sec., it is a very good one - a change of pace, so to speak-so when you start getting them, comments will be very much in order-with a big cheer for Bill, who spent a lot of his valuable time and energy in coming up with something different. Lou, as usual, made the cards, and our thanks go to him for his long service to the Class. Lou Munro, certainly one of our most loyal '19ers, come thru: "Another year and another thank you for the Class Birthday Card. I can still read the names without glasses but I also still need them to spot a well-turned ankle not too far away! Kidding aside, it is hard for me to realize I am now 63 with a 20-year-old a Junior at Hanover, an 18-year-old entering Middlebury, and a 14-year-old leaving home this September to attend Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, N. H."

Murray Hawkins, president of the Los Angeles Society of Security Analysts writes: "Thank you for the birthday card which, of course, is always pleasant to receive, although I am getting to the point that I wish they were in reverse. I am planning to get away for a couple of months in Mexico the latter part of this year."

With great regret, and hereby extending the sympathy of the class, we report the death of Alice Wylie, wife of Ben (J. R. Wylie) of Wilkinsburg, Pa.

Lou and Jean Stone check in from London, which, as previously reported, was one of their stops on their European trip. Rock and Alice Earle Hayes spent a lot of time at their place in Charles Town, W. Va., and reported going to Washington for golf, and a dinner-dance at the Army-Navy Club with the Coke McCreerys. Norris Hodgkins, of Southern Pines, N. C., comes thru for the Sec. -with a nice note:

"Many thanks for the 1919 Birthday wishes and the beautifully done card. Many of those names I have not thought of for some time - and I am sure they have not thought of me either and the recollections brought on by the card are most pleasant. Do not see too many Dartmouth men here - although there are a few of us. Goldiere, who has been teaching at Davidson College, practically since graduation called in a while ago and is a very distinguished looking professor. Some of the class drop in occasionally on winter vacation or en route to or from north and southern points and we are always delighted to see them. I am still in the banking business. I have one grandchild in Alaska, two in Los Angeles and expect to have one shortly in Southern Pines."

Helen Bird, widow of Phil, wrote a nice note to your Sec. acknowledging the placing of a fine book in the Baker Library in Phil's memory. She also enclosed a clipping on Malcolm, their son which will be quoted, with the sideline, that those of you who know anything about propeller-driven planes, must realize that it was some job.

"A 19-year-old Hingham, Mass., Naval cadet who had just started to solo, rode a propellerless plane to a safe landing in a nearby field yesterday. Malcolm P. Bird, 19, son of Mrs. Phillip H. Bird of 3 Studley Road, Hingham, was making a training flight out of Saufley Field, Fla., in a T-34 trainer when the propeller came off. The Hingham man was able to put the ship down in a field without injury. Bird is a former Bridgeton, Me., Academy basketball star. He entered the service in October of 1955. He has two sisters, Miss Fabia Bird and Mrs. Meredith Jones."

Win Batchelder, recently retired president of the National Credit Office, ran for Selectman of Darien, Conn., but was defeated by the incumbent of ten years. A personal report from Batch indicates that he had a lot of fun out of his first attempt on the political scene. A full report on our annual Woodstock-Hanover gathering on October 11-13 appear in Dan Featherston's next issue of the Smoke Signal.

Three '19ers enjoying the hospitality of Lou and Harriet Munro recently were Fat Jackson, Clarence Buttenweiser and Chet DeMond.

Secretary, 1273 North Avenue New Rochelle, N. Y.

Treasurer, 184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt.

Bequest Chairman,