1917

Another of our number has passed away. Chuck Clark died suddenly at Waban, Mass., on September 27. Chuck will be particularly remembered for his horn playing in the college band and for his efforts to hold the band together during our college days.

Sumner Emerson advises that the 1917 luncheon before the Dartmouth-Princeton game will be in the Gold Room at the Princeton Inn. The cost of the meal, including tip, will be $3 per person. Luncheon will be served promptly at is noon, so those who may wish to bolster up their spirits before eating should plan to arrive at the Inn well in advance of the noon hour. A good turnout is expected.

Here's a letter from Sandy Lynch which is too good to keep to myself. Apropos the fall outing at Orford, N. H., Sandy says,

It pains me to tell you that I cannot be present at the Orford affair. I would very much like to be numbered among the characters present and accounted for. But I just can't make it. I hope that you will make my apologies to the powers that be, and let it be understood that when the roll is called up yonder, and old Sandy isn't there, said absence is due to factors over which old Sandy hasn't much control.

Classmate K. Thielscher, the all-American Baritone, and Classmate J. Saladine, the Terrible Turk, will probably miss me. For I have been looking after these gaffers for so long that they have come to depend upon me; I see that they don't get into the wrong rooms; I see that they don't confuse the whiskey with the maple syrup; I see that they stop singing when J. S. Dickey is making a speech, etc, etc. And what they will do without sober, old, reliable Sandy, I don't know. They may have to bring their wives.

With cheers, pious regards, and best wishes, bandy.

Arch Earle reports having had a good vacation at his Vineyard Haven summer place, one of the high spots having been a wonderful visit with Gene and Lucile Towler while they, too, were vacationing on the Island.

On October 28 Gil and Marie Swett, long time residents of New Jersey, are moving, lock, stock and barrel, to make their home at Sarasota, Fla., where their address will be 3347 Old Oak Drive. Make a note of that address before you forget it.

And speaking of Florida, don't forget to let me know where you Florida-bound vacationists are going to be so that your addresses can be published in this column.

Wasn't that a fine picture of the Stockwell family in last month's MAGAZINE? One thing that the caption failed to point out is that son Dick, and Jack Tarbell, son-in-law, were both in the Navy V-12 course at Dartmouth in 1947. Quite a group of Dartmouth men in one picture!

Once again the old magic that works its perennial spell on the scattered legions of Dartmouth men brought almost two score Seventeeners and their wives back to Hanover a breath of clear New Hampshire air, a glimpse of bright fall foliage, the companionship of old friends, a chance to watch the Big Green in action and the fall meeting of the class Executive Committee.

"Bigger than ever" has become a stock phrase to describe this gathering that has become a fixture on our annual class calendar. Each year since the initial experiment at Kedron Valley in 1953, a few new faces have been added to the group until this year when some fifty guys and their gals marched on the Orford Inn to tax the facilities of that friendly hostelry so ably presided over by Esther and Bob Jones and spill over into neighboring homes.

Arrival was on Friday, October 3, and the weatherman cooperated with one of Hanover's finest fall days. An early prediction of rain for Saturday's Penn game was changed to "fair" and we saw the Indians squeeze out a 13-12 victory under crystal clear skies and warm sunshine.

Those who were quartered at the Inn and in neighboring homes were Slatz and Helen Baxter, Bill and Helen Birtwell, Hank and Mabe Bomgardner (all the way from Omaha just for this occasion), Don and Helen Brooks, Sumner and Charlotte Emerson, Norm and Mary McCulloch, Larry and Lucile Nourse, Pete and Lucy Olds, Len and Laurene Reade, Jack Saladine, Ralph and Ethel Sanborn, Bob and Anita Scott, Bill and Sally Sewall, Vic and Irene Smith, Vin and Anne Smith, Bud and Marie Steele, Skinny and Dorothy Sturtevant, Gil and Marie Swett, Barney and Adele Thielscher, Tommy and Dorothy Thompson and Gene and Lucile Towler.

On Saturday evening we were joined for dinner at the Inn by Bob and Gail Boynton, Bill Eaton, Al and Maud Edgerton, Mary Gile, Mose and Pauline Hutchins, Karl and Elsie Koeniger and two guests, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, Mudge and Florence Mudgett, and Heinie Wright.

Among other Seventeeners reportedly seen at the Penn game were Nick Carter, George and Florence Clark, Gerry and Kay Gerrish, Mel Palin, Duke and Dorothy Howe, Frank Reagan, Guy and Marjory Richardson, Butch and Lee Sherman and the Karl Stillmans.

In the recent New Hampshire primaries Ralph Sanborn won decisively in his bid for renomination as his party's candidate for election as Representative to the General Court from Hampton Falls.

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