1910
Paste this in your hats! Our informal reunion period this year will be June 9, 10, 11 and 12. Following the established custom, our big day will be Wednesday, June 11, with a Memorial Service and class meeting in the morning and photo and class dinner in the early evening. Make your reservations early. If you are planning to live in the dormitory, reservations must be made with the Bursar's Office.
Ray Seymour writes that the only Tenners he found at the Hopkins Dinner in New York were Hank Haserot and Otto Taylor. We know that the number of Tenners located in the New York area has dwindled. Two we could have counted on, John VanderPyl and Herb Wolff, were taking winter vacations and so not in the area in early February. The program, distributed at the dinner, listed two Tenners, Hank Haserot and Jack Bates. These selections for the National Sponsoring Committee apparently were made in Hanover. It is a little odd that, with the event taking place in New York, no Tenner from that center was selected. It was an outstanding Dartmouth gathering from all accounts and it would have been fine if more of our Class could have been there. We all knew "Hop" while we were in College and would have enjoyed joining in the tribute.
Herb and Virginia Woods visited Boston in February and reported phoning CharlieFay only to find that he was battling the flu and therefore housebound. Herb talked with Bertha Lord also, and learned that Art was back in the office after a bout with a cold. From Dot Pierce, Herb learned that Earle was not well. Within a few days word came that Earle had passed away. That was sad news indeed. Earle's interest in everything that concerned the Class was unusual. His enthusiasm knew no bounds and, through the years, his contribution to all undertakings of the Class was tremendous. We are all saddened by this great loss, and our deep sympathy is extended to his family. NortCushman, Jim Everett, Bones Jones and Art Lord attended the funeral. Charlie Fay and Al Ferguson would have been present but for their doctors' orders to remain indoors following their attacks of the flu.
Charlie had to miss the Boston Alumni dinner because of his sickness. Maurice Blake and Art Lord were our only representatives at this annual event.
The Bucky Aliens, on the jump from Florida to Maine, stopped at the Boston Art Museum for lunch. There they ran into Art Lord who had selected the same spot for the midday snack. Art says Bucky mentioned that they were going to their boys' camp at Camden to start getting ready for the camping season. When camp closes in the fall, the Aliens are to head for a winter in Geneva, Switzerland.
As mentioned previously, Hal Benjamin last year purchased the site for a home in Florida. Late word from Hap Hinman states that Hal was expected to land in the sunshine spot early in March, probably to get started on the new house. Shorty Worcester was on the other end of a phone call to Hap on a trip to Florida when Shorty stopped en route to Ormond Beach to visit his sister. The Walter Nortons, also, have been in Clearwater. They, like the baseball players, usually appear in time for spring training. The Scarletts and the Hinmans were among several Dartmouth alumni and wives who were entertained in Dunedin at a tea at the home of Mrs. Harold Winchester, widow of our deceased classmate.
While Shorty managed to reach Hap by phone only, he did make longer contact with the Andy Scarletts, the Jess Wilsons and the Mac Kendalls. They all had dinner together before Shorty went on his way. These Tenners certainly are having a gay social season in spite of the cold weather. The George Underwoods, also, are down there according to latest reports - not from George. Ed Dusham, at St. Petersburg Beach, had a surprise visit from Andy, Mac and wives. An oversize picture postcard arrived in Troy from Fort Lauderdale recently. On it were messages from Don Bryant, Frank Meleney and Bill Brown. Bill wrote, "Had a surprise visit from the above (Bryants and Meleneys). We are at our winter home in Fort Lauderdale. Always glad to see classmates." Frank's message: "Don and Bill have told some strange rumors about me, being circulated throughout our Class. Tell everybody I'm still alive and kicking, having a grand time living in this delightful climate. Still practicing surgery and lecturing at the Medical School." Don wrote, "We have had a great reunion. Too bad you are not here to fill in the things we can't remember." My reply for all to read is, "If Bill enjoys seeing Tenners and Frank wants to stop any and all rumors (which we have not heard and which we figure came out of the mental processes of Bill and Don), there will be a great opportunity in Hanover June 9-12."
Word from Harry Washburn indicates that snow, like he and Sidsell were used to in Hanover, has followed them to Ottawa, Kan. His letter to Andy was written late in January just after Kansas City had received fifteen inches - the worst snowfall in 35 years. It shows the terrible influence of these retired Hanoverites. Kansas, with the Washburns, and Florida, with the Scarletts have experienced the worst winter weather in many many years.
Another Tenner breaks a long silence. Sandy Sandberg writes:
You would imagine that after a discreet silence of many years a man would know enough to keep quiet and leave well enough alone. But no, the extrovert must come out and even though you can subdue it ten, twenty, thirty or forty years, somehow or other it breaks through on its own power. Here I have been going along very nicely minding my own business, making my little annual contributions, reading the ALUMNI MAGAZINE very faithfully and not disturbing anybody.
Yes, last year when Mrs. Sandberg and I spent several months in Europe, I sent cards to a number of our classmates, as well as to some of the faculty in Hanover, but I learned later that 90% of my cards and letters were forwarded on the "Andrea Doria," the ill-fated boat that never reached shore, and the Grand Silence was on again. It is true that, during the European tour and our various cruises through the Mediterranean, Caribbean and South America, it was our good fortune to run into Dartmouth men everywhere and this, of course, always made our trips more pleasant.
But then came along a fair breeze on a beautiful autumn day and a telephone call from CharlieFay seemed to have touched a nostalgic spark and the next thing I knew I was having a delightful hour with a group of our '10 boys, and with Charlie's good wife as our genial hostess. With this as a start, the good Spouse thought it would be a very lovely thing to remember some of my classmates with a holiday card. I thought so too, and we switched from silence to action and I want to tell you that it was certainly very worthwhile.
We received a number of very fine letters from the old guard of 1910 and I wish I could publish every one of these letters because they were all so breezy and newsy that it made a bright holiday season even more glamorous. Roily Reynolds from the Coast still gets a thrill out of The King of Ukan. Jim Everett, Herby Wolff,Her by Woods and a half dozen others went all out to exchange greetings and tell us all is well. I am glad I broke the silence. I am dictating this letter just the day before leaving for Chicago on a business trip and when I am in Chicago,. I will certainly try to see some of the boys there.
Yes, it was really wonderful to get these echoes. I certainly am happy for the boys who have been able to retire and enjoy their leisure. I still have to punch a clock and put in a pretty full day's work but as long as I have my health and can steal away now and then for a bit of fun, I too, can report all is well.
We don't receive letters like Sandy's very often. There are many Tenners from whom we would like to hear. Maybe this will provide a hint to a few. It did Sandy a lot of good to "connect" with Tenners again. It will prove worthwhile to a lot of others if they will get connected again.
Among the newspaper clippings received are a couple telling all about the big event staged at Tolland, Conn., when the farewell reception was held for Rev. Bill Moe on the occasion of his retirement after 57 years in the ministry. Another tells about our Congressman Eck Hiestand as the speaker at the Lincoln Day dinner in York, Pa., staged by the York County Council of Republican Women and the York Young Republican Club. The article gave a history of Eck's career. He was the speaker a while back at a meeting of Veterans in Pasadena, Cal. One thing is certain, while we have a large number of Tenner retired gentlemen, most all of them keep quite active. One of these is Bert Kent. Although retired, he recently had some business that brought him to Albany. So before he left Holyoke he phoned and we met at a Rotary Club luncheon in one of the spots between Troy and Albany. He is president of the Holyoke Rotary so making attendance was the natural thing to do.
The Rev. William C.H. Moe '10 with his daughter arid sons at a reception markinghis retirement after 57 years in the ministry. Shown at the Tolland, Conn., FederatedChurch, his last pastorate, are (l to r): Robert Moe, Dr. Moe, Miss Orilla Moe (assistantto President Dickey), Russell Moe, J.H. Elliott, who presented a gift, and Miss PeggyMeacham, reception chairman.
Secretary, 501 Cannon PI., Troy, N. Y.
Class Agent, 1957 Rainbow Drive, Clearwater, Florida
