1921

DONALD F. SAWYER 200 Berkeley St., Boston 16, Mass.

Here it is - by the time you read this practically mid-May, with summer only a little over a month away. "Sprig has cub and god frub Hadover" and thoughts are turning to everything, and everyone, one thinks about come springtime, such as the planned wedding of Natalie Foster, on June 14, Natalie being the lovely daughter of the Frank Fosters of East Greenwich, R.I. The lady is affianced to Winthrop Cannon Giles of Belmont, and Dartmouth '58, and who is also planning on finishing at Tuck School in '59.

Tentatively - and it will probably have been confirmed by the time you read this Jack and Doris Campbell are going to host and hostess '21 for another picnic at their home in West Newton on June 4. They set a precedent for a wonderfully successful picnic last year and would like to repeat it.

We understand that the Annual Report of the First Bank Stock Corporation of Minneapolis prominently lists Gene Leonard as Chairman of the Executive Committee, a Director, and also President of the First Service Corporation. This is one of the largest and most prominent banking and financial organizations in the midwestern area, in fact in the country.

In the "new-grandfather-department" we are happy to list Ross Shepherdson whose son and daughter-in-law have brought their first child, Peter Coffin Shepherdson, into the world. Young Dick has been stationed in Germany and is expecting to be back home with his wife and new son this summer.

Don and Alice Sawyer are reported to be knee-deep (literally) in alterations and remodelling in their new Rockport home, getting it ready for a houseful of children and grandchildren come May and June.

Reg Miner is on the job in contact with Borden Avery of the Norwich Inn in efforts to tie up the Inn for our Fall get-together over the Holy Cross game weekend, October 17-18. More details about this soon.

We always have to be ready to take the various items of sobering news which will be coming along in increasing numbers, such as the item recently received from Dr. Josiah Eisaman of Pittsburgh advising us of the death of his brother John Hodge Eisaman at his home in Van Nuys, Calif. Hodge came back as a member of '21 after World War I. We'll report more of the details of his life in the obituary columns.

Thanks to the alertness of Gerry Baron '20 we learn that Ken Sater, the prominent Columbus, Ohio, attorney has been appointed Common Pleas Judge of Franklin County by Governor O'Neill. Ken has made an outstanding record since his graduation from Dartmouth, having served as special counsel for the state in 1939-1943 in a freight rate case which ultimately saved Ohio shippers over $130 million. Again, Dartmouth's sons and more specifically '21-ers, set the pattern for fine and strong leadership in public and private life.

Leighton Tracy, formerly Sales Manager of the National Accounts Division of The Globe Wernicke Company, has recently moved over to Clark and Gibby, Incorporated, in the post of Manager, National Accounts.

Furb Haight has just reported in via a fine long letter with bits of news from Southern California. Furb takes the lead in stating that there's little news he can report of others, and he feels sure most of the classmates don't like to write about themselves, but he's going to do it hoping it might encourage others to do likewise. Bless you, Furb. We sure hope your idea catches on. He says he has talked with Bill McAdams by 'phone from time to time, but has had trouble catching him when he has stopped by his home. Furb serves as Chairman of an alumni interviewing group out there in West Los Angeles, and enthuses over the constantly increasing quality of prospective Dartmouth students from amongst whom they have been sending some good men. He is still in the textile business which he says is highly competitive and which keeps him on his toes. All of this plus the fact that Furb has recently been elected President of the Textile Association of Los Angeles keeps him from wondering what to do with his time. Furb and Mary had themselves a wonderful three-week trip over the Christmas and New Year holidays into Mexico hitting Mexico City, Guadalajara, Acapulco, Taxco etc. They took a day out for sail fishing but the bio- ones weren't biting that day.

Hal Bramans, and also John Woodhouse dropped in on Hanover during March, and Charlie and Dorothy Gilson took a quick run up there one day to see their grandson Stephen and his parents, Ben and Sarah Gilson.

We're looking forward to making the class officers' meeting in Hanover scheduled for May 2-3. '21 should be well represented at that gathering. It will be good to see everybody again.

We have been informed that Howard Anger has moved over to Harwich Port, Mass., with his address at 156 Bank Street.

Cliff Hart reports a new grandson, Benjamin John. Cliff's son Jeff is teaching 18th century literature at Columbia where he also coaches freshman tennis, and from whence he hopes to receive his Ph.D. in another couple of years. One of young Jeff's tennis teams won the Eastern Singles Intercollegiate Freshman title this past year. Cliff expresses great unhappiness over the proposed Hopkins Center building.

That about winds us up for this month. The Capital Gifts program is well under way, and the Alumni Fund is getting into high gear. The enthusiasm and just plain hard work so many busy people put into these college-wide projects is pretty wonderful and inspiring. It's the "Dartmouth Spirit," that's all, and what a powerhouse it is!

Secretary, 276 Gano St., Providence 6, R.I.

Co-class. 6 Ross Road, Scarsdale, N.Y.