1919

Here we go again for the 1959-60 season with your secretary trying to keep all of you posted on what goes with 1919 with the able help of Dan Featherston and his Smoke Signal, which is one of the best Newsletters gotten out by any class.

Roger Clark is retiring as General Agent for the Northwestern Life Insurance Co. in Pittsburgh, after 43 years of service. Rog joins the ever increasing list of classmates who are taking things easier.

Hal Parsons notes his thanks for the annual birthday card and says that he had Jack and Hester McCrillis for an outing on his boat this past summer. Further on the McCrillis family, Captain Gerard Hadden Wood, United States Navy retired and Mrs. Wood announce the marriage of their daughter, Katherine Cooper to Mr. John Cooper McCrillis on Saturday, June 27 in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii. One of the leading social events for the class during the early summer was the marriage of Joan, daughter of Paul and Catherine Halloran to Sheridan Bruce Ensley. On hand for the lovely affair were Mose and Florence Robinson, Nick and Dot Sandoe, Fred and Gertrude Daley, Dick and Spike Dudensing, Fat Jackson, Bill and Edna McMahon, Frank Valentine, Coke and Florence McCreery, Casey and Toni Bevan, and Ken and Marge Huntington, Teto and Shirley Webster, Rock and Alice Hayes, Harry and Lilian Colwell, Ed and Jessie Fiske, Clarence and Helene Buttenweiser, Bri and Adele Greeley, your secretary and widows Constance Levy, Fran Little and Marie Drane. Needless to say, the old folks had more fun than anybody.

Phil Ransom reports: "Your birthday cards are most welcome - much more so, in fact, than the birthdays. I return your greetings and good wishes and hope to see you in June. Patricia and I spent April in Europe, so we are not too sure of being there. You can be sure, however, that we'll be terribly disappointed if we can't make it."

From Franconia, N. H., comes a note from Ed Warnke:

While summering here and playing my usual "Duffers" game of golf, I scored a hole in one on the 4th hole of the golf course here. This hole is the water hole and about 165 yards. I was playing with my grandson, Richard, age 15 (a prospective member of Dartmouth, Class of 1965) and Frank Maguire of Boston, former club golf champion of Boston, Mass. Naturally, I am proud and have had to do quite some entertaining as a result. See you at Woodstock on October 10.

Howie Cole, one of Boston's leading attorneys writes: "First of all, I want to apologize for those instances in past years when I haven't even acknowledged your thoughtfulness in sending the birthday greeting from the class. You may be sure that my intentions have been good. Second, I want to tell you what a wonderful success the reunion was in spite of the weather. Doris and I had a grand time seeing so many of the members of our class and their wives and doing some of the reunion activities together."

Bill Alderman, now of Jacksonville, Fla., acknowledges his card from the class and says further: "I envy you and the gang your wonderful few days in Hanover for our 40th. Sorry Eleanor and I can't be with you in anything but 'Spirits.' Have a grand time - remember us to all and here's to being with you for the 50th."

Doc (Wilk) Wilkinson is back in Hollywood after being out of the country for two years and says: "It's nice to be no more than back and get greetings from the class. Good as some more of the bubble juice the Indian boy is pouring would make one feel."

Stan Mauk, who didn't make reunion at the last minute due to illness, writes in: "Thanks for your note. Alice and I finally returned to Toledo June 25. I was a little weak but otherwise about well. Played golf for the first time Sunday last. After a week in Springfield, we drove down to Cape Cod and visited for another week. I called John Chipman from there and he and Mildred came down for dinner and we had a nice evening together."

Vernon Burke, now living in East Cleveland and another retired classmate comes through with news:

Another year has passed, and as they pass, the "greetings" become fewer. Please accept my sincere thanks for the birthday greeting. I was delighted to receive it. The card is quite snappy, very appealing and at my age, most sensible. I like that phrase, "Relax and Enjoy It." That is just what I am attempting to do now, in my early retirement, after 37 years in the fire insurance industry, 25 of which I served "Buffalo Fire Insurance Company" in almost every capacity from map clerk to executive. My mother, having attained her 91st birthday and having received a letter from Mrs. Eisenhower congratulating her on this great event, has just returned with me from Ashville, N. C., where we are contemplating moving, if all goes as I would like to have it. It is a delightful place to live and the surrounding country most beautiful. Since my retirement last year, the opportunity of teaching a couple of courses in Business Administration in a small college have been offered to me. However being a "freshman" in this retirement curriculum, I first have to realize that now I must make no binding commitments, that I might want to free myself of later on.

This copy of the MAGAZINE will reach you about the time of our annual WoodstockHanover party, which will be reported in the November issue. Have you made your reservations—or will you really soon—l hope!

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

Treasurer, 184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt.