1911
Make a note of the dates of June 22 to 27, 1960. That will be from Wednesday to Monday when the Mountain View will be open to 1911 on the usual basis. This will be our last opportunity to enjoy this happy occasion before Our First Fiftieth, so let's make the most of it.
A word about gatherings that have passed. The Brown game found a large group of classmates on hand. There were the Mayos, Learoyds, Ed Keelers, Gov Jordans, Art Stevenses, Fred Harrises, Lockes, Pearsons, Burleighs, Walt Reilly, and the Sandersons with their two sons and their girl friends. The Burleighs were glad of the fun of washing twenty-one empty glasses after that number had gathered on Webster Terrace. Their one regret was their failure to see Art Stevens and his wife who should have made themselves known.
The pre-Harvard game rally must be reported on via Josh Clark as the writer of these notes was in absentia due to being confined in a Federal jury room in Littleton, N. H., until too late to start for Boston. Then it rained so at the game the next day only a few braved the elements. Here is the list of banqueters whom you will usually find present at these annual affairs: Briggs, Clark, Crooks, Farrell, Jordan, Lovejoy, Mayo, Spim Norris, Sanderson, Seaver, Smith, Dick Stevens, Wheeler and Whitman. Of this group all but two registered their intentions to be at the Fiftieth and these two said they did not dare to promise.
Some of the Eleven boys have been travelling about a bit. A card from Jack Crooks informed me that he had been in London on the annual junket of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of which he is a member. The Ken Clarks reported in from Rome. Jack and Dorothy Steeves write: "Very much enjoying our motor trip to France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy. Vienna was lovely this year! Will be in Rome about two weeks." Willard Connely left London for a visit to this country and was in Hanover but unseen by any classmate.
The news from Fred Long is interesting. He retired from the bank last November, having reached their age limit, and went in business for himself as "Frederick Long, Ranch Management, Management, Appraisals, Purchases, Sales." In his words here is what he has been doing.
"Last April I began coming down here (Wagon Mound, N. M.), and was here full time from June and up to October 15 as manager of the ranch. You doubtless know that the College inherited it (Diamond Cattle Company) from Leon Williams '15. It is a very good place of 92,000 acres with about 2.000 cattle and is worth around two million bucks without counting the cattle. The College has decided to put it on the market and after the 15 th I expect to try to sell it. It is such a good layout and in such a desirable location that I believe it will sell. We are all fine out here. Harriet enjoys wonderful health and we enjoy having our younger daughter, Nancy, living.with us."
Being aware of the importance of this property to Dartmouth, it is gratifying to know of the trust the College has placed in Fred. The grin on the faces of Josh and Polly Clark comes from the fact that son, Dick, and bride have presented them with a grandson, as yet unnamed.
The winter migrations have started or are about to. The Fred Eatons have left Cohasset for Scarsdale. The Wee Kimballs have returned to Tuckahoe, N. Y., from Contoocook, where he has had fun "supervising" the construction of a reservoir on the hill back of his home to improve the town water supply. The Troy Parkers will be with their daughter overlooking San Francisco Bay. Their son, Watson, has relieved Dad of the management of the Palmer Gulch Lodge in the Black Hills, so Troy is taking life a bit easier. The Sandersons are back in Palm Beach and Jack Crooks and Grace will soon be nearby in Miami. Bones and Esther Tindall have forsaken Fish Creek for their home in Winter Haven, Fla. The Mayos are flirting with the idea of a Florida visit but with moving from a large house on the Cape to smaller quarters near their daughter they have not picked out the spot yet. Mildred Rollins, after a summer at her cottage on Lake Champlain, is back in Greenwich, Conn. Inez Adams spent the summer with her son, George '39 in Houston, Texas. She has returned to New Hampshire University, Durham, N. H., where she has taken on a new job as house-mother in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. She promises to represent Cupe at the reunion in '61. The Burleighs will be at their Florida home from January 1 to April 15, 218 West Rogers Street, Clearwater. Phone number is 31-5793. Do give us a call or ring if you are near.
Chuck Emerson writes that Emma is turning from golf and bowling to less strenuous pursuits. A pleasant substitute is oil painting. Some of her works have been highly praised at various art exhibits where they have been shown. A classmate asks "Have we a Grandma Moses in our midst?"
A further report on Al Wheeler. The doctor is now allowing him a drink instead of two ounces. On being questioned about his Cleveland wife (Walt Greenwood, his roommate at the 45th) he said he had just had a thirty-minute talk with Walt, they compared degrees of health, that Walt's voice was not too clear but he sounded cheerful.
Swede Needham, reporting on his health, says that it is very comfortable staying home but that he and his wife did have a very enjoyable trip to Bermuda this summer where they were joined by their daughter, son-in-law and two adorable grandchildren, ages five and seven. "They" are my pals. I like the tempo in Bermuda very much - no rush, no crowds and much to my surprise the weather was delightfully cool."
There will be more about Swede and other classmates in an edition of ELEVEN UP either before or after yen read these notes.
A 1911 group in the stadium in Hanover this fall included Mrs. Gladstone Jordan, Clyde Locke, Mrs. Locke, John Learoyd and Mrs. Walter Mayo.
Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace Hanover, N. H.
Treasurer, Seaside Ave., Saco, Me.
