1919

First of all, many thanks for the Christmas, New Year's and birthday greetings; they are greatly appreciated. Your Secretary doesn't seem to find time to send them out but sure likes to get them, selfish? yes. Acknowledgment is hereby made to the following Dartmouth classmates and friends - Larry Eastman, Hattie and Bob Paisley, Paula and Jim Stone, Betty and Jack Clark, Pat Leonhard, Jessie and Eddie Fiske, Lou Stone, Dick Kelley, Sally and Herb Fleming, Hal Parsons, Marie Drane, Bea and Ed Martin, Marj and Ken Huntington, Claire and Tom Bresnahan, Anne and Bob Lewis, Sylvia and Jack Taylor '22, Adele and Briard Greeley, Dot and Stu Russell, Catherine and Paul Halloran, Jane and San Treat, Charlie Widmayer, able editor of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Lilian and Harry Colwell, Dorothy and Nick Sandoe, Red Murphy, Hester and Jack McCrillis, John Chipman, Lisa and George Bingham, Edna and Dick Werfelman from Florida (where we all should be at this time of the year), Edna and Bill McMahon, Mary and Larry McCutcheon, likewise from Florida, Jane and Lou Cody, Ruth and Norm Jeavonj, Gertrude and Fred Daley, other Floridians, Jim Wilson, Mary and Jim Robertson '20, now of Centerville, on Cape Cod, Hon and Fat Jackson, Adele Ives, who takes such good care of '19ers when in Hanover, and everyone else for that matter (Special Note - our annual fall Woodstock-Hanover party this year will come on the weekend of October 9-11, same program as last year with luncheon at the Ski Hut on Saturday the 10th. The game this year is Brown, the only October game in Hanover). More acknowledgments - Virginia and Chet Demond, Kathleen and Dick Dudensing, Mary and Sam Ewart, who promise to be on hand for the relaxing 40th reunion in Hanover June 15-17, Florence and Ray Legg, Chuck Eaton of the Cohasset, Mass., Eatons, Adelaide and Paul Clements, Alice Earle and Rock Hayes, Harriet and Win Batchelder, Leonora and Budd Welsh, Elisabeth and Norm Sterling, Doris and Jack Ross who likewise promise to be on hand June 15-17, Bill Stedman, Fran Little, Casey and Toni Bevan, Harriet and Lou Munro, and Elmer Phelps, who conveyed the sad news of Bill White's sudden death.

Sam Ewart notes: "Still with Homes (Pittsburgh). My branch is coming along O.K. The 'rag' business, as you know, is no rosy bed. Mary and I plan to be at our 40th." To Ray Adams from Ken Gilchrist of North Haven, Conn.: "All well, Ray, but still working on my first million, so . can't be classed as pros- perous. Good to hear from you and hope you are well and have Vermont under control." Also to Ray from Bill Goldberg: "It is cheering to get a personal note from you — you are good to take the trouble to write it. I have not been in close touch with the class except in my thoughts and I look forward to renewing acquaintances at our next reunion." Bill, in common with many '19ers did a lot of work on the Special Gifts Campaign in Manhattan.

Another note from Dr. Bob Loring of Springfield, Mass.: "Have been ill for nearly five months but on the mend now, and returning to practice shortly. Had an operation which was O.K. but then had every complication in the book." Eddie Seward of Pasadena, Calif., writes: "It gives me a good feeling each year to receive a card from you and the class when my birthday rolls around. Being so far away, I do appreciate being remembered. I am definitely planning on being in Hanover next June."

Budd Welsh of Morristown, N. J., in a letter to your secretary says:

It was a surprise to hear your voice on the phone ten days ago and I regret that you conveyed a message of sorrow. I had lost track of Bill Hooven until 1945 when we met unexpectedly along the Jersey shore. Since then, we have exchanged greetings at New Jersey Bankers meetings and last June, we were both in attendance at a session in Princeton. At that time, he appeared to be in perfect health. It is fortunate that none of us know exactly what our span of life is. Your annual birthday greeting arrived on schedule and I appreciate it even though it is a reminder that the time is passing. The card was very much in keeping with our training of our college days. Chug Sears has already been advised that we plan to be on hand for our 40th and will arrive probably on Sunday, June 14.

The demon editor of 1909's class notes, Jack Childs, of Aurora, Ohio, comes up with a good story of our undergraduate days as told to him by Norm Jeavons:

During your sophomore year, Phil Goettel, who gained quite a reputation as a promoter of sundry ideas, learned that by shipping a pig via the Boston & Maine Railroad, he could get the use of a cattle car cheap. This sparked the idea of organizing a peerade to the Amherst game. He made a package deal with a bunch of his classmates for transportation to Amherst (via the cattle car) plus tickets to the game for six bucks or so. By fast talk he got a sufficient number of classmates to go along with the idea. The freight train was supposed to leave the June, at around 9 in the morning, the day of the game, and was supposed to arrive in Amherst by game time. The schedule was set without reckoning on the Boston & Maine. The train did not pull out until after 10, and, after numerous stops along the way did not arrive in Amherst until after the game was over. The gang was cold, dirty, and disappointed. They hopped off the cattle car in the freight yards, leaving the pig to an uncertain fate and returned to the June, on day coaches. Phil, who was with your class for two years, has since passed into the Great Beyond. Maybe he's organizing safaris the other side of the Styx. I hope you guys have a big 40th. The week preceding your reunion we'll be having our 50th. As I expect to be in Hanover the week after our reunion, I may have the pleasure of seeing you.

Dr. Denis Sullivan of Lansdowne, Pa., says: "Taking first things first, please let me thank you for the card which you, as the representative of the class have sent me. I am deeply appreciative of this honor, and I am quite sure that nobody appreciates it more than my family and myself. As to news, there is nothing to mention except that I have six college graduates among my own children, and only one has made Dartmouth - Ned 1952. We are now concentrating upon our grandchildren, all eighteen of them." (Secretary's note - Denny is hereby nominated, and sure to be elected, as the champion grandfather of the class).

Once again, two big dates for 1919 in '59 - our 40th reunion in Hanover June 15-17 and our annual Woodstock-Hanover get-together at the time of the Brown game, October 9-11.

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

Treasurer, 184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt.

Bequest Chairman,