1904

Class Reunion - The 55th Hanover — June 12, 13, 14

To those classmates living far from California and Florida, the. past thirty days have been tough, rough sledding. Even as these notes are written in Sunny Florida, March 28 - eighty degrees, the headlines in the papers tell of bad snow storms and cold weather in the North and East. March 28 was Sally's birthday. Some twenty Dartmouth men and their wives honored her with a party at Brown's (1914) lovely home in Vero Beach. Clark '01, Dow '02 and Johnson '04 were the elder statesmen ... with Williams '49 bringing up the rear. This is an 'OB town, due to Treadway 'O8 and that class was out in force. - Nice Party -

I am in receipt of the annual report - issued by the Massachusetts Business Development Corporation - of which Carl Woods is President. Working closely with local development groups in encouraging new business to come to Massachusetts and assisting many companies already in business, this Corporation, under the direction of Carl, over the past five years has been responsible for over 17,000 jobs with an annual payroll of $70,000,000. Nice going, Carl. "God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."

This coming May our Dr. Pat Mannings will have completed fifty years as a doctor in Wickford, R. I. The class extends to him and his good wife Ann its congratulations. They plan to be with us in June for our 55th Reunion.

It seems appropriate at this point and in view of the many infirmities of classmates to quote a poem recently sent me by Carl Woods: Now, how do I know my youth is all spent?

Well, my get-up and go has got up and went. But in spite of it all, I am able to grin When I think of the places my get-up has been.

Old age is golden, so I've heard it said But sometimes I wonder, when I get into bed, With my ears in the drawer and my teeth in a cup, And my eyes on the table until I wake up.

'Ere sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself, Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?

Now that I'm old, with a crick in my back I walk to the store and I puff my way back, Since I have retired from life's competition I busy myself with complete repetition.

I get up each morning and dust off my wits, I pick up the paper and read the obits; If my name is still missing, I know I'm not dead, So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.

From some of the .Dartmouth men vacationing here at the Royal Park Inn, I have picked up good news of a few of our '04 men. Low '08 had a good report of Johnny Watson, in Cleveland; Nouri '29 tells me the Edgerlys in Manchester, N. H., are still going strong; Dow '02 - when in California met up with Harry Morse. Notes from New Hampshire: President Rollins still sawing and splitting wood for the kitchen stove; car buried in ten feet of snow. Can't even get out to perform his duties as President of the Newport National Bank; hopes by June to be able to get to Hanover and Colonel Hinman of New Hampshire is in much the same fix.

Remember June 12-13-14 — a big date on your calendar. If you can't come - write. If you do plan to come be sure to make your reservations for rooms as early as possible, through the office of the Bursar, Hanover, N. H. "For it's always fair weather when good fellows get together,"

Secretary, 100 North St., Pittsfield, Mass

Class Agent, 9 Foxcroft Rd., Winchester, Mass.