1911
On the count-down it is only seven months to OUR FIRST FIFTIETH. As of October 1, there are 91 men who have stated their intentions of returning and they will bring 74 wives to which list we may add ten widows who hope to come. That will make over one hundred families represented which will be a record attendance in any language. There are still several Eleveners who have not yet declared themselves, from whom we fully expect to hear that they will be with us. You will have seen the list of these men in Pat's last LEVEN UP, and if some friend of yours whom you would like to see is missing from the list, won't you make it your business to see that he gets aboard. May be he needs a ride if he does not have a car of his own, for instance.
So far the list of hopeful widow attendants includes the names of Marion Agry, Ruth Backus, Inez Adams, Betridge Stucklen, Helen Russell, Marion Uline, Mildred Rollins, Julia Dunning, Linda Hutchinson with Maynard, Cora Taylor and, of course, we hope Mary and Tom Silk can break away from the Mountain View to join us. In preparing the directory for printing, the entire list of 1911 wives was checked to make sure that we eliminated no name of anyone who was interested in retaining membership among the active group, and favorable replies were received from twenty-eight. Of these, twenty-five receive the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and all will be on our active mailing list. Among these also are some who are hoping to return in June.
The transformation of the varsity football team between the New Hampshire and Pennsylvania games was witnessed by a small group of Eleveners made up of the Pearsons, Sarge Eatons, Lockes, Fred Harrises, Frenches, Dunhams, and Burleighs. It is always a pleasure for the latter to welcome the others at their home. Our regret is that fewer classmates return for the games than used to be the case.
Having read of Chet Jenkins' romance you will understand his enthusiasm when you meet his charming Helen next June. They checked in one evening recently as the first couple to register in person for reunion. They were preceded the previous day by a bachelor, Stick Pendleton, who had left this note pinned to the back door: "September 14, 1960. First one to check in for the FIFTIETH. Stick." Later he reported that he was on his way back to Silver Spring, Md., following a vacation trip in Canada.
Some of you may have known that Barbara Patten has been suffering from a back injury that has restricted her activities. A letter from Brad, dated October 2, reports that she was operated on at the Massachusetts General Hospital and expects to be relieved of the constant pain that she has had for the past eight months. This will make it possible for Brad and Barbara to spend the months of February to May in Australia where he has been invited to be a guest professor for that period. Incidentally, here is a summary of Brad's life of idleness since his retirement as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Michigan Medical School in June 1958:
Guest professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; lecturer at the Medical Schools at Lima, Peru, and Medellin, Colombia; made an honorary member of the Biological Society of Montevideo, Uruguay; the featured speaker at the International Symposium on Congenital Defects of the Face and Jaw at Gatlinburg, Tenn.; an official delegate to the Darwin Centennial at the University of Chicago; gave a series of lectures at the University of Coral Gables Medical School, Fla.; participated in a symposium on heart disease in Philadelphia; served as consultant to the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute at Miami; and gave the convocation address at the opening exercises of Michigan's Medical School this last September. Meanwhile he has prepared a postgraduate lecture to be given this month at Northwestern University, and four articles on the heart and circulation of the blood for the forthcoming "Encyclopedia of Science and Technology."
Fred Long has completed his move to Santa Barbara, Calif., where his address is 719 Cima Linda Lane.
It is a pleasure to be able to tell you something of the life and accomplishments of a classmate who has modestly kept silent about himself through the years. Our first sight of him was at his home in Boynton Beach, Fla., last winter where Arthur and Marjorie Witte have made their home until last August when they sailed for a year's vacation in Spain, Italy, France and Switzerland. This is in celebration of their 35th wedding anniversary. After leaving College because of ill health Arthur went to work for Merrill, Chapman and Scott, where he served as treasurer and tax expert for 38 years until his retirement five years ago, following a severe shock. Up to that time their home had been in Pelham Manor. In spending the winters in Florida and summers in New London, N. H., he is back to enjoying his former hobbies except that he has had to give up his rose garden. Like most of us there has been some tragedy in their lives. Of their three children, one daughter died when she was eight years old and their son, Arthur Jr., was killed in an automobile accident. Marjorie leads an active life in the community. Like Arthur she loves books and gives book reviews and also has a class of 25 women in the Methodist Sunday School where she has taken special interest in doing research and telling stories of "Women of the Bible." They plan to continue to make their home in Boynton Beach.
Shorty Mayo has sold his house in Buzzards Bay and relocated in Atamannsit, Hatchville, Mass., - that is summers, as they still retain their apartment at 214 Sherman Road, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Other new addresses are Emroy M. Vehmeyer, 361 Shirley Drive, Wequestonsing, Mich., Kenneth S. Ballou, 64 So. Central Ave., Wollaston, Mass., and Walter G. Harriman, R.D. #2, Goffstown, N. H.
Here is family news about Hub Pierce's wife Marjorie and her children. Her son Hugh is married to Virginia Swift of West Hartford, Conn., and they have three sons and a daughter. Her oldest daughter Marg is married to a surgeon, Dr. Deane Mosher, of Newport, Vt. Barbara, her second daughter, married Bob Searles '42, who was in Hanover with the Development Bureau of the College, but is now living in Plymouth, N. H., where he is publicity director and fund raising chairman for Holderness School. A boy and a girl make two more grand- children. Her youngest daughter Rosalie lives in Islip, N. Y., where her husband is an instructor in the high school. Two boys and two girls are their contribution to Grandma.
Dick Stevens, retired principal of Grafton (Mass.) High School, writes: "I taught math, at Northbridge Senior High from January to the end of the school year. I found it most interesting, because I was dealing with advanced groups who were eager and able to accomplish the maximum. However, it did seem strange to be back in the classroom after forty years of administration. Will be seeing you in June."
Dan Porter continues his winning ways in the political world. He has just been renominated on the Republican ticket as a Representative in the New Hampshire legislature and it is easy to predict his election to that body. Originally from Plainfield he was a Representative from that town in 1913, then a Selectman for five years, and Trustee of Trust Funds for seventeen years. After moving to Lebanon in 1931, he has served as Supervisor of the Checklist for sixteen years, Trustee of Trust Funds for eight years, elected to the Constitutional Convention of 1956 and the Legislatures of 1957 and 1959.
It was gratifying to stop at Wee Kimball's summer home in Contoocook, N. H on a return trip from Boston and find him mixing and pouring concrete and laying stones to form an enlarged driveway. Let him be an example to you of what happens to a guy who has a heart attack and then follows the doctor's orders. He looked like one who has acquired renewed youth. They are both very active in the community and Elsie was getting ready to leave for some ladies' something or other.
REMEMBER JUNE 1961 AND KEEP SMILING.
The family of Jack Russell '11: Back row — Larry Russell '54 and wife Marie; Margery's husband, Wilmot; Jack Russell Jr. '38 and his daughter Pat; front row — daughter Margery with two sons and baby daughter (center); Jack and Hazel Russell; Jack Jr.'s wife Betty and their two sons.
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