1924

As predicted, the Fall Reunion was even better than last year. We had a bigger group, there were several "new" faces (which pleases us most of all as a sign of health of this project), the weather was perfect, and the game was satisfactory. The one lack was the foliage, and that shows no signs of breaking out even as I write (the 4th); looks to me as if many commercial tourist tours are going to have a disappointing time of it come this weekend when they are scheduled. We've been about two weeks late here ever since spring.

Of course Butts Larason will report the Reunion in the Class Letter, but I'll make a quick run-down and my pitch for earlyearly reservations to be sure you're with us. I think I'm correct in saying that every one of the 21 classmates (some brought guests as well as wives) indicated they want to be counted IN for next fall and have made their tentative reservations already. (They'll hear from me when I can get to it, soon.)

The twenty-one couples who stayed at Bonnie Oaks, either in the Inn or in the ad- jacent bungalows, were: Pete Wheatleys, theVan Huycks, Brad Herseys, Butts Lamsons,Ford Bowmans, Jim Rutherfords, DanaBents, Stan Chitticks, Hank Hartshorns, TedNilsens, Bert Manleys, Am Georges, AlexHaskells, Arlan Schoonmakers, Bob Fender sons, Tuppers, Al Burkes, Frank Harringtons, Ache Bosses, Doug Gorton's, andJimmy Reids. Three couples brought guests, all of whom were welcomed and had a good time. At the traditional pre-game picnic lunch on Observatory Hill, we saw the Kip Higleys, Stan Lonsdale, and Doc Christophe with Ethel and son Phil. Stub Reed and frau were seen briefly at the Inn before the festivities but left before we really got under way, being here on other business this time. At Bonnie Oaks after the game and later: the Charlie Frenches, the Alex Gibsons, Ted Lamb, Dot Strong, and Put Blodgett; from Hanover, there were the JohnCoyles, the Gordie Bridges, Don Bartlett (Friday), and the Chinee Aliens. Absent with good reason, and sending their greetings and regrets were: Ken Foley (in the Hospital with hernia repair); Les Sycamore(out of the hospital on a trip); and RobinRobinson (whose do-it-yourself repair work back-fired and he was lucky not to be in the hospital for repairs). There were two cancellations, with regret: Joe Burleigh was all set until priority-trouble caught him; and so for Abe Kalodin, whose medical practice interfered for the second consecutive year and made him cancel.

I'm sure this makes good reading to many of you. We missed the Charlie Woodses and the Spud Spauldings, who were otherwise busy and could not make it. No details on the Woods' son's marriage on September 30; watch this space. Meanwhile we can report on three other events. Put and CharlotteBlodgett announce the marriage of their daughter, Charlotte Anne, to William Blanchard Ley Jr. in Boston on September 16. Spud and Kay Spaulding's son, J. Lincoln Spaulding (class of 1956 with Doug Craig's son and my son) was married to Miss Robin Foster, in West Newton, September 26. The reception was at the famous Wayside Inn in Sudbury. Spud's daughter, now Mrs. Peter Gulick of Bedford, was matron of honor. Line was Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx here at Dartmouth, after which he served three years in the Marine Corps; Robin is an alumna of Northfield and Connecticut College, and a member of the Junior League of Boston. The third .event is the engagement of Dana and Gretchen Bent's daughter, Christina, to Calvin Miller Schmeichel of Cohoes, N. Y., and Middlebury '60, now in the Harvard School of Education for graduate study. The wedding date is June 30, 1962.

And speaking of weddings reminds me that the last five to ten years have seen sev- eral re-marriages, including my own four years ago. We were delighted to have an ob- viously very happy couple with us at the Bonnie Oaks reunion: Alex Haskell lost his wife two years ago and his present wife, Leona, had been a widow for four years; they were married in July, and between them have a baker's dozen grandchildren. Please, anyone who remarries, be sure we have the data for our files; published comment will always be withheld if requested. I repeat my plea for news to bring our records up to date, with a reminder that this can prevent embarrassment when we are either inad- equately informed or misinformed. I am currently trying to strengthen our ties with widows of classmates; there have been some very pleasant letters exchanged in this correspondence and our Alumni Fund record owes a large debt to some of these loyal friends. We want to make sure all are helped to keep contact if that is their own wish as well as ours.

Digging deeper in my file, I see more weddings. On August 19, John Wheatley, son of Pete and Alma Wheatley, married Priscilla Lincoln Ohmann in Braintree. Mrs. Wheatley is an alumna of Katharine Gibbs School, Boston; John (Jack) graduated from Dartmouth, where he was a leader in the Injunairs and Glee Club, and Northwestern University School of Law. A week later, August 26, Brenda Booth, daughter of the Howard Booths of Worcester, married Peter Dudley Clapp of Fitchburg. She was graduated from Dana Hall and Bradford Junior College, is a member of the Worcester Junior League, granddaughter of the late George Francis Booth, publisher of the Worcester "Telegram and the Evening Gazette" of which her father is now the president.

If all the still-vague plans "jell," several of us will be in Europe next spring, and perhaps we'll have a reunion in England in late May or early June. This is fair warning to Dick Moyse, of Pitman House, London, to expect Margaret and myself and perhaps several others as well. We'll have to have someone stay here to write these golden words; the birthday cards are already spoken for by a local classmate and wife, bless them.

One of the highlights of late summer was another one-man showiiig by Stew Eldredge of the fruits of his trip to Italy last year. We were delighted to see them in the Westcorner Gallery in lovely Grafton, Vt. There were also (all watercolors) some of France and Spain; and we've seen some his talented wife produced. This is an artistic family, and the daughters also paint.

Odds and ends department: Otis Jackson, Dean of Cathedral of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Laramie, Wyo., brings us up to date on his local work and recent attendance at the General Convention in the last two weeks of September. . . . Ced Foster was a special guest, as one of Mutual Broad casting's commentators (and former "Hartford, Conn. Times" reporter) when station WCCC (Hartford) joined the Mutual network. ... Mike Watkins retired from the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. after 36 years; he had been sales vice-president.

Sons of 1924 in the freshman class (1965) are: Tom Falcon, son of Joe and Ruth (sister of our Dave); Bill Gorton, son of Doug and "G" (sister of our Paul Gordon); Fred Smith, son of Charles Frederick ("Smoke") and Eleanor Dodson Smith; and Jim Kittle, son of (James) Norman Kittle, unheard of for these many moons. Welcome aboard, '65s. We'll expect to see more of your dads, now you're here.

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