1917
It is with deep sorrow that I tell you of the death of three more classmates. Don Aldrich died on January 18 following a heart attack; Earle Carter died on January 19, also following a heart attack; and Russell Paul died on January 12 after a month's illness. In Memoriam notices are published elsewhere in this or a subsequent issue. Letters of sympathy have been sent to the widows of these men on behalf of the members of the Class.
Ike Sprague was, as far as known, the only 17'er able to reach Barnstable on Cape Cod to attend the funeral service for Don. A blizzard swept over all of New England on the scheduled day of the service, with the result that the service had to be postponed one day. Don's passing is especially sad at this particular time because he had been in- vited1 to conduct a memorial service at our forthcoming reunion, and had most graciously agreed to do so. He will be sorely missed!
Very recently it was learned that during last September Ken Hammond was hospitalized because of stomach ulcers. However, he has made progress in regaining his health and when heard from, had hopes that by spending January and February at Phoenix, Ariz., doing nothing but sitting, perhaps not even thinking, he would complete the cure.
Roy Johnson, about whom I wrote in the January column, retired from the National Life Insurance Company on December 31, after serving the company for 23 years. The company's 60-member officer corps honored Roy at a luncheon in the home office building.
Clarence (no longer "Fat") Spears, most successful coach in West Virginia University football history, recently was elected to the "West Virginia' Sports Hall of Fame. Previously, in 1955, he was inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame on the basis of his playing career, as an Ail-American guard, at Dartmouth in 1914-1915.
The social life at Sarasota has started perking again. Jack and Delma Hill, who wintered at St. Petersburg last winter, blew into town shortly after New Year's and almost immediately found a nice guest house which they rented until May. Within the next five days Jack had signed contracts to purchase a lovely home in the Harbor Acre section. Charlie and Ethel Wolff, who have leased their home at Ft. Lauderdale and plan to spend a couple of months in Mexico, arrived at Sarasota to visit relatives. While there Charlie was entertained at a luncheon at the Yacht Club with Gil Swett, Sumner Emerson, and Jack Hill present, and Charlie and Ethel also were entertained at a cocktail party given by Jack and Delma. Len and Sally Shea spent a day at Sarasota and are expected to return during March. At the moment they are touring the state.
On December i Chan and Hazel Steiger returned from a two-month trip to the Orient and the South Seas, making the entire trip by air. They spent three weeks in Japan and then went on to Formosa, Hong Kong, Viet Nam, Cambodia and Bangkok. Then, via Australia, they went to New Caledonia, the Fiji Islands and Tahiti, ending up with a ten-day rest in Hawaii.
From the questionnaire he returned, I learned that Hen Sturgess is co-authoring a real estate text book with Robert K. Brown, head of the real estate department, Georgia State College of Business Administration. The book was due to be published by Prentice-Hall during February.
Slatz Baxter recently was named Chief of Staff of the Tobey Hospital, Wareham, Mass.
In spite of the fact that Reg Smith has retired from business, he is serving as a director of both Union Steel Products Co. of Albion, Mich., and Port Hope Telephone Co. of Port Hope, Mich., and also is operating a goo-acre farm in partnership with his son, Frank.
Angus Black is a trustee of the New England Kurn Hattin Homes, an organization which furnishes a supervised environment for needy boys and girls, by providing, a home together with academic and vocational training.
Russ Fisher has moved to Phoenix, Ariz., where he is making his home at 1219 East Luke Ave., Phoenix 14.
Early in January the public press announced that Duke Howe had been re-elected president of the Montpelier National Bank which had just completed a most successful year under Duke's guidance.
Those of you who missed seeing it should turn back to page 93 of the December issue of this magazine and note the picture of Fred Stockwell, son of Howie and Dorothy Stockwell, and read the accompanying citation. You can't blame Howie for being a "proud father," as he reported.
On January 23 Bill and Sally Sewall drove to Pittsford, N. Y., where they visited Mose and Pauline Hutchins. Bill and Mose had an opportunity to discuss the layout of the next couple of issues of the SENTRY, which Bill is going to put out while Mose and Pauline vacation in Bermuda. They also went over reunion plans and, according to reports, accomplished a lot.
A few days later, on the 27th, Bill and Sally drove to Cleveland to attend the Alumni Council and Regional Conference dinner meeting. There they met Mott and Fran Brown and, according to a card received here signed by both Mott and Bill, a good time was had by all hands.
While I was speaking of Sarasota I should have mentioned that Gil Swett has been elected president of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota. Also, that George Gregory recently landed a 103-pound tarpon and a 31-pound sailfish.
It is expected- that before you read these notes you will have received a notice advising of the make-up of the reunion nominating committee. The committee is charged with the responsibility for presenting a slate of thirteen as nominees for membership on the class Executive Committee. Any member of the committee will be glad to receive suggestions.
Our reunion chairman has asked that I remind all those who have not already done so, to mark those three June days—June 12, 13 and 14, on your calendars, and to urge all to really start making plans to take part in our Festive Forty-Fifth.
Carp and Dorothy Atwater recently motored from Spokane to Las Vegas for a meeting of the American Mining Congress. While there they took in the Lido Show and the Folies Bergere, grappled with the one-armed bandits and played other games of chance, all of which they found to be very interesting but, by the same token, very expensive. Upon leaving Las Vegas they went on to Los Angeles before returning home.
Secretary R. F. D. 1, Box 27 Woodstock, Vt.
Treasurer, 315 Oxford Rd., Havertown, Pa.
