1899

Dartmouth and '99 lost a staunch friend in the death of Everett Stevens, secretary of '01 for forty years. Our warmest sympathy to Steve's family and his classmates; the latter will miss his guiding hand at their Sixtieth in June.

Here are several further glimpses of our young folks on Christmas picture cards, as promised: Maurice Dickey's Drysdale grandchildren in Randolph, with the later Maurice, Ellen and Isobel, to say nothing of their respective pals, the tabby, the collie, and the horse, "Lucky"; the four Hanover grandchildren of Dave Storrs — Ann Louise, Martha, Dave and John Stebbins; Harry and Frances Wardle's Quincy trio of Roger, Allen and Lee, grandsons of Weary Wardle; and finally three of Tom and Elisabeth Whittier's baker's dozen of grandsons - Lois and Art Batten's Lake St. Clair trio, Bill, Fred and Jim. To top this gallery off comes a snap of Tom and Elisabeth themselves by their Mattituck picture window, each with easy chair, lamp and books - crossword puzzles, genealogies, reference texts on antiques, besides magazines on engineering, or like "Yankee" and "Down East," on old New England. Last, from the State of Hawaii, a snap truly unique: two men standing beside their cars, number plates plainly showing - beside "1899" who but our own Louis Paul Benezet, and beside "1932" who but Benny's son Roger. We respectfully challenge some other Dartmouth man to produce a similar picture of self and son with their two cars exhibiting number plates authentic for place of registration, and authentic also for their respective years of graduation. If our editor found space perhaps you're gazing at our picture right now.

Gordon Hall Gerould's daughter Sylvia Loughnan reports her daughter Olivia worked in Marlboro Lodge, Vermont, last summer, and "New England won her heart completely." Son Alan joined his mother and sister later. They rode the cog railway up Mt. Washington - Sylvia found it bumpier than in her girlhood, but the visibility perfect. In Hanover they called on Uncle John Gerould '90.

Gertrude (Mrs. Ernest L.) Silver visited the Jackson and Perkins gardens in Newark, N. Y., known as the Rose Capital of the World. Later Gertrude successfully underwent the final stage of her eye surgery, and celebrated by visiting in Washington at the time of the Inauguration. Montie and Martha Fuller had their Thanksgiving in Great Barrington, Mass., with son Melville and family. The previous June Martha's sister from Florida visited the Fullers in Connecticut, as did their daughter Marcia Brennan from St. Petersburg with her son Jerry after he first attended the Boy Scout Jubilee in Denver. More items like these in this month's newsletter.

April is the time of spring flowers, and also the time when across the country there bloom, as it were, in many cities the meetings of head agents for the annual Alumni Fund Drive. You may be surprised to learn in which city '99's Warren Kendall will seek his 1961 indoctrination. But it will be no surprise to any of us when he sends out the summons to once more respond to the College call.

So likewise will come again the invitation to be at the University Club in Boston at noon on May 20 for the annual Class Round-Up. Joe Gannon will be making the arrangements as he has done before. Time is running out. Don't let's miss this one.

Louis Benezet '99 and his son Roger '32 with their cars and proper registration numbers showing their class numerals. Louis and his son are both residents of Hawaii.

Secretary, Newbury Rd., Bradford, N. H.

Class Agent, 1050 Hampton Rd., Sarasota, Fla