1911
A change in Reunion Plans may be a break for some classmates who might not otherwise be able to get back for the whole show. The College has changed the usual Alumni Luncheon, and meeting following this in the Gymnasium, into an evening affair. There will be an Alumni Dinner followed by the meeting on Saturday evening instead of noon. That will cause a similar switch in our plans and we shall have to hold our Class Banquet at noon instead of in the evening. If this seems odd to you, just remember that we must eat anyhow, and it does not matter too much by what name we call it.
As an explanation for the opening sentence above, a few classmates have not felt, for reasons of health or otherwise, that they could stay throughout the entire program. Now they may come for the day and enjoy the main feature of the strictly Nineteen Eleven festivities. This should appeal particularly to those who live near enough to leave in the morning and get home before dark at night.
The reunion dates have not been changed otherwise. Arrival time will be sometime Friday, June 9, and departure Sunday afternoon, June 11. Applications for rooms in Massachusetts should be received by you shortly. These with a deposit must be returned to make sure of your reservations. If for family or some other good reason you prefer to stay at the Hanover Inn or the Motor Inn, mail your application at once (a letter will do) to the Hanover Inn before the rooms and units that have been set aside for us are all taken.
So many men have already signed up for reunion, or because of health cannot do so, that even an optimist should not expect many more. However we can add the following names to those already printed here or in the "Leven Up" and they surely are most welcome: True Dudley, Jack Ingersoll, JinksMorton, Glen McConnell and King Moses. Pathetic letters have come from several of the boys who have been looking forward to the Fiftieth but must yield to physical infirmities of one sort or another.
Our sympathy goes to Ed Chamberlain in the loss of his wife, Grace. For years she had been the victim of that terrible scourge, multiple sclerosis. Her courage and Ed's constant devotion caused their friends to admire them both. The date was February 11. It was requested that in place of flowers, contributions be sent to Massachusetts Chapter, Multiple Sclerosis Society.
A sad blow came to Bill and DorothyGooding in the death of their youngest daughter, Mary Hyde, on February 11 following a long illness. She was married to Robert F. Hyde '44 to whom she bore two sons.
On April 15 Jim Irwin's address in Asheville will be out of date. After five years there they will be enjoying apartment number 3 W at 41 Elm St., Morristown, N. J. He has requested all to please take note of this change as they are busy moving and do not want all their Christmas cards, which they enjoy so much, to go astray.
Classmates' wives are wonderful people. Without them a class secretary would have a miserable time. Now, there is Glen McConnell, a grand guy in his own right but would we know that he and Harriette were coming back to reunion and that they have eighteen grandchildren and one great-grand-child seven years old, without Harriette's thoughtfulness in passing the information along. They will spend the month of March on Sanabel Island off the Florida Coast at Fort Myers which with Captiva adjoining is a wonderful vacation spot.
A fine tribute was paid to Ed Heeler's sister, Mrs. Katharine Pearman, in the Rockford paper following her death in February. She was a talented painter, whose work had been exhibited in the Corcoran and other galleries, as well as being a leader in civic affairs.
It is gratifying to see the progress that Cap Hedges has made in recovering from his illness. He and Coleen with his fine attendant drove to Clearwater for a couple of days, and appeared much more like his old self. He has thrown away his brace and rarely uses the wheel chair. He is definitely planning on Hanover and Lake Morey in June. They will return to Cedar Rapids in April via Louisiana to see if another oil well has come in.
A sad note creeps into Troy Parker's latest letter. Since his son, Watson, has gone back to studying, Troy has to run the Ranch this summer and opening time is June 20 which may keep him away from reunion. He must be induced to return. Who else is there to fire the cannon?
Ruth Hastings is trying to work it out so that she can make Post Reunion. Here is her indirect message to Pat. "I am so glad to get the Class News Letter that I would like to give Pat Partridge a big Wah-Hoo-Wah, but I do not know him and he probably would be amazed if I did so." Perhaps this will help to get them acquainted.
Relatives vs. Reunion. That is the story for some of the men on the West Coast. They want to come back but they have so many relatives along the way that they must visit that they do not feel that they can take two months or so for the trip.
It is pleasant to have the Wittes keep in touch with us. They are enjoying the winter in Spain. They have left Malaga for Barcelona and then on to Palma, Majorca until Easter.
It is a pleasure to send birthday greetings to Jim Conroy. He always responds so graciously. This time he adds, "I am looking forward, of course, with great anticipation and pleasure to our Reunion. The Conroys will get much happiness in seeing our classmates and their wives."
We are not sure of the relationship but Harold Moseley speaks of the tough winter they have been having and says they have given up their mail box and to please address him and Bertha at 90 Main Street, Hazardville, Conn.
As Fred Harris gets older his duties in connection with the Dartmouth Outing Club become less hazardous and more interesting. At the recent carnival in' Hanover he is pictured placing the crown on the Queen of the Snows. We wonder if he looked forward to this when he was the spark behind the founding of the club in his undergraduate days.
Dan Porter who was re-elected to the New Hampshire Legislature for the fifth time, is representing Lebanon as a member of the Public Health Committee. Dan is one of Lebanon's fine citizens whose name frequently appears in connection with some civic responsibility.
These gracious words came from Curlie Jackson after Art's death: "We, too, had looked forward to the Fiftieth Reunion, but somehow plans can be changed very suddenly and Arthur's death was sudden and unexpected. It is a gracious custom that the class pays to those who have died and I am very grateful and touched by this warm tribute. I shall always be interested in the 1911 class as Arthur loved Dartmouth and had the 1911 spirit even though he could not always be on hand to join in alt their activities I would like to receive the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and continue to enjoy it as I always did."
Likewise Bertha Hill expressed her pleasure at the form of memorial that we have adopted and also looks forward to continuance of the MAGAZINE. She added some information which we did not have about Harold. "We enjoyed motoring each summer and over the years have visited all 48 states and every Canadian Province. After retirement he found pleasure in reading historical and biographical works as well as Westerns. He suffered a coronary in 1942, a second in 1955. On December she suffered a pernicious virus pneumonia, followed by a liver complication and passed away on December 29."
Al Wheeler reports that Walt Greenwood suffered a speech affliction following a shock and that Dutch Whitman is back in the hospital. "Charlie Jordan is well and I hope that you are. I am glad that you are down in the warmer climes, as it has been the coldest and snowiest winter that I can remember since the Portland went down in the November storm in 1898. If I get through this damn winter I am pretty sure to make it for the 50th in June and I am sure to see you there."
Jack Crooks is back at his Miami winter home, 2326 S. W. 24th Ave., recuperating from an operation by Dr. Frank Meleney, '10. He will be with us in June.
We are old enough to have seen a horse and now we have been on a yacht, and we look forward to other novelties in the future. If the picture gets printed it will show the Les Gibsons, Al Smiths '12, Lyme Armes '12 and the Burleighs or some part of this combination `on Les's beautiful yacht tied up at the pier in St. Petersburg. Les and Marion spend the winter on this, most of the time based at Fort Lauderdale.
THE COUNT IS**97 MEN, 73 WIVES. WHO WILL MAKE IT**100?
Secretary, 218 W. Rogers St., Clearwater, Fla.
Class Agent, 92 State St., Boston, Mass.
