1916
Class Notes Editor, 7 Swarthmore PL, Swarthmore, Pa.
Secretary, Box 1998, Ormond Beach, Fla.
Class Agent, Box 151, Sagamore, Mass.
It is with deep regret that I report to the Class the deaths of two of our classmates, Howard Brace Parker at Falmouth, Mass., on February 12 and William Arthur Mackie Jr. at Pawtuxet Neck, R.I., on March 15. The Class has lost two loyal members and expresses its sincerest sympathy to Hody's wife, Isabella, their son, Bruce '50 and the members of his family, and to Bill's wife, Alice and the members of his family. Their obituaries will appear in In Memoriam in this or a subsequent issue of the MAGAZINE.
Mabel Tapley spent the winter in Covina, Calif. She stayed with a college roommate, also a widow. When she read of all the wretched weather back East she knew that some kind fate had prompted her to go West. They dined with Dan and Chris Lindsley, and she says that Dan looks very well, and is busy and happy. Unfortunately he can't get back in June, but has high hopes for the Fiftieth.
Some of the Class have been under the weather of late but now seem to be up and doing. Unfortunately Art and Caroline Conley had to cut short their around the world cruise and fly home from Naples so that Caroline could enter the New Haven Hospital for treatment of an eye infection. My latest report is that she is progressing nicely. Your correspondent appreciated receiving cards from the globe-trotters sent from Hong Kong and Naples. Charlie Cressy has had a long hard row, having been confined to the hospital from early November to around the middle of February. A letter from Sally said, "His classmates know that he is the irrepressible Charlie and that nothing will ever get him down." She also says that it is impossible for her to express how wonderful old '16" has been to them, and that barring the unforeseen they will make the Forty-Fifth. Cap Carey had an upset in the middle of March but a fine letter from him (he should join Charlie Cressy's Irrepressible Club) says that he is feeling fine and should be fully recovered in a few months. KenTucker had a visit to the Deaconess Hospital, Brookline, after a fall which injured his back. At the most recent word he was home and making a gradual recovery. Best wishes of the Class to all you good people, and I do hope you will be fully recovered and in good shape for our Fabulous Forty-Fifth.
I am sorry indeed to have missed DickParkhurst's talk at the dinner of the '16ers at the Dartmouth Club, New York, in March. I also regret not having been present to hear Rog Evans, Irv Wolff and Ray DeVoe who held forth during the fall and winter months. Blizzards and prior engagements are my only excuse. Dutch Doenecke reports that there was a record turnout for Dick's visit from Boston. He talked about some of the unusual experiences of his public career. He also told how he became interested in the restoration of Alexander Hamilton's birthplace on St. Kitt's Island, and of his gratification at seeing how much has been accomplished in recent years in making a worthy memorial for that distinguished statesman. Dick also spoke of the awakened interest in government which he found among the peoples of the West Indies and of the struggle which is taking place between the two great ideologies for domination of the islands. Those present: Brundage, Cressypère et fils, Dingwall, Dock, Doenecke, Lowe,Pelletier, Rogers, Ross, Freddy Smith, Stackpole and Wilby Sully.
Washington and Florida Social Chat: Br'erWilson writes that he and Betty had a most pleasant time in Florida, he being busy with barbershop meetings and the typewriter and she engaged in acquiring a sun tan. They ran across Hap Ward, GlennGould, Jake and Anita Mensel, and Hiramand Laura McLellan. The McLellans were off next day on the Hanseatic for a cruise around the Caribbean. Gran Fuller reports from the nation's capital that he had seen Alec Jardine (who was visiting his daughter, Marion - Estelle having stayed in New York to see her 87-year-old mother), Jack and KayEnglish, Ralph and Ruth George, and DickParkhurst.
After years of urging and cajoling Jack and Kay English finally stopped by to pay us an overnight visit. They were on their way up from the South and had stayed with Stirling and Betty at Bethesda and with their own son in Baltimore. We had a wonderful evening of reminiscence and next morning - St. Patrick's Day, and incidentally John Patrick's own birthday, they left for their new home, "Barn Yesterday" at Stoneham, to keep a birthday rendezvous with the family, he wearing a gorgeous necktie of Dartmouth green in honor of the occasion. Their new address is 2 Poplar Street. When their kids had grown up and left the nest the home was much too big for the old folks so the house was converted to apartments and the barn remodeled into a charming home for two. Hence the most appropriate name, "Barn Yesterday."
Anson Bates and his good wife are safe home at last in Washington and fully determined that their next trip will be on dry land and by Renault Dauphine if they are able to recover their car which went back to Lisbon on the Santa Maria. The steamship company that promised this returned Henry and Leila by freighter to Brooklyn. Henry believes that the passengers on the Santa Maria were very instrumental in saving the crew, because they made it clear to the pirates (Henry Anson has no hesitation in labeling them as such) that the passengers would not go ashore unless the crew was released with them. Anson says that the rebels were more like soldiers than pirates, and further that - heck! I don't want to steal his show. Come on up to Hanover, folks, in mid-June and he will regale us with many fascinating episodes of that eventful trip.
By the time you are reading these lines the Alumni Fund Campaign will be in full swing. Remember Alec Jardine and his hardworking crew - (I meant to say, "Remember hardworking Alec and his crew.") and let's do our full share in this our Forty-Fifth Reunion year.
