1922
Every class has its quizzers and one of our favorite cross-examiners asks, "Who traveled farthest to the Fortieth last June?" Well, with no attempt to be either responsive or responsible because it's been a long time since grade school geography, take your pick: Larry and Mary Alice Henderson came from Phoenix, Don Tobin from Dallas, Wally and Grace Mountcastle and Johnny and Anna Shea from Miami. No, Don Donavanik did not make it from Thailand, nor Chick Hopkins or LarrySnow from Mexico. But they'll be there in 1967.
And as for those from just around the corner in Hanover, there were Olie Olsen and Herb and Karen West. Stan and DorisJackson, of course, could have hiked up from Lebanon but, strangely enough for their youthful looks, they rode.
As for the mostest — no doubt about it — they were Clif and Madelaine Watson up from Charlotte, N. C. With them were their daughters Mrs. Joan Krumm and Mrs. Marilyn Massey and two charming little dolls, Watson granddaughters Caroline and Pamela Massey.
The prize for understatement at reunion must go to Chris and Harriett Suttmeier. When asked about their son at the college they modestly said he would be a senior this year and he was doing well. Now it develops from other sources that son Richard Peter Suttmeier '63 is president of the Undergraduate Council, a member of Palaeopitus, and winner of the Milton Sims Kramer Award. This is presented each spring "To that member of the three lower classes, who while maintaining a high scholastic standing, is adjudged by the Board of Proprietors of the Dartmouth to have contributed the most to the College during that year." And at the opening Convocation of the College in late September, Pete's speech for the student body drew prolonged applause from the crowd of 2,000. The Class is proud to have Pete as one of its sons. Hearty congratulations to him and to Chris and Harriett.
Wah Hoo Wah and make the echoes ring for John S. Johnson. Assistant to the Chairman, U. S. Rubber Co., Johnny and his company were listed among 47 distinguished leaders of American business supporting "A Statement of Conviction" in the Wall Street Journal of August 8. In space contributed as a public service to higher education by Standard Oil of New Jersey, the statement says: "We believe that in the light of the present urgency now is the time for a broader and deeper participation by the business community in the support of higher education. We therefore call upon our colleagues in American business and industry to help spread the base of voluntary support of higher education as a necessary supplement to the extensive support which business now provides to education through taxes. We urge responsible management to think through its opportunity and its obligation to adopt meaningful programs of voluntary corporate support to those colleges and universities whose service and quality they wish to encourage and nurture. We on our part will do no less."
Dr. Richard G. Wood, Director of the Vermont Historical Society, his wife Ruth and Charles T. Morrissey '56 — all looking healthy and happy — appeared prominently on August 25 in The Burlington Free Press. The occasion was a well-attended summer session of the Society at Montpelier. Charles delivered an address on "The Case for Oral History." He with wife Brenda and son Michael are now in Independence, Mo., where he is conducting an oral history program at the Truman Library and reconstructing the strategy of the Truman administration in its decision to set up the Marshall Plan.
Judge F. Anthony Hanlon of Pittsfield was guest speaker, per Berkshire newspapers, at a recent meeting of the Woman's Society of the First Congregational Church in Adams. His subject was "Problems of Divorce." Judge Hanlon, the press reports, is a member of the board of trustees of St. Luke's Hospital, Pittsfield, a member of the trustee advisory committee of the Massachusetts Hospital Assn., president of Berkshire County Boy Scout Council, and a past president of the Berkshire Hills Conference. Don't know just what he said to the good ladies but Man for All Seasons Tony Hanlon did not advocate divorce - that's for sure.
Charles S. Tapley, according to the Danvers, Mass., Herald, is serving as a chairman in the $400,000 campaign to double the capacity and expand the services of the local Hunt Memorial Hospital. President of the C. S. Tapley Insurance Agency, Charlie is a member of many organizations including the Society of Mayflower Descendants and the Bostonian Society. He has also written several books including "Country Estates of Old Danvers."
Reine Tredennick whose company we all enjoyed so much at reunion is now living in San Francisco with daughters Sandra and Sue. Sandra who majored in government was graduated from Boston University in June and Sue after completing her course at Winsor School in Brookline is now a freshman at Mills College in Oakland.
Young chiefs in new wigwams:
Dr. Robert F. Bradish, 1712 Raeford Road, Fayetteville, N. C.; Harold E. Burnham, 30 Eaton Court, Wellesley 81, Mass.; Donald B. Colpitts, Ketchu, Idaho; Charles W. Earle, The Biblical Seminary in New York, 235 East 49th St., New York 17, N. Y.; Maj. Gen. Walter I. Miller, Army Navy Drive, C-1207, Arlington 2, Va.; Harvey H. Moses, 28 Ellington St., Longmeadow 6, Mass.; Frederick W. Noyes, 5715 Winkler Hill Road, Rochester, Minn.
Of these lads and lassies, Bob and VeraBradish, Hal and Mildred Burnham, and Harvey and Cay Moses were back last June. Mighty good to see them all including Bob and Vera after 10 these many years.
Have you seen the 1962 Team? Never a dull moment with Bob Blackman's three platoons - the Big Green first team, the Tomahawks on offense, and the Savages on defense - worth watching even if it should rain heavily, but hope it doesn't.
Don't cancel out yet because there's more good news coming along. Pay your class dues now and eat less at Thanksgiving. We can't take it like we useter.
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Treasurer, 111 Laurel Rd., Chestnut Hill 67, Mass.
