1898
The '98 News Letter mailed in July is bearing fruit. Mrs. Melvin W. (Edna B.) Richardson, Dover, N. H., writes: "Enjoyed receiving the '98 news letter so much. It brought back many pleasant memories of reunions I have attended in the past when my father, Dr. Edward C. Batchelder, and my mother used to go also. Each Dartmouth man I have ever known seems to have such loyalty and affection for his college! Do hope all you twelve survivors will be at the 1963 Reunion. Good luck and happy remembrances to you all." The recent deaths of Snow and Smith leave only ten.
From Miss Elizabeth C. Spring, Nashua, N.H., came a long and encouraging letter. She enclosed her check to the Alumni Fund in memory of her father, Judge John R.Spring, our 50-year reunion spokesman. She says "Your Class Newsletter is delightful. I hope you will be able to bring about that Roundup. It's a wonderful idea. Father had more than myself and several are Dartmouth men so from our ranks there should be a few for that meeting; I surely would make a very special effort to be there." She then tells of her nephew, David Benham Spring entering the freshman class and how his brother John Benham Spring '57 had graduated from Tuck in '61. Their father Dr. John Denison Spring was Dartmouth '25 and her other brother Richard attended Dartmouth until his senior year. She speaks of her sister Mrs. Raymond F. (Eleanor) Roy and of her family. As a librarian Miss Spring visits Baker Library quite often. She concludes "Rereading your Newsletter I think it even more delightful. * * * Best of luck with your Roundup plans."
From Mrs. John C. Moulton (Maude E.), San Francisco, "Your July Class Letter was here when I returned from a 'Round the World' cruise to the Orient." She enclosed a sizable check for the class fund saying "Dartmouth '98 was close to John's heart through the years. I am sure the '98's Roundup in '63 will be a grand success as meeting with old friends is always a joy. I will be thinking of you and wish you the best of everything." Catherine Carney writing for Joe tells of their enjoyment of the newsletter, commends the secretary for his efforts, and of the Roundup next June says, "If- we are able and can possibly do so, we surely will plan to be there." A letter from Miss Eleanor W. Hoft, from Dunedin, Fla., Sept. 14, tells of the death there of her uncle, our classmate, Melvin W. Smith, on Aug. 23 last.
From Boscawen, N. H. that human dynamo, Oscar Tabor, comes this delightful discharge. "Enclosed check for MAGAZINE. I have received Newsletter and read same with interest and appreciation. If conditions remain the same with me as of now I certainly will be present at the Round Up. I am the same as when I last saw you. Thursday of this week I go to a Fair at Deerfield, N. H., with twelve registered Guernsey cattle which I look after and sleep with in a shed."
Will the '98 Family Roundup in '63 be a success? Read this from Berthe Leggett and you'll know. "Please! forgive me for having waited two months before acknowledging your seven-page wonderful news letter. Congratulations for a job wonderfully done. I was so enthusiastic about the 1963 Class of '98 meeting I felt like accepting the invitation by return mail, but - Yvonne, her husband and two daughters were in South Africa, then in Rome, London and Dublin, etc. - Marion and her husband were at the Cape — then things began to hum and letter writing was neglected. Now I can announce that mother Leggett and her three daughters hope to go to Hanover for the '98 Roundup. We are really excited at being with the Class reunion - 65th reunion is quite a record I should say. I hope nothing will prevent our hearts from palpitating, mine still does!!! I'm not neutral - I approve heartily. The reunion is both practicable and desirable. Marjorie, Marion, Yvonne and I send our very best to your dear wife and to you."
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