1918
Back from Jones to Shirley
The class will be sorry to learn that BettyBryant was stricken with a severe heart attack the first of December. Tom writes that she is now home from the Delaware County Memorial Hospital and is slowly recovering. He hopes by the time the Alumni Fund Campaign arrives she will be ready to take over the correspondence duties as they had planned. If you don't have his address handy, it is: Apartment 2, 95 North Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, Pa.
We recently received a note from DonRobinson from San Miguel, de Allende, G.T.0., Mexico asking that the class be informed that he is still a widower and can't understand where the rumor originated that he had married again. He writes that as usual the weather is warm and balmy with not much change expected until light rains develop in the spring. This bears out frequent reports we received about the Mexican climate. Apparently it is much more reliable than the California and Florida climate about which we hear so much.
Lymie Burgess recently retired after sixteen years as the tax representative for the publishing firm of Prentice-Hall, Inc. in Northern Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. Since then he has opened a law office at 145 State Street, Springfield, Mass. He will practice law wholely in the field of federal and state taxation. He writes that he has wanted to do this for many years and hopes to keep happily busy until he is ready to retire completely. He thinks that ninety would be a good age for his final retirement. He would be happy to have any of our classmates drop in to see him or call him whenever they are in or around Springfield.
We hope members of the class have carefully read Dick White's December letter soliciting funds for the Bequest and Estate Planning Program which is used primarily to build up the Dartmouth Endowment Program. Our class should always be represented in the contributions to this annual fund, which last year reached a total of $1,850,000. This fund has become a very important factor in providing income to the college.
Al Street provided the picture for the Dartmouth-Yale football program cover, November 4, 1961. A write-up from "Behind The Cover" in part: "A combination of cooperation and courage are responsible for today's cover picture, another one of those photographic masterpieces by A. Burton Street, a life-long resident of adjacent East Haven." It goes on to say that Al scaled a sixty foot ladder to get the proper angle to make the picture. Thus you see that Al is still at it. He started way back in '14 when he became very interested in pho- tography during his freshman year.
Judge Don Macaulay, now associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, spoke before a meeting of the Hampden County Legal Secretaries Association on November 26. An impressive write-up appeared in the Springfield Union News.
Recently, Tom Bryant had a meeting with Ernie Earley and Stan Jones to review the work that they did during the 1961 Dartmouth Alumni Fund solicitation. He writes that the amount of correspondence that these two turned out while conducting their solicitation absolutely floored him. Part of this correspondence is required because we fail to respond promptly. We hope that when next year's fund solicitation comes around all will remember that it will save a lot of wear and tear on the part of the Class Agent and his assistants if we respond promptly to his request.
Rev. Walter Wiley writes from Istanbul, Turkey, that the whole program of the American Board of United Church of Christ in Turkey has been upset by a government order removing the permission for this or- ganization to remain in the military area. On May 11, 1961 all their work among the churches in that area had to be cut off, goods sold and sent to other parts of the mission. At the end of June his organiza- tion was loaned to the World Council of Churches Service to Refugees which oper- ates in and around Istanbul, Turkey. This necessitated many changes in their personal lives and was a discouraging situation to face up to.
We hear from a pretty reliable source that the Don Barrs have bought land in Hanover. They plan to build immediately and move back there sometime during 1962. We are glad that they have finally decided to return home and believe the whole class will be delighted to know that Don and Ethel will be glad to see them whenever they sojourn at Hanover.
Bill Montgomery has prepared a preliminary announcement for '18's 46th Reunion. While it is quite awhile away, I do think that everyone will be interested to learn that he has developed a promising program. I quote below the preliminary plan which he has set up:
"It will be a midweek reunion to be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 15, 16, and 17, 1964. The classes of '19 and '20 will have their reunions at the same time.
" '18 will have the best dormitory facilities on the campus with headquarters in Middle Mass. This dorm has been completely renovated and every room has a private bath with a shower. It has about 44 rooms and any overflow will go to North and South Mass. These dorms have a large, well-marked parking area in the rear.
"We can make reservations for at least forty rooms at the Hanover Inn for those who let us know at least six months in advance that they want them.
"Herm Smith has agreed to serve again as treasurer. To help us set up a program that will meet the "high" standards of conviviality of the past, we will have the assistance and guidance of our Hanover delegation: Em Morse, Amos Blandin, Ed Booth, and Duke.
"In addition to our own reunion activities the Hanover Holiday program, which is in full swing during the midweek reunion period, will offer other unusual entertainment.
"An entirely new attraction will be the extensive facilities for meetings, entertainment and luxurious relaxation at the Hopkins Center to be opened in 1963. Also, the planned gathering of all of the alumni reunion groups in the giant new Athletic Arena, with room for two football fields under its main roof, will be a memorable experience.
"Our ever alert professor Bob Fish has reminded us that our 1964 reunion will occur exactly fifty years after we matriculated at Dartmouth. The 'Quick Lunch' magician thinks we should capitalize on that, and so, let's call it:
"1918's FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY PARTY and make a date with your class now to be there."
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Treasurer, Write Inc. 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y.
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