1912
Heinie Urion's widow, Irma, returning from her Chicago family's home where she retired after Heinie's death, was "faced with a mountain of letters, all in such beautiful tribute to Henry." In his retirement Heinie had just finished a book which the family plan to publish. We learned that the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation benefited by his innovations, such as a chaplain and a psychiatrist for the patients. And, as Irma writes, he was always ready to go "all out" for the under-dog. Few of his classmates knew of Heinie's boyhood experience during the summers helping his grandfather publish a newspaper. Little wonder he was so successful as managing editor of The Dartmouth and editor of the 1912 Aegis! Jack Childs in his 1909 "Diddings" pays tribute to Heinie as one of a group of loyal Dartmouth men who were active in bringing the Chicago Dartmouth Alumni Association to life in the early 20's, later serving as its president. Charles A. Macauley, a national officer of Phi Delta Theta, added his expression of great respect and alfectionate regard for Heinie in a letter to Irma. And finally, Irma writes: "Perhaps I can get up to the 'informal,' wherever, with Dud and Ethel(Redfield) in '63. They have asked me." We'll be looking for you and, Dud, be sure and deliver.
Christmas brought the Secretary greetings from a host of classmates. First prize goes to Boss Geller for his original red and green sketch of himself, ski suit, muffler, mittens, toboggan hat, and all, towing a fir balsam by the butt at the apical end of which is the original Geller mouse. The second prize was just as original - hope you've all seen it because the detail beggars description - and pictures Floppie's kitchen on a skillet on one side of the green folder, and on the other a facsimile of all those signatures RoyLewis secured from the Fiftieth Reunioners. On the journey to the Southland the Lewises stopped off with Randy Burns for a little astringent. Roy reports another get-together at 44 Bank Street at the time of the Field House dedication. Present were Marguerite and Fletch Clark, Grace and Art Burnham, Bertha and Quech French, and Lyme Armes. Floppie put on a big Sunday dinner afterwards and, in Lyme's words, "every Twelver knows how everything went from there."
Warren Bruner sent one of those family inventories containing news of his own and wife Jane's travels, of daughter Immy, sons Pudge, Ink and Foster, and son-in-law Carlton Fleming. Bruno missed the Cornell game but, as usual, took in the Princeton game with the Washington "crowd." He is said to have hit Washington again in January, thence to Tucson to visit daughter Immy. Syd Clark came through with an Air Mail card picturing Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City, Mindanoa, Philippines. He was scheduled to leave Manila for San Francisco and on to Tulsa to join his wife Mardi and together spend Christmas with daughter Jacqueline, wife of Peter Jacobsen '41. Syd has just completed an eleven weeks' tour winding up in Zamboanga, full of aborigines, "who are Moros, who are Moslems," and who build their houses over the sea, "safe until the next typhoon."
This is the Secretary's acknowledgment of cards from the Al Eismans, the Al Smiths, the Sam Hobbs, the Hal Belchers, the Randy Burns, Hal Fuller, the Jimmie Steens, and from Doc O'Connor a leather phone directory pad and pencil, and from Eddie Luitwieler the American Stay Co.'s attractive leather appointment book. Last came a card from Doc Worcester written two days before Christmas and containing news that he had been in the hospital since December 4 with another heart episode and was only just out of bed two days. Courage, boy, it never pays to give up, just follow Dr. Paul White's prescription.
Well, Dutch Waterbury's Packers came through! What a day for football! The Wisconsin climate sure paid off.
Lee White has been heading his district drive for funds for the Fairfield County Youth Museum, of which he is a trustee. The Museum is anxious to meet its need of an additional thirty acres of land. Reminds me, in Hartford it's a Children's Zoo wanted. You must know that Hap Wanner is still a champion golfer for he (in 1962) won the (Virginia?) Seniors Tournament (36 holes) for the third time in five years. They call them Seniors at 50 down there while up here it is 55.
Did you know that Dartmouth College received contributions from 36 of the 1912 widows?
Another Class Secretary has gone to his reward. This time it is William Hale Ham '97, Connecticut's oldest Dartmouth alumnus, who passed away on December 23, 1962. Bill Ham made a name for himself during World War I when as manager of the Bridgeport Housing Company he was instrumental in providing several villages of small garden-type brick dwellings for the many industrial workers attracted to that city.
Word has come from Roy Deferrari to the effect that since the list of books appearing in our Fifty Year Book and ascribed to him as the author he has written two more, "Memoirs of the Catholic University of America, 1918-1960," and "The Theological Treatises of St. Ambrose," Volume 44 in the series of English translations of the Greek and Latin Fathers. Though retired from the faculty of Catholic University, Roy carries on as Director of Affiliation, talcing care of academic institutions of all types which wish to ally themselves with the University and take advantage of the various services it has to offer. This, with his position as Editorial Director of the series of English translations just mentioned, keeps him out of mischief.
Hal Baker is now a weaver of cloth. Having sat so much he must recover his favorite armchair while Katherine practices on the piano in preparation for our 51st. More casualties! Dutch Cottrell went to the hospital with a coronary a few days before Thanksgiving and hoped to get home for Christmas. Roy Lewis advised him long ago to quit work and take off for the Kent Motel in Venice (Fla.). Jack Cronin has recently undergone another operation but at last report was home enjoying the holidays while convalescing. Bess Garrison is planning to go to Germany with Army Bob, Letty, and the new grandchild of which Garry was so proud. Mort Kyle reports that he has had to slow up "a bit."
Me and Thee in '63! Where? Roy is getting a bag full of votes for Hanover. What do you say?
New addresses: H. Lyman Armes, care of The Gibby, opp. 221 N.E. River Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Robert D. Baird, 3306 N.E. 15th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Roy E. Lewis, care of Kent Motel, Venice, Fla., Nelson E. Doe, 10131 Counselman Road, Potomac, Md., John R. Park, 1 Walbock Street, New Castle, N. H. (Mail address remains P.O. Box 1022, Portsmouth, N. H.), Elwyn L. Taber, Thomas Hotel, 317 Anastasie Boulevard, St. Augustine, Fla.,
Secretary, 136 Steele Rd. West Hartford 7, Conn.
Treasurer, 4 Bank Building, Middleboro, Mass.
