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After some forty years with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company of Boston, Ash St.Clair has retired as counsel in their legal department. He and Winifred plan to stay on in Needham to continue the pleasant associations they have built up there, at least "until taking care of our place gets too much for us." To keep from getting too rusty, Ash has lined up as consultant with a group of insurance companies along the lines of his previous activity - "it will likewise bring in a few shekels which any retired person can use."
George Ingalls, out in Boulder, Colo., reports himself looking forward to a lot more interesting, exciting, and enjoyable "thises and thats." He's hoping for an Eastern jaunt in '63, preferably in the fall to reacquaint himself with New England's colorful foliage, as well as to take in a couple of football games and the Interim Reunion planned for Hanover in October. He was scheduled to spend Christmas and New Year's in Illinois and hoped to call on the King Cooks Marjory having reported she hoped to bring King home shortly from the nursing home where he has been convalescing. George's Christmas card comments: "What a football team!"
Dot Foster, attending a bridge tournament in Bermuda last fall, met up with a Canadian girl who, on the spur of an impulse - although strangers to each other - suggested they team up for the Women's Pairs and "give it a try." So they did and came out with the first prize, which was presented by the Governor of Bermuda — with pictures n' everything.
Eben Clough says about 80 "guys" showed up for the North Shore Club Stag Night back in November and Red Rolfe '31 spun some stories about his baseball days that laid 'em in the aisles. "The only guy who outranked us in age was Amos Crooks '11 from Winthrop" says Eben.
Brig. General Howie Fuller (retired) was honored by the George W. Maclnnis Post #225 American Legion of Wrentham, Mass., last September with a Life Membership in the American Legion.
We had a pleasant phone chat with Delphine Durgin recently when she was in New York to be present at the installation of son Laurance at his new church post. Speaking of the challenge to churches and clergymen in these changing times, she hopes Laurance will "keep his feet on the ground." Delphine has a strong feeling for Dartmouth and says she "devours" all its publications.
I took occasion to pass on to "Chink"Chamberlain the best wishes of us all for the birthday of his mother on December 16 — still vigorous and hearty as she embarks on her 96th year. "Chink's" letter, by his own admission the first in 47 years, was in appreciation of our greetings on his own birthday, - one of the compensations accruing to this secretarial job! While regretting his son couldn't be going back to Reunion with "his old man," he says the boy did the next best thing and attended Bowdoin, later getting his Ph.D. from Tech. "Chink" and Esther tripped out through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in October to visit a niece in Little Rock, Ark., returning by way of Asheville, N. C. They are looking forward to our 50th.
Bill and Jeanette Reynolds were heard from in Newtonville, Mass., after flying over from Jamestown to be with daughter and family for Thanksgiving. In January they were headed for their usual Beachcomber Village, Pompano Beach.
Which came first - Basil O'Connor's quote in his 50-Year address last June: "Stop the world, I want to get off" - or the current Broadway play of the same name?
Here's a letter of unusual interest:
66 years ago, we moved from a cattle ranch on the Grand River to this village to attend the Cherokee National Male Seminary - a school established by the Cherokee Nation in 1848. Not far from this school was, and is, Ft. Gibson, established to subdue the wars between the Cherokees and the Osage Indians. We came into this village in covered wagons drawn by tandem mule teams - I'm sure we looked as though we were a small army in movements across the country. Tahlequah (Cherokee meaning "This will do") now is a modern city of 8000. Since then, we have seen great social, economic, and ethnic forces in operation (I was stationed at Ole Miss in Oxford for a year). I'm happy to be a part of these evolutionary forces. It is good to have been a part of Dartmouth and to have been imbued with the "Dartmouth Spirit." One Oklahoman who attended Dartmouth in the early eighties wrote home to his father questioning the theology he had been indoctrinated with at home. His father wrote him to come back home - "You can go to hell as quick back here as you can at Dartmouth."
This letter was signed - Dave Markham.
Walt Flood is enjoying retirement puttering around his house and garden in Maynard, Mass., and seldom misses his daily 18 holes at the Maynard Golf Club. Walt unexpectedly made the sports section of the Boston Herald by being in direct line with the photographer when he recorded Dartmouth's third touchdown in the Harvard game!
Bud and Tex Doe were migrating to the usual Cocoa Beach in January. Bud wants to see if that big fish that pulled him overboard last year has a brother!
A cute card from Ken MacPherson unveils another "long-time-no-word" response to the lure of Dartmouth days. Ken ended up with a degree from M.I.T. and says he's an inventor of sorts - the records show he invented, amongst other things. Carter's Two Fluid Ink Eraser! He says the football season just ended reminds him of one of the "great" teams of our day!
Norvie Milmore comes up with Boston news clipping of a weighty article which he points out is in complete agreement with a letter I sent to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE some time ago on the subject of Dartmouth Admissions policy and practice. It is gratifying that others have similar ideas!
Sid Crawford says the secret of longevity (in Kennebunk) is "Old Hickory" with salt water chasers! Which, being as how these notes are being written just prior to the New Year, sounds like a reasonably appropriate note to carry us on into 1963!
Change of address: Walter O'Keefe, 363 West Dayton Circle, Melrose Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Secretary, 245 Avenue C New York 9, N. Y.
Treasurer, 60 Stevens Rd., Needham 92, Mass.
