1916
The Class will be grieved to learn of the death of two more classmates, — Jess Fenno on November 29 and Algernon Reeves on December 4.
Algernon, who was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, was with us only a semester and was known to only a limited number of the Class. Although he maintained a friendly interest in his classmates he was at heart a Wesleyan man.
Jess was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a tireless worker for the Class and the College. He served as Head Class Agent 1924-1926 and as Class Secretary 1926-1931. His obituary, as well as Algy Reeves's, appears in the In Memoriam section of this or a subsequent issue of the MAGAZINE. Representing the Class at the interment in the family lot in Canton were Fred and Dorothea Bailey, Dick Parkhurst and Sam Cutler, while at the impressive Memorial Service held in Rollins Chapel at the college John and Elsie Stearns, Mrs. John (Ted) Gile, Cliff and Peg Bean, Jim Shanahan and Elizabeth Lincoln (Carl's widow) and their son (who drove up from Fall River) were present. I understand that Sally Fenno will be with her son Lincoln in Beverly for the time being.
Gran Fuller has expressed our. feelings so well when he said that Jess was one of our most beloved and respected classmates, a loyal husband, and an exemplary character who had the admiration of all Dartmouth men who knew him, and who developed in his three fine sons a devotion and respect for their father. To which your Secretary adds: The Class has lost one of its finest members and Dartmouth a dear son.
The deep sympathy of the Class is expressed to the families of these our classmates in their bereavement.
Chan Green's son, David Hitchcock, has been awarded a special fellowship for a year's study at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton. Dave, who has been head of employee relations at Pearl Harbor Navy Shipyard, was one of nine federal officials to receive such an award.
Verge Rector, our long-legged hurdler, who came out of the West to Dartmouth, has been retired for some time and now lives in La Jolla, Calif. He was vice president of Fairmont Foods Co., a foodstore chain, of Omaha, where Verge spent most of his business life. He has a daughter, a son, and four grandchildren.
Ernie Gioiosa, when he retired a few years ago, chose another retirement paradise, and lives in Hallandale, Fla., his address in that city: Pasadena Gardens, 600 Layne Blvd., Apt. 121. For many years Ernie was connected with the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice.
Heine George of Little Boar's Head (what a spot!), New Hampton, N. H., has a good idea for our Fiftieth Reunion, which is not too far over the horizon. It is to start now writing to our pals of college days, especially those whose interest has waned since our graduation. Heine, by the way, has had eye trouble which, I'm glad to hear, has started to clear up. The Boston Sixteeners at the dinner on the eve of the Harvard game sent him a message of good cheer which bore their signatures.
Bob and Lucy Steinert's daughter, Elizabeth, became the bride of David Hinckley Williams on December 15 in Leslie Lindsey Chapel of Emmanuel Church in Boston. A reception followed at the Commonwealth Avenue home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Alexander Steinert. Elizabeth prepared at St. Catherine's School, Richmond, Va., for Bryn Mawr College; her husband is an alumnus of Cornell University. They will make their home in Chevy Chase, Md. The best wishes of the Class are extended to these happy young people.
Joe Larimer has moved to another apartment on the same street where he previously lived; his new address, 845 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, Calif. This town is on the Monterey Peninsula, 125 miles south of San Francisco. Joe does not get up to the big city often but did go there last summer to attend the meeting of the American Bar Assn., with which he has been actively identified for many years when he lived in Chicago. He also saw Judge Phillips on that visit.
Howie Renfrew, who lives in Winchester, Mass., and who had a jewelry store in Boston for many years, has closed his shop and gone with a concern called James Jewelers, 211 Berkeley St., Boston.
Stirling and Betty Wilson again lost out on a planned foreign trip. The transport sailings to Europe were cancelled because of the Cuban situation. Fourteen of the Class were present at the dinner given for them, Stew and Lou Paul, and Selma Mott (widow of our honorary member, Van Wyck Mott, the Washington group at the Army and Navy Club in the week following the Princeton game. The special occasion was Stirling's Seventieth Birthday. The hosts were the Bretts, Brundages, Fullers, Gumbarts and John Ames. Dick Parkhurst, who was in the city over the weekend, could not stay for it, nor could Jack and Kay English, who had been in the vicinity. However Dick did round up some classmates and their wives for dinner and an evening at the Cosmos Club. As John Ames put it, "The dinner was a gay success. We didn't need the unbeaten, untied football season to make us happy, but it added to the sparkle."
Your Secretary wishes to thank all those who sent him holiday greetings. Receiving such messages is one of the many amenities of serving as Secretary of the Class.
Secretary, 7 Swarthmore PL, Swarthmore, Pa.
Treasurer, 684 Burr St., Fairfield, Conn.
