1919
At a Wah-Hoo-Wah cocktail gathering on Ocean Ridge during March 1919 was well represented by Don and Winifred Lovejoy, Guy and Muriel Cogswell, Lucy and Alex Henderson, Pete and Thelma Pitman, recently moved to nearby Lantana, Red and Trudle Washburn, up from Fort Lauderdale where they have recently bought a home, Larry McCutcheon, Jim and Polly Wilson, who have been thawing out in Delray, and the Rands. Other Big Greens on hand included Mart and Kath Remsen '14, Hank and Polly Loudon '17. Charlie McGoughran, Dick Watts, and Gerry Stone, all '20, the Dick Owsleys '28, down from Hubbard, Ohio, to get warm, Carle and Betsy Blunt '26, well known president of the Country Club of Florida in Delray, Jack and Barbara Blunt '22, down from Chicago, the Sykes Hardys '27 (Sykes was getting warmed up from his trip to Hanover in January as a member of the famous 1925 football team which was honored along with the 1962 champs), Dorothy (Mr. Harry) Dunlap, whose son Whitey '50 was a hockey star, and Marian (Mrs. Warren) Agry '11, and last but far from least Charlie and Opal Marie Zimmerman '23, who had been working on their golf game at the Country Club for some weeks with great success. Harry and Yvonne Mills '24 of N.Y., and Palm Beach were away, likewise Agnes and George Boughton '28, owner of the Colony in Delray, and Kennebunk Port, Me.
Shortly after this assembly, we took off for the West Coast for a few days at FredDaley's Warm Mineral Springs Inn just south of Venice where we had a fine time with Fred and Gert. Went up to Siesta Key in Sarasota to see Champ and Adelaide Clements and found them in fine fettle, but still parted with a few bucks at Champ's Country Store. The great down-hill runner will hang up his shoes after a summer at the store in Nantucket and will make his headquarters at their lovely home on Siesta Key. We also had a fine visit with Art and Carol Brentano on the same Key - after years in Paris the Brentanos spend a lot of time in Florida, going north to Hackettstown, N.J., for the hot months. Hal and Florence Morse are in Englewood (Florida West Coast) having very recently bought a nice home there. The Daleys and Rands popped in to inspect the new place a few hours after the Morses had moved in, and Hal will have a chance to run his boat on a waterway in the back yard.
Various cards from Stu and Dot Russell indicate that they are enjoying to the utmost their strenuous 56-day cruise to the Mediterranean and the Near East, visiting among other places Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Istanbul, Turkey, and report riding camels in the Holy Land (wouldn't it be a treat to see Russell on a camel!!!). The Russells plan to take up residence in their new home in Hanover in late spring or summer.
An interesting note from Jim and PaulaStone, on an extended tour of the South Pacific on the Norwegian American Line's "Bergensfjord," quoting in part, "I am writing this hastily from our ship anchored off Pitcairn Island. We have an acquaintance here, Mrs. Elvyn Christian, wife of the fifth generation descendant of Fletcher. I am semi-retired and enjoying every minute of it. Why didn't someone tell me about it sooner?" Jim and Paula's trip is 77 days, and Jim reports that the ship is loaded with wealthy widows and that he is looking over the situation in a mild sort of way, when he can escape from Paula's eagle eye. Polly (Rowland) Pollard, from Proctorsville, Vt., notes that "Eve and I have now moved our address to Vermont as all the children are out of New England and the house was much too large for us. So it will be here for the present. I did my traveling when I was young and have no yen for foreign shores anymore. I have torn up my address book for Europe, Asia and Africa and intend to fight it out here." Eddieand Jessie Fiske stopped in at Ocean Ridge on their way north to Ormond Beach and the old curler is in his customary fine shape. They expect to get back to Kennebunk Port in April, or as soon as some of the snow melts in the North Country. The Rands expect to land back in Hanover April 20-25, with a stop in Ponte Vedra Beach to check up on Fat and Hon Jackson and Norm andElizabeth Sterling. Norm is recuperating from a bout with pneumonia and pleurisy but is reported on the mend.
Recent address changes include H.R. Barbour, 103 Dartmouth St., Rochester 7, N. Y., and W. Murray Hawkins, P.O. Box 373, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Elmer Phelps of Salem Depot, N.H., appreciates his birthday card from the class and sends the Secretary one every year. Word has been received from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Kansas City, Mo., of the death of Jack Berson in January. Jack was with the class only a short time and nothing is known of his career.
By now, all of you have heard from FredDaley and his assistant agents regarding the 1963 Alumni Fund. You know the story - you know that Dartmouth would not be what it is today without your support — you know that Dartmouth is an outstanding liberal arts college with associated schools that are making their mark in medical, engineering, and business circles. So how about making your 1963 contribution to Dartmouth a really realistic gift - not just a few bucks — and help keep 1919 right up there at or near the top in classes of our generation.
Secretary, 3 Prospect St., Hanover, N.H.
Class Agent, Route 1, Box 815-H, Venice, Fla.
