1923
BIRD CHATTER
Each week brings word from more and more who are planning to return to Hanover next month. As the reservations have arrived from all over the country, confirming earlier tentative plans, it seems evident that the reunion has appealed to many who have only attended one or two similar gatherings since graduation. A few who have never been back to Hanover since June 1923 are planning to return.
No vacation can equal the rare pleasure of living together again with lifelong friends, especially at the college on the hill. No place can surpass Hanover in June, green velvet grass, trees in full bloom, the bright sun shining on Dartmouth Hall and most of all the warm and sincere welcome of friendship.
If you have mislaid your registration form drop Fred Davis a note saying you will be on hand. (15 Cedar Ledge Road, West Hartford, Conn.) It will do you good to visit the Hanover Plain again and especially to have an opportunity this year to see the New Dartmouth.
Fifty '23ers belong to The Dartmouth Education Ass'n. It is a non-profit corporation organized in 1896 for the purpose of assisting needy students preparing for or pursuing courses at Dartmouth. We should have 150 members. It costs $10.00 a year. Mail your check to Joshua B. Clark, 92 State St., Boston 9, Mass. Josh will enroll you as a member of this organization which has Bill Andres '29 as President and Bill Bullen '22 as Treasurer.
Kully and Marie Lundberg are planning to see you all come June 17. Karl is now retired from the investment firm of Paine, Webber, Jackson and Curtis. He owns and operates "Citrus Ranch" at Indio, Calif., lives on So. Orange Grove Blvd. in Pasadena. The Lundbergs, a year ago, and their pals the Sparks. '25 spent a month in Hawaii. In April they flew to New Jersey to greet their third grandchild.
Bea and Herb Home along with Barbara and me happened to fly into Honolulu the afternoon of the Dartmouth Club of Honolulu's banquet in honor of John Dickey. John and Chris just happened to be stand- ing at the door of the Hotel Halekulani when we drove up in Kanky Chun's big Chrysler. Mildred and Kanky had met us at the airport and took excellent care of us during our three-day stay on the island.
In Tokyo Bill Breer '57, a fraternity brother of Ben's, entertained us at his home and at a Dartmouth luncheon. Bill is vice consul in the American Embassy there. Masachika Onodera '57 and Masuo Iwanami '25 were our hosts at this luncheon.
Barbara and I are eventually going all around the world. Herb and Bea return to Hawaii for a visit after our stay in Bang- kok.
On August 11 in the Iglesia del Dagrado Corazon, Jalapa (State of Vera Cruz), Mexico, Miss Irma Alicia Bermudez, daughter of Prof. Fidencia Bermudez and the late Mrs. Beatriz Perez de Bermudez, was married to Dr. Alvin Hugo Pianca, son of Prof, andMrs. Alvin L. Pianca.
The treasurer of our 40th reunion, namely Fred Davis, became a member of the "Hole in One" Club on July 21, 1962. Betty is one of those wives who correspond occasionally with the secretary and thanks to these wives interesting tidbits of news occasionally appear in this column. The Davises have two grandchildren.
On October 2, 1962 we are happy to announce the marriage of George McLaughlin and Dorothy Hanan Gaver, widow of our classmate Ted Gaver, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Edina, Minn.
Karl and Mildred Statlinger celebrated their most recent wedding anniversary by visiting their favorite haunt, Cos de los Tesoras in Alamos, Mexico. This spot is one day's drive south from Tucson and the nearest airfield is at Navajoa. The best time of the year is late March or early April.
Karl still practices at Burbank, Calif. He received his medical degree at Cornell and accomplished his internship in San Francisco. In 1928 Karl married Mildred Moss, a U.C.L.A. girl.
Ralph Dunton, in spite of glaucoma in one eye and angina, manages to keep very active. In the winter he and Alice sojourn in Florida where Ralph plays a leisurely game of golf. In the summer he does odd jobs around his home and his camp besides keeping an eye on his four grandchildren. He is going to work on Curtis Crump and Charles Moody joining him at the reunion.
Ralph E. Noble was born in Randolph, Vt. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he received his master's degrees in arts and education from the University of Vermont. Middlebury College conferred on him the Pd.D. degree, and Norwich University has honored him with the degree of LL.D. RalPh was a high school teacher for five years, and also a high school principal for five years. After serving two years as a public school superintendent, he became State Supervisor of High Schools. Five years later he became State Commissioner of Education and held that office for nine years until in 1949 he accepted the presidency of Vermont College, his present position. He assisted in the organization of the Vermont Council on Higher Education in 1944, and of state teachers' colleges in 1947.
In 1951 Ralph was elected to the presidency of Vermont Church Council representing 500 Protestant Churches throughout the state. He has always been an active layman in the Methodist Church.
Ralph and Bertha D. Eddy were married June 25, 1924. Mrs. Noble was born in Huntington, Vt. She graduated from the Randolph High School and the Gifford Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Randolph, and after her graduation, she served as Superintendent of the Operating Room under Dr. Gifford at the hospital. By her gracious hospitality and skill as a hostess, the First Lady of Vermont College contributes much to the success of her husband's administration.
Carl Reed has been associated with Niagara Lithograph since college. He is now president. His hobbies are an occasional golf game and his hunting and fishing trips to his lodge in Canada.
Heinie Barrett has almost completely recovered from his bout, last summer, with a virus which affected the muscles of his heart. Recent cardiograms are very encouraging and he hopes he will take in his first reunion in Hanover since 1928.
Eddie Rowe who specializes in that department of law which pertains to trademarks has just joined in a partnership with a young attorney and so will not be in Hanover in June.
In early February Pem Whitcomb moved his office to 345 Hudson Street, New York City 14, N.Y.
Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill, Mass.
Class Agent, 218 Wells St., Westfield, N.J.
