1918

Well, here we go again on another year of class notes.

A group of classmates were invited to the Phil Boyntons' in Swampscott on August 23 to participate in the celebration of CurtGlover's birthday. Those present were Phil and Marjorie Boynton, Ed and Kathy Ferguson, Curt and Ruth Glover, Ken Jones, and Tom and Priscilla Shirley. Marjorie Boynton really goes all-out to make these parties such enjoyable occasions. We have now reached the point where we look forward to Curt's birthday and hope that we are going to be invited again. The HarveyHoods were invited, but could not attend this year, as they were in Switzerland. The Lew Cousenses and Hort Chandlers were tied up with previous engagements which they could not change to be with us. We all had a good time and had a chance to discuss what went on at our recent reunion. One and all are still singing the praises of Bill Montgomery and his reunion committee.

We regret to announce that since reunion we have lost Albert Buswell, who lived in Kingfisher, Okla.; Marshall Davies, of Lake Bluff, Ill.; Clarence Opper, of Washington, D. C. and Byron Mortimer Noone of Montclair, N. J. We also learned just after reunion that Robert Ritter of Allentown, Pa., had passed away in October 1962. Somehow both the College and members of our class had not learned about his death until Winifred Ritter sent Tom Bryant a clipping headed "Trade Mark to Cherish," which is a glowing tribute to Bob; explaining in detail many of his activities in the life of his community. It certainly is shocking to have to report five deaths in one issue. We hope these will be the last that we will have to report during the rest of the year.

By the time you read this, the Class will have had its luncheon, held before the Dartmouth-Boston University game, on October 3.

By now you will have received, and we hope signed and returned, a card indicating whether you are planning to attend the Harvey Hoods' buffet luncheon and the cocktail party, dinner, and dance, to be held at Brae Burn Country Club on the day of the Dartmouth-Harvard game, October 24. You will be interested to know that at this time the Earleys, Slabaughs, Moreys, Tarrants, and Mahoneys have reserved rooms at the Brae Burn Country Club from Friday through Sunday, the weekend of the Harvard game. Presently there is still one room available at Brae Burn, so if at the last minute you change your mind and can come for the weekend, call us and see if it is still available. We gather from letters that we have received, and from conversations with various classmates, that there will be a rather large attendance of the class at the Harvard game this year. This is partially brought about by the fact that the Princeton game will be played in Hanover during the early football season this year. The New York group, who plan some of their football activities around the Princeton game, will not have the last game of our season so convenient this year. For this reason quite a few who have not attended the Harvard game for quite a while are planning to come to Boston this year. If you possibly can come to the Harvard game this year, please plan to attend our two parties before and after the game.

Jane Blandin, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Amos Blandin, received her B.A. degree, with departmental honors in English, from the University of Vermont this last June. On June 27 Jane was married to John James Cunningham. A wedding breakfast and reception were held in Alumni Hall of Hop-kins Center. The groom is the son of Mrs. Shirley E. Cunningham, of Hanover, N.H., an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, a member of the Blue Circle Honor Society. He is now engaged in graduate studies at Columbia University's Graduate School of Education, where he is also employed as an assistant in the Admissions Office.

It was announced in the local Keene, N.H., newspaper that our classmate, A. Harold Kendall, of Surry, N.H., has filed for the State Senate from District 10. Harold was in business in Keene several years ago. He served in the State Senate in 1953, and was New Hampshire director of the Federal Housing Administration for eight years.

We received a card from the Gerry Gerans, during the early part of July, stating that "It is good to be back in the U.S.A. My address until September 7 is 1354 New York Ave., Apt. 2F, Brooklyn, N. Y." Gerry goes on to state how sorry he was to miss our recent Reunion.

A post card from Jack Bingham from Upper Michigan informs us that he left Concord on July 18; crossed Canada by rail; Montreal to Vancouver, then by boat from Victoria to Seattle, Wash., with stopovers. He then stopped off to visit his daughter, Jane and family, at Hulbert Lake in Northern Michigan. He will be back in Concord working on our first Newsletter around September 1.

We recently received a nice note from Bill Mudgett, explaining how pleased he was to learn that he had been re-elected to 1918's executive committee. He goes on to state that he has every confidence that he will be around to make the 50th Reunion four years hence. He had recently had dinner with Bob Fish and Ed Butts, at which time Bob acquainted him with all that went on in Hanover during reunion weekend.

We recently received a copy of a letter from Syl Morey to Ray Smith, part of which we quote: "Last night I received the September issue of National Geographic and was delighted to see your article about ancient glassware. Congratulations, Ray, not only on the article itself, which I read with interest, but on the remarkable work that you have done in this field. It is quite unusual when someone can make their hobby so generally helpful to mankind and increase our store of knowledge of these rare objects." You will find this article very impressive and cultural. We suggest that you make a point of reading it.

Mel Southwick has had some bad asthma attacks, which have put him in and out of the hospital several times this last spring and summer. On his way to reunion he had another attack in Chattanooga. He finally had to give up his plans to return to reunion. We hope by now he is much better.

You will all be pleased to know that Tom Bryant had recovered sufficiently from his bad attack of shingles to start playing golf again. We all hope, Tom, that by now you have fully recovered from this painful disease.

The Class mourns the passing of President Emeritus Ernest Martin Hopkins of Dartmouth. The example he set, and his constructive leadership, while we lived through those difficult war years at Hanover certainly made us all better Americans and more loyal Dartmouth men. We extend our sympathy to his family, to the College, and to the community, which will miss his sympathetic leadership.

Secretary, 137 Annawan Rd., Waban, Mass.

Treasurer, Brash Island, Darien, Conn.