1916

We mourn the loss of two classmates in August, each of whom had devoted his life to the teaching of boys and girls, - one in high school and the other in state college. Their obituaries will be in the In Memoriam section of this or a subsequent MAGAZINE.

Both Bill Brown and Spike Drenan had many and varied interests and accomplishments. Bill was a fine writer and his historical novel, "A Hand on My Shoulder" is a dandy. It is the story of a lad who is captured by the Abenaki Indians and who becomes one of them, fighting for a time against the colonists in the French and Indian War. The exciting story involves the destruction of St. Francis, the Indian village in Quebec from which many of the raids were made to the Lake Champlain region and beyond. If any of you would like to read this book I would be glad to lend it. Bill was also an ardent stamp collector and a hiker.

Spike's first love was, perhaps, theatricals, though he, too, was a philatelist and was well known among stamp collectors and dealers throughout the Northeast. He was a recognized authority on Vermont stampless covers and cancellations and had authored a book on that specialized field. Over the years he had assembled many specialized collections and was in demand as an appraiser of stamps and a speaker at philatelic meetings throughout New England. Another similarity in Bill and Spike, - they each had eight grandchildren.

Bill and Mary, although intending to make Glens Falls their home, had also planned to spend much time at their Rhode Island farm. They were coming to the 16 Reunion at Woodstock, at the Brown game. Spike and Dorothy had spent their winters in Florida following his retirement, and had planned to retire there this fall. They had intended to come back to Hanover for our Fiftieth Reunion. These loyal people will be sorely missed on these occasions.

The Class expresses its deep and most earnest condolence to Mary and Dorothy and to the members of their families.

Art Conley, who has been seriously ill following an operation and a stroke, is improving slowly. By the time these notes appear I hope he will have returned home from the nursing home in Fairfield, where he went when he left the Bridgeport Hospital. The Class sends a word of encouragement to Art and to Caroline in these anxious days.

As with the old adage, "money makes the mare go," so with your class dues, - they help the Class to function as it should. Rod Soule, who was Class Treasurer from 1956 to 1961, has kindly consented to take over in place of Art Conley. Make this generous chap's job easier by sending your dues without urging.

Marjorie Chalmers Carleton, the widow of our classmate, Earle J. Carleton, died in June at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was an author and dramatist of note, best known for her suspense novels, which included "Cry Wolf," which was made into a motion picture starring Barbara Stanwyck and the late Errol Flynn. Among her original plays was "The Barretts," which has been played extensively in summer stock and by amateur groups since 1935. We express our sympathy sincerely to her son, Earle J. Carleton Jr. of Wellesley Hills.

Bob Bartlett, who lives in the Washington Pine West Hotel in Chicago, wrote Jack English that he had returned to the hotel after an extended stay in the hospital. Among other things he remarks that Alan Shepard, the astronaut, really put Pinkerton Academy on the map. Bob's classmate there was Henry Shepard, a brother of Alan's father, Bart Shepard '13, who graduated from the academy a year before Bob entered. A large new building has been named for Alan. Pinkerton has also been mentioned occasionally in connection with the late Robert Frost. He was Bob's English teacher and the poet was a close friend of Bob's brother all his life and until his death in 1947. His daughter published a book last fall, "Robert Frost and John Bartlett - the Record of a Friendship."

Dan Dinsmoor has the sincere sympathy of the Class in the loss of his father, who died at the splendid age of 94. ... Herb and Jane Lord attended Dartmouth's first alumni college session this summer. Accompanied by their daughter, they lived in a dormitory and followed a program of organized study, including prepared reading assignments, lectures and discussion groups. ... Dutch and Ellie Doenecke were at Vineyard Haven during July. ... Betty Wilson's house irt Ormond Beach came through hurricane Dora without serious damage. The main trouble was rain, flooding the garage to a depth of six to eight inches. She refused to leave her home, and neighbors nearby, who also sweated it out, "kept a weather eye on her." She. plans to go to her daughter, Janet, and her family, in California in the early part of this month. ... On the way back from Maine with my cousin we stopped off at North Hampton on a Sunday afternoon to say hello to Gran and Ruth Fuller. They rounded up Cliff and Peg Bean and Ralph and Ruth George and we had a fine old get-together. ... Don O'Leary '17, who lives in Damariscotta, Me., writes me that Bob Chime's widow, Melitia, after living with her daughter in the Portland area for about two years, has returned to her home in Damariscotta.

Burt Lowe, who lives in Manhasset, Long Island, has been appointed by President Dick Parkhurst to succeed Joe Newmark as the Head Class Agent for next year. The choice is a fortunate one, for Burt has all the requirements - and they are many - of an ideal man for this most important post.

By the time you are reading these notes the football season will be in full swing, the Woodstock Reunion will be a thing of the past and we shall know whether the Princetonians really have a Tiger in their Tank.

The Charles Wolffs '17 visiting on theWhite House porch with an "old friend."

Secretary, 7 Swarthmore Place Swarthmore, Pa.

Treasurer, Staples Point, Freeport, Maine