1917

As a starter, let me ask how many of you remember the amazing standard of golf stamina set by Will Fitch and Walter E. Sands on August 10, 1927, when the two men played 153 holes of match play at the Wayland Golf Club? They started at 4:45 A.M. and played without intermission, finishing at 8 P.M. that night. I was reminded of the feat by a recent news item in the Lexington Minute-Man which reported that the same Walter Sands shot a "hole in one" on June 1 at the Weston Golf Club.

Edwin Smith, who retired in 1959 as head of the English Department at Classical High School (Springfield, Mass.) after 40 years as a teacher there, was the speaker at Classical's commencement on June 11.

A year or more ago Bones and KathrynTorrey moved from Bath, Me., to the West coast, landing at Burbank in the San Fernando Valley. Recently they moved again, this time to the Brentwood section of West Los Angeles, an area generally known, according to Bones, "to average some 10° F. cooler than in the San Fernando Valley."

Hal Tobin's widow, Peg, who some time after Hal's death married McDowell Hosley, Yale '20 and president of the New York Gravure Corporation, died on May 10 of an embolism following surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City. Peg had been in the habit of making annual gifts to the Alumni Fund in memory of Hal, and following her death Mr. Hosley very thoughtfully continued her practice and this year made a contribution to the Fund for the same purpose.

Very recently it was learned that PeteOlds has retired from Merriman Bros. Inc., and that ten days ago he and Lucy moved to Chatham on the Cape to occupy the house on Stage Harbor Road which has been their summer home for several years.

On September 1 the Brookses drove to Capitol Island, Me. (in Boothbay Harbor), where Bob and Gail Boynton had been summering. We spent two nights and one full day there, and though our stay was brief, we did manage to spend some time on the water in Bob's boats and enjoyed a delicious lobster supper catered by Gail. The fact that Gil Swett was there at the same time made our visit doubly enjoyable.

On July 23, 1963, at Meredith, N. H., Al Bushnell married Nellie Jane (Bailey) Calley, a widowed friend of long standing. One Sunday morning in mid-September, the 13th to be exact, Al and Nellie stopped in at the Brooks' menage. We had a good visit and during the conversation it developed that on the next day Al was to begin his 54th year of teaching, either full or part time. He started prior to entering Dartmouth and while at Dartmouth taught part time at Hanover High School. During the intervening years he has not only taught, but has served as School Superintendent, Principal, and Supervisor of student teaching, the latter at Castleton (Vt.) Teachers College from 1955 to 1960. Presently he is teaching music in the schools at Holderness and Meredith.

The football opener was, as you all know by now, at Durham, N. H., where Dartmouth took on and defeated the University of New Hampshire 40 to 0. But that's not the whole story. Guy and Marjorie Richardson and Spique and Ruby MacIntyre assembled at Ralph and Ethel Sanborn's home at Hampton Falls, and thereafter the three couples beach-wagoned it to Durham where they participated in a tail-gate picnic lunch, visiting the while with Dartmouth friends, including Connie and Mary Murphy who chanced to be parked next to them. According to Ralph, "After witnessing the introduction of Dartmouth's football season under salubrious skies and with auspicious New Hampshire game performances, all of the foregoing couples repaired to the famous 'Smith Farm' on the Durham Road where Forrey and Lee Emery had a sumptuous collation and assorted libations awaiting their various guests." Also attending the party, in addition to sundry Sixteeners, were Heinie Wright with his daughter, and Hankand Polly Loudon. During the height of the party your secretary phoned and, through Forrey, extended greetings to those 17'ers present. According to my information, Trenny Trenholm was present at the game, but not at the party at the Emerys.

On the last Sunday morning in September Reg and Ethel Smith, who had been in Vermont for a few days viewing the beautiful colors of the foliage, were entertained at a breakfast of blueberry pancakes and syrup by the Brookses, after which the four attended church together and then drove through the local hills to see more of the spectacular color. While they still maintain their legal residence at Albion, Mich., Reg and Ethel have a "century registered" farm (meaning that it has been in one family and worked for 100 years or more) at Port Hope, Mich. One of their sons is now operating it and the Smiths spend much time at the family homestead. Reg is a director of Union Steel Products Co.; a director of the Independent Telephone Corporation and a past president of the Independent Telephone Association.

As previously reported, Gil Swett came North to attend Alumni College. He stayed on after his brain washing and will be in the area through the fall party weekend at Woodstock. With time on his hands, he has visited his son, Nick Jr. and his family at Hamburg, N. Y., friends in Caldwell, N. J., and the Boyntons at Capitol Island. And he frequently drops in at this address to pick up his mail and to share a meal or spend a night.

Sumner and Charlotte Emerson passed through Woodstock this week while on their way to Hanover where Sumner, president of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota, is to attend the annual meeting of Alumni Club presidents and secretaries. We had a good visit here and then adjourned to the White Cupboard where the Brookses were the guests of the Emersons for luncheon.

You will recall the letter from Bon Green as published in the September 1963 SENTRY, and in which Don spoke of his wife, Edythe, and told of her great help and inspiration to him. I regret to have to report that Edythe passed away suddenly on September 13, last. Don now spends many of the daytime hours with his daughter, Barbara, and when I phoned Don this morning, Donald Jr., Barbara's twin, was on hand to receive the call. I am sure that all 17'ers join me in extending deep sympathy to Don and his children in their bereavement.

Recently Mose Hutchins made a quick swing through Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont. He and Jack Saladine got together at Hartford for a discussion of Fund matters, he saw Bill Eaton at Lebanon and came to Woodstock where he and the writer had luncheon together at the Woodstock Inn.

Secretary, R.F.D. 1, Box 27 Woodstock, Vt.

Treasurer, 315 Oxford Rd., Havertown, Pa.