1919

Just because your secretary and Marion took off for Florida in the middle of December and are, in early January, trying to keep warm here, is no reason why everyone should stop sending in news at the same time. So these notes will be shorter than usual, which probably isn't a bad idea anyway. Our trip down included a short stay in Ponte Vedra Beach, where Hon and Fat Jackson and Norm and Elisabeth Sterling did the honors and we had a wonderful time. The first phone call we received on our arrival at Ocean Ridge, Boynton Beach, was from Alex Henderson making inquiries regarding the necessity of some of his boys from St. Andrews School in Boca Raton making the trip to Hanover, having made application to Dartmouth.

Maurie and Pricilla Hall report spending part of October in Pennsylvania and Maryland "pursuing my Civil War hobby" and enjoyed cruising around the battlefields once more. However, that meant that the Halls had to miss our annual Woodstock-Han-over party. Incidentally, if all the classmates who, over the last few months, have reported "See you' in June" show up, it should be one of our finest reunions ever, and our reunion chairman Max Norton will be a busy man.

A nice note from Hazel, widow of Shorty Lyon, thanks "The class of '19 for the rare book to be placed in the Baker Library in memory of one who loved books so much." Elmer Pilsbury checks in with "The new birthday card is most unique, although I must say that the memories of Delta Alpha which it provokes seem quite dim. I am semi-retired - working about one-third of the time but spending nearly full time for about four months at our Maine retreat. We manage to take one or two journeys a year just to keep us from rusting too much. This year Puerto Rico and the Virgin Isles and later the Gaspe Peninsular via Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island. Many thanks for the card. I thoroughly enjoyed it - the best yet."

Bill Carto, Bill Eads, and Stan Mauk are among the many who plan to be on hand next June, and they are long overdue and we haven't seen them in a long time. Jack Moriarty notes to Ray Adams, "Nice to hear from you — even when you ask for cash. I've just retired and am now good for 50,000 miles or 5 years, whichever comes first." Dot Ingraham, Clarke's widow, sends greetings from Huntington Beach, Calif., and "Thanks to you Dartmouth people for being so nice and there will be another Ingraham in Hanover in three or four years."

Our previously mentioned reunion chairman is mystified by a card he received from a purported classmate, one Ray F. Dudensing Huntoon III, saying that he will come back to our 45th reunion with his wife, 7 children and 4 grandchildren and that it will be his first contact with Hanover since 1915! Will someone please let Max off the hook and tell him that they are only kidding!!!

Your Secretary wishes hereby to thank all you men and gals for the numerous Christmas and birthday cards which arrived in Hanover and have been forwarded here - they are greatly appreciated.

Secretary, Box 1572, Boynton Beach, Fla.

Treasurer, 184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt.