1918
As of February 4, Bill Montgomery has approximately 225 reservations, including classmates and their wives and guests. Once again we wish to urge that if you have not already advised Bill of your intentions, please do so as promptly as possible.
I am sure the Class is very appreciative of the circular outlining the plans for the "50th Birthday Party" prepared by StanJones. This is just another of Stan's concoctions which always seem to hold your attention until he has made his point in a manner that you are not apt to forget. We have sent our check to Herm Smith: have you? .
We recently received a special bulletin from the secretary's office of the College, cautioning us not to plan for an informal class reunion during the Princeton weekend, which will be October 10, 1964. This bulletin advises that the influx of our Board of Trustees, their friends, the Princeton officials, the press, and the Alumni Council Committee, which are planning to meet this weekend, have engaged most of the accommodations available within a twenty-mile radius of Hanover. In view of this, "1918" will plan to hold their informal reunion at the time of the first football game of the season in the usual manner which we have followed for the last 10 or 15 years.
Tom Bryant has written that he has now organized the 1918 Alumni Fund Team, and has all of his material filed with the Alumni Fund Office at Hanover, ready to release as the 1964 Alumni Fund Campaign develops. How's that for being foresighted and well organized?
After consulting with Ernie Earley to ascertain if a nominating committee had been appointed at our last reunion, and finding that there is no such committee, and after consulting with several members of our class, I have asked Eddie Ferguson to become chairman of this committee, and select a group from the various sections of the country, to serve with him. He either has now, or will have in a very short time, completed the formation of this nominating committee, who will be prepared to offer a slate of class officers at the class meeting which will be held at 13 Carpenter Hall, on Tuesday, June 16th.
Recently George Stoddard suggested that the Class consider a project for beautifying the grave of Eleazar Wheelock. George writes that after considerable searching he found someone who knew the location of Eleazar's grave in the small cemetery back of Hitchcock Hall, when he wanted to visit it a few years ago. He found it in a. shamble of poison ivy, and with a very inadequate marker. He comments that it was in a very neglected place, which was unknown by the students and most of the faculty with whom he consulted. He felt that it was rather ironic to have this condition prevail while the students and alumni of Dartmouth College continue to sing the praises of the famous Eleazar.
We then submitted George's suggestion to the Trustees of the College and asked that if they were interested to appoint a representative of the College to work with George to develop a plan for the restoration of the Wheelock grave. The College apparently is interested and has asked Ort Hicks 21 to work with George in developing the plans. Ort has suggested that the Hanover Historical Society be asked to make suggestions, which George thinks is a good idea. If the plans have not been formulated before the time of our reunion, we will make sure that they are discussed at our class meeting, so that a decision can be made as to whether we should go ahead with the suggested plans and finance them. The few members of the Class with whom we have discussed this suggestion are all for it, providing it will not cost too much money. It seems to us that some publicity for the College could be developed if the Class did accept this suggestion, and that the Class of 1918 would receive credit for developing this idea and bringing it to fruition. We are greatly indebted to George for calling it to our attention.
We are happy to advise the Class that Olivia C. Hood has recently announced her engagement to John Parker of Waban, who is a 1958 graduate of Dartmouth and a contemporary of our own children, who grew up with him in Waban. He is a fine boy and all of you who have met Olivia know what a splendid person she is. The announcement of the engagement stated that she was a member of the Vincent Club, graduated from Windsor School and from Wellesley College last June. Not in the announcement is the information that she majored in art at Wellesley and at her graduation was awarded the Jacqueline Award for creative writing given each year by the Wellesley English Department as an award for the most outstanding creative article written by a senior. The wedding will be held on April 4.
Harvey Hood's picture recently appeared in the Boston Traveler, showing him, along with two other top officials of the H. P. Hood & Sons Physical Fitness Program, who were co-sponsors with the Boston Traveler of a Skating Caravan to open at Belmont. This article pointed out that Harvey was an example of physical fitness, stating that in his 60's he was headed for a two-week vacation of skiing at Stowe, Vt.
Recently Justice and Mrs. Amos NoyesBlandin Jr. announced the engagement of their daughter Jane Noyes to Mr. John James Cunningham, the son of Mrs. Shirley E. Cunningham of Hanover. Jane graduated from the Hanover High School and is now a senior at the University of Vermont, where she is a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. John graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame in the Class of 1963, where he was a member of the Blue Circle Honor Society and a recipient of the Hugh 0'Donnell Award. He is presently studying for a Master of Arts Degree in Educational Administration at Columbia University's Graduate School of Education. A June wedding is planned.
The Portland, Me., Press-Herald carried a full column article on June 13, 1963, announcing that William Ireland Jr. was to be elected as the president of the Canal National Bank of Portland, Me., and that our classmate, Sewall C. Strout, who is now senior vice-president of the Canal National Bank, is to become vice-chairman of the board. Sewall joined the Bank in 1950 as a vice-president in charge of the Trust Department, arid later became a director and active in the over-all bank management. Before joining the bank he was a practicing lawyer in Portland. Our congratulations to Sewall, wishing him every success in his plan to grow old graciously while continuing to carry his share of responsibility.
Recently we received a letter from Charles W. Biddle '19 from Barcelona, Spain, enclosing a picture of none other than our famous classmate, Lew Cousins. Charles uncovered this snapshot while going through some very old papers. It shows Lew in his Naval Officers Training School uniform, and was taken in 1917. It is a very impressive picture, with none of that fallen chest effect which Lew now carries around with him. Charlie writes: "Tell him it is with the compliments of his old comrade in arms. As I look at this picture, despite the conspicuous absence of gold braid or decora- tions, one sees the fighting man and understands how we won the war; World War I, that is. As a leader of men Lew probably did not win distinction as he would have had them all helpless from laughing." Then Charlie cannot resist a little philosophizing: "I suppose there has been little change in Lew's figure since this picture. No doubt he can easily slip in and out of the same uniform. Please give him my best regards." We will send this photograph to Lew and we are not quite sure that even he will recognize himself.
Paul Miner recently learned that the widow of Fred Samuels passed away on October 4, 1963, after a six-week illness at the Evanston Hospital. For the members of the Class who might like to write the family, his son's name and address is: Fred C. Samuels, 3020 Pioehunt Avenue, Largo. Florida.
Hal Day writes "By and large this has been a good year for Lizzie and Harold Day. We have been reasonably well. Margaret gave us a grandson, Andrew, in April Mary gave us Stephen in August. The first day Steve was home (aged exactly seven days) two-year-old Chris said to his grandmother: "Baby cry because he can not have his own way!" Hal then continues by remarking: "As you know, I have been working hard to keep our national anthem in our public schools."
"1918 OUR REUNION IS UP"
Announcement that the Bill Cunningham '19 Scholarship Fund had reached its goalof $40,000 was made at the Boston Alumni Association's 100 th anniversary dinnerJanuary 22. Shown at the dinner are (l to r) Nils "Swede" Nelson, Mrs. DorisCunningham, W H Sullivan Jr., and President Dickey. Nelson and Sullivan playedleading roles in the Boston drive for the memorial fund.
Secretary, 137 Annawam Rd., Waban, Mass.
Treasurer, Brush Island, Darien, Conn.
