1917
A card recently received from Don andMarion O'Leary and presumably written while they were passengers aboard the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, said briefly, "On our way to St. Thomas, V.I., Curacao, Barbados, Martinique and Bermuda." Perhaps we will hear more about their trip when they return.
From Gil Swett came word that the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota dinner on March 9, with movies of the '63 football season, turned out a good crowd. Summie Emerson presided and the other 17'ers present were Ray Wain, George Gregory and Gil. In his letter about the dinner, Gil went on to say that on the previous day Summie and Charlotte hosted at a cocktail party, the occasion for which was the presence in Sarasota of Forrie Emery and his recent bride.
From Larry Nourse at Venice, Fla., came word that he and Lucile have been seeing Bill and Helen Birtwell at St. Mark's Church right there in Venice.
With his note, Larry enclosed a clipping from a New Hampshire newspaper. It tells about the cleaning and restoration of New Hampshire's 180-year-old Constitution at Boston, and pictures Ralph Sanborn of the New Hampshire Historical Commission, and others, viewing the preparation of the rare document for shipment.
Slatz and Helen Baxter took off on March 12 for Jamaica. They planned to stay at Tryall which, according to Slatz, is just out of Montego Bay Airport. When writing to tell of the proposed trip, he also said that he had been lucky in having a paper on the "Treatment of Athletic Injuries" published in Medical Times, N. Y. 1963. This publication has been nationally distributed to colleges and pro football teams. Slatz also called attention to a new book by Stanley Woodward called "Paper Tiger." "In it is quite a lot of stuff on Dartmouth football, and our class is prominently mentioned. There is a good write-up on Fat Spears, Thielscher, Duhamel, and myself, Harry Worthington and Dusossoit."
On Tuesday morning Bob and Gail Boynton are to take off from White River Junction by bus for Boston. That evening they are to emplane for Vienna which they expect to reach the following noon. After a visit there they will go on to Salzburg and from there to Berne, and finally, to England and Scotland.
Harry and Helen Fowler hope to spend part of the summer at Bonnie Oaks on Lake Morey. They have been in touch with Borden Avery in the hope that they can rent one of his housekeeping units.
Last month I reported that Len Reade and his brother had sold the main part of their business, but at that time I did not know the identity of the buyer. Just to complete the report let me say that the buyer is United States Borax and Chemical Corp. Included in the sale were the weed killer plants, railroad spray cars, tank cars, and all materials and equipment in the weed killer end of the business, including the trademark "Herbicide, The Original Weed Killer."
According to Ralph Sanborn, "Every affluent and sartorially-exacting member of 1917 will remember Jim Hyde who, with his ingratiating manner and generous credit, brought many a Dartmouth man within range of a new Collins & Fairbanks hat, irrespective of any such intentions upon entering the old show room adjacent to the Inn barber-shop." Well, Jim died on March 6 at the age of 82. Ralph concluded his letter by saying, "I don't care to seem maudlin, but I may not resist the temptation to say that with Jim's passing there should be a decree against any further adornment of a French-felt hat such as C & F featured with Jim's magnificent assistance."
Guy and Marjorie Richardson were fortunate enough to be able to spend a month or more at Hawaii, and to give you the high spots of their trip, I quote directly from Guy's letter:
We spent a month in Honolulu and were for- tunate to have an apartment in the same cooperative building with my son and his wife, located right on Waikiki Beach. We went swimming every day and the water was perfect. The daytime temperatures ranged between 80 and 84. The evenings were cool - temperature between 63 and 69. There was always a nice breeze. In the day-time, there were times when the wind was very strong.
One Sunday we took a picnic lunch and drove over 100 miles up the East coast of the island of Oahu to the North side and came across country back to Honolulu. There were many large fields of sugar cane and pineapples. On this trip, we got a good look at Pearl Harbor, Hickum Field, the monument to the Arizona and the Punch Bowl - a national cemetery which is beautifully located atop a volcano crater and overlooks the city of Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, etc. This, to us, was most impressive.
We flew to Maui and spent several days there at the Royal Lahaina from which could be seen the islands of Molakai and Lanai, Molakai being the leper colony. The following week we flew to the island of Kauai for a few days. Here we stayed at the Kauai Surf Hotel and I might say that the view from here was what we would call, typical Hawaii. On Kauai we hired a beat-up convertible and had a real "fun" time touring the island for two days with my son and his wife. Many, many laughs, including not being able to get the top up when we had a sudden shower! On this trip we visited the Hanalei Plantation and partook of the specialty of the house, an exotic drink called Bali-Hi. The results were hilarious!
We were blessed with good weather on the entire trip. There was a snowstorm the day before we left, the day after we left and the day after we got back! How's that for hitting good flying?
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