1915
The advent of the World's Fair, and the traffic turmoil attendant thereto, brings to mind a recent query from some bemused citizen - to wit: "We have drive-in churches, drive-in banks, drive-in theatres, drive-in restaurants. Will we ever again have drive-in streets?"
George and Charlotte Simpson report they've been on a diet of crackers and water since their Florida trip. They also report a slight entanglement with that college youth gathering at Ft. Lauderdale which made the headlines around Easter time, but came off unscathed from a slight spattering of eggs that leaked over onto their motel porch. Charlotte says they were sitting there enjoying the cool of the evening in their nighties, so the damage was slight!
I received a snapshot of "Zeke" Carpenter, taken at Florida's Palm Beach this spring, seems to bear out the caption accompanying it from photographer Bill Towler '13, that "Zeke" is vigorous and young and enjoying his stay at The Breakers there.
Jack and Madelon Ferguson were scheduled to come East early in May - both for the Alumni Officers' Meeting in Hanover and to spend some time touring the old haunts that beckon to them. A bit of conferring is also in the works for shaping up '15's Golden Book now in the making.
Which leads me to again urge all classmates to be on the alert for the questionnaire they will receive early in September for inclusion in said Golden Book - our 50th Anniversary Year Book and Directory.
Carl Gish, back from a trip to Denver early in April, phones in to report that all's OK with Harry Ellms, but Harry still wouldn't get up (or stay up) to see him off at 1 A.M. at the airport!
Bob Fredericks also phones in to report the florist business is thriving and to pick up the latest chatter.
Henry Marcy reports all's well at West Palm Beach, his only complaint being the swift passage of years. Henry claims, although we haven't seen each other since college, he recalls this visage of mine very clearly. Since time has its own peculiar way of changing the landscape, I wonder if he'll be able to spot me at Reunion!
When Paul and Therese Rothery first started going to Florida, it was a three weeks' stay. Now, 12 years later, they've built it up to 5 months. On their way back this time, they cased Ben Slade in Fayetteville and he showed them the wonders of Ft. Bragg where some 40,000 loyal troops help Uncle Sam get rid of some of the Defense Budget. Sid Bull's recent reference to roughhousing at the old SAE House leads Paul to add his account of Saturday afternoon water fights which, according to Paul, seemed to leave the house looking cleaner and fresher than ever.
Art and Charity Nichols were heading for Bermuda late in April - which would indicate Art's eye operations have proved successful.
The largest cheese in the world, that 17¼ ton immensity currently making history at the N. Y. World's Fair, was given a loving "pat on the back" by Dan Daniell when it left Lange's Corners near Green Bay, Wis., via Cheesemobile in mid-April. Dan's claim to fame stems from the fact that the owner of the cheese plant, Steve Siudzinski, is a close friend whom he's known "nigh on to thutty years." Maybe we can come up later with a picture of Dan giving the cheese a loving send-off!
A note from Phil Nordell '16, asking the whereabouts of certain '15ers who were running track-mates of his back in those halcyon days, recalls that in the 1914 IC4A meet Gus Braun came up with 9 valuable points on that memorable occasion.
We are saddened by the passing of FredChild and extend our deep sympathy to wife Kathryn. His accomplishments were many and are detailed in the In Memoriam notice. And the death of "Chub" Sterling '11 leaves a void in many a" Dartmouth circle.
Bob Frothingham went out to Arizona for three weeks and then on to the West Coast to visit various members of the family back in April. He saw Phil Alexander and wife Margaret in Denver and reports Phil "looked fine." Bob takes on Jack Burbank in golf occasionally down on Cape Cod but didn't elaborate on results.
Ray White, chairman of the Planning Board of the Incorporated Village of Norwood, N. Y., and owner of a building materials business in that town, soft-pedals his own accomplishments in getting his "glory reflected" from his grandchildren. Granddaughter Nancy Jean Burns, a senior at Norwood-Norfolk High School, is in the National Honor Society, an able pianist and vocalist, and plans to continue her musical study at college level this fall. Grandson John Burns, a sophomore at the same school and tops in his class scholastically, was recently inducted into the same Society and has been accepted at U. of California for a course in Oceanography and is "really vibrating." Three more honor student grandchildren's stars "are increasing in magnitude." Ray says the "reflected warmth is most welcome" and winds up with this bon mot: "Speaking of automation - what is a lazy bird? A shiftless Falcon!"
A potent reminder that this is your last chance to add all possible shekels to 1915's stretch-run in the Alumni Fund Green Derby - pass up that "extra one-on-the-rocks" for the nonce and re-route the proceeds to Duze Lounsberry and his cohorts!
This June column ends our class notes for this "fiscal" year and I trust all classmates are looking forward to the summer fiesta with as much anticipation as your scribe. Happy "sun bathing" to you all and don't let the bikinis deter you from normal pursuits!
Changes of address: Walter F. O'Keefe, Box 172, Shelter Island, Suffolk County, N. Y.; Arthur E. Shelden, 65 Park Slope, Holyoke, Mass.
Zeke Carpenter '15 at Palm Beach, Fla.,in March as "shot" by Bill Towler '13.
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