1919
Other winter travelers were Jim and PollyWilson. A card from the Wilsons from TelAviv states that they had been "pursuing their ancient history — Egypt, the Pyramids, Aswan. Twice we were with the Rog Clarks - they were traveling a couple of days ahead of us. Have just finished a tour of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. Covered Damascus thoroughly - both sides ready for all questions. Greece tomorrow, then Rome. Am looking forward to reunion." Ernie Rautenberg sends his thanks to the class for his birthday card and notes that "I got a big kick out of reading the Freshman Rules by which we lived in 1915-16; they led to much questioning and discussions of changes of customs when I explained them to my grandsons. I still hope to get back to reunion but my recovery from last June's coronary has been slow. Attended the Glee Club concert here last night — it brought back memories of Hanover."
Spen Dodd was one of the "amateur politicos" responsible for the big vote for Henry Cabot Lodge in the New Hampshire primaries. Paul Halloran received a fine write-up in a Mt. Kisco (N. Y.) paper. Retired from the Navy since 1958, Paul's doings as a master carpenter, a machinist, an electrician, an oil burner expert, a mason, and an electronics buff make those of us who can't hammer a nail feel very inadequate. More on Paul in the next Smoke Signal.
During the latter part of our stay in Florida we finally caught up with Larry andMary McCutcheon. The McCutcheons plan their annual summer trip north to catch some fish in Canada and were doubtful about reunion. Bill Goldberg regrets that he will be unable to attend reunion as "I have to be in Manchester, Vt., later in June for a judicial conference and I just can't make two trips to your attractive part of the world so close together." Budd and Leonora Welsh passed up Florida this past winter for Arizona and Budd reports that "This is great country and we are enjoying it all. Have visited with the Joe Eisamans in Scottsdale, and the Tracy Kohls in Sedona. Tomorrow we enter California where we are scheduled to spend a few days with the Murray Hawkins."
John Shelburne has been signally honored by the establishment by his many friends in Roxbury, Mass., of the John A. Shelburne Scholarship Award Fund, and was the recipient of a plaque recently for his distinguished service to the Roxbury community. John has spent his entire life in social service work as director of the Breezy Meadows Camp for boys and with the Robert Gould Shaw House. Quoting from a Boston paper, "In his own quiet, unassuming way Jack Shelburne helped many find seasonal jobs; directed many to sources of scholarship aid; helped many a wayward teenager get a parole and find the path of rehabilitation; taught techniques of football and other sports to many a novice athlete; acted as father figure to many who came from broken homes in the community in which he lived and served; counseled many an adult, teenager, and child with aching problems which they brought to his door; and in many unaccountable ways brought uplift to the Roxbury community." All '19ers are proud of John Shelburne, a truly distinguished member of the class.
Dr. E. Willis Hainlen, of Pittsford, N. Y., reports that "It was very pleasant to receive the 1919 birthday greeting ... and pleasant too, to be in condition to receive it at age 69. It is very flattering, too, as a 'truant' to 1919 and Dartmouth, to still be carried as a member of the class. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the coming class reunion, since I have a conflict with a meeting in Philadelphia that weekend, to which I have been committed for six months. However, I hope to do what I have been consistently doing every five years, that is, stop in Hanover on my way to Montreal for the reunion of my medical class of 1924 at McGill, actually my only bona fide Alma Mater. That will be in October and usually there is a home football game that week, as well as the Woodstock get-together."
At the annual meeting of class officers May 1-2, 1919 was represented by CottyLarmon, Howie Cole, Max Norton, WinBatchelder, your Secretary, and Stu Russell, pinch hitting for Fred Daley. There were over four hundred officers and wives present, the largest number ever, and the various meetings were most interesting and instructive. Win Batchelder was elected vice president of the Newsletter Editors' Association, an honor well deserved by 1919's energetic editor of the Smoke Signal. By the time you receive this copy of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, our 45th reunion will be underway, and if you didn't come you will have missed a fine time. However, don't forget next October 9-11 when we convene at the Woodstock Inn for the Princeton game, which promises to be the biggest weekend in Hanover's history. Please make your room reservations at the Woodstock Inn as early as possible, mentioning 1919, and send in for your football tickets as soon as you get the applications, because Memorial Field can't hold all the people who will want to see this game.
Secretary, 3 Prospect St., Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, Madison Ave., Shelton, Conn.
