1924

What happened? Where did it go - the summer? And another deadline to meet with (just pretend) "golden words" for you-all, which I will have to get a head-start on by writing far ahead so I can forget it while Margaret and I relax up in the area of Blue Hill, Me. (We had a slight taste of the joys, including the delicious lobster ... or do the mid-Westerners disagree? ... with a weekend overnight with Harriet and Butts Lamson at their lovely summer home in Ogunquit. We were stubborn and walked home from Barnacle Bill's place, along the Marginal Way that skirts the coast, and so we got sprinkled on. The raincoats were "home," of course.)

For myself, it was summer school again; my third in a row, but no complaint except the summer was busier than ever before ... the drought made gardening poor indeed .. played less tennis than I planned, but got more swimming in when one set of grandchildren were here for a week with my daughter ... saw the World's Fair in New York and regret that there were too many things to do to visit several of you who have invited us to drop in or stay when/if we came for the Fair. (Really there were more pressing reasons for the trip, including Father's Day in New Jersey with both children and their children, four in all. Yes, I know that four is no record — but we're ahead of many who have fewer or none, alas.)

We were delighted to be part of two weddings of daughters of '24. In my last column, I referred to the May 22 wedding of Stuand Marion Eldredge's daughter, Dorothy, to Thomas Cyril Jegla. The wedding was a church wedding in Springfield, Vt., but the guests went out to their lovely home up in the hilly farm country where Stu had worked wonders in a profusion of flowers. It was a most pleasant occasion; perhaps I can get some pictures into the Class Letter sometime soon ... of this and other pleasant occasions.

The second wedding we attended was in Fitchburg, Mass., where Stan and BarbaraChittick's daughter, Jane Rogers Chittick, was married to Jean-Bernard Martignoni, of Paris. This was a notable wedding for several unusual reasons: (1) just as the guests (including Margaret and myself, Pauline andHank Hartshorne, Margaret and Warren Whitney, and Stella and Dick Lawrence) were converging on the downtown church the skies opened - and stayed open for a cloudburst. Rivers ran in gutters, guests got wet ... but it ended with sunshine during the service and thereafter. There was a large tent for the reception at the Chittick's home. ... The Eldredges were blessed with a wonderful day, by contrast ... and here joy was unconfined. (2) Not only were the groom and his family here from France, but they and other relatives and many of the Chittick family also, went on for another wedding of another member of the Martignoni family in Chicago the following weekend. Plans were to return to France, where Jean-Bernard is a nuclear engineer (a degree from North Carolina State College, on top of studies in Paris, Grenoble, teaching at the Ecole Atomique in Cherbourg) but they will have at least six months here working in Pittsburgh in this same area of study. (3) The bride has the unique distinction of three brothers: Woody graduated in '62 and is now serving in the Navy; Johnny is at Deerfield and Billy will go there in the fall - and eventually both presumed to be here at Dartmouth, certainly among the youngest sons of '24.

A third wedding was here in Hanover: on August 7, Henry and Don Bartlett's son, Donald Jr., was married to Christine Anne LaPointe, of Westbrook, Me. Reception at the Dartmouth Outing Club. We were sorry to have missed this pleasant occasion, being out of town. Donald Jr. was Hanover HS, Exeter,, and Dartmouth '59; then Harvard Medical School '64 "after having- his first two years at the Dartmouth Medical School. They return to Rochester, N. Y., where Don Jr. is a resident at the Strong Memorial Hospital.

Steve Cross has retired from his responsibilities as a vice president of The Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn., after 36 years of service to that firm. Steve, who has dedicated his career to the development and progress of Stanley's power tools operation, had been coordinating the company's domestic and overseas tool product and marketing programs for the last year. He has also been very active in political, community, and church affairs - a record of service that includes leading the Dartmouth Clubs of Connecticut and New Britain. Let's hear from others who are retiring; I am scheduled for June '66. Bill Jones, retired business editor, has been named to the board of Morgan Memorial, Inc. in Boston. ... He and Virginia have one son, Richard, living in Reading.

Some summer events in which we shared pleasures with other '24s: the bicentennial celebration of Bradford, Vt., in which Charlotte and Putty Blodgett were deeply involved; earlier, we'd had the pleasure some of you will want to also enjoy of seeing the very remarkable exhibits these two have put together of Americana: Charlotte has filled a brand-new cabin with antiques pertaining to household functions (clothes, dining and kitchen aids, china, dolls, etc.) and Putty has his barn crowded with farm implements (of which I've earlier referred to the ox-sling for harnessing-while-shoeing) and products. I have a picture of Putty riding in a "rig" posing as one of the older settlers. ...We also went over to see Mary Belle and Charlie Wood at their Inn on Schroon Lake, N. Y.; a very enjoyable overnight, long anticipated. ... Then Alumni College started as summer school entered its last week and the weather turned very hot and somewhat humid; two '24s were enrolled, and it was a pleasure to entertain the Fred Diehls and the Sew Bowers. Someday we, too, may enjoy that very successful "refresher." More of you had better come next year ... it's a topnotch vacation - and more. Much more.

Sort-of-wedding-news: The Tony Cipollaros had Larry Whit (Mary, too?) to celebrate his birthday as they celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Clear? Cip's anniversary; Larry's birthday. Both on July 2.

Too late now, but for next summer: If you want to send a grandson or daughter to a brand new and excellent camp up in Bradford, Vt., on the Connecticut River, write to Putty Blodgett's son (Putnam) and ask about it. Address is just Bradford, Vt.

It is our sad duty to report the passing of three classmates since our last column: RoyLinnekin, Roy Whitaker, and Parker Hicks. Obituaries will appear elsewhere in this or a subsequent issue.

Secretary, 2 Brewster Rd., Hanover, N. H

WALDON B. HERSEY

Treasurer, 29 Woodside Rd., Winchester, Mass,

Bequest Co-Chairmen, AND HARRY A. HOLMLUND