1911

Almost a half century ago the class of 1911 helped Frank Dodge celebrate 50 years of Mountain View hospitality. This year we are invited to return for the 100th anniversary of this event. Those classmates who have been guests of the Dodges will have received a very attractive brochure entitled "Our Family Album." Within these pages Mary Silk has written delightfully of the development of the plant, but particularly of the interests and personalities of the four generations of Dodges.

Mary writes that of course she enjoys the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and that Tom does too. He thinks it is a great college paper. She adds "We'll be looking forward to June 28 in Whitefield. Our new building is on the way up and should be ready in May. The Century Building' will seat 450 people, a much needed room for large gatherings."

If any other classmate or wife has a fuller and busier schedule than Miriam Morris, let him speak up. Here is a sample of her energetic living. "As usual I am going at a breakneck speed. Four months abroad, one seeing private chateaux in France with the Institut des Chateaux Historiques group. Two weeks on a yacht in Greece and Asia Minor with the Society of Architectural Historians, then two months on a trip to Africa by myself - Capetown and most of the East Coast. Then this fall I have lectured at the Alexandria Forum, at the Architectural Schools of the University of Virginia and in Boston at M. I. T. and last Friday at the Ford Museum at Dearborn. So you see I lead a very dull life!"

Marge and Red McLaughlin are back home again in the north country and living at 26 E. Washington St., Glens Falls, N. Y. They may head for the sunny south, but in any case want to be remembered to any other 19ers headed this way.

It is always a sad duty but it must be done and that is the recording of the names of departed classmates in the ranks of those who have gone before them. This month we grieve with and extend our sympathy to the families of Charles W. Harris and Lester J.Waldron. Both deaths were the result of strokes. The former had been ill and living with his daughter for many months. Les was hospitalized for three weeks but had returned home before he was stricken with a fatal heart attack.

The Cambridge home of the Gay Farrells is 1 Waterhouse St. 02138. However, they are due to be at Sea Island, Ga., for the winter.

Livie Chase sent Christmas greetings from the hospital where Heine had just undergone surgery from which he had made a good recovery but faced further confinement. Their home address is 824 No. Grandview Ave., Daytona Beach, Fla.

Word from Jinks Morton tells of his son, Joe, Lawrence College '4l. He is Press Relations man for G.E. Computer Division and is working with the Dartmouth Public Relations man on the establishment of the General Electric computers at Dartmouth. When talking by phone with his G.E. counterpart, Joe says he sometimes hears the Dartmouth chimes in the background - a pleasing note midst the roar of traffic on Lexington Avenue below.

The Les Gibsons will be late reaching their yacht, The Gibby, this winter as Marion has been making a slow and painful recuperation from a broken ankle. Her downfall was due to a small rug. She spent a month in the hospital and so far over twelve weeks in a walker preparing herself to use a cane.

Stan Macomber is authority tor the tact that Ken Ballou is home again after about seven months in a hospital and nursing home. His means of locomotion are still a walker and wheelchair.

Eben and Doris Holden are back in Raleigh N. C„ for the winter but promise to make Florida before they start for Sebasco Estates in Maine for the summer. Incidentally, Sebasco is a grand vacation spot if you get into Maine during the summer.

It is always good to hear from Cora Taylor who devotes much of her time doing for others and is a source of cheer for her circle of Little Old Ladies. She wrote of trying to call on Ruth Hastings but found no one at home. She did not know that Ruth spends her time with her daughter or in a nursing home.

Ray and Ramah Nead are looking torward to their 50th wedding anniversary next year and say they expect to make it in spite of what Father Time is doing to their friends and neighbors.

Here is an invitation to any of you who get to the White Mountains. It is extended by Chuck and Emma Emerson who would like to show you their home which is situated high on Birch Hill, North Conway, and has a marvelous view of the surrounding mountains. They are very happy in their new home.

Here are a few other 1911ers who are headed for Florida. Ed and Frances Keeler will be at Hillsboro Shores Apts., Pompano Beach for the month of February. The Walter Mayos will return to their favorite hotel, the Yinoy Park, St. Petersburg. Clyde andMadge Locke have arrived at their house in Altamont Springs. Because of a cataract operation which Mildred has undergone, she and Vail Applegate will be a little late in their arrival. The Jack Steeves will be at The Breakers, Palm Beach, where Schuyler Dodge is king.

A telephone conversation with Bones Tindall found him and Esther in their customary state of health. She has made a good recovery from a serious attack of encephalitis and he is continuing his hobbies as described in the recent issue of "Leven Up."

It would not be surprising to see the EdChamberlains heading south in view of his cold weather experience. He said, "Ice covered the front of the house, including the door bell, letter box and front door, day after day but it all cleared in one day and I found the whole town had endured the same experience." Ed. added that his grandson was on the Dean's list last year at Dartmouth, and though now a junior, he still worries.

Carroll Jones' widow, Madeleine tells of her pleasure in reading the MAGAZINE and being especially intrigued by one of the articles about which she writes "I have asked our library to get a copy of 'The Indian and White Man' reviewed on page 4 of the November issue. Carroll and I lived only a few miles from the Indian reservation during the years we lived in Wyoming. Our daughter was baptized by the scholarly English missionary to the Indians, Dr. John Roberts. In 1884 he buried Sacajawea, the Indian guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition. ft makes one realize how very young our country — at least - the west is."

And finally thanks to all of you good friends who helped make Christmas merry with your many greetings and kind sentiments that Uncle Sam brought to the Burleighs.

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