1908

"Chick" Currier writes: "As for myself, I find myself in good health and enjoying life generally, with a little golf on the side. We had a group of La Jolla Dartmouth men together at Rocky Hazen's home for cocktails honoring a visit from Allan Brown '07. Our classmate Allan Perkins was among those present."

"Web" Evans laments: "Wish that I had something out of the ordinary to tell you. The facts are that the Evans family is exceptionally well and living at the same home in Palo Alto that we had built for us almost 25 years ago. How long it will be before we move elsewhere is the big question. Many friends of ours have sold out and are living in various retirement homes. We recently had a short visit with Dolly Gray, and a younger looking guy for a fellow pushing 80, I have yet to meet.

"Our son Bradford and his wife have been living with us for nearly four years while they are building a new home in Los Altos Hills. It was finished last week and we are still trying to locate some of our things which we had to store away in order to give them a place to sleep."

Stirred by reading George Lowe's trip to Ascutney, Crosby Hoar reminisces of trips to Moosilauke in college days. After two failures he succeeded in March 1908 and reports as follows. "At midnight on March 3, Ed White and I left Norwich on the train for another try. We got off at Wells River, walked to Woodsville, and spent the rest of the night sleeping on the lunch counter in the railroad station. About daylight we boarded a train for Warren, and started our walk for the mountain. (Secretary's note: today you would have to hoof it all the way or ride the rods on a freight; there are no passengers on either route.) It was slow going but by four o'clock we reached the top where the summit house was cased in ice. Going down the west side I broke a snowshoe sandal. With four feet of snow it was possible to sit on my snowshoes and slide down the steepest part of the trail, bring up against a tree, and repeat the process. Lower down the trail was less steep and the broken sandal would function after a fashion. We lost the trail once in the dark but found it and went on. By common accord we took off our snowshoes at the foot of the mountain, sat on them and 'took five.' There remained five miles down the road to Warren. Spent the night with a friendly old couple who had had supper but gave us tea, and a return by train to Han-over to tackle our books again."

Art Hopkins reports. "The cold has kept us close to our 1797 house and likewise has kept a minimum of callers and friends at our door. This is not good as it tends to laziness which I hope to banish when spring comes. A bit of lawn care will do me good as I am getting quite a 'pod' due I think to no cigarettes for about 13 months. I do get down to the Hudson Rotary on Mondays. Have been a member nearly 30 years and I do not want to drop out even though I am getting close to 80. (So are most of 1908 I am told.)"

George Lowe wrote: "Thelma and I spent ten days at Gulf Stream Hotel at Lake Worth last April and expect to be there again this year starting April 1. It cannot be the same as Vero but the association could be developed if any 1908ers would be interested."

Bob Thompson to Larry: "Ruth spent the month of November in the hospital following an operation, but has recovered nicely and is practically back to normal. My son, Richard, has been in London for a year as assistant manager for Encyclopedia Britannica in Great Britain. He had previously been with them in Boston as credit manager for four New England states. He has been in England twice before, was fond of London, and when otfered the chance to go over he accepted promptly."

Phil Thompson writes: "For something to occupy my time, of which I have plenty these days, I have been checking the Thayer School record of 1908. The enclosed record, which I think is correct, may be of interest to you."

Phil's tables show that out of 25 listed, 11 took the first year only and 14 took the second year either in 1909 or later. Of these 17 were deceased and 8: Barnes, Fred English, Harold English, Hill, Munkelt, Ruggles, Stickney, and Phil Thompson still living. However, Fred English passed away on January 28 of this year. In addition to those on Phil's list there were in our class Fred Welch '06, Ralph Knight '07, Earl Richards '07, and Charles Richardson '07. Fred Welch and Ralph Knight are deceased.

Phil in his letter added. "Recently I sent Park Stickney a photo of the Thayer-Tuck schools taken just before their annual football game the fall of 1907. At our 55th reunion he made the remark that he threw a forward pass to me for a touchdown in the game and that it was the first T. D. pass thrown in a football game at Dartmouth."

Your editor also has a picture of this group, and he well remembers that football game. He, weighing about 150, and having never played football, was put in as guard opposite Harry Emery of Tuck, who, he learned much later, was on the varsity squad, and their first contact is still fresh in his memory. But your editor stayed in and finished the game although he suspects that Harry took pity on him.

Earl Wiley wrote to Larry S., "Personally, my good wife, Hattie, and I are waging ev- ery effort to keep alive and doing a pretty good job of it. I still shovel my walk and driveway which answers the question of how my libido is working these days. As Hattie suffered a stroke some two years ago I am pretty well engaged keeping up-to-date but hear no complaints from the neighbors who are all friends of mine. As for more creative work, I still do a stint of writing now and then for professional publications in my line of study. It keeps me out of mischief, among other things, and gives me that upper story exercise which my physician says is good for the head. I really have not felt any great gain in mental power but I do not bite my fingernails any more."

Class Notes Editor R.F.D. 1, Laconia, N. H.

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