1919
Greetings and salutations from your Secretary as we go into 1966-67, and, after about twenty years on this job, (too many) he hopes to be able to hold up for a while. However, our traveling Newsletter Editor, Win Batchelder, really keeps all of you posted on Class activities with his voluminous Smoke Signals. They are all good but the one dated August 25 showing Ax Warden sliding down the 547 steps of Santorini really took the prize. Someday we hope to get Ax back to Hanover. The Wardens traveled during the summer in the Mediterranean, Greek Islands, Portugal, Spain, Rome, Athens, and Vienna. Other travelers were Jean and Lou Stone, also in the Mediterranean with stops in Alexandria and Bierut and back to Trieste; Leonora and BuddWelsh took off for three weeks in Scandinavia; Mary and Larry McCutcheon deserted Pompano Beach, Fla., for their annual fishing trip to Canada and to Lyme, Conn.; Liland Harry Colwell drove out to Wyoming to take a look at the great West and visit their granddaughter. The Wallie Bakers from Cleveland visited their son, Wallace Jr. in Tucson, Ariz., where he is Professor of Law at the University of Arizona. Wallace attended a Dartmouth luncheon while there.
Maurie Hall, of Marshfield Hills, dropped in to say "Hello" while in Hanover and George Bingham called when passing through town. Aurelia and Gordon Meader were in Hanover and your Secretary had a very pleasant visit with them. The Meaders presented the College Museum with a very fine collection of figurines and urns depicting the ancient Zapotec culture of southern Mexico, which is now on display.
Batch reports that George and Elisa Bingham stopped in Salisbury (Conn.) for lunch, and that the Batchelders saw Dick and EdnaWerfelman recently and that they are attending a party at Chet and Virginia Demond's who are in nearby Cornwall. Trudeland Red Washburn spent the summer at their retreat in Conover, Wis., and will stop in Hanover for the Princeton game on their way south to Fort Lauderdale. A nice note from Charlie Warner of Hopkinsville, Ky., acknowledges his birthday card from the Class and hopes that he and Kathryn will be in Ft. Lauderdale again this coming winter. He thinks that this card, conjured up by the late Bill Grant, is the cleverest of all of them. Don Studholme of Plattsburgh, N. Y., writes "I must confess that the fact that I have passed my 70th milestone is a most de- pressing thought. The arrival of the birthday card, however, put a smile back on my face that returns every time I remember the card. Thanks to you and the rest of the Class, there has been much to be thankful for all these long years."
Paul Halloran, in a recent letter, and having hit the three score and ten mark, suggests that your Secretary "release data on the number of the Class of 1919 who have reached or passed the golden era." This will be released as soon as they can be counted, and there are quite a number. Paul and Catherine have had a busy summer entertaining "the clan and little fry, birthdays, wedding dates etc. - what a riot!!" HalAvery, of Burlington, Vt., also appreciates his birthday card and further states, "Betty and I live at 152 DeForest Ave. I believe every '19er is a friend of ours - at least I hope so and, believe me, we would welcome a call from any who find themselves in this beautiful clime." Bill Hoard, head man of Hoard's Dairyman, the National Farm Magazine, says that "the card again attracted considerable attention. Its arrival again rejuvenated this old rascal."
It has been a long time since hearing from Fred McCrea, of the Stony Hill Vineyard, St. Helena, Calif., and Fred notes, "By great coincidence, Bob Stecher was here about the time the card arrived. He was on his way to the Bohemian Grove summer encampment with Hank Haserot '10. Had a fine visit and we all congratulated ourselves on our good health." Quoting from a letter from the good doctor Dan Featherston, "Thanks for your help (in getting a room at Woodstock) and I hereby wish to suggest to you that you can lighten your work load by removing my name from your birthday list. So far as keeping any further score I'm sure it won't be necessary. The fact that I am still on my feet and still around is sufficient proof of my existence and from here in that's about all that counts." Horace G. Hitchcock Jr. son of our late Horace graduated cum laude with honors from the College this past June. Too bad his father and mother couldn't have been on hand. From MurrayHawkins, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., "This year for me is a big one, - three score and etc. I am trying to figure out the card. He is drooling. Is that all he can do?? Perish the thought. The ability to admire and appreciate beauty does not end - I hope!!"
Other summer visitors to the Hanover scene were Spike and Dick Dudensing, from Bronxville, N. Y., via Manchester, Vt. Dick was trying to pick the winning New Hampshire Sweepstakes ticket. And Marj and KenHuntington at their nearby farm in Orford, N. H., where they grow the biggest and best tomatoes in the state, among lots of other things.
This issue of the MAGAZINE will reach you about the time of the big 1919 Princeton game weekend with headquarters at the Woodstock Inn, as you all know. Batch covered the preliminaries well in his August issue of the Smoke Signal and will have a full report sometime in early November. It looks (in late August) as though it would be the biggest fall gathering ever.
Secretary, 3 Prospect St., Hanover, N. H.
Treasurer, 184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt.
Bequest Chairman,
