1933

Hope you all had a great summer! We sure did and after our first full year as Vermont residents, wouldn't swap for any place we've ever been.

And summer in the Hanover neighborhood has made it possible for us to see and renew acquaintance with '33'rs we probably would not otherwise see as I'll report later in these notes. And summer allows an accumulation of class news which makes the writing of this column a bit easier and we hope it may be a bit more interesting than usual.

First of all congratulations to all of you who contributed to the Alumni Fund and made it possible for the class to establish a new dollar record - not as good as many classes of our vintage are doing but certainly we are improving each year. We all owe a big vote of thanks once again to Ed Knapp who spends uncounted hours in behalf of the class and College as head agent - and of course to all the assistants who work so diligently for him.

As you know, 1933 has joined many other classes in the Memorial Book Program. We have memorialized 51 deceased classmates and have sent cards to their widows and other members of their families advising them that the Library will over the next few months be purchasing books with the funds we have provided. Each book will carry a bookplate showing the name of the deceased man and indicating that our class provided for the purchase of the book. I wish you could alt read the wonderful letters of acknowledgment that we have received from the widows and other members of these men's families showing their great appreciation to the class. There isn't room in these notes to include these but I'm hoping that Bob Fox can include parts of some of them in the Newsletter so you can all feel satisfaction in being a part of this wonderful program.

The fifty-first man to be added to this list was Ed Jackson who left us On August 11. His obituary was written by his roommate and great good friend Mel Katz and is in this issue or will be in the next. Ed was Dartmouth through and through and his many friends will miss him greatly.

All of your officers attended Class Officers Weekend in Hanover in May - Beattie,Farrand, Foster, Knapp, Fox, and Pierson. The program was interesting and informative and we all enjoyed it as usual. All except Farrand, who had to leave on a business trip for Europe, came up to Ely for cocktails and dinner. Jan Beattie and Babe Fox accompanied their husbands and of course Ginney was with me at the meetings and was the chef for the delicious buffet.

Jim Petrie and Norm Crabtree were in Hanover from England to attend their sons' graduations. I didn't know they were here until I got word that Norm was in Dick's House with a bum stomach. I went to see him but found he had already been dismissed. So I tried to reach him at the Inn but missed him. He did call me later that day to report he was well mended and was leaving the next morning for England. He is manager of the English operations of the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company. He wrote Wes later saying that he was feeling better than he had in some time.

I received a note from Ed Foley (on the back of his questionnaire) saying that he had talked with .Tim Petrie and that Jim thoroughly enjoyed the various graduation activities and was greatly pleased by the whole Dartmouth scene. So far as I know Jim is still with Kellogg International in London.

Attending the Alumni Council meeting in Hanover were Worthington, Stoneman,D'Arcy, Farrand, and Hank Smith who had the pleasure of being on hand for the awarding of the Alumni Award to Page. No one deserved it more. You can read about this elsewhere in this issue. Ginney and I were most appreciative that Marge and Page took time to come up to Ely to spend a couple of hours with us.

Mildred and Nat Leonard stopped in early this summer to make a neighborly call and to invite us to a party at their summer home just over the hill from us in Union Village. They have done a fantastic job of restoring (not remodelling) a beautiful old home. I am sure they would welcome classmate visitors during the summer. Nat is head of the language department at Mcßurney School in New York and Mildred has a thriving piano studio. Scotty and George Smith also have a summer home nearby and drove over one afternoon to say hello.

While walking down Main Street in Hanover with Beattie and Farrand, we met BillJones whom I hadn't seen since graduation. He is teaching at Exeter and is as handsome and dignified as ever. Seeing him and talking later with Norm Crabtree brought back memories of freshman year when the College was short of dormitory space and Jones, Crabtree, Carl Rugen, John Schulte,Charlie Shafer, Ed Hutchings, Dave Warden and I had to find off campus rooms for ourselves and all spent an enjoyable year together at Blue Spruces - still called Blue Spruces and now a guest house.

Bea and Jeff Davis left late in September for seven months' touring Europe. They hope to have their daughter, Shirley, and son, Chip, join them for Christmas and skiing in Switzerland. Jeff's company was bought by Kerr McGee who wanted him to move to Oklahoma City but he decided he preferred to stay in New England. After they return, he will work out his future plans.

Sorry to report in the ill health department that Don Miller has been in a nursing home for three years and would appreciate a note from any who knew him at 2900 Washington Blvd., Huntington, W. Va. 25705. Jim Campbell writes that he had a very serious operation earlier in the summer but is well on the mend. Dr. Alvin E. Strock was elected to the Board of Corporators of the Bass River (Mass.) Savings Bank. JohnMeek was confirmed to serve a new term on the Employees' Retirement System of N. H. Harry Osborne is running for reelection to the Union County Board of Freeholders in New Jersey.

Secretary, Route 113, Ely, Vt. 05044

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