1918
We are sad to announce the death of two of our very outstanding classmates.
Horton P. Kennedy, a leading member of the American Business Community in France, died in a French hospital on August 22, 1966, after a long illness. He was 73 at the time of his death. Hort was a vice president of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in Paris for 24 years. He was a director of numerous French and American companies. He was President of the American Chamber of Commerce in France from 1960 to 1963. As you all remember, he was the first president of our class, and did an exceptional job in guiding us through our freshman year. Further details will be found in the In Memoriam section of this or a subsequent issue.
The College has just advised that LymanH. Black passed away on May 30, 1966; the cause of his death is presently unknown. We have written his family for details and will report later when we receive them.
The University of Massachusetts game was a very interesting close affair. We had approximately thirty classmates and their friends show up at the luncheon at the Montshire Restaurant before the game. An unfortunate incident occurred just before the luncheon. Stumpy Barr and Ethel, our hosts, stopped in traffic at the entrance of the Montshire to turn in to the parking area. About half a minute after they stopped a car driven by a former janitor of the College hit their car in the rear, and the wife of the janitor had the misfortune of crashing her head through the windshield. Fortunately Stump and Ethel were not hurt and there was minor damage to their car. The janitor's wife was not seriously hurt. It was too bad this happened just at the luncheon time, but everyone was happy that no one was seriously hurt.
Much to our surprise, about fifteen classmates are planning to go to the Princeton game. So far, we have sixteen reservations at Brae Burn and the Holiday Inn Motel from classmates for the Harvard game. The Harvey Hoods will be away on a trip during that weekend, so there will be no luncheon given by them this year. The Class of 1919 is planning to entertain ten couples and the Class of '21 is also planning to have at least ten couples for cocktails, dinner and dancing at Brae Burn after the Harvard game. Thus we should have a total of approximately eighty Dartmouth men and their wives together for the evening after the Harvard game.
Both Al Gottschaldt and Howie Park have written asking that we stress the fact that the Third Annual Florida 1918 Pow Wow is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 14-15, 1967, at the Hotel Sheraton at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Howie states that he is sure that those worthies who attended the Pow-Wow last March and took home with them many happy memories will come Thanksgiving or maybe Christmas, have forgotten all about it, and made plans to take their ever-loving brides to see Kitts or St. Thomas, or even to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, instead of to Ft. Lauderdale. So! You had better start planning right now to be in Ft. Lauderdale on March 14-15, 1967.
Bub Frost has just had his 70th birthday. His family put on a big birthday party for the occasion. The Tennis Club, with which Bub has been closely associated for many years, gave a surprise luncheon party at the courts at noon. His sister Betty flew up from Winston-Salem, N. C., to surprise him. In the evening his wife, Betty, gave a family dinner attended by his sister Betty, his son Penn (Dartmouth '44), Penn's wife and their daughter and son, who now have reached the ages of 14 and 16.
Recently we received four clippings of an event, one of which was from the New York Times, describing a meeting held in Asharoken, Long Island, on Sept. 13, by Village Mayor Clayton Mugridge. There were various comments by the classmates who sent them in, one of which read: "It looks like Brother Bennie sees red as well as the Big Green Team." One account states that "Ben heatedly threatened to resign last night after a big public meeting in which a plan he favored to alter the traditional Beach Front Home pattern was crushed. We quote: "Mugridge who had served on the Village Board for 17 years without a stir before the present hassle, arose and threatened to quit after a builder withdrew his application for a zoning change in the face of vociferous opposition from the residents at the three-hour meeting. Essentially the change would have allowed the builder to put up plush houses but without beach fronts, a move against the tradition in the Village. Nevertheless it would have brought new tax money to the Village treasury." Thus you see that some members of the Class still have enough iron in their blood to take a stand and fight it out even though it means personal sacrifice.
We have a copy of a pamphlet of the Rotary Club of Schenectady published on May 30, 1966, called "The Rotarygram." The front page reads "70?, 35?,' 20?, June 2 - a Red Letter Day." Then there is a picture of Neil Sheldon being presented with a watch. Neil is a past president of the Schenectady Rotary Club. He had 35 years of perfect attendance and 20 years as Club Secretary, a position he still holds. Neil was also honored for celebrating his 70th birthday at the same luncheon. Quite a record.
On our trip to Hanover on Sept. 24 we were fortunate in having Dick and MarianWhite, Curt and Ruth Glover, and Jasper and Ann Johnston staying with us at the Chieftain Motel. Now that the older section of the Hanover Inn has been torn down we had a real scrabble to find a place to eat, as will all visitors to Hanover during the next year. The Whites were just home from Hawaii, where they stayed for three weeks, enjoying a varied and pleasant visit. They were delighted with our 50th state and had such a good time they are hoping to return sometime soon. Since our return from Hanover we have received Dick's outstanding letter of October 1966, explaining what is being done through the Bequest and Estate Planning Program which the College is running with such great success. We know that as you read Dick's letter you will agree that he has done a lot of work and planning to make the Class of 1918's donations as impressive as they are.
Secretary, 137 Annawan Rd. Waban, Mass. 02168
Treasurer, Brush Island, Darien, Conn.
Bequest Chairman,
