1919

Our esteemed President, Cotty Larmon, has been appointed to the National Advisory Heart Council, Surgeon General William H. Stewart announced, under a Bethesda, Md., headline. He had been a previous member of the Council from 1955-58. As most of you know, Cotty is professor emeritus of administration at the college and was assistant secretary and occasionally acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during 1953-54 in Washington. As a member of the National Advisory Heart Council, he will participate in the evaluation of the National Heart Institute's grant programs and make recommendations to the Surgeon General.

Also, Cotty left on Labor Day for a golfing holiday in Scotland and Ireland accompanied by such sterling classmates as EdMartin, Bob Proctor, and Stu Russell. They plan to play at Turnberry Scot, North Berwick, Old Troon, Muirfield, St. Andrews, and Gleneagles in Scotland, and Portmarnock and the Royal Dublin, in Ireland. Needless to say (and your Secretary speaks from personal experience with the above golfers) the courses will never be the same again, and if our classmates play all of them in three weeks, maybe they will never be the same again either.

Bill Alderman thanks the class for his birthday card "at which I often look to prove that as we grow around the middle, the College spreads in all directions." A note from Walt Cooper, regarding the birthday card, - quoting in part, "When I took a look at the map and saw the size of the cemetery it took me back to 1915 when Fat Jackson and I walked into 33 Hitchcock - took a look out the window - the first thing we saw was that cemetery. It had a very deadening effect - we haven't been the same since. Louise and I returned on July 1 from a fine trip to Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and ended up in Ireland for a week." Larry McCutcheon and Mary have been on their annual fishing trip to Canada in Ontario and report unsettled weather and spotty fishing. (The weather in Hanover up to late August had been both unsettled and spotty.) Jack Clark reports a visit to Expo '67 with Betty which was the shortest on record. "It rained so hard and it looked so gloomy that we never got out of the car. Spent one night and came home - you can have world fairs. Expect Bea andSpider Martin to join us for the Cape Cod Dartmouth Club's summer party. We have a good active club and the party at the Oyster Harbors Club is especially good."

Fat and Hon Jackson spent over two weeks at the Hound Ears Club in North Carolina, as a change from Ponte Vedra, Fla., and liked it so much that they are going to build a small chalet there and plan to spend about three months in the mountains. Jim Capps reports that "Beulah and I had a pleasant winter vacation which included an extended trip to Aruba, Bounaire, Curacao, and Jamaica. We wandered around Florida (West Coast) but the only '19er we saw was Bunny Collins in Sarasota."

Greif Raible had a visit from Stan andAlice Mauk at Pebble Brook Farm, in Lexington, Ky. Greif and Katherine had four horses running at Saratoga this past August (no reports of how they ran) and were in Paris where they had entries at Deauville, and hoped to run at Longchamps.

John Fornacca's picture appeared in the "Daily American" in Rome, Italy, recently. John has been made a vice president of W. E. Hutton International and was formerly manager of their Italian office, which is being expanded to include Greece and the Near East to meet the increasing demand for American securities abroad. Mrs. Robert A. Roland, widow of Bob, writes "I sent in a contribution on May 20 to the Alumni Fund and did remember to ask that it be credited to the Class of 1919 in memory of Bob. Certainly, I make no major contribution but I will never fail to send something for the continuation of so wonderful a project."

Your Secretary wishes to thank, most sincerely, each and every widow, brother, sister, and relative of our deceased classmates for their wonderful support to the Memorial Gift Program and for the largest number of gifts ever. As Fred Daley wrote all of us, it was this factor that put 1919 on top of all the classes of our group.

Jim Davis was awarded the Troy Award at the 20th New England College Commencement Ceremonies in Henniker, N. H., for "unselfish devotion and efforts in establishing a permanent alumni organization." Fred Alden, Board of Trustees Chairman, received the award for Jim who was unable to be present at the commencement.

Dick and Spike Dudensing report spending a weekend with Dick and Edna Werfelman and that "the doc says I'm in pretty good shape for the shape I'm in. Have had three rounds of golf, all lousy - maybe by the time we get to Woodstock I'll get in three more - it can only improve, I'm starting from the bottom." At our age, Dick, our golf can only get worse but we should be thankful that we can still get out there and flub around.

The Woodstock-Hanover gathering, as reported in the Smoke Signal by Win Batchelder, promises to be a fine affair - the Woodstock Inn will try and take care of last minute arrivals. The date is October 13-15.

Secretary, 3 Prospect St. Hanover, N. H. 03755

184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt. 05156 Treasurer,

Bequest Chairman,