1922
Though the frost is now on the pumpkin, echoes of Reunion still bounce from the hills of Hanover.
The clan gathered from far and near. Mileage honors went to Chick Hopkins, Ajijic, lalisco, Mexico; Howie and Val Almon, San Marino, Calif.; Don lobin, Dallas, and Johnny and Anna Shea, Miami. Nearest of the near-bys included Ike Miller whose Hanover office in Crosby Hall is but a stone's throw from the Class tent, Warren and Mary Daniell from Occom Ridge, Frank Hutchins from Lyme Road; Oscar and Bea Rice, East Thetford, Vt.; Stan and Doris Jackson, Lebanon; and Harley Greenwood, Lyme.
'22 always was - and still is a singing class. Our evening hum masterpieces led by Jim Hamilton from the steps of Webster were "I Had a Dream Dear" and "Come, Fellows, Let Us Raise a Song." If the harmony was a "concord of sweet sounds" as claimed by our completely unprejudiced wives, it was due to Jim's gruelling practice session before the class meeting.
And, though never scholarship sponsored by Juilliard, Andy Marshall is none the less an acknowledged musicologist. A downright authority on the dance music of the twenties, he composed a list of more than 200 popular songs from our college years and successfully insisted that the dance band play many of these wonderfully nostalgic tunes.
Admittedly, '22 was not the only reunion class that knew and loved these old songs. In all there were 520 folks in Hanover who had successfully survived World War I, the tremendous twenties and the dreary depression years. '21 had 171 reuners, '22 had the same, and '23 had 178.
Jerry Bates and Charlie Earle speak for the Class in these excerpts: Jerry writes, "Before my good intentions are forgotten I want to say how successful Ike was in planning and managing our 45th Reunion. My only regret is that I did not get to visit with as many classmates as I would like." And that regret goes for all of us as the only one on Reunion.
Charlie sums it up, "May I again express what all of us felt about Reunion which was so well arranged, managed, and supervised by Ike. It was simply grand, enjoyable and worthwhile in every respect. I don't believe any class could have had a more wonderful time. As I told Larry Healy while we were driving back to Cape Cod I can hardly wait for our next Reunion God willing we are all here." Amen!
No rocking chair retirement for LarryHealy who during the past year has been working in Madrid, Spain, as a consultant for International Telephone and Telegraph Company. Larry started with New York Telephone Company shortly after getting his master's from Tuck School in 1923. During his career with the Bell System he held many responsibilities including those of employment supervisor, traffic superintendent, and planning engineer in metropolitan New York. For the duration of the war he worked with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Washington, D. C. He retired from the New York Company in September 1966. Larry and Marjorie will celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary October 22. Their three sons and daughter are all married and there are six grandchildren. Health and happiness to all the Healys.
We missed Ralph and Laura Adams in June, but Mike had a most valid reason for not being at Reunion: he was in Saigon devoting his long experience as a construction expert to the U. S. Navy. His career as a civil engineer has been in a wide range of civilian and government projects around the world. He has worked in Boston, Panama Canal Zone, Manila, P. I.; Boise, Idaho; Casablanca, Morocco; New Brunswick, N. J.; New York City, Brunswick, Me., and now Saigon. We all hope Mike and Laura can celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary together in October. They have two sons and a daughter, but there is some hesitancy in telephoning Saigon to ask Mike the number of grandchildren. A memo from Saigon did say, "Sorry not to be with you for the 45th but I hope you will find me in the grandstand at Hanover some football afternoon." All classmates join in that hope.
Dartmouth Alumni College last August awarded diplomas to four members of the Class family. Receiving certificates of mental alertness from Genl. Walter I. Miller were Carroll and Nan Dwlght and Max andGrace Kenyon. For future publication in these notes every effort is being exerted, without success, to obtain individual professional comments on the achievements, attitudes and potentials of our '22 scholars.
A delayed report from Holyoke brings the tardy news that Hallam 3. Clark retired two years ago from the Holyoke Savings Bank where his duties covered many banking responsibilities. Hal is former president of the Rotary Clubs of Springfield and Holyoke, and of the Lions Club, South Hadley. He is a South Hadley Town Meeting member, clerk of the Board of Appeals and auditor of the First District. He is a member of the First Congregational Church, South Hadley, and he is assistant treasurer of Pioneer Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America. He is secretary of the Pioneer Valley (Holyoke- Northampton) Dartmouth Club. Hal and his wife Ruth live at Chapel Hill, South Hadley. Last June they had their 43rd anniversary and they have two married daughters.
The Class offers its sympathy to EdwinH. Johnson whose wife Maria L. passed away in Bronxville, N. Y., last spring. Also a note from Gene Hotchkiss reports that Mrs. Karla Spiel Miller, widow of our George F. Spiel, passed away September 10.
Apropos Class Memorial Books, the following excerpts belatedly acknowledge letters received from: Grace, wife of Joe Talbot, "My family joins me in thanking you for your expression of sympathy. Please extend to the Class our grateful thanks for remembering Joe. Dartmouth was very dear to him and I am sure nothing would have pleased him more than a memorial book in the Dartmouth Library."
Hazel, wife of Bert Cole, "My son and I sincerely appreciate the book given to the Dartmouth Library in memory of Albert E. Cole from the Class of 1922." Beatrice, wife of George E. Cook, "I know the memorial volume would have pleased my husband and I think it wonderful that the bonds of friendship and loyalty made in college days still hold strongly today. Please thank the Class of 1922 for their thoughtfulness."
Let's hope '22 will see large numbers of classmates at the football games. Win, lose or tie, the team won't disappoint you.
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