1911

So far as we have heard there were no casualties but several near misses during the viewing or broadcasting of the Harvard-Dartmouth game. There was one classmate who was indirectly participating in the game, and was among the first to congratulate his old friend, Coach Blackman. This gent was Fred Long. Those of you who are admirers of Bob Blackman (and who is not?) should know that if Fred is not the sole discoverer, he was one of that original group of Dartmouth alumni who persuaded Bob to shift his coaching to Dartmouth. Fred at the time was a prominent citizen of Denver and had followed Blackman's successful career as coach at the University of Denver. He kept Red Rolfe '31 well informed, really operating a clipping service on all aspects of Denver's football. The result of all this is now history.

Stan Macomber, with Billie, who has missed few Harvard-Dartmouth games since childhood, described the game as follows: "I have never seen one that will approach this one for excitement - first joy, then deep depression, suspense, then joy again and finally relief." He reported other 1911ers who were present as being John andDot Learoyd, Red McLaughlin, HenrySmith, and Ruth Backus and daughter, Anne.

A few other football adherents in the 1911 section at the home games were Dick Stevens, Gay and Elsie Farrell, Mildred Rambeau, Clyde and Madge Locke and SamPickering with his son, brother-in-law and two grandsons. If others are omitted it is because we did not hear the doorbell.

Fred Long also reports on his former fellow townsmen, Biff Thompson, and Harriette McConnell, Glen's widow, who still reside in Troy, Ohio. Biff is not wholly retired as he is still a banner salesman of window awnings, but his principal activity is sailing. He is commodore of the Indian Lake Yacht Club and usually may be found there during the season. A couple of heart attacks slowed him up temporarily but not for long. Harriette continues her interest in the class, living across the street from Fred's old home at 221 W. Franklin St., Troy, Ohio 45375.

It is always a pleasure to get news of classmates and their families and to rejoice with them on the good things in their lives and to admire how well they meet the crises of life. It is to be expected that those of jus who are not suffering from some special frailty still have friends or relatives who need our care and attention. In fact health or lack of it becomes one of our principal concerns as we keep in touch with each other. We do not intend to build a "wailing wall" but we shall report occasionally on some of our classmates in whom so many of us are interested.

Stan Macomber reports on Ken Ballou who is confined to his home but gets all the Dartmouth news he can via TV and radio. His daughter Elizabeth with her husband, a colonel in the Marines, has just returned from Yugoslavia where he was a naval attache in the embassy in Belgrade. He is leaving for an assignment in Vietnam and she will be living near her parents in Reading, Mass. Their son, Roger, is a freshman in the University of Maine.

Dorothy Bowker continues her activity in connection with the estate settlement as well as caring for an elderly sister who is recovering from a broken hip.

Polly Clark helped brighten Muriel Mayo's days by a recent call on her at her new nursing home, Newfield House, Plymouth, Mass. She found her cheerful and looking forward to enjoying the view looking out over Plymouth Harbor. She would welcome a word from our classmates. She is one of our favorites, you know.

One of our busy girls is Alice DixonBond. She reads the MAGAZINE to keep in touch with Dartmouth and 1911. She retired as Literary Editor of the Boston Herald and Traveler in 1964 but still does a weekly review for them and lectures on books and antiques. Her loyalties and interests are always Dartmouth's. Her son, Harry, is an able and popular professor at Dartmouth and chairman of the English Department.

Grace Crooks is located for the winter at 305 Madeira Ave., Coral Gables, Fla. 33734. Wishing us good health, she adds: "As we grow older I guess that is the best wish of all."

Lillian Cooper is still regretting that she had to miss the reunion at Whitefield last June but her health is improving and she will be there next June. Her granddaughter, Debora Adams from Wilton, Conn., is a student at Colby Junior College in New London, N. H.

Bill and Dorothy Gooding are enjoying their adopted town of Rye, N. H., and it is near enough for them to get back to Hanover occasionally. He has always been an ardent football fan. Between 1907 and 1957 when he moved to Rye he missed only one Harvard-Dartmouth game and has been to two such games since.

Dutch Whitman has our sympathy in the death of his wife, Dorothy, on October 6. The Josh Clarks, Charlie Jordans, Art Winship, and Paul Briggs' widow, Vera, represented the class at the funeral service.

From Margaret French is a statement so many wives have made: "Sorry to miss 1911 gatherings with George's classmates and their wives."

Helen Harris is another gal who occasionally makes room for doings when she can. She explains: "I am deeply interested in Dartmouth activities and its future. I am sorry to be such a poor correspondent. I am caught up in an eddy of activities, little time for relating. I do care though about 1911ers and enjoy the newsletters. Sandy and I are both well."

While on the subject of newsletters, our editor, Howard, has been in Dick's House for about a month in need of some little repairs, but is now back home better than ever and already at work on the next issue of "LEVEN UP."

A Merry Christmas to you and a Happy New Year too. Let's not forget the date When we all get together in June '68

Secretary, 1123 Drew St., Clearwater, Fla. 33515

Treasurer, Seaside Ave., Saco, Me. 04072

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