1920
What a winter this has been just about everywhere. In fact, perhaps it is worldwide, as a card from Sherry and ElizabethBaketel speaks of the blustery weather they were experiencing on their Spain trip and hoping it would be warmer when they reached Costa Del Sol.
Emory Lapierre '16 and Ruth spend their winters on Longboat Key and they just happened to bump into Sam and MarionCenter at a Country Club restaurant in Sarasota. They seemed to be on a rush trip but I can't believe they would be so close without looking up the '20s in this area. They have, by the way, sold their home in Campton, N. H., and perhaps they were scouting around for a place in Florida. I heard by the grapevine that Ken and HildaSpalding were also in Florida during the winter but nobody seems to know where.
On a trip to southern Florida we stopped by to see Boots and Jean LeBontillier in Englewood. Boots is about the same and Jean is full of clubs and committees. They are very comfortably and conveniently located on a canal, and Jean takes time out for gardening and fishing. And, on the very next street from them are Harold and Fuzzy Morse '19 who are active in Dartmouth affairs in this area.
Another marriage! Margaret, widow of John Fred Buschman, was married to George W. Beals on April 15 at the First Congregational Church in Westfield, Mass. They will live at the newly established home at 27 Crane Street in Westfield. Margaret does, however, hold a soft spot in her heart for Fred's classmates and their wives and I'm sure would be very happy to have any '20s stop in when they are in that vicinity.
Charlie Stevens is branching out to do a few more things after having complied rigidly with the doctor's orders for complete rest after a heart attack last fall. A note from Grace Newcomer tells about receiving a surprise package from Mary Stahl mailed from Singapore. This is good news as Mary's health and physical condition must have greatly improved after her serious auto accident in order for her to attempt such a trip.
Bill Carter is a bear for punishment. He is now going to investigate New Hampshire's library endowment funds to see what effect they have had on town support of libraries. A preliminary investigation indicates the library trust funds total nearly $5 million, so Bill has undertaken quite a project.
Let's all start thinking about Saturday, August 5. That is the date of the '20-'21 summer reunion picnic. The place is the Souhegan Club in New Ipswich, N. H., a private club of which Charles Crathern is vice president. It is in the Peterborough area of southern New Hampshire not too far from the Massachusetts border. It is sure tucked away and a map will be needed to find it. Notices with more detailed information and a map will be mailed at a later date to all New England '20s and '21s and others are urged to come and can contact any of the committee, Charles Crathern, Mason (Greenville), N. H„ Paul Richter, Concord, N. H„ or Abe Weld '21, Bradford, N. H. There is a telephone at the club (area code 603) 878-2545 but there may not be anybody to answer it except on the days of special events. There are cooking equipment and dishes for over a hundred; plenty of outdoor space and parking, and in case of rain everybody can be accommodated inside so this is a rain or shine deal regardless of weather.
Charles and Elsa Crathern have been flitting about in spite of New Hampshire's rugged weather. They went to New York the first week in May to meet Charles' sister Helen when she docked on the "Gripsholm" from a European trip. Helen is well known for her fine work at Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center in Greenfield, N. H. Charles and Elsa also flew to California later in May for a family visit with children, grandchildren, and a new great-grandchild.
Here are some address changes. Please make note of these on your latest address list so it will be up-to-date: John Bedford's street address in Jacksonville has been changed to 442 Taber Dr. West; Sherry Baketel prefers to have his Dartmouth address listed as 6 Penn Center Plaza, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103; Erwin Weis has gone for the summer to 2788 Sand Road, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452; Henry Dearborn has also migrated north to Webhannet Acres, R.D. 1, Kennebunk, Me. 04043; and Sam Stratton has left New York and gone back to Fern Cottage, Creek Road, Rutland, Vt. 05701 for the summer months.
A letter from Mary (Mrs. Joseph B. Lindsey) mailed from Funchal, Madeira, tells of her gratefulness to Dartmouth '20 Alumni for giving a book to Baker Library in Joe's memory and mentioned that she was especially appreciative of the form of memorial chosen as she was a librarian and Joe was a teacher. A letter was also received from Katherine (Mrs. John G. Allen) and Henrietta Swezey thanking the Class for the book tribute in memory of their late husbands.
From Grosvenor Plowman we received the first annual report of the Maine State Aeronautics Commission of which he was chairman. That post was given to him in 1965 by a Republican Governor and a Democratic Council. Now he has an added duty to serve as Chairman of the Maine Aeronautics Commission from a Democratic Governor and a Republican Council, which proves something but, as he puts it, doubles his zero pay. You probably saw the Wah Hoo Wah he received in the April issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Ted Bliss who makes his permanent home in Sarasota is still active in business spending about three hours a day at his office. His oldest daughter is living in the Miami area with Ted's brother of the Class of '23. Ted and Margaret are planning to spend part of the summer in Maine.
A card from Paul and Helen Giffin tells that they arrived back in Grosse Pointe Farms safely after their Florida vacation. Erwin and Harriet Miller also arrived home, but in the midst of snow and ice and cold and were tempted to turn around and fly back, but as Doc says, the medical "show" as well as the circus must go on in spite of the weather. Doc, however, had recovered well from his bout with surgery and he looked very brown and healthy as he departed.
This is the last issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE (except reunion number) that you will receive before the football season next fall. Here's the 1967 schedule to help you plan your fall weekends around football games: Sept. 30, Massachusetts at Amherst; Oct. 7, Holy Cross; 14, Penn; 21, Brown at Providence; 28, Harvard at Cambridge; Nov. 4, Yale at New Haven; 11, Columbia at New York; 18, Cornell; 25, Princeton at Princeton.
There will be tailgating before and after each game with the "1920" banner in evidence. However, for the popular foliage weekend game (Penn) in Hanover the tailgating will go inside in the Leverone Field House where tables will be reserved at the football end of the Field House for our class; so bring your picnic lunch and join us all there.
And let's not forget the Alumni Fund. It has been increased this year so we will have to dig down a little deeper and let's support Jack Mayer in the work he is doing for the 1920 Alumni Fund and the College. Let's put it over the top again! '20 up!
Secretary, R.F.D. 1, Center Harbor, N. H. 03226
Class Agent, 90 Iron Mine Drive. Staten Island, N. Y. 10304
